The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-06
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS

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| the hall last night
| The number of Ioafers at police head
| quarters seems to increase.
| At RoSSville the local preachers resi-.
| dence is called 1.-The manse-"
| Professor Jackson now refuses to play
| in the Kansas Military bands back yard.
| The Volunteers will celebrate their first
] anniversary the first three days of next
week.
There are two auction sales and trav-
| Topeka.
The American Volunteers hold their
first meeting in the Keith building this
evening.
The trolley car employees of the city
are happy over the prospects of vestibules
on the cars.
Conductor Holden has been transferred
to the Washburn college line of the To-
pel1a railway.
The annual meeting of the Kansas Wo-
Topeka. March is.
Mr.. R; Porter: engrossing. clerk of the
ing friends in the city.
Ex-State Superintendent Stanley is a
candidate for superintendent of the gov
eminent Indian schools.
Bennett Swearingen is the new post
master at Rossville. He took charge of
the office last Monday.
Bailiff Henry billiard of Judge Foster
court says that he is not a member of
the new cOlOred band.
The Washburn college presentation of
Hamlet was not a financial success, but
1t was good performance.
W. S. Furman yesterday sent a large
box of childrens shoes to Police Matron
Thorpe to be distributed among the poor
children
City Superintendent Stout is arranging
dG1 me coST Iiy sGno0d exialmina9ons Tor
urday in April.
The T. A. A. bowling team won the duck
pin tournament with the Y. NJ. C. A and
the latter does not show a disposition to
complete the tournament.
Sheriff Kepley says that If the present
Shawnee county viii be in debt to the
county at the end of his term.
r4 WI w, Benz Gar3a OF Lawrence and r. J.
tors of the Kansas Blue Book. 81 are
graduates of the Kansas university.
Col. F. s. Stumbaugh, who died sudden
ly in Topeka last week, was a member of
the legislature in 1879 from Rush county
and fought the election of John ]. Ingalls,
as United States senator.
An effort was made last night at the
meeting of the Republican city central
m. nat at the primary. It was defeated and
they viii be opened at p M
A certain state senator who ridiculed
other senators on having received boquets
from ladies who wished to laud a brave
act in the senate. had a bouquet sent to
prettily.
The sheriff's force took possession of
the Hentg building on Kansas avenue
the long legal fight by which Mr.. Hentig
has held possession of the property for
two years.
Chief of Police Henry NJ Steele has
made a ruling that when insane people
are captured by the police and turned
over to the probate court a bill shall be
rendered to the police department for the
boarding of the person while in the city
jail.
A man was arrested last night by Pa
trolman Kesson, who had stolen an over
coat from place near the Santa Fe de-
pot, and taken to the police station. He
gave the name of Bert F. McCray. He
was locked up charged with larceny. The
OVercOat was found him.
Cars the Washburn college line of
time yesterday by a buggy which broke
when directly across the track. Two wo-
men were driving a team to light buggy,
and when crossing the track the double
wheels on the track in a foot of mud.
A spectacle of yesterday was when two
beastly drunken men walked arm I'm arm
up Kansas avenue from Sixth street,
Keeling along the sidewalk and all but
falling each time, and policeman fol-
lowing along leisurely behind at a dis
lance of 100 feet grinning at the sight of
the drunkardS. The Sunday theater
wasn't responsible for this, either
The Topeka Volunteers of America will
celebrate their first anniversary by a ser
les of religious meetings at their new hall
in the Keith building, beginning Sunday.
On that day communion will be held at
p. m. On Monday evening anniver-
sary rally will be held at which Major
McFadden. who has charge of the work
in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, will
will hold feast During Monday and
Tuesday officers councils will be held,
All the meetings are free and open to the
public.