The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-11
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


yesterday.
The politicians are in Fort Scott to-
day fixing fences.
H. M. Hadley is preparing plans for
a town hall at Wellington.
School boys are beginning to think
about marbles and baseball.
The Mckinley Kansas memorial fund
has reached the $4,000 mark.
The election of officers of the ElkS
lodge will be held March 26.
John r. Mulvane has returned from
a trip through Texas and Louisiana.
Sheriff Cook was in Lawrence yester-
day as a witness in the Shane hearing.
The sale of seats for Sag Harbor'' al
the Crawford Thursday began today.
The Midwinter exposition decorations
have been removed from the Auditor
ium.
Considerable building is going on this
spring in the vicinity of Washburn col
lege.
Anna Eva Fay will be at the Craw-
ford tonight. Wednesday. Friday and
Saturday.
James A Troutman is at Fort Scott
convention.
Workmen are rapidly putting down
the tile flooring in the rotunda of the
state house.
Repairs are being made on the. Rock
avenue on Jackson street.
Tom McNeal says Troutman is in the
lead for governor. He was in Shawnee
county yesterday. at any rate.
The mercury in the government Their
mometer got up to 70 yesterday. 1t was
frightfully hot for March 10.
c. H. Chaplin, secretary of the propos-
ed Kansas City-Topeka Trolley Line
company is up from Kansas City
The regular March meeting of the
Topeka Commercial club will be held at
6ax axr0 7fT7or
Horace Farley asked the district court
yesterday to divorce him from Ruth A.
Farley because she drinks too much.
Degrees in the Lodge of Perfection
in the Scottish Rite will be conferred
tomorrow night at the Masonic build
ing.
Born, on March Z. son to Mr. and
Mrs. L. r. Brokaw at Los Angeles,
Cal. The parents formerly lived in To-
peka.
Charles Blood Smith, A. L. Redden
and Geo w. Whitcornb of this city are
at Wichita attending the session of the
United States court.
The district schools of Harvey county
one of the smallest counties in the
state, contributed $126.99 to the McKin-
ley memorial fund.
Major T. j. Anderson has received
letter from Mime Nordica praising the
Auditorium. In due time it will reach
the State Historical society.
G. "A.
cam pment have been changed to May
20, q and %, instead of the last two
days of April and the first of May.
The politicians are getting a great
deal of mathematical training nova
days, figuring out how the delega tons
to the state convention stand.
The people who knew Nordica in her
younger days are now coming to the
front. As reported so, far they are j..
K. Jones of Topeka and Harry Graves
of OSkalooSa.
The annual missionary meeting of
the Westminster Presbyterian church
will be held Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock at the home of Mrs. Badders,
I'LL Lane street.
There will be a free entertainment
and social given this evening at Knights
of Pythias hall, corner of Sixth avenue
and Quincy street, by the Knights of
the Protected Ark.
DR.. All1ire has postponed his trip east.
There is no use sending out of town to
get a suit when you can get one tailor
made for $500 and up at Jno. F. Nc
Manus & Co.'S, tailors, ZIG Kansas ave.
Harry Stanley, son of Governor Stan
ley, presided at q ratification meeting
at Baker university last night over the
victory of Homer Hoch in the state ora
torical contest at Winfield.
Some people have already begun to
kill off the wheat crop. The wheat crop
generally has to be killed off about four
times during the season before it can
get through with a bumper yield.
John Hart, a Santa Fe fireman at
Wellington, was brought to the Topeka
hospital Monday sufferer from an at
tack of inf1ammatory rheumatism. He
was accompanied by Fireman Frank
Redder.
City Attorney Spencer states that the
prosecutions of jointists which were
commenced under the Hurrel law by
Chief Stahl will be carried on in the
n tot IA Ia a w
has been sustained.
Several new cases of contagious dis
ease have been reported Scarlet fever
exists at 21S Chandler street and at lib
Kansas avenue. Three cases of chick
enpox are reported in the family of p
1. Murphy, 81 Monroe street.
John Brubaker was yesterday SEN
fenced by Judge Hazen to serve four
years in the penitentiary for stealing
hogs. Amos Brubaker was some time
ago sentenced to five years and Hiram
to three years for the same offense.
The members of Shawnee Camp No.
lea will celebrate the local anniversary
of the lodge with stag party entertain
ment at the hall No. 704-6 Kansas ave-
nue.. Thursday evening, March 10.
City Physician Judd's attempt to
prosecute Geo. v. Hossfeld ended in a
dismissal of the case yesterday before
the police judge. The city physician
had no case against Mr.. Hossfeld, and
only succeeded in making costs for the
city.
A meeting of the Republican city CEN
traI committee was held last night. The
report of the treasurer was adopted, |
and certificates of nomination issued to
the successful candidates in the last
primary.
Incendiaries burned barn at 1895
Lafayette street last night about 8
o'clock A horse, cow, buggy, harness |
and other property in the Darn, belong |
ing to M. J. McGinty, were destroyed |
The owner of the barn was G. V.
Stamey. The loss was about $500.
James Smith, and not Pick Smith, |
was elected a member of the Republi- |
can county central committee from the |
second precinct of the Third ward Sat |
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