The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
LOCAL MENTION.

Thirty members of the Topeka 7. W
G A made the association Christmas
gift of new furniture for their rooms in
the Masonic building.
Prof. A. NJ. Wilcox of the University
of Kansas will give an address at Uni
~ church Saturday night on Homer.
The public is invited.
Miss Helen Barnes of Chicago, a ma
tional secretary of the Young Women's
I Christian Association who is to be in
town for several days. arriving tomor-
row viii give an address at the To
peka Wooden Mills in North Topeka at
the noon hour Monday. Miss Barnes
/ is the extension secretary of the 7. ".
q. A and her time is devoted to plac-
ing the Y. w. c. A. work in the fac
tories Of large cities. She viii give an
/ address at the Association rooms Sun
day afternoon at Ais O'Clock on the
condition of factory girls and women
and will occupy the pulpit of the First
Congregational church Sunday night
There was quite a serious blaze at
SIP last night at the Capital Iron works.
The fire started from the cupola, and
the loss was about $500.
There is need Of an official sick list
for the city hall City Clerk Squires,
Assistant City Clerk Grace Miller and
City Attorney Spencer are all sick
Mr.. SQuires is the only one of the trio
who showed W for work today.
There is a case of scarlet fever in the
family of Robert Semple. at 500 West
Sixth street.
The fire Thursday afternoon was at
1906 Monroe street. one story frame
house owned by Dan Hale and occupied
/ by n. Fortson caught fire from SCOT on
4 the roof, and the damage was S125-
1 w M Damn is stin in the city small
/ pox hospital. This item is for the bene-
! fit of the Atchison Globe. which each
/ day publishes an item to the effect that
Z he has forced" the city to release him,
Y a & fTnnpxa for &100 000 6aT
ages. William Damn, the father Of the
young man in the pest house, writes TO
the Journal to deny the report that he
4 has admitted that his son has smallpox.
4 Sanitary Policeman T. v. COdington
says that Mr.. Damn, ST., told him that
his son has the disease.
For the basketball game to be played
at the Young Woman's Christian ascot
alton rooms tonight the lineup of the
/ Topeka hiSh school team, which will
meet the girls from the Haskell Indian
school, is as follows. Center Miss Nc
I Neil: forwards Misses Morton and
/ Goddard guards, Misses Hes and Meade
Prof Wilcox head of the Greek de-
partment IN the state university at
Lawrence, is to lecture Saturday night
at so'clock before Unity club at the
First Unitarian church on Homer S
Had The club invites the public to
enjoy the lecture.
James Jordon. coIored, was arrested in
an alley back of CoDe's commission
house for petit larceny. When stopped
by Policeman Abe Henderson he carried
two large pals of eggs which he had
stolen from the Cope store. It was learn
ed later that he had broken door to
perpetrate the theft and a state war
rant charging him with burglary was
secured today.
Policeman Frank Purcell says his
name was omitted from the affidavit
concerning DR.. McFarland's charges
by mistake.
]. Fl. Scott the man who owned the
fine horse driven by the Southwestern
Fuel company which died two weeks
ago, supposedly from eating second
growth cane. says that the animals
demise was the result of lung fever He
says further that the horse was worth
$500 instead OF $3.50 as published