The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16
SNAPSHOTS At HOME NEWS.

1uGIIF4M DdELleS are IN season.
State Auditor Seth Wells has return
ed to his home at Erie.
The White SOx viii be back home next
Tuesday to open here with Guthrie.
According to the Los Angeles Times
there is an undelivered telegram for
J. R. Burrow at that place.
Three clerks are now assisting the ex-
pert accountant who is working on the
books Of the state treasurer.
Miss Margaret Adams has returned
to Topeka from Arizona Her brother,
Paul Adams, viii be back in about two
weeks.
The secretary Of state is now sending
out session laws to those who under the
law are entitled to receive them free
OF charge.
Miss Gladys Boyle, niece of Frank
Mileham of 513 Lincoln street submit
ted to an operation for appendicitis at
Stormont hospital Thursday.
There are 191 students attending
the Shawnee county normal institute.
being held at the high school. The
attendance last year was 1873.
The Enporia board of education heard
that a teacher had been offered a place
by the Topeka board The Enporia city
fathers Immediately raised her salary.
This is supposed to be absolutely
new in the way of a boy story: Two
Topeka boys went camping for a. week
and among their supplies were four
bars of soap.
The Worlds fair Topeka kindergarten
exhibit has been placed on exhibition at
the Tennesseetown kindergarten, corner
Of King and Lincoln streets. 1t is open
to the public.
A hot kitchen stove in too near
proximity to wood work caused
small fire at $40 Lake street Thurs
day. The fire department put out the
fire before any damage was incurred.
A man who can move from one Pc
iuca1 party to another, with the ap-
parent ease that Major Alexander
Marathon Harvey does, ought to move
fast enough in a chess game to win,
and he does.
Next Monday a number of members |
of the Topeka 7. NJ. c. A. will make |
a pedestrian fishing trip to Mill creek /
That means spending a day in walking |
to place. fishing one day, and walking |
back. The distance is % miles.
A Topeka tennis tournament is being |
planned. Several years ago this city |
had number of stars with the racquet, |
but most of them left The city. A new /
crop has grown I'D since and among |
these are a number Of very strong play |
ers.
Adjutant General J. w. F. Hughes
will recommend Guy Y. Naylor of lola
for a Carnegie medal for bravery Nay /
stopped two runaway teams winch |
were about to dash into a crowd OF I
women and children.
Marriage licenses were Issued in the |
probate court yesterday as follows; /
Henry Mcdowell of Topeka and Ida /
Lewis of Lake View: John Allen of /
St. Marys and Nellie Denton of To-
peka; Carl ". Smith and Elsa John |
son, Arthur W. Morse and Grace F. /
Riley, Frank VirdgOtt and Lillian |
Thomas all of Topeka.
Emporia Gazette: e. W. Cunningham, |
by H. ". Fisher of the I
Citizens bank, left last night for
Boulder, Col, where Mr.. Cunningham /
will probably spend the rest of the I
summer, recovering his health. A tele-
gram was received from Mr. Cunning
ham this morning, from Syracuse, Kan, |
stating that he passed a good night, I
and was standing the trip well.
Col. P. NJ. Hoisington of Newton and I
Col G. J. Carver of Wellington. viii /
represent Kansas at the meeting of the (
Interstate Guard association to be held !
at St. Paul, Mimi, on June - to Il. l
This association is composed Of repre-
sentatives of the national guard I
throughout the country. 1t will make |
an effort to get congress to re-estabIish
the Joint maneuvers of the regular
army and the guard for which congress
made no appropriation at its last ses-
sion.
The wars and means committee Of
he city council will meet this evening
1t 8 o'clock to consider the purchase
IF new electric lights of the enclosed
type. A test of the Muncie and the
fort Wayne electrical companies lights
vas made last night at the city cleo
-ric light plant A number of the
were present but nothing
definite was ascertained as a result of
he test. The representatives of the
.wo companies will appear again this
evening before the committee.
The government Immediate crop
report. of conditions a week ago, says:
xansas-Wheat harvest progressing in
southern and beginning in central
counties: wheat generally in good con-
iition, but straw strong few coun-
les; corn in good condition, clean and
growing rapidly; oats heading well,
straw short in some counties and long
n others; first alfalfa in stack. and
second crop growing rapidly; early
potatoes abundant; apples fair; grass
good.