The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-24
SNAP SHOTS
At HONE NEWS

The Rev Jas. P. Deb. Kaye. of
Grace. Cathedral is confined TO his
home with a severe case of the grip.
Miss Eta NJ Coveu, city clerk, who
was kept at home by the grip for d
I cay was back at her desk this morn
ing
Commissioner and Mrs. W. l. Por-
ter and son went TO Manhattan at noon
today to spend Christmas with Com
+ missioner Porter's parents.
Rev. Mr. Gilmore, pastor of THIRD
/ Presbyterian church, will resign his
work tomorrow, at the regular serv-
/ ices II J. m and $50 p. m
/ The city hall was not closed today;
/ that is, the doors were not locked But
/ every one who intends TO spend
/ Christmas cut of town is either gone
or at home getting ready.
r F. TasIxer has purchased a home
! in Elmhurst at 114S College avenue
/ from B. F. Whitney, 1908 Mulvane
street The consideration for the
/ house and lot was $1,000
George P. Hayden, city attorney,
has been trying to fight it out with
the grip single handed. He has given
up the fight and called in assistance
4 he is not able TO be at his office today
Leland NJ Post, secretary to Post
master w o. Rigby has Just COM
pleted a list of $500 names of the
patrons of the ten rural routes out of
/ Topeka. This list is a complete di-
rectory of the routes
Lincoln post memorial services will
be held at the post hall Sunday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock The service will
be in memory of the thirty members
who nave died dur1-=g the past year.
The record of service of each member
Will be read
The Rev. G. w. Henry, pastor of
the Second Baptist church, Third and
Quincy street, who has been at the head
Of the largest colored church in To-
pe4-a for the last seven years has an
nounced his resignation He will go
to Pueblo, Colo, where he will take
up new duties after January /
Mrs E F. Frisbie, of 333 Polk
street, was badly hurt Thursday after
noon when she was thrown against a
seat in a North Topeka street car. Mrs
F'riSbie had her arms full of bundles
and when the car stopped suddenly
she was pitched against the back of
one of the seats II is reported that
she had three ribs broken
Frank Newman, charged with wife
desertion, waived preliminary hearing
in the court of Topeka this morning
and was bound over to the district
court by Judge Hugh Fisher. New
man was arrested at Denver recently
on request of the sheriffs office which
has been searching for him since his
wife issued complaint in July, 1914
NJ. Copt and Louis Cornell, who
have won considerable interest in the
OF Topeka tying SdCh OIn0E
wages up by garnishnent proceedings,
went to bat before Judge Hugh Fisher
this morning Copt won He was
given a judgment of 1856 by Judge
Fisher. Both men are employees of
the Santa Fe. Both have garnisheed
the others wages twice in the case
Request that merchants and resi-
dents of the city keep the snow
cleaned from the sidewalks in front of
their places was spread over Topeka
today by Chief Parsons of the police
department 1t is understood that if
such = request is not observed the
watchful waiting policy Will be vio-
lated and a .Rote issued said note to
be followed by a period of "unfriend-
Iy action"
Hiram johnson and Robert Orr
were given their freedom as Christ
mas present this morning by Judge
Hugh Fisher in the court Of Topeka
Johnson and Orr were arrested some
time ago on a charge of stealing an
automobile tire from B. NJ Neil 1t
was found that the two had been in
jail for II days and that Neil had re-
covered his property through the po-
lice who arrested the two and turned
them over to the state
Santa Fe train No 1 and J. A.
Rankin of Wichita. riding in a Ford
car, cOIided near Wakarusa Thursday
afternoon and Rankin sustained a
broken collar bone and is thought to
be internally injured Rankin was