The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

me SLTdgS1eFS are coming nome IL
vote.
The price Of lumber continues to adj
vance.
The Ottawa football team plays at St
Marys today.
Football is experiencing a wonderful
boom in Topeka
d. S. Shook has returned from Wash
One week from today the country will
be saved again
"a Bell Boy viii be at Crawford's
Wednesday night.
James T.. Powell. of Springborob Pa,
is visiting Sheriff Cook.
A new picture has been added to the
collection at the library.
The art display has been closed at the
First Methodist church.
There Is a case of diphtheria at 1873
North Van Buren, street.
The state association of sherffs win
meet in this city tomorrow.
The election a week from today and
Halloween tomorrow night
The Kansas men who live in other
states are. coming home to vote
The Imperial club will hold a business
meeting at the National tonight.
Washburn plays the Colorado college
team at Colorado Springs today
The T. A. A. alleys are being repaired
ready for the winter bowling season.
L. r. Yount, the commissioner of cleo
tons, has moved into the city building.
M. J. Keys editor of the Ottawa Coun-
ty Democrat, was visiting friends in the
city Monday.
suit of the Washburn-Colora college
football game today.
E. G. Ladkin, Kansas agent for the
bold Butterine company, Is making To-
peka his headquarters.
Black Douglas is the name of new
march written by Albert r. Reid the
Mail and Breeze carteonist.
Harry Howe. formerly of Topeka and
now of Washington, p. C..haa returned
to Topeka for the election.
wild ducks have made this vicinity
stopping place on the trip south.
The city council will meet tonight.
The question of the confirmation of the
chief of police will not come up.
The brick paving between the street
car tracks in some of the newly paved
districts looks like waves of the ocean. .
Henry ATcClurg, who was arrested on
the charge of disturbing the peace, was
discharged by the police judge yester-
day.
The Shawnee horticultural society viii
meet Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
in the horticultural rooms of the state
house.
A few of the boys at the Medical
school have formed q football team.
However not much time Is devoted to
the game.
A. G. Jones. Of Oakland, who was shot
| Sunday by Max Weber, is not in dan
ger. The bullet made only a serious
flesh wound.
At the council meeting tonight the
| Commercial club will ask for the use Of
the Auditorium for the Century ball
| December 81.
The colored M E. conference which
was in session in this city last week, has
closed and the delegates have returned
to their homes.
Visitors to Topeka were formerly
taken first to the state house on sight
| rum is the first point
Clerks at the rummage sale found a.
valuable pearl ornament in a silk waist
contributed by Mrs Frank R. Mills
paugh. The Jewel had been lost for
years.
The longest winded speaker OF the
campaign spoke all day Monday at the
| corner Of Sixth and Kansas avenue. He
is Rev. J. H. Lathrop, an old time Pop
ukst.
The officers have found no clue to the
whereabouts of John Barton, the negro
who struck Eugene Rice. Rice, who is
at the Stormont hospital, is somewhat
improved.
Opie Read has a brother who was a.
captain in Forests cavalry. He writes
to the novelist thoroughly approving his
dive into the political swim and aLd-
The small boy will not be allowed the
privilege of destroying property tomor-
row night. He viii have to confine his
celebration of Halloween to blowing a
horn and throwing shelled corn.
The rules against smoking in the wO-
mems department of the city prison had
to be suspended during the incarceration
of Cleo Dias, the Mexican woman. She
used cigarettes as a regular diet.
The steward at the Elks headquarters
a am from
delegation Saturday night: please
notify the boys not to bring brass band
to the station to meet US We viii get
off at the asylum"
Mayor Drew yesterday received a let
ter asking for the property valuation of
the city, the amount of the public debts,
and the name and politics OF the chief
magistrate. The information was for
the World almanac.
The report of w w. Follett, the hy-
draulic engineer for the city, was given
to the water committee, but they will
not make it public until the report of
Mr.. Cole, the engineer for the water
| company, is received.
Mrs. Noble Prentis is visiting the
county superintendent of public in
| struction throughout the state with the
object in view of trying to get the late
Noble Prentis' History of Kansas in
troduced in the schools of the state.
1t is now J. Ralph Burton's turn to
answer Cochran" in the Auditorium
and he Will take his turn tomorrow
night There are still a few days left
for all other orators who wish to an
swer Mr. Burton says he will do his
| job of answering in detail.
Chief Stau1 says that he has sworn
in q. large number of special police and
that any boy, girl, or man found des-
treying property Halloween, will be ar
rested and given the heaviest possible
fine. The entire street force has been
| sworn in as special police
The Fortnightly club will meet this
evening at the rooms of the law firm of
Carver & Larimer. This is the second
meeting of the present season. The pa
per win be read by Fl. D. Crosby and
will deal with the question of whether
United States senators should be elect
ed by a direct vote of the people"