The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-03


Miss Augusta Dewey. who has beer
visiting in Abilene, has returned to To-
peka.
The barber shops will keep open until
10 O'Clock this evening and will close at
12:15 tomorrow.
George A. Clark. who is now state
printer was foreman of the old Com
monwealth in the days of its pros
perity.
James H Guy of Topeka was chosen
as one of the vice presidents of the
Afro-American council. which met at
Louisville Thursday.
William Hogeboom. of Goodland, was
appointed yesterday by Governor Bailey
to be surveyor of Sherman county in
place of E. l. Dunn, who died recently.
The demand for garden seed for flood
sufferers is diminishing. Most of the
farmers and gardeners who had their
crops washed away have replanted
them.
Edward Stephens, formerly of the To-
peka Industrial institute. is now living
in Worcester, Mass. He is employed as
translator for the Houghton-Miff1in
company.
A big class of candidates will be in
itiated into the membership of the Unit
ed Commercial Travellers in Topeka
July IL. The ceremonies will be follow
ed by feed.
L. B. Shermerhorn, a member of the
Kansas legislature from Cherokee coun-
ty, has turned his mileage and per diem
of $3.50 over to the Kansas City, Kan,
relief fund.
Sheriff Lucas has gone to Wichita to
get J. ]. Blitz, who is under arrest there.
He will be tried here for perjury he
committed in a divorce case he brought
against his wife
A quilting party given by the wo>
mems federation of clubs at Leaven-
worth for the benefit of Topeka fiooa
sufferers netted $3.50, which has
been turned over to Major Sims.
Governor Bailey has about so applica-
tions on file for appointment on the new
barber board He will probably sift them
out and name the board before he leaves
for his wedding trip next week.
The state labor commissioner reports
that at the present time there are no
strikes in progress in the state. A big
coal miners strike seems to be getting
under good Roadway for future destruc-
ton.
A man and a woman walking along
Van Buren, street Thursday saw a yell
low card used by patrons to flag an ice
wagon. The man and woman thought
it was a smallpox sign. They may be
running yet.
The county is getting the service of
two systems of telephones for the price
of one. The BeIl phones were ordered
out of the court house but the company
didn't like the idea and so left them
there without pay.
At midnight Thursday night a small
fire broke out in the City Hand laundry.
The principal damage was caused by
smoke in the laundry bundles stored in
the place The fire started in rubbish
under the stairway
The Sixteenth siege battery of artil-
lery in charge of Captain Van Deusen.
on its way to Leavenworth on its re-
turn from the field maneuvers at Fort
Riley camped in the fair grounds yes
terday afternoon and last evening.
A man from Lakencost, Florida, has
written to Topeka offering to give ten
acres of land free to any food sufferer
who wants to move to his country. He
says the land is good for orange and
pineapple culture and that living is
easy.
J, c. Cook. formerly of Clay Center.
has been made assistant superintendent
of the Topeka staff of the Prudential
Life Insurance company, and. will be
in charge of the Topeka office. After
July he will reside at 81 West Tenth
avenue.
At the First Cumberland Presbyterian
church last night a lecture on mission
airy work in Burmah was given by L
T. All Sou, a teacher in the Baptist
college at Rangoon. Mr.. All Sou has
been in America a year studying ana