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Receiver to Be Asked For. Topeka, Kas.. Nov. 9.-(Special.) Assistant Attorney General Snelling will apply to the district court of Crawford county to-morrow for the appointment of a receiver for the Walnut State bank. which failed a few days ago. The bank was in such condition that the bank commissioner decided that a receiver was necessary to wind up its business.
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SNAP SHOTSAT HOME NEWS A new gun club is being organized in Topeka. Albert Watkins has gone to Kingman on legal business. The Salvation Army hospital is caring for eleven patients. A telephone has been placed in the Kansas Medical college. D. J. Greenwald went to Iola today to look after some real estate. The Parkdale Presbyterian church will hold a business meeting tonight. Barton county has/paid into the state treasury $2,786 of delinquent taxes. Attorney General Boyle has returned from a trip to southeastern Kansas. Dr. G. J. Mulvane has returned from a trip in the Indian his on Mexico hunting J. G. Wood delivered territory. lecture at the high school last the sidewalk contractor, has allowed an Charles been Lane, estimate of night. $2,259. Lieutenant Governor Harvey went on a hunting and wife are his Richland W. A. Evans today expedition. visiting to parents in the northern part of the state. The United Brethren church of Fairfield. Phillips county, has been incorporated. Improved machinery s being put in at the Hutchinson salt plants for the purpose of making a finer grade of salt. R. H. Delahay, whose death was announced yesterday, was a brother-in-law of ex-Governor Thomas A. Osborn. The Committee of Fifteen will elect a new superintendent of the fair grounds tonight. Several stores in Parkdale have been robbed of small amounts of money during the day. Dr. S. G. Stewart has returned from Xenia, O., where he was called by the death of his mother. Rev. M. L. Everett of Baldwin addressed the Santa Fe shopmen at the old coach shop today at noon. The inhabitants of Parkdale are on the alert to try to discover thieves who relieve the clotheslines at night. Miss Gertrude Wyatt wishes it stated that she is not an applicant for the position of deputy register of deeds. James Wick has formed a partnership in shorthand reporting in Kansas City and will soon move to that place. . The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, pastor of the Central Congregational church, says that he voted the straight Republican ticket. W. H. Barnes, secretary of the State Horticultural society, delivers an address before the Southern Kansas Horticultural society at Arkansas City tonight. There is talk of an effort to bring the K. U. and Kansas City Medics foot ball game to Topeka. The date is November 20. John Ritchie, who is .constructing the drain in the Roundtree district, has been allowed his first estimate, amounting to $706. Mr. H. R. Nickerson. general manager of the Mexican Central railway, stopped off in Topeka yesterday on his way to the east. The local stamp and coin collectors will be reinforced by enthusiasts from Meriden, Wakarusa, Rossville and other towns near Topeka. In desperation those who discuss the weather have been predicting snow during the past few days, but it has failed to materialize. The Cedar Rapids base ball meeting is next Thursday. Will Topeka have a base ball team next year or a collection of "humming birds"? The contractors who will complete the state house dome are filing their bonds with the secretary of state preparatory to beginning work. In reply to George Eagle's name contest a Topeka man who signed himself "A. Feeder" wrote: "Run a good restaurant; a name will not be necessary." A new map has been issued by the state board of railroad commissioners, which shows. among other things, the distance from town to town on the various lines of railroad. The Topeka railway employes are organizing a foot ball team and practice is held every evening at Twelfth and Jackson streets. They will challenge a Topeka team soon. Jones and McGee, the two postal clerks who were seriously injured in the Santa Fe wreck near Lang station last Septem| ber, were discharged from the Santa Fe hospital yesterday. George R. Snelling, assistant attorney general, has gone to Walnut. Labette county, and in the district court tomorrow will ask for the appointment of a receiver for the Walnut State bank. In Chicago and Cincinnati the latest habit is called the "gasoline evil." It is said that the ones addicted to the drug inhale the fumes and become utterly oblivious to the world. It is cheap. The Rathbone Sisters gave the first of a series of winter dances at the K. of P. hall last night. The hall was prettily decorated in the colors of the order and about 350 invited guests were present. Representative L. Palenske of Alma was in the city yesterday closing up the business connected with the transfer of the Alma State bank to the Alma National bank, a new institution, of which he is cashier. Several pictures of Caroline Miskel Hoyt attract a large crowd in front of a jewelry store on Kansas avenue. If Mrs. Hoyt knew how many were spellbound by her pictures she would surely be "A Contented Woman." The question of whether D. M. Mitchell is entitled to pay as a sanitary sergeant has been submitted to Judge Hazen. He was appointed by the police board and the city council claims the board has no power to appoint a sanitary officer. Ensign Joseph Hawk of the Topeka branch of the Salvation Army, will leave Topeka about January 1st. The rules of
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Dr. G. A. Waters has been appointed persion examining surgeon at Stillweii, I. T. Alphonse Daudet is a candidate for the late Duke of Aumale's seat in the French academy. At Chicago horseless wagons are being built for the American Express Company and a large ice concern. A new postoffice has been established at Tunley, Cherokee Nation. I. T., and L. M. Daum appointed postmaster. M. Blanc, the new prefect of police, of Paris. has issued an order forbidding women to wear high hats in the theaters. Governor Stephens has appointed Benjamin R. Wade inspector of oils for Bates county for a term of two years from October 17, 1897. It has been agreed that the second trial of Sausagemaker Luetgert for the murder of his wife will begin at Chicago November 22. J. T. Morgan has been appointed receiver of the Walnut State bank. at Walnut, Kas.. upon application of the attorney general. An alluvial gold field has been discovered thirty-eight miles from Kurnalpi, in West Australia. Gold seekers are obtaining about half an ounce daily. Ibsen has decided to abandon Norway and is going to Berlin to attend the celebrations in commemoration of his birthday. Thereafter he will live in Germany. The famous Louis XV. drawing room suite, composed of a sofa and six arm chairs. with old Beauvais tapestry, has been sold in Paris to a London dealer for $70,000. The official reports of the custom house just issued show that in the past ten months French imports have increased 76.184,000 francs and the exports 194,038,000 francs, as compared with the same period of 1896. The grand jury of White Plains. N. Y., Friday threw out the case of Howard J. Patterson, coachman, against Robert Fitzsimmens, the pugilist. his employer. Pattersón had sued Fitzsimmons for $2,000 dainages for assault. Thanksgiving day will be celebrated in Berlin on November 25 by a dinner and dance at the Kaiserhof as usual. and there will be some informal speeches. The United States ambassador, Mr. Andrew White, will deliver one of them.