The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-08
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

the city.
j. ]. Cox, of Lawrence. has been in
Topeka this week.
Topeka may soon get a reputation as
bad as Chicago for dirty streets
There is a good safe for sale cheap at
the Clements store, 631 Kansas avenue.
The city got $50 as rent for the Audi
torium during the month of September.
The board of medical examination and
registration is meeting in stated session
today.
The Haskell Indians play the State
Normal football team at Emporia next
Saturday.
The Kansas City Medic football team
will play Ottawa next Monday at Kan
sas City.
Commercial club will be held Wednes-
day night.
The girls basket ball teams of Topeka
and Lawrence are scheduled for bout
some time this fall.
A. w. Smith of Groveland. circulated
among the Odd Fellows and politicians
at the Copeland today.
T. H. Thomas, postmaster of Rock
Island, H., visited Postm aster John
Guthrie here Monday.
State house offices now get steam heat
in the early morning hours from the two
boilers still in the basement
Reports indicate that the late rains
have benefited greatly the wheat and
rye in this part of the state.
Washburn and the Kansas NEEDLES
football teams may play at a picnic to
be held at Fort Riley next week.
Dr. Lux went to Kansas City yester-
day with his brother Walter who entered
the Kansas City dental college
Born to Mr.. and Mrs Frank Voge1 of
314 Harrison street. October s. a boy.
Weight eight and a quarter pounds.
The Y NJ c. A. is circulating a SER
los Of n
scripture references printed thereon.
Arthur Kane and Major T. J. Ander-
son furnished the money to fight the
Auditorium case on behalf of the city.
Subscriptions are being taken for the
High School World The first issue for
ance.
The rat traps are now yielding their
annual harvest, and the young and in
experienced rodents are being caught
by dozens.
AL. Moneys earthworks still must be
climbed over and make an unsightly
line across the state house lawn, but he
can't help it
Wallace Sneed, of North Topeka is one
of the two additional janitors just put
on at the state house. The other is from
Riley county.
The council last night granted City
Clerk Squires permission to take two
weeks vacation. Mr.. Squires has not
decided when he will go.
The Ladies Aid society of the Oak
land Methodist church will meet
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. Scott Kelsey.
w G. Edens, who is assistant superin-
tendant of the rural free delivery SER
vice, will be in Topeka soon to inspect
some of the Shawnee county routes.
Charles Hodges, of the Santa Fe
offices, has been experimenting with
the croppies in the Cottonwood, and he
says he knows more about fishing than
he did.
Auditor Cole registered $12, 500 worth OF
Scammon waterworks bonds and $13,800
worth of refunding school bonds for
school district No. 5. Russell county,
yesterday.
William Allen White of Emporia is
said to have received $3.50 for his story
now running in the Saturday Evening
Post. 1t is called "A Most Lamentable
Comedy"
Governor Stanley will speak at the old
settlers reunion at Enterprise Thurs
day. C. B. Hoffman, Populist guber-
material timber, will entertain the pres
ent incumbent.
A boom has been launched for James
Chisham, the present postmaster OF Atchi-
son and whilom manager for John j.
ingalls, for the Republican nomination
for secretary of state
Isaac V. Brown, of Kansas City, Sc
cured a marriage license at Kansas
City MONDAY TO marry Wliid 1usHSS
of Topeka The bride to be is 2S years
old and the groom q.
The Topeka High school football team
will play the Central High school OF
Kansas City at Washburn park next
Saturday. Washburn has no game
scheduled for that date.
Much interest is being shown among
the girls at high school this year in
basketball. Several teams have been
organized and practice is had almost
daily at the Y. w. C. A. gymnasium
A leak in the newly-fitted steam pipes
damaged the wallpaper and ceiling in
the court room of the railroad commits
sioners One of Secretary's Coburn's
office rooms suffered similar damage.
Irwin lodge. No. ESQ. of the A. Q. U.
W., will give an oyster supper Thurs