The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-14
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

his office.
The flag used by the recruiting sta
ton has but 13 stars.
Cages lake is commencing to be talk
/ ed of for summer parties.
| Athletic park requires some attention
before the opening series of ball games.
John Martin, clerk of the supreme
| court, is confined to his home by i'll
ness.
Arthur switzer, the elongated bali
player, is with Reading, Pa this sea-
son.
Athletic park is becoming a favorite
! training ground for amateur bicyc-
lists
Twenty-Five new style bicycles have
been sold in Topeka within the last
week
Each year brings out new color for
bicycles and this year it is a light choc-
olate.
The annual graduating musical reci-
tai will be held this evening at Wash
burn college.
The last fad among the messenger
boys is to ride their wheels with no
handle bars and but one pedal.
The latest is a small tin box sold for
the express purpose of being a recepta-
Gle for chewing gum when not in use.
The national convention of the
Knights and Ladies of Security con-
vened in Topeka today.
George NJ. Munger of Greenwood
irrigating plant in Kansas.
T. R. Breeze, the man who was killed
at Lawrence Sunday, was an old school,
mate of Detective Dell Harbaugh
Insurance Commissioner Webb Nc
Nall will leave next week for Asbury
Park, n. J., for a three weeks rest.
Mr.. J. w. Naylor, chief clerk of the
railway mail service with headquarters
at st. Louis, was in the city yester-
day.
IT Co5o,7 - Mol. rr.,, :. -
Der of the T. A A and is the. best bill
lard player in this part of the coun-
try.
Some Topeka men swear all day
about the heat and then sit in a hot
room for several hours at night and
play whist.
Drum Major Orville Taylor of the
Twentieth regiment, has been present.
ed with handsome gold medal denot-
ing his rank.
Attorney General Boyle went to Pitts
burg Monday and left word that he dill
not know whether he would return for
the convention or not.
Repairs are being made on the fences
and grand stand of Athletic park pre-
paratOry to the base ball season about
to be inaugurated.
George Clark, who is a candidate for
secretary of state, is very fond of paw
paws ana pOSSunS- He ought to get
a large vote in Missouri
state Librarian Annie L. Diggs has
called a secret conference of the Popu-
list women to be held at the state
house this afternoon.
The state officers and enpIoves sinh
Scrlbed literally to the base ball fund
Governor Leedy is one of the most en-
thusiastic base ball fans in the city
Tomorrow morning at 1880 O'CLOCK,
the commencement exercises of the col
legiate department of Washburn col
lege will be held in the college chapel
Elmer Lawrence, young man from
the North side, who is one of the re =
cruIS for Company A is physically the
most nearly perfect of the Sc men en-
listed.
Detective Dell Harbaugh who has
been working on the Collins murder
case, was one of the first to discover
the Wherea bouts of DR.. Fraker the in
surance swindIer.
People who suffer with hay fever are
making their escape to the mountains.
that is those who can afford to call it
hay fever Others call it a bad cold
and stay at home.
A regulation hat has been adopted
for the Topeka firemen. It is a brown
soft hat and is very pretty. The fire
department badge is fastened to the
front of the crown.
A half dozen base ball enthusiasts
who want to see Topeka have a base
ball team, are making a canvass of the
city selling tickets and are meeting
with encouragement.
The rabbits foot watch charm that
had its day, has been resurrected and
appears with a bit of red. white and
blue ribbon and is labeled .'Dewey's
Luck" but Dewey's was not second
hand.
The Topeka Academy of Medicine and
Surgery held a meeting last night Pa
pers were read by DR.. LOngshOre and
DR.. Magee, and DR.. Minney told of the
American Medical association meeting
at Denver.
Geo F. Fullinwider. of the industrial
Advocate of Ell Dorado, is in the city
Knights and Ladies of Security and VIII
remain over for the PopuIfst convention
tomorrow.
Tickets for the entertainment by the
Topeka Dramatic club at the Crawford
theater on Thursday evening will be
placed on sale at ROwIey & Shows
drug store Wednesday morning The
farces Sunset" and Mr.. Bob will be
presented.
The following teams in doubles" in
! tennis among the members of the To-
peka tennis club have been arranged
for the season, Dana c. MacVicar and
]. c. Mohler, Ed Mcbride and Adrian
Sherman. Harry Noble and William
MacIay Lyon, L. c. Bronson and Frank
F. Sheldon, and George Stoker and II
s. Lawrence. Other teams will be
! formed later.
There were two alarms sent in to fire
department headquarters yesterday. AT
$40 a. m, firemen were called to the
Epicurean where gasoline explosion
had occurred. The damage was small
At '9:35 a. m, children playing with
matches accidentally set fire to the res
idence of Ed McLelland at 1853 North
jefferson street. The damage there
was also small.
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