The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-10
INDIANS ARE WE'D
Have White HANS Ceremony in
Probate Court.
Judge SchOch Neglected to Kiss
the Bride.

George Names and Julia Peekmuck.
full blood Pottawa tonne Indians, were
married this morning in the Shawnee
county probate court. It was the first
Indian wedding ever performed by
Judge SchCch and was an event in the
affairs of the Office.
Maines and his sauaw came to To-
peka this morning from the govern
ment reservation near Mayetta After
two hours at the department stores in
which time Julia Peekmuek bought So
worth Of fancy ribbon and a sure
enough picture hat for $12 that was
really marked down from $18, the BRIDE
was prepareD4 for the event of her life
If there We're any heart thrills or
sentiments about her marriage, none
of the clerks iE the probate court were
able to detect such evidence from Julia
Peekmucks s stoIid face. As for Maines,
he was as cold Elooded and deliberate
as a pawnbroker. There were no quo
tatiOns from the Newlyweds in the
language of the bridegroom. And far
be 1t from Julia Peekm1ck to make ad-
vances in the affairs of Dan Cupid
1t is not uncommon to celebrate the
probate court weddings with c9reSseS
and soul kisses and even sprinkling of
hasty, sentimental tears. Even in the
more rare cases, there is a quiet, un-
assuming affection that somehow creeps
to the surface and let's the court at
tendants know the deep regard in
which contracting parties hold their
companions.
So when George Names stalked into
the affinity shop this morning and left
his 200 pound companion standing in
the corridor. his policy was quite diff
ferent from that laid down in the rules
of polite society. But if the Mayetta
brave had violated any rule of eti-
quette, it didn't embarrass him
a bit. He did not even quake at the
knees and his voice was as a steady
and even as that of an auctiOneer as
he told Mrs. Chaplin, the head clerk,
that he wanted a complete and un-
abridged set of fire and burglar proof
matrimonial papers.
1t was after Julia Peekmuck, the
unbushing bride, had stood in the cor
ridor 20 minutes. that the clerk sug-
gested she should be present when the
ceremony was performed. Julia was
uShered into the court room. She chose
a seat 10 feet from her lover and looked
at the court lOaferS out of pair of
black unblinking eyes and was appar-
emily unmOved by the fact that she
was about to shorten her name an en-
tire syllable. It required 10 minutes
for the broad shouldered brave to read
the marriage application and his face
showed disgust for a legislature that
should require so much red tape for a
mere wedding.
Then the applications were signed
and Judge Schoch prepared for his part
of the work. MaineS had told the clerk
with his only evidence of pride-that
Julia could sign her own name to the
application; and then the Pottawato-
mie again lost interest in the proceed
ings and made no further manifesto
tions of feeling until he learned the
courts bill for the 80 minutes work
Perhaps the bridegroom believed he
had received a bargain when he drew a
marriage license, the ceremony and a
life companion all for $6 Perhaps he
didn't. All Judge Schoch could under
stand was a low grunt as the brave
counted the cash and laid it on the
desk. By this time Julia had reached
the door. But her new companion did
not hasten to her side and the couple
marched from the building and down
Fifth street in single file