The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-25
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

c. B. Merriam went to Chicago Tues
day evening.
The Funeral Directors association
took ride over the city Tuesday.
Mrs. o. F. Sawyer will go to Lawrence
Thursday for a short visit with rela-
tives.
Edward Wilder, treasurer of the Santa
Fe, is suffering with a very severe cold
and is unable to talk aloud.
Five hackmen have paid up the $40
license fee which the district court mas
decided must be paid to the city
The boys observation class Of the city
Y NJ. c. A. visited the Wolff packing
plant this afternoon, leaving the rooms
at 2 O'Clock.
NJ A Low, general attorney of the
Rock Island, is still at St. Louis where
he is with the other officials OF the road
discussing the problems that confront
the road in gaining an entrance to that
city.
The Topeka team of the Turner's who
won first place at the funniest at LeaV-
enwOrth was composed of Julius Fritz
Fred Gates, Arthur Helm, August KEEP
ley, j. Studer, John Heiser, VIII Ae1SerS
Fred Keller and Walter Miller
J. R. and T. J. Hankla are in Kansas
City. It was rumored a few weeks ago
that they wAe to take charge of the
Victoria hotel, but the deal fell through
and at the present time no arrange
ments have been made for their getting
| a Kansas City house.
Car 43 of the street car company
which was pulled off the West Sixth
street line because it made too much
noise has been assigned to the Oakland
run 1t is one of the toughest riding
/ pieces of the equipment and the OAK
/ landers are accordingly wroth.
! Fred J. O'Nein of Topeka and Miss
! Dora Murphy of Tecumseh were mar
ried here Friday evening. Mr.. O'Neiu
/ is a linotype operator and has been here
D.. rrroI1J nslC
/ been in this city for some time and has
spent most of her life in this county.
Ed Courtney, the welter weight cham
| DiOn pug of Missouri, and Charley card
well of Topeka have signed up Tor
| fight some time next month at Kansas
! City for a purse OF $500. Caldwell L
| well known at the Topeka Athletic as
| ISOLATION as a clever man with his mlts
Extensive improvements are being
/ made on the top floor of the Santa F.
offices. A large amount of old docu
| mentary files is being transferred to tn
| basement after which the large cases
will be removed, and give more desi
| room for the accounting department o
the freight service.
The Democratic county convention
will be held on July 10, at the rooms o
the Democratic Flambeau club. IN
election of delegates to the convention
viii take place on July 12.-The ofhcia
call for the convention was issued yes
terday afternoon after meeting OF tn
executive committee of the Democrat
county central committee.
J. c. Macy, of Rocks county, is here
this week where he has been in attend
ance at the Populist convention Mr.
Macy is also a prohibitiOnist and hi
latest efforts along that line have beer
the prosecution OF a drummer sellint
liquors. He recently purchased bottl
Of whisky from the drummer in orde
to get evidence against him. The drum
mer gave Macy co1ored water in tn
bottle and when Macy discovered tn
mistake threatened prosecution on tn
charge of obtaining money under falls
pretences, and got his money back "
| may take action to prosecute the mai
yet" said Mr.. Macy today to a report
er for the State Journal
At the election of company A, K. n
G. Clarence E. Sharon was elected cap
tain to fill the vacancy created by tn
promotion of William Eberle to the ranl
, Of major Sharon has been first lieu
tenant of the company, and his plac
was filled by the choice of Second Lieu
tenant E. G. Banks as first lieutenant
Sergeant George r. Evans was electe