The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-07
6NAP SLOTS AT HONE NEWS


The FIoto show tent was crowded last
night.
F. F. Prigg Of Hutchinson was IN the
city yesterday.
A. B. Peters of Adankato is in Topeka
today on business.
The Topeka Choral society went to
Kansas City today.
W. H. Rossington is at Independence
trying a law case
Judge Ribert Heller Of Usage city
has been in Topeka this week.
W A, Curl of Ottawa is planning to
stablish a branch Of his rating bureau
in Topeka
T. F. Carver declines TO accept offers
of reelection as president Of the State
Temperance union.
The payment Of pensions in in prog
ress at the u S. Pension agency at the
federal building.
There was but little perceptible rise
in the condition of the KaW as a result
of the recent rains.
The mercury. in the government ther-
rnometer got up to "a yesterday after
noon.
Marshal1s band will open the outdoor
concert season Sunday afternoon at
Garfield park.
H. A. Heath is in Kansas City attend
ing the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Breed
ers' convention.
The baseball nine scheduled to meet
Washburn on the diamond this after
noon is from Missouri"
The Republican Elan beau club meets
tonight TO arrange for taking part in
the Decoration Day exercises.
when Reuben Comes to Town" viii
be at the Crawford Saturday matinee
and night. The production is said to
be good in spite of its name.
The crowd at the F'loto show last night
would have appreciated it if Lee Jones'
who prides himself on his skill as
rider, had tried to ride the trick mule.
The two proprietors of the SELLS &
Sterne Great United Shows" appeared
in the grand entrance at the Floto show
last night. Each presided over a pony.
All the Christian Endeavor societies
and Epworth League societies are in
yited to attend an entertainment to be
given tonight at the First Cumberland
church.
At Washburn college chapel tonight
Carl NJ. Johnston will give a vocal re-
eital, assisted by Frank D. Carruth Vi
olinist. The programme embraces ten
composers.
Mrs. Annie L. Diggs will speak Fri
day before the State Temperance union
convention that begins tomorrow on the
subject THE Best Form of Local Tenn
perance Organization"
The meeting last night at the CONNER
cial club to make plans for the enter
tainment of the St Joseph excursion
lists was a failure as the members of
the association failed to attend.
Lena Ronaine brought suit in the dis
trict court Tuesday afternoon against
Robert Romano who is blessed with
very musical name which he assumed
because he was chl1stened Schlegel.
Edward E. Sapp. from Galena, was in
Topeka Tuesday. He is the man who
was a judge when he was not a judge.
Anyway the supreme court moved his
bench out from under him in the Ga
| lena Pittsburg district.
! Mrs. J. D McInness and two sons are
] here from Kansas City for a visit with
4 Mrs. NJ E. Niece Of 219 Hancock street.
! They are accompanied by Mrs. B. Davis
and her little daughter, Frances, of the
same place.
There viii be a dance at the hall at
! 704-706 Kansas avenue, given by Irwin
/ lodge No. 260 OF the A o. u W.. com
| plimentary to the knights Of Pythias
| band The musicians will appear for
! the first time in their new uniforms.
A meeting OF the Topeka Orphans
| home management viii be held Thurs
day &c complete arrangements for a
! concert to be given at the First Congre-
! gational church. The meeting will be
4 held at the home of Mrs. Silas Rain 1lS
! Van Buren street at O'Clock.
Mrs. f. NJ. Ellis and Mrs. Grin Ellis
/ were thrown from the carriage in which
| they We're riding on East Sixth avenue
| yesterday afternoon. Mrs. L. M. Ellis
sustained a fracture of the hip, while
/ her companion escaped with but a few
bruises. They live in Auburndale.
The son of John Commons ate a pota-
to Tuesday that had been stuck on a
gasoline can muzzle by a grocery clerk.
/ The boy was quite sick for a time. The
I point in this story is that a grocery
/ clerk who would stick a potato on r
I gasoline can in lieu of a stopper when
potatoes. are worth more than 81 a bush
/ ell ought to lose his job.
MINISTER'S ARE HERE.