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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1898
Page
8
Our inventory includes nine thousand five hundred dollars of premier clothing hats caps gent's furnishings valises and more. With ten days left before Colonel Radgoes lease ends the storeroom is leased to another concern. We will not sacrifice to hasten disposal and quote items to acquaint you with the true merits of these goods.
The civil service commission reports after 15 years the merit system has saved money and improved efficiency. It notes increases in unclassified positions, growth in expenditures, and several abolitions to cut costs. It cites examinations, appointments, and some violations, with focus on the navy yards and tenure concerns. Merchants' Federation of Topeka to meet tonight at Wel Hall to discuss business.
Paris reports indicate a Paris garrison from Versailles reinforced the city amid anti Zola agitation. Zola accuses top officers and court officials of grave judicial crimes and seeks daylight investigation. Public disorder grows with mobs near Palais de Justice and threats of revolutionary action.
Our Ribbon department announces spring stock arriving now with 100 pieces of new fancy ribbons for sale starting Monday morning at 25 cents per yard.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union leaders urge Yale University President Timothy Dwight to ban alcoholic beverages on campus to counter drunkenness and gambling near the Yale grounds. Frances Willard and union officers threaten a boycott if action is not taken, citing 66 saloons and poor student conduct nearby. The petition targets Yale and, by echo, Princeton, urging Christian-minded colleges to fix campus environments.
Seven men vie for the Seventh district on the state ticket. W C Edwards from Pawnee seeks governor, W E Stanley of Wichita also named for governor, Frank Grimes of Wichita for treasurer, J A Witkin of Cowley for attorney general, Denny of Wichita for state auditor, W Pottlero of El Dorado for auditor, A H Bartin of Garden City for secretary of state. The field may grow as the campaign opens.
Very low rates for Rock Island excursion to Arizona Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory New Mexico Louisiana and Texas. Ride rail via Hook Island Passenger Depot or by phone. Also note book The Land of Big Red Apples offering fruit belt views of the Ozarks with farming and home-seeker appeal. Mailed free address J B Lock Wood Kansas City Missouri.
Addison F. Andrews gives the New York Press Club a memento: the pen Abraham Lincoln used to sign the emancipation proclamation. The gift comes from Andrews, son of Rufus F. Andrews, Lincoln era port surveyor, who received the pen from Mary Lincoln after Lincoln’s death as a personal memento. The pen has stayed in the Andrews family and is now presented as a life member token to the Press Club.
Springfield Massachusetts February 14 A part of the Hartford Carpet company plant at Thompsonville has been closed for an indefinite period. More than 200 hands are affected. An unsatisfactory demand is due to the great shutdown. A portion of the Westfield Sox company factory at Thompsonville also had closed.
Arkansas City February 14 colored men who went to Blackwell to socialize report trouble. Blackwell is described as anti Negro town. They occupied Blackwell barns and a corner was blown out with dynamite. Shots fired through the building, crowds gathered, and the men were forced to take refuge in a barn near the school.
Henry Quincy, a well known Pawnee Rock resident, was kicked in the abdomen by his horse at his table Saturday night. He suffered severely and died last evening from the injuries.
Charles A. Towne, campaigning in California and Oregon, claims he examined most evidence in the Ohio senate bribery inquiry and will convict Marcus Hanna of attempted bribery. Towne denounces Hanna as corrupt and accuses him of buying influence, portraying Hannaism as a stain on the Republican party.
Gen James M. Lewis of the board of police commissioners seeks an order banning boxing and sparring exhibitions after claims the events violate the law. Mayor Ziegenbeln says the law targets prize fighting and supports permits for properly witnessed exhibitions, noting broad citizen approval for lawful sport and sparring when conducted properly.
Gun club shoot at Newton features reduced travel with Santa Fe allowing a flat one fare round trip within 150 miles. The change replaces an earlier one and is noted alongside a sermon remark on justice. Also advertised are tobacco and health products and Eureka Springs as a year round resort with reduced round trip tickets via Prisco Line and pamphlet offers.
Minnie Fiteely also known as Minnie Chew, a motor bus colored woman, burst into a Noble and Height street waloon in Cleveland with a drawn revolver firing at George Leach, a colored gambler, who fired back wounding her near the heart. Leach is jailed as the woman, famed as an Amazon for years holding up men, is feared near death. Ekberg, merchant tailor, 713 Kansas avenue, offers a $25 first-class suit.
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