The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-03
OUR MAYOR TIED UP.
He's Strike Bound in Missouri But
the Council Nests
AID TRAESACTS HUGH BUSINESS.
Five 7Eites OF New Sidewalks Are TO
BE BA4lt at Oaee-O- 1Enfters.


he BA4lt at Oaee-O-her Matters.
The city council had to do business
without Mayor I. W. Harrison last night
The mayor is somewhere over in Mis-
sou-i stranded unable to GO or come on
account Of the strike. He teIegrAphed
to City Clerk McFaiden last evening
from Trenton, Mo: stranded here.
Been trying several days to get home
@ II this FAR by team and freight train
VII Oe home first train"
The Council was ia session nearly
three hours Isl night aud worked hard
to earn lne.r salaries
A.-er the meeting had adjourned and
most Oi the mem bers were j ,yn the
fJCt OF the stairs one Of the cJunc4Inen
happened D Laink That the N 3sU i'm .3or-
ia nlatser IF tAe session nadl't been
di7p seI Of. It was tue s4dewal1 report.
Inc weary Councilman went back up
airs, Gaze . spee.-l S sssi0n. AMI pro-
Gee Il j 10 accept the report Of tne com
m.ssee on streets and walks. wh-cn con
d. ans q bout tive miles Of side Va Ks.
TAe report wss 81 med IN tho EJrsn Of
petiti3n, Dy W l. > ern-. l. S WO0lver-
ton, J Dab MulyAae, A W. Knowles, Jo-
sepa II e1 AM ten others, because & ty
Al Orney I4IlO son said ID would De more
IN con iOrfnity With tne law to have the
new walks petitlOled for by the custo-
mary fifteen cItiz-ns. The report was
adop ed but not reAd as it covers twenty
typewriter pages II viii be published
after ten q tys, ALI after ten days more /
gne contract Will he let There are about
4, y lots condemned by the re port. or
: 30 feet ms Is equivalent TO 5-24
miles.
Petitions and Communications.
James Fusion, be ter known a. III los1- |
ey Jlin," petltiOne for the right to ped I
die Vase line saive aud sOap free Of charge.
he told a pltIfuI story about having olly +
one arm The request was referred I
The police force Sc ms To have been una
bic to fr4gnten Fusion out Of town.
5. IL Bsrrett. gent of Sells B-5thers' F
circus, asked to exhibit ia Topeka free T
of the usual license ($16l) He sail that
sails bro hers hal d3le In 1re to aIver- 4
tIse Topeka than anything else except L
the POpulist administration. On motion f
Of Mr. HJinan the license was reduced
fifty dollars.
The Populists were granted the use
OF the city park for ratification on the
18th. provided they would clean up the
de bris. Mr Bradford was in favor Of
liking up the city park so as to make it
q I'll place for all kinds Of political meet
ings
There is water in DR.. HamiIton's cell
lar, as there has been ever since Hdmu-
ton hail was built He asked the street
commits sioner 10 investigate II: he con-
siders il due TO the city's neglect
Secretary L. l. 1oGnt of the police
board, asked that he sanitary police be
made to wear different yes than the
star of the regular police officer, 50 as
to dis inguish them The request was
to the city attorney.
w. J. Stagg asked for a change of the
width of the sidewalk on the west side
Of Topeka avenue between Eighth and
Ninth Streets so as to save some large
shade trees. Referred
Rev. p. Price asked for the use of the
city park for picnic on August 1st.
Grained
n D. Mckinley asked to use the city
park, but gave no date 1t was referred
back to the petitioner
, xteen residents near Tenth and Jack
son streets ask ed to have the pile of
street railway ties removed from that
corner, as it makes a resting place for
l0afers and thugs 1t was so ordered
Mr.. Bradford said it would cost $50 to
remove them. This is equivalent to 1900
fares.
Some time ago s S. OFT was given per
mission 10 connect with a sewer not in
his district by paying $50 q number.
Since others have been granted the same
r 3 at without paying anything, but giving
bond Mr.. OFT was present and submitted
a kick last night. The matter will be re-
A protest signed by c. L. yanderpooI
and nineteen others against the con-
of the sewer ia district No II
was referred.
Frank LAncker, who has six children
to support aud whose average income
for the past year has been less than 81
day, asked to ped lie small, home made
articles free of licease. Referred
Tue secondhand junk dealers asked
an anne ndment 10 the license ordinance
30 they viii not have TO keep a record OF
articles OF less value than 81 Re-
ferred
An old man named Wilkerson, over 20