The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-27

those picked up mizeenaneously from
other sources
The Rev. John Constantine. the old
Armenian minister who was robbed Of
$500 in gold in July on Smoky Row,
has given up the hope OF bringing to
justice the robbers, and has returned
to the east, whence he will go back to
his native country.
The Afodocs will begin practicing on
their burlesque sBillee Taylor next
week VIII Haskell viii probably
coach them. All the female characters
in the piece viii be impersonated by
men. The piece viii be given about the
middle of December.
Charles T. Morse, who is employed in
the Santa Fe store house in this city,
wishes it understood that he is not the
Charles Morse who was arrested for
forgery in LeadviIle some time ago
The man whowas arrested was said to
have been from Topeka
A Journal reporter went into Frank
Holidays drug store yesterday after
noon with Augustus Cook, who plays
Napoleon in Kathryn Kidder's com
pany. Holiday and Cook got together
in the middle of the room and the re-
porter was almost unable to tell them
apart.
Miss Brandt of Bethany will leave in
a few weeks for Mexico. being COMPEL
ed to abandon her position as head of
the French and German department,
because of i'll health. She viii be sue
ceeded by Madame Aeteke, a native
German who comes highly recon-
mended.
A union prayermeeting will be held
at the Central Congregational church
Thursday evening by the Martin NJ. E.
Westminster Presbyterian and Central
Congregational churches, after which
Prof. F. W. Ellis of Washburn college
will organize a class for the inductive
study of the Book Of Mark.
Nick Chiles and DR.. Brownfield both
displayed considerable money on the
streets yesterday afternoon and finally
a bet was arranged between the two,
Chiles putting up $40 against Brown
fields Sc that Mckinley would be
elected president. It was agreed to make
this bet four times. and the money was
deposited with c. o. Johnson.
A large attendance was present at
last nights meeting of the Ninde Chau-
tauqua circle. Miss Inez futile read
an essay on Jean Vatican" and Miss
Moore contributed a paper on the ''Ad-
vantages of a Republic over a Mon
archy" Miss Wade conducted the
class in the Study of the French Ma
>.
son on French Traits"
A Milwaukee brewery, through its
agent at Kansas City, has made de-
mand of the police commissioners for
two beer pumps which the police Sc
cured in beer joint raids The joint
keepers were furnished pumps free of
rent for use while their beer was being
used. The pumps will be returned to
the agent. Why? They ought to be
coniscated along with the other Illegal
apparatus.
There is a good deal Of comment on
the fact that there is a, most surprising
breach between the registration prom
Use Of population and the actual pop
ulation as reported by the assessors.
The assessors report that Topeka prop
er (not counting suburbs) has 81 600
people but since the registration is
nearly $500 and it is said that all pop
ulations are to the vote as five to one,
Topekas population should be nearly
$4,000. Even at four to the vote. it is
IS goo.
Rev A E. Wagner has returned from
Lawrence where ne attended the an
nuaI meeting of the Lutheran synod Of
Kansas. At this meeting license to
preach was granted to three candi-
dates and the same number We're or
dained. Rev Mr.. Wagner was elected
president of the synod for the coming
year and also a. delegate to the ma
tional synod which viii meet in Mans
field. o., in March The next annual
meeting of the Kansas organization
viii be held at Peabody.
Nearly everybody has been caught at
some time by the man who wants to
bet $40 that four months from the day
a certain presidential candidate is in
augurated every national bank in the
United States will be closed. The
president is inaugurated on March 18th
and as four months from date win be
July 18th, of course they will A smart
Topeka man tried the gag" on friend
recently but in his eagerness made
mistake and said three months" But
the money is up now and he viii have
to lose it.