The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
LOCAL MENTION.

Tho large exhibition cake featured
in the display windows of the Ideal
Bakery succumbed last night to tho
intense heat and the curious thousands
examining it. 1t will be re-made and
ready for inspection again tomorrow
morning. Some of the cakes parts
are too fragile to stand heat which is
responsible for the accident.
The habeas corpus proceedings for
the possession of 4-year-old Anna Lee
McKinstry will be heard at o'clock
Thursday morning in Judge Schoch's
court. The hearing was originally set
for this morning, but a continuance
was granted on application of the de-
fendant. Mrs. Chance. who is an aunt
of the child in question.
J. w. Smith, a North Topeka resi-
dent, was arrested today on an insanity
charge and will be given a hearing
some time next week in the probate
court Complaint Of Smiths strange
actions have come from several people
in North Topeka and this morning a
warrant was granted for the mans ar
rest.
Judge A w. Dana. Of the first di-
vision of the district court, returned to
Topeka Tuesday afternoon from his
two months outing in the New Eng
land states Had a grand time" said
the Judge in speaking to a court house
visitor this morning. "and feel as
though I can wade through the heavy
docket without much trouble this fall
No cases will be called in Judge Dana's
court this week.
A total of 26 farm names have been
recorded to date in the office of Sam
uel Zimmerman, county clerk. The
registration of farm names under the
new law is getting a rather slow start
in Shawnee county and it may be sew
eral months yet before the provisions
of the new law are thoroughly under
stood and appreciated by real estate
owners.
william Mackey, former United
States marshal, is here from his new
home in Leavenworth attending the
state fair and visiting the officials in
moved to Leavenworth and has entered
on the duties of his new Job as deputy
warden of the federal prison.
SCOT falling on the roof of a small
house at ia Hancock street at Z O'Clock |
this morning called out nearby fire com |
panies. The fire was extinguished be-
fore any damage was done.
George w. Berry. a well known /
stockman and superintendent Of the /
swine department at the State Fair /
says that the display of horses is the 1
greatest he has ever seen this side /
of Chicago.
A party of four young men, Harry 1
and Kenneth Alexander, Roy Davis
and Stewart McGraw, have just return
ed from an auto trip and two weeks
vacation in Colorado. I'VE made the
trip out to Colorado Springs in three
days without an accident" said Harry
Alexander, land barring a puncture or
two. had the same good luck on the re-
turn trip
Last night at 9:20 p. m, just after
the parade had passed through Kansas
avenue, the downtown fire engine com
panies tore through the streets to
fire in a hayloft at 431 Kansas avenue
The damage was trifing.
Virgil Zimm erman, a johnson coun-
" boy has escaped from the federal
at Washington, D. c., and
IN effort is being made to locate him
N Kansas. Zimmerman was sent to
The government reformatory last fall
oy Judge Pollock, when the young
man pleaded guilty to a charge of
-obbing a mail pouch at Olathe- 1t Is
believed that the boy burglar is head
ID for home and the United States
narshal's office has been notified to
await his homecoming.
William G. Bracket has filed suit
II the district court against Matte E
Brown and Frank J. Brown to recover
$500 on a past due note. The note is
secured by first mortgage on a
Shawnee county farm.
George Douglass today filed suit in
he district court against Emma Heale
md others, asking that title be quieted
o certain Shawnee county land in
which Heale and his wife claim title
Manual Barcus, the Mexican who
,hased a couple of boys with a foot
ong knife and landed in the city
,rInnr mas fined 42E tr E,nlica Trdra !