The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The big steam roller IS now working
on Madison street
Marshalrs band will give a concert
at Garfield park tonight
Maurice Cunningham Of Leaven-
worth. is in Topeka on business.
Prof. E. W. Blackmar of the state IN
iversitys was in Topeka Thursday.
Miss Edna Morehouse, formerly of
Topeka. is studying art in Chicago.
Milton Moore. a Santa Fe shop man
at Newton, is in the Topeka hospital.
The only people who are complaining
of overwork now are the soda water
dispensers.
The Harrison street pumping station
is now in good order and ready for any
emergency
Mayor Hughes hand never felt so
heavy as when he signed the dollar
gas ordinance
Fred H. Bowersock, son of Congress
man Bowersock. is now practicing
patent law in Chicago.
The fifth and last story of the new
Parkhurst-Davis building is now in
process Of construction
One Of the Wells-Fargo company ex-
press horses was overcome by heat
Thursday and may die.
f. E. Brown, clerk of the United
States district court, has returned from
Excelsior Springs for a few days.
Charlotte Crane, better known off the
stage at home as Lottie Bowes, will be
with Julia Marlowe next season.
Mrs. Charles Rhodes. Mrs. Robert
Rhodes and Miss Ruth Riding left
Thursday for a three months visit in
Virginia.
Emma Gaines of Topeka was elected
grand preceptness of the knights of
Tabor for Kansas and Nebraska, at
Leavenworth Thursday.
Owing to the extreme heat in her Of
of ola sas1 he's.
been obliged to move to one of the cool
er rooms in the building.
Anyway,we can console ourselves this
hot weather by remembering that heat
is supposed to be fatal to smallpox
germs.
The board of health is figuring on
keeping the old pest house at the fair
grounds. in case the state fair project
is abandoned.
John Macdonald was elected secre-
tary of the National Educational Press
association at the recent meeting at
Detroit, Mich.
An old colored man who had heard
that the pest house was to be burned
up, astonished the city officers yester-
day by offering to purchase the build
ing for a dwelling house.
DR.. William Maclay Lyon, formerly
of Topeka. has opened an Office at 5000
State street, Chicago He has been ap-
at Herring Medical college.
George NJ Seward, ex-assistant
treasurer of state and at one time one
of the most energetic mem bers of Mar
shall'S band. is now treasurer of an
electric omnibus company in Chicago.
The Elks are going to Milwaukee for
their annual round up July % to "a A
card announcing the fact has the fol-
lowing foot note: Let US get together
with q good push to represent Kansas
Secretary Root. of the United States
war department is expected to be in
Kansas next week visiting the United
States army posts at Forts Riley and
Leavenworth. He will likely be in
Topeka on Tuesday.
Ada Barnes, Of Alma. formerly
student of Washburn college, is to be
married to a Chicago lawyer named
Ford soon. She is the divorced wife of
H. B. Tracy. recently appointed United
States district attorney.
The College avenue pavement will be
completed today, and opened for traf-
fic. The street commissioner has a lot
tions will be in good shape. The parks
are also yet to be graded
Elmer Motifs. the author of the num-
erous postoffice robberies here has Civ
en- Postof7ce Inspector E. F. Martin in
formation that viii lead to the recovery
of nearly everything ne had stolen The
stolen articles viii probably number 30
pieces
Five car loads of Colorado red sand
stone arrived in Topeka yesterday. The
sandstone will be used for cnrbfng on
the following streets: Huntoon, Van