The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-17


The songs 1t has not learned.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
d. r. Anthony of Leavenworth was in
the city yesterday.
Thomas Brewer Peacock, formerly of
Topeka. is in the city visiting friends.
Miss May Blain returned today from
Lawrence where she has been visit
ing.
Mrs. N. B. Campbell, who is i'll at
Etormont hospital, is reported to be inn
proving.
Rev. c. P. Carkuff preached at the
camp meeting south of the fair grounds
Thursday afternoon
Dog Catcher NJ. r. Younkin has killed
about 100 dogs in the last six weeks be-
sides collecting about $500 in dog taxes.
Shoes of highest grades cheap tomor-
row. Florsheims So Oxfords and high
shoes to close out quick, $3.50, at Inc
Palace.
The Topeka Wooden Mills Of Oakland
have sold their entire stock of Pants 10
The Palace. who tomorrow sell 80 ana
$3.50 Pants at $3.50 and S195.
A contract for repairing the building
to be occupied by the North. Topeka
postoffice station has been let to NJ.
Council The work will cost $500.
Rev. p. w. Crannell, of the First Bap-
fist church, has returned from Black
well, o. T., where he has been a teacher
in the Oklahoma ministerial institute
The little daughter of Deputy Marshal
Lambertson, of the city court, broke one
of her arms Wednesday night by falling
from a tree a her home on West Curtis
street.
Rev. Homer e. Wark, of the Walnut
Grove Methodist church, has been Sc
cured TO make the w. c. T. u. Round
Table talk at the Ottawa Chautauqua
today.
Postmaster Guthrie is holding for
Identification a large crescent breast
pin found in the mail box at the Union
Pacific depot by Carrier W. ]. Stovan
Thursday
The regular midsummer meeting OF
the Kansas Society Sons of the Ameri~
can Revolution will be held at the
State Historical Rooms at 2:30 o'clock
Saturday afternoon.
The state board of equalization has
adjourned until next Tuesday because
two counties in the state are still miss
ing from the list of those from whom
abstracts of the assessment have been
received.
The home of Carl Ottman at 215
North Chandler street was struck by
lightning during the thunder storm
Wednesday night. Shingles were scat
tered all over the yard but the damage
to the building was not serious.
John Slocum of Moline. Ill, general
president of the International Brother
L
Thursday. Mr.. Slocum halls from Mo-
line, Ill. Last night he addressed
meeting of blacksmiths and machinists.
Labor Commissioner Johnson thinks
that the controversy between miners
and operators will be compromised on
a basis of an advance of about or
cents per ton in the price paid for min
ing coal The miners demand 12h cents.
Wednesday nights heavy rain and the
big rainfall of last night did much
sewer mains in North Topeka. Street
Commissioner Snyder will try to finish
the work of clearing the sewer this
week.
The pupils of the Walnut Grove
Methodist church Sunday school cele-
street car ride today. Police Matron
Thorpe has taught the primary de-
partment of the Sunday school for six
teen wears.
Adjutant General S. H. Kelsey thinks
that the fall army drill at Fort Riley
win be held late in the season. Thirty
days notice has to be given. and 50 il
viii be late in August, at the earliest,
when the drill will take place 1t may
be that the event will be postponed un-
til some time in October.
Major Andrew Russell, who was for
many years prominent in the Kansas
militia organization, died at the Mis-
souri, state hospital for the insane at st.
Joseph Thursday as the result of the
administration by mistake of a dose of
carbolic acid. Major Russell formerly
lived at Leavenworth.
There is a hole in Branner street. be-
tween First and Crane streets Just east
of the Santa Fe shops, which has been
there since before the flood. Vehicles
are driven around it on the sidewalks
and although frequent complaints have
been made to the councilmen represent
ing the Second ward, no effort has been
made to make the street passable.
Rev; H. H. Williams has re-
ond Wesleyan church and will
leave this week for Keene,
Kansas, to resume his work as an evan
gelist. Mr.. Williams has been pastor of
the church nearly year. He formerly
lived at Eskridge- Rev G. 3. Howard
will be the new pastor for the coming
year.
The presence Of a delegation of the
residents of the benefit district created
for the opening of Second street be-
tween Fillmore and Western avenue
Is expected at tOnights council meet
ing. Judge George A. Huron and Judge
J. G. Wood claim that the petition for
the opening does not represent the
wishes of a large number of the people
In that neighborhood.
The Meriden relief station, which has
been conducted during the past four
weeks at 1884 North Kansas avenue has
been closed. The station has been fur
nished and maintained entirely by the
people of Meriden and vicinity. Rev
John Purdue of Meriden being in
charge. The people of Meriden sent $3.50
in money besides large contribution of
provisions.
o. NJ. Olson. a Topeka railway COM
pany lineman, sustained a fracture of
the left shoulder Thursday afternoon
while at work on the Ninewood car
line. The fiat car on which the trolley
tower was stationed slipped its brakes
and rolled down an incline and Olson
was brushed off by a transverse Wire
He was thrown a distance of twenty
feet. The bones in the shoulder were
fastened with silver wire.
The large blue silk flag which was
purchased by the state a good many
years ago for use by the Fourth Regi-
ment of the Kansas national guard will