The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-14
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

car ride last night for it's employees.
1t is easy to understand why it is so
hot today. There is circus In town.
Several Indians were seen this morn
ing down town waiting for the SHOW
Governor Stanley is expected to be at
his Office today, tomorrow and Satur-
day.
Congressman Charles Curtis left to-
day to attend the G. A. r. reunion at
OSawatomie.
The Lenexa Lumber company OF
Lenexa, with a capital of $4,000 has
asked for a charter.
About dozen young people from Sea-
brook have gone to Paxico to be out on
a fishing excursion for a week
Page, the colored shortstop. is making
a good record with the bat for I. b. Z.
on the Kansas tour of the club
Rev. J. E. Everett, secretary of the
State Temperance union, spoke at the
Santa F'e coach shop at noon today
The streets and walks committee met
this afternoon and took up the proposed
franchise to a compressed air company
Some human trying to keep cool last
night by sleeping on the ground fright
ened several people in the west part OF
town.
1.-The Last Days of Pompeii" that is to
come to Topeka the week of September
1920 will be given at the Keith tract at
Potwin.
r. H. Semple is slated to be associate
editor of E. E. Browns proposed Demo-
cratic paper, but the paper has not yet
started.
Miss Bertha M. Rowley, daughter of
A. A Rowley of this city, has been ap-
pointed a typewriter at the Ell Reno.
Ok, land Office.
The Senior League of the Lowman
chapel gave social last evening The
business was SO great that the ice
cream gave out
Tn, Of hoc OF Rncfnn
with the Pittsburg champions Dick
Cooley, the Topeka outfielder, got three
hits and stole a base.
The 18th annual convention of the
Northwestern Missionary Baptist as
Sociation is now in session at the Il
street Baptist church in North Topeka.
Too bad the Ground go between John
Curran and II. N. Gaines could not
have been pulled off August % when the
fusion ITO Do Right" rally is to be
held in Topeka
Assistant Attorney General James
Clayton has returned from a vacation
in Colorado. and he says that Colorado
must make the next move in the Ar
kansas river case
The Democratic Flambeau club will
hold an important meeting at
their hall, 232 Kansas avenue this even
ing to make arrangements for the
rally on August %.
The baseball game between T. B. G.
and Winchester Wednesday at Valley
Falls resulted in a victory for Topeka,
Winchester batsmen.
The state live stock sanitary commits
sion has ordered the quarantine fences
of the Missouri Pacific near Sumner
county moved at least a quarter OF q
mile from the Kansas line.
The rumor that the Omaha street rail-
way had been sold to the Topeka city
railway company has been denied 1t
will not be brought to Topeka to De
used in building the fair ground loop.
1t is comparatively common for some
one to endeavor to thrash newspaper
man, but when two newspaper men
start in to pound each other, you are
certain to witness som ething of inter-
est.
The Lowman Hill baseball team and
team from Tennesseetown played a tie
game, 1 to 1, last evening at LOwman
Hill. The official scorer forgotstO report
whether or not the game was stopped
by darkness.
A payment of $3.50 per month will
pay for loan of 100000 from the
Shawnee Building and Loan association
in ten years. A payment of $2120 will
do it in five years. Office open tomor-
row evening.
Civilization seems to be reaching out
passed down Kansas avenue this morn
ing contentedly carrying the pappoose
with the squaw trudging along empty
handed at his side.
eagle Pugh, negro workman en-
ployed in grading for the East Eighth
avenue pavement, was Frustrated by the
heat Wednesday afternoon. He was
taken to his home at No. 312 East First
street in the patrol wagon.
A great many people visited the
Washburn college sewer excavation
Thursday, picking up specimens of the
red kao1in which has been discovered
there. Some fine specimens were Sc
cured by City Engineer McCabe.
Hot weather is necessary to the pros
perity of certain lines of business. If it
wasn't for this hot spell the railroads
would haul nobody to Colorado, and the
ice cream and soda water men would
have to eat snowballs next winter.
Miss M. L. Vinton, stenographer in
the office of Superintendent Kouns. of
the Santa Fe, has resigned her position
to take a similar one with the Santa Fee
division superintendent at Las Vegas,
n. M. She will leave Saturday for that
place.
An electric cider mill is to be estab-
lished on Kansas avenue between Tenth
ard Eleventh The building is in pro-
cess of construction. This institution
may cut into Mr.. Smiths cider trade,
but it can't compete with him on
weather predictions.
1t is announced that the work of lay
ing rails on the Vinewood park line will