Auditorium bids set. seating and plumbing priced
City Council ordered bids for a new auditorium with Building cost 27 425 dollars for the main structure 33 600 for seating and 34 402 for plumbing and heating total 33450 dollars. Equipment will need 18 000 more dollars. a midsummer fair is planned to raise funds. Council debates including Crawford poem and Burgess plan to curb window washing complaints and dirty sidewalks.
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Barnes
Topeka
Jeant
Auditorium Association
Crawford
Craford
Mr. Crawford
Release sought for Mrs Nedean jailed for liquor sale
Police commissioners urged the release of Mrs Nedean from city jail accusing officer Kinselt and Chief Steele but City Attorney Bird objected saying she is an old offender and should remain jailed. The petition went to the Judiciary committee.
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Chief Steele
Mrs. Nedean
Nedean
Hillard
Police Board
Nedeat
Bird
Kinselt
Steele
Committee On Judiciary
Councilmen discuss window cleaning and sidewalk rules
Councilman Koundtres favors allowing a man to clean his windows. Councilman Morgan doubts the council can legally pass such an ordinance. Councilman Skinner says the regulation is unsatisfactory in winter. The other ordinance bans business men from sweeping sidewalks before a certain hour. Both ordinances were referred to the Judiciary committee.
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Burgess
Koundtres
Morgan
Counciman Skinner
Committee On Judiciary
Fire sale license reform urged by commercial club
A city council committee from the Commercial club urged raising license fees for fire sale and similar fake sales. Abe Steinberg D J Greenwald and John F McManus argued bankrupt stock sellers evade taxes and hurt legitimate businesses. The matter was sent to the licenses committee to draft an ordinance reflecting these suggestions.
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D. J. Greenwald
Abe Steinberg
John F. McManus
Commercial Club
Steinberg
Greenwald
Committee On
Council Committees Formed by Mayor Fellows
Mayor Fellows announces committee appointments including Ways and Means with James Burgess D D Skinner J S Warner John Elliott and J W Mergen. Streets and walks with Chas Drew Fred Roundtree D J Dickinson J W Blossom and A P Benson. Health and sanitary includes A P Benson.
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Fellows
Wass and Means
James Burgess
D. D. Skinner
J. S.” Warner
John Elliott
J. W. Mergen
Chas
J. Drew
Fred Roundtree
D. J. Dickinson
J. W. Blossom
A. P. Benson
J. S. Warner
Chua
I W. Mergen
J. D. Dickinson
James Burgers
A. P Benson
I. M. Blossom
Fire Department
O. D. Skinner
Jas. Burgess
J. 5
Warmer
Judiciarys
W. Mergen
John Eliott
Warner
Tinensés
Fred Rountree
J. W. Bloscom
Health and Sanitary
VIADUCT PAVEMENT AND Auditorium Debate In Topeka
City Engineer calls urgent repairs on Sixth avenue viaduct while council notes a pond at St John and Polk and asks Rock Island railroad to drain it. A Topeka council letter opposes building a large auditorium, arguing public funds should not compete with private enterprise and questioning cost, use, and upkeep. Mention of Manila troops appears in a separate brief.
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Barnes
Sixth Avenue
Mattre Wss
Committee On
Blossom
St. John and Polk Streets
Rock Island Railroad Company
Topeka
Kansas River
State House
Serioul Auditorium
Hailiten Hell
New York
Concert at Camp Leedy Honors Topeka Volunteers
Merghal's band, the pride of Topeka, will give an open air concert at Camp Leedy on next Sunday afternoon to honor volunteer soldiers. Marshall's band will perform popular and classical selections as patriotic music. The event is expected to draw most of Topeka's population and boost patriotism.
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Merghal
Pride of
Fopeka
Weather Indications and Rail Options for Midwest Travel
Weather prospects for Chicago area include partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with showers in the south and likely clearer conditions in the north. Northeast winds persist as travelers weigh Kansas City departures on the Union Pacific and Santa Fe lines, including the 8 29 A M UP train arrival and connections to Topeka. Santa Fe promotes its Denver through service via Pueblo and Colorado Springs with through sleepers and free chair cars. Local ads mention Myers Phonograph Co offerings and Whitmer brothers in Sarvera, Kansas.
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Chicago
Kansas
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
The
Santa Fe
Railroads to charge troops 1 cent per mile move
Chicago May 3 The rate for transporting troops during the Spanish American War will be 1 cent per mile. Railroads had proposed double this, but Washington suggests no more than the Civil War rate. Government wants free will but will not pay over 1 cent. A joint eastern western meeting is set for next Friday to decide.
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Chicago
Spain
Washington
Some Railway Statistics from Railway Age
Last year U S railways carried over 13 billion passenger miles and 95 billion ton miles. Dividends on stock totaled about 35 million dollars, with freight contributing roughly 62 million and passengers about 28 million in profit. Freight earned about 15 miles per cent, passengers under two tenths of a cent per mile.
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Railway Age
United States
Raiways
No Passenger Train Along Union Pacific Line
Patrons along the Lincoln Branch of the Union Pacific and towns from Salina to Hill City await a passenger train. Traveling agent J B Reese says there is no remotest possibility of a passenger service for a long time, unless several extraordinary crops occur. He suggests service may be possible from Salina to Pisinville only if main line work is divided, which is not contemplated.
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Salina
Pisinville
Union Pacific changes division points eyed for Salina Oakley
Oakley May 2 This town hosts many Union Pacific railroad workers and the Salina Lincoln and Oakley branch. Rumors say the company plans to reduce divisions between Kansas City and Denver from four to three, making Salina and Oakley division points. Railroad men predict some change, hoping a passenger train will return to the Salina and Oakley branch.
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Salina
Oakley
Union Pacific Railroad
Salina & Oakley Branc
Speed Max set for St L C G F S railway repairs
Jefferson City Mo May 3 rail road commissioners order Louis Houck receiver to repair the St Louis Cape Girardeau Fort Smith railway from Cape Girardeau to Hunter 94 miles by August 1 with new bridges cross ties and improved roadbed to reduce danger. Passenger trains limited to ten miles an hour and cabooses to have closets. Also notes Santa Fe trial plan to assign engines by crew with first engine out from roundhouse.
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Jefferson City
Louis Houck
St. Louis, Cape Girardeau & Fort Smith
Capt Girardeau
Hunter
Passengra
United States gunboat Castine captures Pascoe schooner
Key West reports a small prize taken by the gunboat Castine. The vessel Pascoe, a schooner, was brought in on May 2 at 10:40 PM, adding a nautical success to current patrols.
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Key West
United States
Castine
Gift to General Lee Confederate Flag Presented in Perth Amboy
Captain James Parker of Perth Amboy sent to Consul General Fitzhugh Lee a Confederate naval flag captured at Richmond. Parker, former lieutenant commander in charge of the gun boat Maumee, kept the flag for years and led naval stores in town as senior officer. Also a testimonial on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy noting its effectiveness for a family in South Hargettstown, Pa.
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Parker
Perth Amboy
N. J
James Parker
Fitzhugh Lee
Richmond
Leu
Maumee
Topeka Train Schedules and Union Pacific Route
The notice describes Union Pacific options 8:20 2 m. oz Topeka at 6:10 p.m. and other trains to Topeka with a first class feature. It mentions a train leaving Topeka at 7:30 a.m. daily via Santa Fe and a local Topeka Kansas City service.
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Union Pacific
Kansas City
Topeka
Santa Fe
Oz Topeka
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GEO
Unioffitt
Kansas Avenue
City Council
Council
James Burgess, John Elliott and
L. M Crawford
Manila
Dewey
Manta
Camp Leedy
Marshall
Madrid
Myers’ Phonograph Co
Edison
Phonograph
Edwin Myers, Jr
East Eighth Street
Whitmers Bros
Sarvera
Railroad News
Newton
Lincoln
St L. CG
Normandie
Standard Indigo
Lonsdale
Hope Brand
Bic
Aic Ic
CIA
OUR
Nichols
New Model Supply Store
Quincy
Kemper & Paxtons
General Lee
Gough
Chamberlain
Gough Hennedy
J. L. Moore
South Hargettstown
the Bitters
Cramp
Russia
Philadelphia
Sundine Company
Charles Crusipnow
Buroig
Kate
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