The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-20
NORTH SIDE news
Union Pacific Officials Make
Flying Trip Through Topeka.
Party Consists of Fifteen of
Heads of the Road.

A special train bearing fifteen of the
head officials of the Union Pacific
railroad stopped in Topeka Tuesday
noon for about an hour. The party
was met at the depot with automobiles
and driven about the city for some
time.
Afterwards a visit was made to the
Santa Fe general offices and to Secre-
tary of Agriculture F. d. Coburn. The
party left about l o'clock in the after
noon to continue their tour of inspec-
ton.
The party includes President A. L.
Moler of Omaha, Vice President J. A.
Monroe of Omaha, General Manager
Charles Ware, Director of Traffic b.
l. Winchell. Gerrit Fort general
freight agent: Dale Binkerhoff di-
vision superintendent of Kansas City;
r. L. Davis and J. o. Binkerhoff.
Hare-E Emerson Wedding.
Among the interesting events of last
week was the wedding of Miss Alfera
Dali Emerson and Prof. Robert e.
Hare of Maple Plain, Mimi, which
took place at the home of the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. \. B. Emerson
five miles northwest of Topeka
The ceremony was performed by
Prof. frederick Griggs of Union col
lege, College View, Nebraska. of which
both the bride and bridegroom are
graduates. After the ceremony the
evening was given over to the enter
tainment of the guests, of which there
were about seventy-fiVe present. Mrs.
Emerson was assisted in receiving by
Mrs. r. NJ. Emerson, Mrs. r. NJ. Rocky
and Miss Ethel Claire Rice.
The out of town guests included:
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Plowman of Melvern,
Kan: Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Wiston of
Miss Ethel Rice of Kansas City, and
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Seitz of EN-
poria.
Professor and Mrs. Hare left for
minnesota W will q
couple of weeks at the lakes after
which they will he at home at Maple
Plain. Mimi, where Professor Hare is
principal of an academy, and Mrs.
Hare will assist him as teacher and
preceptreSS.
Runaway on North Kansas Avenue.
\ runaway which threatened sew
erGl times to result seriously started
near the ]. B. Billiard mills when a
team of horses drawing a heavy lum-
Der wagon were frightened at a switch
engine yesterday afternoon.
The horses started to run down
Kansas avenue and turned west on
Norris street, almost hitting q couple
of telephone poles and the Chicago
Lumber & Coal COmpany'S scale office.
The team was stopped in front of the
Bigham livery barns by E. V. Bigham.
At the time Of the runaway the farm er
who owned the team and refused TO
give his name and his two little girls
were in the wagon. While no one was
hurt it is Il mystery to some of the
eye witnesses how the little girls man.
aged to hang on to the seat.
Personal Mention
Mrs. H NJ. Barnes of Kansas City
who has been visiting her father at
Oil North Harrison street left for her
home this morning accompanied by
her sister. Miss Helen Haynes. who
will spend the week there.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Saunders
of North Taylor street will leave the
first of September for Denver and Salt
Lake City, where they will visit friends
and from there they will go to San
Francisco where they will remain for
some time
MI and Mrs. H. NJ. Finnie of e27