The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-10

force action until January 1, by which
time ne expects the city to pass an
ordinance giving him the neceSsary
| authority.
Frank Brown, a member of the To-
peka Typographical union, is a candi-
date for president of the state feder-
alton of organized labor which is hold
ing a convention at Emporia. George
Blakey of Emporia and w. L. O'Brien
of Topeka are also candidates for the
| office.
In a card received by R. D. Carver
| assistant county attorney, w. E. At
I Gibson stated that he and Mrs. Atchi-
! son were in wreck on the Denver and
Rio Grande railway at Provo, Utah,
last Tuesday. Six cars left the track
and turned over The Atchisons were
not hurt.
Damages to the amount of $214.30
was given by the jury in the court of
Topeka to Lloyd Summers, Harry
! Summers and Luther Pickett, who
sued DR.. Charles Lyngar. The three
suffered injuries and property loss in
an automobile accident which hap
pened June 10.
The following marriage licenses
! hugh, 20, and Nora Richmond, 10,
/ both of st. Marys; Marley c. Lewis,
| 80. and Anna Mary Wagner, 80, both
of Atchison; Carl Shaw, 3S, and Mabel
| Jones, 80, of Topeka, were given a Ii
| cenSe in Kansas City, Mo.
j. H Fellingham, general secretary
of the Y M. c. A. at DeS Moines, which
has mem bership of nearly 1000, left
for Des Moines late Monday after a
/ brief visit in Topeka. He stopped off
here to look over the local building
on his way from the Estes Park, Colo,
summer conference, to Des Moines.
Claiming that he followed his wife
more than 1900 miles and then found
of Sterling, Kansas, Earl Covey, APP
peared before officials at Sterling and
swore to . warrant for Mrs. Covey's
and his rivals arrest. However, Convey
changed his mind as to the proSecu-
ton and gave up to his rival. He is a
/ hOrseshoer in Topeka.
Minneapolis, Kan. school bonds total
ing $4,000 have been registered with
w. E. Davis, state auditor, by E. c.
woodward, editor and owner of the
Minneapolis Messenger, and a mem
Der of the Minneapolis school board.
The bonds are to cover the erection OF
new nigh school building. Street
paving bonds totaling $4,000 were
also sent in from Holton Monday aft
ernoon TO be registered.
Another chapter was added to East
side drainage troubles Monday eve
ming when taxpayers of the district
asked members of the board to resign.
The meeting was held at the East
Side Methodist church Trouble in
the East side district has been brew
ing for several months and came to
d
the members of the drainage board
to resign was adopted at the Monday
evening meeting.
The plan of Jay e. House, mayor,
to have Frank NJ. Newland, commits =
sioner of water and lighting, and w.
L. Porter, commissioner of parks, set
tie their differences over the city
budget, is not meeting with success,
and the mayor and other members of
the city commission may take a hand
The two commissioners met as agreed
and talked things over. Porter is
out of the city today. Newland re-
ports that no progress was made in
the conference.
The Bank of Topeka filed a stipu-
lation in The district court this morn
ing to be allowed to have sold a steam
roller and seven four-wheeled dump
carts, the property of J. r. Ramsey,