The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-11
sNAP sHOTs AT HONE NEWS

Judge Hazen keeps two Juries work
Ing about all the time.
Yesterday was field day for the To-
pelSa High school athletes
"A special meeting OF the council has
been called for Monday night.
O. J. Wood Of the Santa F'e legal de-
partment went to Chicago Friday.
Fishermen have given up for awhile
until hot weather come in earnest.
The defamation contest at Wash
burn viii be on Friday night, May II.
Peter Sells returned to the east to-
day He viii join his circus at Phila-
delphia-
Next week in the district court viii
be taken up with criminal cases before
the jury.
Several mud-hoIes in the west part Of
town have been condemned and will be
filled by the city
The freshman class at Washburn viii
be responsible for a minstrel show on
Friday, May "A.
There seems to be no question of the
fact that Washburn has an amateur
baseball team this year
Adeline Weeks has begun proceedings
for divorce from her husband Frank
Weeks, in the district court.
W F. Fielie. who has been visiting
relatives here for two weeks, left Friday
afternoon for Cincinnati o.
The High school junior class will en-
terrain
school building some time next week.
Governor Stanley delivered the COM
mencement address to the high school
graduates at Valley Falls last night
The work of cleaning the streets and
alleys under the supervision of the san
itary department Will be begun Mon
day
Washburn was defeated Friday by
Haskell by a score of s to IL A game
is being played with K. U. this after
noon
The United States district court Will
open at Salina May 20 1t was to have
been called Monday, but was postponed
one week.
The Saturday Night club will meet
tonight. c. D. Welch will read a paper
on 1.-The craftsmanship of Alexander
Hamilton
Ed Howe's STORY of a Country Town"
and WIN Whites Real Issue are part
Of the library of the Santa Fe Califor-
mia limited.
Grant Hornaday is the principal
stockholder in the Union State bank. Of
Uniontown. Bourbon county. The CAPT
tai stock is $1,000.
A. d. Neale, of Chautauqua, and John
Bentershaw. Of Independence, argued in
cases that closed the sessions of the su-
preme court yesterday.
The fremen at the central station de-
vote their leisure time these days to
baseball Several of the men are de-
Eeloping into pitchers
Roy Cannon. who has been with a
party working on the Liberal extension
of the Rock Island. is visiting relatives
in Topeka for two weeks
State Superintendent Frank Nelson is
in Denver this week as delegate TO the
Kansas COlorado-Texa conference Of
the Swedish Lutheran church.
Representative Robert Hamer. of Lyon
county, was yesterday attending su-
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political ambitions at present
Raymond E Stotts, Clyde z. Hopper,
and Perry Reeve, of Garden City have
been breveted captain. first and second
heutenants, respectively, of company K,
*. n. G..
les was seen around the streets today.
William Storms is the owner and about
the only man in town with nerve enough
to ride it.
Going home from Topeka the other
day Webb AIcNall stopped off at Leban-
on and bought a span of mules. Webb is
going to put two harvesters at work if
his wheat makes the crop 1t seems likely
to.
Frank Herald has commenced pro-
ceedings in bankruptcy in the United
States district court. Referee J. G.
SlOneelzer announces that the first
meeting of the creditors will be on
May 90
- II Eankla IS nSurlng on the new
Motel at Ottawa Some time ago the
Centennial hotel at that place burned.
and now the city offers $1,000 to anyone
who viii build a new hotel. 1t may be
a free location also.
Some one traded bicycles with John
w. Marsh last night sight unseen
The wheel was taken from in front of
q building on Quincy between Fifth and
Sixth An old dilapidated wheel was
left in place of the good one
State Employment Agent T. b. Gerow
says from the report he has on hand s.
600 men will be wanted to harvest the
wheat crop Wages that are to be paid
range from S2.25 to $3.50 per day and
board.
An even break is shown in the gradu-
ating class of the Geary county high
school this year, as reported to the Of
flee of the state superintendent. There
are seven boys and seven girls in the
class.
The ladies of the NIaccabees will hold