The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-21
Totals in U. s. 81. $50 270.697 -. 1873
Outside n. Y. US, 5l4 S.S
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS
The hardest sort Of struggle
Is sure to come ere long.
When the staid Topeka clubmen
Play tournament ping pong


The state house lawn is being powed
again.
Charles Blood Smith has gone to New
York city.
The work of redecorating the Craw-
ford theater has begun.
The government thermometer made a
maximum record Friday of 81.
w. H. Beasley has brought suit for di-
vorce from his wife, Bell Beasley-
Edward Wilder, treasurer of the Santa
F'e was in Kansas City yesterday on
business.
The survey for the Kansas City, Law
renee & Topeka Electric railway has
been filed with the county clerk
Work will begin Monday on the
Cleed block 70 be erected at the north
east corner of Sixth and Topeka ave
nues.
II this weather keeps on the moths
will have to stop feeding on OVercoa -
long enough to let people wear them
awhile.
Many Topeka peoplehave already been
availing themselves of the eastbound
excursions TO Chicago and Lake Mich
igan summer resorts.
An announcement has been made that
F. Kopseker of Topeka and Miss DellA
Henderson of Kansas City will be mar
| ried July Is and will live in Topeka.
Harry Adonis, the man who is walk
ing from Dowag gale, Mich. to San Fran
cisco, and pushing wheelbarrow is
in Topeka today. He IS attracting no
little attention on the streets.
The Topeka colony at Ludington, on
Lake Michigan, will be larger than ever
this year. 1t is estimated hat nearly
300 people will spend the summer at
that resort, from Topeka
Governor w z. Stanley has accepted
an invitation to address the meeting OF
the grand lodge of the negro Odd Eel
lows of the state at their meeting at the
Auditorium in this city in July.
Dallas Higgins. a coIored boy arrest
ed at Ottawa for stealing $50 from d
junk shop cash drawer. was brought to
the Reform school yesterday. Higgins
is u years old, and had recently been
parOled from the Reform school
The city will pay a $4,000 asphalt paw
ing bill at the end of this month, and
then stop all the asphalt repairs for
this summer. The member of the city
council seem to generally agree tina :
81 900 is all the city can afford to spend
for asphalt pavement repairs this year
Rev Charles NJ. Sheldon was in Kan
sas City Friday, and when asked what
he would do about being a candidate
for mayor. he said: No; 1 have no pO-
liticaI aspira lions. am leading quiet
life ana attending to my church duties.
1 don't expect to be candidate for
mayor"
Street Commissioner Griggs thinks it
would have a salutary effect to offer a
reward for the arrest and conviction of
anyone dumping grass into the paved
streets The rain washes the grass into
the catch basins. and the result is clog
ged catch basins. flooded cellars and a
lot of expense to the city.
THE Capital Guards" a military or
ganization which existed in Topeka
about 1878, is planning to hold a reunion
in this city. The company was organ
lied as a sort of riot police force at the
time of Santa Fe strike and being
composed of some of the leading society
young men Of the city it became a
leader in many social events. The for
mer mem ers of this organization are
now widely scattered, and those living
! in ToDeka have appointed James A
| Troutman president and Robert MEGA be
| secretary These two men Will try to
get all the members of the guard" to
come to Topeka