The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-07
SNAP SHOTS ATHoME NEWS

John F. Switzer went to Kansas City
today on business.
The Topeka Gun club is planning an
Otner visit to Rossville.
The government thermometer got up
TO "a Wednesday afternoon.
This is one of the summers when To-
peka is an excellent summer resort
Miss Ethel Klise has returned from
two weeks visit in BartleSville, ]. L.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Anderson left
Wednesday for Salt Lake and Cali
fornia.
It's about time for the Bell Telephone
company to begin work on the new
building.
Winfield A. Scott Bird is in San Fran
cisco attending the Knights of Pythias
reunion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Longaker of 1928
Mulvane street are the parents of a
daughter.
banner across Kansas avenue near
Fourth street
The Independent Telephone company
is still putting up new lines in every
section of the city.
Arta Miller wishes final and legal
separation from Milton H. Miller be-
cause he deserted her.
The strike on the new Gleed building
on West Sixth avenue has been settled.
and work was resumed today
Jennie c. Gumlno wishes Judge Hazen
to grant her a divorce from Thomas
Gummo because he is cruel to her.
Malta Brandley has asked Judge
Hazen to divorce her from Harry
Brandley on the grounds of cruelty.
Anna Streeter wishes the district
court to sever the ties which bind her
to H. C. Streeter because he drinks.
= The old buildings at the southeast
corner of Sixth avenue and jackson
street were all pulled down Wednesday.
The worst thing about ping pong is
it's name. After you get over the name,
the rest isn't more than three-fourths
bad.
Judge Hazen Wednesday afternoon re-
fused to grant a new trial in the case of
the Western Union Telegraph company
against Jordan.
Dan Cain. who is now a resident of
La Junta. Col. is living in the house
which was vacated by his predecessor
in Office. J. E. Hurley. ~
The storm in Manitou. Colo, was of
the usual nun Der of summer pilgrims
from Topeka are there.
The teluty of Topeka avenue is be-
ing married by the planting of row of
unsigitly telephone poles in the park
alcng the west side of the avenue.
B. F. Eyer, formerly teacher of nat
ural science in the Topeka high school.
.
department at the State Agricultural
college.
The Topeka Business college baseball
team Will not play the Valley Falls team
Saturday but will play the Haskell In
dams Friday and Saturday on the
Washburn grounds.
The matter of getting better train
service ON the Missouri Pacific into To-
peka is still dragging. 1t is announced
however that the officials are working
on a set OF time tables.
Superintendent o.. E. Hurley. of the
Santa Fe. is in Colorado visiting his
family, who are spending the summer
there. After the summer heat is over,
they will come to Topeka to live.
A letter which reached the Topeka
postOffice in June was not delivered un-
til yesterday to the person to whom it
was addressed, although the addressee
has been living in the same house all
the time. z, ~
secretary John curran of the Populist
state central committee has had his BIZ
cycle stolen from in front of the COM
rnittee headquarters at Metropolitan
hall but he doesn't accuse Mort AL
Laugh of taking it
Arrangements are being made with
the railroads to run trains to and from
the Rock Island and Santa F'e depots
and the fair grounds during the race
meeting and livestock show that is to
John Cornish, who is charged with I'M
lawfully selling liqaor to Indians. ap-
peared before United States Commits
sioner K. F. Hayden Wednesday after
loon for his preliminary hearing. He
was held for trial in the federal court.
Prof. Harry Woods. who is to be in
charge OF the Washburn college OBJ
servatory and physical laboratories. re-
turned to ToDeka Wednesday for a few
days visit with his wife who is now
living here. Mr.. Woods is doing some
work for the United States coast and
geodetic survey in Kansas this sum-
nier.
1t is rather surprising that the enter
priSing book firms in Chicago did not
advertise in the morning papers that
the full and conlplete story of Harry
Tracy's life and death is now ready for
delivery, bound in full cloth and illus
trated with 200 full page half tone cuts.
Chicago publishers must be getting a
little slow.
man from L-eavenworth, who is well
known to Topeka railroad men, sailed
into town Wednesday on his yacht and
anchored just abaft the jib-boom of the
Santa F'e Offices Mr.. Thomas wore a
Narraganset Pier Yachting outfit which
made Billy Morgan's astonishing clothes
resemble six nicke1s.
Evangelist Williams is still holding
n ceilings at the tabernacle on East
Sixth avenue More than 800 converts
have been gathered in during the month
that the revival has been in progress
and it was voted to retain Mr.. Will
liams another week Boys and dogs on
the outside of the tent have been re-
ported as creating disturbances lately
/ Rocky Ford cantaloupes are begin
load shipn ents are to be commenced
August 10 and continued until the crop