The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-28
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AT HOME NEWS.

| Fourth of July picnic at Murphy
Grange.
Estell A. Owens, 23 years old, and
Mary G. Leonard, 10 years old, both
of Wamego. were married today b.
Judge MacFarland of the probate
| court.
| A marriage license was issued in the
probate court today to Edwin A
| B. Porter, p years old, both of To-
peka.
Two twelve-year-old boys have left
| the Orphans Home at 121 Kellam St
| and they have not yet been found
| Their names are Art Hoover and Will
| lie Mitchell.
| DIR. C. F. Menninger, who has beer
! attending the American Medical Asso-
citation convention at Minneapol and
the Mayo Clinic at Rochester Mime
sofa, will return to Topeka tonight
Several farmers north of the river
have been annoyed by coyotes who
have killed their poultry. This is the
| first time that coyotes have been
known to inhabit this section of the
state for several years.
The members of the Get Acquaint-
ed party on their recent trip were
treated by the Continental Creamery
company and the Topeka Pure Milk
company to five gallon cans of ice
cream. The cream was delivered on
the SpSCldl at TWO pOlnlS en- TOUlS
An ordinance providing for the pur-
chase of the % foot lot adjacent to the
present fire station site in North To-
peka was presented to the commits
sion this morning for first reading. The
purchase price, as has been announced
was $1,000.
The matter of the proposed extern
sion of the street railway to Gage
park, which was expected to come be-
fore the city commission this morning
went over until the session Monday
at which. the commissioners declare,
some action is likely to be taken.
A fine of s25 levied against William
Zurbachen for exceeding the speed
limit recently, was reduced to $40 by
order of the city commission this
morning. 1t was the first offense, the
commission found, and the fine was
adjudged to have been excessive.
A complaint was filed with the city
commission this morning by Miss X.
J. Smith, SIC Clay street, asserting
that a valuable maple tree had been
cut by the city on her premises against
her wishes, and asking how she may
secure redress. The matter was re-
ferred to Commissioner Porter.
The attendance at the Topeka play
grounds is increasing gradually. From
seventy-five to eighty-five children re-
port fer play under Miss Clara Johns
ton at Chesney park each afternoon.
A number of the mothers accompany
their youngsters, doing fancy work in
the shade of the trees while the chill
dren play.
Another of the alleged bicycle
thieves have been caught. Harry Orr.
colored. aged IA. has been arrested by
Detective Lyle on the charge of steal
ing two bicycles. He lives on East
Fourteenth street. near the homes of
several colored boys who have been
arrested on the same charge. He plead
ed guilty and was turned over to the
Juvenile court.
Anna Johnson, BOG Van Buren, street,
has been arrested on the charge of
keeping a joint and four men were also
arrested upon being found there. The
Johnson woman was paroled from the
county Jail recently and has been re-
turned on the charge of violating her
parole. The men arrested were Joe
Ingenthron. L. Hamm, NJ. A. Beecher
and J. H. Doneghan.
letter from Edwin A. Austin, urg
ing that the city should appropriate
money for the social survey campaign,
was read to the commission this
morning and ordered placed on file.
Mr.. Austin urged that the survey is
necessary for the best interests of the
city, and that it would aid the COM
mission in providing for the financial,
social and sanitary betterment of the
city.
Mayor Cofran again suggested that
an elevator in the city building would
be nice thing. and urged that if the
did not feel like installing
an ordinary elevator it might install
the automatic kind that works with
push buttons and does not need an
attendant. The suggestion was made,
however, while the commission was
for Sim Bear. No action was
ia ken on it
Fred G. Tompkins of Oklahoma City
has been visiting with old friends in
Topeka for a day or two. Mr.. Tomp-
kins was a clerk in the county treas |
urer's office for number of years. He
was also field man for the Merriam
Mortgage company. He is now en-
gagged in the real estate business in |
City and is on his way there
from Montana, where he has been per- |
fecting a big land deal.
When Alva Smith. 144 Emmett
street opened an oven in which she
was baking this morning at 1880 gas
hat had scaped into it caught fire and
exploded. The woman was burned |
slightly about the face and hands. She |
rushed out into the street following the |
explosion crying fire" and an alarm /
,alled out No. fire company. Moth
ng in the room caught fire. however
The woman is not seriously injured.
c. C. Starr. superintendent of city
schools, will leave the latter part of |
text week to attend the convention
If the National Education associa-
ion, July ZIP. Superintendent Starr
will go from Salt Lake City direct to
Fresno, Cal, where he will serve as
of city schools. H. B.
wilson, superintendent of. city schools
It Decatur, Ill, will assume the du-
les of superintendent of the Topeka
chools on August 1.
That the Bell telephone company will
move one line of its poles on West
euclid avenue in the near future was
he promise made to the city commits
ion this morning. One of the lines car
led the old Bell wires while the other
arried the Independent wires Both