The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-08
SNAP SHOTS At HOME NEWS

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E.P. Gates was in Kansas City wednes-
George sharitt has returned from St.
Die. Cooley is now playing center field
/ with Boston
James $. cOe is getting up a street fair
Open cars to Oakland are still popular
in the evenings
E. c. Fox of Topeka was in Kansas
John E switzer has returned from
/ trip to Russell county
E D. McKeever and Milton Brown have
returned from Leavenworth
T. f Dorans summer Widower's club
has received several new access1ons.
Roy Crawford IS going west with his
moving picture advertising machine.
So far no bookings have been made az
the Grand opera house for the coming
season.
Mrs E. r. Taylor and children and Miss
a months outing.
Miss Jennie CaIp has returned to her
home IN Usage City after a. visit of sew
eral weeks in Topeka
H. B. Howard and Charles H. Trap
have made application for membership in
the Commercial club
Belle Coleman has asked for a divorce
the ground of non-support.
B. T George and George Conway are
here to begin work at the new wooden
mill now building in North Topeka
Rev. C. F. Parham who. together with
to Topeka
The T. A. A. team vii, play. Granville
on the Washburn grounds Saturday and
of next week
Weeds have grown rapidly since the re-
cent rains. For the looks of the thing
it would be a good plan to NOW the weeds
off the vacant lots.
Senator Burton has gone on from
Wash Washington to a New England sea shore
a.
A petition is being circulated among the
friends of S. NJ. Han, the policeman who
reinstated at once on the police force.
Gov. Stanley declined an invitation to
birthday celebration, which is to be held
August 10. The promoters deny that T.
is to be Democratic affair
A good many people stopped at the Az.
dltor1un yesterday to see the '1nS1deS''
down ana moved. The tubes inside OF
the organ are made of aluminium.
State superintendent of Insurance W:
" Church is in attendance at the annual
convention of mutual Insurance com,
panies of Kansas at McPhersen Te
Of state IRE marshal.
The rumor that Topeka policemen carry
alarm clocks to wake them up on their
originated in one Of the finest being oh.
served taking a. battered time-piece to the
jewelers. shop for repairs
The council committee on electric lights
will meet tonight to discuss the claim or
Mrs. Drucilla Woodall for s., 600 damages
for the death of her husband, David
Woodall. The mayor, city attorney and
Superintendent of the electric light plant
will meet with the committee.
Wesley Morris, a familiar character at
LeavenWorth known as odd Plum o.
Plum creek has been adjudged insane
and is to be brought to the insane asylum
here. Morris has been acting strangely
for many months and has been making
daily trips from his home on Plum creek
to the city in search of fabulous sums or
money which he imagines is due him.
The following is from a, Chicago paper.
Dispositions for the companies in the To-
peka cases are being taken in the offics
county attorney, is present, as is also At
torney MulVane of Topeka. retained by
the companies. Nearly all the managers
will be examined, that their evidence may |
be used in the defense of the cases if
deemed necessary
n. II. LOOMS has been appointed by
Judge Hook of the United States circuit
court as special master to investigate the
equity of the motion made by the Kansas
Mutual Life Insurance company to have
D. r. Hite barred from participation in |
the trial of the suit of E. T. Phillips o.
Kansas City against the. Kansas Mutuas
company. Further hearing of the case
will come up Saturday.
The city engineers attention has been
called to the condition in which the wa
ter company has left the pavement on |
Fifteenth street and College avenue
where it has been laying water mains. |
The bricks project n inch above the Level
of the pavement where the water COM
pany has raised them after putting in the
mains It is likely that the water cons
pany will be compelled to relay this
bricks to grade.