The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-17


on Kansas avenue between Eighth and
Ninth streets where the parade stand
was during the Fail Festival
B. J. Harris. who has been for some
time with the Wiggin, Harding COM
pany is now in the dress goods depart
ment Of Warren n. Crosby's store.
The usual large numbers OF movers
are going through town changing resi-
dence for the winter to change back
again next spring for the summer.
Superintendent VIM. Davidson, OF
the city schools, Is expected to arrive
has been i'll with fever, viii accompany
him.
Governor Morrill, will deliver an ad-
dress before the annual meeting of the
State Historical society in December on
THE First Territorial Legislature
1857-58''
State Senator W. f. Sterne left the
work of saving the state long enough
yesterday afternoon to go on a hunt
ing trip in the country with A. B.
Quinton.
There viii be only two amusement
attractions in Topeka next week
Vanity Fair Monday night and Buff
falo BilIs Wild West Wednesday at the
fair grounds.
Miss May Evans. the phenomenal To-
peka whistler is in Denver at present
where she has a professional engage
ment at whistling which is said to net
her SIS per week.
An aluminium dollar as big as a sauce
plate is being carried about by people
who are trying to make voters believe
that is the size of the dollar they win
have with free silver
A new station has been opened on the
St Joe branch of the Rock Island. 1t
has been named Germantown, and it is
five miles west of Horton and four
miles east of Powhattan-
Some person stole a cloak from the
room where the Baptists were serving
meals during the convention and the
police department has been asked to
bring the thief to justice.
During the first four days of October
the latter part of Festival week
there were AZ arrests made by the pO-
lice department. Since then there have
been but thirteen arrests made.
Topeka captured two of the state
officers of the Y. M. @. A. at Leaven-
worth yesterday: Prof Frank of Wash
burn college, first vice president, and
Perry Davis, assistant secretary.
over 500 people attended the joint
money debate at Auburn yesterday, the
contestants We're d. c. Tillotson and
John Madden for silver, against W. F.
Schock and James A. Troutman for
gold.
The Excelsior Gas and Coke company
now occupies the first floor rooms OF
the building at the northwest corner OF
Kansas avenue and Fifth streets.
Handsome new furniture will be put
into it.
James K. Hackett. in the prisoner
of Zenda'' and kathryn Kidder in
Madame Sans Gene both of whom
will play at the Grand next month, are
now playing against each other in San
Francisco
Even the women are mixing up in the
Sixth street financial school Two of
them shook fists at each other yester-
day afternoon over a financial PROPOSE
ton and they were not common looking
women, either.
Two big signs on Kansas avenue have
words in them spelled this way: bar
gins" and repairing" They are dis
played by men who do not advertise in
the papers because they never get
anything right"
The city has just purchased eight
new steel ballot boxes to take the place
places-1S of them in all-are now all
equipped with modern boxes. The new
boxes cost IS each.
Sherman Irwin,a Topeka colored man
who is now in St. Louis, was probably
fatally stabbed by a cOlOred woman
there, the dispute having arisen over
a can of beer which Irwin was carry
ing through an alley.
Atchison Globe: Forty-five children
in Topeka can't go to school because
they have no shoes. The attention of
the Atchison women who have been
sending fans and Bibles to Africa is
called to this statement
The Swedish Social society has elect
ed G. Dehn chairman; Miss Jennie
Ericsson, secretary; and Miss Tinnie
Bjorhlack financial secretary, and viii
now meet every two weeks during the
winter. It has "a members.
The Dramatic News, New York of
current date, announces that L. NJ.
Crawford is thinking of adding a Chi
cago Opera House to his chain of KAN
sas. Missouri and Nebraska houses but
Mr.. Crawford is not here to deny it.
Edward Wilder. who is one Of the
strongest gold advocates in this city, |
has never attended a. political meeting
since the campaign opened. He be-
neves political opinions can be formed !
without the aid of campaign orators
The Silver Sheen Dramatic company, |
an organization connected with lodge |
No. III, A. o. Tt. w, has been organized |
and viii give entertainments during the |
winter. 1t is hoped the Silver Sheen |
will not give offense to the believers in |
gold.
Peoples hearts bled yesterday after /
noon when the patrol wagon came fly |
ing up the street with a gray haired |
man in it, but it turned out to be only |
DR.. NIcCabe, secretary of the police |
board. out on an inspection tour OF |
some kind.