The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-15

officer of the Foster Humane society. has
made three arrests for cruelty to animals
ago. He warns a large number of dr1v-
ers when they violate the ordinance
The monkeys which were kept in Car
field park last summer have been occu-
plying a cage in the second story of the
topeka railway power plant at Second
and Jefferson streets during the cold
weather
The T. E. Bowman Memorial. which
Will be built adjacent to the Central Con-
dergarten will be finished by the latter
part of August. Work will be commence
ed on it in a few days.
There is a pig pen in the Metsker
tract between Twelfth and Huntoon
streets and near Dillon street which is
becoming offensive. 1t will be remem-
bered that pig pens within the city linn
its figured a little in the spring cam
paign.
Tom Anderson has gone east. He will
go to Washington to look after his cam
paign for pension agent at Topeka and
also go to BUFFALO to secure headquarters
and other accommodations for the Mo-
does at the national encampment of the
The first week of the Kansas Bible in,
sttute at Washburn college has been a
don and Prof. Scott of Chicago have been
delivering the lectures. Rev. J. G.
Dougherty will be one of the speakers
It is said that D. o. NFcCray wants
Hoyle adopted as one Of the state text
books Fred Vandergrfft proposes to
write new book on whist. If he does
McGIray vii Will move to substitute it for
to make things more interesting.
The jury in the district court yesterday
brought in verdict for the defendant in
the $4,000 damage suit of Judge ChilSOn
of Valencia against Sheriff R. b Kepley.
Sheriff Kepley elected ChilsOn from
farm at Valencia a year ago on a mort
gage foreclosure, and the damage suit
resulted.
Chas. Mclaughlin, a plasterer. yester-
day assaulted another plasterer named
Wiley Bickel at a building near Second
and Kansas avenue on which they We're
! at work. Mclaughlin hit Bickel on the
head with shovel, cutting a cash. Nc
Laughlin was arrested by Patrolman
Rucker and Detective Capron- The charge
against him was assault and resisting an
officer.
There will be a debate at Washburn
college next Friday evening. Represen-
tatives from the Washburn Republican
club and the Washburn Free Silver club
will debate. The question will be: Re
solved, That the United States should
adopt the free and unlimited coinage of
The affirmative will be taken by Geo. G.
Broadman and w. K. Ward and the mega
Halbert.
A temperance meeting is to be held
next Sunday evening at the First Congre-
gatlonal church addressed by Rev. d: l.:
lockwood, the "Hoosier Boy Orator OF
Indianapolis Ind. Mr.. lockwood is not
yet "a years of age, but has spoken in
almost every state of the union. He lee
lures this summer at several different
Chautauqua assemblies. For few weeks
der the auspices of the W. c. T. U. 1t is
possible he may be employed during a
portion of the summer by the State Tenn
perance union.
Darius A. Brown, who has been visit
ing in this city and acting as official
reporter of the Kansas Medical society,
has returned to his home in Kansas City.
Frank Reno, a United States prisoner
charged with opening another man s
mail, has been released from the county
jail. The grand jury failed to indict at
the last term of court on account of lack
of evidence. It appears that Reno open
ed a letter addressed to his cousin after
securing the cousins consent, but they
afterward quarreled and the cousin
started the prosecution against Reno to