The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-07
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meeting of the Grace Cathedral
club will be held at o'clock this even
ing
A high school inter-cIass track meet
will be held at the fair grounds Fri
day afternoon.
w F. Growser. postmaster at Sa-
lima, is in the city today in conference
with W. o. Rigby, Topeka's postmas-
ter.
The publicity committee of the
Commercial club met today to talk
over details relative to the survey of
factories that is being undertaken
The Washburn College GIee club
concert which was to have been given
at the college chapel tomorrow even
ing has been postponed until early in
May.
As usual. the second precinct of the
Firth ward was the first to send in its
completed returns. counting a total of
IO5 votes before any of the smaller
precincts had completed returns.
The s: D. of J. gave an Easter dance
last night at Masonic temple. The
room was decorated with palms and
flowers. and refreshments were served
About rs people attended the dance.
When Harvey Parsons makes an ar
rest after taking charge of the police
department, it is only fair TO assume
that he will tap the unfortunate gent
on the shoulder and say-By the
way
At the regular meeting of the To-
peka Nurses association at the Y w
C. A tonight a plan will be presented
by the association officers for the for
nation of " club among the
nurses.
A plea of guilt to the charge of at
tempting to pass a worthless check at
local dry goods store was entered in
the district court yesterday by R. F.
Ginder- Sentence has not been pro-
nouuced
Business on the criminal docket of
the district court will be expedited by
the employment of an extra panel of
jurors which has just been called The
criminal docket is being tried in Judge
Dana's court
1t is rumored that a certain well
known colored porter in Topeka was
so positive that Jack johnson would
win that he mortgaged his house and
bet all the money he could realize on
the transaction.
Members of the Young Peoples So
ciety of the Swedish Bethel church will
celebrate the 25th anniversary of the
organization. with special services COW
ering four days Prof Davis Nyva1
of Chicago will be the main speaker
John W. Nygren is the president
Margaret Vaughn Lewis has sued
for divorce from Frank Lewis to whom
she was married on December 80 of
last year. She alleges that he mis-
estate and that since their marriage he
has developed undesirab bic traits of
character which make life with him
intolerable.
A farewell reception will be given
this evening at the First English Luth-
eran church for the Rev. and Mrs A
NJ. Reitzel who for three years have
been active members, and who will
leave this week for Beatriceh Neb-,
where the Rev. Mr. ReitzeI has ac-
eepted a call to become pastor of the
Trinity Lutheran church
Worth Cromwell was acquitted by
the district court jury which heard the
charge that he was father of the child
born to Hazel BeVer, a North Topeka
girl, when it brought in q verdict late
afternoon. The defense show
ed that the girl now but Z years of
age, had received the attentions of va
rious young men and had visited parks
and gone motorcycle riding with them
Frank Red, colored, of 1885 Monroe
street, had a narrow escape from
death about clock last night when
z south bound car struck his horse and
buggy at the crossing of Kansas ave
nue. and Thirteenth street The horse
and buggy were carried nearly
half a block by the car, the horse being
killed and the light vehicle badly dam
aged Red escaped with severe bruises