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

lecturing. His talk was entertaining
and his appeal for missionaries was
forcib.e.
Councilman c. V. Wolf wrote the or
dinance fixing the places where hacks
and drays shall be permitted to stand
on Topeka streets. One OF the streets
now forbidden is East Sixth BY a coin
cidence Councilman Wolf runs a store
on East Sixth.
This is from Lawrence paper: L A
Stebbins. of Topeka, representing he
Insurance Trust and Agency an Eng
lish firm, secured a Judgment yesterday
afternoon in the district court against
the Western Farm Mortgage Trust
company for s1.z00.
Letters from men who have been sent
from Topeka to the harvest fields indi-
cate that the harvest is generally pretty
late. Most of the men have plenty of
work in prospect but have had to wait
for it. Nearly four hundred have gone
out through the Topeka agency of the
free employment BUREAU.
w. A. S. Bird went to Kansas City
Thursday to tell the Kansas City, Kan,
officials and relief committee of the
plans which are proposed for the joint
action of all the relief committees in
the state. Mr.. Bird stated. according 10
a Kansas City newspaper, that Topeka
is in need of $3.000,000 additional aid.
Parks Helmick. of Topeka, has pur-
chased an interest in the Chanute Daily
Tribune. ]. NJ Cavaness will retire
from the management of the paper.
Mr.. Helmick worked two years on the
lola Register and for the past year has
been secretary to Congressman Bower
sock
Albert Patten, son of Joseph Patten.
general manager of the Topeka railway
company, has been appointed superin :
tendent OF the street railway lines. Mr..
Patten has been employed in the oper-
ating department of the railway COM
pany for several years His appoint
ment places him practically in charge
of the city lines.
big Jim" Parker, the negro who
Immediately after the shooting of
President Mckinley, lectured at the
st. Johns A. NJ. E. church last night.
Parker has retired from active labor
and is living on the fruits of his be-
lated effort to save the life of the last
martyred president.
About sixty letters have been SEM
out calling representatives of relief
committees to a meeting for a general
organization of relief work in Kansas
The meeting will be held at the Com
mercial club rooms Monday at 10 a. m.
All committees, city officials and
church relief organizations between
Kansas City and Salina have been no.
ti-sed.
The Continental Oil & Gas company
has just been organized in Topeka with
a capital of 81 100000 and is operating
in the Chanute oil fields. The directors
are c. B. Hoffman. Enterprise; John
Johntz, G. c. Sterl and A. w. Rice, abb
lene; S. w. Brewster. Chanute, and w.
E. Bush and ]. H. Curran, Topeka. Five
thousand acres are under lease and sew
eral drills are already in the field.
The Women's Federation of Clubs is
endeavoring to persuade the Topeka
stores to close at p. m. Saturdays
through the summer months. The fol-
lowing stores have already agreed to
suspend business at that hour through
July and August: Mills Dry Goods
Co., Thompson Bros, G. F. Worley. New
York Mercantile, Geo. w. Hossfeld.
Crosby Bros. Warren NJ. Crosby, NJ. L.
Zercher and Zandition Supply Co.