The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
ON THE NORTH SIDE
Amateur Press Club Organized
and Officers Elected.
+. A. Kendall Is President of
the Organization.
CRUELTY is CHARGED
Rev. James HOrd Arrested for
Abusing Children.
Left Them Alone for Days With
Little Food.
CRUELTY is CHARGED

| ms VI TIE topeka Amateur Press CLUB
was held at the parish house of the
Church of the Good Shepherd at 30
| East Laurent street last night Plans
for the future of the club were dis
cussed. A short literary and musical
programme followed. The club then
| adjourned to meet on the evening of
April Is in the home of Miss Cecil
fComstock, in Seabrook
The purpose of the club is to pro-
! mote literary interest as well to
give members an idea of newspaper
| work. As far as is known the or
| ganiZation is the only one of it's kind
| west of the Mississippi river. How
| ever, such clubs are found in many of
| the large cities in the east. They are
branches of national association and
| are represented by many well known
| professional newspaper men,
The Topeka club was organized on
| the evening of January2S at the Capper
| building. F. A. Kendall. a former
| newspaper man, now editor of the
| official organ of the asso ciation, 1.-THE
| National Amateur published BIZ
monthly in Topeka, and former re-
| cording secretary of the National
| Amateur Press association. was in
| strumental in calling the meeting and
| effecting the organization. He is also
with the Aetna Building q Loan asso-
| citation here. The following officers
| were elected: President, F. A.
! Kendall; vice president, Ira Seymour;
| secretary and treasurer Miss Mary
| Hampstead, of 1893 Morris avenue;
| official critic, Miss Juliet E. Smith,
parish visitor of the Church of the
Good Shepherd. Besides these the
charter members are: Miss Bertha
Hampstead, of 1888 Morris avenue;
| sas Farmer, of Seabrook; Rev. Carl
w. Nau, minister of the Church of
the Good Shepherd, and H. H. Jones.
Rob NJ. Campbell of the Topeka
Journal was admitted last night.
At the meeting last night the sem
| timent was to cooperate with the ma
| tional organization in the fuure. At
| the present the club will become more
| thoroughly organized and probably
| add to it's membership. Prospective
members are referred to the officials.
Meetings will be held at the homes of
| the members every month. On these
| occasions among other things, each
| amateur" is expected to contribute
an anonymous article to be read at
| the next meeting. The authors Of
| these are to be guessed by the club
| mem berS.
! The matter of constitution and by
| laws was deferred until later. Com
| munications were read from several
like organizations in eastern cities.
Miss Smith read an interesting
| original story, "a Run Away Mar
rage telling how an old couple
| whose whose life partners had died
surprised their grandchildren by get
| ting married. Miss COmStock sang
! selections from I'll Trovatore."
Kilmaurs King, humane officer, to-
| day swore out a warrant for the ar
rest of James Hord negro, who
! claims to be Baptist preacher on the
| charge of abandoning his two children.
About two weeks ago he left the chill
! dren, two boys, one nine and the other
| six years old, alone at their home at
| 935 Spruce street, and went to Kansas
| Ia q foy of
1 bread and about twenty-five cents to
/ do until he returned. The mother is
| dead. While he was gone the older
1 boy, Tom, about nine years of age, took
sick. The other, James, about six years
1 old began to beg at the neighbors.
They did the best they could for them
| and yesterday afternoon notified Mr..
| King.
He came at once to the house where
he found things in deplorable condi-
| ton. The older boy was unable to be
up and half clad. His brother was
begging at the neighbors' and also was
scantily dressed. Enquiries revealed
that the father had gone to Kansas
| City. presumably to visit another
NJ n Rng 9ae soeca 1ed
| preacher of his boys condition and
| summon him home. One of them said
he knew of the mans whereabouts in
! Kansas City and promised to send the
desired word by telephone.
Meanwhile the boy was too sick to
be moved from the house but was left
| in care of one of the neighbors. a
doctor was summoned. This morning
| Mr.. King and a visitor called at the
house The scene was pitiable and
heart sickening. The house is what is
generally called shack. 1t has
only two small rooms. There is no
carpet on the floor and scarcely any
furniture except a rude couch On the
pallet lay the older boy with his eyes
half closed. He tossed and turned
&c OV-T7iV7
was asked. The lad only moaned and
continued to toss. Several neighbors
who we're present stood in silence The
bows brother who had been playing in
the ward when the visitors came, came
in and looked at his brother with an
awed curiosity. A yellow dog came into
the room and whined. They had been
some attempts to cleaning the room ON
the mart of the neighbors, but the con-
dition of the place was bad beyond de-
scription.
The doctor has been visiting the sick
child since his condition has been made
known. 1t is thought that the boy has
a severe case of the grip, resulting from
lack of proper care.
The case will be tried in the probate
court tomorrow afternoon 1t IS very
nrobable that a home will be found for
The family have lived at the place
for several years. The street Is snorL
one, a block or so west OF Iyler' near
the foot of 'B" street.
.fRev." Hord is said to have never
been ordained to preach, but goes from
place to place under the guise OF
minister The mother died ABOUT tN9
Years ago. She was Mr.. Hord's second
wife.
Work has begun preparatory to ra1s-
ing the tracks north OF the santa z
Kansas river bridge, to conform VIII
the grade of the dixie. About LOCO feet
of track extending north from tne
bridge to near the Junction depot VIII
be raised The highest eleVatloh "