The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15


legged to be undue intimacy on the part
of the murdered man with the defend
ants wife.
Rev. Embree, of the First Methodist
church, says that the only way to i'm
prove the moral tone of the theaters Is
for Christian people to attend and make
their influence felt with the manage
ment.
The Committee of Fifteen has decided
TO turn the $500 balance on hand over to-
Mrs. Sutton to pay the deficit in the
floral fund. This pays up all of the in
debtedness of the Fall Festival to To-
peka people
j. w. Priddy was elected member of
The Board of Education from the First
ward but has lately moved to the Third.
He will endeavor to hold his seat but
will likely find that he cannot represent
a ward of which he is not resident.
A. d. Hubbard has been released from
custody. The Supreme court has held
that while acting as a receiver he was
not all agent and was therefore not re-
quired to account for moneys under the
provisions of the act under which he
was convicted. He was receiver Of the
Hamilton Printing Co. and neglected to
turn over several thousand dollars
which came into his possession.
Judge Hazen holds in a recent decision
that the police force is too large 1t is
now based on the basis of 10000 city.
The force must be reduced by dropping
five patrolmen and abolishing the Office
of Chief Of Police and comforting on the
officer at the head of the force the title
of Marshal. The law construed in the
case is such as to make the decision ap-
plicable to all of the cities of the first
class in the State except Kansas City.
The Salvation Army will actively take
up the work of relieving destitute and
suffering people The plans have been
arranged in detail and they are sure to
he very successful People who have
anything that they do not use or want
will be asked to give it to the commit
tee in charge. Then people who want
help will be given 1t in consideration
of work done in putting the articles
in shape for use. Industry will be en-
couraged an at the same time suffering
anu HSSuy PSOple VIII NC u6lpcu.
The annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers Of the Santa Fe was held lastThurs-
day. The following directors, all of
whom are reelected, were chosen for
the terms named: One year, Edward
P. Ripley Aldace F. Walker, William
Rotch, Cyrus X. Holiday; two years,
H. Rieman Duval, Thomas P. Fowler,
Charles S. Gleed, Victor Morawetz; three
years, Edward ]. Berwind George A.
Nickerson, r. Somers Hayes, Thomas
A. Osborn; four years, George G. Haven,
Edward N. Gibbs, Benjamin P, Cheney.
The old officers were reelected.
The farmers institute held at Grange
Hall, Mission Center, on Thursday and
Friday of last week, was the most sue
cessful institute of the kind ever held in
this part Of the State 1t was well at
tended, the hall not being sufficient to
accommodate the large audiences.
Everybody conceded that the best paper
read at this or any other institute was
Ivy Miss Gertrude Coburn, professor in
the Iowa Agricultural College, on "The
Home Girl and Her Education" Other
speakers were Prof. |. d. Graham and
Prof H. M. CottreH, of the Agricultural
College, and F. d. TomsOn. Mrs. VIM.
Sims is entitled to most of the credit
for making the meeting successful.