The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29

I help him.
President Samuel T. Howe of the
state board of railroad commissioners
carries with him a 1eaden ring which
slips on one of his fingers when he has
something to remember. When he
hasn't anything to remember the ring
/ is not there.
Gold and silver have I none. but OF
/ what I have I give unto thee freely
I remarked a savior of the country as he
/ planted his fist on the face Of a man
/ who had dared to call him a liar at one
] of the recent rows at the Sixth street
/ financial school
John W. Lasweu. who has been con-
/ fined in the county jail for forgery was
I yesterday released only to be rear
/ rested on a charge of grand larceny
4 He sold mortgaged cattle in 1892. His
wife, who is said to be rich, is here try
1 ing to settle matters.
Pie" Jordan who was fined SIS and
costs by Justice Furry for having stol-
en- a laprobe, had subpoenaed in his be-
I half Jailer Disbrow and Patrolman
King, but the officers made better state
witnesses. Pie wanted a place to
stay for the winter
w. J. Black, assistant general pas
senger and ticket agent of the Santa
I Fe, receives more calls from ministers
Of the gospel than any man in Kan
ssI7' ne CANS nave ~ siisiouS 9i5
canoe, however. as the preachers are
simply after clergy permits
In the trial of larceny case yester-
day in justice court the prosecuting
witness claimed that the dress Whlch
had been stolen from her by the de-
PENDANT had cost $40. But that was ten
years ago, SO the charge Of grand lar
ceny was changed to petit larceny.
The Potwin trolley depot and wait
ing room at Fifth and West streets is
to be relighted by the company with
electric lights. Some time ago the
company refused to keep the lights
there because bad boys broke the globes
but Potwin has agreed to protect them
A new rule has been established at
the Grand 0nara 5o1Ise When Won go
out between the acts you must present
your check at the foyer door before YOU
can get in again This was done to
shut off the several young men who buy
a balcony ticket and at the end of the
first act walk in on the first floor
All horizons of the indian costume
which Mr. James Moore viii wear as
Powhatan. have a history The shield
and head dress were once the property
of Whirlwind, chief of the Sioux, and
the moccasins were worn by a young
Arapahoe chief on the day of his mar
riage
A OuintOn line conductor lost a IS bill
Yesterday. He dropped it beside the
track while the car was running. His
entire family looked for it for hours
without finding it but the very first
trip the car made this morning the
motorman found it. The conductor
was w. G. Young and the motorman
was named Shaw
r. c. Talbert was yesterday released
from bonds by Police Judge Ferry and
the case of assault against him dis
missed. Talbert was attacked yester-
day by a man named w Mueller at
sixth and Kansas avenue and Talbert
knocked his man down. Mueller Sc
cured warrant, but failed to appear
at the trial to prosecute.
The performance Of TrIby at the
Grand last night was greeted by a
small audience and was not 50 good
performance as last year. Where
changes have been made in the com
pany they have not been made for the
better This is probably ''Trilby's''
last year. 1t never had anything to
recommend it but notoriety.
Annie NJ. Curliss, the woman who
nlistreated her mother was arraigned
in police court but DISCHARGED. The
mother. owns the house in which they
live but is of feeble mind. The daugh-
ter is a desperate woman but she made
another promise to try to live peacea-
Div with her mother. and Judge Ferry
withheld a $40 fine on this condition
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