The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22

The residents on West Third street
around Harrison and Tyler streets, fire.
quently complain of escaping gas. They
usually notify the police instead of the
gas compny-
The committee from the state C. A.
| r. which has in charge the plan for
| testing the constitutionality of the "old
soldier preference law is meeting IN
Topeka today.
Cider Smith walked boldly out in
| the open and said it would rain We'd
nesday or Thursday. The weather
| bureau refused to agree with him but
it did rain
The best and smoothest block of
| brick paving in town is on Eleventh
| between Harrison and Topeka avenue
1t is made out of Lawrence round
cornered brick.
! There are pedestrians who object to
cyclists riding the paths of the state
/ house grounds day and night They
think the state ought to keep Bevelle
on the grounds.
Lit Crum and Harry Richter exchange
throws of the harpoon occasionally
You amt United States marshal yet,
says Harry And you amt governor
yet" says Crum.
E. E. Ewing, who was associated with
| J K Hudson in the publication of The
Kansas Farmer 25 years ago and later
in the Daily Capital. died in Philadel-
phia Tuesday night.
Chief Stahl is prepared to take every
| thing in sight of an Illegal nature, ex-
cept drug stores and clubs The slot
machines, which have not been bother
ed for several months were given a call
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Garrett, an inmate of the poor
farm. has been removed to Riverside
hospital. She is afflicted with a form
of religious insanity. and believes that
she receives messages from God.
J. w. Wilson, of Topeka, and Miss
Halcyon Sta1ey of Emporia, We're mar
ried Wednesday evening at the Staley
home, five miles southeast of Emporia~
They viii come to Topeka to live.
w W. Harvey, the lawyer, served
two terms as principal of the Rossville
| school, and enjoyed the pleasure of ex-
pelling the notorious LII Jordan from
the school, but that was before she had
become famous.
A Topeka man who has been away
for the SUNNI er, returned yesterday
and said the only change that had
taken place during the two months he
was absent was that one of the street
cars had been painted
Charles NJ. Sheldon has an article in
the midsummer number of the Wash
burn Review. Mr.. Sheldon recommends
the formation of small societies of stu
dents for the study of special subjects
not taught in the curriculum
Miss Elsie Reynolds, daughter Of the
Rev A. NJ. Reynolds. pastor Of West
minister Presbyterian church, has gone
to Mantai, Utah, where she viii be in
charge Of the primary department of a
Presbyterian mission school.
X E. Willcoxson. of Colby, formerly
secretary of the state board of charities
under the Morrill, administration, and
receiver of the land office at Colby was
here Wednesday, He denies the report
that he is to remove to Iowa.
Wesley Brown, formerly manager of
the colored Dispatch band in this city,
has returned to town, and is now man
ager of the Twenty-third regiment
band Mr.. Brown has been foreman in
the Devlin coal mines at Toluca, Ill.
Roy Crawford and Roy Daniels were
arrested in Wichita last night by the
police on the charge of oHstructing the
street They We're giving a. free NOV
ing picture advertising exhibition and
the crowd attracted blocked the
street
Senator Burton's friends are jubilant
in the promise that Tracy's appoint
ment will be forthcoming Saturday
whisper went around last night that
either Trays commission or the SEN
ator would be in this week, or perhaps
both
The Atchison man who is making
roar because he didn't get a letter mall
ed to him from Topeka, on August 4th,
and received at Atchison August 9TH,
until two weeks afterward, August 18th,
should stop a minute and consider how
it would be if he lived in Topeka
John Ritehie has commenced the cree
ton of a nine room residence at 1lO4
Quincy street. 1t will cost about $4,000.
X.
farmer and lis friends say that he
contemplates returning to his old occu-
patton.
NJ E. Younkin. who is the only dog
catcher still on duty, continues to turn
in about 40 dog licenses a week, and IS
simply working over the territory COW
cred by other dog catchers. 1Ounkln
is the one of the few remaining dog
catchers. whose books balance
City Attorney Spencer has filed q. re-
port with Mayor Hughes showing that !
the city has "a cases still pending in
court Three are in the United States
court, four in the state supreme court, |
n in the district court During Mr..
Spencer'S term OF office 81 cases nave 1
been disposed of.
A gray eagle which has been carry |
ing off pigs. chickens, babies. etc, in |
the vicinity Of Peabody, Kan, was kill
ed yesterday. and the remains VIII De
sent to Topeka to be stuffed ana put on /
exhibition at the state house The ca
gle is said to measure eight feet across
the stretch of it's wings.
County high schools are beginning to
sand in an overlooked grievance on the |
biennial election law. 1t will cost
Dickinson county $500 to elect two mem
bers OF the county high school board
of trustees, who are salaried at $24
year. There are nine such countles.
This class of officers was overlooked in
framing the law
A man who lives at Tenth and Lime
streets has fled a complaint against
the tree trinmers who are working for
the city electric light plant clearing
away limbs which interfere with their
wires. The man says that the trim
mers ruined several trees for him. try
ing to fix things so that the wires could
cut across the corner of his lots.
The board of health has discovered
that it cannot have an ordinance pass
cd recurring that owners of vacant lots
cut the weeds on their property 1t IS
contrary to the constitution, according
to the understanding of the members
of the board The only way to get the
weeds cut is to condemn the lot 5
nuisance.
A. H Wheeler. a Chicago travelling