The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-23

Springs and Denver tomorrow. where
he has been for the past month with
his wife on account of her health. Mrs.
Davidson is much better and will re-
turn also
Joe Waters and David Overmyer
spoke at a big free silver rally at Ar
kansas City Wednesday night to $4,000
people. There was a barbecue and a
torchIight procession 1000 people big.
Voters were there all the way from
Ponca, o. T.
The educational classes of the Y. NJ.
c. a. which were postponed until after
election VIII begin on the evening Of
October 9. H. L. Larimer's class in
English Literature Of the Nineteenth
Century viii begin its winters work
on the same date.
The Kansas city Medical college has a
strong foot ball team and they have
challenged both the Kansas and Mis-
souri, university to exhibition games at
Kansas City. Further, they threaten
to kill the Kansas Missouri Thanksgiv-
ing game if the challenges are accept
ed.
County Physician Howard says that
the county commissioners will proba-
bly, make some change in the county
Jail whereby prisoners with loathsome
diseases may be confined in a separate
room. The doctor recently exhibited a
case before the board to urge his pro-
ject.
Henry Derby of 615 Branner street,
has constructed a large K-ray ma
chine with which he viii experiment
1t is similar in construction to Prof. l..
l. Blake's apparatus. A surgical case
will be submitted soon for the location
! of a needle in the foot of a lady from
Meade, Kan.
The Kansas Medical college received
this morning from Wichita twelve large
live frogs which viii be used for ex-
perimenta1 and demonstrative pur-
| poses. Frogs are used largely by the
medical profession in determining the
action of different drugs on the circu-
latory and nervous systems.
The Topeka Academy of Medicine
and Surgery will hold the first winter
meeting next month. At this meeting
DR.. NJ. B. Ward. the retiring president,
will deliver the annual address, and
officers for the ensuing year viii be
elected. The meetings of the Academy
were discontinued during the summer.
A Topeka hotel man says that the
hotel business in Topeka is on the in
| crease and that more than the usual
number of travelling men are among
/ the guests. And this in the face of the
assertion that numbers of wholesale
houses are calling in their travelling
men and won't send them out again IN
less Mckinley is elected.
Mrs. Taylor, matron. of the home of
/ the friendless at LeavenwOrth, is in
/ the city on business connected with the
case of Hugo Quando held for criminal
assault on a 14-year-old girl The girl
| Quando had a preliminary hearing be-
fore Justice Furry yesterday afternoon
and was bound over in the sum of ST.
GOO
Who would have though it? A spe-
cial policeman's pocket was picked
while he was in a crowd at the Buffalo
/ Bill show lot" He saw the man NOV
/ ing away rather suspiciously and pur-
sued him. What was his surprise to
see the man throw his own watch down
4 and make his escape. The special
/ picked up his own watch and forgot
the thief.
Capt. Joe Waters says that a spell OF
real cold weather with snow, lasting
until after election would hurt the Re
publican party UNNECESSARILY. Poor
people says Mr.. Waters. who are
getting along we'll enough while it is
reasonably warm and intend to vote
the Republican ticket would become
malignant with the pinch OF poverty
and rebel"
The X-ray machine at the Kansas
Medical college viii be placed in oper-
alton next week for the first time. Ap-
| plcations have been received from
three different parties who wish shad-
owgraphs taken of old injuries One
application is from Ed P Harris, sup
erintendent at the Crane & Co. plant
who fell from his bicycle and broke his
arm last spring.
When George Rust and bride started
east yesterday afternoon they naturally
enough failed to let the boys" know
/ anything about it but Johnny Waters
Burr Lakin. Ralph Peterson and others
found it out and catching them at the
train literally covered the car witt
garlands and wreaths of weeds and ole
rope. Pat Sherman then held Mr.. Rus
while he received his decorations The
last thing the crowd saw Of the groom
as the train went around the curve b1
the shops he was trying to cut the
decorations OF the car with his peck
ct knife.