The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-27

Judge Hazen has spent this entire
week in the district court hearing mo-
lions.
Misses Lucy and Margaret Hans are
sick at their home, 618 Western ave-
nue..
The force in the county clerks office
has completed the copying of the tax
rolls ready for the assessors.
Miss Julia Lowandie the premier
bareback rider with Ships Indoor cir
Gus, in private life is Mrs. Ship.
Bailiff Coyne. of the district court, is
nursing box of shamrocks, hoping to
keep them alive and f1ourishing until
ST. Patrick's Day.
A Potwin car. bound for that suburb
last night, carried Is men and no wo-
men, 1t was the night before the pri-
maries and a late hour.
The annual entertainment of the
Welsh society of Topeka will be held
next Tuesday evening in the Odd Eel
lows hall at III West Sixth street
J. B. Sims, jr.. denies that he was on
the pay roll of the last legislature. He
says that the John Sims on. the pay
roll came from the short grass coun-
try.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Mccall, of 317 Jeffer-
son street, were the recipients of a sur
prise party given by the members of
W.-R. c. and G. G. Gage post No. &c,
last Thursday night.
In game played at the 7. w. c. A.
gymnasium last night the Topeka high
school girls basketball team defeated
the Indian girls of Haskell institute, by
a score of "a to 10.
Because 1 Love YOU was given at
the Crawford last night by the Topeka
Dramatic club. The performance was
we'll attended and in many respects
creditable. and there was a good sized
audience
The court house corridors and offices
were crowded Friday with the usual
ante-election crowd which hibernates
between times and appears, gaunt and
hungry. Just before every primary and
election.
DR.. Clarence A. Vincent will address
the Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday afternoon at
o'clock on the subject, "A Midnight
Conversation" Preceding the address
there will be solo by Mr.. Paul Sweet
and selection by the Y. NJ. c. A. quar-
tette.
The board of county commissioners
has not been able to accomplish a great
deal for the last few weeks as two of
the members, IF. w. Harrison and w.
z. Sterpe, have been busy campaign
ing. Monday the board will get down
to regular business.
Mayor Bergundthal has received
word from the Fort Wayne Electric
company stating that one of the two
new armatures ordered for the city
electric light plant has been shipped.
1t is expected that the armature will
arrive here and be in service next
week. f-sg
H. E Cain. ofeTopeka, representing
the Continental Creamery company,
told a. Goodland newspaper a few days
ago that in the spring the capacity of
the pasteurizing plant at Goodland
will be largely increased and new wells
put down for supplying water for the
establishment.
Chief Wilmarth of the Topeka fire
department wrote to all of the leading
fire engine manufacturers in the coun
try about a week ago. asking for in
formation about the kinds and prices
of steam fire engines. This informa-
ton will be submitted to the fire de-
partment committee Of the city coun-
ell sometime next week.
Earl Perkins is a candidate for the
Reform school, He was arrested at
Ellsworth. He says his home is in
Kansas City. He was arrested for
stealing. The boy is apparently hard
case for his years. He told the officer,
after his arrest, that, if his partner
were here, he wouldn't stay in Jail
long; that he had a gun big enough |
to stick your finger in, and wasn't
afraid to use it. He will be sent to the |
Reform school and will mingle with |
boys not one-fourth as bad as he is.
A barn owned by T. s. Lyon. at 1888
College avenue was totally destroyed |
by fire at II o'clock last night. The
fire was incendiary. and some of the
neighbors claim to have seen two men
running away from the scene of the |
fire shortly after it started. The |
premises were unoccupied, and as there |
was very little wind the large residence |
was saved without much damage ex- |
cept to the paint. The fire department |
made the run to the fire and used |
chemicals on the end of the house next |