Arizona republican., 1912-04-26

] Adams building. MrS. Petle Ieft last | evening for their former home in New
 i York city where the remains will be I inferred. The business will be con- ] tinued by the daughter
 RETURNING Judge E. w Lewis 1 is expected home tomorrow from | Washington where he has been in at l tendance upon the b-judiciary com mittee which has been Investigating
 the charges brought against Judge +. l F. Sloan. Judge Lewis appeared for
 1 the appointee, and Republican readers 1 have already been informed of the 1 favorable report of the committee.
 Judge Sloan may return with Judge l Lewis, and in any event will be here ! within a few days.
 SCHOOL APPORTiONMENT - 1 County superintendent of schools J. ] X. Higgins yesterday appor toned the 1 third and final allotment Of state i funds for the use of the public
 schools of Maricopa county. The total 1 amount for the year fell about 3500 1 short of recent years approximatinS ] only s11.50O instead of Sl2.000 The 1 apportionment now ready is for tu,
 i ty- five per cent of the whole amount, i and the balance having been distrib- i uted heretofore in allotlnents of fifty
 ; and twenty-five percent respectively. SUDDEN OEATH-A Mexican wo-
 ! man whose name is Guadaloupe 1 dropped dead last evening at her ] room in house at the corner of 1 Third and Jackson streets. Under ] Sheriff William Woolf investigated 1 the dcath but was unable to learn
 /, anything abou. the woman except that she came here from Tucson two
 months ago. She complained of lis tress d few moments before the end l but before the county physician l reached tine scene she vas dead. The l coroner will conduct an inquest to- 1 day.
 CHURCH APPROPRIATENESS amending 5he articles of incOrpOra l tion of the Protestant Episcopal church corporation of Arizona were 1 filed yesterday. Under the amenl- | ments the corporation is given wider 1 latitude in the transaction of it's buSi ness and may own, hold or acquire personal property for the use of the missionary district or any mission or parish thereof. The corporation is under the control of the convocation of Arizona Rt Rev. J. W. Atwood, bishop of Arizona, is president, and N A. Morford, secretary and treas l urer
 FUNRAL ToDAY--Funcral service over the body of .he late Joseph Ger main who died at six o'clock We'd l Desday morning after three weeks illness from typhoid fever. will be held at two o'clock this afternoon at the late home of the deceased one and a half miles north of the fair grounds. Interment will be in Green | wood cemetery. MT. Germainc, who was young man of IS. had lived in Phoenix many years. He is survived by his mother and four sisters The funeral is in charge of Mohn ani Driscoll.
 SPECIAL MEETINGS.-Rev w. B. Olmstead of Chicago will hold special meetings at the Free Methodist church on East Adams street. The services which begin tonight will continue for ten days Rev Olmstead is Sunday school secretary and for years was editor of the denomindional Sunday school literature. He has been mak ing an evangelistic tour in the west and was secured for a short meeting in Phoenix. He will hold q Sunday school convention and institute. while he is here. The meetings will begin promptly at eight o'clock. and there will be preaching each evening. All are cordially invited to attend
 GUNLESS-A peace officer with pfI I[ at,. down from Winslow and stopped at a local rooming house. Ketchum pos sesscd T very fine automatic revolver for which he had d peculiar attach ment because it is the weapon with which a desperado in his baliwick ! tried to kill him. Ketchum put the gun under his pillow, but during tine silent watches of the night somebody took it away from him. The police ! have been working on the case for several days. and late last evening the chief announced that he had both i the gun and the man who stole 1t. The glad tidings will be forwarded to Ketchum who has returned to Winslow.
 COUNTY GRAND JURY First grand jury to be empancllel since Maricopa county became part of the state of Arizona was inducteI in to office at ten o'clock yesterday morning in the temporary home Of 1 the superior court, at the corner Of Jefferson and Second avenue. ]. F. Cleave1and was appointed foreman of the jury which looked over an ar raignment of forty-five prisoners and ikc. nrlS jrry has about sixty cases to consider, and will be in session for nearly week. The trial work will begin next Thursday The calendar of civil cas- l es for the spring term will be called l bv Judge Phillips as soon as he can determine how long the criminal work
 will require.