The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-08

team from the T. A. A. set this after
noon as the day for their first practice
| game snow or no snow.
The Democratic city central commit
| tee has adopted a resolution favoring
| the selection of site for the new
city hall by popular vote.
Herbert NJ Black and Robert G. Wal
lace, both Topeka boys, have enlisted
I with the regulars to be sent to the
Fifth cavalry in Porto Rico.
The street car company has taken
up its south track on the viaduct in
compliance with the order made oy
the council at it's last meeting.
Olof Forsse, sheriff of Saline county,
was in Topeka last night on his way
from Lansing, where he has just taken
batch of Saline county convicts.
The recruiting Office at the federal
building will be kept open till Monday
President Will, of the State AgricuI-
turaI college. is down from Manhattan
today.
A picture of Ed Little is in the last
issue of Leslie's Weekly and it is
labeled Colonel E. c. Little, who is In
command of the Twentieth Kansas at
Manila"
Major Wilder S. Metcalf. with the
Twentieth Kansas, is a typical looking
soldier and looks like he might have
posed for Frederick Remington's
sketches.
In commenting on the fact that Sec
rotary Coburn's next report will be on
the sheep industry in Kansas, Bill Nor
gan suggests that it be called "Mary's
Little Lamb
Prof Black will preach at Unity
church tomorrow morning. He expects
to leave the coming week for England
to make his home and this Will be MS
last public discourse in Topeka
G. c. Clemens says he is well satisfied
with the vote he received. 1t Is fully
as large as he expected and he did no
work at all, while in some precincts
some Democrats made fight on him.
Rock Chalk, Jay Hawk. K. "" is
| the yell of the Kansas volunteers IN
the Philippines If it scares the ma
tives there as much as it scares the ma
tives of Missouri on the football field
the war is practically over.
Captain w. H. Morris, late state audi
tor was second man in the race for
mayor of Pittsburg. The Republican
| candidate received 1,242 votes, Captain
Morris, who was the POpulist nominee,
721, and the Democratic candidate 3S3
Hugh De Witt Walsh, 10 years of age,
has enlisted in the cavalry branch or
the United States army and left today
for the Philippine service. He is a
grandson of Hugh S. Walsh, deceased,
who was territorial secretary of Kansas
and for a time acting governor.
Ernest A. Matthews, James R. Kirk
endol, Charles A. Taylor, Harvey l..
| Bradley. Hugh D. Walsh, John r. Col
land and Frank Burns. all of Topeka,
want to fight Aguinaldo and have en-
listed to be sent to the regiments of
regulars now in the Philippines
The correspondent of Harper's Week
ly says that after capturing a church
some member of the Twentieth Kan
sas shouted ION to MaloloS,' and that
the regiment started with yell fighting
their way The correspondent adds
they would be going yet. If they had
not received orders to stop"
Judge w. P. Seeds, who belongs in
the formerly Kansas class, has just
been appointed judge of the county
court in Teller county, Colorado,
county which has just been formed,
and of which Cripple Creek is the coun-
ty seat. Judge Seeds used to be pro-
bate judge of Dickinson county
A Topeka man who lives out towards
Washburn thinks he has a kick coming
on the Twelfth street car line He says
that after supper when he wants to
come down town the cars are going the
other way at the rate of two every
ten minutes while they are an hour
apart coming back, and when one does
come it is always so full that it won't
stop for him.