The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-12

People generally speak of the Twenty
third Kansas regiment being at Santiago.
The regiment is % miles from Santiago,
at San Luis de Cuba.
Friends decorated Harry Richters office
in the Columbian building in honor of his
election and when he came to Topeka Fri
day he almost tainted.
"Cavalleria Rusticana," Martha and
Fra Diavolo" will probably be the roper
toire of the Andrews Opera company in
this city Thanksgiving week.
Private Secretary Lewis says that the
people have disarranged his plans. He was
ernor Leedy had been reelected.
F. H. Hamilton, the man who robbed W.
H. Samuels of 81 at the Adams House in
ceny by the jury in the district court.
A Republican who is an authority on
many mann ofeeseekSsTs IN Topeka this this Winter
as Stanley had more votes than. Leedy.
The soldier vote doesn't interest anybody
enough to be affected by the soldier vote
Chairman John CLANCY of the Republi-
SHAY county would NOT give the Re
publican ticket more than 1900 plurality.
William Hadden, the Emporia engineer
who was scalded in the Santa Fe wreck
brought to the Santa Fe hospital in this
city last night.
to save the country are now turning their
faces TOWARD Topeka to receive their re
disappointment.
The Cheerful Peasants, the organization
that was chartered by Q. P. Judd and A.
hold a Jubilee of Go-action," whatever
that is, on November "A.
The electric light plant will be in place
in the state house just in time for the
Republicans to make a record for econ
parison Won't Be fair, but it will be used
in the next campaign, just the same.
One Topeka man is wondering what he
will do for a Thanksgfving dinner He is
not poor enough to be fed by the Saliva
ton Army and is not rich enough to af-
he is in hard luck because he belongs to
neither one class nor the other.
I wish had been wise enough to have
invested that ten dollars in a lottery"
said a state house clerk today, as he wig
saw the Republican who had won his
money mon going down the street sporting a
Frank Grimes is inclined to think that
it was the cartoon that did it.
Every POpuliSt campaigner likes to get
some other campaigner in a crowd and
then spring figures to show that in the
hardest work the Republicans had big
gains.
sioner, is better situated that the fellows
who are simply assistants or clerks in
office does not end till March 1, while in
the state offices the clerks have to go
when the, state offices are turned over to
the Republicans.
Jim Morphy, who has been so busy at
the PopuIlst headquarterS during the
campaign that he has hardly had time to
go to his meals or sleep, will move his
desk back 10 the office OF the Advocate
and News and take up his newspaper
work again. For the past month he has
done nothing in the newspaper line.
The newspaper correspondents who fire.
quent the state house held an executive
session around George A. Clark, secretary
of state-elect, yesterday afternoon, and
made him promise to allow them the Gus
tomary privileges with office stationery
and lead pencils before they would ratify
his election
The Gilsonite company is now busy re-
laying the new walk from the state house
northwest GROUNDS.
The walk to the northeast corner has
been torn up and will be relaid next. When
they get through with that the entire job
will have been done the second time, with
the exception of the part on the east side
of the state house.
Harry Fleharty has been carrying SO
around in his pocket that does not belong
to him, and he cannot remember who it
does belong to. Some Republican and
Populist bet on the election and gave the
stakes to F'leharty to hold. The Republi-
can won, but Mr.. Fleharty cannot remem-
Der who he was. He says the other fell
low has a receipt for his money. however,
and can get the stakes by showing the re-
CENT.