The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENENs.

For Loves Sake by the Thurston
comedy company, viii be at the Craw-
ford tonight.
Miss May Blevens of Burlington has
come to Topeka to take a position at
the Reform school,
The FEnts closed the most successful
enga cement they ever had in Topeka
Saturday evening.
The Sons Of the American Revolution
will. meet at the State Historical rooms
Wednesday at 2:30 O'Clock.
The great and only Kansas N1idwin-
ter exposition of 1903 opened at the
Auditorium this morning.
Ernest Hughes. formerly coach of the
Medic football team, is now in the in
surance business at lola.
Col. F. S. Savage has commenced the
erection of a $4,000 residence in Orchard
Place addition on Harrison street.
The Topeka high school and the Has
kell girls basket ball teams will play
at the Y W. @. A. rooms Friday night.
Missionary Johnston, who is working
among the Navajo Indians. spoke last
night at the Central Congrega tional
church
d w. Mulvane and T. T. Kelly were
in Kansas City Saturday long enough
for the national committeeman to stock
up on his favOrite shade of cigarettes
Two cases of diphtheria were reported
today One is in the family of James Z.
4
is Mrs Walter Bromich, 307 Jefferson
street.
The Topeka Athletic association ath
/ letic smoker will be held tonight. The
members viii have a 300-round go with
/ 300 douehnuts and win wrestle best
three in five with a 30-galion key Of
cider.
Rev Charles M. Sheldon will speak
in Kansas City. Kan. February 10 for
I the benefit of the Associated Charities
of that city. He viii speak at Newton
January %.
Amondo and Plamondon. who do the
aerial ladder act at the Midwinter ex-
position have had an entire new outfit
made this winter The brothers will go
on the road with Ringling's again this
4 season.
A. F. Poole the chicken man, was
/ convicted of stealing one chicken, in the
district court Saturday. He will be
I sentenced for petit larceny. The charge
/ was burglary and larceny
George E. Cole, who was state auditor
and now is a private citizen with few
farms in Crawford county, was in Kan
sas City Saturday, and of course he
into Blossom county
A new trust company with $500 900
capital stock has been organized in
Kansas City. The shares have a par
value of $50 and the company is known
as the Pioneer Trust company. Chas-
S Gleed is given in the list of leading
shareholders published in Kansas City
paper. He has $50 shares.
There must have been something so,
ing on in Kansas City Saturday of q
legal nature U. s. District Attorney j.
S. Dean Assistant u. S. District Attor-
ney E D. McKeevers u S. Commits
sioner r F. Hayden. Galen Nichols
county attorney, were in the same drove
Saturday.
One of the big cars in going over the
Buchanan street switch on the Wash
burn street car line Sunday afternoon
spread the rails so that the car could
not get back. Passengers were trans
ferred from either end of the switch
for two hours before the damage was
repaired
J. w Plummer, a. farmer living neal
Tecumseh, thinks he is living over ar
oil vein, and is planning to drill for oil
He dug a well some time ago. and it ha:
become so strongly impregnated witt
oil that the water is useless. j. L
Lovewell, the Topeka chemist, has ex
amined the water from the WELL ane
finds that it is full of oil.
r. NJ. Spivey. jr., of Topeka, has &C
cepted a position as clerk in the Cas-
tenada hotel Las Vegas. N. NJ. and hal
left for his new location. He succeeds
]. H Henderson. Mr. Spivey was re
Gently connected with the city engineer
office here. He is a son of Captain X
NJ Spivey who holds a good position
f with the Harvey system.
I Miss Helen Barnes of Chicago, q ma
: tional secretary of the Y W. G. A
9 spoke to about $50 women and girls a
the association rooms in the Masoni
s building Sunday afternoon and ad
2 dressed a large congregation at tn
Z First Congregational church Sunda
: night. Today she gave an address a
+ the Topeka Wooden Mills in North To
peka at the noon hour. She will spea
at the Armour Packing houses in Kan
sas City Tuesday.
i G. F. Menninger, NJ. D, office TIT Kan
e sas ave Tel. 10. residence 1851 Topek
g a~re TEL * Once hours 2 to 8 q. m.
a ave - o. 80 - r "