The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


LOCAL SUMMARY.
J. w F. Hughes was sworn IA as
mayor Of Topeka BE gets the jority
of the council by voting for himself The
attorneys for Mr.. Parker take the case
to The district court on mandamus and
injunction proceedings and it is argued
before Judge Hazen Thursday and Fri
day Mr. Parker seeks to make the
council issue q certificate of election to
him on the face of the returns.
G.. J. Devln buys the controlling in
terest in the First National bank from
Levi S. Letter, the Chicago millionaire
Price paid is $136,O00.
Joe Letter appears in Topeka and ad-
vises men who play the bucket shop to
bty U. s. steel
General Manager H q. Nudge is
slated for the position made vacant by
the resignation Of j. NJ. Barr. the third
vice president of the Santa Fe.
Easter services at the churches were
unusually well attended The knigf IS
Tennplar from Lawrence attend services
in Topeka.
Ms Nation visits the Royal billiard
hall in search Of nuisances. but finds
nothing.
Judge Hook Of the United states court
disuiSseS the case against Joseph Per
ney Of Silver Lake.
Findlay is turned down by Senator
Burton. who fails to give him place
as internal revenue collector or railroad
commissioner.
The executive council has not decided
on the governors mansion, but they IA
vor the Bennett place on Buchanan
street.
Councilmen Warner and Snattinger
call a meeting Of the council to conform
with the order of the court The Hughes
men remain away and the meeting fails
to have quorum.
Ernest Seton Thompson lectures at
the High school on wild animals.
Justice Johnston IS mentioned as one
of the judges for the Philippine Islands
Many new Institutions coming to To-
Building permits issued since the be-
ginning OF the year number So The city
is having a healthy growth
State board Of agriculture makes
report showing that Kansas wheat pros
poets are brighter than ever before for
a. record breaking crop
Father DeffOuri. founder Of the Church
Of the Assumption in Topeka, dies in
Las Vegas, New Mexico
" oIk to complete the state house will
begin soon Executive council has $780,
coo with which to do the work
Fopulists viii test the biennial cleo
ton law in the Thirty-third district
They do not propose to lose the judge
there
The funeral Of ]. M. Wingett is de-
layed BY the failure OF the sexton to org
the grave. Mourrers stand in the rain
and then go home.
Newspaper women of Kansas meet and
have an interesting meeting
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
sattertieid 81 BuffaIo To- Count Won Lar
isch, nephew of the late Empress of Aus
Four men are injured in a wreck on the
Kansas City Belt railway
Aguinaldo signs the peace manifesto pre-
Esqaesfrian statue of John A. Logan is
H. o. Armour. Of New York. is stricken
Ex-tfovernor Powers is elected to sue
coed Congressman G. A BOutelle from the
Fourth Maine district
7fnte r--17r
the Boer- capital The opposition Is slight
p. c. Knox is sworn In as attorney gem
eral and takes seat IN cabinet
les fhan So 9So soidiars IN PhiIfnDiSes -
Three gold bars are stolen from strong
frir from New Work to CbarbSi1Ter
Deputy Marshal Haus kills d. D. Luce
near Ainsworth. Neb-, when the latter
Three hundred Greeks in Chicago are
sEIndled by supposed employment agents.
who collect SO for promised jobs and de-
camp with the money
A o. u. W. pays Insurance to heirs OF
Albert Greenfield, Of Mapleton, Kas-, who
was massacred in Brazil.
Mob at Momence. III. drives gypsies
from town because member OF band at
Fire In hold of transport Rawlins at pier
Heirs Of P. D. armour give e. additional
100000 TO Chicago institute
tons with Lord Kitchener.
Brakeman King. out of Mexican Jail on
Gainsborough's portrait of the Duchess
Of Deyonsh hire, stolen p years ago from
AgncW gallery in London, IS recovered
Tung Flu Hsiang. the Mahometan gen
eral. rebels against the Chinese emperor.
Evidence goes against Ex-Governor Ta.y.
Tor in the CSoebel murder case.
Insurgents elect General Sandfco as
commanding general OF Filipino army.
vice AguinaldO-
Aldace F. Walker. chairman Santa Fe
board OF directors. dies suddenly in New
York of heart disease.
George o Cannon apostle Of the Nor
mon church, dies in Monterey, Cal.
Snowsiide in Colorado kills three men
and iniures four Others