The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
SNAP SHOTS ATHOME NEWS.

Apple buyers are canvassing Shawnee
county.
Screen doors have finally become a
thing of the past
So far not an automobile has joined
in a chase after cOnvicts-
Strange that not a convict has been
found in Trego county.
The strenuous times in Shawnee
county seem to be over.
Congressman Chas. Curtis will leave
for Washington Thursday night
The Dalton pardon case is set for
hearing Friday by Governor Stanley.
The bulbs have been removed from
the flower beds at the state house
grounds.
L. D. Roose, the Topeka grocer, is in
Ohio taking care of his father who is
very sick.
Osmer Parish. a Topeka man has
gone to Atchison to join the Wilbur
Opera company
There is an unusually heavy crop of
Usage oranges this year, but the price
is not noticeably affected.
j. J. Phillips, of Topeka, secured
marriage license in Kansas City to
marry Sarah Durand, of Chicago.
The sheriff's force bought bottle of
hair oil, a tooth brush and rat tail file
yesterday and cleaned up the county
arsenal.
Labor Commissioner Johnson is in
Kansas City today to try to bring about
a settlement of the coopers' strike down
there.
Archdeacon Crawford is attending the
Fort Scott deanery of the Episcopal
church. in session at Emporia this
week
1t is estimated that within the past
week about 1000 escaped convicts have
been located within ten miles of To-
peka.
Abram Troup. of the Mutual Ice and
Cold Storage company, expectes to take
out charter in a few days The cap
ital stock will be $4,000.
w. j. Black, general passenger agent
for the Santa Fe, has not yet returned
from his trip out west with the pas
senger agents excursion.
Attorney General GODDARD and State
Treasurer Grimes are said to be the
only state officials who are not candi-
dates for office next year.
Mrs L. P Broad spoke before the Wo-
mans Missionary society this afternoon
at the First Congregational church
about her life among the Indians.
One car was derailed and two others
damaged in the small wreck on the
Santa F'e tracks between Kansas ave
nue. and Quincy street Monday night
The deadly parallel: The chronicled
events in Chief Stahl's life as a scout on
the plains as an Indian fighter and the
annals of what happened Sunday after
noon.
The Washburn football team is keep
ing up regular practice for the game
next Saturday with Captain Kiene's
eleven doctors from the Kansas Medical
college.
E. G. Wilson, attorney for the Inter
national Reduction company, is In
town. The International Reduction
company is one of the Smoky F1ill shale
concerns.
The negro convict Frank Thompson.
wi n Ia 18Th at
was on exhibition for some time after
he arrived, but stood the ordeal good
naturally.
Oscar Bischoff says that very few To-
peka people go across the ocean. Only
two or three Topekans are over on the
other side now, according to Mr.. |
Bischoff's figures.
A city Jail official attempted to take a
bath in the Hughes memorial tub Sun |
day and got stuck on the fresh coat of |
enamel which he had applied the day |
previous.
John r. Mulvane will deliver an ad
dress at the bankers meeting at Kan |
sas City, Kan, on November 81. on the |
subject, 1.-THE Past, Present and Future |
of Kansas Banking"
State Bank Commissioner Albaugh |
was down at Kansas City last night, |
and the papers record that he, with |
Charles Jobes and Major Hood, made |
up box party at the Orpheum.
Judge Hazen has been duck hunting |
these strenuous times If he |
had been here he might have issued an |
injunction to prevent any escaped con-
victs from entering Shawnee county.
1t has been suggested that in addi-
ton to it's other products-tallow, hides,
bones and fertilizer-the new desiccau-
ing works might serve soup and put up
canned beef for the United States army
DIR. D. M. Fisk of the First Congrega-
tional church, inadvertently rode his
bicycle on the sidewalk which is con-
trary to the city ordinance and he ac-
cordingly paid a 81 fine in police court.
The Barber Asphalt company is at
work repairing pavement on West Eigth
street. This is known to be true because
the men have been seen at work there.
The pavemnt looks about as billowy as
ever.
A Wells Fargo express team tried to
land in a second hand junk store at
Tenth and Kansas avenues yesterday
while running away. There is every
thing else to be found in the place but
horses.
H. ]. Allen, president of the state
board of charities and corrections, is up
from Ottawa preparing the schedules
for bids for the supplies for the state
Institutions during the coming six
months
Labor Commissioner johnson is en-