The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

Sunday evening o'clock dinner,
Throop. Halls orchestra
DR.. E. f. Pettyjohn will give an ad-
dress in Wichita next Monday night.
The new baseball suits of the Kaws
are attracting considerable attention
in a local store window.
D. o. Coe, c. G. Blakefy and John
r. Wiley will speak at the Walnut
Grove M. E. church Sunday night in
the interests of the Men and Religion
movement.
The 100000 addition to the federal
building may not be built this year. All
of which shows that even a government
appropriation does not always bring
Immediate results.
The baseball prospects at the Santa
F'e general. Offices were frightened TO-
day when Joe Marshall, a we'll known
young Topeka amateur, entered the
offices as an employee.
Some Old Notions About Men and
Religion will be the theme upon
which DR.. Arthur. S. Henderson will
speak at the First Congregational
church Sunday evening.
Shawnee county may lose some of it's
divorce patronage if the new Arizona
law becomes effective. The Arizona
plan is to legalize divorce after six
months residence in the state.
Carl Nordlund, of the Rock Island
offices in Topeka, who has been de-
clared the poet laureate of the Rock
Island Lines, has written a snowbourd
jingle of recent troubles in Kansas.
An old-fashioned dance was held in
the hall at the corner of Seventh street
and Quincy last night. Men rolled over
the floor in rough and tumble fights.
1t was a free-for-all dance and in ma.ly
instances was a free-for-all fight
The street cars found it impossible
to make stops near the business dis
trict of the city last night on account
of the crowds that filed the cars. A
little batch of extra cars now and
then, wouldn't hurt the railway men
1t has been nearly a week since the
Ericsson : Medlock Sloan detective
agency has furnished the newspa pers
with a top head story. Officers of the
agency have been urged to find some
new cIew concerning the Platt murder
mystery.
An ..Incas Club" was organized last
night at Labor Hall. Nearly 100 persons
are mem bers of the new club, which is
a benevolent and fraternal organiza-
ton. c. C. Pasho was elected as presi-
dent of the club, while V. V. Dart is
secretary
According to the committee of the
Central congregational which is look
ing around for successor to DR.. Chas.
M. Sheldon as pastor, the rumor that
a certain man who has his headquar-
tiers in New York would receive a call
to the passionate, is unfounded.
Reports from western Kansas say
that the baby born on a Rock Island
Pullman car en- route from Denver viii
either be named after the car, the con-
ductor, the division superintendent or
the general manager. Topeka railroad
circles vote for this name Sweet
SmaIley."
today and is applica BILE tosevery line of
business. Save travelling expenses,
time and conserve the friendship of
your out-of-town customers by fire.
quent calls over the enlarged Long Dis
lance service. Use any telephone. Talk
anywhere.
A social service meeting will be held
in Gemmell- hall of the Central Y NJ.
C. A. Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
DR.. Arthur s. Henderson will be the
speaker, and Judge t. F. Carver will
preside. C. c. Rogen will lead the
orchestra, and Elon S. Clark will have
charge of the singing
The Santa F'e has distributed pencil
throughout the offices in
Topeka. This conforms with the econ
omy program announced in the State
Journal a few days ago. When a
clerks pencil becomes short he in
serts it in the lenthener and makes
use of it until it is nearly gone.
Word has been received at the Santa
Fe general offices from Chicago that
C. F. ". Felt. chief engineer at To-
peka, has been elected to the non1i-
mating board OF the American Railway
En- gineers' association. W. B. Storey.
Jr., vice president of the Santa Fe at
Chicago, was elected vice president of
the engineers
General Manager c. W. Kouns of
the Santa F'e- has signed the petition
for an extension of the white Way
on Ninth street to the state house
grounds. This makes a majority of
the property owners who have signed
and the petition will come up at the
Monday meeting of the city commits
sioners for consideration.
Wren d local railroad official returns
home after trip in the west and tells
a tale of the deep snow everyone tries