The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-31

country these nights for they are i'm
mediately suspiciOned of having visited
some of the road houses. Several young
men are greatly worried over the sus-
picions.
Topeka is fast assuming the right to
be called an amusement center" Mar
shalls band, the Modocs and the Re
publican Flambeau club are playing
engagements all over the country. They
should be labeled, Made in Topeka u.
S. A
J. w Glasgow a clerk in the Office of
the auditor of freight receipts for the
Santa F'e, has returned from Okla no
n a, where he went to pick his claim.
His land is located on the Frisco rail-
road, IS miles northwest of Lawton, in
KiOWa county. He drew No. 2 1896 in the
Lawton district.
The executive council niscued on the
calendar and set Monday, September 2.
for a council meeting. They had over
looked the fact that it was La Dor day.
Probably several representa- Of bid
ders on the Ceres statue will be OH
hand, and the meeting viii have to be
held.
The council will likely meet Monday
evening and pass the appropriation or
dinance, after which they viii adjourn
til Tuesday night, Monday being Labor
day. AS the attendance will be small.
and every body in hurry to get
through, it might be a good opportunity
to present its bill.
Last night at the conclusion Of the
weekly session of Cheops council,
Ancient Order of Pyramids, a most
agreeable surprise was rendered the
gentlemen of the order by the ladies'
had prepared a great feast in the ban
quet hall, and all Toasted together un-
til a late hour.
Bailiff John Coyne has been absent
from the court house for several weeks
In fact the entire district court in
Guiding Judge .Hazen and Clerk Cav
have been taking a vacation. Bailiff
Coyne and the rest of the court viii be
on hand Tuesday for the opening of
the September term.
A. B. Thomas. a passenger on the
Rock Island, died Thursday evening,
just before the train pulled into McF'ar-
land Death was due to a sudden re-
lapse of typhoid fever. A ticket found
on the mans person indicated that he
had started for Ezbon. Kansas. The
remains were taken back to Alma ana
left in charge of an undertaken.
Two lots of bonds were registered by
State Auditor George E Cole yester-
day. They were $22. 500 of Improvement
bonds issued by Kansas City, Kas
Bonds amounting to $4,000 issued py
Spring Greek township, Coffey county
Kansas bearing Az per cent. interest
were also registered. These bonds are
to refund an issue bearing z per cent.
interest.
The judiciary committee of the coun-
ell Yesterday voted to recommend that
the Hamaker property at Fourth and
jackson streets be exempt from taxa
ton, on the ground that the building
is used wholly for charitable and beneN-
client purposes once before the council
had this matter before it and decided
that Mr. Hamaker ought to pay taxes
on the property.
c. NJ. Roquette, an architect who for
the last five years has furnished the
Santa Fe with it's drawings Of depots,
shops and other buildings. has re-
signed to take a similar position under
Chief Engineer c. d. Purdon, of the
consolidated Frisco Memphis systems.
with headquarters at st Louis Mr..
Roouette will leave for his new post as
son as released from present Duties