The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21

H. B. Howard place. 11O6 West Tenth
| street, late yesterday afternoon. George
Smith, 14-year-old cOlored boy, was ar
rested charged with the crime. The
boy had been living at the Nick Chiles
home on Buchanan street.
| Work in repaving West Sixth street
! has progressed from Harrison to Jack
| son streets on the south side The
| Workmen are pushing on toward Kan
! sas avenue and will finish the side in
a few days. The railway company has
! concerted it's south track and will be-
| gin on the north track as soon as the
| concrete has hardened to permit the
| passage of traffic.
Mrs. George F. Babb, wife of the city
milk inspector, leaves tomorrow for
Louisville, KY, where she will spend
ten days visiting her mother and sis
tiers. She will then be joined by Dr.
Babb and they will proceed to New
DIRK where the doctor will attend the
fittieth annual convention of the Amer
lean Veterinary Medical association
me association meeting is held from
Sept. 1 to s.
The grand lodge of the A. o. L. w.
of Kansas will hold it's convention at
topeka on October 3. This will proba-
bly, bring between six and seven hum
dred persons to the city. Lawrence
wanted the meeting but was outvoted.
At the meeting in Topeka the most i'm
portant question that will be settled
will be whether or not women will be
admitted on equal terms with the men.
This question was brought up at the
last meeting in Arkansas City but no
decision was reached
Work in paving the canal through
Willow park. and also work on a COM
fort station in the park, is progressing
ra pidly- Both will be completed in the
near future The canal is being paved
on the bottom and walled on the sides
with paving stones. After the work is
completed Commissioner W. L. Porter
expects to remove much of the shrub
berry along the banks of the canal.
winch is now a tangle of briars The
comfort station is located on the bank
near the north entrance containing
rooms for men and women and q tool
house in the middle.
There is still good deal of talk at
the Commercial club in regard to the
permanent club building which will be
erected some time in the future A
number of the members have expressed
thelr Willingness to give financial aid
IN carrying out the plan. When a plan /
Is finally launched. which may not be
TINS year, stock company will proba- |
Oily be formed with capitalization of |
ABOUT 100000 Part of the money will |
be used for the purchase of a site. ac- |
cor1ng to the talk that one hears |
among the members, and the rest of |
the money would be used in the cree |
ton of large building with store |
rooms and offices on the lower floors !
that could be rented.
a clerks curiosity as 10 tho nresS,,r. |
on a tank of gasoline in front of the
grocery store of c. o. johnson. I12s !
west Sixth avenue, followed by a light
ca match thrown on the ground by n |
passing autofst, occasioned a blaze
around the gasoline pump at 10 o'clock
a clio
waive TO see how much pressure was
on. He spread quite a little gasolineI
around on the ground. The match put
the finishing touches to the situation
Inc IRE department answered the call
put round the fire had burned out be-
lore it could arrive. The flames shot
up pretty high for moment, bystan nd
ers SAID. But the gasoline burned |
quickly and went out. There was no
damage except that the paint on the
pump was marred by the heat
Because he objects to staying with
me other prisoners, H. B. HolIowelt |
tne IIVll war veteran convicted os
ii,lAlntalnlng nuisance, is now in the
easement cell at the city Jail HolIo-
Wen was sentenced to four months i'm
JalI and fined $500 Tuesday for sellin-
liqGor ana running disorderly house.
SHd was put in the bull pen" Later
he complained to the taller that his
associates did not agree with hin, and /.
ne was taken down to the "overfJo1,--'
room IN the basement. HolloueH is
Sd1u TO nave maintained an esta blisl-
nent on West Fifth street One-half
block from the police station. He is
Wei educated and has a good record
IN the nited States navy. Every dav
ne mas his meals brought in from The
c Inside, and he dimes alone in state.
content to serve out his sentence with
cut an appeal