The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-09


weeks ago. 1t is almost impossible for
two teams to pass under the north arch
way and the south one is still blocked
up.
Rev. A. Montgomery of Rossville, did
not go to Winfield to attend the funeral
of his son. George C. Montgomery, who
was shot Saturday night. He said he
preferred to remember his son as he
last saw him.
The sale of seats for "An American
Tramp at the Crawford Friday night
and 1.-THE Wrong Mr.. Wright Saturday
matinee and night commenced this
morning. The matinee prices for Sat
urday will be so. 80 and 25 cents and
the night prices from 81 to % cents.
The city Y. M. C. A. has issued q
pamphlet descriptive Of the night school
classes which are to run through the
winter. On the title page is a striking
illustration of the wise young man seiz-
ing opportunity by the forelock. 1t is
the work of Carl Bolmar, artist for the
State Journal.
Ed Shaffer is the name of small
boy who has evidently been reading lit
erature of the Durango Dan de Dam
gerous Dago" variety. Armed with
revolver, he shot neighbours dog, and
scared all the children off his range,
until captured by the police. He will
be committed to the Reform school
On September % the State Journal
printed the details of how the Bank OF
Topeka was f1eeced out of $500 by a
myer to identify him. Other daily
papers have just found it out and are
now printing it as news The story
was printed in a Kansas City paper
Tuesday and in Topeka paper today
Sidney Urbansky, of ST. Marys, Kan,
writes the following correction on the
report of Sundays football game at
that town: '3rhe game was played by
two teams from the town, one of which
was composed of the day scholars at
tending ST. Marys college. 1t was not
the ST. MaryS college team which was
defeated but the team of day schol-
ars.''
John Spears, the Carrolton, Mo-, ne
gro who was arrested here on a tele-
| gram from the Carrolton sheriff, was
| released Tuesday afternoon on writ
| of habeas corpus issued by the district
| court. About the time of his release
| the police were notified by telegraph
| that the authorities at Carrolton didn't
| want him any way.
| Carriers of rural free delivery routes
| are authorized to sell United States post
| office money orders. The postmaster at
| Topeka is in receipt of copies OF books
| containing the names of all the points
| in the United States and Canada and
| the island possessions or the Onlteu
| States at which money orders may De
| cashed, to be distributed among the
| rural route carriers here.
| Leavenworth Chronicle Tribune: w
| A. Pierce, who came over from Topeka
| to spend Sunday in Leayenworth, IS
| highly elated over the recent favorable
| reports which have been given out by
the experts who tested the Trego goIo
| sha1e Mr.. Pierce has large holdings
! in the shale lands, and is now very
| hopeful of obtaining large returns from
| the capital invested
E. G. Miner, job printer on West
| Sixth avenue is an old-time sailor and
| participated in several races for the de-
| Tense of the championship of the Worid
| cup. He followed the sea for twenty
hi 1 IN a
| chant vessel and later took to yachting
| He gave it up and came to Topeka Il
| years ago. He is the possessor of many
| curioS, relics and bric-a-brac picked up
at out of the way ports where he has
| stopped. He also has piece OF the
| metal from which the Columbia was
| made.
Another decision was added to the
ballot law list by Assistant Attorney
| General Clayton, who held that Ger
| tain township and county conventions
viii have to be held over again TO Sc
lect an emblem to go at the mead OF
| the ticket. County Attorney Dallas
Grover, of Ellsworth county, made the
inquiry. Ellsworth Democrats neglect
ed to select an emblem. and other
counties are in the same predicaInent,
because the state committee has failed
to select a general emblem.
1.-THE drop letter. one cent rate OF
postage does not apply within the limits
covered by rural free delivery of U: s.
| Mail" is one of the late rules issued in
| regard to the rural delivery service.
The 2 cent per ounce rate is to be ex-
acted on all first class mail matter ex-
| cept postal cards with such delivery.
| The rural free delivery service Will not
| in any manner affect the second class
| rate of postage. Carriers on rural Tree
| delivery routes will not bring to the
| postoffice from which their route ema-
| mates any mail to be delivered to
patrons further along the line. The car
riers will be furnished with a rubber
stamp and all cancellations made along
the line will be reported to the postmas-
ter at the office from which the route
emanates, and if the postoffice is fourth
| class the postmaster viii receive the
| benefit of such cancellations.
St Joe News: Some people just can't
help being lucky. According to the
| Troy Chief Cy Leland owned a 4O-acre
| farm in Burr Oak bottoms. He has
| rented it to the same man for eighteen
| years. He has not seen the farm Iof
sixteen years till in May of this year.
The renter paid his rent and there was
really nothing to look after He mao
| noticed that the Burr Oak assessor had
: raised the value of the land with re
ligiouS regularity. But he knew thal
farms were worth more than they were
| twenty years ago. In the spring a fell
low wanted to buy the farm he
offered more than Mr.. Leland thought
the place was worth. He looked up MS
tax receipts and found that he was pay
ing taxes on 100 acres of land. He Went
out to see about it. 1t was all there
Possibly fifteen acres more were ADDED
by the Missouri river to the tract this
year.