The Topeka state journal., 1900-03-10
LOCAL MENTION.

LOCAL MENTION.
Federal court win begin at wichita next
Another effort will be made this spring
to extend the paving to Washburn coll
Mrs. Matte Mckinney has fled a suit
for divorce from her husband. James Nc
county.
A new building and loan association or
charter.
Topeka post G. a R. will conduct the
afternoon.
The registration books close two weeks
from last night Moral: Have your name
written in them.
The state temperance union is urging
the observance of May 1, Temperance
Day, over the state.
Judge Slonecker delivered one OF the
course last evening.
Commissioner of Elections Yount says
that women tell their ages with less hes
itatfon than the men.
General Hudson will speak at the Re
form school tomorrow morning and Miss
Laura Tilson will sing.
There was regular Saturday crowd on
Kansas avenue yesterday afternoon, al
though it was only Friday.
The police arrested two Indians from
their loads of fire water cooled off.
The people of Rossville township are
endeavorlng to secure a rural free deliv-
cry route to run north from Rossville.
Dennis Madden, of Emporia, who was
one Of the attorneys in the Yoeman case,
was in Topeka Friday attending the su-
preme court.
Postmaster Guthrie expects to secure
two or three additional rural delivery
routes for Shawnee county during the
coming summer.
There will be an exodus of federal court
OFFICIALS from Topeka tomorrow to attend
the session of the limited ot
court at Wichita
Senator G. H. Lamb of Woodsen county
has declined to make the race for the
position of delegate to the National Re-
publican convention
The Y. W. C; A. chorus will have a
\ 1870. They are to sing at the Baf a It
church tomorrow evening.
Hank Shaffer and Frank. Crist were ar
rested Friday by the police on the old
time charge of selling liquor. The cases
We're set for trial on March Is.
riage Charles F. Ernest and Miss Ethel
Henson both of Kansas City. The groom
was % and the bride 16 years old.
The water furnished by the water com
pany for the past few days has been so
muddled that one can not see through
water
The members of the Epworth League
of the Parkda1e Methodist church, held
a mock congress at the Railroad Y. NJ.
c. A: rooms last evening and debated ex-
pansion-
The Y. NJ. c. A basket ball team will
play with Haskell Institute on March 20.
People are beginning to make gardens
in boxes so as to have early vegetables
of their own.
Attorney General GODDARD will soon
bring suit against the Dodge City Light
4 Power company, charging violation of
the public utilities law passed by the leg
islature in 1897.
Rev. ]. J. Lyons D. D., of Harrisburg,
street IS tn Baete she ety H y gnnday saGn
ing at IL a. m. DR.. Lyons is master of
seven languages.
Rev. Dr. Emerson, pastor of the First
Christian church, will lead the gospel
meeting Eat at the Young Women,s ns, Christian
Banks will sing a solo.
Superintendents of Postal Clerks Reed.
of Wichita. and Taylor, of Kansas City,
arrangements for handling the large in
crease in the mails next week
Commissioner of Elections Yount will
keep his office open this evening until 8
o'clock to allow people to register. Many
people work all day and only have time
to register after working hours.
F. E. Kutz. who has been a candidate
for the Republican nomination for county
superintendent. has withdrawn from the
race. There is no Horton agreement con-
nected with the withdrawal, it is claimed
Mayor Drew has been asked to become
association, but he has respectfully de-
clined. He says all the relief he is able
to raise is needed by poor people here in
Topeka
J. P. Smith, who was arrested by the
police for obtaining money under false
pretenses and was arrested also by the
L. s. marshal for passing counterfeit
money, says the fact that he was drunk
got him into trouble.
City Assessor Burgess favors the enact
ment in Kansas OF the California statute,
which provides that a mortgagor shall
pay the taxes mortgage in case the
mortgagee does not do so, and the
amount is deducted from the amount of
the mortgage
A. c. Rankin, who comes to Topeka
next week, under the auspices of the
Young Peoples Good Citizenship Fedora
ton, to hold two weeks series of meet
ings, will address a union meeting at the
First Methodist church. He will speak
every evening the remainder of the week
at the First Christian church
Coroner Hogeboom viewed the remains
of Henry Lipp. jr., who committed suicide
at Rossville Friday and decided that an
inquest was not necessary Young Lipp
| left a note for his father giving direc-
tions for the disposal of certain of his
personal belongings, but giving no reason
for his committing suicide. He had been
in bad health for some time and for that
reason may have decided to take his life.