The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-18
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


John Elliott is sick at his home on
Topeka avenue.
The Commercial club will meet Mon
day evening to discuss the proposed
railroad law.
DR.. W. H. RICHTER has presented four
pairs Of quoits to the hremen stationed
at No. station on Jefferson street.
On March IS. the schedule meeting OF
the Western Association takes place at
the Baltimore hotel in Kansas City.
spec" Hurlburt, who played center
field for Topeka last season, will play
center field for the Oklahoma City
team next year.
The Commercial club meets on Mon
day night in special session, to consider
present pending railroad legislation.
Everybody be therei
The Independent Telephone company
IS installing three new switch boards
which will probably call for a half
dozen more hello girls
H G. Larimer will deliver a lecture
on the Literature of the Vest at the
meeting of the Saturday Night club at
the State Journal tonight.
Jake Bauer. of the Sedalia team, who
led the Missouri Valley league in bat
ting last year, has been purchased by
the Atlanta team of the Southern
league.
A marriage license was granted yes
terday at Kansas City. Kansas, to
Clarence o. Wentworth, formerly of To-
peIza, and Orpha Barneck of Salina,
Kansas.
Wichita will at least have the best
first baseman in the Western Associa-
ton in Frank Isbell, last year with the
Chicago Nationals. He is manager and
part owner.
hned to his home for the past few
days on account OF sickness, is i'm
proving and will be out and around by
next Monday
1t is worth the trip to the county
court house to see the painting and kali
somining done on the corridors. They
are in terra Gotta. colors with brown
and gold leaf finishing.
John Macdonald gave a talk on the
St. Louis Worlds fair before the Shell
don league. coIored, at the parents
meeting Friday night at the TenneS-
seetown kindergarten.
R. H. Semple Of 51s West Seventh
street slipped on an icy sidewalk near
his home late Thursday evening and
fractured an arm A doctor was sum-
moned and the arm set
The local coal famine is over with
and normal conditions have returned.
There is a sufficient supply both of
hard and soft coal to be procured,
enough to take care of local demand.
Preliminary work on the Kansas
avenue, Chandler and Van Buren,
street bridges over the Shunganunga
has commenced. The Topeka Bridge
company is doing the constructive
work.
Registration at the commissioner of
elections Office at the city hall still
fails to move with any degree of
celebrity The registration has not
averaged fifty a day since the books
opened up this week.
S. D. Bishop of Lawrence has been
chosen by the Democrats to act as
POSTMASTER for the Democratic ban
quet which will be held at the Throop
on the 22nd of the month, George
Washingtons birthday
Because some of the other managers
over the circuit are Directing. the To-
peka baseball field will not sodded this
summer. 1t would have been the only
sodded diamond on the circuit, and this
would have worked handicaps on visit
ing teams
At ? o'clock yesterday afternoon the
fire department received a call from the
Crawford building at the corner of Fifth
and Jackson streets. The greater part
of the department responded but were
unable to locate the fire at that place.
finally it was discovered that Third and
jackson streets was the place from
which the alarm had been sent A