The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-31
LOCAL MENTION.

Court Stenographer Charles Bower
will leave Wednesday for Excelsior
Springs where he will spend his vaca-
ton.
Elmer E. Hounsmon has taken out
building permits for the erection of two
cottages to cost 1915 each on lots 106-0S
Ash street.
DR.. Horn who was in the wrecked
train at Lamont, ILL.,, yesterday return
ed home today none the worse for his
experience.
These city officials fit away to the
giddy watering places and summer re-
sorts as if they were society girls in
stead of staid business men.
Joseph H. Bailey filed suit in the
district court Saturday afternoon
against William Sells asking for a
judgment of $4,000 on a promissory
note.
The marshal of Chapman has identi-
fed the picture published in the State
Journal of Thursday as that of man
from Chapman. photograph and deS-
cription of the man has been sent him
by Sheriff Lucas.
Alice T. Quinn Brubaker filed suit
Saturday afternoon in the district court
asking a judgment of $1,000 from the
METROPOLITAN Life Insurance company
on a policy taken out by her brother
and naming her as beneficiary
The Van Buren, street bridge across
pleted this week. This will give the
first permanent bridge of substantial
strength that this location has had
across the creek. The Kansas avenue
bridge is also reported as progressing
favorably.
Edwin Knowles, cashier of the Central
National bank of Topeka, says that the
land in Kansas City decided to the bank
by c. j. Devlin, is not a part of the
securities relied upon for payment of
the obligations of the Devlin companies
to the bank that the securities held by
it for such purpose were given nearly
two years ago and are ample; the land
was simply additional security and given
before bankruptcy.
The recruiting station at Topeka, ac-
cording to the records of the recruiting
officer Corporal Chas. Schmutzler, is
the best in the Kansas City district
which includes besides Kansas City, St
Joseph and Sedalia, Missouri. Since the
first of January the station in Topeka
has accepted 121 young men for service
in the regular army. During the month
of July, 10 were enlisted from this point.
IF it keeps on as good as this the
government will probably maintain a
permanent office here said Schmutzler
Councilman S. M. Rice of the Fourth
ward will leave next week for Portland,
Oregon, and the Pacific coast for a va
cation of several weeks. Councilman
Sinner of the Fifth ward returned from
Colorado Sunday after an absence or
two weeks Councilman Rice and City
Engineer McCabe have been appointed
delegates to the Transmississippi Com
mercial congress at Portland to repre-
sent Topeka. McCabe left today. Geo.
w. Martin of the State Historical So
ciety is already in the west and will
likewise act as a representative from
Topeka at the Commercial congress
A run was made in the heaviest part
of Sundays rain by the fire department
out to the corner of West and Huntoon
streets without any result. Some one
turned in the alarm over the telephone
and when the department arrived at
the supposed scene of the fire nothing
could be discovered. An attempt was
made to locate the origin of the fire over
the telephone but the parties who turn
ed it in had put it out and were ashan-
ed to own to the fact that they had
turned in the alarm. Saturday evening
fire started from an unknown source
in the rear of the Colonial grocery store
at Ill East Sixth avenue. The alarm