The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-06
SNAP SHOTS ATHOME NEWS

t'Papa's Baby will be at the Craw-
ford tonight
The city schools reopened today after
the Christmas vacation.
The students of the Kansas Medical
college resumed their studies and lee
lures this morning.
The spring reunion of the Topeka
bodies of the Scottish Rite will be
March 25 to 81 inclusive.
Emillie E. Challberg filed suit for di-
vorce in the district court Saturday az
ternoon from NJ. o. Challberg.
T. p Getz will be here about Febru-
airy i to begin rehearsals for the Elks'
benefit "A Night in Bohemia"
The fremen's relief fund. paid into the
state insurance department by the hre
insurance companies, this year amounts
to $21, 900.
The sale of reserved seats for the en-
gagemente of Willie Collier in ON the
Quiet at the Crawford Thursday VIII
open Tuesday morning.
D. W. Little, assistant state superin-
tendent of public instruction, is spend
ing a. few days at his home in Sharon
Springs. in the extreme western part
of the state. this week.
Grover C. Melvin, the boy who robbed
the United States mail at Jennings, as
been taken to Leavenworth by Deputy
United States Marshal Prescott. he
was lodged in the county Jail.
Special revival services are to be con-
tinued this week at the United Brethren
church. Twelfth and Quincy streets
Rev E. B. Slade will preach until We'd
nesday evening.
The ladies of the First Baptist church
will hold their annual business meeting
and thimble party at the home of Mrs
G. E. E,ldredge, S1S Jefferson street, at
2:30 p. M, January 8. The ladies or the
first division will serve refreshments.
Lawrence Journal: Topeka is swelled
up because in christening the musk OK
that passed through town the other day,
a bottle of champagne was used. Whch
is all a fiction. Topeka doesn't waste
good stuff that way. When the truth
is finally known it will be found that
the bottle contained either hard cider
or hop tea
The Co-operative Insurance company
will hold its annual meeting in Topeka
tomorrow. The officers came to To-
peka Saturday tO~ make arrangements
for the m Getting. They are: Presldent'
w. B. GaSche, Hartford; secretary, w.
D. Gilpin, Topeka; auditors,J. w. Miller,
Hartford; r. H. Irons, Mcpherson; Z.
B. Harmon, OskalooSa.
The time-worn and threadbare suit
of the VineWoOd Park Railway COM
pany against the city of Topeka, grow
ing out of the destruction of the old
Eighth avenue viaduct, has been set for
hearing by the supreme court at It's
March sitting. The company brought
suit against the city and asked for
$4,000 damages. 1t got Judgment for
$1,910.62 and the city appealed
Some time ago in giving the rank of
Norman Ramsey, Topeka's representa-
tive at West Point, it was reported that
he ranked forty-third in his mathemat-
zeal studies,r An official report which
has just been received from West Point
shows that he ranks nineteenth. AS this
is in a class of 159 young men who have
passed extremely severe competitive ex-
aninations in order to get into the
West Point academy, Mr.. Ramsey's
friends and former teachers in Topeka
consider that he has made an excellent
showing.
A meeting of the board of managers
of the Kansas Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution has been call
ed to meet on Tuesday evening at
O'Clock at the home of the secretary,
Mr.. William E. Connelley, 725 Lane
street. The object is to act in conjunc-
ton with a committee, f. H. Foster,
chairman, appointed at the last meet
ing to arrange for the proper observance
of Washington's birthday, February %.
A public meeting will probably be called
to be held in Representative hall, and
perhaps a banquet to be served later.
Nearly all the other state societies
have observed this day for several
years, and some of them, that of Cali
fornia in particular, usually give BAN
quet on other revolutionary anniver
saries An attempt will be made to
bring Kansas into line.