The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-12
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The government thermometer got up
to 73 Monday.
Mr.. Harry Gavitt has returned from
business trip in the east.
Governor Stanley has returned from
Wichita where he spent Sunday.
Saturday the insane asylum baseball
team will play the T. B. c. team
James Kerr is writing insurance for
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Congressman Curtis. has opened head
quarters at 413 Cherokee street, Leav-
enworth.
Considerable corn was blown down by
the wind which accompanied the rain of
Sunday morning.
The ping pong players and the bowl
ers are having fine sport during this
spell of cool weather.
On Friday afternoon the T. B. base
ball team will play the Valley Falls
team at Washburn park.
Talk about summer resort weather.
While Colorado people are sweltering
: Topeka is wearing overcOatS.
Gill. the former Washburn baseball
player lost ten inning to I game to
Sedalia at Fort Scott Monday
E. D. McKeever, assistant U. s. attor-
business. His family will accompany
him.
John Switzer of the ToOeka club is
training for an ATTEMPT to wrest the
ping pong honors from Pancoast Kid
der.
Gen. Hugh Cameron, the Kansas her
NIT, was in Topeka Monday. He says
he is busy with his apple crop at Camp
Ben Harrison.
The Ladies' Missionary society will
meet at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Silver 1881
College avenue.
The Lowman Hill baseball team de-
feated a team from Tennesseetown
Monday afternoon at Lowman Hill by
the score of 7-6.
The tents used for the religious meet
ings which have been in progress sew
eraI weeks at Sixth and Lafayette
streets were yesterday taken toAuburn-
dale The meetings will be continued
there.
The Kansas State Exposition people
will soon begin to bill the towns sur
rounding Topeka for the fair that is to
be held here next month. A great deal
of paper is to be used and the fair is to
be billed like circus.
The revival meetings which have been
held on East Sixth avenue for the last
1lve weeks. have been concluded and
Evangelist Williams has gone to his
home in Eskridge. Rev. Mr.. McCord is
to open series in Ajuburndale this
week.
The details of the Washburn college
and the Kansas Medical college merger
have not yet been satisfactorily ar
ranged. 1t is believed, however by
those on the committee that has charge
of the details that the merger will be
completed soon. =
DR.. J. c. McClintock and Mrs Nc
Clintock and daughter will start for
Europe next Wednesday, DIR. McC1in-
tock will study European methods of
surgery IN the hospitals of London, Ber-
I'm and Vienna and will return after
three months, while Mrs. McClintock
will remain there several months longer.
The board of park commissioners have
decided to build a fence around Central
park and to have a strip plowed around
the edge of the park in which to set
SHRUBS and trees. The planting will be
done as rapidly possible, so that the
vegetation may be getting, a start while
the commissioners are waiting for mon
ey to fix up the park.
Robert Van Horn. a. drayman. lost a
line team Sunday NOR ming. During the
storm of Saturday night they broke
loose from where they were tied and
wandered into the Santa Fe right of
cumseh and were struck by a passing
train. Mr.. Van Horn con templates Sc
curing damages. as the gate was left
open contrary to law.
1t has been announo ed in the morning
Republican organ tioat the Shawnee
county Republican central committee
has adopted letterliead with "a very
pretty half tone picture of Willis j
Bailey" Political sheets are quite liza
bic to be prejudiced i'm favor of the par
friends never heard of him nor his pic
lures being exactly pretty"
The members of the streets and walk.
committee of the CITY council are plan.
ming to go to Lea venworth Wednesday
Tor the purpose of inspecting the paini
which has been used on some of the