The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-25
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

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| The road to the reform school is covered
with about four inches Of dust
The 0Iodocs will accompany the Kansas
| C. A. r. delegation to Cincinnati
The hot weather interfered with the at
| tendance at the band concert Sunday.
| The colored troops encamped at the fair
| grounds are daily expecting orders to
/ move.
| Mr. c. W. Kouns. car service superin-
| tendent of the Santa Fe, has returned
| from Chicago.
A large number of the Topeka Y. NJ. C..
| A. members spent Sunday at the Y. NJ. c..
A Bible camp at Wakarusa.
Elmer Drake, who formerly lived in To-
peka, was kicked by a horse and killed
near Lawrence Saturday.
Albert Griffin is now editor of the In
dependent News of Girard. Percy Dan
iels used to be editor of the paper.
Wilbur Glasscock of the mechanical de-
partment of the Santa Fe will leave this
week for Ohio to spend a two weeks va
cation.
The annual picnic of the First Presby-
terrain church Sunday school will be held
Friday afternoon at Washburn college
campus. beginning al O'Clock.
An effort is being made to arrange to
have MarshalTs band and the AGOdocs
take part in the programme for Kansas
day at the Omaha exposition. Kansas
day is September 1.
One of the old horse cars has been re-
moved from it's truck, the roof painted
and the box made ready to place at the
terminus of the Washburn college line
as a waiting room.
W. NJ. Rynerson, who is now Kansas
City salesman of the Kansas City Hy-
draulic Press Brick company, stopped in
Topeka Saturday to visit friends and look
after his business.
The Triple Tie Benefit association will
give a lawn social at the home of J. G.
Rodmyer, 2O5 The Drive, Auburndale, to-
morrow evening. The social will be for
the members of the association and their
friends only
The EIIet Bros. shoe merchants of Kan
sas City, have filed motion in the dis
trict court asking that the shoe stock of
the z. R. b. dry goods store be sold by
the sheriff to satisfy a claim they have
against the firm. The order has been
made by the court for the sale.
A peculiar incident in connection with
the burning of Ward Bogarth's hands
with gasoline Saturday at III North JEFF
fersOn street. occurred. Mrs. Bogarth at
tempted to light the gasoline by dipping
a paper taper in a jug of gasoline and
holding it over lamp flame. The flame
communicated TO the jug MI bog
called and when he ran into the room
he kicked over the jug. Ward Bogarth.
the son, then ran and picked it up and
started with it for the door. The screen
door was locked and when the collision
occurred the gasoline was spilled over him
and he was badly burned about the face
and hands.
Albert ROby. son of DR.. H. W. Roby,
who is in the United States hospital serv-
calls. While helping the regimentaI sur
geon to lift a wounded man into am
bulance after an enga cement before San
tiago, the surgeon was sh9t through the
head and killed by Spanish sharpshooter
concealed in a tree. The surgeon and
young ROby both wore the Red Cross and
ought to have been unmoIested in their
work of caring for the wounded. At an
other time Albert was asleep in a ham
mock, snatching brief rest. when piece
of shell cut the hammock rope and let
him to the ground waking him suddenly
from his slumbers.
A large company of@ members and
friends of the Oakland NJ e. church as
sembled on the church lawn Saturday aft
ernOon, to celebrate the paying of the
church debt. Short addresses were made
by Rev. w. E. Putt, J. w. SidweH and the
pastor, A. ]. COe. COngratulatory letters
We're read from Bishop Nfnde. Rev. Mr..
Wake, Rev. S. Belts, DR.. Dennison, E. L
Johnston, Levi Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dart and Miss Effie Peter. Joe Eichar
sent a dollar bill from New Mexico to the
Ladies' Aid society for a nest egg. Mrs.
Foss then held up the mortgage, Rev. Coe
struck the match and Mrs. Jas. Moore
applied it. While the mortgage was burn
ing the audience sang the doxology. Light
refreshments We're served, after which a
social time was INDUCED in.