The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-28
SNAP SHOTS ATHOME NEWS


this year.
The Committee of Fifteen has not yet
selected a secretary.
Tom Doran will make the Memoir
ia1 day address at Kingman.
The jury in the district court will be
recalled Monday to clean up the GRIM
inaI docket.
The annual Senior-Faculty baseball
game will be played at Washburn col
lege June IL.
Galen Nichols and Burr Lakin want
to be adjutants under the second call
for volunteers.
Representative A. L. Brooke Of the
North Side has nursery and is an ex-
pert on tree planting.
DR.. Clark Starry of Louisburg is in
the city looking after an appointment
as regimental surgeon
The Topeka Turner classes are prac-
ticing for the turning contests at the
Omaha exposition this summer.
Mack Lewis, of Lewis. Kas., is visit
ing his brother, Mr. James Lewis, pri-
Vate secretary to Governor Leedy.
Police Matron Thorpe will make an
address on charity work in Topeka June
5, at the Walnut Grove NJ. E. church.
The Shawnee County Horticultural
society will meet next Thursday at the
home of L. r. Taylor near Granville.
The German play Der Neffe ais On
kel' CThe Nephew as Uncle) will be
given this evening at Washburn college.
The ward heelers have reaped a harv-
est during this contest for the Shawnee
county delegation to the state conven-
ton.
Major VIM. Sims still retains his
fondness for the farm and attends near
ly all the farmers conventions in this
county.
This evening at Lincoln Post hall
there will be canteen opening at which
the subscriptions to the paving fund
will be collected.
Rev J. NJ. Harrington, the retired
minister who acts as state house guide,
has filed an application for a chaplain
cy with Governor Leedy.
A new brick sidewalk will be laid in
front of Westminster Presbyterian
church. Water has cut a deep ditch
under the old wooden sidewalk.
Hamilton hall needs some new deco
rations. The remnants strung across
the hall for the Pure Food exposition in
January of last year are still in place.
a large Newfoundland dog kept near
Eighth and Topeka avenue sits in front
of the house every evening and bowls
when Moeser's ice house whistle is
blown.
Capt. Jos. G. Waters made an elo-
quent address yesterday at the Topeka
high school 1t was patriotic day and
speeches were made in all the city
schools.
Harry Morris. son of State Auditor
Morris, has returned from Arkansas
and will endeavor to secure the appoint
ment of sergeant major in the Twenty
third regiment.
The drums and other musical instru-
ments left in this city to satisfy a board
bill by the ''Tramp's Dream company
are now in the possession of Jackson's
Military band
After July 1st a change will be made
in the government kite station in
Washburn college campus. a kite tow
er will proba bly, be erected. either in the
campus or in an adjoining field.
The bas relief maps which the board
of education ordered for the city
next fall. They are now being manu-
featured. There will be seventeen sets
of seven maps each
Vftascope pictures of the Passion Play
will be shown at Garfield park on the
evenings of June 9, 10 and IL. The Wit
ascope exhibition will be given in con-
nection with concerts by MarshalFs
band.
Last evening at o'clock a man en-
tered MarshaIFs drug store next door
to the Chesterfield hotel and while the
clerk was in the back of the store, stole
about SIS from the money drawer in the
front of the store room. The police were
notified.
The graduating exercises of the To-
peka high school will be held in the
high school auditorium Wednesday
address will be delivered by DR. h A
Goblin, of DePauw university. There
are 80 in the graduating class
Estimates have been received at the
board of education rooms for new desks
for the city schools. AS fast as new
ones are purchased for the schools, sin
gle desks will be adopted. Most of
those now in use are OF the double pat
tern Nearly all of them are worn out
The annual examinations at Bethany
college have been held. This evening
an invitation musical recital will be
given Sunday evening in the college
chapel the baccaIaureate sermon will
be delivered The graduating exercises
will be held Wednesday, June 1st. at 10
q m A reception to graduates and
alumni will be held in the evening.
Dr. A s Embree will go to the war.
He said last night that he has his mind
made up and will make an effort to en-
list at once. DR.. Embree will not ask