The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-26
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NWWn.

first aid to the injured at o'clock Sat-
urday evening at the Central Y. n.
C. A.
Mrs r. w. Stoeckler of Terre
Haute, Ind, came today to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Gordon,
in East Eighth avenue.
William Blair. charged with stealing
a gold watch from Mrs. Laura Graves,
was bound from the city to the district
court this morning ON $500 bond.
J. H. Fazel, Boy Scout commissioner
for Topeka. has been i'll for several days
| with a severe attack OF neuralgia. His
health Is much improved today, how
ever.
| The deputy assessors will meet at 10
o'clock Saturday morning in the Office
Of County Assessor Haynes for last in
! structions befort startikg out Monday
| morning for the assessment Of the 1914
| levy. s2
The Second Regiment band will give
| a sacred concert at the Auditorium
| next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
| when a silver Offering will be taken.
The Commercial club committee has
also arranged for a concert by Jack
sons band the following Sunday.
The National Life Insnranceacompany
has filed suit In thee district court
against Samuel T. Titus. Carrie E.
Titus, and the Merriam Mortgage COM
pany. alleging failure to pay promissory
note for 81 800, signed by Mr.. Titus and
endorsed by the mortgage company.
| The February issue Of the CONNER
cial Club Bulletin Is off the press. It
I, is filled with articles boosting Topeka.
There is an excellent cut on the front
page, IA shopping center in Topeka. -
! It shows the Mills building in the fore
| ground. and the First Baptist church
and the new Santa Fe office building
in the background. The issue is an
unusually creditable one.
Each Of the five drainage districts in
the county has filed lists of the candi-
dates for directors at the elections next
Tuesday. The candidates from the
North Topeka district are T. M. Forbes,
NJ. N. Stewart, George Young and c. c.
Maze; from North Shunganunga dis
trict, N. E. Copeland, c. c. Vandevent-
er and B. H. Pugh. The other candi-
dates names have been printed in the
State ournal.
A number of Topekans will take
NJ. c. A. convention that viii open al
Salina tonight. Among them are the
following: w. w. Bowman. DR.. Roy
B. Guild. D. F. Shirk. H. L. Heinzman
woodard Smith will be sent to Salina
by the local association to represent
the boys Of the Central organization
George H. Hoyes. secretary of the
Central association. Lee Sidwell and
: others expect to attend from Topeka
| lie jury hRROlAlCu W thC ~OAAty
. coroner to investigate the death of Mrs.
Barbara Dreiling, a patient at the state
hospital, who choked herself yesterday
afternoon, returned a verdict that her
/ death was due to 'strangulation at hel
own hands, and that the state hospital
[ attendants were In no way guilty o1
negligence" Mrs. Dreiling was mild
ly insane, but Respondent. patient from
. Ellis county. Yesterday afternoon she
slipped into the ward, tore q strip from
a double blanket, knotted 1t twice abou:
a bedpost, and committed suicide be-
? fore she WAS discovered.
. "Obeying the superintendent" will
be the subject of an address by Evan
! gelist vawter at the First Christian
, church tonight. The entire servic'
: will be particularly for railway men
> A quartet from the Santa Fe shops viii
assist in the singing. At the close o
the service Wednesday night sup
, per was served in the basement Of th'
church in honor OF the birthday Of tn
|. Rev. Charles A. Finch. pastor of thu
l church. A cake with lighted candle
' was brought onto the table. Tn
members Of Rev. Mr.. Ffnch's BibI'
, class presented him book and th'
vawter company with pair of mill
tary brushes.