The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-29
LOCAL MENTION.

AVOAL M LIN hun
Robert Knisler. his wife, and Mary
Knisler,S their daughter, were ar
rested last night at their home, 423
East Crane street, on a, charge of SELL
ing Intoxicating liquor. The arrest
was made on q state warrant. About
a case of beer was found in the home.
It is claimed that Knisler is a sort of
distributing agent for a Kansas City
brewery and that he has dispensed
liquor in Topeka this spring in whole
sale quantities.
Three common school commence
week. In the Bellevoir district, east
of Topeka, exercises will be held We'd
nesday night. The following evening
will be turned over to the graduates
of the West Sixth avenue school. Fri
day night the students in the College
Hill district will hold annual festivi-
ties. All of the schools in Shawnee
county holding nine month terms, will
close this week.
The county commissioners will meet
next Monday as a board of equali-
cation. They will be in session two or
three weeks and are already making
preparations for the annual reception
of public grief. Every dow ntrodden
taxpayer is expected to appear before
the equalization board and ask that
their assessment be divided by two or
three or possibly four or five. Not
all of the property owners succeed in
their efforts, but it seldom has a ten
dency to cut down the attendance at
the annual meeting.
JIM. Evans, former principal of the
st. Marys schools, has been employed
for the 1911-12 term as principal of
the RoSsville schools at salary OF
1900 a year. w. r. Ross, who has
charge of the Rossville schools last
year, will be principal of the Highland
Park schools next year at salary of
$50 a month.
An order was issued today by the
board of county commissioners for
the burning of the 1910 ballots. This
primaries and the general election in
November.
Daisies for sale twenty-five cents per
hundred delivered. S ]. Irwin, 1861
Garfield Ave. Ind. 224S Blue.
A. w. Smith, pension agent, left to-
day for Minneapolis, Kan, where he
will address the old soldiers at the OF
tawa county old soldiers meeting Tues
day. Preparations have been made for
Memorial Day ceremonies
by the N11nuSdpOllS Nel0I rams
II. Schenck returned to Topeka Sat
urday night from Holton, where he has
been the last week in the trial of an
important civil suit. The case involves
the division of a $4,000 estate in Jack
son county and will not be disposed of
until some time this week. Schenck re-
turned to Holton this morning.
Mrs Jennie Gordon received word to-
day stating that her son, Charles Starr.
who is attending Pennsylvania univer-
sity, will not return to Topeka until
August He expects to take a four
weeks course in mechanical engineer
ing this summer and will spend much of
his time in New York state. The young
man was this year stoker on the fresh
man boat crew and participated in the
annual meet with the big eastern col
leges. Included in the list were
Cornell, Harvard and Yale
Smoke Burghart's new size Favorite,
clean, mild and sweet. Try one.
Fred Collins was arrested today on o
state warrant and will be tried this
week in the court of Topeka on q
charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
Collins attacked Will Kinney Sunday
night. In the encounter, Collins is said
to have attacked Kinney with knife
and later struck the young man on the
head with the butt of revolver.
Wade Reed, for whom a peace bond
was recently asked, may be tried in the
probate court this week for his sanity
Reed threatened to kill c. II. Phillips OF
ia Madison street recently. Since that
time his actions have aroused suspicion
and it is believed that his mind is af- |
fected.
Paul Raub, James Fisher and Millie |
Mcclure, three of the boys who were
arrested for shooting up" North To-
peka Friday evening, were fined 50
each in police court Saturday evening |
The three were paroled, however, the |
parole to be good SO long as they are
Mrs. Mary Wiltshire of Kansas City |
is here today to decorate the graves OF |
the deceased members of her family in
Topeka cemetery.
Sheriff ]. d. Norton of Shawnee |
has filed notice of appeal to the |
supreme court in his case against the |
Shawnee county commissioners where |
in he demands pay for mileage alleged |
to have been earned by his office in |
service of process in probate court
cases.
The Baracca and Philathea classes
Of the First Methodist church will |
hold a picnic in Knox grove tomorrow |
afternoon and evening, beginning at
$3.50 o'clock.
A permit was issued this morning /
for an $4,000 addition to Stormonti