The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

John Martin was in Kansas City yester-
The high school class VIII graduate on
W. H. ROssington went to Kansas City
yesterday
NJ D. Henderson was in Kansas City
Railroad traffic has been light for the
last few days.
Ben F. CrisWeH was in Kansas City
yesterday on business.
Ex-Gov. George W. Click was in Topeka
a brief while yesterday afternoon on bust
ness.
Bishop L. NJ Fink of Leavenworth was
in Topeka a short time Monday evening
The school board will open the bids for
the Lowman Hill school building Wednes>
day night.
The pharmacists will be in Topeka on
the goth for a convention, to be followed
by a banquet
Gov. Stanley will announce the appoint
ments of the board of medical examiners
in a day or two
A surprisingly large number of Topeka
people are interested in oil and gas prop
ositions just now.
Beginning last Sunday, nearly all the
churches changed the hour of their even
ing services from 7:9O to s o'clock
on the ticket foT the Repub bic prinnaries
as a candidate for register of deeds.
The Oxford Literary society was organ
leaguers of the First Methodist church
''Pearly'' Atkinson was fined $40 in po-
lice court yesterday for being drunk. He
highway robbery.
The board of education is considering
the Potwin school removed, as it leaks
and is thought to be unsafe
There is a man on the jury in the dis
of every sentence spoken by the court or
the attorneys. It Keeps his head busy
DR.. l. H. Mum and S. G. Gordon, who
own 500 acre tract of land three miles
from the Beaumont guSherS, have leased
the property to a developing company.
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nresenfabIe condition during the simmer
A man will be employed for that purpose.
Howard Frank formerly a State Jour
nal carrier, who graduated from Wash
Exegesis at the Princeton, N. J., Theolos-
zeal school.
James E. Larimer. chairman of the Re
publican county central committee, has
found that the recent legislature made
the county commissioner districts con
form with the representative districts
Frank P McClosky. who wanted money
from the state treasurer and county
treasurer and who was adildged insane
and taken to BedweiTs private insfitll-
ton, was removed yesterday to the state
insane asylum.
Adjutant General Fox issued a general
order yesterday to the K n G., extolling
the manly and SOldierly qualities of the
late Captain Charlesworth and directine
that mourning insignia be worn by Off
for a period of 80 days
The state of Kansas finds itself a resi-
dent of Topeka, local attorney has dis
covered The governors executive council
decided to go on the petition to the coun-
ell to have Eighth avenue paved from Blu
chanan to Lincoln street and the state
pay its share of the assessment.
Last winter Ed Whitaker tried to sell
500 acres of land near Liberty, Tex, which
he inherited, for 81 an acre. 1t is in the
limits of the newly discovered oil regions
and now he is refusing $50 an acre for it.
Fred Whitaker owns a tract of the same
size Immediately adjoining.
P I. Bonebrake has suggested that the
school children gather at the several
schools PRESIDENT Mckinley will pass on
would have an excellent chance Of seeing
avoid the crowd which will be on the
main streets.