The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-19
LOCAL MENTION.

LUUAL mENlIUN.
Don't fail to get our estimate on that
lumber bill. J. B. Whelan & Co., Fourth
and Santa Fe tracks. Phones S65
Every manufacturing establishment In
the city is asked to send to Secretary j.
Will Kelley of the Commercial club a list
of the goods they make. The CONNER
ciaI Club Bulletin will again publish a
list of the Topeka Made goods in the
April issue of the Bulletin Then this
list will be put in book form.
The last two editions of the Bulletin
reached a total circulation of 1900 each
and it was necessary for the file clerk to
hunt up number for the files. And we
have 1t from any number of business men
that the paper does not go to the waste
basket unopened.-Commercia Club Bull
letin.
This evening the series of organ and
moving picture shows will begin at the
Auditorium. Thousands of tickets have
been sold in advance. After that the
management is expecting a big crush at
the door. To avoid the rush it would be
well to purchase tickets at the stores
where they are on sale.
Miss Grace Dana who took the prize
as the best lady musician at the contest
last night, is a pupil of Mrs G. NJ. Cot
trell
Lillian S. Van Pelt today filed suit IN
the district court asking for a divorce
from Archie Van Pelt. They were mar
There are no children and mop property
rights in dispute. In her petition, Mrs
Van Pelt charges gross neglect and ex-
IRENE cruelty.
The Dumford case. set for hearing to-
day in the court of Topeka, has been
the street car conductor and complaining
witness, is still in the hospital but will
probably be able to attend the trial next
week.
A continuance was granted today in the
McNamee case and the hearing reset for
March 80 McNamee is a Topeka real
estate dealer and is charged with making
false representations in recent real
estate transaction.
man known to the police authorities
as Pendergass was picked up Monday
night for drunk and disorderly. A five
dollar fine was pinned onto him as a
souvenir. PendergaSs, when arrested, had
in his possession a wicked looking Slug"
Steven Israel and Joe Dwiggins were
entered at the police station Monday
night on a charge of being drunk and dis
orderly, and resisting an officer. They
are being held. and will have their hear
ing in police court this afternoon
An Indian, John Lasley. was removed
from the gutter late Monday evening and
taken to the city Jail for being drunk. =
friend of Lasley's appeared at the station
this morning and paid his fine of five dol
lars, and they went on their way re-
joic1ng.
Three of Topeka's bad negroes A
Brown, D. Beasley and Robert King, are
now boarders at the police headquarters.
These men are regulars at the police sta
ton, and are being held until investi-
CATION has been made regarding some
thefts in which they were implicated.
When not in the police station, they
side in the bottoms
A Mexican by the name of Tom
Valencia was arrested Monday evening
on charge of vagrancy. He was fined
fifty dollars and put to work.
Charles Smith, charged with horse steal
ing, was today held for trial in the dis
was completed In the court of Topeka. In
default of $1,000 bond. Smith was commit
ted to Jail to await trial at the April
term of the district court. Smith is
Topeka last January. The animal was
the property of J. J. King, lawyer.
Judge Whitcomb today granted an Or
der restraining the Masonic Building as
ISOLATION from interfering in the erection
of the New Gordon building at ia East
Fourth street Controversy arose recent
ly over property rights in the erection of
the south wall of the new building and
the Gordons asked the court to take
hand in the trouble.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Shawnee Medical society was held at the
Commercial club Monday evening. The
following program was given: DR.. ]. N
Beasley gave a clinic, the subject being
a man with an 'aeortic aneurism." DR..
Herbert Alkire read a paper on Sin
S. discussing disease of the frontal
sinus DR. c. F. Menninger gave a his
tory of Diabetes Melitis in a family where
several cases occurred in the same fam
lily.
Talk to W. ]. Rickenbacher. He can
help you