The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS

James E. Larimer is sick at his home
on Clay street.
The Kansas Day club banquet is next
Wednesday night.
The county commissioners will visit
the river bridges next week.
The postmasters' convention begins
here next Monday, and will continue
two days.
Schuyler drummer. assistant bank
commissioner, visited in Hutchinson
this week.
There is no ''Uncle Toms Cabin COM
pany headed toward Topeka. Reason,
new police force.
Observer Jennings is preparing to
move to the federal building. He dust
ed off his mucilaSe bottle yesterday.
There was a little buster of snow
this morning. Tt was due here Thurs
day according to the government fore
cast.
The county commissioners viii fur
nish work for the poor by allowing
them to break rock at the fair grounds
quarries.
DR.. ]. P. Raster and DR.. Mcconnell
Santa F'e surgeons, performed an oper-
alton at the Welsh hospital at Hutchin-
son Friday.
The county teachers examinations
are being held today at the office CT
County Superintendent Wright in the
court house.
Leavenworth has enlisted the aid of
Congressman Curtis in fighting the
establishment of a federal court at
Kansas City. Kan.
The Heubner Theater company will
play "Sapho'' at the Crawford tonight
Chief Of Police Donovan has stated that
he will not interfere
Postmaster Guthrie. of Topeka, is now
paymaster for all the rural free de-
livery route carriers in Kansas. He
distributes about $4,000 monthly.
Max Maier, stenographer in the Of
flee of the Rock Island superintendent,
has returned from a trip through the
southwestern portion of the state.
The brief for the defense in the Jessie
Morrison case which was filed in the
supreme court yesterday is bound in
a blood red cover Is this an omen?
lines and his band will be at the
Auditorium week from Tuesday.
Then the cornet will be presented to
the winner, and the losers can look on
No evidence was introduced in the
Croft liquor trial in the district court
to show that Stones Folly was burned
That point was not material in the
case.
F. w. Booth, who has been in Supt.
Resseguie's office at the Santa Fe gen
eral office building, has resigned to ac-
cept a position with the Santa F'e at
Chicago.
Mrs. Frank Watson bears the same
relation to the Innes cornet voting con-
in "Casabianca-" She is staying with
the ship.
Mrs. A H. Thompson has been elected
to represent the Daughters of the
American Revolution at the meeting TO
be held in Washington, d. c.. on Feb
ruary II.
Mcclure Phillips & Co. will publish
William Allen Whites Political Por-
traits in book form: Even the article
which made Senator Platt SO angry will
be in the collection.
Shawnee team No. $500, NJ. W. A,
will give a dance at 704-706 Kansas
avenue, Monday evening, January o. A
prize will be given to the best lady and
gentleman walters.
1t cost the county s219.35 to discover
that the Gregory wet goods dispensed
south of town was hop tea. An ex-
pert could have bought a bottle for
% cents and discovered as much.
George w. Lewis, who was a cor
and who is now a corporal in the Ninth
U. S. infantry, will write a book en-
titled THE Wane of the Wars
DR.. Matt S. Hughes, pastor of the In
Kansas City, delivered a lecture at the
First Methodist church here last night
on the subject 1.-THE American Pessi-
mist"
energy system will be put in the Kan
sas-Missouri Telephone company re-
elected John r. Mulvane president at
the meeting held in Kansas City yes
terday.
Fred Weaverson, representing the
Railway and Engineering Review. was
in Topeka yesterday visiting the Santa
Fe and Rock Island offices. Mr.. Weav-
erson solicits subscriptions, and hunts
up material for publication.
Five of the ten days of the Mid
winter exposition were up Friday night,
and the total number of admissions
was 10000. At that rate the whole pop
ulation of Topeka will be able to see
the show before it closes.
The Roosevelt Republican club of the
Fifth ward was called a meeting for
Monday night at the Third Baptist
church for the purpose of booming
Councilman Warner for reelection as
a member of the city council.
The Topeka Whist club has it's Irish
up just now because it had defeated a
couple of teams and the Topeka play |
ers will take on Ottawa tonight Otta-
wa has recently gone to the bad and |
whist is allowed within the city limits |
now.
The T. A. A. billiard players who put |
up forfeit IN the form OF money on |
January 1 binding themselves not to |
play billiards again until July 4. have |
by agreement taken down the forfeit |
and are now playing the full eight |
hours day.
Crane & Co, through their attorneys,
Quinton & Quinton, yesterday afternoon |
fled a formal motion in the district |
court that the petition of Lizzie z. |
Wooster asking for $4,000 judgment |
against the company, be made more
definite and certain.
Andrew Smith, the Topeka bowler /
scored ALA in the Individual contest in
ten pins at Buffalo yesterday. The con-
test was won by Fred Strong of Chi
cago, with score of $40. Smith was
well up in the list and defeated bowIers
from Chicago, St Louis and other cit
les. One of the low scores was 443.