Struck Today as English Bootmakers Begin Lockout
Lospos March 16 The great lockout of bootmakers affecting 200000 operatives began today after national federation notified workers to halt. Employers refuse arbitration and 10000 operatives left work, amid fears English footwear cannot withstand American competition. A boot union fund of 800000 dollars backs strikers, with Leicester District expected to lose at least 1000000 in wages.
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Lospos
National Federation of Boot Makers
Operatic
Amerlcen
England
The Primaries Fight a Close One in City Precincts
Reported in the city during the primaries the race split between ring and anti ring factions with women crucial to the outcome. Mayor Harrison appears to lead if women vote. ward contests and precinct irregularities noted. A colored vote split surprised Fellows backers while observers warned of car tage tactics and hustling at voting sites. Mayor Harrison cast his ballot early and encountered a dramatic moment at a neighboring booth involving a colored voter needing assistance.
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Heeler
W. E. Sterne
Fellowa
Jig
Mary
Everal Democrate
Goty
Ghrl
Ger
Colored women campaign in Topeka mayoral race
A Kansas City Journal report describes active colored women in Topeka boosting Charley Fellows for mayor while Harrison supporters also mobilize. Women serve on election boards, including two clerks in the First precinct of the Second ward. State Senator Billy Sterne leads Fellows’ campaign, riding the city in a buggy as he rallies workers. Fellows, not a Methodist or Y M C A member, claims little chance in his own Fourth ward.
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Vina Johnson
Gertrude Colbert
Colbert
Johnson x Byte
Fellows
William E. Sterne
Charley Fellows
Billy Sterne
Topeka
Sterne
State Journal
Sterne-Fellows
Cit
Journal
Waylog
Beng
Methodist Church
North Topeka Mall
Embree
Leavenworth
Kansas
Pellows
Mr. Fellows
Election Returns Open for City Republican Primary
The Journal office will be open this evening to receive the Republican city primary election returns. It is expected the vote will be counted by 10 or 11 oclock.
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JournAl
Potwin Election Set for Next Wednesday Nominating Meeting Planned
The Walverenl Caucus will meet next Wednesday evening to nominate city officers for Potwin. Election day is the first Monday in April, a day before Topeta. Incumbent Mayor Forbes may not run again. A city council meeting last night scheduled the nominating convention at the schoolhouse and invited all residents to participate. Election officers named: Judges H. A. Burke C. R. O'Donald Joseph Thompson. Clerks Misses Allie Nesbaum Carrie Demming. Voting place: H. Allen's carpenter shop.
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Potwin
Topeta
Forbes
Eppeiita
H. A. Burke
C. R. O'Donald
Joseph Thompson
Cierka
Allie Nesbaum
Carrie Demming
H. Allen
Carpenter Shop
Receiver sought for M. F. Evans stock in North Topeka
Peter Smith and Willis Norton of Citizens' Bank seek a district court receiver for M. F. Evans clothing stock in North Topeka after taking charge on a channel mortgage. Case set before Judge Hazen Monday morning amid other creditor actions. In Wichita a letter case resulted in Susie Peck found guilty of obscene mailings. co-defendant Nathan Peck acquitted. New York bank figures show declines in reserves loans and deposits with slight rise in circulation. excess reserves stand at 17,503,775 under 25 per cent rule.
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District Court
Peter Smith
Willis Norton
Citizens’ Bank
North Topeka
Hazen
Bancas City
Star
Wichita
Kos
United States
Susie Peck
Meade
Rua
Ollie Brick
Arheryile
Kas
Nathan Peck
New York
South Won't Split Over Silver Question Says Oates
New York dispatch reports Governor William Oates of Alabama at the Hoffman House discussing silver and bonds. He aims to refund about 7.5 million dollars of state bonds at a lower interest, proposing 40 to 50 year gold payable bonds. He says the South favors silver but rejects a pure silver standard and expects no regional split on the issue.
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W. G Oates
Alabama
Hoffman House
Cleveland
South
Murder at Ft Scott shocks Kansas ranch scene
Louis Staivel an elderly ranchman found dead at his Ft Scott home with his throat cut from ear to ear about 9 am. A $100 gold and currency was found on him, suggesting a premeditated murder rather than robbery. The coroner investigates as high excitement grips the area.
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Citry
Ft Scott
Kas
Louis Staivel
Lhe
Lawes Denies Permit to Sell Liquor in City
Druggist W F Lake is denied a liquor permit as probate Judge Wood rules $625 of Lake’s stock is secured by a chattel mortgage to C D Smith Drug Co of St Joseph and Mrs Middwagh, effectively placing that portion under mortgagee control. Klingaman & Co M Funchess Waltmire & Co and E T Sims permits await decisions with renewals pending for some firms.
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W. F. Lake
Wood
Lake
C.D. Smith Drug Company
St. Joseph
Bad for Frank Shapter A Topeka Man With Dark Record
Captain Frank Shapter formerly of Topeka and Oakland military company left Ottawa under a cloud. He bought a steam laundry, sold it, and fled town leaving unpaid bills totaling several hundred dollars and checks drawn on banks with no funds. Ottawa Republicans report he carried $1,000 to $1,400 in cash and left unpaid debts exceeding that amount.
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Ottawa
Frank Shapter
Oakland Military Company
Ottawa Republican
Shapter
M.C
Republican
Jones Permit Revoked by Judge Over Stock Ownership
Judge Wood revoked Jones liquor selling permit after ruling he did not own the stock and was only a salaried agent for C. D. Jones Drug Co of St Joseph. Papers to be served around 1 pm. Northwestern Mutual seeks a receiver for D. L Purbeck's 16 acre farm near Topeka. Furbeck, a former populist lieutenant governor candidate, mortgaged for $6,000 and missed interest.
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
United States District Court
D. L Purbeck
Topeka
Hillmon Case Ad Critique Reveals Attorney Fees Claim
A March Hillmon case feature claims a stock syndicate funded Mrs Hillman's stake in the suit and 50 percent attorney proceeds. The Star notes the article contains a sponsor ad and editors dispute the alleged syndicate and the fee arrangement, citing Riggs testimony denying such stock company and clarifying the fee terms.
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Jourdau
Hillmon
Atatemat
Late Sporting News Highlights Notable Bouts and Bets
In St. San Pranciacoi a seventeen year old jockey Philip Carr gains a guardian Barney Schrieber as he holds about $7,000 cash and $10,000 annual income. A staged fight between Oscar Gardner and Cockey Delougherty for $150 purse is set with police protection. Gardner seeks matches in west wrestling with a 122 pound limit. Fred Braesg heads to Oklahoma City for a March 21 22 cooking contest under Sam Drummond. Geo Bunker and wife bicycle from Chicago to Albuquerque then Trinidad in five and a half days. Billy Layton loses to Tom Monaghan in a ten round bout for $500 a side. Creve Lawn club prepared to go south with players headed to Cincinnati Indiana and St Louis. Myron McHesry buys Dame Wood dam of John R Gentry 208s the champion pacing stallion.
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Kansan
Oscar Gardner
Omaia
Cockey” Delougherty
Starch S
Rye Goodwin
Toansas
Gardner
West
Fred Braesg
Leavenworth
Oklahoma City
Sam
Grasshopper
Geo. Bunker
Chicago
Albuquerque
Trinidad
Miners Trapped After Austrian Mine Explosion
An explosion at the Hohenge mine in Austria Silesia traps 120 miners who remain confined as debris blocks access. Eighty miners have been rescued and authorities work to reach the others amid ongoing danger.
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Austra-Silesia
Hohengge
Burra
N. Y
Hardesty
Robinsons
Montgomery
Gloria Andy Jordan
Sims Drug Co
Andy Jordan
Catholic Priest Attacks Senate Elections and Land Tax
Rev Father Malone of Denver warned in Orpheus hall that ability and worth no longer elect senators in Colorado, men buy votes instead. He likened America to Rome under landowners and tenants, urged a single tax on land speculators, and warned unemployed would rise if oppression continues. He framed the church’s stance as orthodox and discipline-bound.
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Father T. H. Malone
Denver
Orpheus Hall
Ilinois
United States Senate
Rome
America
All Coming West
All five Union Pacific receivers will start for the west on Tuesday accompanied by Samuel Carr Jr and Green son of Alexander Green who will represent the company's interest at Denver on court approval of the Denver & Gulf one hundred mile extension. Eastern interests oppose the extension though they fear the ten year contract demanded by the Rio Grande is too long for a receivers' contract.
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Union Pacific
West
Samuel Carr, Jr
Green
Alexander 3. Green
Denver
Denver & Gulf
Rio Grande
Danas libel trial postponed to Monday morning
The hearing in the case of Charles A. Dana charged with criminal libel of F. B. Noyes of Washington, D. C., was postponed by agreement of counsel until next Monday morning at 11 o'clock before United States Commissioner Shields.
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Charles A. Dana
F. B Noyes
Washington, D. C
United States
Shields
Dr. J. A. Brodus Dies Distinguished Minister and Scholar
Dr. John A. Brodus of Lewisville Kentucky died at 3 30 this morning after a notable career as a minister and scholar. He lectured before Yale and Johns Hopkins and was regarded as a premier Greek scholar. Born January 27 1824 he leaves a wife five children including four married daughters and a son.
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John A. Brodus
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Europe
Yale
Johns Hopkins
Circuit of Their Own Kasans Ciry Meeting in Hutchinson
A large gathering of opera house managers from central western and southern Kansas convenes in Hutchinson to form an association for mutual protection and benefit. A member will be chosen to connect with eastern centers and to handle bookings for the 1595 1696 season starting in May.
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Hutchinson
Kansesys
Central
Kansas
President in Violet Passes Indias Head on Lake River Journey
Aboard the Violet, with the president on board, the house boat crossed Indias Head near mile marker on Lake River at 1050 this morning. Officials expect the president to return to the city around 3:20 this afternoon after a message was received at the White House.
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Violet
Indias Head
Lake River
Discontent Grows as City Militia Faces Strike
March 16 New Orleans dispatch reports fatigue among militiamen on duty amid drizzle and cold. Merchants support troops but fear clerk shortages. Talks of bringing country troops to relieve city militia rise as Gov. Foster plans to negotiate with agents and delegations to reach a settlement.
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Foster
Paints the Pew Red by Tommy McNiff in Reform School Tale
A Kansas City boy named Tommy McNiff, about ten, is sent to the reform school after a string of misdeeds. He and a companion vandalized English Lutheran church pews with red paint, drawing public notoriety. Deputy sheriffs from Kansas City, Kansas, secured his placement last night.
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Cummings
Kansas City
Kansas
Tommy
Kicu
Cherokee High School Plans Center on New Crawford County Building
Topeka architect H. M. Hadley draws plans for a new Cherokee High School to be built in Crawford county this spring and summer. The two story pressed brick structure will house eight rooms and include modern features such as electric bells to replace the tower bell. Cost estimate stands around 15 090 dollars with a Pekoma firm supplying the bells. Hadley also designs a Coffeyville three floor business block, 560 by 100 feet, with four stores and offices at a cost about 12 000 dollars.
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Topeke
H. M. Hadley
Chekee
Crawford County
Topeka
City High School
Hadley
Coffeygill
Sooms
Oakland’s Crazy Man Found Near Ottawa Farm
A. M. Tinkham, called Oakland’s crazy man, was found camping in a crude den on a Franklin county farm near Ottawa. An officer shivered him out of the open, near a fire and a straw bed. He subsisted on improvised meals and earned a dollar and a quarter shucking coins, with about two dollars on hand. His Oaklands friends have been notified and he will be returned tonight.
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A. M. Tinkham
Oakland
Franklin County
Tinkham
Ottawa Republican
St Louis Aper
Tinkhambet
Oailand
Union Pacific Trims Expenses and Juvenile Thefts
Labor groups dispose of a grievances keeper Geo Vrooman as locomative engineers cut costs. Juvenile thieves Fred Cooper and an accomplice face probation after a court lecture. Ex policeman Henry Steala, hired as watchman, aided recovery of two youths caught stealing coal from Union Pacific cars in North Topeka.
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Neh
Union Pacific
Jook
Geo, Vrooman
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Aystem
Henry Steala
North Topeka
Young Sea
Union
Calvin M
J.A. Hayes
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