The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

street, lies dangerously i'll with pneu-
monia. The disease took sudden hold of
his system and but little hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery.
Yesterday afternoon at Hamilton hall
Augustus Nash, who used to be Y. NJ c.
A. secretary here. spoke to young men
upon the subject, 1.-The Life of a Fast
Young Man" There was a large attend
ance.
A. D. Hubbard has been bound over to
the September term of the district court.
and in default of $500 bond is still in the
county Jail The preliminary examina-
ton of Hubbard was concluded before
Justice Guy late Saturday afternoon.
Tomorrow morning at $50 o'clock the
members of Topeka commandery No s.
Knights Temp1ar, accompanied by Mar
shaI's band, viii leave over the Rock
Island for Junction City to attend the
state encampment of the Knights Temp
lars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Higbee, Mr.. and Miss
Bush and Mr.. Ross. a party of Atchi-
son people, spent Sunday in Topeka They
are bicycle enthusiasts and enjoyed, in
company with Topeka friends, a days
riding over the pavements and roads ad-
joining the city.
its annual celebration yesterday. At Rev
P. Barker's Baptist church in North To-
peka, at q. m, the annual sermon was
preached, and in the evening at the A.
NJ. E. church at Seventh and Topeka ave-
nue., an address was made by Rev. Lena
Mason. This evening at the same church
Rev. Lena Mason will deliver a lecture
on John Brown
A verdict for the defendant in the case
of John Pollard VS.. the Santa Fe Hos
pital association was returned by the
jury in the district court this morning
Pollard asked to recover damages to the
amount of So, $50 for injuries said to have
been received while working as a sec
ton laborer, but the evidence showed
that he had been discharged several days
before he applied for admittance to the
Santa Fe hospital.
The case of the state against Walter
Thompson. appealed to the state supreme
court from the Shawnee county district
court by the defendant, has been dis
missed by the judges of the supreme
court. Thompson was a young farmer
of Willard who was convicted in the dis
trict court of breaking into a store at
that place. The case was dismissed in
the supreme court on legal technica1ities
in relation to the jury before which the
case was tried.
The Shawnee County Republican club
met Saturday afternoon in the Topeka
Flambeau club rooms. Flags were
draped about the entrance and in the
hall The address was made by Judge
Lewis Hanback,. He talked Republican
ism and mentioned that he hoped Presi-
dent Mckinley would heed the call of the
old soldiers and appoint Major Tom An
derson as pension agent. There was a
drum corps of colored boys, also a man
dolin club present, all of which added to
the entertainment of the club.
The Pulse of New York" which closed
a successful weeks engagement in Kan
sas City Saturday night will be seen at
the Grand in this city tomorrow night.
The piece is sensational comedy-drama
with a vaudeville attachment, and is a
good production for those who like that
kind of entertainment. Chris Bruno, for
merly with the Devils Auction company,
and Stella Mayhem, said to be a clever
soubrette, head the company and do the
majority of the work in the one act
devoted exclusively to vaudeville The
scenic and mechanical effects, on which
the play depends largely. are said to be
good.