The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-14
LOCAL MENTION.

A baby girl arrived at the home of
Captain w A. Patterson and wife last
light 1925 West street.
Arthur Tucker, of Topeka, and -Zella
Sitreeter of Oakland, secured a marriage
license late Saturday afternoon.
Kirk Pinkston. of No. 3 fire station,
has returned from his ten days vaca-
zion out west. He reports fine crops.
A meeting of the state convention
committee of the w. C. T. u. will be
held at the Kansas Avenue NJ z.
church at o'clock tomorrow morning.
United States District Attorney Ed
McKeever and John Waters leave today
dispositions in case in which they are
interested.
President Eva Marshall Shontz of the
American Young Peoples Christian
Temperance Union, will deliver free
lecture at the United Presbyterian
church, Eighth and Topeka avenues,
tomorrow evening.
Evangelistic meetings will continue all
this week at the Central Park Christian
church Rev. D Y. Donaldson of
Hutchinson does the preaching. A large
chorus led by Bert ]. Bentley contrib
utes much to the interest.
Camp Armstrong, the local organiza-
tion of the National Society of the Phil
ippines, will give a social this evening
to soldiers who served in the Philip
y
Ross w. Grain, $50 Clay street.
Warden E. 3. Jewett was in Topeka
today attending to some personal bust
ness. He says he is simply waiting
now for the time to come for him to
pass in his chips. Warden Haskell
will take charge of the penitentiary on
Sept. l.
Undersheriff w. H. Webb of Oswego
was in Topeka today to get requisi-
ton for Aldon Pittman, under arrest at
Bentonville, Ark, and wanted for at
tempting to kill G. c. Potts. the city
marshal of Edna. Pittman and some
others tried to clean out the town while
drunk, and in a fight with the officers
several were badly hurt.
Assistant City Engineer King has
been offered position with new
railroad company which is about to
be built from Denver to the gulf. He
was made an offer of $3.50 a month
and expenses with the engineer in
charge of location and is thinking
seriously of accepting. The new posi-
ton is considerably better than his
present one.
Elsie Vogel wants a divorce from
Martin Vogel to whom she was mar
ried in 1898 and also asks the custody
of their child. In her petition she al
leges that she has always been a good
and faithful wife but insists that her
husband is too trif1ing to earn a liveli-
hood for the family and as she does
not want to support him she asks for
decree.
August Roupetz. who was convited in
Thomas county of murder. appealed the
case to the supreme court today. 1t is
claimed that he killed Henry Kersen-
brock in Colby on January %, 1905. 1t
seemed to be a Bohemian family row.
in which Kersenbroek said that Rou-
PETE should be hung for his treatment
of his parents. Roupetz Immediately
went cunning for Kersenbrock, and got
him.
you used to be mighty glad to see
us come in here before the bank
failed said one woman depositor to
Receiver Bradley this morning But
1 presume you are not so glad to see
u.s." 'Oh, yes, we are. We are al
ways glad to see you We'll you will
probably see me in the poor house be-
fore long, thai is unless we get some
thing out of here pretty soon.'' came
back the answer.