The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-12

to a toast at a banquet of the business
men of Houston Wednesday evening.
His subject is, "A Voice from Kan
sas''
Rev. J. T. Mcfarland, pastor of the
First Methodist church, has been an
nounced as a speaker at the meeting of
the Douglas county Sunday school as
ISOLATION Thursday and Friday of this
week.
Judge Doster is in Pittsburg today as
arbitrator between the miners and mine
operators. Everybody has confidence
in Judge DOster, and in this instance
both sides requested him to act as ar
bitrator.
The sale of seats for the Boston Sym
phony orchestra concert at the Auditor
ium Wednesday afternoon and night,
commenced Monday afternoon at
Stansfield's drug store. The sale start
ed off well.
Mayor Hughes received a letter yes
terday from Missouri town asking for
information about Captain Archer,
temperance lecturer who is holding
forth in that locality and claims to live
in Topeka
Sheriff Cook and Chief Stahl unwil-
ling to acknowledge defeat were in the
country all day Monday looking for the
escaped convicts. They spent most of
the time near Pauline.
The question is: did Sheriff Cook and
the convcts play seven up to whether
the convicts or the sheriff should escape
That's what they do in the melodrama
but on the stage the sheriff generally
knows more about the game
The Atchison Globe is getting
of unreliability, the fact that a Topeka
paper is booming B. F. Wal1ack, of
AtchiSon, for congress, Notwithstanding
the fact that Wallack died in 1897
The ordinance increasing the pay of
the city electric light trimmers from
$50 to $57 so a month has been drawn
up by the city attorney and will be
presented at the next meeting of the
city council.
The desiccating works did not begin
work yesterday because Mayor Hughes
was supposed to be on hand for the OPP
ening and he could not be there as he
was out cunning for convicts. If the
mayor is not too busy the start will be
made today.
Perhaps the reason the convicts visl-
ted SO long with Sheriff Cook on the
farm south of Topeka was because they
followed the advice in 1.-The BurgomaS-
ter Administered by Peter Stuyvesant
when he sings, Don't worry, don't hur-
ry, don't furry but just keep COOL
Grace G. Gleed, wife of J. Willis
Gleed, yesterday filed suit in the dis
trict court for $4,000 damages against
the Topeka & Vinewood Park Railroad
company. The claim is that she owns
land on the east side of town which
has been damaged by depreciating in
value on account of the road running
through it.
The Thomas Fuel and Ice company of
Atchison bought a horse in Topeka Sat
urday and hired a. man named Wells to
ride it over there. When Wells got as
far as Valley Falls Sunday evening he
was arrested on suspicion of being an
escaped convict. He wore long hair,
however, and on the strength of that
was soon allowed to go on his way re-
joicing.
The interest in the Washburn- Medic
game of football to be played on the
college gridiron next Saturday is in
Coach Stewart, for the doctors has ar
ranged a new play planned on the same
lines and specifications followed by the
convicts at Pauline Sunday when they
went through the rush line of Chief
StahPs eleven for about a 20 mile gain.