The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-09

Otto Anderson, deputy sheriff, has re-
ceived telegram to the effect that his
brother in Denver is seriously sick Mr..
Anderson has resigned his position in
the sherfffss office and will leave to-
night for Denver to be with his brother.
The quarterly meeting of the Topeka
branch of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society will be held Wednes-
day, January II, in the First Metho-
dist church, beginning ait 10 a. m.
Luncheon will be served at the noon
hour At 2 p. m. there will be serv-
Ice in memory of Mrs. T. B. Sweet.
During the afternoon news from China
will be brought by Miss Emma Silver
and from India by Miss Cora Morgan
and Miss Lily Greene. Missionary adj
dresses will also be feature of the
prayer meeting on Thursday evening.
Sunf1ower Camp, No. $50, Modern
Woodmen of America, will install it's
officers for 1911 at the Tuesday eve
ming meeting. Following the inaugural
ceremonies an oyster supper will be
served. The new officers are. Arthur
j. Bollinger, consul; Robert F. Tasker,
advisor; D. c. Tillotson, banker: NJ
w. Saxon, clerk; 20 K. -Swayze, assist
ant clerk; L. N. Clark. escort; w. H.
Mecord, Waterman; w. NJ Brownfeld
sentry; George w. Porter, member of
board of managers. The special audi
tors report for the years business will
show that the camp has handled
see, 900.
Ballots have been. printed for the
special election Tuesday of, the East
Side Shunganunga drainage district.
The purpose of the election is to elect
five drainage directors. The candidates
are:- c. NJ. Brown. S. Cunningham,
Frank Curry. L. J. Darr. r. I. Jones.
r. B. Kelley, William Klinge, John
Lungstrom, Ed Miller, and w. A.
Voight. The building at 1107 East Sixth
avenue, has been designated as poll
ing place. Only residents of the dis
triet who are taxpayers will be allowed
to vote for directors.
S. H. Haynes has recommended to
the county commissioners the appoint
ment of the following deputy assessors:
Rossville township, William Howerton;
Silver Lake township, w. A. Luthye;
Menoken township, w. F. George; Sol
der township, Boyd D. Pollum; Tope-
ka township George j. Lepper; Te-
cumseh township, j. S. Dummer; Mon
mouth township, Lawrence Sims: Wfll-
Transport. F. A. Pratt; Auburn town
ship, Walter A. Black; Dover town
ship w. NJ. Lyle; Mission township,
e. P. LeVan- The appointments were
made as suggested.
Employees in the United States dis
trict attorneys office, B. F. Fiennfken,
deputy marshal. George Sharitt. clerk
of the circuit court, Morton Albaugh,
clerk of the United States district court
and his assistant, Frank Campbell, left
today for Kansas City, where they will
attend the January session of the Uni
ted States district court.
|, Harry E. Trovillo and others have
filed suit in the district court against
William. Wallace and others, asking the
court to quiet Trovillo's title to certain
property on Grant street in North To-
Deka.
Oscar d. Smith. who lis wanted in
Topeka on a charge of forgery, will
be brought to Topeka this evening.
Smith was arrested in st. Louis sew
eraI days ago and the sheriff's office
was notified OF the catch. After TAX
ing Jackson Wright to the peniten-
tiary. Ben Judlxins, deputy sheriff, went
to st. Louis, where he secured Smith.
Following a shooting scrape in
North Topeka, Laura Copeland and
Belle Powers were arrest ed and are
awaiting trial on charge of disturb
ing the peace. Fred Collins, who
started the trouble escaped and has
not been found. The shooting did not
result in serious damage, and so far
as the police have learned, no one was
injured.