The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-03
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

C. w. Snyder is at Clifton this week
The school board will meet next Mon
day.
The Republican Flambeau club viii
meet tonight
The public schools will reopen Mon
| day after the holidays
The street sweeper was hauled out
last night and used on Kansas avenue.
The wiring for electric lights at the
federal building is about completed.
The selection of the cast for the Elks'
"A Night in Bohemia will soon be
made.
Fred Monroe brought suit for divorce
in the district court from Lizzie Monroe
yesterday.
State taxes to the amount of 100000
We're received at the state treasury
yesterday.
The FrawIey stock company will play
a return date in Topeka January 20. in
Brother Officers
Miss Laura Evans, of Topeka, will be
the principal singer in the farce "A
Wise Member" at the Crawford to-
night
The open season for shipping cattle
from the south into Kansas closes jan
uary 10. After that cattle viii be SUD-
ject to inspection.
w. H. Briggs was found insane by
commission of physicians in the pre-
bate court Thursday afternoon He VIII
be taken to the insane asylum
Secretary Valentine has extended for
NAL invitations to all the Republican
members of congress from Kansas to
attend the Kansas Day club banquet
Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry are
playing at Kansas City this Week anu
a party of Topekans is planning 70 at
tend the performance tomorrow night
Manhattan is endeavoripg to secure
the state poultry show next year. The
matter will be discussed at the annual
meeting to be held here during the snow
next week.
The subject of new quarters for the
Commercial club will again be taken
up and discussed at the regular annual
meeting of the Commercial club nSXt
Wednesday night
The State Historical society will hold
its annual meeting on January 81. This
is also the date the big reciprocity con-
vention and the Midwinter fair will be
running at the same time.
W. D. Ross, county superintendent OF
Jefferson county, was over from OSka-
loosa yesterday, looking after his fences
for the nomination for state supertn-
tendent of public instruction.
The term of Office of w. E. Sterne as
United States marshal expires January
II. L. S. Crum, of OSwego, anticipates
being named to succeed Mr.. Sterne next
week without much opposition or dill
Guilty.
reouisition from Governor Dockery of
Missouri for Ward Hutton, who IS
charged with horse stealing in Kansas
City and is now under arrest at Cedar
vale, Kansas.
Grover C. Melvin, the 15-year-old boy
who has confessed to stealing a pack
age containing $1s6 from a mail pouch
at Jennings, KaS., has been turned over
to the custody OF the United States gov
eminent. He will have a hearing In
the federal court.
Seventy-flve new cases for travelling
libraries have been constructed in order
to supply the demand for the libraries.
There are now $50 libraries out in the
state ION the road" and applications
are in for more than can be Immediate
ly supplied.
News comes from Atchison that the
Daily Champion is to be revived as a
morning paper by Eugene Smith. for
merly of Topeka; J. U. Medlock, OF
Kansas City, and John Cairns of Atchi-
son. The first issue will be next Tues
day morning.
The entertainment committees of the
Commercial club and the Grocers' asSo-
citation met last night at the club rooms
to discuss ways and means for the en-
tertainment Of the visitors here the first
three or four days of the Midwinter ex-
position. An adjourned meeting will
again be held tonight at the CONNER
DIAL club.