The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-21
sNAP sH0Ts AT HoME news


Major 7. J. Anderson is attending the
G. A. r. encamDment at Fort Scott
a Topeka man says: LAS soon as the
weather bureau quit predicting rain 1t
rained-'
The jury in the district court is ex-
peeted to handle five liquor cases a day
this week.
It seems that there will be a continu-
Gus performance at the Auditorium Sun
day afternoon and night
Belle Heustis has brought suit for
divorce from Clarence Heustis. She
claims that he is untrue
Susan Elmquist has filed suit for d.
vOce in the district court against Carl
Elmquist on the grounds of cruelty.
Albert T. Reid took his first lesson at
/ bowling Tuesday. He says it is an
excellent substitute for a Turkish bath.
G. c. Clemens is acting as the board
! of strategy in the 20 liquor cases in the
district court this week. He is on the
! defensive.
The rain caught a bunch of golf play
ers Tuesday in the middle of the links
A sorry crowd it was when they reach
ed the club house.
What will the skeptics say when the
/ Topeka shale owners begin to cash in
their gold nuggets at the United States
mint?
G. K. Holiday. W. W. Webb and T.
| L. King were appointed last night to
look after the arrangements for the Elks
| trip to Salt Lake.
The Shawnee county W. c. T. U. in
stitute will be held at Martin chapel,
Lane and Seventeenth streets, Friday
morning at $40 o'clock.
Mrs. Mary Niece, Of 219Hancock street,
who was stricken with partial para
| lysis last week, has SO far recovered as
/ to be able to be up and around.
Father Hayden is planning to build
large veranda around the parochiai resi-
| dence at Eighth avenue and Jackson
street. The stone for the masonry has
| been delivered.
Last nights rain will give the straw
1 berry growers much JOY. 1t IS now
practically certain that plenty of good
strawberries will come onto the market
| from local gardeners.
MarshalPs band viii play al the anti
/ prohibition meeting to be held at the
| auditorium Sunday afternoon The reg
ular Sunday concert will be given in
the evening at Garfield park.
F. E Smith Of Ottawa was in Topeka
! Tuesday On his way to Denver, Colo,
to hunt his wife, Maude Smith, whom he
/ says he believes went there for the pur
/ pose Of meeting another man.
A. F. Poole. the man who was con-
victed of stealing chickens, denies that
| he has been in the Missouri and Nebras-
l1a penitentiaries. If there is any one
who ought to know it is Poole.
T. J. Crouch. the shoemaker whose
| shop at S27 Kansas avenue is the DEM
| Ocratic headquarters was married last
| night to Mary Jane Lane, of Cana5o-
| harie. n. z. at Rutland, Vermont.
The -Sophomores OF the High
| school defeated the High School Fresh
| men at baseball Tuesday on the Wash
/ burn field by the score of 1T. Batteries,
! Sub ophomores, Griggs and FOUGHT;
| Freshman, Parker and Snyder.
Strickler's Business college is support
| ing a baseball team. The suits for the
| members of the team have been pur-
t.I,C 9olao ,rsf 1p q no
ger, is now busy making out a schedule
of games for the summer season.
l. D. Calkins, the star spotter witness
in the present pot pourri of liquor cases
in the district court. is sojourning in
some other locality at present much to
the comfiture of the jointists and the
discontinue of the prosecuting attor-
neys
Four cases of contagious disease were
reported Tuesday to the board of health
They We're as follows: Chickenpox, al
1914 West Second street; scarlet fever
at 119 Topeka avenue; measles at Z2l
Jackson street. and measles, at 1l0l
East Sixth street.
/ George Klauer, who was acquitted by
a jury Tuesday afternoon of selling
liquor, shook hands with each juror and
thanked him and invited him to drop
round and see him any time at the same
old stand first floor This wouldn't hap
pen at any other place.
Some of the rival curbstone men are
knocking on the Ramsey Fort Scott
quarries, and say that Mr.. Ramsey
can not furnish stone to fill his existing
| contracts City Engineer McCaDe may
make a trip to Fort Scott to ascertain
the true condition of affairs.
Highland Park college, at Des Moines,
Will send a ball team here to play
Washburn Friday The Highland Park
team which played here last season was
the strongest. college ball team that ever
played here. The pitcher was the phe-
nomenal Cyclone Thompson.
John Charleston, United States army
recruiting officer at Kansas City, will
preach this evening and Friday and
Sunday nights at the school house of
district 81 northeast of town Mr.
Charleston is a native of India and has
the reputation of being a powerful
speaker.
Who made the mistake in writing in
the complaint that George Klauer ran a
joint on the second hOOF2 is what is
worrying all concerned in the case. Hit
joint is on the first floor. Chief Stab
knew that but the legal papers SAID
second floor, and upon that technically
the jury found him not guilty
A meeting was held last night at the
German Lutheran church to discuss
ways and means for carrying out th'
work of the society. a state society
will be organized and the work will b.
carried to all the German Lutheran
? churches of the state. An effort vii
De IlduG 70 41440 AlOAl6c LII Oh AGkCAAu
ent children not provided for in thl
state Of Kansas.
The city has not yet made a forma
7 request on the county commissioners fol
assistance in the building of the new
pest house, but will probably do so a
the meeting of the board on Friday
The county may donate a site for th'
} building as its part of the enterprise
Quite a good deal of tax title land is il
the possession of the county which
might be available for the purpose a
small expense.
Ex-Councilman D. J. Dickinson ha.
sold his grocery store at Tenth ant
Morris avenues to A. A Alderser whs
has been running a grocery at Eight
and Madison Mr.. Anderson will com
! bine his stock with that of Mr. Dickin
1 son. Mr.. Dickinson has been in tn
grocery business in Topeka for Is years