The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

i've men.
The BiIhorn and Potter revival services
have closed.
The jury commenced work in the dis
trict court today.
There will be attraction at the CraW-
ford Wednesday,
A packed house saw the Wilbur-Kirwin
matinee Saturday.
Incendiaries have been quite BUSY du1-
ing the past few days
The Ministerial union held meeting at |
the <. NJ. G.. A. this morning.
The State Bar association meeting Will |
be held January 81 and February J.
The Republican F1ambeau club opens a /
Hundreds Of people were turned away |
from the meeting at the Auditorium iase
Dr.. A. q. sloan was called to Leaven-
worth on account of the sickness OF ms
the sale Of seats for ..shepqaando .,l,s
opened at the Crawford box office TINS
The Young Peoples Good citizen league
VIII meet at the Euclid Avenue chureh
Tuesday night
Gould in the title role, is the attraction at
the Crawford tonight.
The chart for the Andrews Opera COM
pany which comes to Topeka next Satur-
day. win open Wednesday morning.
Ex-County Attorney A F. Jetmlors let
/ GARDENING in the trial of several cases
The meeting Of the executive committee
/ of the Women's league has been post
| poned from Friday to Thursday, Janu-
The Modoc club viii not accept the in
vitation to participate in the inaugural
/ celebration Of President Mckinney on
March 4.
Attorney General A. A. GODDARD is at
tending the trial of the stock yards case
in the United States supreme court IN
| Washington
Only about one mile of board sidewalks
! now remains in the city of Topeka Ihese
win probably be replaced with brlck m
| side another year.
In q basket ban contest at the. Y. NJ.
G. A. Saturday evening the tnlI f l tas,
l mediateS defeated the second Junior team
| by a score Of II to 5.
James Fsennick is a candidate for mar mar
shall Of the city court. He is an old SOL
der The other eandidates are Fred
Stonestreet and J. A. Grubbs.
The Primary Sunday School Teachers,
union will meet in Central church {, at e 70
on Friday. evening. January p All sun
day school workers are invited.
George Williams, who stole an overcoat
bound over in the city court Saturday to
stand trial in the district court.
A more orderly. crowd was at the Au-
ditorlum last night than was there one
week ago. This was undoubtedly due TO
the presence of several policemen
Representative G. f. Grattan of Nc
| the Young Mems Good Citizenship associ-
alton in the Lutheran church tomorrow
night.
The fire department was called at z
o'clock last night to 1920 Harrison street.
where a small stack of hay belonging to
| M. Hatch had been set on nre- the loss
was small
| The state convention of the Temperance
union convenes in this city January Is.
The meeting Monday night Will be in the
Auditorium and Tuesday at the FIRST
| Congregational church.
The statistical hend was at the Audi
forum again last evening and he says,
there were sixty coughs a minute, or
over 5000 during the service
The addition to the Security building IS
about completed and adds greatly to the
ms AZ his kind shouId he erected in
\ Cf a1H of hka Ia
Union missionary services of the Pres
byterian churches will be held at the
ing at 10 o. CLOCK. January p. Mrs. J. F.
, White, a returned missionary, will speak.
Miss Sarah Bonelle, an Abilene girl who
has studied music in Paris with the as
sistarce OF Calve, Sembrich and Scalchi,
is winning no little fame as q singer. She
is in Kansas City and will remain there
this winter.
work requires her to pass Jack the Hug
gers lair carries with her evening
I trips a rock in each hand. In her door,
yard she has a collection Of missiles to
| draw from, secured when Tyler street was
: Evangelist Potter made the announce
; ment last evening that he was homes1ck
/ | parted the news that he had sold his
! ''baby." The baby is a little street or
gan he had used.
The Wilbur-Kirwin Opera company
! closed a successful week in this city sat
!. company was well pleased with the recep-
4 tfon given them here and will visit To
Y peka again next year.
i A star gazer has peered into the heav-
: ems and now comes forward with tht
statement that the remainder OF this win.
o ter will be mild. will also be the nexi
& five winters The cause of this he attrib
utes to some difficulty with the
A farmer drove south nearly the whole
2 distance on Harrison street Saturday al
a breakneck speed His wagon swaye5
: from side to side and the noise he made
!, could be heard for blocks. There IS al
/ ordinance providing for punishment foi
: fast driving on the pavement and it woulC
4 not be bad idea to have a mounted Pc
y lice force. Bicycles are used for this
< purpose in larger cities
The Shawnee Fire Insurance company
u statement published in Saturdays Jour
r nal shows a marked progress. the increas
e in assets for the year being $38 021.17, ant
reinsurance reserve SIS, 63231- The com
n pany is a Kansas institution and the di
!. rectOrs are all prominent Kansas men
= J. w. Going is the secretary and man
ager, with offices in the Bank of Topeks
g building.
! 10 seve the Vigilancia-