The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-12
LOCAL MENTION.

City on a business trip.
Supt. Frank Nelson spoke before the
teachers institute at Lincoln last night.
Mrs. o. J. Badders and son returned
yesterday from months visit in Col
orado.
The Froebel Mothers union will meet
with Mrs. D. Kendall, 208 Western ave-
nue., Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lane, 211 Second
avenue east, are the parents of a daugh-
ter, born Friday, August g.
Fay Evans. who has been at Stor-
mont hospital recovering from an oper-
alton, left the hospital Monday.
A suit for divorce has been filed in
against Charles Gordon, alleging de-
SertiOn as grounds. .
Two divorce suits were filed today.
Jno. Odum wants to be released from
Nora Odum, and Emily Payne II tired
of living with Geo. Payne.
The Santa Fe railroad lost 500 pat
terms in the Seaton foundry fire at
Atchison Saturday night. The patterns
were worth from so cents to 5000 apiece.
Six jointists, c. Peerson, Frank Ray
nor, F. Lane. c. Crist. John Cash and
Chas. Lawson, all came in to the police
station last evening and contributed $50
each.
The Central Park and Martin & Den
mis- ball teams played ball yesterday
afternoon on Central park diamond.
The score was 4 to l in favor of Cen
trail Park.
Clarence Naylor, who has been in the
mechanical department. of the Santa Fe
at Topeka, has been appointed chief
clerk to Mechanical Superintendent
Taylor at La Junta-
the funeral of Joseph Mcbride Of Twin
Mound, Douglas county, tomorrow at
IL a. m. Mr.. Mcbride was an old and
honored citizen of that place.
Jno Thomas secured a warrant in
the city court Monday for the arrest of
assault. Hewitt gave 800 bond, and
the case was set for August 20.
A Topeka man who lives on Huntoon
street says that the 20 telephone wires
make so much noise when the wind
blows that he can't sleep. He thinks
that there ought to be some way of hav-
ing the music stopped
The usual form of demurrer was FLED
in the district court yesterday by the
attorneys for the state board of medical
registration to the plaintiffs petition i'll
the case brought against the board by
DR.. Meffert of En- poria-
Peter Shear, a pressman employed by
the Crane Publishing company, was ar
rested yesterday for assaulting Harry
Smith, a boy living at 1925 Monroe
street. Shear gave bond and the case
Is set for hearing in city court next
Monday.
Otis Jackson. the small boy brought
before Judge Pagan of the probate
court Monday as an incOrrigible, was
told to go home and go to work. 1t
seems that Otis has reformed since he
took part in small robbery in Oak
land, and is now quite Industrious.
The American Mortgage company.
foreign corporation doing business in
Kansas, applied to the charter board to-
day to do business in Kansas. The
company. 1t is capitalized for $3.50, 600.
and the fee for the permission If grant
ed win be s152. so. IN
A gang of negroes, two men and three
women. were arrested last night. They
gave their names as James Haney.
Phillips and Mary Swiver. The women
are charged with street walking, and
the men with vagrancy. They will have
hearing this evening
Street Commissioner Griggs started in
this morning with much needed
time the pavements have been getting
in bad condition, and now they are
more in need of cleaning than for
months past. Three wagons and a
dozen men are now at work. and will
go over the entire CITY,.
Herman Uterman, swordsman, dog
fancier and alleged local agent for Inn
perial brew, was arrested in city court
this morning for assault and battery.
The complaining witness, one Joseph
Emble. came In this morning with a
confusion on his nose and blood on his
face and made complaint Mr.. Uterman
was allowed to go without bond and the
matter will be settled thsi afternoon
The row was about a bill
The commissioners of Shawnee and
Jefferson counties have reached an
agreement in regard to the repairs on
the Granville bridge. A wooden APP
proach will be built In place OF the one
washed out by recent foods The ma
teEial was saved at the time of the
flood by Commissioners Rain ana
Haines, who tied the p1ankinR to the
nearby trees before it could be washed
down stream The cost Of repairs is
estimated at $780,
The Christian Endeavor society of the