The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-08
SNAP SHOTS ATHOME NEWS.

Mrs. Amos Beeler is sick at her home
on Lake street
The Orphans and Colts will play bas-
ket ball this evening at the Y. M. G. A
gymnasium
Prof Louis Heck has been called to
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, on account of the serl-
Gus sickness of his sister.
The Kansas Medics will play return
game of football at Atchison with the
Atchison Athletic club Thanksgiving
day.
Nine hundred cases have been filed in
the supreme court since January l.
Number 1900 was placed on the docket
Thursday.
Sam Radges says there will be 565
names beginning with A in his new dl-
rectory, against ATS beginning with A
in the last directory.
f. J. Ward, superintendent for the
Missouri Pacific at Osawatomie, re-
turned to that place Thursday after
brief visit to Topeka.
The heads of the departments of the
Kansas Midwinter exposition met today
at the Commercial club rooms to dis
cusS ways and means.
The funeral of the late H. H. Mills
will be held at p. m. Saturday from
the residence at 1115 Polk street, Dr. j.
d. Countermine officiating
The work of sending out the pension
checks is on in full force at the pension
office today. The work will be cleared
week.
Work on the new state heating plant
is being pushed day and night. Mean
while part of the state officers are try
ing to heat their quarters with oil
stoves
Julia F. V. Harris, of Wellington. ap-
peared in a case in the supreme court
Tuesday. She is one of the few women
practice.
A business meeting of the Topeka
Federation will be held Monday at
o'clock at the Shiloh Baptist church A
full attendance is desired, as important
business is to be transacted
A Topeka paper calls the members Of
the city council aldermen" At this
rate, it will be calling the city attorney
the municipal solicitor" about next
week.
The state bureau of labor and industry
is preparing the blanks for its investiga-
tions during the coming year. Among
other things data will be secured with
reference to labor organizations and
strikes.
The new license ordinance, which has
been drawn UP by License Collector p.
E. Forbes, will be presented at the next
council meeting This ordinance will
increase the revenue of the city con-
siderably.
R. ]. Edwards of Bunker Hill wants
the railroad commissioners to compel
the Union Pacific to build a spur to his
mill at that place. The board will go to
Bunker Hill on November Is to investi-
gate the matter.
Since Superintendent of Insurance
Church has decided to look into the
dealings of the Mercantile Fire Insur-
ance company of Chicago, he has been
hearing of other parties who have had
trouble with the same company.
Two football games will be played on
Washburn field tomorrow beginning at
2 o'clock. The first is between the Law
III @1ex f1,ra
second game is between the Kansas
Medics and the Kansas City Dentals-
Prof. Haworth stands pat Haworth
is the state university man who says
there is not a sign of gold in the Kan
sas shale. He has just completed an
other thorough and finap' examination,
and reaffirms the opinion of his former
sitting.
The following notice has been received
at the State Journal office: 1.-The Sons
of the King are planning a surprise
party on one of the members. They will
meet promptly at the home of the di-
rectress at $3.50 p. m Saturday, Novem-
Der 9.
People have strong imaginations. Res
1dentS of North Topeka are beginning
to complain about the lawful stencil"
from the new desiccating works, though
as yet there has not been a single dead
animal or garbage barrel taken to the
plant.
80 year telephone franchise to John
Enoch. This franchise will be used to
organize a Kansas City terminus for
the Kansas Independent Telephone
company, of which B. F. Pankey, the
proprietor of the Topeka Independent
Telephone company is one of the pro-
moterS.
There is again considerable talk in
regard to a renewal of the old cedar
block pavement on West Sixth avenue
If it does not cost too much to replace
the cedar blocks with brick, the people
on that street will likely be in favor of
the plan City Attorney Spencer is
looking up the law to ascertain who
has to pay for such renewals.
Councilmen Griley is figuring on new
pavement on East Fifth street, to take
the place of the hole left by the aban-
doned street car right of way. The cost
of filling up this hole with a brick pave
ment will be about $1,000, and Mr.. Girl
ley wants the city to pay half, and the
property owners the other half This
has been a topic of discussion for ten
years.
The dispute between the county the
city and the Commercial club as TO