The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-09
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEWs

granted Mrs. Stella DrummOnd a d.
vorce from Alex Drummond-
w. NJ. Davidson will leave for Oma-
ha Monday afternoon and begin being
Cornhusker instead of a Jayhawker-
Shawnee county oat growers plant
ed their crops before the blizzard
Some young men in Topeka are still
sowing oats.
DR.. w. F. Bowen has been called to
st. John, where several people were
injured by the collapse of building
during the storm.
The heavy wind Friday drove the
smoke down the chimneys in the court
house and forced the abandonment of
some of the Offices on the second floor
One week from today the Topeka
baseball team will begin its prelimi-
nary practice at St Joe with a game
with the Western League team of that
city.
The state medical examining board
will hold a meeting in Topeka next
Monday and Tuesday for the benefit
of the students of the Kansas Medical
college.
Barclay Hampton paid $50 alimony
by order of Judge Hazen, instead of
$500 worth. A cipher more or less in
the amount would mean a good deal
to Mr.. Hampton.
G. Q. Clemens had the grip a week
or so ago. He is still complaining.
They say got the grip. Don't know
why they call it that. Seems more as
if I'm losing my grip"
The attorneys in the Anthony injunc-
ton suit expect United States Judge
Pollock TO hand down decision on
Monday morning The state contest
board meets next Tuesday.
A broken trolley wire at the corner
of Tenth and Jackson streets last night
held up the Tenth and Twelfth street
cars for over an hour. The transfer
station was filled with people bewail-
ing their fate.
W. W. Reynolds Of Lawrence did
good deal of the preliminary engineering
work for the proposed Topeka Kansas
City trolley. The chief engineer of the
road is now making a second careful
survey of the route.
D. H. Martin is planning to make
trip from Topeka to Hutchinson and
return in his big automobile as soon
as the blizzardy weather is ended. He
expects TO cover the distance from To-
peka to Hutchinson in twelve hours.
Mr.. Morse of the Morse Construction
company of Topeka, is in EmpOria,
where he has been making the final ar
engagements for the construction of the
new city library there. He has given
bond and will begin work on the build
ing very soon.
Blanch & Heating. Topeka contrac-
tors, have secured the job of building
the Normal training school at EmpOria.
They bid $27, 315 for the job, and got it
over five other bidders. A. K. Renner
of Topeka secured the contract for put
ting a tin roof on the building.
Atchison Globe: We announce with
pride that if any Atchison girl goes to
the worlds fair it will be by paying
j her way, and not by getting it paid
4 in a popular contest. We hope also
| to be able to say that they will pay
board bills while there, and not
sponge on friends.
| Earl Green, of Atchison. has been
/ offered the management of the Mis-
souri, Valley League team at LeaVen-
worth. Green is just now engineering
an aggregation Of amateurs. Manager
| Gus Alberts of the Topeka team has
several practice games scheduled WITH
Green's youngsters.
w F. Weber. who retired from the
city council Friday night after four
years service, has missed only three
meetings of the council in that time,
and those were when he was out in
Colorado. He has attended every meet
ing of the streets and walks committee
for the past four years.
The streets and walks committee, at
its Friday afternoon meeting, decided TO
instruct the city attorney to draw up
an ordinance requiring property owners
to connect down-spouts on buildings
with the city sewers. Some of the
spOuts leading from the roofs of Kansas
avenue buildings empty water out
across the sidewalks.
Rev. H. r. Best. of Winfield. Kas-.
who is holding evangelistic services at
the Baptist tabernacle, will address
the Y. NJ. c. A, III East Eight
street. sunday ar 4 o clCeks on the
subject, THE First and Last Scenes
of the Gospel Drama One of the
special features of the song service
Will be a solo by Miss Ada Taylor.
There viii be a basketball game at
the Y. w. c. A gymnasium Monday
night between the Ottawa university
girls team and the Topeka Y. w. c. A.
team. The Topeka players are Miss
Majors. Miss HulSe, Miss Wahlgren,
Miss Wyatt Miss Barnes; the Ottawa
players are the Misses Tullos, Miss
Veeh, Miss Bolinger. Miss Miller.
The police at Wichita have f. D.
him until Sheriff Lucas calls for him.
Sullivan is charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses. He
worked in a Topeka joint, but it is not
charged that the false pretense was
hop tea substituted for beer, or vice
versa, but that he gave worthless
check.
Lawrence Journal: There may be
as much hot air" in the latest
scheme for an electric line from Kan
sas City to Topeka, by way of Law
renee as in any previous efforts
along that line, but the company has
gotten some good names in its direc-
tOrate, and has made such arrange
ments as look favorable for the con-
struction Of the line in the near fu-
ture.
Topeka people might go to Lecomp-
ton and see about the same class of
attractions" as they would see in To-
peka. A LecomptOn correspondent
sends out the following news: a
company of twelve gave Ten Nights
in a Barroom' last Tuesday and We'd
nesday nights in the city hall. They
had a band of ten pieces that gave
some very good music on the streets.
The orchestra music was also good"
Mrs. J. B. AIcAfee, wife of the Rev.
J. B. McAfee of 316 Fifth street, west,
had fall on Easter Monday which
resulted in an injury to the little finger
of her right hand which had to be am
putated yesterday. Although the oper-
alton was a slight one the use of