The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

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Two fires from spontaneous COM
bustion occurred in the coal yards of
the Jackson-Walker Coal company,
Tenth and Adams streets, Sunday
The first was at 1880 o'clock in the
morning and the second at 1902
o'clock in the afternoon. The fire
department was called. There was
no damage.
The leaders of neighborhood Bible
classes of North Topeka will meet to
organize a normal class Saturday af-
ternoon at o'clock at the Congrega-
tional church of North Topeka. The
study for the afternoon will be the
first two chapters of Acts. The class
is to be organized under the auspices
of the Y. w. c. A.
B. F. Pankey, founder of the old
Independent Telephone company of
Topeka, and now proprietor of New
Mexico ranch, stopped in Topeka Sat
urday to visit old friends while on his
way from Kansas City to his home.
He was returning from shipping a
train load of stock to the Kansas City
and st. Joseph markets.
A Kentuckian making his way from
North Carolina to Oregon stopped at
the Provident association for bed
last night. He said he was travelling
only by daytime and putting up at the
charitable institutions along the way.
He possessed a government license
and said that he was professional
bootlegger in oregon.
A special train will carry three de-
gree teams of the I. o. o. F. to Rich
land next Saturday evening to confer
degrees in Oddfellowship to a large
class. Approximately 200 people will
leave on the Missouri Pacific at 80
o'clock and will return from Richland
at I. The Topeka teams that are going
are Nos. 1, 40 and $40.
An old man who has been staying
at the orovident association since two
weeks ago when he was run over by
motorcycle, knocked down and Grip
pied up, got hold of $40 somewhere
and proceeded to spend it for a spree
Saturday night, and is now in Jail,
sober, unhappy, crippled, and facing
a term on the rock pile.
The monthly meeting of the Post
Office Clerks association was held Sat
building. The clerks discussed prob
lens of their work. Robert German,
presided; Leroy Powell, superintend-
ent of mails, made a talk, and Will
lam McGrew, president of the state
postoffice clerks association, spoke.
A cigarette set fire to the bridge
over the Kaw river on Sardou avenue
about o'clock Sunday evening. A
burning cigarette stub fell in a crack
between the planking, igniting straw
and chaff, which in turn set fire to
the floor of the bridge. The North
Topeka fire department was called
and the blaze was extinguiShed with
out damage.
The work of w. c. Ralston, former
city attorney, in revising the ordi-
nances of the city and indexing the
same was presented to the city COM
mission today and the work accepted
and approved. Mr.. Ralston was in
structed to prepare specifications for
the printing of the ordinances in book
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bids on the printing and binding of
the books.
A meeting of the members of the
Shawnee Golf club will be held tomor-
row night at the Commercial club.
Plans for the improvement of the
course laid off by Donald Ross and
other affairs of the club will be dis
cussed. 1--WE have very important
plans under consideration, and hope
that every member will be present.
said J. E. Spalding, president of the
club, this morning.
Henry Adams, a Topeka boy who is
attending the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college at Manhattan, has been
elected business manager of the Royal
Purple, the college annual, for 1917.
This is the most responsible position
that can be held by a student at Man
haitian. Adams is a member of the
honorary agricultural fraternity, and
is captain quartermaster in the cadet
regiment
Contributions of SIS in excess of the
$500 asked for by the church were do
mated Sunday afternoon at the meet
ing held at the Quinton Heights Bap-
list church The Rev. Robert Gordon
of the First Baptist church and the
Rev. w. G. Handley of the North To-
peka church assisted the Rev. w. l.
Cole. The Quinton Heights church has
a membership of fifty and a Sunday
school enrolment of 100. The $500
al