The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-26

south on Kansas avenue to the end, about
one mile and then one half mile east.
The Rev. Mr.. Countermine, recently
called to the pastorate of the First Pres
byterian church, will be installed into his
new position on Sunday evening. May g.
The island in the Kansas river which
was being removed by Abe Fulton to
make way for the new bridge, has been
almost largely washed away by the high
water.
A congregational meeting win be held
at Westminster PresbyterIain ch 3i en-
taken toward the calling of a pastor for
the church.
G. Fl. Henley, representing the Pope
Manufacturing company, spent Sunday
with friends, starting out today to con-
vince the people of the merits of the Col
umbia bicycle.
The annual prize debate of the w. c.
1. s. will be held at Washburn college
/ Friday evening The subject of debate IS,
Should United States Senators be Elect
ed by the People?"
Lieutenant Harry Phillips of Leaven-
worth spent Saturday and Sunday in To-
| pelza-. and was entertained at dinner at
the Ellls rooms by Chas. K. Holiday and
Richard Won Zeller.
Yesterday would have been an excellent
day for a band concert at Garfield park.
! The people longed for it. The first con-
day by MarshalPs band
Ralph Ingalls,, who used to practice law
nm IN 'IopsKa put IS now at kansas CITY;
be best man at the Roberts-Histed we'd
ding Wednesday evening.
porarily suspended farming in Wichita
county to come to Topeka and take MS
investigating committee.
The representatives of the general
freight department of the Rock Island in
Chicago, who came to Topeka in a spec
ial car to attend the funeral of D. Atwood
returned to Chicago last night.
Shawnee lodge, No. IA, held an open
ing which Webb NfcNall J. E. Riggs of
Lawrence and J. H. Order of Fort Scott
0nlE md 9NGTT SHIN a1TC
The Turner garden in this city will be
opened for the summer next Sunday af-
which will attend the National funniest
at St. Louis will give an exhibition drill.
Yesterday afternoon an immense log
hoated down the river and struck one OF
old structure swayed threatenngly and
terror
L. Baskins of Horton has gone to New
port, Kentucky, where he is interested in
the manufacture OF a new water filter,
which IS said to be a wonder OF simpll-
city. He expects to establish himself in
Topeka and is making preparations for
a big business throughout the west.
Patrolmen Davis, Groch, Jenkins and
Sommers, Saturday night raided a joint
in North Topeka on Railroad street west
of Kansas avenue and arrested Peter Al
lendorf and Hiram MongooL The joint
was being run in barn and was fun of
were quickly extinguished and the crowd
dispersed Two kegs of beer and fixtures
were seized.
The Santa Fe has awarded to the Hall
Lithographing Co., of this city the con-
tract for all printing and stationery used
by them for a year Hall Lithographing
ing and leading lithographing firms of
the United States, and got the
artistic merits and low price of the work.
The firm win increase the number of it's
force as result
The committee of ten appointed by the
Popultsts who demonstrated against the
removal OF W. n: Roberts as bridge pa
trolman, also of Bob Burgess and J. Blu
menstoc1 as patrolmen. appeared before
the board of police commissioners Satur-
day evening and asked that a reason be
given for the removals. The committee
consisted of Fred Close H. G. Lindsay,
w. W. Alkire, w. H. Oliver, r. H Hunt
er, G. Y. Robbins, A. B. Vinney and H
w. Parker. The claim was made that
there was no reason for the removals. The
board took the case under Amusement