The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-02


of Governor Stubs staff. W. A. Wat
son of Pittsburg the new advocate
general, is not a toy soldier but rather
is a battle SCARED veteran of the Span
ish and Philippine wars: He enlisted
in the Fighting Twentieth and in one
of the hottest fights of the Tagalog
campaign was shot through the body
just above the heart and carried to the
hospital to die. Watson fooled the
army surgeons by getting well and the
first thing he did when he got on his
feet again was to re-enlist, this time
in the Fortieth volunteers. He had q
leg shot off in the next campaign and
returned to Kansas bearing his honors
thick upon him. lie is still carrying a
Mauser bullet in his body and limps
worse than Gen. Sickles of New York,
but nevertheless he will be the bright
and shining ornament of the Kansas
governors staff.
The board of commissioners who
have the work of erecting the new
memorial building in charge will meet
in Topeka about the middle of this
month and select a site and make
plans for the erection of the building.
The bill providing for this structure
carries with it an appropriation of
$4,000 with which to buy a site and
100000 to be used to erect the building.
Kansas materials as near as possible
are to be used. The appropriation is
sufficient to insure a handsome piece
of architecture. The war relics, state
Goss bird collection all go to form an
exhibit that will be worthy Of the new
building.
There has been some question of
whether or not a suitable site could be
secured facing the state house square
for $4,000. but it is understood that
the corner on Jackson and Tenth
street where the old school house
stands can be bought for $4,000. This
site embraces four lots with a depth
Of 1875 feet. Later the state can con-
denim more land and add to these
grounds.
DR.. Crumbine's dream of individual
drinking cups on passenger trains has
been shattered by a mandate of the
state railway board. General Manager
Sullivan, of the Missouri Pacific wrote
the railway board after receiving COM
munications from DR.. Crumbine in re-
gard to abolishing drinking cups on it's
trains and the railway board, through
its secretary, E. c. Sinner, replied to the
Missouri Pacific official as follows:
Answering your letter in regprd to
communications from DR.. s. j. Crum-
b1ne, secretary Of the state board of
health, relative to the removal of drink
ing cups from passenger trains operat-
ing in the state of Kansas beg to adj
wise you for reasons that seem to the
board good the board would disapprove
or such action on the part of the Kan
sas railroads. If it is the desire of the
companies to cooperate with the Sec
rotary of board of health to the extent
of providing .penny-in-the-slot ma
chimes whereby those desiring to avail
themselves OF the use Of individual CUBS
Tor price to be paid may do so; there
could be no objection to such action on
the part OF the companies, but the board
its permission for the removal of the
common drinking cup thereby making
II compulsory to either buy an individ-
ual cup or go without drink
According to the Newton papers the
druggists OF Kansas have decided to
test the new prohibition law which for
Dlds them from selling alcoholic stinnu-
iants for medical, scientific and mocha J.
ical purposes and Sumner county has
oeen seIected as the place at which to
open the fight 1t is declared that as
soon as the law goes into effect the
druggists have made ARRANGEMENTS for
the probate Judge of Sumner county to
defy the law by issuing a druggist
permit under the old law. The new 10 VI,
abolishes permits. This will bring the
matter to a direct issue at once. The
druggists have employed some of the
pest legal talent in the state and will
take the ground that the new law is
he attorney generals
department and some of the LAWYERS of
the the last legislature held that the new
Jaw vas within the constitution. The
question will not likely be settled until
II is decided by the supreme court.
Judge Buchanan of Cowley county is
| stili as devoted disciple of the, teach
| Ings and philosophy of Omar
khayyam as he ever was while in at
tendance at the sessions of the last
| legislature when he poured the vials
OF ms wrath upon the head of the
| S1ate journal reporter who misguided
| MS quotation from the Persian poet
on the occasion of the presentation
| speech the judge made when the
mouse gave watch to Speaker Dolley
William Allen White went after the
Judge for Incorporating Khayyam
and the reporter took up the white
| mans burden. Now comes the re-
porter for the Winfield Courier and
refers to Judge Buchanan as follows:
1t was an atmosphere of Omar
Khayyam that greeted a Courier re-
porter who called at Judge Swarts'