The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The weekly shoots or the topeka
! Gun club will be resumed beginning
next Thursday
Baseball Sunday p. m, League park,
Harry c. Snyder's Royal Tailor team
VS.. Santa Fe offices.-Adv.
| The Kansas State Automobile asso-
citation is planning an automobile run
! to take place in the fore part of May.
The measles epidemic has steadily
decreased for a month. Not single
! case was reported to Sanitary Sergeant
! Ramsey this morning.
| Park Commissioner Porter will meet
! those interested in Garfield park i'm
J provements on the grounds tomorrow
! morning at $50 o'clock.
| The annual gymnasium exhibition of
the Central Y. NJ. c. A. will be held
Saturday night as we'll as tonight be-
| ginning at eight o'clock.
A meeting of the promotion COM
mittee Of the Commercial club met to-
day to arrange details in connection
with the factory aid plan.
A small fire of railroad ties in the
field yard of the A. T. & S. F. was
extinguished by fire company six at
o'clock yesterday evening.
A delegation of three hundred Ma
sons from the Zabud council will leave
Topeka tonight for Horton a spe-
cial train. The council degree will be
conferred.
The old Brunswick hotel is being
thoroughly remodeIed and will be
known as the Rex Mrs. Haskins, for
merly of the old Sixth Street hotel and
c. G. Lamb, of the Subway Cafe, are
the new managers.
A report from G. H. Kinkel, of Colby,
states that the recent high winds did
some damage to grain. He stated that
a good rain had fallen, and that the
prospects for a good crop of cherries
and peaches are excellent.
Invitations have been sent to the
eleven Oranges in Shawnee county ask
ing the members to attend the meet
ing of the Shawnee Alfalfa and Farm
ers' institute at the Commercial club
quarters at ? o'clock next Saturday.
Prof. c. D. Steiner of the State
Agricultural college will speak on
planning and Planting the Home
Grounds at the meeting of the Shaw
nee Alfalfa and Farmers institute a
the Commercial club Saturday at ,
o'clock:
The executive committee in charge
nounced that 1890 was cleared which
will go towards maintaining play
grounds this summer. The appointing
Cf playground directors will probably
be made early in May
THE Cure for Care" was the sub
ject discussed Thursday night by the
Rev. Robert Gordon at the First Bap-
fist church. The meetings are bring |
Ing results. Inc singing Oh IIOI D.
F. Stout continues to be pleasing
feature. The closing meeting next
Sunday night will be held in the Audi |
forum.
The Rev. n. a. Huey, state presi-
dent of the Union Mission association |
of St Louis. Mo, and Rev. c. F. Fer |
guson. evangelist and singer of Wich- |
tia. are holding special revival services |
at 211-213 East Fourth street Serv-
ices are held each night at 1:f5 |
o'clock. Sunday they will be held at
3 o'clock as we'll as 7:45.
DR.. Roy B. Guild will have compile !
ted his first year as pastor of the |
Central Congregational church. June |
l. Thus far 125 persons have been
taken into the church. The percent
age of men among the new members |
is unusually large. Recently when 80 !
persons were added to the church, % |
of them were males.
Miss Margaret Baylor. who has been
studying dance hall conditions all over
the country for five months, will speak
at the Y. w. c. a. next Wednesday
afternoon at 5 o'clock before a mass
of women. The meeting is
Provident association. Miss Baylor, 4
who halls from California, is said to
be an unusually interesting speaker.
s H Howard. of Topeka, is pre-
siding today over the meeting in LeaV-
enworth of the Northeast Kansas
Teachers associa ton. He is the preSi-
dent of the organizati ton. Miss Lima
F. Bresette gave an address this morn
ing on stories and Story Telling"
w D. Ross state superintendent of
schools will speak Saturday morning on
aduca tionaI questions.
United States Marshal John L. Har-
rison will leave tomorrow for Wash
ington D. c.. escorting George l..
Cheever, indicted for forgery. Cheever
has served terms for forgery in the
shawnee county Jail and the state
at Lansing. He drew
bogus check for $135 on the Fremont
bank in Canyon City, Col, and
must answer to authorities at Wash
ingtOn. II
The children of the city schools are
enjoying a holiday today. The teachers
Of the schools were given day off
to attend the meeting of the North
east IA las Teachers association or
to visit lools in other cities. The
ma ioritN of them are visiting schools
in Kansas City. Lawrence, Manhattan
terest exhibited in the Northeast Kan
sas Teachers association, and this will
probably be the last meeting of the Il
There was a heavy frost this morn |
ng which did damage to vegetation in
The low lands 1t is problematicaI as
TO whether or not the fruit was in |
iured. The lowest temperature for
the day was 81 degrees as recorded a
the government station at an eleva-
ion However. thermometer on the
road near Topeka regis
tered 80 degrees. That is tempera-
lure sufficiently low to do much dam
1 ge to vegetation. The green stuff on
he high lands and in protected places