The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-08

judgments against him, was filed by
County Attorney William E. Atchison
today. Johnson has several times
been adjudged insane and has made
a long fight to legally regain his SAN
itr
One of the interesting features of
the high school commencement pro-
pram was the singing by Miss Mildred
Jestine Leeper. Miss Leeper's voice
is rich in the lower and middle regis
ters, and the upper register is beauti-
full. The quality of her voice, her
execution, and her Interpretation of
the two numbers she sang give prom
Use of a bright future for her in mu-
steal work.
I'VE expect a large attendance from
out of town at the Topeka Auto show"
said j. r. Cowdry, chairman of the
entertainment committee. "One man
Neb., that he would be here. We
expect to draw good crowds from
towns like Burlingame and En-
poria.' Posters are being put up in
outlying towns. The show will open
February "a.
Next Friday the Topeka high school
basketball team will go to Leaven-
worth for game that day with the
Normal high school five, and Satur-
day with the team representing the
Emporia high school. On February 1
a game will be played in the gym"
of the Central Y. NJ. C. A with the
Lawrence team. After that time it is
probable that a number of games will
be played locally.
Sheriff L. L. Kiene is proving that
he intends to be sheriff rather than
office deputy by taking the lead IN
every man chase since his inductlon
in office. Kiene announced before
taking the office that he intended to
be actively in the field. He is carrying
out his intentions by chasing Grim
inals, taking convicted persons to
9th co IA
in the work of his office.
Medical inspection in the city schools
is something that will undoubtedly
come sooner or later. Individual mem
bers of the board of education have
been talking in favor of it, and when
the board feels that there is enough
money on hand to afford to hire the
work done action will be taken. Medi-
cal inspection is in vogue in many
cities of the country-including Kansas
City.
A debate will be held next Monday
night by the brotherhood of the Cen
trail Congrega tional church. The mini
mum wage question will be discussed.
A dinner will be served at $3.50 O'Clock.
The members of the legislature have
been given a special invitation to at
tend the Sunday evening service at the
First Methodist church. DR.. F. l..
Loveland will give sermon-lecture on
THE Politician"
The Parent-Teachers' association of
the Grant school will meet Monday
night at o'clock. Twenty members
of the eighth grade of the school will
give a play entitled, Mrs. Lester
Soiree" This was presented by the
children at Christmas time, and was
such a success that a repetition was
demanded. Refreshments will be
served. The proceeds will go towards
the piano fund.
A motion for a new trial in the case
of the Capital Iron works against the
Freeborn Engineering & Construction
company was overruled this morning
by Judge Dana. Judgment for the
plaintiff for material said to have been
furnished for the construction of the
dam across the Arkansas river at
Wichita was awarded by a jury to
s170O: which stands under the decision
this morning.
Judge Dana decided this morning
that NJ. w. Pruyn is not entitled to a
commission on the trade of the ]. NJ.
Brunt drug store at Sixth avenue and
Pruyn alleged that the property had
been listed with him. and that he had
had a hand in making the trade. and
sued Brunt for commission. Judge
Dana decided he had no right to the
commission, and entered a judgment in
favor of Mr.. Brunt.
Charles D. Bowser. not the Bowser
of State Journal fame who is threat
ening his wife every week or two with
divorce, but real flesh and blood Bow
ser, must pay his wife whom m is
suing for a legal separation the sum
of $25 a month in alimony during the
tendency of the suit, under the terms
of a Judgment by Judge A. w. Dana
this morning. The suit was brought
against Laura c. Bowser. whom Bow
ser says he cannot longer live with.
The judgment provides for the inn
mediate payment of S25 and a similar
sum each month until the suit is dis
posed of. The suit was filed Janu-
airy 9.
Cheerful" Banks,a young wander
er, found this morning that it is
against the law to break into railway
cars and sleep in an empty coach. He
is charged also with breaking into a
trunk of Rock Island train butch
err and filling himself with good
things to eat contained therein. Banks
was sleeping peacefully in an empty
coach at the Rock Island depot this