The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24

The concert viii be the last in the Sc
ries conducted by Dean Horace White
| house.
| H D. Driscoll. commissioner of the
topeka Traffic association, has com
| menced the compilation of his annua
| report which may be printed in
pamphlet form. He will go to Lin
| coin, Neb., next week in connection
with the butter and egg rate case be-
fore the Interstate commerce COM
| mission.
An automobile belonging to G. G.
| Kennedy caught fire this morning
when he stopped in front of the Bank
| of Topeka. Oil in the drip pan started
| the blaze. The front part of the ma
| chine and the engine were badly
| scorched. The fire department an
swered the call and assisted in extin-
gushing the blaze.
The report of the treasurer of the
First Presbyterian church, Roy L.
Bone, shows that the expenditures of
the church in the last year have been
s11,473.63. OF this sum foreign mis-
sions received $2,060.23 and home mis-
sions $1,969.61. The largest single
amount was contributed by the Ladies
Aid society-$4,146.
On just three occasions in the last
26 years according to the government
records has the temperature gone
down to a point injurious to vegeta-
ton after this date. On May 4, 1907.
May 1, 1909, the minimum tempera-
ture was % degrees. On May 10, 1888
there was killing frost in the low
lands
The county delegate to the state
Sunday school convention, which will
be held in Wichita, May 6-S, will be
H. w Bonn gardner. Seventy-five 9TH
ers from Shawnee county are expected
to go to Wichita by a special Rock
Island train Several Topekans are on
he nY- (Nl-v1r hi Wi
give two addresses on Religion and
Sanitation
Thus far the month of April has
averaged five degrees above normal. If
warmer weather comes Immediately
it is probable that when the month
closes it will be found that there have
been but three warmer Aprils in the
last tWenty-Six years. However, if the
present cold weather continues until
the end of the month, which it prob
ably will not do, the average will be
lowered to a considerable degree.
Police Judge George A. Huron has
sent Mrs. John Bennett, an Indian,
home to Mayetta, paroling her from a
fine of SO for being drunk, but is
holding her husband as a hostage for
the payment of both the fine against
the woman and a fine of $40 assessed
against the husband for the same Of
Tense. Money for the relief of the
husband and to pay the wife's fine is
expected late this afternoon.
Topeka lodge, No 81, Fraternal
Brotherhood, is making preparations
for the entertainment of Supreme Vice
President Emma B. Neidig of Los
Angeles, Cal A special meeting has
been arranged for Saturday night at
Moose hall, 112 East Seventh street,
when large class initiation will be
held after which a banquet will be
served. Three other lodges of the or
der in the city have been invited to
attend.
The management of the Central Y.
M. C. A. will work towards procuring
requests and gifts for the association
and it's work. A folder has been put
out telling of the needs of the associa-
tion Here are some of the gifts that
would be appreciated by the manage
ment: $4,000 to endow the extension
work in Topeka; the same amount to
endow the religious work; - SAC, 600 to
erect building for colored men; $45,-
900 to- erect a building for boys and
endoW the work $4,000 to erect a
building for college men at Washburn,
and $50, 600 to endow the current bud