The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12

driving from the driveways to the walks
on the state house grounds.
Since the National hotel became the
ton Army and the Volunteers have been
making daily assaults on 1t.
James Olvet. an employe q. the Santa
F'e ice house of this city, had his face and
one eye severely injured yesterday by a
falling scantling striking him.
Prof. L. L. Dyche never lectures from
manuscript or notes He delivered IS
lectures and over 20 short talks last year
without any preparation at all
DIR. NJ r. Mitchell, DR.. S. G. Stewart,
DR.. A. A. Raub and DR.. G. J. Mulvane are
among the candidates. for members Of the
Topeka board of pension examiners.
The heat in the district court room has
.eThe Battle Of the Blue which Mrs
Burns recently presented to the county.
Assistant County Attorney S. S. Urmy
and Attorney J. S Ensminger meet near
" every day in the justice courts to try
cases in which they are on opposing sides
Major c. J. Bateman. head of the Good
Templars organization in Kansas viii
lecture on the temperance question at the
First Baptist church next Monday even
ing
County Attorney-elect A. P. Jetmore
now spends most of his time in the court
house familiarizing himself with the du-
ties of the office to which he will sue
I. A. Bunker has decided to Christ hos
pital a tract of land adjacent to the hos
pttai grounds in compliance with an or
der from the court arising from litiga-
Prof. L. L. Dyche, the arctic explorer
from Lawrence was in the city yester-
day. On his recent trip to Alaska he Sc
cured 250 photographs of the country and
specimens
The Topeka Y. w. c. A. viii hold its an
nual meeting on December 20. Mrs. M
H Taylor, international secretary of the
association, viii be present and deliver
an address.
Mrs. c. j. Cherry. wife Of Fireman
Cherry of the Santa Fe fire department.
has returned to her home from the Santa
F'e hospital, where she has been for sew
eral weeks past
Two new cases of scarlet fever have
been reported to the sanitary officers
They are in the families of ThOS. Allen
709 East Eighth street, and John Huff, 304
Kansas avenue
The case against Thomas H. Balm in
the United States court for conducting
what is claimed to be an unlawful BUSH
ness through the mails has been contin-
ued to the next term.
The Congregational Sabbath school in
its experience in giving poor people
/ Thanksgiving dinners found many needy
families and found the heads of many
of them at work afterwards
A section of white oak pile which was
sDan of the Kansas avenue bridge briIt
in 1857, is now on exhibition in the office
of County Clerk Charles NIcCabe.
Jailer Albert Hopkins says that the po-
licemen were one year working for John
Wil1erson- and now they are working
another year trying to keep the Russians
and Grecians from taking all his prop
erty away
Miss Lillian Vincent of clay Center. a
daughter Of Congressman-elect w. D.
vincent IS IN the city attending a short-
hand school in order to be able to I'll
the office Of private secretary to her
father a Washington.
Chief of Police George Douglas of New
Bedford. Mass, was in the city yester-
day with a detective to secure requisition
sas city. He had skipped a bond of $40
600 in New Bedford. Mass.
George w. McGee who is managing
/ Rhea's tour, was salvinis manager last
year Salvini he says, is still in Flor
ence, Italy, but is improving. During his
late illness he weighed but 20 pounds
Salvini in health weighs 200.
Yesterday afternoon at the meeting of
the Horticultural society T. w Harrison
Of Topeka sent a barrel Of red anDles
hour and the society passed set Of
/ resolutions thanking him for them
John AIcAIichael we'll known in this
city. is dangerously i'll with pneumonia at
formerly resided in Topeka. but two
years ago purchased an elevator at Nor
| Charles McNIichael of the A G. Davis
/ Grain Co, is with his father.
Mrs. Mary Bagwen has petitioned the
Bagwen on the grounds of desertion.
/ They We're married November % 1894
and on November 1889, he left her ana
since then she doesn't know where he is
! She asks that her maiden name of Mary
/ Benning be restored
The Bryan and Leedy Free Silver F7larn-
! beau club held the first of a series Of
free silver headquarters S14 Kansas ave-
nue. last night. A good crowd was in at
/ tendance. Lieutenant Frank of the club
was prompter and 8organ's orchestra
furnished the music
The Southern Insurance company has
/ secured a verdict Of s. 637.50 against F. Q.
/ York OF Salina- in the United States cir
cult court. York was ordered by the
| company to cancel Insurance policy
and did not do 50. The insured building
I burned and the company was compelled
/ to pay the loss. They then sued York
/ to recover because he did not comply
4 with the order of the company
The ladies of the United Presbyterian
church are conducting a xmas Bazaar