The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


The Honorable William F. Sapp is the
''cynosure' of all eyes today.
The Democratic city central commit
tee win meet next Monday evening.
Secretary F. H. Foster today re-
ceived an order for Ysaye tickets from
Kansas City.
The Santa F'e shops are closed to-
day on account of its being Washing
tons birthday.
All Of the Topeka banks We're closed
today. Washington birthday is a ma
tional holiday.
There are more Democrats in Topeka
today than have been here since the
state convention.
Weather prophets are all talking
about an early spring, but anybody
could do that now.
This from the last washburn Re
view; when is a river not a river :?
When it's a-raisin."
Miss Helen Ogden. an Abilene girl.
is singing with the ''Babes in Toy
| land" opera company.
Milton Goehring of this city and Miss
Anna Koetch of Denver were married
in Kansas City yesterday.
H. H. Embry, general freight agent
of the Rock Island, who was in To-
peka this week, has returned to Kan
sas City.
w. j. Leahy. general passenger
agent of the Rock Island at st. Louis,
passed through Topeka today en- route
The Christian Endeaver society of the
First Congregational church will give
an entertainment this evening at the
church parlors.
Regular recitations were held today,
Washington's birthday, at the fine arts
and liberal arts schools of Washburn
college. The medical and law schools
had holidays.
The annual spring clean up of the
city will soon take place This is some
sioner and the city board of health
take a part.
A missionary meeting will be held
| this evening at the Free Methodist
by Miss Myers of Chicago will be one
| of the features.
County Surveyor John Rodgers says
that if the present slow process of
thawing continues there will be no
danger of a flood and ice gorges in the
Kaw river this year.
The Kansas Publishers Busine ss
club is in session in Topeka today.
The members were entertained by the
local members of the association at a
/ luncheon at the Elks club.
The Kansas City Star says: Two
shows, IAN American Gentleman
and Beware of Men" are booked for
the same night in Atchison-at least
Atchison is being made to think so.
Topeka theater managers still class
their patrons as easy marks or
they wouldn't try that old wornout
/ game of booking the same company
for two performances on the same
night.
A number of Topeka employees of
the Santa Fe went to La Junta last
night to attend the ball at the new
| Santa Fe shops at that point. The
new shops will be opened for use in
a few days
Love and spring seem to be pretty
closely allied. There have been more
marriage licenses granted during the
past week at the probate judges Of
fee than during the entire previous
month.
The Santa Fe railroad confscated
seven cars of coal in the yards here dur
ing the latter part of the week and
! the coal dealers in the city have not
yet gotten over. feeling sore at the RAIL
road for IT'S action.
Milton Brown has made the Wash
burn law school a loan of most of his
law library, which consists of one
thousand volumes, including a number
of text books and a great many of the
United States and surrounding states
reports.
The Jefferson county commissioners
did not meet Shawnee's commissioners
on Tuesday as expected, to talk over
| the erection of the Granville bridge.
The question is whether an agreement
can be reached by which each county
will pay half of the expense.
Roy Daniels, who owes the county an
old fine CT $25 and costs in an assault
case. was before the county commits
sioners on Tuesday and said that ne
Topeka Fritz Durein also had some
costs in an old case, which he liquida-
ted yesterday.
On Monday afternoon Sheriff Lucas
and County Attorney Hungate secured
a long detailed sworn statement from
Carl Croft concerning the manner in
which he and Cal Heck assaulted W.
F. Kunz Croft told practically the
same story which he told when he
first confessed right after being ar
rested.
| Eugene Tilleux, the publisher of a
small weekly paper in Hutchinson and
one of the boomers of the Gulf,
Hutchinson and Northwestern railroad
which still exists in the brains of its
promoters, is in the city trying to in
| duce the legislature to pass law
authorizing counties to vote $4,000 a
mile for railroad projects.
There are said to be number of
grafters working charitable people in
town in the interest of an old woman,
a widow, and using the name of the
! Topeka Provident association as refer
ence. The Provident association peo-
| pie say that the woman is provided
for and that the men who are collect
ing money for her are in reality keep
ing it themselves.
The city dump is on fire and moth
| ing in the way of refuse can be
dumped there. The use of the dump
had been forbidden by an order issued
/ by the mayor but the order was not
very closely observed The order
called for all dumping to be done at
grounds of the Topeka Desiccating
company but that firm since the city
council has turned down its grant of
/ a twenty year franchise has refused
to permit the use of its free dump
ground by the city.
SEEKS TO SAVE NIAGARA.
New YnrI. I.eoisIafure Takes In the