The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-26
SNAP SHOTS AT HoMENEWs

SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS
A social will be given at the First
congregational church next Wednesday
evening.
The. woods about Topeka now wear
their beautiful costumes of green, req
and gold.
An interesting sacred concert was
given at the st. Johns A. NJ. E. cnurcn
last night.
What has become of the chrysanthe-
mum and dog shows that used to be
given in Topeka every fall?
Many of the business houses will be
decorated Saturday in honor of the K
U--Washburn football game.
There will be meeting of the Central
Park g. l. s. G. Tuesday evening with
Miss Cora Eby at 1906 Buchanan street.
H. L Resting, president of the Wichita
commercial club, was in Topeka Satur-
day Mr.. Resting formerly lived in To-
Del1a.
The Home Missionary society of the
First M. E. church will meet Wednes-
DAY afternoon at o'clock in the church
parlors.
This evening the plumbing board will
hold its first meeting for the examina-
ton of applicants for licenses to do
plumbing in the city of Topeka.
The council will ask the city railway
70 remove the remains of its old Kan
esas avenue bridge, which still cling to
the bank at each side of the river
1t is likely that the wooden approach
to the north end of the Melan bridge
viii be refioored. Already the heavy
traffic is wearing out the flooring put
down when the bridge was built
Sam Lakin. who plays end for Wash
purn, was sent to Lawrence Saturday to
watch the state university and Haskell
play, and get pointers. Lakin thinks
that Washburn will win from X U.
Captain Stiff of the Nebraska football
team said Saturday after the game: 81
never saw a more gentlemanly lot of
men than those who make up the
! Washburn team. 1t is a pleasure to
meet them even in a football game"
| Licenses to marry were issued In the
| probate court Saturday as follows: John
s. Holerman, Oak Park. ILL.,, to Stella
Fleming, Topeka: Robert Y. Smith to
Minnie E. Guyon. both of Kansas City,
H. c. Rinehart. Menoken. to Catnerlnc
Upton, Topeka.
Dean R. Low. whose leg was broken
in an accident at the Kansas City horse
Sunday in the private car of his fathe4.
M A. Low Mr.. Lows damaged limb
has been placed in plaster cast and ne
is experiencing little pain.
The Topeka Railway company has be-
gun setting trolley poles on Jefferson
street preparatory to opening the new
route for the Oakland line. Oaklanz
cars are to run down Fourth street To
Jefferson. thence north to the present
Oakland line. The jackson and Second
street track will be taken up.
Court of Honor lodge No. 515 will ce1e-
brate its anniversary Tuesday evening
at AIS Kansas avenue with a fruit So
cial. The refreshments will consist of
five kinds of fruit Besides the fruit
there will be programme of music and
speeches. and an address by Deputy
Grand Chancellor W. P. Epperson OF
Kansas City. The evenings entertain
ment will close with a dance.
Manager Leach. of the Washburn
price of admission to the K. U.-Wash-
burn football game is to be raised to
rs cents. 1t will remain at 30 cents and
the game promises to draw the biggest
crowd in the history of Topeka football.
A large force of special police and depu-
ty SheriffS will be on hand to keep the
crowd off the field.
Secretary Anderson of the CONNER
cial club continues to receive frequent
communications from people living
along the route of the proposed Har-
veyville electric line. A number of
meetings will be held in the next week
or two to discuss propositions of vor-
ing bonds for the road and representa-
tives from Harveyville will be presanr
at the meeting in Topeka early in Nc
vember.
The proposition to assist in financing
the establishment of new canning
factory in Topeka, which was taken ND
at a general meeting in the Commercial
club rooms Saturday afternoon. has
been referred to the manufacturing
committee OF the club. An effort is to
be made to induce the gardeners and
farmers over the county to take stock
in the concern, which is to be estab-
lished by Chicago people.
Herbert Cawthorn. a federal prisoner
at Leavenworth. has commenced habeas
corpus proceedings in the United States
circuit court of appeals in an effort to
secure his release. He is serving a 20
year sentence for manslaughter com
mitted while a regular in the army in
the Philippines. He alleges he was tried
by courtmartia1 composed of officers
from both the volunteers and regular
branches of the servie.
Now that some of the members of the
city council have discovered that the
Street Car company intends to build it's
bridge on the east side of the Melan
bridge, it has been decided to make d
kick, and attempt to force the company
to build on the west side. 1t looks just
a little bit childish to start this kind
of talk after the council has distinctly
granted the company the right to build
on either side it pleases The city coun-
Gil wakes I'D after it is too late