The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-24

trfet at the Democratic Flambeau club
hall next Saturday afternoon
The Blue Jays gave a house
burning last night at HOG Van Buren,
they pesented W. C F. Reichea bach.
their chief. with a handsome medal
Dick Cooley will go along as a player
with the specially selected team from
the National League that viii make
a tour OF the California coast this
winter. He is apparently recovered his
batting ability.
Mayor Hughes is now planning to
have book case put into his Office, IN
which ne viii keep ais copy OF the re-
vised ordinances and the two volumes
OF Department of Agriculture reports OF
1871, which constitute the municipal
library
Good work is being done by the tele-
graph and telephone companies in tax
ing down cheir dead" poles on Kansas
avenue and elsewhere There have been
hundreds OF dead poles allowed to re-
main at various places IN town. and
many are now being pulled out
The Peoples party convention to
nominate a candidate in the Third com
missioner district viii be held at the
Fair Grounds, October 8. at P m
Candidates in sight are W. H White
cotton. of Auburn. T. H Hewins, OF
Valencia, and Mr.. Nixon, of Tecum
sch.
Judge Hazen in the district court in
timated yesterday that he would not
appoint s. 5 OFT receiver of the TregO-
Ellis Gold Mining CON pany- No decis-
ion was given as the court announced
that additional affidavits would be ex-
amined.
The case Of the Santa Fe boiIermaker
reported yesterday, who nearly mashed
his finger OF while driving a nail for
his wife to hang her frying pan on, is
like that of the man who worked in q
dynamite factory all his life and was
finally killed by a cannon dreeracker on
the Fourth of July
c. H Martin. a township committee
man from Belvue east of town. IS hold
ing onto the ballots Of the township
election held Saturday. He does not
think he should turn them over TO the
county clerk as he was not notified that
there was to be an election
A new drain pipe is being placed
along Jackson street from the Rock Is
land tracks to the river The share of
the work to be done BY the Rock Island
viii be completed this week The tubing
arrived Monday. The part TO be com
pleted by the city viii be finished soon
Fort Scott Tribune. E F. Ware has
decided to spend 1900 on repairs on
the old Monitor business block at Scott
avenue and Second street Painters
have begun work pointing and painting
the outside OF the building Mr.. Ware
has no tenant for the place. but he
hopes to find one by making it attrac-
tive outside and in.
John and James Hamlin, who were
arrested in Topeka Monday by officers
from Jefferson county, were taken to
CskaloOsa Monday evening Three
weeks ago it is charged they seriously
injured two young men named MetZger
and Sylvester, while in a fight at a
dance. One of the parties IS still said
TO be in dangerous condition
Ed Howe is IN Buffalo but neverthe-
less the following appeared in last ev-
ening's Globe: Ceres never held Office
in Kansas, and neither was she an old
soldier. so Topeka is suggesting that a
statue Of Charles Robinson be placed
on the state house dome, instead of one
Of Ceres The latter never wore enough
clothes, anyway. to suit Topeka
After residing in Oakland about four
teen years and IN Kansas twenty nine
tears, Mrs Sarah SayWeu has sold her
home and has started for her old home
at Rochester. England Mrs SayWen
came to Shawnee county directly from
England with her husband. and his
resided here continuously since She
expects TO spend the remainder Of her
days at her childhood home
The Christian Endeavor society Of the
Third Pres byter5an church Is holding a
series Of special Bible study and prayer
meetings each evening this week. ex-
cept Saturday The leaders are. Tues
day evening Claud ConrOe, Y ednesday.
Rev. George Lerrigo; Thursday. p. H.
LerriEO. who has just returned from St
Lawrence Island in Behrfng sea. Fri
day Rev DR. Hatfield, new pastor Of
the church.
Charles Klfenhans. of Granville, has
a large force OF men at work picking
apples in his 50-acre orchard this week
to fill an order for a thousand bushels
Apples are selling for better price
this year than for several years preyi-
Gus Handpicked apples bring 70 cents
wholesale and windfalls bring about 35
cents Wages amounting to four cents
rar bushef Il paid for picking aDplaS