The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-18
SNAPSHOTS. AT HOME NEWS.


Chas. S. Gleed is in New York CITY
on business
j. S. Warner and Frank Newland
leave tonight for Thunder Mountain.
"A party Of 40 school teachers is plan
ning to go from Topeka to the Portland
exposition.
D. M. Howard says the best corn he
has ever seen is being raised this year
around Rossville.
There are 5000 depositors of the
First National bank. This is said to
De close estimate.
A drama in four acts will be given
by. M. w. A. at Lukens' opera house
July IS. Admission Csc.
Peter WALL Topeka boy in the
philippines, has bought the Sunday
sun, a weekly paper in Manila.
j. I. Bradley, receiver of the First
National, has returned from a trip
over Sunday to his home at Sedan.
The ways and means committee and
the streets and walks committee of the
city council meet. Friday evening.
The Clyde Herald says: Joe Deck
er, formerly of this county, had $4,000
on deposit in the First National bank
at Topeka.
The White Soy left today on hf-
teen day trip. Sedalia, Leavenworth,
Wichita, Guthrie and Oklahoma City
Will be visited.
DIR. w. S. Lindsey says that the KAN
sas Medical college will be moved be-
| fore long to new location and the
present building sold.
Isn't it about time that some prose-
cut1ons for reckless automobile driv
ing were started? There has been
great hubbubs made about fast bicycle
riding.
County Attorney Hungate is going to
Fort Scott for two weeks. He said:
| Now, don't want it reported that I
am going there to investigate the joint
licensing system this time"
Some of the persons connected with
the First National bank deny that any
$190,0o or any amount near that sum
has been paid out for checks turned
back. They claim that the amount
runs between $4,000 and $4,000.
They ought to know.
The largest days business on the
Vlnewood line of the city railway was
July when $4,000 fares were col
| lected on the line. AS the conductors
collect twice going out and twice COM
ing back this meant $4,000 people
went to the park during the day.
Assistant City Engineer VIM. King
is taking levels of Kansas avenue pre-
| paratory to submitting estimates to the
| city council of the cost of repaving.
The levels taken include Kansas ave
nue. from Crane street to Tenth street.
| The taking of the levels will be COM
pleted today.
The Rossville Reporter says; w. w.
Page is wearing one of the broadcast
| smiles imaginable. Cause why? He has
just thrashed and marketed his wheat
| from a 40-acre field and is $1,026 to the
good. There were just 1924 bushels by
weight for which he received so cents a
bushel. Mr.. Page was the first farmer
of this vicinity to market his wheat.
| With a fine large park at one end
and the city of Topeka at the other
| the city railway ought to furnish
some decent service between the two.
The railway company has succeeded
admirably in building a beautiful park
/ but fails utterly to comfortably handle
the crowds which go to the park.
The old saying is always go away
| from home and get the news. The fol-
lowing is from the Danville Qnd) Re
| publican: "Chas J. DeVlin, the big
tic operations caused a suspension of
the bank with liabilities of several mil
| lions, lies stricken speechless at his
home in Topeka However, the deposit
tors are king enough to make up
for the scaFefty of words from Mr..
! Devlin.''
Secretary Anderson of the CONNER
| munication from President w. L. Hoff
of the Interstate Schools of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, regarding the moving of
the schools to Topeka. Mr.. Hoff says
the people of Topeka will take one
thousand $25 scholarships and will
guarantee that the property of the
schools will be exempt from taxation
for ten years.
Thieves robbed John Grief's cigar
store of $50 on Sunday afternoon.
Three men entered the place and two
of them engaged in conversat ton with
the clerk while one went to the back