The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-09
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEws.


Ice cream he bought his darling
And she ate, and ate, and ate;
Til at last her heart she gave him,
To make room for one more plate
Harvard Lanpoon.
The Baptist Young Peoples union will
met IN Topeka in June. 1t will be the
state meeting.
Spider" HeDpenstal, a dininutive
youth with a past police record. is in
jan on a Vagrancy charge.
The Sells and F'orepaugh circus ar
rived IN Topeka from Emporia over the
Santa Fe before day light.
The new electric street cars are equip
ped with whistles which blow by COM
pressed air, instead of gOngs.
Charles X Holiday the habituaI
circus goer. was the first man to know
when the big round top" was up today.
If you don't like the calliope music
wait till next week and you can have
Wagner with a vengeance for an anti
dote.
The balloon man has arrived.H start
ed in early this morning and helped out
with the general atmosphere of circus.
day.
CT over. Magee and Wataunsee are the.
names given by two native Americans
who are under arrest on the same old
charge
The Sons and Daughters of Justice.
council No. 5. viii give free social III
the council room in the Security build
ing Monday night
Gen. A. L. Williams probably knows
more about the Rocky mountains than
any man in Topeka. He has flshed and
hunted them over pretty thoroughly.
Councilman Samuel T. Howe will pro-
badly start back to Colorado Monday,
to superintend the placer mines at Fair
play in which Topeka parties are large
~ interested.
The jackson Street Sluggers" defeat
ed the Branner Juveniles by a score Of
to 0 yesterday. The battle occurred
on the vacant lot, corner of Third and
Jackson streets.
Hear the great De Reszke sing The
Palms The noted basso is making Il
tremendous hit singing Faure's great
production. and he viii render it here
by special request at the May festival.
If Nit White of Emporia, happened
into Topeka today with the two dozen
rings, dozen brass bands, circus, min
strel, baseball game ct al in progress he
would think it "A. L. t. VIA. live
town.
Appointment to a "dinky'' political Of
fee is just what some people need to es-
tabhsh before the public their diminu-
tive size. This rule seem to apply to
physicians with especial appropriate
ness.
The circus has a good deal of opposi-
ton today and the circus bands won't
be as much as a Jews harp up against
a calliope when all the visiting bands,
which take part in the y. c. I. parade
get to work
At the grand imperial council meet
ing of the Red Cross Knights of Con-
staDtine at Peoria, Ill, John Sargent
was elected grand sentinel. and Bestos
G. Brown, both Of Topeka was elected
grand junior general.
The Sells & Fore2augh circus has
been in Oklahoma. By reason of the
mud on the wheels of the, wagons there
must have been plenty Of rain in Okla
hOma, and WI FuIton's Wheat crop will
come out all right.
This ought to be a holiday. There Is
so much going on that business should
be allowed to take q rest. There is the
circus, the athletic carnival at the Aud
itorium. the baseball game and the ten
mis- tournament.
Charles NJ Sheldon has been invited
to deliver the baccalaureate sermon at
the state normal school on May 81. He
VIII probably accept He has already
the invitation to deliver the
baccalaureate sermon at Washburn.
Among the prominent speakers who /
viii address the State Bankers conVen-
ton to be held in Topeka May q and
2S are Jesse Overstreet of Indiana,
chairman of the house committee on
finance. Governor Bailey. Major Calvin
Hood, ". A. Calderhead. Morton AL
DauSn, J. e. waters ana IL j. Alien
The Y NJ c. A will give free con-
cert at the Crawford opera house Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 for men only.
Chas. H Palmer, national superinten-
dent of the order of Gideons will deliver
his great address A Modern Miracle
free by ticket. Tickets may
be had at the Y. NJ c. A. rooms.
The Shawnee County Teachers Read
ing circle will meet in the teachers
grade room in the court house Saturday
evening, May 16- The lesson in Art OF
Study" chapters d and p, will be con-
Quoted BY c. NJ. Morrow; in American
chapters II. Is and 10. by
VIM. Van Orsdal: in Jean NIitchelIs
School" chapters % and "A. by County
Supt. S. F. Wright.