The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-18
LOCAL MENTION.

| 1IOIA AV1o ISOllCS dtCAOc
The furnaces of the government build
| ing were lighted today for the first time
| this season.
George sharitt has returned from
| Wichita where he has been attending
the United States court.
| Frank Raynor, the North side jointist,
| got out of the county Jail today on
bond.
Mayor Parker, who IL sick with kid
| ney trouble, was somewhat better to-
day, and will probably be at his office
| again Friday.
James Ramsey has bad case Of
rheumatism. due to working in the
sewer on Fifth street, which he has the
contract to build.
The face Of the big postofice clock is
being painted white. The hour numbers
will be PUT on in black. This is re-
versa1 of the old order OF things.
| The Rev. G. Hafner, OF Leavenssorth.
president of the Kansas synod Of Evan
| gelical Lutheran churches, was in the
| city Wednesday to attend meeting of
| the directors Of the Children's Friend
| society
| 1. s. Elder. the East side coal dealer
| who harpooned Mrs. Susan Clark, col
| ago, was found guilty OF assault and
battery in the city court this morning
| and fined IS and costs. amounting to
about $2S. He appealed the case.
MARY Wa0e, the notorious Dad negro
| woman, went before the district court
this morning and entered plea of gull
| ty to the charge of highway robbery.
AS q consequence, Mary will not be ar
rested by the Topeka police for two and
a half years, the period Of rest given her
by Judge Hazerl.
Marshal Stonestreet of the city court
went to Harrington today after a man
supposed to be the person who held up
and robbed f. H. Weaver near the fair
| grounds September 9. The man had on
his person when arrested by the Herring
ton authorities a watch which answers
| the description Of the one taken from
Weaver.
The Republican F1ambeau club will
meet this evening, and the members of
| the organization who do the marching
stunt are requested to come and be
measured for their new uniforms. The
| money to buy a complete outfit of new
uniforms is on hand. and the clothes
| will be here in time for the Roosevelt
| celebration.
VIM Logan; the young negro who
| stole Prof. G. Washington Jackson's
bicycle and was sentenced to the Hutch
inson reformatory by the district court,
started for the college today. He was
| accompanied by Walter johnson, who
| was sentenced to the refOrmatory for
making a second escape from the Re-
| form school,
| City Engineer McCabe has directed
| that the poor brick which are stacked
| UP on East Eighth below Jefferson be
| used for the lower course of the pave
| ment, and that better quality of brick
| be supplied for the top course The
| brick which are now being turned out
by the Blackman plant are said to be Of
| excellent quality.
| The Hoffman joint, where the fight
between the two negroes, Gay and Du-
| pree, took place last night was closed
by the police later in the evening. The
| order to close is permanent, and the
! HCitm9nS will no a fo
| business on account OF the evil repu.
tation the place is graced with. Four
| other iointists went out of business yes
terday because they did not have trade
enough to pay the monthly tax and
keep in stock of wet goods. One man,
who ran joint on the North side. an
nounced to the police that he would be
| compelled to shut up his shop because
his customers were of the monthly
| credit variety and often forgot to pay
If the police can close one joint they
could surely close others.
Mayor Mclean, of Wichita, has called
a meeting of the mayors and city attor-
neys who are members of the Municipal
league to meet at Wichita September 25
to consider the report on the revised city
Judge T. F. Carver will preside at the
Independent meeting to be held at the
auditorium September "a. ]. w. Gleed
L. A. Stebbins and J. K. Hudson will
be the speakers. The washburn college
duartette and Harold Parr will furnish
the music.
The bricklayers who are building the
new smokestack at the Santa Fe shops
threatened a strike the first part Of this
week. The smokestack is now built to
distance of $50 feet high. Until Mon
day the. bricklayers were receiving
wages of IS per day. Beginning with
Tuesday they made request for an In
crease OF 81 per day. The raise in wages
was Immediately granted and the
trouble averted; The high rate Of
wages is caused by the danger attend
ant upon the work SO high in air.
Mayor Parker has decided to abolish
three of the political jobs which have
been allowed to exist under the name
| of sanitary policemen, and it is very
probable that one OF the three to go
will be Charles Lindsey. the sanitary
man who while acting as q special 20
liceman during the fair, tried to shoot
a street car man. Lindsey claims that
he was not drunk when he made his
break at the street car conductor, and
| will try to prove to the Investigation
committee that his conduct was justi-
fable.