The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-15

proposes to locate in Ellis county. He
has secured the use of the old Miller
mill which has been deserted for some
! time.
A o. Saunders, the Santa Fe brake
| man who fell part way through a
bridge at Neosho Rapids, Wednesday
| night, and had one leg badly hurt, has
been brought to the hospital here. He
is not seriously injured, and will be out
before long.
The work of sending out the checks
for the third quarterly pension payment
this year will be completed by the end
| of the week. Forty extra clerks have
been writing the checks, and they have
been sent out at the rate of about L.
900 day.
The Rev "A. NJ. L. Heranius, pastor
of the Swedish church in Topeka, is in
Kansas City attending the Gustavus
Adolphus festival being given by the
Swedes of Kansas City in honor of
Bishop and Lady Won Scheele, MEM
bers of the Swedish nobility.
1t is said that Fred Close has "lost
OUT in his shale mill investment
through the fact that he has no agree
ment with Chas- H. Gage for the use
of the Gage process. Close has the mill,
but Gage holds the patents, and the mill
is not much use without the patents.
The Independent Telephone company
is planning to build a line from To-
peka to Meriden, which will open up
connections between the Topeka line
and the Independent line reaching from
Atchison to Meriden. This extension
will add 5000 phones to the independent
connections.
The committee on streets and walks
has recommended the Morris avenue
pavement petition, and the Clay street
petition, total of seven blocks. The
remonstrance against cast iron curbing
on Morris avenue was turned down be-
cause it was not signed by majority
of the resident property holders.
Governor Stanley will take charge of
raising funds in Kansas for the McKin-
ley monument fund. He does it at the
request of Senator Hanna, who has
general charge of the movement. An
effort will be made, especially among
the old soldiers and school children, to
raise the money systematically, but no
definite plan has yet been decided upon.
Robert Maxwell, a Topeka pressman,
had presented to the state university
specimen of the archinophorus occiden-
tails. This lovely ceature is bird of
immense size, very rare in this part
of the country. 1t was killed by Mr..
Maxwell near Lake View and it's plain
common name is the Great Whooping
Crane.
Edward Wilder and M. A. Low. two
members of the board of park commits
on streets and walks of the council
Thursday afternoon and protested
against the acceptance by the city OIL
the fair grounds for park purposes.
These two members of the board of
park commissioners intimate that they
would resign if the city should take
upon itself the care of the fair grounds
The Beloit Call says of the reported
serious illness of Justice Ellis: THE
Judge dropped into the Call Office this
morning to confirm the report. and says
it is all true, with the exception of the
fact that he never had a relapse, that
he is not in dangerous condition, that
he never had any kidney or liver trouble
in his life and that he is feeling excep-
tional1y well. The only danger he is in
is from eating everything on the town
site and gaining Is or 20 pounds per
day. Yes, the. judge is in very Sc
rious condition"
There was a small wreck in the Santa
Fe yards late Thursday afternoon En-
CINE 214, pulling the incoming local
freight from the east, climbed a frog
Just south of the Second street viaduct
and started across the country in
westerly direction. The train was run
ming at the rate of only about six miles
an hour and Engineer Chris McGinnis
shut off steam and stopped the locomo-
tive before it had gone far. After about
two hours work it was put back en-
the track, with only minor injuries.
Late in the evening the wrecker was
also called to Zarah, where two freight
cars left the track Nobody was hurt,
and there was only slight delay to
traffic.