The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-04
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Harry Fraser. of Fraser Brothers
grocery, is ill at his home, sol Brooks
avenue, with the influenza. 1t was re-
ported today that he was getting along as
well as could be expected.
E. f. Bush. 1923 Taylor street allowed
his Ford engine to take r. dying chug on on
the street tracks at Tenth and FOLK
streets Thursday. street car eastDouhd
was unable to stop in time to avoid q
collision and Bush calmly stepped out OF
his automobile just us the street cur struck
the rear end of the Ford.
The promised recurrent wave of influ-
enza viii not materialiZe If reports Keep
up as they did today. There was only one
ease of the disease reported to the city au-
thOritieS up to O'Clock this afternoon:
During the day six houses were released
from quarantine. The report of one case
makes todays report the lowest that has
been received in many months.
Two new electric signs are TO grace
Kansas avenue. The Harris-Goar company
petitioned the citv commission this morn
ing to allow the company to move the Old
sign from their former location at 102 East
Kansas avenue The New Cafeteria also
petitioned to be allowed to put up sign
on the frame used for the old Tromp sign.
Both petitions were granted.
Thirty-one persons viii be sentenced by
Judge George II. Whitcomb in the second
division of the district court tomorrow.
They were convicted during the April term
but five were convicted of violations or
the prohibitory liquor law; Among the
more important cases are those of Emma
Burghart, forgery; Brownie Burns, petit
larceny; Raymond Diman, grand larceny !;
Earl Reeder, burglary and Wayne Padgett'
burglary
The fishing industry along the Kaw
river in Topeka is suffering from the
depredations of boat thieves. A. A: Hamer-
ell, 10 North Quincy. has enlisted the all
of Sheriff Hugh Larimer in tracing boat
belonging to him that was taken from its
moorings near the Melan bridge Wednes-
day afternoon in broad daylight The
thieves. after breaking three locks, floated
the boat down to the Santa Fe railroad
bridge, where they loaded it on wagon
and hauled it away.
The "Treasurers Topnotchers" of the
treasury department of the Santa Re gen
members of Sloan lodge No. 225. A. L.
& A. NJ, at the Masonic temple last night
The entertainment was furnished Dy the
singers and dancers, Misses Clark, Roehrig
and Dana. n bit of ragtime by Mrs. Jean
McGrew and minstrel revue by William
sherman. Merrill Stevens, Homer Fink.
John Carlson. Joseph Taggart, Richard
Knauer, Leroy Stack, Edward MCGUIRE
Miss Adele Kellogg and Mrs. Jean Nc
Grew.
Earl Reeder. convicted by jury a few
weeks ago of completely in the robbery of
Il. J. Gallagher's grocery store on West
Eighth street last winter, was granted a
new trial today following the hearing of
the motion in the second division of the
district court. His bond was set at $1,000.
Reeder was convicted on circumstantial
evidence. short time after the robbery
police caught Reeder and another man in
the alley back of the store they wSre
approaching the place where some of the
stolen goods were hidden. Both men
jumped their bonds but Reeder was re-
captured i'll Oklahoma.
A few petitions for small jobs of paving
were presented to the city commissioners
this morning. The sections for which paw
ing is desired are located as follows: The
alley bounded by Fifth, Sixth, Monroe and
Madison street; Eighth street, from West
street to Garfield; Seventh street, from
West street to Horne; cross allies, Fifth
to Sixth, from West to Lane streets: Lane
street, from Eighteenth to Nineteenth
streets; the alley bounded by Williams,
Fourteenth street, Lincoln and Buchanan
Fifteenth street, from Kansas to Quincy
streets; and Monroe, from Fourteenth to
Fifteenth. No action was taken on these
petitions beyond referring them to the
commissioner of streets. There is. how
ever, no very large amount of paving called
for this year. Most of it is in small jobs
of few blocks, It is very probable that
paving will be pr, the strength of
all petitions that have been presented.