The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-15
sHOTs ATHOMENEWs.

BUSINESS is dun with the peanut men,
The Flints are drawing large audi
ences at the Crawford.
The government thermometer ranged
between 20 and As Wednesday,
Hill P. Wilson and T. d Hammatt
were IN Kansas City Wednesday.
Independent telephones have been
placed in both the house and senate
J. B. Billiards. attorneys in the s.Bi-
bic" case have asked Judge Hazen for
new trial
The Knties win not play in the Crane
Monday, the engagement having been
declared off.
A meeting Of the Euterpean club is
being held with Miss Edith Van Dorp
this afternoon.
Isaac Kicker win be tried in the dis
rrict court Friday on the charge of op-
Grating road house.
A Ladies' Aid supper viii be given Al
the First Congregational church Fri
day evening at 80 O'Clock.
There viii be a meeting of the Golden
Rule club with Mrs. W E Clarke at
Do Fillmore street Friday afternoon.
Some of the mud and dirt was scrap
ed off of the Kansas avenue pavement /
Wednesday by the street cleaners. Oh, [
joy.
]. r. AIcKeever says people have him
confused with some one who is acting |
as one of Hypnotist Flint's subjects, and |
he doesn't ike it.
Atchison Globe; Tom King of Topeka
goes to New York three times a year, I
and what he says about the shows Al +
the opery house goes.
The Republican Flambeau club will /
hold its election of officers in the armory |
this evening. A smoker for the mem |
bers is to be given afterWard.
The jury in the district court We'd |
nesday found Ed Mcdonald, colored. |
guilty of throwing the rock which |
struck Conductor Harris Of the Rock |
Island.
e. r. Simon who was stenographer
in the attorney generals department
while Attorney General GODDARD held the |
1 office, has gone into the legal depart |
ment of the Union Pacific railroad com
pany.
Earl de France. the little colored boy
| who is perhaps the most popular negro
/ newsboy and bootblack in Topeka. was
! the first page appointed in the Kansas
/ legislature this session. Cyrus Leland
nominated him
Meetings are being held this week in
/ the Second United Presbyterian church
at Fillmore and Huntoon streets. Rev
j. A. RenWlck VIII preach al week.
/ The attendance at these meetings il
lar%e.
A rumor that Principal I .. White
more of the Topeka High school intend
! ed TO resign at the close CT the present
/ term was denied by Superintendent
4 Davidson in the High school assembly
room yesterday
George n. Allendorf and Dora Offer
man. both of Topeka. secured a mar
riage license in Kansas City yesterday.
/ Allendorf is Il native of Greece who
4 Anericanized his name and he operates
several candy stores in Topeka.
Twenty-seven new members were adj
ded TO the Commercial club last evening
\ The names of ali of them had been Sc
cured during the 90 days previous. A
particular effort is being made at this
time to enlarge the organization and e
seems to be meeting with success
/ The marriage of Miss Florence E.
4 Leavitt of Wichita to L. Albert Aspey
/ of Kansas City, No, took place at the
home of the brides grandparents. Mr..
and MIS-. S. l. LeaVitt at SIS Jackson
street w ednesday afternoon. Rev Fran
els l. Hayes performed the ceremony.
The citizens of South Topeka are on
J the war path after another Joint which
has started up in that end of town to
/ take the place of those recently cut off
in the blossom stage by the police. The
new hell hole" is said to be located in
the rear Of a restaurant at 1903 Kansas
avenue.
Walter Walker. the young comedian
who is appearing as Dick Carewe" in
Norris & Halls production of when
We Were Twenty-o is attracting
great attention and receiving unstinted
pra lse for his artistic work in that
many-sided character MI Walker has
been q star for q number Of years, anc
is well known to theater- goers.
Contracts were signed al Cleveland
/ Wednesday for Ezra Kendall to make
| a play out of Eugene Fields Little
/ Boy Blue" for the starring Of Arthur
/ Dunn next season Dunn has been
seen in Topeka twice as "FippeF," the
/ jockey in the musical comedy a Run
away Girl" Dunn is just the right size
for a Little Boy Blue for he is small
er than Sam Radges.
Lawrence Journal: OF the two thous-
and people who went to see Governor
Bailey Inaugural ted. prOba blV I 700 were
out of town folks. Not more than one
in a hundred OF the Topeka people
turned out. And yet. we are prone to
look upon Topeka as a town of political
pullers and pushers. There IS not a
town in Kansas where the Inhabitants
pay as little attention to politics as they
do in Topeka
Senate committees are likely to be
( created to handle legislation relative to
educational institutions irrigation and
labor. At a meeting OF the committee
on rules yesterday afternoon it was de-
cided to report favOrably upon the crea-
ton of these committees. It is probable
that the chairmanships will go to Sena-
tors Buschow, Findlay and Tapp. re-
spectively 1t is anticipated that there
viii be more proposed LEGISLATION on
these topics this winter than usual.
Yesterday Detective Ed Pavey cap
/ tured Fred Markham. 3 graduate OF
the Hutchinson reformatory, who viO-
lated his parole Markham escaped
from one of the reformatory officers at
I Wichita, While waiting for a train. He
/ had been arrested in that city. but
wandered away, leaving the officer
standing on the platform with gun
in one hand and a pair of handouts in
the other Markham forgot to write
back to his Alma Mater once month
as per agreement.
Another Delay in Morrison Case.
FL Dorado Kan. Jan. 15.-The hearing