The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

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Captain y. II Wntrode has had his
pension increased to $50 a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Matson are the
parents of a 12-pound girl born sun.
daE.
In louisiana" a melodrama pure
and simple, viii be- at the Crawford to
night.
Observer Jennings wore a smile and
rubbers this morning. He was so glad
it rained.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. C. Bean, 1919 Seward
avenue, are the parents of boy born
this morning.
T. A McNeaI read a paper on "F'al-
starr Saturday night before the Sat
urday Night club.
The city council meets this evening.
The bids for repairing the asphalt pave
ment win be opened.
Cider Smiths rain storm was only five
hours late And Cider said two weeks
ago that it was coming.
Charles W. Clark. fine bass soloist,
win come to Topeka to sing at the
June Musical festival
The machinery for the brick plant Of
the Cooperative Brick company viii
cost from 81 600 to $4,000
Whenever you see an especially we'll
dressed man this week, the chances are
that he is a school book lobbyist.
Miss Lizzie z. Wooster proposes to
organize a company of her own to pub
lish her school books in the future.
The T. A A baseball enthusiasts
win meet tonight at the association
rooms to discuss the baseball situation
General Manager Nudge Of the Santa
Fe left Sunday afternoon in his private
car for a business trip to Albuquerque,
N NJ
Dr. Ernst Fahrie leaves today for
South America to inspect some mining
properties there belonging to eastern
capitalists.
The political booms viii not be in it
for the next week or two compared
with the way vegetation will look after
the rain.
A W Dana entertained the Saturday
Night club at the Cremerie Saturday
evening with strawberry and ice
cream supper.
The Topeka Gun club has secured a
new set of traps which viii be used for
the first time in the match shoot on
Tuesday afternoon.
The Orphans Home benefit to secure
funds to buy a heating plant. will be
held Friday evening at the First Con
gregational church.
The Otto Floto dog and pony show de-
serves the medal When all else failed
it brought rain. Now if Ringlings
would only come
If it is the dog show that brought the
rain the people might pay their admis-
show to stay a week.
DR.. Matt S. Hughes. pastor o. the In
dependence Avenue Methodist church in
Kansas City, exchanged pulpits with DR..
j. z. Mcfarland yesterday.
Topeka merchants are busy today
working off the stock of rubbers and
umbrellas which they purchased a long
time ago-just before the last rain.
Governor Stanley win deliver the com
mencement address at the graduating
negro college at Quindaro, on May q.
Prof George Washington Jackson has
secured Doc" HBrown, the cake walk
king" to take part in his band benefit
al the Auditorium Wednesday evening
The crowd at the Washburn baseball
game Saturday was large and good na-
tured- No one complained. even if the
wind did fill their eyes and ears with
dust
A Topeka man says the rain this
morning is worth at least fifteen mill
lion dollars to Kansas If it extended
throughout the central third Of the
state
on June list DR.. Eva Harding viii re-
move her Office to The Virginia. cor
ner Tenth and Topeka avenues. Her
down town office, 62s Kansas avenue,
win be for rent.
George w. Findlay's contract for feed
ing the federal prisoners at Muscogee,
Indian Territory began on May l. but
ing the prisoners by proxy.
An old cart drawn by a donkey pa
raded the streets Saturday. on the
cart was big dry goods box and in the
box was a boy who officially advertised
the opening of the Sells & sterne circus.
New York Central refrigerator car No
1928 which took the prize at the Pan
American exposition. was sent to To
peka for the use of Seyn our & co. On
Saturday they loaded it with 1900 dozen
eggs.
J. G. Darling. Albert Maggie, James
Crawford, and E c. MacLennan Of To
peka and John Clayton of Kansas CITY
have gone on a ten-days fishing trip
camping on the Dragon river in Usage
county.
Judge Charles Z. Lobdeli was in To-
pelza Saturday on his way to Kansas