The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-12
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEWS.


The iong-hladea bowie has been put in
And the six-shooter's loaded for bear.
While the corn-juice is flowing from the
And there's danger abroad everywhere.
There are sounds of strife IN my old ken
Where the feud-ruan crouehes by the
fence
with his shotgun poked between the rails
iu business style.
20 transfer his foe a-ktng hence
The Colonies and "Majahs' all are out for
blood and gore.
And their weapons they freely display,
And the grave diggers busy in the Dark
In my Cd Kentucky home far away
II. H. BFininstool in Los Angeles Record.
The Shawnee County Normal institute
has 81 scholars enrolled.
The high school graduating exercises
will be held tonight at the high school.
Sheriff Lucas has subpoenaed the wit
nesses who viii appear next week in the
trials of the jointists in the district
court.
Sam Adams. recently of the Kansas
university. is spending a few days In
Topeka. He Will return to Lawrence
for post graduate work during the sum-
mer.
Eric Nystrom. whose shoe store in
North Topeka was washed out has pro-
posed that the relief fund be prorateu
among the losers according TO their
losses He wants a board of appraisers
named to apDraise losses.
Every box of Freeman Sardou
cherries is stamped with his name and
the date Sardou's cherries are for sale
only at Sam Hindman's. Other dealers
claiming to sell them are misrepresent-
ing.
Mud which is dug out of North Kan
8as avenue and the stores along it IS
being hauled into holes a short distance
on either side. There are holes enough
in North Topeka to contain all the mu0
which the water deposited where it Was
not wanted.
Information is wanted of George
Montgomery who lived at 52l North
Kansas avenue with W. D. Warren, his
grandfather His father who lives 1t
Talmage Kan has written to Governor
Bailey for information about the boy.
f. d. Miller of Tecumseh is here look
ing for his son Roy VINO came to To-
peka a few days before the flood to
look for work. He has had no COM
munication with him since he left home
and is naturally worried about him.
Jerry Simpson ex-congressman from
the Seventh district but low of Ross
well, New Mexico. wants a hired girl.
He sent Mrs, Thorpe money to buy
ticket for one but one after another
those who had promised to go declined.
The firm of Overmyer. Adulvane &
Gault has been dissolved by the with
drawal of David OVermyer who VII
open law office in the Central National
bank building with his SON 9. l.. over
myer The firm of Mulvane q Gault
Will continue.
A suit brought by Edward Dore
against the Metropolitan Street Rail
way company of Kansas City for Slo.-
900 damages for injuries received on
June II. 1902 has been transferred from
the district court of Wyandotte county
to the United States district court here.
Ottawa is making big preparations
for her Fourth of July celebration The
days amusements include two balloon
ascensions, races, ball game and fire
works display The last named is to be
I'm charge Of the Topeka Republican
klambeau club which viii shoot off $500
worth Of uyroteChntcs.
The county commissioners are holding
another interesting session today. The
fact is that for a couple of weeks the
sessions have been unusually interesting
as the county fathers had tor rustle-e7-
f%lhlng from grape nuts and bandanna
handkerchiefs for the refugees to pom
toon bridges and tents.
At the annual election of the Swedish
Male choir the following officers were
chosen for the coming year: Leader
John Lungstron; president, David Dan
iels0n. vice president. August Berg.
secretary, John LungstrOm. treasurer,
swan Ihulin; librarian, Knut Hanson;
marshal Eric Lungstrom.
Thirty-eight barrels of clothing and
general supplies have been sent here
from Wichita for the relief of flood suf-
ierers- The things were gathered by the
Daughters Of the King, the police
matron Of Wichita, Mrs. Crouck of the
associated charities and the members
OF the w. C. T. It. Much of the donation
vas evidently purchased new to be
sent here.
Street Commissioner J. F. Snyder
thinks he has succeeded in stopping the
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quicksand sink at the corner OF
Quincy and Laurent streets in North
Topeka. His force of street cleaning
teams have been hauling and dumping
ln rubbish for three days and have sue
ceeded in making a solid embankment
part way around the inside Of the hole
Berryton knew what Tecumseh would
need after the flood and a carload of
things have been sent by the town in
the southeast part of the county to the
other which suffered severely in the re-
cent high water. Both are farming com
munities and most of the articles sent
from Berryton viii go to farmers living
IN the country around Tecumseh. Among
the contents Of the car are plows har-
ness, seed corn clothing, bedding and
food
A summer Kindergarten and industrial
school may be opened In the Social Set
tenent building at the corner of Fourth
and Jackson streets if the co-opera ton
OF the Topeka board of education can
be secured in its maintenance The
project was proposed by Police Matron
Thorpe Enough volunteer kindergarten
teachers have been secured to conduct
the classes but it will be necessary to
hire superintendent. Tt is desired that
the board Of education pay the salary
of the superintendent while the members
Of the Social Settlement think they can
bear the other expenses of the school
The following is from the immediate"
climate and crop report of the United
States department of agriculture. kan
sas-Iopeka- Flood weeks average
rainfall over Kansas river watershed
626 inches; Kansas river not subsided
enough to estimate damage to crops.
wheat improving, ripening in south
blooming i'm central: corn being worked
I'm south and improving, but too wet in
north to cultivate, finish planting. or re-
plant' low corn fields drowned out in