Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1899 — Would Repeal Prohibition. [ARTICLE]

Would Repeal Prohibition.

Senator Hart, Populist, introduced a bill in the Kansas Senate repealing the present prohibition law and creating a State dispensary system as a solution of the liquor problem. The bill creates the office of State liquor commissioner, who will bay and dispense all liquor sold in the State. The White Star line steamer Oceanic, the largest ship ever built, was successfully launched at Belfast. The Oceanic is 704 feet over all. Her engines are built for 45,000 horse power, and she has a coal capacity sufficient to enable her to circumnavigate the globe at a speed of twelve knots an hour without recoaling. The Cincinnati Zoological Gardens were offered for sale by order of the court, the lowest price being fixed at $90,000. Not a single bid was received, and the receiver will ask to have • new appraisement made.