The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-18

summer. Mrs. Mileham was educated in
England, and goes to visit the aunt with
whom she lived at that time
Lizzie Murphy wants a divorce from
Evan Murphy to whom she was married
on August 49, 1893, and has applied to the
district court for the same. Drunkenness
and gambling form her principal grounds
of complaint against her husband.
H. V HinekIey, H. L. Shirer Frank AL
derson and H. E OverhoIt composing the
Lotus quartette and Mrs. P. H. Adams
will go to Excelsior Springs today and
tonight they will participate in the exer>
eises attending the Underwriters BAN
quet.
The Froham-Depew company will open
a three nights engagement at popular
prices at the Crawford Oprea house COM
meneing next Monday night. Guilty
Without Crime" New East Lynne" and
Working Wages will be the plays pre-
scented.
BY and by perhaps Topeka will give
permission for various wire companies to
set a least four rows of poles along all
the sidewalks. 1t will be almost impossi-
BILE to see the houses but of course the
people have, no rights the pole folks are
bound to respect.
Mrs. H. Bergman of 9O6 Quincy street
is slowly dying of starvation. Mrs. Berg
man is affected with cancer of the ston-
ach, and for the past three weeks has
been unable to take any nourishment
whatever with the exception of teaspoon
full doses of champagne.
L. N. Snyder who has been working for
the Santa F'e, Prescott and Phoenix rail-
road has taken a position as stenograph-
er in the Santa Fe passenger department
to fill the vacancy caused by the promo
ton of Sam Zimmerman who is now w.
J. Blacks StenOgrapher.
/ D. NJ -AIlire of Kansas City has taken
charge of the Smith-Premier typewriter
headquarters in Topeka. P. H. Forbes,
who has held the position for several
years. resigned to devote his time to the
practice of law. He has formed a part
nership with E. G. Wilson.
The assessors returns show that the
plant of the Topeka Telephone company
has been raised in valuation $12,5O0 The
plant has heretofore been assessed at
5000, but this year it appears on the
books at $175OO, which is considered by
| the assessor half the actual value.
A divorce suit in which the husband is
plaintiff and the wife charged with aban-
/ doment has been filed in the district court
James NJ. Shackle says that his wife.
Nellie Shackle. abandoned him on Deem
Der 80 1892, and has since been living with
another man. They were married in
Gray county in 1889.
Prof. Samuel Ives Curtis of the Chica-
go Theological Seminary, who is now Civ,
ing course of lectures before the Kan
sas Bible institute, will lecture at WASH
| burn college chapel tonight THE
Great Love Song of the New Testament
The lecture will commence at Sis O. clock
and there viii be no charge for admission.
A Topeka gambler and jointist went to
Wakarusa on a fishing trip last week and
friend drove down to get him Satur-
day. He was drunk and when he found
that he would have to pay the livery bin
he began to fight. In being chased by a
policeman he fell and cut deep cash in
his knee He was arrested on the charge
or drunkenness.
Harry Stops, the young Chicago con-
tractor, now awaiting trial in the dis
trict court on the charge of abducting
Marjorie Wallace, has had a typewriter
copy made of the evidence introduced by
the state in his preliminary hearing be-
fore Justice McCIintock. and spends much
of his time reading it over in his cell at
the county jail.
The island in the middle of the river
just east of where the bridge is being
built will not be moved right away. Work
was commenced on it by Abe Fulford but
when the high water came it washed
about half the island away Fulford says
he Will wait Tor the weather to settle.
The pontoon bridge built from the north
bank to the islnad was washed away in
the flood.
During the meeting Of the executive
council yesterday afternoon someone tele~
phoned to the office of the secretary OF
state that the adjutant general had stor~
ed 500 pounds of powder in the north
wing. Allen was Immediately sent for
and relieved the excited officers by the
announcement that all the powder be-
longing to the state is stored in a mag
azine five miles from town.
Kansas state university now wants to
play a game of base ball with Washburn
college A game has been arranged for
next Saturday afternoon. K. U. was de-
feated by Haskell and Washburn has de-
feated the Indians. The game will no
doubt be "a close one. VIII Stanley, K.
Us. crack pitcher, pitched for a short
time for the Topeka baseball team last
season. He is son of ex-Superintendent
of Public Instruction E. Stanley of Law
renee.
Rev. Mr.. Hayden of the church of the
Assumption says that there is no present
intention to enlarge Calvary cemetery
not for many years at least. He says
that the grounds will probably be large
enough for their purposes for at least
10 years yet. It is within the range of
possibility that ground will be purchased
elsewhere, when the present cemetery is
filed, but this emergency is so far away
that the question is not now under dis
cussion.