The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-26

mission work. Miss Churchman has
been away nine years.
Sergeant Michael Souders, Seventh
company, coast artillery, Fort Barran-
cas-. Florida, is transferred to the Sixth
battery, field artillery, as private. He
will be sent to the station of that bat
terry, Fort LeavenWorth.
The Y. NJ c. A. is planning to fix up
several fine tennis courts this summer
They win be for the use of members,
who will also have. the privilege of the
Y. NJ c. A. shower baths-a very useful
adjunct to tennis courts.
Fred W. Sturgis, chairman of the Re
publican county central committee Of
Cloud county, was in Topeka yesterday
to get a few pointers on how to hold
county primaries. He went out to
A4enoken for a few new ideas.
The T. A A and Asylum baseball
teams were to play on the Washburn
grounds this afternoon, but as the T
A A could not find the catcher's NIT
and the asylum had lost the bats since
last season the game was called off.
The suit of Nettie George against the
Capital City Vitrifed Brick company
for $4,000 damages on account Of the
death of Griffith George who fell down
a shaft at the plant in 1899, was begun
in the district court yesterday after
noon
Nit White. of Emporia, who came
I'D to investigate the band situation
among the Elks in regard to the Salt
Lake trip, returned to his home yester-
day. White and w. Allen White can.
not be away from Emporia long at the
same time
Rev. F. w. Emerson, lecturer for the
State Temperance Union, passed through
Topeka yesterday en- route to Wa
megc, where he will begin a series of
meetings next Sunday night. Mr.. Emer-
son takes cheerful aspect of the tenn
perance outlook.
Mr.. W. W. Gavitt and daughter, Miss
Elizabeth, left yesterday for Galveston,
Texas. and other southern cities. Mr..
Gavitt expects to lock after the oil in
terests of his company and will return
in about three weeks. Miss Gavitt viii
return in about ten days.
Frank Onion, jr., who left the draft
ing room of the Santa Fe here about
six weeks ago to take a similar posi-
ton with the Mexican Central at the
City of Mexico has been made assist
ant foreman of that department. sue
ceeding to the place after the death of
the former man.
There was good chance for a bad fire
yesterday afternoon about o'clock An
awning al Kurtz confectionery store at
81 Kansas avenue took fire, presuma-
bly, from the peanut rooster. Things
were made lively for while by the high
wind, but the fire department stopped
the blaze with only small damage.
Workmen on the new Santa Fe shops
were raising the Orders of the big 60
ton eieCLflc crane 10 place friday
There viii be two of these of the same
size working back and forth the cen
trail part of the new machine and boiler
shop, and on the west side two each of
five tons capacity will do the work.
The streets and walks committee made
a tour of the city yesterday in spite Of
the gale. The petition for a 40-foot
pavement on Polk from Tenth to Hun
toon, was granted. Several other petit
lions were acted upon favorably includ-
ing the one for a short sewer between
Buchanan, Lincoln, Sixth and Seventh
streets.
The open SUNNI er cars of the street
railway, which were put in service
few days ago, were taken off again yes
terday on account of the wind. It was
thought that closed cars would be bet
ter but it is about a tie as to whether
more wind blows through the open cars
or the cracks and crevices of the So
called closed cars.
Indications are that the debating de-
partment of the Kansas State university
needs fixing. K. q. lost the third of its
1902 debates last night to the University
Of Nebraska It had previously lost to
Missouri and Colorado state universities
The peculiar part of it is that in every
instance the decision of the judges has