The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-12
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEWs.

Shawnee county now has a new set
OF officers.
The Jury will assemble in the district
court Tuesday.
This was the first day of the January
term Of the district court.
Just a touch Of Medicine Hat weather
makes the whole state shiver.
The Foster Cemetery society win be
entertained by Mrs. VIII Allen Tuesday
at an all day meetings.
There viii be no meeting Of the To-
peka Whist club tonight on account of
the death of A. D. Robbins.
J. B. Marshall. who became register
Of deeds today. win have Miss Dora
Clark as assistant in his office
If Flint. the hypnotist. had known
this spell Of weather was coming he
would probably have allowed his whis-
kers to grow all over his chin.
". c. Edwards, whom every politician
in Kansas knows as Billy Edwards
came to Topeka today out of force Of
habit to witness the inaugural.
The annual election Of directors of the
Merchants National bank will be held
next Tuesday. The election of officers
viii probably occur on the following
day
Judge Hazen of the district court IA
vOrs the. terms of the county and state
ofaseTs being extended to four years.
All the state and county officers now in
Office agree with him.
DR.. J. T. Mcfarland has written a
letter to Jailer H. D. Smith in which he
says that he did not include him in the
serious charges against the Topeka po-
lice force.
Bert Whitaker. one Of T. T. Ksily's
neutenants in Miami county is here to
attend the Inauguration. He IS
wealthy stockman and his home is at
Louisburg.
Mrs C.eorge Z rr,,o41a,. - 4-,,,-sl~,,
Kan, arrived in Topeka today to at
tend the inaugural ceremonies. She is
the wife Of Representative George E.
Tucker Of Greenwood county
The following Smith Center citizens
came to Topeka today to help inaugu-
rate J. r. BurrOw as secretary of state:
Captain and Mrs. J. S. Mcdowell A. G.
Coolidge and wife v. Hutchings and
wife and Frank Burrow.
Those who could not get inside the
Auditorium to attend the inaugural
ceremonies of the state officers attend
ed the overflow meeting at the court
house where A. T Lucas and others
took the oath of office and at once be-
gan serving Shawnee county.
The Flints, hypnotists, will be at the
Crawford tonight and for the rest of
the week Politicians and candidates
for speaker of the house and for u. S.
senator had better keep away or they
may come under the spelI' and tell
fngs of the various caucuses.
Another bowling contest between tke
T. A. A. and Elite teams VIII be held on
the Elite alleys tonight. 1t VIII proba-
bly, be a close contest as both teams are
in good form. In the first meet of the
series the Elites won. although the
scores of neither side were unusually
high The teams are as follows T. A.
A-Clark. Morton. Funnel. <irkpart-
rick and Wolf: Elite-Wentworth Bar
mum, Ewart. Gossett and Pyles.
A branch of the steam filters union
was organized in Topeka Sunday at q
meeting held in the office Of the Labor
Champion. Eleven Topeka steam filters
Joined the organization, ana application
was made to the national organization
for a charter The local union Will be
chartered as a branch Of the National
Association of Steam and Hot Water
Filters and Helpers. The orgaHiza tiOa
was brought about by Mr.. Ceilly, the
editor of the Labor Champion
Another Topeka company has been or
gained to prospect for oil. 1t is known
as the Home Oil company, aud its capt.
tai is a million shares at a par value Of
81 each. The company owns / 600 ceres
of land near Chanute. The officers OF
the company are as follows: President,
j. S. Warner, of Topeka. vice president.
and general manager, D f. McCle1land
of Chanute: treasurer, f. w Freeman.
cashier Merchants National bank Of To-
peka; secretary, d. NJ Kennedy, and at
torney, S. c. Brown, both OF Chandte.
With the mercury wagering down
toward the zero point the managers of
the poultry show kept their agreement
to get the exhibits out of The Auditorium
and by noon Sunday the cages of birds
and the trestle work which had sup
ported them were removed The fact
that a large number of tine bir1s Were
the property of home people helped con
siderably in the rapid progress Of the
clearing and the displays belonging 10
outside exhibitors were gotten out in
the order of shipment to their correct
destinations. A few had to be stored in
empty buildings near the freight depots
but only a few remained to be started
on their journeys today.