The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
TAkEA NEW TURN
Odd Fellows Will Bring los
Suits Against Topeka Lawyers.
Purpose to Recover $4,000
Spent on De BOissiere Home.
ALBANIAN Is EXCITED.
Says Lodges Will Fight for Re-
covery of Money.
Conner Davies, Grand Master,
Makes a Report.
ALBANIAN Is EXCITED.

The heaviest battery OF law suits,
from the point of numbers, ever direct
ed against one defendant in the dis
trict court history of Kansas, will be
set into action this winter by the Odd
Fellows in their attempt to recover
SAT 900 from the DeBoissiere estate, of
which Troutman and Stone, the well
known Topeka lawyers, now have prac-
tical complete control and ownership.
Every Odd Fellow lodge in the state,
10S in all, will bring separate action for
the recovery of such amount of money
as they individu4lly subscribed towards
the DeBoissiere estate at the time
lows Orphans home.
In some instances the contributions
of the different orders amounted to not
more than $40, while in other instances
the sum approaches a thousand. But
that will make no difference. Every
lodge contributed and every lodge Will
sue. Troutman and Stone will have to
defend themselves In 10S different ac-
tions, all carrying the same point.
Grand Master Elect G. w. AIlaman
will lead the fight He begins his term
of office as head of the order on Thurs
day. Tuesday night the question was
put to him: "Wfll you drop the fight
for the recovery of the DeBoiss1ere es-
tate?"
Drop it? drop ft?" he exclaimed
half rising from his chair, drop it did
you say? Never, never. will not en-
.tertain an opinion of that kind for one
moment That matter will be fought
out. We are entitled to the $4,000
which we put into the place to i'm
prove it, when it was used as an or
phans' home. That belongs to the diff
lose the land. That I concede. But we
will recover that $47,0
He was asked for the formula of his
fight and replied: THE decision which
court in Usage county recently will be
appealed to the Kansas supreme court
The party suit now on for trial in the
federal court will be taken up to the
United States supreme court if that is
necessary. Every lodge in the state,
1O8 in all, will bring suit against Trout
man and Stone for the recovery of the
SAT, 900 worth of improvements which
we put on the DeBoissiere estate. Ihat
money belongs to the different lodges,
they subscribed it in different
amounts ranging from only $40 in IN
stances to 81 900 in others. That mon
ey can be recovered by them. When
the time comes this winter they will
institute their fights. Every lodge VIII
bring a suit.
Next year" continued DIR. ALBANIAN.
'I will be grand master ana VIII see
that these fights for the, recovery OF
the money that rightfully belongs to
us, and now held by Troutman and
Stone, will be pushed to the utmost.
There shall be no tagging on that
score. That much I will promise you.
Balie Waggener will outline the fight.
He is the lodge adviser in the mat
ter"
Apropos to the matter, Conner Davies,
the present grand master, in his report
on the DeBoissiere case, read before
the grand lodge this afternoon, SOUNDED
the trumpet note of battle in the 1oI-
lowing way:
calities, set out in language that
plain citizen may understand the 1acts'
they are these:
old man, whose heart bubbled over with
good will towards his fellow creatures,
bequeathed his earthly possessions IN
Kansas to the education ana care OIL
certain orphans of our great STATE.
Added to these possessions the Ood Fei-
lows of Kansas contributed, in casn,
over $50 900. At this time that fortune,
that magnificent heritage of nearly
s200,000 is in the hands OF l synoicatee az
of men, utterly remote from the
thoughts of the generous and phllan-
thropic benefactor. Somewhere, at some
place, between these two 1nc1dehts III
an outrage colossal, has been commit
ted. To right that wrong is our purpose
to locate the outrage is our design IL
do otherwise is a reHectlon on tne M
telligence of our people. For $4,000 full
grown. able bodied, big Drained men TO
sit supinely by and see such an outrage
committed without protest, ana Will
out attempting to right the wrong IS
built that way, and we have too much
in the courage of Kansas
odd Fellows to doubt having their aid
and support.
Almost as certain as the coming OF
Thursday, upon the morning OF Wnich
day the matter will be decided, Will the
odd Fellows return to Topeka again
NEXT wear to hold their annual con-
venticn. The secretaries association
was the guest of the Topeka Hotel
Keepers' association at the Copeland
hotel last night at 10 O'CLOCK, at a
lunch. Seventy-nine sat at the tables
The courtesy seemed to be so effective
that a resolution was offered voting
that the secretaries ASSOCIATION rec
ommend to the grand lodge, when 1t
decided the question tomorrow, to re-
turn to Topeka again next year the
carried with whoop. was or
dered written out, and presented when
the grand lodge took up the matter
of the location of next years meet
ing incidentally a heartfelt card OF
thanks was also presented to the hotel
keepers. 1t follows: Whereas, The
of the Copeland hotel, Ma
tional hotel, Throop hotel, Fifth Ave-
nue. hotel, Holiday house and the
Savoy have provided the secretaries
association with such nice refresh
ments this evening, therefore be it re-
solved: That we extend to them a
vote of thanks as an expression of our
appreciation of their hospitality"
There were three speeches at the
feed" Rev. F. S. Finch. of the First
Christian church of Topeka represent