The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The home of F.. a. Wilson on West
Eighth avenue is being remodeled.
A meeting of the parks committee
of the Commercial club under C. E.
Eldridge was held today.
Cuthbert e. Son, Topeka contractors.
are finishing a $4,000 court house
building at Phillipsburg, Kan.
The Commercial club quarters will
be closed on Labor Day No banks
will do business on that day.
j. Lehman has purchased lots in
Highland Park and will probably build
a four-room dwelling next fall.
The new school house at Dover is
expected to be completed about Sep
tembcr 5. Plastering is now under
way.
Work on the house that will be built
for Harold Tasker at 1926 Boswell
avenue will probable be started the
middle of September.
The usually muddy swirling Kaw is
as clear as crystal. y person can stanu
on one of the bridges over the river
and see the sandy sparkling bottom.
The street railway company is MAX
! ing preparations to handle the largest
State fair attendance in the history
[ of the Kansas State Fair association.
The heating plant is now being in
building. The building will probably
be completed by the middle of Octo-
Der.
The annual picnic of the Ohio club
will be held on Labor day at Chesney
park. The roll will be called by
counties. All Buckeyes are invited to
attend.
! For selling ten-cent pair of soX
and a ten-cent handkerchief on Sunday,
g. Galitzski. 1851 Kansas avenue, was
| fined so in police court yesterday at
| ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer w. Merdenhall
and TWO children arrived today from
| Goodland, Kan, to spend several days
| with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fountain,
1924 Leland street.
| A building permit was issued today
to Mrs. S. w. Stricken for the cree
ton of a $4,000 residence at 1922
West Eighth avenue. The house will
| be 80 by &c feet in dimensions. 1t
will be two stories high.
| A number of men in Topeka who
have been patronizing the swimming
pool at the Y. NJ. c. A, are nursing
sore eyes. They claim that the trou-
BILE is due to some unknown poison
that has polluted the water.
The ladies of the Good Government
club left petition at the Commercial
club which asks the city commission
erS to make it unlawful for bill boards
be erected in the residence districts
of the city. ]. F. Scott is the only
signer to date.
Topeka gained more than IS per cent
in bank clearings this month. Com
pare this with loss in Lincoln. )
per cent gain in Wichita, and a per
cent gain in ST. Joseph and it will be
seen that the capital city's business
has not suffered since the dry season
opened.
II have been in a good many western
cities this summer said a railway Of
fetal in Topeka today. but in no place
have 1 tasted as good water as can be
found running through the Topeka
mains every day: This is speaking
pretty well for the local supply dur
ing dry weather.
Three steam railroads. one electric
railroad and one municipality have been
spending a large part of the summer
fixing the crossing st First and Kan
sas avenue. When the work is COM
pleted the crossing should be in good
Shape-cOnSidering the millions of dol
lars that have been behind the con-
Struction.
Fred Palmer, aged 50 years. was
adjulged insane in the probate court
this morning. Ill health is believed
to be the cause of his unbalanced con-
to strap him in bed to prevent his do
ing violence. He was thus bound
when Mitchell Bundy, jailor at the
county Jail, was called to the home
east of the city, near the old BldWeI
asylum, yesterday and took him to the
county Jail.
Thursday, according to arrange
ments made by their attorneys Don A.
MounDay and L. d. w. MounDay will
appear before Judge Dana of the first
division of the district court to answer
to charges of contempt of the court
filed by John Marshall, receiver, APP
pointed by the court. Their alleged
contempt is based on their refusal to
answer questions asked by the receiver,
or to surrender property and money
demanded by him.
There will be six big circus acts in
connection with the night show at the
State fair. In all three hundred and
fifty persons will participate. The
stage will be three hundred and fifty
feet long. Every night two hundred
and fifty pounds of powder will be
used and one hundred pounds of dy-
Mantle. Each night $1,000 will go
up in smoke. These figures were Civ
en- out today by E. NJ. Connor, the
business representative of the Pain
company.
Charles Stark. hack driver. was ar
rested by the police last night for be-
ing intoxicated and raising a general
rumpus. On the seventh of last month
on a like occasion, he was found in
his back yard holding down and beat
ing his S0-pound wife, who had just
returned from hospital after under
going an operation. At that time
Judge Huron fined him 500. remit
ting SIS of the fine pending good be-
havior. Stark was still in the city