The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-28
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Harding. sO7 west

Ed Mcbride is playing tennis at
Atchison at present He is expected to
bring back few of the combs and
hair brushes offered as prizes in the
tournament.
Sanitary Sergeant Vanderpool worked
at the city dump all day yesterday help
ing to get things in readiness for dump
ing. He was closely watched by the
Oakland committee.
State Senator H B. Miller, whose
strength as a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for governor next
year is worrying the machine, was in
the city last evening.
The Topeka tennis players entered in
the AtchisOn tournament are: Z. e
Croskey. George E. StOlzer, A F, Sher-
man. H. D. Copeland, Harry Noble, A.
Banks and E. Mcbride
Councilman Griley's manifesto that
there is no police force in Topeka be-
cause they were not approved by the
council does not seem to cause any great
alarm among the city blue jackets
The lawyer who went to Chicago to
investigate the inheritance OF a million
dollars by a Topeka laundry girl has
about the inheritance
Iseavenworth is having a city owner
ship of waterworks agitation The
waterworlzs company there is fighting
the proposition on very much the same
lines that the Topeka company is fight
ing it
Hot shot at Newton from the Em-
poria Gazette: quite number of fam
lilies which have come here from New
ton say that houses are so scarce here
that they are thinking OF returning to
Newton"
Howell Jones. who it was reported
would be the political pass distributor
for the state of Kansas in behalf OF
the Santa F'e railroad, denies that he IS
to occupy any such position.
- <rE4 4l1r,
police station, Sergeant Carpenter Sc
cured a more comfortable place for his
invalid brother Dan. The large maple
trees around the house help to break
the fierce rays of Old Sol.
Arrangements are being made for the
Banda Rossa to introduce A. T. Reid's
new march, Guardians of Liberty to
Topeka during the three day musical
festival here September 19. 20 and q.
The officers of the Kansas National
Guard who attend the officers school at
the fair grounds September II to 70, VIII
be here at a time when they can hear
the Banda Rosa during two evenings.
S. H. Howe, of 113S Morris avenue.
claims the champion peach record for
this year. It weighs three quarters of
a pound and is 10Sz inches in c1rcuIn-
ference. It is of the Elberta variety
The Modoc club held an enthusiastic
meeting last night in connection with
the entertainment to be given at Gar
field park on Labor day. The band be-
ing away at Louisville the whole thing
devolves upon the club, but they are
equal to the emergency.
A young colored girl called at the city
prison Tuesday evening and expressed
a. desire to wed a prisoner, John Alex
ander who is serving a 800 fine for IN
decency and disorderly conduct She
received lecture from the jailer which
materially changed her mind.
Some Of the employees in the city
offices are stirring up sentiment
among the city officials in favor of hav-
ing the city offices close at noon on
Saturday The matter may come be-
fore the council next week.
Department Commander Martin Nor
ton is attending a reunion at his home
at Blue Rapids this week This will be
the last week Of reunions before the
national encampment for the comman-
der. He will be back Monday and give
all next week to the start to Cleveland.
License Collector Forbes is in favor
of having the city license ordinance re-
vised completely. He says that the or
dinance is unjust in some of its regu-
lations, and that it could be fixed to
bring in a thousand dollars more reve-
nue. with less kicking than is at present
aroused.
Frank JarrelFs claim in Oklahoma is
within five miles of the Red river on
Otter creek near the surveyed line of
the Frisco He watched the general
of the Frisco locate 9, claim
and StraightWay took one adjoining IT.
1t Is two and a. half miles from new
Frisco town.
w. B. Warren. the old soldier whose
restaurant in North Topeka was raided
by Chief Stahl Monday, is confident
that his application for the Jop OF North
side weighmaster is responsible for the
The names of the complaining !
witnesses would indicate that it was |
spitework.
Richard Boyd, rock pile guardian of
the citv penal camp. freely expresses a |
belief that All that gIitters is not stan |
dard metal, and all church members are |
not Christians. Because a colored car /
penter named Wright was member of /
his church he paid in advance for some |
work on his house, and now, alas, he is |
s11 short.
Residents Of Mission township in /
asked the county commission
ers yesterday to build a bridge across /
the Kansas river at the sugar mill The |
will act when a legal pc
tition is presented and a special levy |
may be voted on to be used in building
the bridge.
Senator Burton's declaration for /
ship subsidy bill has led the urbane |
Kansas City, Kan, Republican club
to memorialize the senator to have
battleship named in honor of Kansas I
With his rural constituents clamor1ng
for a ship subsidy bill it is possible that
the battleship cannot be given the at
tention that it deserves.
Custodian Hale of the court house is
now in a quandary. He had the jani-
tors clean all the marble and wood /
work, and now the walls look so black
and dingy he does not know what to +
10 with them. They can not be washed I
and the county commissioners would I
have nervous prostration if they were
asked to have them painted.
An Augusta, Kan, negro sent Luther
Burns of the governors Office q. two
inch piece of wornout black ribbon and |
with it the information that he was tA1e
0f the vigilance committee that saw
the old lady, John and old man Bender
buried alive till they were dead, dead. /
lead. The ribbon is supposed to be
from the present head OF Kate Bender
who. accnrdire- the A elIsta man is