The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
SNAP SHOT AT HOME NEWS.

fCNAP SHUT AT HOME MEMS.
A fire by night. cloud by day,
For old Vesuvius. over the way,
Is up to his tricks again.
The ashes fall in dusty shower.
The flames leap up like a fiery flower,
Inc peasants shudder and kneel and
At sight of that direful rain.
What is 1t vexeth the great hill so,
What is it causes the flame and now,
| ~, " hat demon of fire is chained below.
That troubles the mountain thus7
! Within the crater the secret lies,
And he who solveth it surely dies.
When the flames leap up the dust shroud
over old. vesuvius.
Cleveland Plaindealer.
There are ten cases of typhoid fever
at Christ hospital.
All union barber shops will be closed
all day Labor day.
All the freight houses will close at
ten o'clock Monday morning.
The Highland Park school will open
Tuesday, September 8, instead of on
Labor Day.
George H. Evans. who has been quite
low with paralysis, is better and was
able to drive out Friday.
Geo. P. Grimsley. professor of geology
at Washburn, will go to Montana to-
4 Jay Ou PROFESSIONAL business.
Get a shave. shampoo, hair cut, facial
massage, shoe shine today. The barber
shops will be closed all day Monday.
The semi-annual reunion of the Scot
fish Rite bodies of the Valley of To-
peka will be held October 81 to %.
Inez Graf has asked Judge Hazen to
divorce her from John E. Graf. The
request was granted Friday afternoon.
Judge Hazen will work the district
CONT fI1ll time sah0r DoIy in -ir1 o.
testimony in the coal trust proceedings.
Curry, who plays third base for the
new Topeka ball team, is one of the
best third basemen seen on the Topeka
diamond this season. =.
George NJ. Langdon of Eleventh and
Tyler streets returns to Augusta, Ark,
Sunday, to his milling interests, after
three weeks vacation.
The Nelson Morris baseball team
from St. Joe will be in Topeka Mon
day to play game with the Topeka
team on the Washburn grounds.
They have a new rule on the street
| cars requiring person to call for a
transfer at the time he pays his fare,
or else forever after hold his peace.
Collin H Ball, second lieutenant
Twenty-third United States infantry,
has been promoted to be first lieuten-
ant Ball was a lieutenant in the
Twentieth Kansas regiment.
Mayor r. S. Davidson of Council
Grove is in Topeka today to arrange
with the school fund commission to re-
fund some of the city bonds of Council
Grove.
John Ritchie is having a good deal of
trouble to get Allen county stone to fill
one of his eurbing contracts. So far he
has not been able to deliver any stone
on the contract.
The pavement of Western avenue,
which is being done by Wall & Hanley,
-1-k-
one block. It is one of the handsomest
stretches Of pavement in the city.
/ The Good Government club will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 3 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. Horton. 921 Monroe. The
time for the meeting is Monday but it
will not be held then because it Is
Labor Day.
The. city of Topeka. paid out S7,136
during the month of August for labor
ers on the street forces Most of this
was expended in North Topeka. This
is about 5000 more than the usual
monthly bills before the flood. j..
The ]. c. Cooper collection of min
erals, a small portion of which was ex-
hibited at the Midwinter exposition, is
being placed on exhibition in the Wash
burn college library. The college will in
all probability buy the entire collection,
which is one of the finest in the coun-
try. Mr.. Cooper has made specially
of crystalline formations.
For the first time in several years.
there will be services Sunday at the New
Jerusalem Swendenborgian chapel at
Sixth and Harrison. The Rev. A. 3.
Francisco, western missionary for the
church, will conduct morning services
at II o'clock and evening services at
O'Clock. The public is invited to both
services.
''F'lorodora" will play a matinee as
we'll as night performance in Topeka
next Saturday. This was decided today
when P. T. Bannan, business manager
of the company. was here. Mr.. Bannan
said that as ''Florodora" travels entire
ly by special train it would be no trou-
BILE to reach here Saturday morning.
Attractions of this size usually are
averse to putting in matinees. but one
fare round trip rate to Topeka will be in
effect on all the railroads next Saturday
and a matinee will enable out of town
people to see the performance and return
home the same day.
New Long Distance Riding Record.
nerver- Colo Sent General Frank