The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-02


business in this city
The Euclid avenue loop connecting the
fair grounds and South Topeka trolley
lines is now completed
Topeka Republicans are preparing to
go to Silver Lake next Saturday TO help
open the county campaign
Scranton was yesterday connected with
the main line of the Missouri & Kansas
Telephone companys lines
City Engineer Barnes will have his
plans for the Improvement of Chesuey
square ready in a few days
s. Sjoquist. a missionary from China,
will preach at the Swedish Bethel church
at 52z Polk street this evening
Mr. G. A Kimban. assistant general
freight agent OF the Rock Island. is
spending few days in Colorado.
DR.. r. s Magee has been in Alma the
past two days in attendance at the
Christian E.ndeavor convention
The Shawnee County Horticultural So
ciety is meeting this afternoon at A. ].
CoIeman's farm near Menoken-
Mr. H. H Arthur, of the office of audi
tor of disbursements of the Santa Fe, is
spending a vacation in New York
The new company of the Kansas Ma
tionaI Guard drilled on Kansas avenue
last night and made a good showing
J. D. Rippey, Union Pacific engineer
at Ellis, is in the city, having brought
his wife to Christ hospital for treatment
Fishermen build fires on the south bank
of the river near Kansas avenue every
evening and spend half the night fishing.
The work on the new sidewalks is pro-
crossing so slowly that it is feared the
contract will not be completed before
winter.
EJ1u6ra5= Of ar1Ifcatfous have baeu
made to the police department for posi-
tons as special policemen for Fall Festi-
val week
H t. Chase and Frank farrell rode
their bicycles to Wakarusa yesterday
against the heavy wind They returned
the train
A street car conductor says that after
riding all day on his car and being jolted
SO thoroughly he is three-fourths of an
inch shorter at night
Eight cars of delegates to the national
convention of mail carriers in San Fran
cisco. passed through Topeka last night
over the Rock Island road
Charles w Wood has severed his con-
nection with the National hotel and has
engaged in the real estate and hotel
brokerage business with NJ. D. Henderson
Representative Charles NJ. Irwin of
Wichita came to town yesterday to get
in on the Republican pow wow but he
was a day late and went home last
night.
Chester L Long held conference with
United States Senator Baker at Leaveu-
worth last night. having gone there from
Topeka. 1t keeps these folks busy run
ming Kansas.
A traveller on his way to Rock Creek
in a covered wagon was wrecked on the
corner of Eighth and Kansas avenues
yesterday afternoon by being run into by
a heavy wagon
The '.klondfke Two-Step'' recently COM
posed by Geo. w. Hackney of this city,
was played for the first time during an
intermf5sion at the production of the
Tempest last night
Webb McNau mysteriously disappeared
last week and bobbed up in Kansas City
for breakfast Monday. Last night he
came back as silently he went away
and is at the office today.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w Tucker of Auburn
dale, are the parents OF a son born last
night Mr. Tucker is employed in the
pension office and contempIates naming
his boy Cy Leland Tucker.
The sideboards of hose wagon No. 2
have been lowered five inches and the
whole wagon is being given an overhaul
ing Other fire department apparatus is
being repaired and beautified.
c. A Johnson, bond clerk in the office
of the state auditor, left last night for
Wood1awn. Ill, called by a telegram an
nounefng the serious illness of his wife.
who has been spending the summer there.
Front rooms on the second and third
stories of buildings on Kansas avenue are
being rented rapidly for the Fall Festival
Windows will be sold as last year and
viewing stands will be built along the
81 A.
The local dry goods men should lay in
a supply of LOCO, GOO 100000 yards of rose
and electric green ribbon for the use of
the KarnivaI Knights. Be sure to get
the right sha des; 500 karnivaI knights
will want a yard of each the day they go
to Atchison-
The Topeka American, published in the
interests of the ,colored people, has this
to say of P W. Turner's recent literary
effort: ''R. W. Turner has written
splendid article on Socialism, every word
of which we endOrse-at least all of them
we can understand
Rev. Warren *. Damuth,- who has been
for several months assistant to Dean
Bodley in this city will leave next Monday
for Philadelphia, where he has been ap-
pointed first assistant at st. Marks
Episcopal church Mr. Damuth was re-
Gently promoted to the priesthood
The special committee on illumination
of the KaruivaI knights viii meet to-
night at the Commercial club rooms at 8
o'clock and go in a body to the council
chamber where the Committee of Fifteen
will be in session. They will ask for ex-
ira Illumination and will offer to help in
the matter TO the extent of $500
Apollo Lodge No. 1sS of the A. o. u w,
will send it's degree team to EoIton Sat
urday to confer both degrees on fifteen
candidates. The following are the mem
hers Of the team: Capt. W. H Butler,
E E Schmidt. L. NJ Penwell. J. H Pun
you W F. St Marys, Geo Frasier, E. H
Davis Chas- Hickman, NJ H Miller, Al
fred CSIiddou. Clarence Wright and J. J.