The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-06
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS
| Ed Little lectures at the First Christian
| church tonight.
John Macdonald gets more mail than
| any man in town.
Wild ducks are reported plentiful on
Shawnee county streams.
John K. Wright returned home to juno
| ton City last night
| Judge w. T. McE1roy of Oberlin is in
| the city on legal business.
| The Y. NJ. c. A. glee club is practicing
for the Hutchinson jubilee.
| Frank Wear will return from Florida
! the latter part of the week.
| Representative J. E. Basgall of Ellis
| county visited Topeka yesterday.
| The heads of departments in the post
office are now known as supervisors"
| w E. Carrie and R. E. Thomas will go
/ to Kansas City Saturday to hear Melba-
Probate s Judge D Dc 1a is carving fas
| The A. o. U. w. claims to have paid
] $50 900 in death losses in Topeka last year.
make good its promises to build a new
| plant.
| district court will commence next Mon
Colonel J. w. F. Hughes was the unan-
imous choice of the people of Potwin for
During the past three months County
| Superintendent. Stout has visited 80
schools.
A postgraduate summer class is being
| instructed at the medical college by Prof.
Dean Waters and c. P. Adams will at
| tend the Melba performance at Kansas
A Topeka young lady walked down
| street wearing straw sailor hat yester-
| The North Topeka temperance workers
met last night at the North Congrega-
! tional church.
| William Kiefer has been granted di-
vorce in the district court. His wife
made no fight.
| George Stansfield has ordered Geneva
tandem which he and Mrs. Stansfield will
ride this summer.
| A. J. Kane now stands at the head of
postoffce positions
Luther Nellis will leave for a three
months visit in Germany if war is not
! declared before Friday.
w. S. Eberle has recruited nearly
enough men for his company to be mus
tered into the K. N. G.
A number of patriotic songs will be sung
at the concert at the First Presbyterian
church next Friday evening.
People living in the vicinity of Seventh
and Lane streets are talking of having
sewer built in that portion of the city.
The T. A. A. won the five-back tourna-
ment from the Y. NJ. G. A. last night.
The winning side held 81 points over the
Mr. s. W. Wilder of the car service de-
partment of the Santa Fe, left today for
a months visit in his old home in YER
Miss Eva Ingerso1 of the auditor of
passenger receipts office of the Santa
Fe has returned from a visit in Colorado
Springs.
ing performance of the Graham Earle
company at the Crawford theater next
Saturday evening.
Chas H Yale's Devils Auction will
be the attraction at the Grand and Opera
viii rHTi be IS. 50 and Is cents is ne PRICES
Mayor General ]. White F. Hughes of
appointing a city attorney who will en-
force the prohibitory law.
Washburn students will give the play
Hazel Kirke'' this spring. A. J. Daley will
have the part of Dunstan Kirke and Miss
Florence Brockway the title role.
A chairman of a central committee has
the privilege of riding around in a horse
and buggy on election day His presence
at the polling places is supposed to inspire
Mrs. Susan A. Bair, mother of j. K.
Bair and Mrs. A, K. Wilson, is danger
street, and the physicians have no hope
of recovery.
nected with the Swift & Holiday Drug
company any for number Of years Will leaXe
the mining business.
A Topeka man offered to bet Fred
Funston new hat that illness would
tour in Kansas. Funston laughed at him
but declined the wager.
The concert at the First Presbyterian
church next Friday evening will be for
the benefit of the church fund. The
Ralph Dunbar and Mr.. Henry Beerman
Reno county refunding bonds amounting
to $4,000 and Neodesha city gas bonds
amounting to $4,000 were registered with
the state auditor Tuesday afternoon. The
latter bonds are new issue and will be
taken up by the citizens of Neodesha.
Captain Joe Waters poem, Wake Baby,
Wake has been set to music by Mrs
c. NJ owen and has been published. Since
Captain Waters has won so much fame
through his correspondence with Queen
Victoria he may now turn his attentions
to driving Charles K. Harris to the wall
1.-The Evil Genius was presented to a
good audience by the Graham Earle COM
pany at theCrawford theater last night.
The piece was written by Mr.. Earle, the
head of the company. Tonight the south
ern comedy drama, Dixie" will be pre-
sented.
William Mcdaniel and w. T. Bunch
last night, after the American Volunteer
meeting on West Fifth street, quarreled
and fought just outside the hall. They
bruised each other considerably and were
stopped by Patrolman Gordon, who ar
rested both.
Commenting upon the action of bank !
ers in various parts of the United States
Offering money in case of war. John r.
Mulvane said today: I believe that in
the event of war the people of this coun-
try would place 800 million dollars at the |
disposal of the government and would
raise the amount in cash at least within
a week