The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22


next week for Indianapolis but it is
understood DR.. Anderson is expecting q
permanent charge IN Ohio.
There is a man in Topeka who says
that all men who vote for Bryan win
be disloyal; people ought not to get
woozy over political matters.
Judge 8Iorton's picture has been TAX
en- from its place over Judge Hazen's
desk in the court room and viii be
hung on one side of the room.
If Buffalo Bits grand stands hold
10000 people, then at least 10000 saw
last nights performance. There We're
really about 5000 people there
The State Journal received a request
for terms today from a newsdealer in
Guatemala who wants to put the great
American daily on sale there
Near the corner of Fourth and Quincy
streets there is said to be an old we'll
which has but a poor covering, and
pedestrians are in danger of falling into
it.
A young lady who recently moved
here from a small town still goes to the
depots occasionally to meet trains.
That's what they used to do where she
lived.
James sin. a deaf and dumb luna
tic, escaped from the Topeka insane
asylum over two weeks ago and is yet
at large. His relatives live near En-
poria.
Charles Kleinhans of Topeka viii
referee the first foot ball game of the
Intercollegiate association at Iowa
City between Iowa. and Kansas, next
Monday.
The Amphion club viii not begin re-
hearsals for the winter until after
election. Prof. Leib says that the re-
hearsals would be interrupted by meet
ings, etc.
The regular quarterly meeting Of the
Sons of the American Revolution was
held yesterday afternoon at the rooms
of the State IIistor' cal sOciery in the
st. e hose
The Wild West show was well pro
tected" yesterday afternoon. for a To
peka man said he counted fifteen uni
formed policemen within the enclosure
at one time
Ed Cook who is ahead of the 'Tril-
by" company is in town. He was ad-
vance agent for Freeman's Railroad
Ticket two years ago and ahead of
Corbett last year
The four Indian squaws who rode in
the stage coach in the parade yester-
day an chewed gum frantically, almost
like all the young men do at the the
alter, nowadays.
Tt is believed that the toughest look
ing begging outfit that has ever struck
Topeka is in town now. The woman in
the case looks as though she had been
through a railroad wreck.
A Topeka jeweler says that watches
are worth about half now what they
were three years ago. "A full jewel
Elgin that I used to sell for SIS then
brings about $3.50 now" he says
The Kansas Medical college has a
bill in preparation for the presenta-
ton of pauper cadavers to medical col
leges for dissection. 1t will be pre-
scented to the legislature for passage.
The Fall Festival Floral committee
is in session this afternoon and is con-
sidering the designations of Mrs. Mill
ken as chairman of the general com
mittee and Of Mrs. Sutton as chairman
of the ways and means subcommittee
It's an awful job keeping the special
policemen working said Sergeant
Donovan as he appeared among a
bunch of them at the police station
yesterday and sent them in all direc-
tions.
There was a bad place in the arena
at the Wild West show last night on
which no less than fifteen horses slip
ped. falling on their riders. One man,
a French soldier, had to be helped from
the field.
The Washburn cOllege foot ball team
W IS to have played the College of EN-
poria team at Emporia Monday, but the
Presby terians failed to send transpor-
tation to Washburn and the game had
to be postponed
There is a man who lives in Topeka
who receives S28 per month from the
government because he has Indian
blood in his veins. And now a pOliti-
cal enthusiast says he VIII challenge
the mans vote on November 3.
A clothing man said that while out
riding his wheel yesterday he met a
lady driving in her buggy and she
would not give him a bit of the road
for his bicycle. I was mad enough at
her to throw a stone at her" said he
Tus Essex, the tough young colored /
man who attacked Robert Shipley at
the fair grounds Festival week. and Sc
verely cut him. was yesterday bound
over to the district court by Justice |
Furry. Essex is a desperate Negro |
and has figured in cutting scrapes be- |
fore.
Fl. d. Crosby has organized a bicycle |
election returns corps which viii bring |
the results of the election in the county |
precincts to the county central COM
mittee rooms on Tuesday night just as
the count is completed. The city pre-
cincts viii be covered in this manner
also.
Lou DoIman. who is candidate for
probate judge on the Republican ticket, |
is glad to be able to state that he has
even the endorsement of his opponent /
in the race, W. r. Hazen, the fusion
candidate. Hazen was a Republican
last spring and at the primaries voted
for Dolman.
Three men have died during perform
ances of the Wild West show during
his summer season. Al were very oId