The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-23
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

It rains whether Jennings wills it SO or
not these days.
The government thermometer got up
to 81 yesterday afternoon.
The Kansas river has reappeared af-
ter a protracted vacation.
Mrs. Nation is still in jail-the joint
lists when last heard from were not.
The high wind last night frightened
good many people but did little dam
age.
Governor Stanley spoke to the high
school graduating class at Peabody last
night
After every rain there are thousands
of small lakes in the West Sixth avenue
/ paving.
/ ell Grove attending school during the
/ summer.
The old soldiers are drifting back to
! Topeka from the G. A. r. meeting at
/ Fort Scott.
The second pilgrimage to Wichita will
/ begin Sunday when the Republicans VIII
take up their journey
T. J. Coughlin has purchased his part
! ner's interest in the Coughlin- Martln
Hardware company.
County Commissioner Silas Rain is
at Christ hospital where he went to IN
/ dergO an operation.
The Wilbur Kirwin CON pany will
! give THE Two Vagabonds" Saturday
night at the Crawford
The county commissioners will sit as
/ a board of equalization June z to ad-
! just the tax assessments.
The Lincoln school junior ball team
1 defeated the S. S. A. team Thursday at
/ ternoon by a score of is to 10
The grass in the state house grounds
is now tall enough to cut for hay. The
lawn looks like a waving N eadow.
! With the liquor cases going by the
board Judge Hazen and the jury IN the
district court are left without anything
to do.
Mrs. Rose Crist, who has been assist
/ ing a travelling evangelist In Colorado,
has returned to Topeka for rest until
/ June L
The new catalogues of Washburn col
lege have been issued, and show an at
tendance at the college during the year
of go
A Topeka man has patented a warm
ing device for cold feet. He should
have placed in on the market during the
late war.
Congressman Curtis viii leave the
/ Republican state convention at Wichita
/ in time to make the Decoration DAY al
| dress in Topeka
A. J. Kelly, ex-mayor of Eskridge.
has returned to his home in that city
| after a visit with his sister, Mrs. II.
| Hill of Potwin Place.
A Topeka man gives the following
! otAN1
was blown down in Atchison last night.
Something happens to every circus that
goes there.
The gang and anti-gang forces. at
Washburn will play ball Saturday
They ought to play football without UNI
pire, referee or regulations and fight II
/ out to a settlement
The showers came this morning just
| as people were coming down town The
street cars were crowded and the Won
! art nf Is that the nlRnt did
not shut down.
A number of fishing parties have been
| made up in Topeka within the last few
! days to fish at Rossville: Good catches
| have been reported at that point since
the recent rains.
The gang" and "anti-gang" fight at
| Washburn has a sort Of barnyard al
mosphere about it. The leader or tins
gang is Hen" Read, and the leader OF
| the anti-gang is Chick" Cunning ham
The Native Sons Of Kansas held a
meeting at the Commercial club last
night. The rain prevented a large at
tendance and the business of the even
ing was postponed until the next meet
ing.
The heavy wind last night broke down
a great many trees and several big
limbs in falling cut off the electric light
service. North Topeka was in darkness
during most of the evening, and the
Washburn college line also suffered
Dwight Platt, Of the class of 1890
will deliver the alumni address at Wash
burn this year. Mr.. Plat is a brother
of Ferry Plat, who was one of Wash
burns crack orators several years ago
The alumni address will be on the even
ing of June 10.
A meeting will be held tomorrow
night by the men interested in the for
nation of the company to operate a
new pickle plant in Topeka. Enough
money viii probably be pledged to JUS
tify the formation of the company Sat
urday night so that a charter may be
taken out next week.
superintendent Goodrich, of the cleo
trio light plant says that the Western
Union company has refused to allow the
city to send its electric light wires acros;
the river on the W. U. poles. They are
afraid of our Juice, said Mr.. Goodrich
THE electricity on our wires is of sucI
high voltage that it jumps"
William Day, until recently stenogra-
pher to Chief Dispatcher Combs of the
Santa Fe but since holding a similar
position with H. w. Sharp, superintend-
ent of Kansas City terminals, has beer
transferred to the position of stenogra-
pher to H. A. Tice, division superintend-
ent at Arkansas City. He left for that
place Thursday night.
COURT IN KANSAS CITY.