The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
LOCAL SUMMARY.

Governor Bailey announces IndL 1t
viii offer himself for denomination
Mrs. J. r. Hague. successful woman
broker in Topeka secures divorce from
her husband on grounds Of desertion-
The state fair management finds
about s.. 500 profit from the fair
H B. Howard. who took a leading
part in the fight of the Christian En-
deavorers upon typhoid and in the in
vestigation of the causes OF the cpl
demic, is taken seriously i'll.
City Attorney Spencer dismisses cases
against Topeka jOintists that nave
been appealed from the police court
Secretary Fred Mason of the NatlonaI
Grocers' association of Minneapolis,
Mimi, addresses the Topeka assocla-
ton.
Frank Hammond. foreman of the iron
bridge work of the Santa Fe meets
death by falling from 80 foot bridge
at Elk Falls
eilas Rain. for years a resident of
Tonel1a and chairman of the board OF
county commissioners. dies a his home
The santa Fe railroad. which has had
difficulty in securing efficient messen-
ger service. employees young girls TO
run errandS-
ing $4,000 in all. is turned over by the
Commercial club to the relief commit
tee in North Topeka
The members of the city council agree
to II euse Of the macadam by the Topeka
OF way on West Sixth street.
Workmen of Shawnee county hold
their first annual picnic in Vinewood
park
among the grade classes in the city
schools by the Topeka board OF educa-
Svvitchman George McCarter of the
Santa Fe is run over while at work IN
the yards. He leaves widow ana
small baby
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Senator Obaldia is installed as gov
ernor of savanna
The Panama canal treaty is dead,
the time limit for ratification having
Denver's reform element is defeated
at the polls in the fight over the new
Curtis Jett is found guilty Of the
Jackson. Ky. and is sentenced 10
Nathan Swift. son Of Louis F. Swift,
head of the hacking company OF Chl-
cago. dies from a wound caused by
blow from a polo ball
Santa re road lifts embargo against
grain billed Tor Kansas City, Whicn
was instituted owing to congested con-
ditiOn of traffic
at his country home in Lake Forest at
the age Of so years
In an autograph letter to- Count
Hedervary Emperor Francis Joseph
saws he favors certain reforms for
Hungary, but that her wishes regard
ing the army are detrimental to his
own interests
sam Parks and his New York del
egates are finally seated in the bridge
mems convention at Kansas City
One thousand Turkish soldiers are
kill I'd in a battle with insurgents near
Nelnik. g. miles northeast of Salonica-
Prince Alert PAGES mile over the
Empire City track in 1-57. breaking the
worlds record. held BY Dan Patch.
Installation of the block signal sys-
tenn along S4s miles of the Rock Island
railroad has been begun
Canada's counsel before the Alaskan
boundary commission makes il clear
that access to the sea, not territory. is
her chief desire.
Bulgarian government explains its
recent note to the powers as an appeal
for speedy action rather than an ulti-
matum. adding that it is difficult TO
maintain neutrality while Turkey is
ton.
King Edward is taking an active part
in the forma ton OF the new ministry.
doing away with the passive policy fol-
lowed by the monarch in the Victorian
era
ton of bond refunding operations, by
which it is expected that $50. 100000 will
be turned into business channels and
the usual fall money stringency avert
ed.
Russia and austria have proposed to
Germany, Italy France and Great
Britain that the two first named
and put an end to strife now existing
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