Anti Pass Bill Passes Senate Over House Odds
The lone anti pass measure of the session cleared the senate with a slimmer majority as supporters pressed absentees to reach the threshold. The bill, Jumper’s, aims to lower passenger rates to a penny per mile for adults and half fare for children, with no passes allowed except by the employer. Critics call the irrigation and public works plans wasteful, while railroad legislation faces strong opposition in both chambers.
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Senate
Aly
House of Representatives
Jumper
House
Dillard
Troutman
Noosa
Armstrong
Baldwin
Cooke
Enntzon
Forney
Helm
Helmick
Iusehulder
Jaomper
King
Landis
Oids
Luedy
Reid
Rogers
Lena
Keurer
Smith
Taylor and
Railroad Committee
Kansas
Committee On Railroads
Prohibition Law Questioned After Leavenworth Banquet
The Marion Record notes a Leavenworth banquet where liquor flowed freely and law respects were treated with contempt. It argues three state departments ignored law and party policy, undermining Prohibition and public trust in government.
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Leavenworth
Department of
Outlaws Flee Topeka As New Police Tighten Grip On Gambling
In Topeka, Kansas, police crackdown drives gamblers from town after a year of lenient enforcement. Rats of the old regime flee to Missouri and beyond, with one man vowing to leave by train as casino-style gaming and saloon culture retreat under the new board. Local residents lament loss of action and question Kansas reform.
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Kans
Topeka
Diogenes
Seventh Street
Kansas Avenue
St Jos
Journal
Wilkerson
Gardiner
Missouri
Leavenworth
Kansas
Elect All Officers Move Gains In State Reform Effort
The Hays City Sentinel argues for changing appointive state offices to be elected by voters. It urges full public nominations and campaigns at political conventions and general elections, listing positions such as United States senators and railroad commissioners. The piece stresses equal citizen rights to seek office but confines solicitation to state conventions.
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Hays City “Sentinel
Hays City Sentinel
Morrill
United States
Elste
No Leap Year Till 1904 In Century Rule Explained
Topeka Feb 15 1895 W F Poe reports that under the Julien calendar every fourth year is a leap year except century years not divisible by 400. Thus 1896 is leap year but 1900 is not, meaning birthdays on February 29 1896 have no repeat until 1904.
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W. FL Poe
Topeka
Exhibition events and lectures at Bijou theater
The notice lists a free lecture and a fashion exhibition in uniformed attire by the Enrica Zurnet Quartetio, with a steam launch at Pierleas, to be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at 112 West 8th and 114 West 8th streets.
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Eck
Ae & Enrica Zurnet Quartetio
Degres
No. Sin Uniform
Viavi
Bijou
West 8Th
Pierleas Steam Launt
Looks Bright Ahead Nearly Fifty Citizens Join League
A civic recruitment drives momentum as nearly fifty residents sign up to join the Municipal League, signaling renewed local engagement and public service interest. The effort aims to organize volunteer activity, policy discussion, and community improvement projects across the city.
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The
Municipal League
Topeka Group Organizes Municipal League Reform
The Municipal League forms with W H Rossington among initial attendees to study Glasgow and Toronto models. A paper by L A Stebbins on Glasgow sparks discussion of water works, lodging houses, and city economy amid Topeka’s water extortion. Election of officers deferred. next meeting set for Tuesday at 114 East Seventh.
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L. A. Stebbins
Gilaxgow
Municipal League
W. H. Rossington
Wm Greso
E Martin
J. D. McFarland
Wm. MacFerran
Charles M. Sheldon
T. H. Bowman
George D. Hale
H H Benedict D. H. Moore
J. & Morse
James Dunn
C J. Evans
A Wagener
A. H Weatherbee
Clad Hamilton
G. G. Lee
W. & McClintock
H. W. Euler
A. McGreagor
H.C. Bowman
George Hanley
Thomas Botta
George Brooks
W. F. File
J. Huot
W. S Lawson
Rev
L.A. Stebbins
Glasgow
Scotland
Topeka
Topeka Water Company
Alexander Laird
Santa Fe
Tournal
W. E. Rossington
Mr. Stebbing
Mr. Rossington
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Ayer
Wm. L. Marcey
Andrew Jackson
C. J. Evans
Lee
W. C. Campbell
Trades Assembly Hall
East Seventh Street
Toronto
Charlee M. Sheldon
CJ. Evans
Topeka Municipal League Seeks Civic Pride and Reform
A Topeka civic league outlines aims to awaken civic pride, promote honesty in candidates, and adopt best business principles for city management. Open to Topeka residents over 21 with a $1 initiation, the group will elect officers yearly in December, set a 10 member executive committee, and meet in Trades Assembly hall with next topic by Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon on Toronto.
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Topeka
Principe
Municipal Leagues of
League
Trades Assembly Hall
Chas. M. Sheldon
Toronto
State Journal editors urged to prune high salary commissioners
A letter to the editor from a Republican reader urges the State Journal to back pruning of numerous high paid county commissioners. He calls for drastic cuts using a pruning knife and crosscut saw to expose “salary grabs” in the legislature and curb tax burdens on poor taxpayers.
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Briand
Arvonis
States Journal
The
StaTe Journal
Cnt
Humraxsy
Wife seeks pardon for husband jailed for selling liquor
Mra Fremont Wells asked county commissioners to pardon her husband Wella, jailed sixty days for selling liquor and fined 200 dollars. He has no money, will take most of the summer to work off the fine. The governor was asked to grant clemency, and the couple planned to leave Topeka. officials said they lack authority to release before sentence ends. The item sits among local notices and society chatter.
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House
Sutton
State Agricultural College
Brown
Pratt
Naither
Western
Kangas
Ue Billas
Sate
Individua
Topeka
Tate
Greenlee
Mra
Fremont Wells
Wella
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Sherman
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Kentucky
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