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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1895
Page
8
Warm weather sale promotes 20 pieces Toile De Laine dress goods in fast colors at 10c per yard. Advertises savings of 20 to 25 percent on a wide range of garments and fabrics including shirts underwear hosiery ribbons lace curtains and related accessories for Friday and Saturday.
The First Methodist church of Halstead Kansas adopts resolutions opposing governor Morrills claim he cannot enforce prohibition. It calls for police commissioners to enforce the law, pledges moral support to the governor, and asks publications of the resolutions in State Journal Western Methodist and Halstead Independent. New system hook keeping joins England Challenor as state accountant.
A report notes that the penitentiary will hold books for several days and has recommended introducing a new bookkeeping system at the institution to improve record keeping and accountability.
A Santa Fe letter from General Manager J J Frey to attorney Tosh notes the case of Mr B for leaving work to join the American Railway Union and supporting a strike against Pollman company. The letter says the decision to not reinstate Mr B stands, citing loyalty to the company and disloyal activity.
In Prasa Polis on May 2 a conference of supreme Knights of Pythias officers resolved to wage war on the seceders from the order who formed The Improved Order Knights of Pythias. Chancellor Commander Ritchie doubted the wisdom of fighting, but officers insisted no quarter. The Improved Order arose after a lodge vote to print ritual in English only, angering German speaking members who formed the opposition order allowing both English and German lodges. Also noted is the death of Joan Huff in Matawan New Jersey, heir to Charles Easthoff’s estate. a May 2 Mississippi windstorm unroofed the First National Bank and caused heavy damage in Jackson.
M. B. Tomblin of the State Irrigation Board is identified as taking a significant position within the board. The note signals a personnel move affecting state water management and irrigation policy.
The state litigation board in Topeka, with $30,000 for western Kansas experiments, meets at the state house office to bid on four wells and pumping stations for twenty irrigated acre plots. Tomblin touts a private 185 foot well near Goodland delivering steady flow for crops. locations extend across Sherman, Hamilton, Grant, Gray counties and beyond as far as Plainville and Dodge City.
The interior department debates licensing Sitka manufacturers Paulina Cohen and R. Witz, blocked by Gov. Sheakley who cites restrictive Alaska medical liquor orders. Witz and Cohen seek Interior action. consul Hidgely notes Swiss exposition to open May 1, 1896 as a national event with no foreign exhibits.
North Topeka items report studio closure by H Mann, dissolution of Kistler and Holmes, residents visiting relatives, ad lists for local merchants, and a Meriden obituary. Includes transfers of property, business ads, and social notes from Central and Kansas avenues with multiple named residents and firms.
In a state department report, U S Consul General Penticid at Cairo says Egypt has more railway mileage per capita and better service than several European states, mostly government owned with some lines privately run. Ancient Cairo and Alexandria may gain trolley lines. bids for Cairo to the pyramids exist. A French proposal to build a rail ascent to the great pyramid is under consideration. The May 2 note also reports a Senate deadlock in Delaware with no senator likely this session due to Addicks and Higgin factions.
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