The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-26
SNAPSHOTS AT HONE NEWS.

j. r. sloan VIII preach III the 1TSI
Christian church tomorrow.
w. r. Stubs was in town yesterday.
His familiar smile has not deserted
him.
Governor Hoch was not feeling well
Friday, and spent only short time in
his office.
The new span of the Melan bridge
is to be opened for traffic Monday. so
the contractors say.
Secretary Anderson of the Commercial
club viii attend the G. A. r. national
convention in Denver.
DR.. S. ]. Crumbine, secretary of the
state board of health, returned today
from his vacation trip.
Yesterday was the coolest day of the
month. The maximum temperature for
the last "a hours was n.
W. w. Harvey has been appointed
by Judge Dana to defend the four safe
crackers in the district court.
John T.. CLANCY, ex-state senator.
who has been confined to his house
for two months, took a ride Friday.
County Attorney Hungate did not go
fishing yesterday and Sheriff Lucas did
not leave town in search of prisoner.
Geo. W. Martin, secretary of the
State Historical society, is expected
home from the Pacific coast in about
a week.
Big placards have been hung up in
the state house giving directions to
visitors how to get permission to visit
the dome.
Sherman Elliott, member of the
| state board of control, who has been
quite seriously sick. is now able to be
back at his desk.
Fred Schmidt will commence the
erection of a $4,000 home on the lots
that he recently purchased near Tenth
and Fillmore streets.
After losing 15 straight games the
1nal hrnlxar1 in a eli nj u~ov
yesterday at Guthrie when the White
| Sox played a tie game.
John Dudley rises to announce that
there is nothing in the rumor that he
will be a candidate for sheriff of
Shawnee county. This is a great re-
lief.
Charles K. Holiday says there is no
| need of a smoke ordinance. Natural
gas will be here soon and then the
only smoke in Topeka will be tobacco
smoke.
Chief Wilmarth of the Topeka fire de-
vacation in Colorado yesterday. This is
| the first vacation that Chief Wilmarth
has had in ten years.
Albert H. Winter of Chicago has been
appointed instructor of mechanical
drawing and joinery at the Manual
| Training school to succeed Mr.. v. T.
zandt who has resigned.
All of the telephone, telegram and
electric light companies were notified
yesterday to see to it that all wires
crossing railroads are at least 25 feet
above the tracks. They have had notices
before.
a good deal of interest centers about
the opening of the new Topeka Manual
Training school on September II. Sig
! teachers are employed. Lathe work and
physical culture will be new classes this
year.
Department Commander P. H
Coney has received a lot of gilt hat
bands, hat monOgrams, silver stars
flags, and other equipment to be dis
tributed to the old soldiers who go on
the trip to Denver
The latest addition to the auto
mobile colony in the city is big royal
blue four-cylinder. 20 horsepower
touring car, which made it's first ap-
pearance on the streets yesterday,
driven by c. W. Snyder.
! The packing companies announce
| that commencing on Saturday, Sep
TENDER 2, all packing houses in the
city and packing house branches will
| close at l o'clock on Saturdays, and
no deliveries will be made thereafter.
| The water commissioners have ap-
pointed John Paulson driver of the
| water wagon" There were a number
of applicants but Mr.. Paulson was the
only one who could convince the com
missioners that there would be no daa-
! ger of his falling off
| S. NJ. Harrington, president of the
Harrington Manufacturing company,
of Peoria, Ill, is attending the meet
| ing of the rural carriers at the court
! house. He attends all the meetings of
| the carriers association, and is IA
mfliarly known as ''the wagon man.
School district No. IA, just south of
| Topeka, at its recent meeting re-
elected Geo. G. Stiles treasurer. The
| following teachers were employed to
| teach the coming school
ming September II: Quinton Heights,
A. A. Stewart, Miss Katharine zane;
Pierce's addition, Mrs. Mary Leonard;
Avondale, o. L. Alley.
Councilman William Green is a
grandfather for the first time, and is
bearing up under the ordeal as well
as might be expected of a man under
the circumstances. A baby girl arrived
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Green late yesterday afternoon, and it
| is hard to tell who is the most pleased,
the father or the grandfather.
Secretary of the Commercial Club T.
j. Anderson is sending out cards to the
various weekly papers over the state
announcing that the Commercial club
Will give prize of $25 for the most per
fectly formed ear of corn exhibited at
| the state fair. The prize winning ear
| is then to be sent to President Roose-
Welt with the compliments of the Com
mercial club.
ASSlSldHI state superintendent Dyer
is sending out the copies of the state
and county examination questions. The
| county examinations are held on the
LIST and End of September, and the
state examinations begin August %,
and continue a week. The state ex-
aminations are held at Topeka, EN-
poria, Lawrence, Pittsburg and Man
haitian. At Topeka the examination
will be at superintendent Dayhoff's
| office.
James Jordan, negro quarryman
from the vicinity of Vinewood park
was arrested for beating up one of the
workmen employed by T. F. Doran.
Mr.. NJ. ]. Boyer, the man who re-
ceived the beating, is employed on the
Dornwood country seat, and in de-
tending the rights of his employer in
| CURED the enmity of James Jordan