The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-09

Topeka constitution by the territorial
marshal. VIM Phillips Ny duty was 70
TAKE the census secure slgnatu - ~ . .
peutlon asking congress 10 aeIIllt " - sys =
free state, appoint judges and voting pre- pre-
Tree state men VINO were openly - 4. =
to make Kansas a. free state jim lane
Governor Walker sent troops from 1-eey-
enBorth to Lawrence to arrest Us IN
river at Lawrence and hid in the Fooos'
where We remained unmOleSted- t'OilOFt-
lns tnal vas Is sns re1F S-l sli1 70 a
mission Of Kansas Wnlcn DfOusHte - ~. .
close the most interesting part Of the
When Jim Lane was elected to the
senate came here with him on some
DaSsles. an, 10, niliig cns friend Of
John J. ingalls, when he came to congress
4 DscatAe Hls - . az u 49, -, -
1T tnat capacity most o. ms ne II LIZ
senate I was afterward appointed SUI
perintendent Of the senate document room
finally located in my present position.
During my long term OF ofrlce havs
senator that has served during the past
the days Of Ingalls, here was personally i
acquainted with all Of the great men VINO
were his colleagues in the senate
II nave always had a tender Spot ~ lily
heart for Kansans and during my govern
ment employ have renqered them hnQen
service always helped them IN ING
names of the senator's It was through
them that had access to the depart
though I have always been too modest to
permit my name or myself in any way
to be known in such matters
For many years Mr.. Blackboard has de-
voted his Ire 70 missionary iona works ~
ardor- In early days he was superintend-
ent Of the Methodist Sunday school at
Lawrence, and, as he says, did all he
could to assist in organizing Kansas as
a free state on the line OF good govern
to Washington, including the present time,
he has been actively engaged in mission
airy work in the lowest and vilest parts 81
the capital city. For more than twenty
years he has had charge Of the mission
work in the aims house female prison,
big work-house prison: and the hospitals
AS superintendent of the senate annex
per year. and it is very likely he will be
a permanent fixture in his position during
the balance of his days
To the State Journal representative
that it was his intention to migrate from
Leavenworth county to take up his resi-
phatically that it was his intention to re-
main in LeavenWOrth county, and would
make Leavenworth city his headquarters.
Mrs. Isabel Worren Ball has concluded
her newspaper work at the national cap
ital and returned to her home in Larned-
She will attend the annual meeting of the
Kansas Woman's Press club at Topeka
~, Anil II ond viii reepOnd 70 the toast
Of THE Power Of the Special Press Core
spondent-"
The Kansas men, George NJ Belts of
Johnson county, and Charles Walsh of
Burden. have been appointed by the bu-
reau of animal industry as meat taggers
in the inspection division at Kansas City.
Kas- These are civil service appoint
ments and the salary Of each is S120 per
annum-
Senator Harris left for Chicago last
week, where he will be a few days. From
there he goes to Kansas City and Leav-
enworth on business He viii return to
Washington the middle of the month to
attend a meeting of the sub-committee Of
the senate military committee. which will
hear the evidence in the Hawks-Heistand
hemp case.
Information has been received in Wash
ingtOn that the decoration Of the Alerite
Agricale has been conferred upon Prof
Mark A. Carleton. a Kansan. of the de-
partment of agriculture. for services in
connection with the Paris exposition.
T. WILLIAM THAVIS-