The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-18
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMEN NEWS

Insurance Commissioner Webb Nc
Nall is in Chicago.
". E. Pagan has been elected presi-
dent of the AriOn society.
General Manager Frye of the Santa
Fe has returned from Chicago.
Mr.. Edwin Scott will remove with his
family to Colorado Springs to reside.
A meeting of the committee of fifteen
has been called for Tuesday afternoon.
An Eastern Star social was given
last evening at the residence of John
Daley.
Haywood Lewis has sold to Mary
Shull for 800, lot Ais Lincoln street,
Kings addition.
Miss Josephine Shields of Chicago has
taken the position of matrOn of the
StormOnt hospital.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles McCrum
denies that his black horse died after
reaching the south.
Rev. D. H. Shields of Salina is ser
iously i'll with typhoid fever at the
Stormont hospital.
The usual summer epidemic of
typhoid fever is starting. There are sew
eral cases in the city.
There was a stone famine at the city
Jail yesterday and the city stone pile
gang got half holiday.
The w. c. T. U. will meet in the
parlors of the First NJ E. church at 3
o'clock Monday afternoon.
The latest fad in head wear is a small
straw hat of low crown and narrow
brim of very coarse straw.
There viii be no meetings of the Com
merical club during the summer. The
next regular meeting will be in Septem-
Der.
A concert and exhibition drill by the
class that will attend the district turn
fest at Omaha this month will be given
at the Turner gardens tomorrow after
noon.
Jimmie Robinson was taken to the
Hutchinson refOrmatory yesterday. He
robbed an old lady at Fourteenth and
Kansas avenue by snatching her pocket
book.
David Overmyer has returned from
Atchison and announced that he de-
clined to be a candidate for the NOM
ination of lieutenant governor at Atchi-
The Arions have elected a man
named Pagan for president; the next
thing we shall hear is that a man
named Hennessy has been elected pres
ident of the Sons of Hermann.
The Shawnee county normal institute
being held in the high school building
has been conducted two weeks with
marked success. 1t will close July L
The attendance is larger than ever be
fore.
Two of the Populist delegates attend
ing the convention weighed each over
300 pounds. They were Beal of Sumner
county, who weighs 315 pounds, and
McClain of Reno county, weight 800
pounds.
Mrs. Mary F'lagler suffered a stroke
of apoplexy at her home 1909 Topeka
avenue, Friday. She is still uncon-
scious and the attending physicians
have but little hope for her recovery
Mrs. Flagler is a widow and 65 years
of age.
MarshaITs band is urging business
firms to erect small summer houses in
Garfield park The first one to be built
was erected by the Palace Clothing Co
This may be business but it certainly
doesn't make the park look picturesque |
to fill it with glaring signs.
Ex-State Auditor Van Prather, who |
IS now a police sergeant at Kansas City |
has gone home. His audible comment |
on the action of the Populist convention |
with reference to the metropolitan po- |
lice was: 1t is all right" What he |
said under his breath is a matter of |
conjecture.
Col. H c. Lindsey has recruited 25 |
men from each of the following towns: |
Atchison, Holton, Hiawatha, Emporia- |
Columbus, Parsons and MankatO. This |
makes 175 and as Col. Lindsey wishes |
ESQ in all there is a good opportunity |
for those who wish to join from To- |
peka The recruiting station will be |
kept open Monday at 431 Kansas ave
nue..
The Center Plate club, a cOlored or |
Eanization. met Thursday evening at |
the residence of Mrs. NJ. D. Jones. A |
musical and literary programme was |
rendered. Miss Lucy Bledsoe played |
an instrumental solo, Arnie McClenton /
read a paper, and Samuel Payne read
a paper for discussion. Refreshments
We're served the guests. About thirty
were present.