The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-10

c. H. Kimba1l. of Parsons, was In the
city Tuesday.
G. W. Case. of Hartford, was To.
peka visitor Tuesday.
The government thermometer ranged
between "a and 81 Tuesday.
Lillian Creighton registered in Kan
sas City Tuesday from Topeka
Katie Peters has asked Judge Hazen
to divorce her from Isaac Peters.
The knights Templar are preparing
to hold the usual Christmas services
Judge Hazen granted a divorce Tues
day to Ida Austin from her husband
Robert Austin.
DR.. Lydia A. Muma has removed from
1917 E. 9Th street to HOS East 9Th In
dependent phone $50.
A gasoline stove was upset at the home
of A Benton, 612 Lane street last night,
causing a small fire.
The Lady Maccabees will meet with
Mrs. Sarah Wagner. s1S Taylor street
Thursday at $50 p. m.
L. NJ. Penwell has gone to Salina
where where he will act as POSTMASTER
at the knights of Korassen banquet to-
night.
There will be a meeting of the high
school alumni association this evening az
the home of Miss Ference WEIGH on
Topeka avenue.
Those interested in basketball will
meet Thursday night at the Y. NJ G.
A rooms and complete plans for the
winter basketball tournament.
Mr.. James H. Sherman, travelling
auditor of the Western Freight assocla-
ton, and Miss Anna L. Knox were mar
ried Monday by DR.. Mcfarland.
Stuart Robson. who was booked to
play THE Comedy of Errors at the
Crawford Monday night. has Cancelled
the contract and will not be here
AS late as Tuesday the colored people
I, ,fe1d il hn moi Oh N n
thousand dollars for the payment of tbs
Sc, 600 debt on ST. John A M. E. church.
Rock Island and Union Pacific trains
were blocked for several hours last
night by a freight wreck near Grant
vile. box car was derailed, and sew
eral hours work were required to clear
the track
The following cases of contagious dis
eases have been reported; Scarlet fever,
Mildred and Lloyd Carey, son aiid
daughter of Fireman Carey of North
Topeka station; typhoid fever, Mario
Bobb, sol North Harrison street
The Kansas Missouri Hotel Mems as
ISOLATION will meet at Kansas City De-
cember IS and 10. Among the speakers
Will be Charles L. Wood of the National
hotel F. M. Curtis of the Copeland and
j. r. HankIa OF the Fifth Avenue no.
tel.
The Vinewood railway people an
nounce that they have not yet ordered
the cars for their proposed new line in
the city Perhaps if the company de-
cides to buy the city railway it will be
able to patch I'D the city railway cars
for a while longer, and won't need to
order new ones.
John A Daley, a Santa Fe engineer,
applied for pension, got 1T, and now
has refused to accept it. Pension Com
missioner Ware says that so far as he
knows this is the first case of the kind
on record. 1t is supposed he applied
simply to find out whether or not he
could get the pension.
One of the chief subjects to be con
sidered at the meeting of the CONNER
cial club this evening will be the inter
national biennial conference of the rail-
road Y. M. C. A which has been de-
people of the city will be expected to
entertain free between 500 and 700
guests.
Some COMPLAINT has been made in re-
gard to the quarantining of the son of
Chas. w Cook at the Mansoeaker resi-
dence 1913 West Tenth. The patient was
sick with scarlet fever, and the city
physician allowed the quarantine card
/ to be tackled to the door of his room.
1 The whole house was not quarantined.
4 1t is claimed that the quarantine of this
room was not carefully enforced.
At its recent meeting Topeka council
| of the Knights of Columbus elected the
/ following officers: Grand knight, ]. w
! gibbons; deputy grand KNIGHT j. .
Kinney; chancellor. M. J. Fitzgerald
financial secretary, T. ]. Coughnn;
treasurer. T. NJ. Delahoyde; recorder
John J. Cannon; lecturer. Hugh Lawlor,
warden. A. Hirbour: inside guard
/ James Durkin: outside guard, Jos. Teg-
ahacust: board of trustees. E. l.
! Mooney, ]. ]. Coggins and John Griley
The following are the officers of the
Y. w. c. A. elected last night: Presi-
dent, Mrs. J. c. McClintock: vice presi-
dent, Mrs. c. J. Evans: secretary, Miss
Margaret Weiss: treasurer. Mrs. G. J
Watson. Vice presidents of each depart.
ment were elected as follows: Religious
department, Mrs. W. H. Holmes: edu-
cational department. Miss Viola Trout
man; social department. Mrs. A. H
Thompson; business department, Mr.. S
S. OFT.
Contrary to the announcement mad,
Tuesday, there will he no concert by thu
Kilties band in January. The date haf
been arranged for by MarshaQss banf
under whose auspices the visiting nlu
sicians were to have appeared but tn
AIidwinter exposition dates were such al
to conflict with that of the Kilties, alis
in the interest of stl,e latter the loca
band men gratuitousiy gave up thei
plans.
Mayor Parker has new argument Il
prove that Topeka is running dryer thar