The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-11
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the formers printing plant.
THE Critter company" should remain
in the service. Along with the girl ca
mounted branch of the service.
There will be only little over three
weeks between Thanksgiving and
Christmas this year. Thanksgiving
comes nearly week later than usual.
Judge Hazen has not set any cases
for hearing in the district court next
week, but will take time to study up
the cases which he has unded advise
ment.
This weeks Saturday Evening Post
contains a picture of Charles Curtis
and Arthur Massey has named his new
running horse for the congressman.
Such is fame.
There is a larger per cent of Judges
in TOpeka'S population than in any 9TH
er town in the state. If a man has been
judge of a horse race or a dog show the
title is applied to him.
Despite the fact that the limited
trains have been re-established the
Santa Fe had two Pullman sleepers and
six tourist sIeepers on train No l one
day this week for California.
Miss Lucy Rider Meyer, who is at the
head of the deaconess work in Chicago.
will be in Topeka next week and will
speak at the Y. W. c. A rooms on
Thursday and Friday afternoons.
The Bible Study club of the First
Presbyterian church organized some
time ago by Mrs. DR.. Menninger has
about 80 members and meets Monday
afternoons in the church parlors.
Paul Shirk. an inmate of BedweIPs,
escaped Friday and came to town. He
was taken in by the police on account
of his queer actions, and later an en-
plOye of the asylum identified him and
took him back to Bedwells.
State Printer Morgan holds the steam
whistle at his plant as his weapon of
defense. If people in the neighborhOod
don't do as he wishes he threatens to
have it blow five minutes at noon and
they inlne diately become meek as
lambs.
Judge 7. F. Carver delivered the first
lecture of the new law course series
which the Y. NJ. c. A has established
as part of their educational depart
ment, last evening at the association
rooms. The lecture was on written con-
situations, legislative enactments and
unwritten law.
The trunk containing the effects of
George w. Mills, the Silver Lake boy
who was a member of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment, and died in a San
Francisco hospital after the regiments
return, has been received by his moth
er. Among the effects is a large col
lection of Filipino curios.
If it had not been for the fact that
Red Irwin, who died a few days ago as
result Of being shot by Johanna Du-
physicians were trying to force him to
tell what he knew about the murder
scrape in Crook Wright's resort, by
telling him repeatedly that he could not
live very long. the mystery might be
cleared up. He had an idea that the
officers were trying to scare him into
telling, and he would say; "Oh, you
fellows can't scare me; ] am not going
to die" A short time before he died
he realized the fact, but it was too late
then to get him to tell anything, as he
spent his last moments in praying.
At one of the open sessions Of the
Elks recently, Charlie Wood, manager
Of the National, was told that there are
other hotels in Topeka besides his
and he was asked to explain how his
name and that of the hotel happened
to get into the newspapers so much. He
replied that he had a few friends in
the newspaper business and that if
sionally, providing his Sunday dinner
patronage kept on increasing.