The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-19

come to Topeka. Rev. S. c. coblentz.
pastor Of the church. occupied the pull
1 pit in the m orning.
Louis Overton was found not insane
in the probate court Saturday. The
only complaint against him seemed to
be that he would sit in the shade of a
tree instead of hoeing in the garden.
Nothing insane in that. and the jury
decided he was Of sound mind and good
discretion
State Treasurer Frank Grimes and
B. H. Tracy kept Excelsior Springs sup
piled with Kansas politicians by
spending Sunday there. Sam Jones and
the Chautauqua we're big attractions
and the Springs played its biggest ball
game OF the season with Moberly, their
bitter rivals.
Several Of the street railway en-
ployes have gone to Maple Hill for q
weeks fishing The party includes Mr..
and Mrs A. s. Kline, Mr.. and Mrs
Pearl Atchison. Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Haskell, Miss Jessie Adams, Miss Min
ME Adams, Miss Iowa Adams and Mr..
Fred RecOb-
The Topeka Milling company has
filed a motion for new trial in the
pancake case against the RaIston
Yeast company, which was decided in
the district court against the milling
company. If the motion is overruled
the case viii be appealed to the su-
prene court
Mrs. Jennie Walker of Goodland. de-
partment president Of the ". r. c.,
is in the city the guest OF Mrs Dora
vice president Mrs. Walker is here to
consult with the Rock Island officials
for a special Cleveland train to the Ma
tional encampment.
Hopeful ones say they read between
the lines" that George Findlay viii
still be appointed internal revenue col
1ector- The hopeful will probably be
able to exclaiTn with the Teutonic card
player whom defeat stared in the face:
I hat hoped to vim Won odder game,
bud guess I viii lose my hope"
There We're four s. prizes distributed
by Secretary Coburn for pictures of
were: J. A. Ward, Salina. Saline
county field: J. H. Robinson, Topeka,
Sumner county field; Emma Harvey,
Council Grove, Morris county field; W.
c. ElwOod. Troy, a Doniphan county
field.
Mrs Johanna Hambel, who lives at
138 Emmett street, fell from d chair
Saturday and broke her left wrist. She
was endeavoring to put an elbow of
piece of stOvepipe into place when the
accident occurred A doctor was sum
moned and she was given every med
ica1 care. 1t will be several weeks be
fore she viii be able to again use her
hand.
A Topeka summer vacationer just re-
turned from New Jersey shore resorts
tells this: An Asbury Park woman ad-
vertfsed for boarders, mentioning,
among other attractions, the fact that
the cottage was only one block FROM
the ocean. The next day she received
this answer. You say one block from
the ocean, but you fail to state what
ocean"
William Cherry, of Indianapolis. Ind.
died of consumption on q Santa F'e
train between Topeka and Kansas City
Sunday evening. He was the son of q,
former fire chief of Indianapolis, and
was returning from Riverside, Cal,
where a years residence spent in the
hope of improving his health had been
of no avail. His mother, Mrs. N. M
Cherry. was with him.
A new county high school is to built
at Norton, the county seat of Norton
county, at cost Of $4,000. L. NJ Wood
Of Topeka is to furnish the plans and
specifications. The school will have
eleven rooms. will have two stories and
basement will be strictly modern in
every respect and viii be heated by
steam The Sypho-Thermal system OF
ventilation viii be installed
Last week in an account Of the dis
turbance at the Crfttenden home in
South Topeka, in which Mrs Luther,
the matron Of the home, shot at some
f1oOcluras it was reported that the
raided some weeks prior This was a
mistake, as the former road house IS
now occupied by Mrs. Bozart, and the
former deniZens have taken up their
abode at another place outside the city
limits.
The first consignment of Dresden
china. pottery. glassware and other
plate collected by Edward Wilder on his
recent trip to Europe for the city
library has arrived The costly ware
was collected from the famous manu-
facturers of Europe. The goods are
shipped carefully packed in heavy
boxes. The first consignment of boxes
We're opened Saturday and the contents
carried to the store room of the library
They will not be on exhibition for sew
eraI weeks, as special shelving is be-
ing made on which to display the
goods.