The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-01

| Were not entered up today;
| There would be a small amount OF
Idle fretting and less care
If we kept a full account of
All the joys we have to share.
S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald.
This is December l. How big coal
bill do you have to pay?
Mae Taylor has asked Judge Hazen
to divorce her from w. Taylor.
Those new cars heated by hot water
would have been appreciated this
morning.
The truly good citizen got out and
off his walks this morning.
November came near losing the
| chance of a snow storm record, but Sc
cured the snow Just in time.
The man who pulled his sleigh out
of the shed last week and got it ready
for use was wise individual
| Lewis Hopkins has purchased the z.
Davies property at 507 Lincoln street for
a residence. The price was $2,500
People with sleighs had to hurry to
get any rides on this snow, but a num-
Der of them were out Monday night.
William Hedge, a prominent grain
man of Wichita, Kan, was in Topeka
Monday in conference with local rail-
road men.
Christmas shoppers have already COM
menced to visit the stores. Merchants
think that there will be an unusually
heavy trade this season.
The old settlers of Topeka and Shaw
nee county will meet next Sunday
morning to celebrate the forty-ninth
anniversary of the founding of Topeka
Thomas Reiler, right guard on the
| WaShburn football team, left today for
the Philippines, where he has a posi-
ton in the schools. His home is in
Eureka
The Washburn college football team
had its picture taken Monday afternoon
| The members of the
presented with new sweaters that cost
IS apiece.
The new church workers of the First
Baptist church will meet Wednesday,
| December .. at p. m, at the taber-
nacle corner Tenth avenue and Jack
son street.
The Topeka councilmen and city Off
Gals who are planning to go to Wichita
League convention, expect to stay over
for the banquet this year.
H. T. Chase has asked Judge Hazen
for new trial in the case brought
against him by the Remington Paper
company in which the plaintiffs were
given judgment for $4,000.
A U. T. c. company will be at the
Crawford Wednesday night (The
abbreviation is not Of a railroad nor a
commercial, travellers lodge, but of an
Uncle Toms Cabin company
Judge Tieber. of the federal court of
Arkansas, attended the performance of
In Old Kentucky" last night, but was
called out by an important messag e
just about the time he became inter
eStad.
There was a rumor Monday that May
or Bergundthal was thinking of resign
ing his position. 1t seemed to have its
origin at the court house. but according
to Mayor BergIndthal it is entirely
without foundation.
Monday afternoon at o'clock G. C.
Clemens appeared in the district court
and argued the case brought by Jesse
Smith against the city of Topeka to
: try to prove that the wide tire wagon
} ordinance is not valid. City Attorney
: Spencer and W. c. Ralston appeared
for the city.
/ The Topeka Railway company is dis
/ manuing a few more of its old cars an6
: selling the frames. The frames make
t bushels each. One man wanted to take
] fifteen of them at So apiece but h,
: couldn't get that many.
= 1t took the jury in the United State,
= district court about ten minutes yes
5 terday to decide that Dudley George O.
f Horton, negro, was not guilty O.
e selling liquor to an Indian called Little
y Simon. George had already spent thre,
t months in jail because he could not fur
! nish bond while waiting for his trial.
There will be a meeting of the peopl,
!, interested in the construction of a rail
road from Topeka to Frankfort OF
1nuTSu4y OF InlS week at 4 p. m. 1t L
proposed to form a construction com
4 pany at that time and delegates will b'
e here from the towns through which i
4 is hoped to build the railroad.
: The names of all the property owners
in the Fourth ward have been secured
by City Engineer McCabe from the
county records. and the draughtsmen
are now at work drawing plates upon
l which the names will be printed. Six
. teen maps will be drawn to show the
whole ward, and the city council at its
next meeting will authorize the creation
: of benefit district, for the purpose OF
t opening Third street to let the city rail
E way build its line there.
: w. S. Kale, who recently sold his gro
: Gerry store on Kansas avenue, has COM
menced the construction of fine brick
store building at Fifteenth and Lane
{ streets, which he will occupy in the
> spring as a grocery and meat market
This store will be in the heart of the
business portion of College HILL There
is another grocery, a meat market, anc
a blacksmith shop on opposite corners
and drug store next door. These stores
do a large share of the business IN tbs
vicinity of Washburn college.
, Rev F. G. Snelson, who has for tw,
> years been pastor of the st. Johns A
, vanced to the position of presiding eide
for the west district of Missouri witt
= headquarters in Kansas City. Rev. j
. F. Cook Taylor of Pueblo will take hi
place here. DR.. Snelsen has been one O
the most energetic negro ministers VIII
has ever held a pulpit in Topeka AM
during the period of his service here h
succeeded in freeing his church iron
debt. His new position is a responsible
' one but he is undoubtedly qualities
[ for it.
Y Will Be Arrested Again.