Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-08
THE OHIO CITY WAS CLOSED Up
TIGHT ALL DAY SUNDAY.
GREAT HARDSHIP THE RESULT.
RESTAURANTS, DRUG STORES AND
MILK DEPOTS QUIT BUSINESS.
People Have Trouble In Getting News
paperx-Theatrical People Ar
rested-Plnn Is to Kill the
Law by Strictly En-.
forcing 1t.

Toledo. o.. Feb. THE streets Of Toledo
were packed last night with surgins
throngs, brought out to see what would
occur at the various theaters. They were
rewarded at the close of the performances
by seeing sturdy bluecoats march the the
atrical people 10 the police station. where
they gave bail for their appearance to an
swer the charge of violation of the Sun
day closing ordinances.
Toledo was closed up tight. The saloons
were closed at IL o'clock Saturday night
by order of Toledo's eccentric millionaire
mayor, Samuel Jones, and instead of the
usual open Sunday they remained closed
all day.
Tobacco stores, restaurants, news depots,
drug stores cigar stands, fruit stands. milk
depots and everything of that character
come under the same provision and were
closed. front and rear doors BluecoatS
were stationed all over the city and ar
rests were made~upon the slightest vio-
lation OF the order.
By special arrangement the milk delivery
| menwere to have until o'clock tocomplete
their routes, but those who were unable to
get through by that time were promptly ar
rested and dragged off to the police station.
where they gave bail for their appearance
Tomorrow morning. Some of the routes
could not be completed before 10 o'clock
In the afternoon the Toledo marine band
| gave sacred concert in the Valentine
theater. Long before the time for the per-
| formance to begin the streets about the
| theater were crowded. but no arrests were
made until the performance was over. In
| the streets near by were perhaps 1900 peo-
| pie. The bluecoats were on hand after the
| concert and arrests were made Notice was
| served upon those In any way interested to
be on hand when the cases were called
The first man among the theatrical people
| to be arrested was Charles j. Strobel. the
baseball manager, who is the financial man
| of the musical organization The Valentine
| theater is the property of George II. Ketch-
| am. who has been in Chicago so much re-
| Gently in connection with the settlement
| of his brothers estate.
| People experienced great difficulty getting
| their newspapers, and many went away
| without them. But a dealer started plan
| at the Boody house. where perhaps 5000 or
1900 papers are sold every Sunday. He
| closed his cigar and news stand and moved
his papers to the desk of the clerks coun-
| ter. Then he placed little box near by.
| that they might pick out such papers as
| they wanted and put the money In the
! box. The plan was soon adopted at other
| hotels. Everybody had to make his own
| change.
| At the drug stores not a thing was sold
| except on physicians prescription. even
| in the most urgent cases, and great hard
| ship was wrought in two or three emergen-
\ cy cases.
The ultra-radicals, in their efforts at re-
i taliation, undertook to construe the city
ordnance so as to stop the street cars.
| but lawyers advised them that there was
danger Of conflicting with the United States
| statutes relating to common carriers. II
the order remains effective over next sun
I day an effort will be made to tie up the
| street cars and omnibus lines.
Mayor Jones said tonight that he was
| satisfied that the order had been gener-
| ally obeyed and without much trouble
| However, he thinks the ordinance under
| which the order was issued will be repealed
by the city council at the first possible
moment. Attorneys are working upon the
proposed new measures.
Meanwhile the theatrical managers have
engaged counsel to defend them and test
| case Is to be made. The citizens generally
are endeavoring to carry the order to such
an extreme that the council will be prac-
tically compelled to pass new and more lib
eral legislation.