The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-16
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

The federal grand jury win probably
adjourn tonight.
The man who can explain where all
this smoke comes from may get into
the Carnegie medal class.
Some of the streets in the western
part of the city got their much needed
annual sweeping yesterday.
There will be melting of the w. c.
T. U. at the First Methodist church
Monday afternoon at o'clock.
The members of the Ohio club will
give tacky party at their rooms, III
West Sixth street, Monday evening.
Safe Oil Inspector Husey yesterday
filed his report for November, and turn
ed over to the state 81, 1856 collected in
fees
The Topeka, high school basket ball
team defeated the Campbell college
team at Holton Friday by a score of
50 to 13.
Mrs. W. E. Stanley has presented to
the state fine oil portrait of her hus-
band to be hung in the office of the
governor.
John L. Sullivan and his show will
be at the Auditorium Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday night, and for a We'd
nesday matinee.
Rev. w. NJ. Backus of Chicago. sec
retary of the Western Unitarian con-
ference, will preach al Unity church to-
morrow morning.
E. B. Guild has donated the Y. NJ. c.
A, cOlOred department, an organ and
piano stool to be used at their rooms,
406 Kansas avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Putnam. of the
Union Pacific hotel, returned from
Kansas City this morning, where they
have been visiting this week.
The furniture and fixtures of the
Topeka club are being moved from
their old quarters across the street
into their new building today.
Governor Hoch's office has been dec
grated with a big 20-foot tt. s. flag. and
a picture of Roosevelt. They cover one
of the walls of the private office.
The Melan bridge is being wired for
the electric lights which the citizens
Of North Topeka have been fighting
for ever since the bridge was com
pleted
L l. Dayhoff, state superintendent of
instruction, came to Topeka yesterday
and started for home sick few hours
later. He has been laid up in bed for
a couple of weeks
The Union Pacific hotel has two
rather unusual guests in the parsonage
of G. 7. Wakimote and Y. Inoyu, the
Japanese contractors who are superin-
tending the railroad work now being
done on the north side of the river
The parents of the pupils of the
North Topeka Quincy school are be
coming alarmed at the prevaIency of
diphtheria in that portion of the city.
There are now sixteen pupils out of
the school on account of the disease.
L. F. Graham, now employed as clerk
at the office of T. E. Dewey, supreme
court reporter went to Baldwin, Kan,
last night and acted as judge on deliv-
cry in the preliminary oratorical con-
test to select the representative of
Baker to the state contest.
superintendent NaunseI of the Edi-
son company says that some one iS
travelling over the city pretending to
represent the company and making col
IectiOns. He is described as a man of
medium build with a sandy muStache.
AIr Maunsel says their collectors have
letters of authority.
The Stewart-Peck Sand company to-
day fled their separate answer in the
suit brought against the Inner Belt rail
road, a company alleged to have been
organized at Kansas City for the pur-
pose of getting possession of a strip of
river front under condemnation pro-
ceedings.
Department Commander P. H. Coney
speaks at Thayer this evening. His
itinerary for next week and early in
January follows: Ell Dorado. December
q; Newton. December 80; Topeka, jan
uary 6; Manhattan. January 9; Con-
cordia. January 10; Smith Center, jan
uary p; BelleviIIe. January 13.
The old Kansas avenue bridge
across the Shunganunga creek is be
ing torn down and a portion of the
material used in the construction of
the new bridge in the center of the
street The old bridge, which was
constructed a great many years ago,
was not parallel with the street at
this point and had become dangerous
to traffic.