The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-11

city last Monday and hired a horse
from Mr.. Love which he used off and
on during the week. Wednesday ne
induced his brother Edward TO run
the latter was confined and accom-
pany him to the city Here they Sc
cured another horse from the Perkins
stable on West Fifth street and to-
gether rode away to the northwest.
The officers were notified and gave
chase. Today it was learned that the
horses had been left at the home of
j. F. Skinner near Shorey and Sheriff
Wilkerson went out there To-Day ana
brought the animals back to the city.
The boys escaped, and as they took
the saddles with them, 1t is thought
that they may have taken two fresh
horses, although no theft has yet been
reported to the sheriff.
John Smith, IS years of age. an old
soldier, appeared in police court this
morning to answer a drunk and d1Sor-
derby charge. John declared that this
was his first round with John Barley
corn for 40 years. He lived on Crane
street and had been driven from home
by the flood. He took a drink and the
world got brighter and the waters re :
coded. He took other drinks, seeking
more brightness and lower waters and
landed in Jail Judge Urmy forgave
him under the extenuating circumstan-
ces, and this being a first offense for
SO long time.
Walter Karr and F. w. Hayden were
arrested today for disturbing the peace.
They were both in a boat in the flooded
district when they had a quarrel over
the boatman'S fees. Karr also alleged
that Hayden took his pistol while he
was asleep in the boat. Hayden was
fined S. while /Karrs trial will be aeld
this evening.
The divorce case of Bray VS.. Bray
filed today in the district clerks Office
is numbered $4,000. This means that
since the Shawnee district court was
established here in 1861 that there has
been $4,000 civil suits filed in the
clerks records by litigants. This WOULD
be an average of over. 500 cases per
year during that time.
Ed O'Neil, clerk of the city court.
today received his nomination petitions.
They contain about 160 names. The
law only requires 20 names for the
petition for county commissioner for
hte Second district, so Ed is feeling
good over the way his friends rallied
to his cause thus early in the cam
paign.
The Barnes insurance cases will oc-
cupy the time of the district court the
remainder of the week.
When Franz Frank, Russian, ap-
piled for papers of declaration of his
intention to become an American citi-
zen, he was asked by the district clerk,
as by law required, if he was an an
archist or believed in anarchy. The
question puzzled the Russian, who can
hardly talk or understand the English
language, and the interpreter and the
clerk had a great time in making him
comprehend. Finally the point of the
Interrogation entered his head far
enough to illumine his massive brain
and he replied emphatically that he
was not an anarchist nor did he be-
lieve in the teachings of Emma Gold
man.. Fancy a Russian not knowing
the meaning of the word anarchist. It
sounds strange, doesn't it? For twen-
ty years the Russian peasants and stu
dents have been dynamiting. shooting
and stabbing the Russian officials and
nobility. and even royalty. But here
was a Russian who appeared to have
heard the word anarchist. pro-
nounced for the first ime and by Dick
Thomas here in Topeka; yet he was
forty years old and onl ycame to this
country seven years ago.