The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

variety who have been travelling the
country getting out special editions Tor
the country Weeklies and surprising
the natives arrived in the city from
Lawrence last night and were cap
tured by the police under the charges
of Eva erancv'' and concealed
weapons" The two youthful editors
went broke while touring iowa ana
shipping their clothes TO relatives III
Arizona, collect, they tried 10 IolloW
them. But the railroads 40 not cor
lect after they have transported ana
Rock Island conductor did not even
try to collect between here ana
Lawrence-he just Collected ms
temper and his power ana kicked
them both (the newspaper mem from
story to Judge Urmy in police court
and after he had detected their
innocence and their honesty and gen
eral all around ability he gave them
the keys to the Jail and they waved
farewell to Eaton's Temple Oh
Tbwarted Temptation. Chief Eaton
said they were the two finest fellows
locked up in the city jail for long
time and he felt like sendlng them 10
the hotel for the evening They were
we'll educated and told many amusing
adventures of newspaper duet on
the road tanning up boom" EDITIONS
of sleepy country weekies. me
charge of concealed weapons" was
brought against one of them Tor nav
ing a large knife which they nave
been using on their box car trips 70
cut bread open cans, skin fish and
white sticks. They had purchased
the knife for domestic purposes (do-
nestle in the sense of peaceful
home) and had no grudge against
anyone.
Colonel" Wise Gordon visited the
police court again today. This time
he laid aside his grudge against peo-
pie who dress in women's clothes, re-
porters who write up everything they
hear and jailers who kick because ne
dumps his pipe on the new office linz
oleum This time he was brim full
of politics and was dressed in his
fighting clothes His pipe would not
light and everything seemed to be go
| ing wrong Presently w. w. Wiley,
the old time Populist. and the man
who was paid to run against Senator
Curtis as congressman, stepped into
the office and began distributing cir
culars concerning Bryan. The colon
ell stood for this, but soon Wiley be-
gan to mention the name or Bryan
in connection with the White House
and Colonel Gordon looked up with
feathers bristling. Then the fight
commenced and the greatest array
of language ever heard in the Topeka
police court burst forth. Judge Urmy
tried frantically to stop the storm.
Chief Eaton called in one of the day
men from his beat" Jailer Smith
and Bob Palmer gripped the clubs
under the office desk. Just as the
lightning flashed and the thunder
clear out and rising to his feet he
stepped toward the office door. Turn
| ing to Mr.. Wiley he said:
''If Bryan is elected president every
bank in the United States of America
will close its doors"
what! - You traitori -
You criminal - You anarchist !,
But colonel" Gordon had opened
the door and was leaving the build
ing in the face of the hot retort. Just
before he closed the door, Mr.. Wiley
closed down and looked at the col
onel with blood in his eye. Before he
could continue his flow of words the
colonel peeked in the crack and said:
"At $3.50"
Mr. Wiley dropped harder than he
did after the election.
The football fever is spreading at the
police station and it is the main feature
of conversation when political talk
dies down. Every night man and Chief
Eaton together with few of the day
men left for the football game on
Washburn field this afternoon. The
police have it "doped" out that WASH
burn will win by score of % to 0.
Charles Nichols, the son of t. j.
Nichols, who is a real estate man at
| 531 Kansas avenue was arrested this
| morning by Officer Fribance for riding
a bicycle on the sidewalk near Seward
| avenue. He was very much displeased
with the actions of the officer In ar
| resting him but he paid his dollar. The
| rush of Washburn dollars has fallen
off today and the students are obeying
the law.
"Pick up thy bed and walk is a
phrase found some place in the Bible.
| Frank Wilson, visitor to the city, is
undoubtedly a firm believer in the BIZ
| BILE and for this belief he is working
| on the rock pile today charged with
petit larceny. Last night Wilson put
| up at a lower Kansas avenue inn and
| when he arose this morning he carried
| a pillow under his arm. The proprietor
saw him leave the restaurant with the
pillow but before he could collect his
senses the proverbial visitor had left
| the building and was sailing down Kan
| sas avenue under full shetland with
| a pillow. The police were called and
they met him plodding up the hill tight
| ly squeezing his new possession. He
was promptly arrested but did moi
seem to have any reason for the theft
| He would not say anything by way OF
explanation and seems satisfied in the
quarry"
A number of complaints are coming
! to the police from the neighborhooC
of the new Baptist church on Seward
avenue. Every Sunday night a gans
| of Parkdale hoodlums gather arounC
the church and throw rocks, smoke
cigarettes, swear and disturb the
| church services and the neighbors. Thu
| police have been called to the place
number of times but the young gant
always escaped before the wagon could
get there. The hoodlums claim the!
are waiting for their sweethearts t
leave the meeting house but the pc
hearts of such a tough bunch anC
they will have to go home unescorted