The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-21
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWs

at the fair grounds July g.
W. H. Thompson, clerk of the court of
appeals. is spending few days in St.
Louis.
Beulah chapter No. "a. Masons, win give
a basket picnic at Garfield park Thursday
afternoon.
The county normal institute in session
at the high school rooms has an enroll
ment of $50.
Justice of the Peace W. S. Mccltntock
has gone to San Antonio. Tex. on a short
business trip.
The Flower committee rooms in the
Curry building have been supplied with
electric fans.
The bridge work has progressed so far
that high water will no longer interfere
with the work
Mr. E. L. Palmer, passenger agent of
the Santa Fe in Des AIoines, Ia, visited
in this city Saturday.
The damage suit against the city for
destroying the Ninth street viaduct has
not yet been commenced.
Joseph W. Kraemer, now a resident of
Kansas City, No, is in the city visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Megow.
There will be a midnight collection of
mail at Kansas City for the early morn
ing trains which leave there for the west.
Six young ladies are now employed in
the work of making paper flowers in the
Flower committee rooms in the Curry
building.
Beginning yesterday the First Metho-
dist Sunday school will be held at $3.50 a.
m. During cool weather it is held in the
afternoon.
Contractor Abe Fulford is building
bridge to the island near the old bridge
upon which he will haul away the earth
in the island.
The foundation for the T. z. Bowman
memorial Kindergarten building adjacent
to the Central Congregational church, has
been finished.
w L. Chamberlin, who failed in the
Topeka grain and stock exchange, is trav-
cling in the east. The suits against him
are still pending.
There should be some method of sup
pressing the boy with fire crackers until
the Fourth of July. This is a nuisance
that IS uncomfortable.
Since the introduction of cheap chew
ing gum the habit of gum chewing is on
the increase in Topeka, especially l1ucng
girls and young women.
Bishop Isaac Lane of Jackson, Tenn,
will speak at the colored NJ. z. church,
corner of Fourteenth and Van Buren,
streets. tomorrow night.
Frank SheIabarger has decided to join
the European party composed of DR.. a.
S. Embree and c. P. Adams. They will
leave Topeka next Monday.
Upchurch lodge pa. A. o. U. w. enter
tanned Workmen from Valley Falls and
Granville Friday night with degree
team drills and secret work.
W. n. Hughes, lieutenant of the Thir-
teenth United States infantry at Fort
Leavenworth. is in the city the guest of
his brother. Col J. w. F. Hughes.
The National Baptist Young Peoples
union (colored) viii hold the first annual
session in Topeka June 24-27 at the 3
Street Baptist church in North Topeka
The Rev. A. H. Reynolds of OskaIoosa.
has accepted the call to the pastorate of
Westminster Presbyterian church and
will assume his new duties about July 4.
A woman went to police station Satur-
ay to complain TO Sergeant Tim Donoran
about a disorderly house. Being inlet
tered she said that it was an "inf1amed
house.
Westminster Presbyterian church yes
terday held children's day service After
the usual Sunday school service the sg-
uIar church service was given over 20 ex-
ercises by the Sunday school scholars.
There is talk of giving the opera of
"CinderelIa.' to be participated in by $50
children, in the wooden mill building in
Oakland. Give it outdoors; in Garfield
park, and there will be 1900 people there
every night. Otherwise it won't raise
500.
Albert Hopkins. city dog tax collector
caused the arrest of I. W. B. Grant for
refusing to pay his dog tax This is the
first arrest which has been made for this
cause and it will be a test case. There is
no official dog catcher employed by the
city.
All persons who fire guns and pistols on
the Fourth of July should be arrested.
whether blank cartridges are used or not.
The risk is too great-likeWise the noise.
1t has been proven that several malicious
murders have been committed in the last
few years. the murderers pretending that
they were celebrating.
The Topeka police board Saturday even
ing reinstated PatroImen Kesson and
Kidney, the two officers who were sus-
pended by Chief Steele. They claimed
that they drank some wine after having
been in the river nearly three hours
searching for a drowned boy, and that
the liquor went to their heads. The board
accepted this explanation and ordered the
men to work again.
Detective Chas. Price Saturday arrest
ed a man at the Wells Fargo Express
office who is wanted at Wichita for
theft. He gave the name of C. A. Wright
and had expressed a trunk through to
Topeka. The officers here were notified
by Sheriff Cone and have been watching
the express office for several days. Sat
urday Wright went to the office to get
the trunk and was arrested.
TAUGHT GRANT TO SWIM.