The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-22
SNAP SHOTS
At HOME NEWS

Several short strips OF sidewalk on
Van Buren, and Madison streets were
condemned by city commissioners this
morning.
The band concert and parlor enter
tainment of the American Beauty
tent No. will be Thursday, June %,
at 1921 Boswell.
| Art Hargis requests that members
of his company report to him at their
earliest convenience. Service men will
be given the preference, he says
The city clerk was authorized this
morning to call for bids for the con-
struction of sixteen blocks of sidewalk
to be laid this summer. Bids are to
be filed by Saturday morning.
The Topeka Normal Training
meeting Friday evening, June %. at
$50 at the Y M c. A There will
be a cafeteria supper, after which
there will be a short program and a
business meeting
The City Federation of Colored
| Women's Clubs will exhibit their art
and needlework Friday June %, from
| till IL D. m at the Christian church,
corner of Twelfth and. West streets
The work is valued at $4,000 and is
open to the public.
Residents in Potwin are no longer
satisfied with the round sidewalk on
! the southeast corner of Laurel and
Elmwood streets and this morning
presented petition to the board of
commissioners calling on them to
make the corner a square one.
An ordinance providing for the
withdrawal of $96,953-45 from various
funds to pay for bonds and coupons
which fall due July l was presented
for first reading at a meeting OF the
board of commissioners this morning
The ordinance probably will be passed
next Monday.
E. NJ. Cockrell, George Adamson and
A. G. Keys were appointed appraisers
land in a benefit district created to
pay for the opening of an alley in the
block bounded by Seward, Greeley and
Lake streets and the west line of
Webb's addition
City commissioners this morning
instructed A r. Young. city engineer,
to prepare specifications for a new
reservoir at the pumping plant. The
reservoir is to be constructed with
twenty foot concrete and steel rein
forced walls and will have a capacity
of 100000 gallons.
Earl Mcdonald, former foreman on
the east side sewer job, pleaded guilty
to forgery before Judge G.. H Whit
comb of the second division of the
district court today. Sentence has
an uncle from the Pacific coast Nc
Donald believes his uncle is coming
to make good the checks he pleaded
guilty to forging
Miss Marian James, a nurse at the
state hospital, was painfully bruised
on the face and arms Wednesday night
when she fell from a motorcycle
; driven by c E. Gardner, assistant clerk
at the hospital The accident occur
red a half mile west of ST. Francis
hospital on West Sixth avenue when
the machine skidded in fine gravel re-
Gently placed on the road.
Representatives of twenty Topeka
churches met last night at the Central
Y. NJ. c. A. and pledged themselves to
cooperate with the Rotary club and
other organizations striving to secure
a municipal farm for the city. Talks
on the furthering of the activities Of
the Topeka Federation of Churche:
1 were made by Chairman D. o. Coe
the Rev. Robt Gordon, Judge T. F
Carver and BaIfe Stark. chairman OF
E the committee on boys work
A private show will be held in the
: Orpheum theater Friday night fol
2 members of the Topeka Manufacturer:
= and Jobbers association The enter.
| tainment will commence at 1890
= o'clock following the regular program
t and will last until midnight. The pri
= vate performance is being given by tbs
manager of the theater, for the meI
! who were responsible for the success.
C of merchants week Preceding the
s show, members of the association viii
J. meet at the Commercial club.
A wild story of attempted murder
e and arson was told to members of tbs
fire department Wednesday, following
= a call to extinguish blaze in room
= occupied by Mrs. Bertha Porter a
y 935 Kansas avenue The fire which
e was discovered by other roomers IL
: the building early in the morning die
= comparatively little damage. Mrs
n Porter told a story of an attack by E
= short, heavy set man." She declare:
v she was rendered unconscious by {
\ blow on the head. When she awoke
( the room was in flames, she says
e 1t cost Anderson Porter SIS to wall
( away from Judge Hugh Fisher of the
| court of Topeka without saying good
bye Porterwa called into court weel
ago by Judge Fisher to answer some
| questions Fisher became busy or
some other matter and after tims
| it was found that Porter had disap
tpeared He had walked out withou
e saying anything about it lie wa:
picked up again today and brough
into court Judge Fisher fined hin
d SIS.