The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Poll taxes. to the amount of SIS were
paid yesterday.
Straw hats are beginning to appear on !
the streets, but they are not very num-
erous.
Charles F. Spencer has applied for
admission to the Republican dambeau
club.
Judge Hook expects to hold federal
court in the federal building again on
Mr.. H S. Judd, of St. Louis. one of
the owners Of the Capital elevator, is
in Topeka
The grass on some of the lawns about
the city is becoming so long that 1t
needs cutting.
Dr. C. D. Gray, manager of the street
fair, has gone to Kansas City and will
return on Tuesday.
Andrew F. Maren, travelling passenger
agent of the Dominion Line" was a To-
peka visitor yesterday.
J. F. Simmonds, night operator and
ticket agent Of the Rock Island in this
city, is in Kansas City.
The street fair committee is deluged
with inquiries about the baby shows to
be given during the street fair.
A building permit to erect a 5000 bus
mess house at 11S East Fourth street
has been granted to Albert Flag.
The w. c. T. U. will celebrate Prohi-
| bition Day May 1 with appropriate GER
| emonies at the First M. e. church.
D. o. McCray and Webb McNan left
| yesterday with their party of Kansas
men for the Yellville mining district.
| Tom Cordry, well known in Topeka. as
associate editor Of the Kansas Work
man, is now with the Hutchinson News.
At the Y NJ. c. A. Friday night the
! Small Seniors defeated the Intermedi-
ates at basket ball, by the score of II
| to r.
President Hickey, of the Western
! n Tll9
teams here against the Washburn
team.
The annual exercises of the Bowman
| Memorial kindergarten will be held
April g. Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon will
speak.
Jewell county people are considering
the idea of placing a corn booth in the
Topeka Street fair to advertise that
county.
The sale of seats for Hoyt's "a Con
tented Woman" at the Crawford the
alter next Tuesday night, opened this
morning.
Mr.. H. r. Nickerson. general man
ager of the Mexican Central, passed
through Topeka on his way to the City
of Mexico.
Beginning with today the city library
will be opened at the usual hours. 1t
has been closed for repairs during the
past week.
Mr.. P. c. Dayton, Rock Island road
master at Harrington, who was operated
on at the Stormont hospital this week,
is improving.
The Topeka Scottish society will meet
Monday evening in Judge Guthrie's Of
flee to settle all accounts in connection
with its last social.
G. c. Clemens will go to Oklahoma
next week to make socialistic speeches.
Mayor Drew is expected home from
Houston on Monday.
Sheriff Baker, Of Dickinson county,
brought VIM. Mermaster, a violently
insane patient, to the state insane asy-
lum here yesterday.
3. McMurtrie, formerly chief dis
patcher of the Santa Fe in this city,
has been appointed agent OF the COM
pany at Lyndon, Kas.
Washburn Evolutionary department
will present the comedy, Mr.. Bob" for
the N. A. A. in K. P. hall, Tuesday even
ing, April "a. All are invited.
Marshalls band has so far lost 81, OOl
on the Casino in Garfield park, and as
a result it will probably not be opened
for entertainments this summer.
Mr. c. P w. Minis known as the
drummer evangelist of Boston," will
address the gospel meeting at the 7.
NJ. c. A. rooms Sunday afternoon
Gen. ]. K. Hudson, Pat Coney, ]. G.
Wood and Prof J. T. Loveweu leave
Sunday to inspect Captain Coney's
lands in Benton county, Missouri
>
were tried in police court Friday at
ternon on the charge of selling liquor
Judge Magaw took the cases under ad-
} visement.
At the present rate of sale the new
stamp books which Postmaster Guthrie
received yesterday will not last long
There was only $270 worth in this frs
consignment.
Grand Master John H. Order, of For
Scott, grand master workman Of the A
IT.. 49,
of Topeka Lodge, A. 0. y. W., on THE
Good of the Order"
The offices of the Kansas Mutual III
surance company are closed this after
= noon because of the funeral of Dr.. S
, z. Sheldon. DR.. Sheldon was medica
director of the company.
I w F. Joslin, of the general offices o
e the Knights and Ladies of Security, wht
has been seriously i'll with inflamma.
b tory rheumatism for the past TIVE
months, is now rapidly improving.
W. E. Winner has gone to New Yorl
to negotiate for the sale of the hond
of the Kansas City, Lawrence and To
peka electric line. He says the roat
b: will be completed into Topeka by DC
: tober 1.
= The briefs in the Bergen habeas cor
pus case in the federal court have beef
filed. This is the case in which tn
Missouri liquor dealers are attacking
the constitutiOnality of part of the pro
. hibitory law.
The executive committee of the In
= terdenominational Union will NEE
Tuesday at o'clock at the First Pres
byterian church. A large attendance o
h the presidents Of all the missionary so
o cieties in the city is desired.
l. The members of the First Church O
{ Christ (ScientisD, who recently pur
chased the church building of the Cum
}. berland Presbyterians on Huntoon an
u Polk streets. will hold their first servic
y in their new church tomorrow.
r. c. Bard received judgment in tn
district court Friday against Marsha
"a Stonestreet of the city court for the re
\ turn of a pair of horses and damage
o to the amount of $18 Stonestreet seize
a the horses thinking they belonged t
n L. NJ. Bard.