The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-20
LOCAL MENTION.

William Boyd has returned from Ana
darko.
George AGinney has gone to California
for a six weeks trip.
F. c. Kranskorf, from Richmond. Ind.
has been given a place with the Wolff
Packing company.
Mrs. E. E. Carpenter and her sister,
Mrs. I. B. Alter Of Rossville, leave Tor
Michigan Saturday to spend tie summer
Division superintendent c. T. McClel-
Ian, of the Santa Fe, this morning start
ed on an inspection tour of the eastern
division.
Rev. ]. H. Harpster, D. D., for II
years a missionary in India, is the guest
of Mr.. D. c. Nellis. He spoke at the
mid-week service last evening at the
First Lutheran church.
George Fair and w. F. Ellison. en-
plOyes of the postal department of To-
peka have received notice from Wash
ington that beginning July l their sal
aries viii be 1920 annually. instead OF
$1,000.
The Carbondale Investment company
has brought suit in the Shawnee dis
trict court against J. D. and H. w. Bur-
dick for an injunction to prevent them
disposing of some property which is in
litigation.
The Commercial club is having new
map made for use in the next issue Of
the pamphlet Topeka the Beautiful"
The map is to be made to suit the e.
quirements CT Topeka as the geographic
cal center of the United States.
County Attorney Nichols has begun
suit on the bondsmen of George o. Brien,
jr., for $500. O'Brien was arrested on
the charge Of robbing the home Of M.
N. Young in April George O'Brien,
ST.. and A. z. McCollum were his bonds
men. O'Brien, jr., can not be found.
The Republican Flambeau club has
decided that the meeting nights hereaf-
ter should be the first and third Thurs
days Of each month instead of the first
and third Wednesdays. The request of
the Ministerial Union that meetings be
held on other than prayer meeting
nights was not observed.
President John E. Frost of the Com
mercial club is working on the Com
mittee Of Fifteen" which he has been
authorized to appoint to have charge of
the Semi Centennial celebration that is
planned for Topeka in 1904. The list
of names viii be made I'D and an
nounced within few days.
c. w Hamilton who was formerly a
partner with George ". Crane in the
publishing business here about IS years
ago, has returned from the City of
Mexico, where he has had a job printing
Hamilton has disposed Of his interests
in Mexico and will probably remain in
Topeka
A small blaze started in the basement
OF the county jail about 1:S0 this morn
ing probably from a defective wire
A policeman saw the fire and sent in an
alarm from the police station The fire
department promptly answered the call,
and the conhagration was stopped with
out any serious damage. A partition
was partly burned out, and the lower
part Of the building was filed with smoke
but it was not found necessary to move
any OF the prisoners.
Mrs. Jennie Hamm, white, who lives
in the ragged edge of North Topeka has
filed complaint in city court against
Sarah Brooks and Lucinda Hogan, col
ored women who live next door. It
seems that these people are determined
to start small race war. Mrs. Hamm
had the same pair arrested in police
court not long ago, where she charged
them with disturbing the peace. This
time she affirms that tney did beat,
strike and bruise said affiant, and also
threaten to kill said aff1ant, contrary to
peace and dignity of the state of Kan
sas." Mrs. Hogan is about 80 years old,
and is the mother of the other defend
ant.