The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27

association He win deliver an address
on The Individual Ledger"
Judge Dick Picklers reputation as an
orator is assured He forced the Sat
urday Night club to listen to his
speech.
Galen Nichols, late of Topeka and
more lately Of Kansas City, was in To-
peka Tuesday. He hasn't burned his
bridges behind him yet.
The electric fans have been started
in the state house Governor Bailey
uses his to counteract the hot air which
some Of the politicians give him
Isabelle H Horton, the 1e-year-olA
girl evangelist, will continue the re-
viyaI services every evening this week
at the st. Johns A. M. E. church.
The new card game known as Cav
tits stock exchange is having a great
run N Topeka. Just now. Dealers are
unable to suDDly the large demand.
Three of the national associations of
cattle breeders have promised $500
apiece for premiums for the livestock
display at the state fair here this fall.
This is the day that Cider" Smith
announced for let up in the rain rec
ord. He made the announcement last
week and therefore scores again-per-
haDs.
Otis Hungate. now that he is a public
officer, is likely to emulate the. special
glory attained by Grover Cleveland as
goes
every week. or so.
Campbell Moore a brother of Carrie
Nation, is very i'll in Kansas City Mrs.
Nation has been summoned to him He
has been taken to st. Margaret's hospi-
tai for an operation.
The lawn about the court house is
keeping two men busy. Since the de
pressed places have been filed the
grass grows SO fast that it has to be
cut every few days.
The Topeka company which is pros
pectlng for oil and gas is pushing the
Shorey, near North Topeka. The drill is
averaging about ten feet daily
DR.. and Mrs. Herman s. Judd. OF
Lead. 5. D. are aarents of a son, born
yesterday at the residence of his grand
parents. Col. and Mrs. Jonathan D
Norton. 61S West Eighth avenue
Judge J. S West tried the experiment
Of stopping an electric fan with his
fingers day or two ago. The expert
ment was not entirely successful but
the judges right hand is getting a lay
of from handshaking duty.
The new statute book containing the
session laws of the last legislature may
not be published until June TO- instead
of June 1. in order to allow the vote on
the Seventh district election to be can
yassed under the old election law
The rise of the river has bisected ser
vice on the Oakland car line again and
passengers are transferred through the
Santa Fe yards. People who have 10
wait Is minutes in the rain to meet the
car on the other side are inclined to say
unpleasant things about the service.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Bankers association begins this even
ing Regarding the financial standing
of the state in the east this is a very
important gathering. Accounts of the
gathering, reports of fina ncial cOndi-
tlons and future prospects, will appear
in every financial journal of the country
after it IS over.
Last week an Iowa lady was visiting
her son in Salina. Within 48 hours four
tOrnadoes visited that section and
were viewed by the Iowa woman. Then
she declared that she was going right
back to Iowa if she had to walk. and
she took the first train. This week
there have been three or four tornadoes
in Iowa which were much worse than
the Kansas variety.
Governor Bailey could easily make a
reputation as a wit and he is very quick
at repartee. At the Saturday Night
club banquet the toastmaster said he
would introduce "the next governor Of
Kansas Il don't care to make an
other speech interposed Governor Bal
ley quick as a flash. The POSTMASTER
was introducing James A. TrOutman,
but Governor Bailey dulled the point of
his rapier.
Miss Emma Kelly left yesterday on
her 6fth trip to the Klondike. her des-
tinatio being Circle City and the new
Tanvannah district in central Alaska
She goes to St. Paul. then over the
Canadian Pacific to Vancouver. With
this trsD she viii have passed over
every road from the Missouri to the Pa
cific between the Arctic circle and the
gulf of Mexico. She expects to return
about the first of November