The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-10
SNAP SHOTS At HOME NEWS


rado today, to be gone about two
weeks.
Mrs. Sadie Bethel of Holton has Sc
cured position as nurse at Christ
William. Parker is sick with malarial
fever at his mothers home, 234 Klein
street.
George sharitt. clerk Of the o. s. cir
cult court, is in LeavenWorth today at
tending court.
D. Y. Cook left thic week for a trip
for his health and to visit friends in the
Big Horn valley in Wyoming.
On Monday Governor Stanley win
hear the arguments in behalf of sew
era1 conVicts who want pardOns.
Santa F'e trains from the west have
been delayed most of the week on ac-
count of the washouts on the New Mex
leo lines.
Mrs: Ad Slusser is in Christ hospital
suffering from five broken ribs caused
by falling from chair at the Kansas
Medical college
Yesterdays rain caused the ditch
dug across East Eighth street for the
steam pipes to settle and allow the
pavement to fall in.
DIR. Adam Rupin, Sr.. wants it under
stood that he is not the Dr. Rupin who
testified in a joint case in police court.
It was DR. Anton Rupin-
John Limeburner, formerly connect
ed with the Advocate, is in Topeka He
is now a manufacturing optician with
a factory in Philadelphia.
In the Boston Philadelphia game
Tuesday Dick Cooley landed a two base
hit against the right field fence, bring
ing in two men, which won the game
Lieutenant Jacob Wisner, late of the
Twentieth Kansas will go to Wash
ington to apply for a commission in
the regular army. He lives in Kansas
City.
The city Y M c. A. has already be-
in the banjo. mandolin and guitar
classes that are to be conducted next
winter.
Major General Macarthur, who has
been invited to attend the Twentieth
Kansas reunion at Ottawa September
and 4, has signihed his intention Of
attending.
John strickrott took a picture of the
city building yesterday. 1t will be
made into a half-tone cut and printed
on the letter. heads used by the various
city officials
City Treasurer Hale yesterday can
celled $4,000 worth OF old Improvement
bonds, issued during Mayor Cofran's
administration. He also paid out S.
600 more in interest.
Ben g. Walker has sold his bakery
at 607 Jackson street and will again en-
bark in the restaurant business at his
old stand at 624 Kansas avenue, occupy
ing the large store room
Il.
the Barber Asphalt Paving company,
has given notice to City Engineer Nc
Cabe that the work of repairing pave
ment will begin on Monday.
The ways and means committee of
the council will meet this afternoon at
2 o'clock The object of the meeting
is to figure out what the city tax levy
will be for the coming year.
Today is the fortieth anniversary Of
the Battle of Wilson's Creek. It is
-1r 20 Eearr =
the first and second regiments COM
posed of Kansas men participated
Ed Thomas. president of the South
western Fuel company, was in Las
Vegas a few days ago and the papers
there announced that he took a bob
tailed train for the Kansas capital"
Harry Burns, who had the contract
for painting the postoff1ce, has gone TO
Colorado Springs to paint a school
house. He will also paint a house for
W. S. Stratton, the millionaire carpen-
ter.
D. T. Schoonover. a graduate of
Washburn college, and former resident
of Topeka, is now in Rome Italy,
studying old Latin manuscripts with
one of the Chicago university profess
sors.
One Kansas avenue restaurant has
gotten down to skim milk in place of
cream. Now the patrons are wonder
ing if there had been no recent SHOW
densed milk.
Kansas City Journal: Edward
Wilder, treasurer of the Atchison. To-
peka & Santa F'e railroad, and J. R.
Mulvane, president of the Missouri &
Kansas Telephone company, were here
from Topeka yesterday.
Dan Carpenter, q brother of Sergeant
Hank" Carpenter of the police force,
is seriously sick at the Midland He
was a soldier in the Philippines and
while there contracted throat trouble
from which he is now suffering.
There was a meeting of the streets
and walks committee yesterday after
noon. The question of getting the ap-
proaches to the Kansas avenue bridge
paved was discussed. This proposition
was defeated at the last meeting of the
council
Frank Benedict a IL year old boy
accidentally shot Il year old Mabel
Hawkins yesterday afternoon, while he
was playing with a revolver which was
not loaded. The bullet struck the girl
in the leg, but it is thought that the
wound will not prove serious.
Judge @. e. Foote, of Topeka, was in
terviewed while in Kansas City a few
days ago. He said to the Kansas City
Journal reporter: 1.-THE bond business
in Kansas is quiet just now because
everything available almost has been
refunded. OF course. there is no way
to get the exact figures but as a rough
guess I would state that by the refund
ing process which has been going on in
our state for the past two years the
people are saving at least 100000 a
year in interest charges"
The rain yesterday carried ruin and
destruction in its path for one Topeka
girl She wore a paper hat. It was a
black one She stood at the transfer
station waiting for a car and had to
run to the middle of the street through
the rain without an umbrella. The rain
soaked the colorlng out before she
reached half the distance to the car
and it run down and ruined a pretty
shirtwaist and the hat was abandoned
at the car. 1t lay in the street q total
,arr.eclr The colorire. ran out and over