The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-11

| member of the Republican state central
committee, was a Topeka visitor today.
Mr. Irving Trowbridge of this city has
gone to Hutchinson to take the position
| OF car inspector of the Santa Fe tenn
| porarily.
The City Railway company's loop to
| the fair grounds is now complete and will
| be in running order soon as the hang
ers for the wire are received.
There is new rule the City railway.
Policemen and firemen will not be car
ried free unless they are in full uniform
and have their badges in sight.
Will Hindman, son of Samuel Hind
man, the grocer, was in the Santa Fe
wreck and is confined to his home suffer-
ing from the bruises he received.
Rev. C. B. Dalton, who has been pastor
at Walnut Grove NJ. E. church, will
leave Monday for Madison, N J., where
he will attend the Drew Theological semi
nary.
Mr.. w. J. Hea1y, chief clerk in the
office of auditor of freight receipts of the
Santa Fe will return tomorrow from
Michigan, where he has been spending the
past two weeks.
A man recently drove 200 miles to To-
peka with a pair of black horses which
he wanted to sell for $400. He waited
month and then sold buggy, harness and
both horses for $175.
The contest and fair, now in progress
under the auspices of the Colored Art as
sociation in the Thacher building on
Eighth street, is attracting much atten-
ton among the colored people of this city.
The Santa Fe's colored flyers advertis-
ing the Topeka Fall Festival, have been
issued. The design is that of a girl in
Spanish costume pointing to a placard
which bears a programme of Festival
week.
Colonel Porter, formerly a Kansas man,
who was killed while fighting with the
French in the war with Prussia, was the
first Kansan to receive decoration from
the Sultan of Turkey. Eugene Ware re-
calls this fact.
Webb McNan went to Gaylord last
night but will return tomorrow morning,
making it convenient for the United
States marshal to arrest him if Judge
Williams at Wichita today orders Nc
Nall sent to Jail.
Governor Leedy has pardoned B. F.
Manning of Wellington, sent to Jail for
beating his wife. The woman has forgiv-
en- the erring husband and he promises
the governor to hereafter support the
wife and treat her with proper respect.
Lutte Lyttle, daughter of J. R. Lyttle,
the colored barber, who is the first color
Gu WOIldA ever aOHllllSQ 10 lAO pTdCllCe
of law, has returned to Topeka and she
is to be given a reception next Tuesday
evening at the St. John A. NJ. e. church.
Mr.. c. T. Trapp of this city, the rubber
stamp manufacturer, yesterday received
word of the death of his wife in San
Francisco, Cal Mr.. Trapp at once left
for California. Mrs. Trapp will be buried
in San Francisco, where she formerly re-
sided.
Washburn college will have foot ball
coach this year. He has arrived from
Iowa university and his name is Paul
Coldren, Washburn opens Wednesday
and foot ball practice will begin early
next week. Washburn promises to have
a good team this year.
Mrs. Thorpe wishes all those who have
doorsteps to scrub. coal to be carried,
kindIing to cut or anything child can
do to send her word by postal card so
that when poor children come to her for
clothing they can be sent to do some work
and thus taught a valuable lesson.
For the diocesan convention to be held
by the Episcopal church at Junction City,
September 16 and II, the following dele
gates were elected last evening from
Grace Cathedral: D. w. Nellis, Samuel
Davidson and Geo. B. Palmer. The al
ternates elected were c. ]. Brown and T.
D. Strong.
At 7:45 o'clock last evening the fire de-
partment was called to extinguish fire
in the Crawford Opera House building.
In a closet Just back of the Shawnee
County Resubmssion club a fire had been
started and although the damage was but
$40 it would have been a, most serious fire
had the discovery been made few min
utes later.
+. w. Swearingen will leave tonight for
Belle Plaine Kan. where he will accom- |
pany the Belle PIaine band to Winfield
to take part in band tournament to be |
held next week. Mr.. Swearingen di- !
rector of the band for two years, 1S94-95. |
He is now cornet player in MarshalPs |
band. The Belle Plaine band is the finest |
regiment band of the X N. G..
Westminster Presbyterian church held a |
reception to the newly called pastor, Rev. |
A NJ. Reynolds, and his family, last |
evening There was a large attendance |
and the affair was most pleasant. Short |
addresses were made by Rev. DR.. Bailey |
and Rev. A NJ Reynolds. A quartette |
sang and refreshments were served
The body of S-year-old Eddie Christian, |
the colored boy who, with his mother, |
fell off the Rock Island bridge Thursday |
evening and were drowned, was found |
Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock near a |
sandbar just above the Topeka railway |
trolley bridge. The coroner's inquest |
over both bodies was held and the ver- |
dict was death by accidental drowning"
No Panama Canal Concession Granted
New York, Sept. IA special to the
Herald from Panama says: Your car
respondent is in position to state that |
the report cabled from Colon to the eff
to