The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-20
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The Commercial club meets tonight
Country roads in many places are
practically impossible
Ysaye, the Belgian violinist, comes tC
the Auditorium next Monday night
J. F. Blair of 222 Clay street has gone
70 Los Angeles for an extended visit.
The Star 10 cent vaudeville theater
has a new bill this week that is attract
ing large crowds
The Orphans Home association had
its regular meeting this afternoon at
634 Harrison street.
The Missouri Valley league met at
Parsons today to formally vote Pitts
burg into the circuit
AL Rankin is in Topeka this week
after a absence of nearly two weeks on
the western lines of the Santa Fe.
John Freshman, the K. u football
player, is at Christ hospital where he
was operated on for appendicitis Sat
urday.
The girls basket ball team of Wash
burn Will go to Baldwin Tuesday to
meet a similar team from Baker uni
versity
Dick Cooley. the Topeka ball play
er. has been released by the Boston
National league management. No ex-
PLANTATION is given.
Very little registering is being done
at the commissioner of elections office
just now. People don't seem to know
that the books are open
- y.
James W. Gibbons of this city installed
a chapter Of the Knights of Columbus
at Muskogee. I T, on Sunday.
Secretary T. J. Anderson of the To-
gexa Commercial club. was at his Of,
nce again today after three days
confinement to his home with grip.
Mrs n. B. Campbell, who has been
sick at Stormont hospital for several
weeks, is much improved and has been
taken to her home, 425 Harrison street.
fernoon, Dora Higgins filed suit for di-
vorce from George Higgins. Failure to
support her, is the allegation Of the
petition.
E. L. Brannan, general agent of the
SellS-DOWnS shows, has returned from
an eastern trip where he arranged for
paper" The show will open in To-
peka April p and will be larger than
ever
Harry ". Frost, a former Topeka
newspaper man and son of M 0.
Frost has been elected president Of
the Monarch Supply company of De-
troit The firm manufactures railway
Epecialties.
Miss Jennie Greer of Topeka has been
appointed to be housekeeper at the
Soldiers Orphans home. She succeeds
Miss Carrie Askran who has been
tn that institution.
Six gangs Of surveyors are in the field
locating the grades for the Union Pa
ciflc line between Topeka and Marys-
Vile The grading contractors are al
ready in the field and have made all
preparations for beginning work.
City Clerk Squires will address a
meeting of the Ohio club tonight in the
rooms Of the I. 0. o. F. on Quincy
street. Mr.. Squires will relate some
personal experiences Of his while pris-
Cner in the Andersonville prison.
DR.. W. A Quayle pastor of the
Grand Avenue Methodist church of
Kansas City. was in Topeka for several
hours on Saturday night He came
here to meet the funeral party Of the
late Rev. E. Gill. who died at Burlin-
game Friday
An amusing incident occurred the 9TH
er day in one of the grade schools of
the city. The class in question is in
volved in the interesting incidents con-
nected with the War Of the Rebellion
and has just been following Sherman's
memorable march to the sea and his
capture Of Atlanta Now it also hap
pens that in this same class there are
two children periodically named Sher-
man and Atlanta. The boy Sherman
IS a very good friend of his girl class
mate Atlanta. He was greatly interest
ed therefore at General Sherman's