The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-07


been closed He had hoped it would be
made permanent.
Several French restaurants have
been established in Topeka from time
to time but they all failed. Now a
French school has been started and the
restaurants may be revived with some
possibility Of success.
A private letter from DIuscotah,
Atehison county, says: ''An the people
here who attended the Topeka Fail
Festival and Reunion are delighted and
enthusiastic. They say everything
there was just grand
a man appeared in town today
dressed in a suit Of armor and with a
gatllng gun in each hand and said he
had once seen a good deal better F'es-
tival and Carnival and Flower parade
than Topeka had last week.
On account of the rain Monday many
Topeka people left their washing on
the line Monday night to dry. and the
clothes line thief got in his work No
less than six of these thefts have been
reported to the police department.
Elizabeth Moore. who was married to
w F. Moore at Hutchinson in 1887, has
filed suit for divorce in the district
court She says that her husband de-
serted her without cause in 1894 and
she does not know his whereabouts.
The Republican state central commit
tee is getting out $4,000 copies Of a CO.
page pamphlet comparing the Populist
and Republican state administrations
from a financial standpoint. The State
Printing company is doing the work
S. T. Howe is now running the board
Of railway commissioners alone. J. NJ.
Simpson is devOting his attention to the
Republican state central committee of
which he is chairman and J. G. Lowe
is out making Democratic speeches.
Some of the men who served as spe-
cial policemen during Festival week
and a few days preceding viii receive
checks from the city for from $40 to
$36 Those on horseback We're allowed
81 per day, those on patrol duty S1.65.
An old soldier named Dunbar lives at
1414 Quincy street who may have his
reward in heaven. He is Sc years of
age, was badly wounded in the Union
cause and has to work for a living, but
he viii not apply for nor accept a pen
sion.
The local opera house management
has already received six out of town
orders for seats for Mansheld's per
Torrance Monday night Two came
from Holton, two from Lawrence, one
from Emporia and one from Usage
City.
Richard Mansfield. who appears at
the Grand Monday night, travels in a
special train of seven cars. One OF
them is his private car, another be-
longs to his company and the five 9th
ers are devoted to scenery and bag
gage.
A Topeka young man who was very
much infatuated with the unknown
queen of the Carnival is making a prac-
young lady he meets LORNA in hope
that he viii find one who will start and
turn pale.
The protective board of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen. which has
been in session in this city for several
days, sent a beautiful pillow of white
roses to the funeral of Fireman o. II.
HOLSTER, which was held yesterday
afternoon
w l. Chamberlain. the ticket broker
viii be brought before Judge Hazen
this week to answer for contempt in
having not turned over to w W Webb
the American Ticket Brokers' associa-
ton fixtures which he has had in his
possession.
DR.. Agnes Haviland, formerly of To-
peka, but now Of San Francisco is at
the head Of an association for the dis
semination of expression from the
worlds greatest women concerning
the Importance OF a higher physical de-
velopment for women.
This is the fifth season of Darkest
Russia which will be at the Grand
Opera House next Tuesday evening.
The theme revolves around the politi-
cal system Of Russia and is described
as one Of great interest full Of stirring
scenes and situations.
Mr.. Crawford secured the only en-
gagements Richard Mansfield has this
season of less than one week. He viii
appear in Topeka Monday night,
Wichita Tuesday and Wednesday,
Leavenworth Thursday and St. Joseph
Friday and Saturday
A medicine fakir recently offered a
lot Of medicine free on the streets and a
Topeka man who viii accept anything
that is free except salvation took a
quantity Of it. The doctors who have
been attending him say it was medi-
cine intended only for women.
a North Topeka man who got over
on this side of the river last night and
hadn't cent to get back with was re-
fused a free ride on the trolley road
and today he has seen half a dozen
lawyers in an attempt to sue the road
for damages.
DR.. A. A. Raub has put in a bill
against the Committee or Ffteen Tor
services as hospital surgeon at the Re
union camp last week. The committee
objects to the bill on the grounds that
it incidentally bore the expense of hav-
ing him elected department surgeon of
the G. A. r.
Have you any unpaid wash bills?'
said a member of the Committee of Fiji
teen to a friend today; because if you
have you should present them to the
Committee Immediately" The Com
mittee is receiving innumerable bills
for things it never heard of before, but
every bill is being carefully audited