The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-06

Evans is i'll and will not be able to at
ftend. There is nc especial business to
come before the board tonight.
Mrs. c. r. Watson, a French woman
from New York, with a company of
| solicitors, is in the city on the eve of
| the Kansas baby week to take pictures
OF Topeka babies. Mrs. Watson has
been in numerous towns and has
photographs of nearly every promis-
| ing kidlet IN hundreds of towns and
cities. She has engaged a studio here
and Will remain Indefinitely.
Tonight is children's night at the
! Byron J. Clark evangelistic services az
the First u. B. church, corner of
evangelist addressed three large meet
1 ings- His sermon last night was on
/ The Bible. the Inspired Word of
God" The talk tonight will be a stere
/ opticon lecture on Mark 13; 81. He
will speak tomorrow evening on Sin;
| It's Origin and Remedy.
The Shawnee County Democratic
club will give dinner Tuesday eve
ming at $50 o'clock at the Throop
hotel The purpose is to get the
| Democrats of Shawnee county to-
| gether for the coming campaign. The
! officers of the club are: r. w. Blair.
president; H. J. Corwine, vice presi-
dent; Otis S. Allen, secretary; George
| Young, treasurer. J. E. Barrett is
| chairman of the Tuesday evening
| William Gleason of Eskridge, the
| young man who was run over by a
train at Valencia Saturday, stands
good chance of recovery, according to
Dr. c. c. Lull, county physician. Aft
Ter suffering for several hours with hi
two legs crushed into shapeless masses
Gleason was brought to Topeka and
taken to Christ hospital There both
legs were amputated between the
knee and hip.
A woman giving her name as May
France was picked up in a half de-
mented condition last Saturday eve
ming at the Rock Island depot The
police took her to the Provident as
ISOLATION where she gave information
that she had just returned from bury
ing her husband, a victim of the gas
Explosion at Caney. Her condition was
much improved this morning and the
Provident association is trying to get
work for her.
THE Sixth Street Forum is
doomed. Harvey Parsons, chief OF
police. has served notice that he is
going to clean up Sixth and Quincy,
which is the congregating place of Il
lot of persons who have nothing to do
leXcept talk. Business houses in that
section are tired of the Forum
James and Cap Ingles were arrested
there Saturday and booked as vag-
rants. Other arrests will follow l.
Migrants continue to make that loaf
ing place.
The children of a family named
Moore, living at 119 North Madison
lstreet, have been taken away from the
father and mother by Judge Hugh
MacFarland. judge of the juvenile
court md placed in the detention
nome. There are five children and
Judge mcfarland has found four.
The mother Is suffering from an IN
fectioUs disease of the eyes, the chill
dren nave great sores on their faces
land very little care was taken to keep
down infection. according to officials.
1t is up to people interested in golf
whether the Gage park golf course is
made ready for use this summer. Com
missioner w. L. Porter will do no
work on it unless some interest is
shown. Two years ago when the
course was laid out it was a popular
place. Last year only an occasional
golfer went out. The organization OF
2 this Shawnee Golf club may have
spelled ''finis' for the six-hole course
at Gage. Porter doesn't care one way
or the other, but he would like 10
know what the golf enthusiasts want