The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-27
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Tom Barns, former steward of the
Eiks, stopped off in Topeka a couple of
days on his way from California to
Kansas City.
Former State Superintendent of III
surance Charles E. Luling is in the city
on business today. Mr.. Luling's head
quarters are in Wichita.
Sheriff wiIkerson left last night for
Braman. Oklahoma. where Floyd
/ Brooks, the boy who robbed his mother
OF $500. has been located and arrested.
All the stores in the city will be
closed Thursday for the baseball game
with the exception of the dry goods
stores, all of which have decided to
keep open all day.
The First Methodist and First Pres
byterian churches are planning to
build $4,000 Sunday school rooms The
building habit in Topeka was never so
strong as this year.
The coroner's jury which is to in
vestigate the causes of the death of the
four victims of the Central hotel fire
Of last Saturday morning will meet to-
morrow in the court house.
DR. Robt Stewart delivered an elo-
| quent and instructive address illus
trated by blackboard drawings at the
nurses training school at Christ's hos
pital last night on the functions of the
capfllaries.
w. A. S. Bird delivered the chief ad-
| dress at the l. o. o. r. celebration in
ever appear as Chief Incoronee. This
latter is title that comes to him from
his connection with the Red Men.
Fred McMann, one of the old time
circus advance agents, will leave
Thursday to assume his duties as gen.
eral contracting agent for the Pan
American circus. He is employed at
the Cremerie restaurant during the off
season.
Today is Inauguration Day of the
Annual Tin Can Festival in which the
city street force cleans up alleys and
| The good work will continue tomorrow.
The street commissioner reports big
business today.
There were several big cottonwood
trees struck by lightning during the
electric storm Monday. This, If con-
tinued, will save the street commits
sioner from cutting them. The city is
trying to exterminate the cottonwood,
without good reason, too.
The Topeka District Home Mission
airy society of the Methodist Episcopal
church are holding their annual conven-
ton at the Euclid Avenue Methodist
church commencing this morning. A
stereopticon lecture by Mrs. Carrie e.
Cope, corresponding secretary of the
society, will be the main feature.
Coroner Keith has been unsuccessful
in attempting to find relatives of ]. w
Stratton who died in the Central hotel
fire Saturday morning. If the relatives
are not found the man will be buried In
an unmarked grave made by the coun-
ty. Nothing could be more sorrovf,,l
than such burial after such a death
The jury in the district court last
evening decided that Elizabeth SIM
mers had not been slandered by 7 n
Dick The girl sued Dick for "a oO0
damages because he accused her nj
theft, but Dicks attorneys seem ia
have satisfied the jury that Dick didn't
say it. The costs were assessed again ST
the plaintiff.
Lightning struck the Rranner school
at the corner of Third and Branner
streets during the storm Monday but
no one was injured. Bricks from the
chimney were hurled to the ground and
several holes were torn in the roof A
small fright followed in the wake of the
lightning but 1t was only temporary.
School resumed after the amount of the
damage had been determined II takes
more than lightning to frizhten knowl-
edge out of the Topeka school children.
The Topeka street railway is now re-
laying pavement on West Sixth avenue
between their tracks. When the street
was paved by the city the street car
company was unable to procure the
proper devices to lay between the rails
on the ties and they paved their terri
tory temporarily. Now they are paw
ing up to the city plans and specifica-
lions.