The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-11


Life.
The January term of the district
court began today.
The jury in the district court will as
semble next Monday.
Blanche Boies was released from Jail
on bond last evening.
DR.. W. H. Fighter has the Independ-
ent telephone at his Office and residence.
1t might be remarked that Cider
Smiths storm arrived exactly on sched-
ule time.
The candidates for Office will have to
hustle to see all their friends before
! the date of the primary.
Charles Harris, of Emporia, was in
Topeka Saturday and assisted at the
installation of Topeka post officials.
The state poultry show. which is the
biggest in the west, opened this morn
| ing. There are 2,700 birds on exhibition.
]. F. Van Horn was sworn in Satur-
| day by Mayor Bergundthal as a mer-
chants policeman in place of c. c.
Smith, resigned.
e. E. Hoenshel has sold his interest in
the firm of Crane & Co. and has retired
from the position of manager of educa-
tional publications.
Judge Doster, Judge Carver and A.
w. Dana returned Saturday from
Eureka, Kan, where they went to try
an important law suit
C. H. Kutz. member of the school
| board from the Fifth ward is sick at
his home with typhoid fever. and may
be confined to his bed for several
weeks.
The foremen employed by the L. E.
Myers Construction company presented
Assistant superintendent John Spillman
with a solid silver fountain pen as a
token of their esteem.
Walter Donaldson, a Fort Scott boy,
will be brought to the Reform school
here this week The same train will
take his sister, Gertrude Donaldson, to
the Beloit Industrial school.
Barbara FARRELL, the little daughter
of J. F. FARRELL is sick with diphtheria.
1t was thought at first that the dis
ease was scarlet fever, but it turned
out that it wasn't.
Lawrence Gazette: Topeka authori-
ties are after Manager Kane of the
Crawford, and he has promised to make
his playhouse safe. If he doesn't do it,
the authorities should see to 1t that he
is a walking Kane.
Col Fred L. Jeltz announces that he
has yielded to the pressure brought
upon him from MANY sources and has
decided to become a candidate for
county clerk against Doc Newman.
subject to the Republican primaries.
The Independent telephone company
is trying to get franchise at Law
renee, and the Missouri and Kansas
telephone people are fighting the prop
osftion. Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf is one
of the Independent company's direct
Ors.
1t is reported that the Washburn
musical department will employ the
leader of the Carl Busch orchestra of
Kansas CITY as instructor in violin and
orchestral music. President Plass says
that no such arrangement has yet been
made.
The members of the Topeka Scottish
society met Saturday night at Judge
Guthrie's office in the postoffice, and
decided to have a banquet on January
% at K. & L. of S. hall Committees
were appointed to prepare the pro-
gramma.
An Abilene paper says: 1.-THE Wear
Coal company today brought manda-
mus proceedings in district court by it's
attorney, ]. A Young, to compel the
payment of a coal bill for $500 for which
it had obtained judgment against the
city of Harrington. The city has not
yet paid and the officers are to be made
to come to time.
A representative of the Topeka Re
form school went to lola Friday to get
boy named Glenn Mott who was out
on parole, and had violated it by re-
fusing to attend school. When the To-
peka man got to lola, Mott had escaped
from custody, but word was received
later that the boy had been recap
tured and the officer returned to get
him. =
Twelve leading furniture men of To-
peka have organized an association to
protect themselves from dead beats.
They will probably get up a blacklist
similar to that used by the grocers. The
twelve dealers who are members of
the new organization are: Arnbs Furni-
ture Co., J. G. Emahizer & Co, r. T.
GLASGOW, E. w. Hughes, T. M. James,
J. w. Jones s. Son, j. r. McKeever,