The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-19

Island special officer who went back
to Phillipsburg with the boy found
that Jones was the victim of a joke.
Roy Crawford will leave tomorrow
for ST Louis. where he will attend the
opening OF the Gayety theater Sunday.
On his way to ST. Louis Mr.. Crawford
, will stop at Sedalia, Mo-, to confer
with Jack Truitt and Fred Corbett
who lease the Crawford theater at
that place
city commission tomorrow, a regular
meeting and four specials. Three of
the four special meetings are TO hear
complaints on the reports of apprais-
ers for sewer districts Nos As. As and
81. The other special meeting is for
the same purpose concerning tie wild
ening of King street.
An attractive sign was put up on
the First Baptist church this morning.
II reads: Hear ]. Whitcomb Brough-
Tuesday Evening. August 81 Subject:
what's Under Your Hat?' Dr.
Brougher speaks TO the largest regu-
lar congregations in the world and it is
expected he will draw a crowd here
Friday evening, August 30, at the
be meeting of the Booster club to
consider the matter of the Twenty
fifth street boulevard. w. j. Rick
enbacker Will give a talk, on paving
Everybody interested, for or against
the question of a paved road through
Highland Park is asked to be present.
contract 10 build a concrete and
steel bridge over Shunganunga creek
on Lincoln street was awarded to AL
len & Fulton The contract price is
SILICA Fred Luttjohann's bid was
$1,000 and that of the Topeka Bridge
company S13.S5O. The contract to
repair the Fillmore street bridge over
Shunganunsa creek was awarded to
the Topeka Bridge company, which
will do the work for 1915. The bridge
was damaged by recent high water.
Miss Frances Wheeler of Topeka
Will make an address at Seabrook
Congregational church Friday evening
on her travel in Europe. Miss Wheel
er was abroad when the war began
be full of interest A speaking con-
test by some of the retired school
teachers will be part of the evenings
program. Judges will be chosen to
decide to whom the honors will go.
Every one is invited to attend and to
bring friends.
Roy Ogee, 81 years old, is in
Christ's hospital and may die from in
juries received when he fell under the
wheels of a freight train in North
Topeka early today The accident &C.
CURED in the Rock Island yards.
Ogee's left arm was crushed off near
the shoulder. Members of the train
crew called an ambulance and he was
taken to the police station and given
emergency treatment by DR.. C. c.
LuEl. He formerly lived at sol North
Madison street.
A Kansas avenue street car bound
south left the tracks at the curve just
south of Douthitt avenue last night.
Instead of taking the curve, the car
pursued straight course over the
brick paving until the front end struck
the raised parking Then the rear end
skidded. so that when the car stopped
II was at right angles to the street.
There were seven passengers in the
car. All escaped injury except one.
Miss Ruth Moore, a daughter of Mrs.
A. E. Moore, 1909 Harrison street, re-
ceived bruise on the hip. Mrs. c. H.
Spaulding. 209 West Seventeenth
street, and her three children were all
thrown to the floor of the car, but
apparently not injured. Traffic on
Kansas avenue was interrupted an
hour, while the car was being placed
back on the track. A fender was the
only part of the car damaged