The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-20
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The government thermometer got up
to so Tuesday.
Mrs. w. H. WATSON and son Clyde are
visiting in Fort Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Bozarth have gone
to Colorado Springs for a visit.
The state house elevator has been
running a week without breaking down.
DIR. S. A. Johnson has gone away on
his summer vacation. He will visit in
the Pacific states while gone.
C. o. Madoulet, formerly of Topeka, is
now a councilman from the First ward
of the city of Ration, New Mexico.
The little child of ]. H. Hartzen, IT'S
Buchanan street, fell from a second
story window, Monday afternoon and
escaped any serious injuries.
Lieut.. Frank Keller, who is stationed
at Jefferson Barracks, ST. Louis, spent
Thursday in Topeka with his aunt, Mrs
Beardsley on Harrison street.
One of the large spreading top trees
in Huntoon park was broken off near
the ground by the heavy wind which
accompanied this mornings storm.
Miss Rose Kennedy, who left employ
of the State Reform school, denies that
she was discharged from the position
She says that she resigned of her own
accord.
The state conference of the Church OF
God is in session in Topeka. About %
delegates from Emporia are here, be-
sides others from other parts of the
state.
All that the Dover people now want
is someone with the money to finance
i the proposed electric road from the
southwestern part of Shawnee county
to Topeka.
The property owners on West Sixth
street will meet Thursday at p. m. at
the Commercial club rooms. for the
purpose of discussing the proposed
pavement to the brick plant.
The county commissioners have decid-
ed to have the county Jail rewired to
prevent further accidents by fire. The
workmen have begun on the job, which
it will take several days to complete.
There are one or two automobiles in
Topeka that go snorting along the street
like a mad bull They are beginning to
whistle bell, and that is the exact
counterpart of the believing of an OK.
The charter board has issued a char
ter to the Kansas Burial and Monu-
ment association of Topeka. The direc-
tors are ]. Z. Barkley, F. 6. Barley,
N. w. Null. J. NJ. Miller and M. D.
Barley.
Baron H. L. DeGinzberg, the Boer or
ator, made an address last night at
Sixth and Kansas avenue. The proceeds
| of Baron DeGinzberg's work in this
! country go into a fund for the relief of
! the widows and orphans of Boer sold
ierS.
Frank Ebright has sold his residence
| at 1906 Fillmore street to A. J. King for
| $4,000. Mr.. Ebright is now in business
at Seattle, Wash, and could not look
after the property which fell to him on
| his fathers death short time ago. The
| Strauss agency made the sale.
| E. D. McKeever, assistant United
| States district attorney. says that the
| opinion given by him on the legality of
| trade checks has been misinterpreted.
| Mr.. Mckeever held that trade checks
are Illegal only when they are displac-
| trade checks are in conflict with no
statute.
| The Bird canning factory started up
| in earnest the first of the week. One
| hundred new hands were taken on to
naatoes which the factory expects to
| handle this season. Tomatoes are being
bought at the factory at 20 cents a
| bushel, and even with that price it may
| be difficult to secure enough, as there is
likely to be a shortage in the crop.
People are again eating meat Round
steak is selling for Is cents pound
now, and the other kinds are proper
j tionately low in price. 1t is said that
! the butchers could sell meat still cheap
1 er as far as wholesale prices OF beef are
! concerned. The latter are about half
what they were when the beef trust
was reigning supreme some time ago.
| The butchers claim after their ice bills
| are paid their margin of profit is not ex-
cessive, especially since they sold con-
siderable. meat during the recent prev
alent hieh prices without profit in order
to accommodate their customers.