The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-14
SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS

Congressman Curtis speaks out at
ShOrey tonight.
The council will meet again next
Monday evening.
Senator H P. Farrelly has returned
to his home in Chanute.
Bishop Vincent is at home. He re-
turned yesterday from Colorado
Frank Nelson, state superintendent
making a speech at Columbus today.
Z. L. Shaffer steward of the Topeka
asylum was in Kansas City yesterday
The Topeka pOstOffice will begin the
use of the new money orders next Mon
day.
The w. c. T. U. will meet Monday
afternoon at the First Methodist
church.
M. watson. secretary of the senate
IN 1897 and during the special session,
IS in Topeka.
The Ministerial Union meets Monday
morning. Rev. NJ F. McKirahan VIII
read paper
w. r. Smith, associate justice Of the
supreme court, smokes a pipe and Ken
lucky tobacco.
All of the state officers except Frank
Nelson and the governor have horses
and carriages in this city.
The Republican fiambeau club goes to
a rally at Shorey this evening Con-
gresham Curtis win speak.
The Washburn football team will
play the K. U. team on the Topeka
grounds the last of November.
In the Tennesseetown industrial
prize contest Jerry White took six
prizes and Andy Jordan four
E r. Burkholder. who represented
Marion county in the legislature last
winter, was in Topeka last night
The city school children are being
trained for the part they viii take IN
the reception for the Twentieth Kansas
A lodge of the American Benevolent
association will be organized in Topeka
next week and named Funston as
sembly."
Mrs. Margaret HilI-McCarter will
lead the Young WOmen's Christian as
sociation meeting at AIS Sunday after
noon.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Sons of the American Revolution VIII
be held at the state historical society
room next Wednesday.
The first social dance given by Irwin
lodge No. $50, A o. .. w, was a sue
cess in every way. Another dance VIII
be given in the near future.
The First National Bank Of Horton
has brought a replevin suit in the dis
trict court against c. p. Blanks, to get
possession of several horses
Several crowds of Topeka people will
engage boxes in the convention nail
for the NJ U. VS.. K. U. football game
on Thanksgiving at Kansas City.
The Democratic F'lambeau club VIII
join with the Republican FIambeau
club in handling the nreWOrkS dlSpldy
when the Twentieth comes home
The board of directors of the hremen's s
relief fund has voted an appropriation
of $50 for Mrs. Mary McCarter, WldoW
of Assistant Chief Benjamin McCarIer-
w T McEIroy. editor of the Hum
boldt Union, was in Topeka yesterday.
He is the oldest editor in Kansas IN
continuous service in the publication OF
one paper.
]. ]. Kinney says that all the crooks
in the country will be here to welcome
home the Twentieth and that detec-
tives from all the large cities IN the
country should be here to eaten tneIn
Between the hours of seven and ten
o'clock this evening Mrs. Hague, the
florist wishes to see her friends and
patrons at SIT Kansas avenue. Flowers
win be given to those who leave their
cards.
A heavily loaded hay wagon broke
down in the middle of Kansas avenue
between Sixth and seventh last nlgnt, .1ls
and tumbled a lot of hay off on to the
pavement. 1t was left there for some
time.
Sunday has always been a slow day
for Topeka hotels, but Chas- woods
says he has built up a great trade for
mis- Sunday dinners and has a large
number of Topeka families who come
regularly.
In some localities where new walks
have been laid people are anXiously
waiting for crossings. The street force
is putting these in, but each crossing
will have to wait its turn.
The council last night approved the
bond of J. S Morse, a plumber, to allow
him to make excavations in the streets.
The bond is for $1,000, and is signed by
n. c. Holman and J. B. Billiard
A Topeka man is worrying about how
the visitors to Topeka on the day of
the Twentieth reception will get enough
TO eat. He thinks there will be 100000
people here that day. Topeka will take
care of them all right
Oscar Swayze and capt. H NJ. Phil
4
to know what the design Of the set
piece for the Twentieth reception viii
be. 1T will be --" but that is as
much as they will tell.
According to the present schedule the
twentieth will get into Topeka on cleo
fion day. If that is carried out, cleo
tion day in Topeka this year will be a
day which will be long remembered.
The Winner Electric Railroad COM
pany has paid S40S.29 to the county as
back taxes on the old Lawrence & En-
Toria roadbed, which it has recently
purchased. The road went across the
southeast corner of Shawnee county.
The second meeting of the campaign
was held Friday night at Tecumseh by
the Shawnee county Republicans. Con-
gresham Curtis, and Charles F.
Spencer divided the evening with Jesse
Cooks quartette. Several Topeka peo-
pie who are red hot IN politics went
down
j. E. Holmes read a paper before the
United Presbyterian church Thursday
night entitled Was the Mosaic Leg
5slation Socialistic?" 1t was decided
that Moses was a different kind of
socialist than the Kansas kind.
A preacher who lives at Lawrence
knocked a Topeka's man hat out of the
car window on a Kansas City train yes
terday. The minister might hold a spec
1al service Sunday for the sufferer who
WAS compelled to walk mile in the hot
sun bareheaded-
The fact that Governor Stanley could
find time for but two or three campaign
speeches caused the state committee to