Watterson backs Bryan on Cleveland issue
Louisville dispatch reports Henry Watterson has cooled on Grover Cleveland and supports William Jennings Bryan. Watterson argues Cleveland may rise in 1904 with reformers backing him, while warning reformers of the risk of strife within the Democratic party as nominations unfold. The piece notes many Democratic papers would support Cleveland if nominated and urges reformers to act.
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Louisville
Henry Watterson
Grover Cleveland
Bryan
Nic Eins
Wim
Resson
Ielyirld
Watterson
Cleveland
Reformer
Post Office Dept Scandal Says Washington Panic
Dispatches report President and cabinet deeply worried over post office department corruption. Assistant Attorney General James N Tyner resigns. A W Meachem faces investigation. Inquiries threaten wider upheaval as graft ties emerge between swindlers and officials. Republican panic follows as probe expands.
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Washington
Post Office Department
James N. Tyner
A. W. Meachem
Postoffice Department
Junck Schoonover acquires Garrett Journal again
Junck Schoonover buys the Garrett Journal of C. T. Richaelson for the third time, keeping the paper Democratic. Ed Eaton will move the Evening News to the Journal office for printing hereafter. Wenriety claims three dry wells and contracts for four more in search of a gusher. Cuingse to work in the mines at Johannesburg in Transvaal. City officials of third class to serve two years.
Wireless Telegraphy by Gourd Drum System Described
Rev C A Rideout recounts an African gourd drum wireless system used among Basuto villages to relay messages over long distances. The hollow gourd with rigid skin drum communicates through a trained code, carrying news of British Boer War events swiftly between distant settlements.
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Marconi
Pranklin
Morse
C. A. Rideout
African Methodist Episcopal Church of America
South Africa
Natal
United States
Basuto
Siut
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Alarm Over Socialist Gains and a Controversial Lighting Bill
A Republican source in Topeka warns Socialists are growing strong as Massachusetts politics tilt. The Springfield Union notes the legislature fears the measure to buy lighting plants at near duplication cost, passed first reading 87 to 65 with Democrats and Socialists mostly in favor. Critics call it confiscation, arguing municipalities could seize utility firms at invoice value, harming profitable providers while leaving loss-makers to weather.
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Topeka
Jenrwal
Massachusetts
Springfield
Representative Booth
Senate
Springfield Street Railway Company
Gas
Electric Light Company
Boston & Albany
Fitchburg
Socialism drift by gradual steps debate quoted
The New Time cites a speaker predicting socialism will creep in without agitation while others argue for or against gradual reform. The quote invokes Carlyle about waiting for birth and choice of action, reflecting a cautious stance on political change.
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Carlyle
Oil pipeline plan linked to Kansas oil export
Report says Standard Oil and the Gully outfit of Texas will build a Chanute to the gulf pipeline to open a sea market for Kansas oil. The move would enrich Rockefeller and associates, while the public gains would be nil. Governor Bailey designates Arbor Day, April 23rd.
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Standard Oil Company
Gully Outfit
Texas
Chanute
Gulf
Kansas Oil
Rockefeller
Anderson county resident poll contest rules and prizes
Voters gain one hundred votes per dollar on subscriptions and any county lady may canvass. Prizes include a piano for the top vote getter, a sewing machine for the second, a watch for the third, and a scholarship for the fourth. Contest ends July 1 1903 at 6 00 pm with weekly vote tallies printed and a three member committee counting ties.
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Central Business College of
Kansas City
Tris Warns Cuban Question Triggers Tariff Debate
Tris says the Cuban question will open tariff debate and consideration. He criticizes high tariffs as dangerous and urges recognizing the inevitable. Industrial Advocate.
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Tris
Cheap Insurance Debate Sparks State Action
The Key of Hiawatha argues that the era of insurance at cost is ending and urges state intervention to provide insured at cost. Grant W. Harrington, publisher of Life and Annuity Association’s organ, questions why insurance at cost cannot be achieved through state action.
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Hiawatha
Grant W. Harrington
The
Life and Annuity Association
Postal Department Scandal Deepens in Washington
Dispatch from Topeka Capital on March 31 reports the Washington postal department scandal widening as new details emerge and officials face mounting scrutiny.
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Topeka
Washington
Dawes Commission Offer Prompted Regret in Stanley
Stanley regrets declining a Dawes Commission seat. He now faces the need to work to earn his sustenance and support, realizing the financial and social costs of his earlier refusal.
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Stanley
Dawes Commission
President alarmed by Kansas faction exhibition concern
The president is greatly alarmed at the suggestion that when he gets to Kansas the political faction will eject over him and each side claim to have him on exhibition. Lawrence Jeffersonian Gazette.
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Kansas
Anlonless
Lawrence Jeffersonian Gazette
Republicans of Kiowa Elect Two Delegation Sets
In Kiowa the Republican party held a rough convention session electing two separate slates of delegates to the Seventh district congressional convention, reflecting internal divisions and contesting leadership within the party.
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Kiowa
Republicans Seek Mulvane Seat From Kansas
Ep Hoen and Mort Albaugh challenge D. W. Mulvane for the Republican national committeeman post from Kansas as party figures maneuver for influence in national leadership.
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D. W. Mulvane
Kansas
Gold prospectors killed by Filipinos on Santa Maria river
A party of gold prospectors in Zuintango along the Santa Maria river is reported killed by Filipino attackers. The incident details and exact numbers remain unclear, with authorities investigating possible motives and regional tensions.
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Zuintango
Santa Maria River
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Champe Ano
Anna Champe
J.M. Alexander
Garnett
Sohannesburg
Bailey
Murdock
Foley & Williams
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