The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Judge Riner of the federal court never
Mark Mason is now in charge of the
The Wom9n's relief corps has sent a
box of clOtf1ng and fruit to the Mother
Bickerdyke home at Ellsworth.
A Topeka man says he waded through
no allusion to the Collins case in it.
G. e. Evans county treasurer 4s + {, Of sheri-
up some of his county's bonds.
Mr.. Geo. W. Hagenbusch, Santa Fe
City, spent yesterday in this city
Captain Mcdonald, a Scotch Salvation
ist, Will conduct the Salvation Army meet
ings in this city tomorrow night and
Dr.. 4. NJ. Callahan now spends his time
in the office of the clerk Of the district
court familiarizing himself with the work
of the office.
After the lamp explosion in the state
treasury yesterday afternoon the state
house electrician came around to put an
electric light in the vault.
DR.. Horne, who recently came to Topeka
Parker proDertV on western avenue near
Tenth, where Secretary of State Bush has
been living, and will move into it at once:
Several large dry goods boxes are stored
away in the back part Of Bank Commits
tain the correspondence Of the Popuiist
state central committee during the recent
The new CARPET for the Senate chamber
afternoon or tomorrow. It is darker than
the old carpet was. and, one of the
state officers expressed it, will not show
tobacco juice very plain.
Billy Morgan of Hutchinson says that a
Topeka woman gave a reception while
the Collins trial was in progress because
ceive a great many regrets and would not
have to provide for so many guests.
Twenty years a go John w. Breidenthal,
who had just attained his majority. made
a school house campaign in Labette coun-
ty. He walked from one school house to
another walking $50 miles in a single
The state treasury employees are afraid
ha is
in it: next there was a IRE They are be-
ginning to view it with alarm" VIII
It be murder next?
It is almost a miracle that w. E. Bray
of the state treasury was not badly burn
ed when the lamp exploded in the bond
vault yesterday afternoon. He had just
to smother the blaze when the. explosion
occurred. Blazing oil was thrown all
Jim senteT of the board of railroad com
act Yester1aT His office is directly 1n-
Ger the state treasury, and when the ex-
Ploded lamp and a., burning rugs t3biob sans ny
was sitting he raised the window and
dashed out and rescued the rugs.
Blue post, G.. A R., of this city has
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year H, n; Hunt p G.; Joseph
r. B. Mason, chaplain NJ. r. Mitchell,
surgeon; J. v. Ready, Q, IN NJ; ~ George R: R:
I. B. Evans, delegate, and Aaron Sheetz
and B. a. Barrett, trustees.
KinsIey Mercury, is in Topeka looking up
legal matters in the state library. Al
though he is competitor and political
opponent of Private Secretary Lewis, the
two have been personal friends for the
past twenty years. Mr. Smith says Mr..
Lewis is responsible for his coming to
Kansas.
The Populist legislators will have to get
along with the same old carpet that has
been down in Representative hall for
years past but when the Republicans
come in next month they will find a
bright, new carpet on the floor. The rea-
not arrived yet, the old will have
to be put down again while the special
session is doing business.
Mrs. Gorilla McCrOne, widow Of John
McCrone, the Topeka stonecutter who com
mitted suicide by hanging at his home, 228
Jefferson street, on April II last, has f1led
suit in the district court against the Mod
ern WOodmen of America She states
in her petition that her husband carried
81 900 in surance with the Woodmen, and
the order has refused to pay the money.
She asks to recover s. 900 The refusal
of the order is because of the suicide.