The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-15
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS

6NAPSHOIS Al HOME NEWS
The first cottonwood tree seed has ap-
peared.
The board Of county commissioners
met today.
Straw hats broke out yesterday in a
viruleut form.
o. f. Sawyer of St. Louis was in
Topeka Sunday.
r. B. Welch went to JEFFERSON county
today on business.
This is the time of the year that
the wall paper man is busy.
The flowers in Central park are very
beautiful at this time OF year.
Most of the shrubbery in the north
end Of Central park is in bloom.
Mayor Neff of Kansas City. Kansas,
was in the city Saturday evening
There were nearly enough cars at the
baseball ground Sunday to handle the
crowd.
Congressman Charles Curtis left for
Washington this afternoon to be gone
ten days.
DR.. and Mrs. Norman Plass viii
leave soon for a two months trip in
the east.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Aiguer. sos East
Fifth street, are the parents of a daugh-
ter, born Thursday.
Oklahoma City begins a four days
engagement with the White SOx on
Tuesday afternoon.
The first annual sale of the Shawnee
County Breeders association will be
held at the fair grounds tomorrow.
The Swedish American National
league win hold a meeting this week
Tuesday at g p. m. at sos Kansas ave
nue..
Most Of the people who didn't go to
the baseball game sunday took to the
woods. 1t was a good day for pic
MICS
The board of plumbing examiners will
hold a meeting some time this week to
hold an examination for three appl-
Cants.
Mrs. S. Stanton. 1907 Topeka ave
nue.. has just returned from a three
months trip in the south, much inn
proved in health.
Helen Gould is in town. She is in at
tendance upon the United Brethren con
ference This is not the Helen Gould
Of New York but one who halls from
Minnesota.
This was Judge Dana's field day in
the district court for the handing down
of decisions, hearing Of motions, formal
matters and anything else from a bunt
to homo run.
T. B. Dawes was in Topeka Satur-
day and suggested that Governor
Hoch might grant a conditional par
don to Willie Sell. based upon his con
tinued good behavior.
President J. N. Wilkinson, of the
state normal school, is the latest addi-
ton to the victims to be offered up at
the Saturday Night club banquet at the
Throop next Friday evening.
The Commercial club meets next
Friday night A talk on gas by J. c.
Mcdowell, general manager of the
Kansas Natural Gas company, viii be
the attraction on the programme.
A Sunday paper published a group
picture of the Washburn college facuI-
ty babies. Some people are mean
enough to say that some of the babies
on the faculty did not appear in the
picture.
The state board of railroad commits
siOners have notified the railroads in
terested that the briefs in the case of
the Kansas City Belt Line versus the
Kansas City Southern must be filed by
Tuesday.
The city council meets this evening.
The desiccating contract will probably
be one of the things which viii come
UP for consideration among other mat
tiers. Most of the business is of a light
character.
A Manifold of Beloit spent Sunday
with W. II. Caldwell and family at
927 North Harrison street He was on
his way home from Omaha. Mr..
Manifold is the leader of the cele-
brated Manifold's band of Beloit
The Emporia Gazette said last week:
Colonel Jeltz, Of Topeka, editor Of the
colored peoples paper The Ledger, IS
in town today in the interests of his
paper He says that his house recent
ly burned, and two Of his daughters are
sick.
Street Commissioner Ramsey has ask
ed the brick companies to furnish the
brick for making repairs in the side
walks, the city to do the work. Ordi-
narily the companies are supposed to
furnish the brick and do the work in
addition. but it is a hard matter to force
them to do it.
City Attorney Dreaming is preparing
number of city cases for trial in the dis
trict court. At the June session of the
court Judge Dana will hear the petty