The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
SNAP SHOTS ATHOME NEWS.

The Lowe murder trial will begin one
week from today.
The Ferris comedians play at Leaven-
worth this week.
One blessing that comes with Christ
mas is that there will be no football
game.
Sunday was the shortest day in the
year. This is not especially new. but 1t
is fact.
This was one of thise mornings called
crisp the same term used in speaking
of bacon.
c. S. GIeed has gone to Denver in
company with Prof Blake of the State
university.
now living with her son, G.. w. Brown.
1909 Lincoln street.
James Devlin. the 15-year-old son OF
c. j. Devlin, who has been very sick
with typhoid fever. is improving.
City Engineer McCabe is having a
new sewer map made, showing all the
recent additions to the sewer lines.
The CITY now has about $1,000 brick
piled up in the rear of the city hall
The brick are worth close to $1,000.
The state house heating plant is work.
ing about as usual The steam main
has gone wrong and is being dug up.
The Gordon Shay Grand Opera COM
pany which was in : opeka two weeks
ago is booked through to the Pacific
coast.
Paul Kauvar'' was given at the
Crawford last night despite the fact that
the name was missDelled a dozen times
last week
1t is pretty difficult to get around now
without being hampered by people who
are trying to get rid of something they
don't want.
The eremen say that the new gray
truck is one of the most intelligent an
imals that ever was secured for the fire
service.
c. J. Dev1in's life insurance now
amounts to 81, 100000 John Wanamaker
IS the only other man in the United
States who carries more, and he has
81, 100000.
The peculiarly Swedish Lutheran Gus
tom of adoring the Christ child, will be
celebrated at the Swedish Lutheran
church, Fourth and Tyler streets at 5
O'Clock Christmas morning.
Mrs Thorpe has faithful allies in the
children's societies in the country dis
tricts near Topeka. She has just re-
celved a quilt and clothing from Bethel
church and 81 in pennies from Roches-
ter.
Captain Robinson, of fire department
HEADQUARTERS. who has been off duty
ever since he broke his arm on the aerial
ladder, is back at the station again,
though as yet he is not doing regular
work.
u
will celebrate the anniversary of the
state of which its members were for
merly residents on January 90. Sec. T.
J. Anderson of the Commercial club is
in receipt of an invitation to attend.
Anyone desiring to assist in preparing
some little Christmas token for such of
the boys in the Reform school who have
no parents, or friends to remember them
may report the same to Rev. M. F. Nc
Kirahan, chaplain. Alp Topeka avenue,
fo1n
There are number of such boys in the
school.
At the recent grocers' meeting the ma
jority present We're not in favor of keep
ing open at all on Christmas day. al
though few decided they would keen
1t was also decided that no Christmas
presents would be given customers. be-
cause it would offend those who were
overlooked
few days ago, "Oh. did you notice that
the people on Wall street want the Uni
ted States to issue money made out of
rubber" Guess you're mistaken about
they want more elastic currency. Isn't
that a funny thing? 1 never could I'M
derstand Wall street anyway"
Henry T. Marsh. state commander of
the knights of the Maccabees of the
World, said at SaIina that the national
moved to some point in Kansas. The
headquarters are at Port Huron, Mich,
but the new growth has been principal
ly in Kansas. Nebraska and Missouri
and Topeka wants the national head
quarters.
Merchant Policeman Will Hopkin.
saved some one a hard fall Saturday
night when he discovered one of the
large fiagstones in the sidewalk near the
northeast corner of Seventh street and
Kansas avenue was broken. When he
made the discovery the stone looked all
right to a casual observer. but a kick
sent it into the pit eight or ten feet be-
low It would easily have fallen with
the first person who stepped on it.
! Topeka men are interested in the for
nation of the Pioneer Trust company
of Kansas City, which has just been
organized with a capital stock and sur :
plus of one million dollars. The follow
ing is the personnel of the organiza ton
committee: c. f Holmes. e. L. Scar
ritz Charles S. Gleed, Topeka, Kan
H. L. Harmon, w H. Lucas, Walton H
/ Holmes, A. r. Meyer. Stephen H VeIie,
Jr., A. w Childs. treasurer George z.
Bradley, secretary: A. F. Sawyer.
/ The following is from the Emporia
4 Republican: The Republican has re-
ceived a copy of = Ton's history vt
I the United States, published by Scott,
/ Foresman & Co, Chicago, which will be
i used in the schools of Kansas the COM
/ ing five years. Prof. Davidson. super
4 intendent of the Topeka schools, is the
author, and the schools of the state are
fortunate to have so entirely commend
/ able a history. In subject matter, Illus
! tration, printing and everything that
goes to make up the book, it is almost