The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-02

Last year midwesk parties were fire.
quent
Louis Vaughn. who has been causing
all kinds of trouble for the force at the
county jail for the past week or so was
decla1 ed insane yesterday and VIII pc
taken to the asylum, if room can be
made for him
Fri Hansford. a North side farmer;
has made 5000 gallons of old-fashloneo
sorghum, which leads to the belief tha5
the run on buckwheat cakes Will pc
unusually large this winter
The force at the county clerks office
is busily engaged in preparing the pal
lots and other paraphernalia Tor l ues-
DAVIS election, for distribution at the
various voting precincts in the county
A cry comes from North Topeka that
there is a shortage in coal notwithstano-
ing the fact that natural gas has re-
Gently been installed on that side OF
the iiver.
received J. T. Bradley, of the defunct
First National bank expects the checks
for the latest dividend from that inst-
t1ltion to arrive in the city this evening
or tomorrow
Of speaking from now until the close OF
the campaign in this county, and ora
tors will spout from every precinct
each evening until the casting OF Dal-
lots commences
County Attorney Hungate and Lyn-
don Hazen started out Of town this
morning with the avowed purpose OF
killing enough rabbits to provide their
families with furs for the remainder OF
the winter, also the expressed intention
Of refraining from shooting quail out Of
ROY Johnson. 4. H. Hays. D. NJ
Shively and party win leave this even
ing for the Campbell Brothers ranch in
Clark county where they Will spend the
remainder Of the week shooting ducks
Just about as fast as they are lay
ing the new pavement on the east side
of Kansas avenue they are tearing it up
on the west side walled a property
owner with tears in his voice last night.
During the course of his lecture on the
new Japan at the high school the other
night DR.. Toyokichi Iyenaga in telling
Of the prOgressfVeness Of the country
and the adoption by his people of things
prevalent in the Occident said. And
they are beginning to heat themselves
with whisky and their houses with
steam like many people here
With so many people certain of know
ing inst how election is coming out,
there is mighty little betting going on.
It's a case OF ''One side being afraid and
the other dassent.
Although the women of Kansas are
not permitted to vote at the coming
state election, a good many Of them are
having election troubles of their own.
They are policyholders in the big New
York insurance companies ana are be-
ing bombarded with all sorts Of cam
paign material looking towards secur-
| ing their vote for a particular set Of
trustees or directors.
The fire department is trying hard
to apprehend the youthful criminals
who turned in the false fire alarms on
Halloween night If caught they viii
be severely dealt with and made an
lobject lesson. to prevent further work
of this kind
A good many Washburn boys are
lamenting the fact that they will not
be allowed to go home to vote at the
election next Tuesday. For a good
many years. past all the boys have
gone home on election days on the
/ free transportation given them by the
different parties. This year they vii
have to pay their own fare and con-
sequently they Viii all stay in To
| pelxa.
The weather today IS again OF ths
cloudy. gloomy variety which wouie
seem to indicate that snow is imnli
nent.
/ George Clark the fat NashburE