The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-10
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


The Commercial club will meet We'd
nesday evening.
DR.. H L. Allsire has gone to New
York for a three weeks stay.
The thunder storm at 5 o'clock this
morning was the first of the season.
Sunf1ower team No. 536 M w. A. will
give a dance tonight at 704-6 Kan. ave-
Work has been commenced on the
new front for Warren NJ Crosby's store.
The sparrows are building nests This
is good time to watch your cave
troughs.
J. W. O'Neil, manager of the Topeka
Water company, is the latest golf re-
cruit in Topeka.
E W. Thompson. general passenger
and ticket agent of the Rock Island,
went to Chicago today
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Foote are now oc-
cupying their new residence adjoining
the governors mansion
Miss Irene Nye, of Eureka, Kan. is
visiting with Miss Jane Rodgers, regis
trar of Washburn college.
The city of Lawrence had $4,000
worth of i'm provement bonds registered
by Auditor E. Cole last Saturday.
The federal officers located at Topeka
are at Wichita today to attend the ses-
sion of the federal court there presided
over by Judge w. c. Hook.
Mrs. H. O. Carney has been endorsed
by the Daughters of the American Rev
olution as a candidate for the presiden-
cy of the city federation of clubs.
The title business man. was quite
expansive-as used at the First Method
list church last night when signatures
to the Sheldon petition We're called for.
No one was refused if he wished to add
his name to the list.
Oliver Wright, who stole and subse-
quently pawned a watch, chain and ring
belonging to his sister, Mrs. Hattie
Read, of 926 North Madison street, was
bound over for trial under a $500 bond
which he failed to secure.
Frank NJ. Leach of Washburn col
lege, win be the next president of the
Interstate Oratorical association. The
interstate association is composed of
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wis
consin, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado
and Kansas.
Repairs at the Western Union tele-
graph building have been nearly COM
pleted. Handsome plate glass windows
floor of the office has been tiled. Other
Improvements commensurate with those
mentioned have been made.
Voting was stopped for a short time
in the first precinct of the Fifth ward Sat
u.'day afternoon because of a shortage of
ballots. The judges reported that only
LOG ballots had been sent there and that
they were used by 2 o'clock. The judges
rustled around and finally secured more
ballots.
One hundred and twenty-six addition
al seats for Paderewskis concert in
Convention hall one week from tonight
were received from Kansas City this
morning and placed on sale at the w.
F. Roehr Music company. There has
already been sold in Topeka 800 worth
of the tickets.
Postmaster John Guthrie of Topeka
has received instructions from. WASH
ington to withhold the pay of rural free
delivery mail carriers where they have
failed to carry their route every day in
the month. The instructions state, how
ever, that where it is ascertained that
carrier made an honest endeavor to
make his route every day, he is to re-
ceive his pay, but where such is not the
case the pay for the entire month is to
be held back
The preliminary hearing of the White
Star laundry case in city court has been
continued to the 18th owing to a mis-
understanding between Attorney Jami-
son for the prosecution and Attorney J.
B. Larimer for the defense. Attorney
Larimer, representing E. NJ. Cockerell,
will file a motion to Quash the con-
plant, which will be considered by the
court tomorrow. Miss Edith Terrence,
the prosecuting witness is backed by
the state labor commissioner.
The story is afioat that Luther Mel
lis called at the police station last night
after Dr. McFarland'S lecture, and at
tackled the police force for allowing the
Joints to run on Sunday. Night Sergeant
Jenkins asked Mr.. Nellis to lead the
way to any joint in the city, and prom
ised to not only pull the place, but
pay the investigator neat sum, far ex-
ceeding the bonus allowed StahPS spot
tiers on every place discovered. After a
careful round of the city. the story
goes Mr.. NelliS acknowledged the corn,
and tried to make the sergeant promise
to keep the story away from the re-