25 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1902
Page
1
D D Paul Kruger warned the South African war costs would stagger humanity. He cited Britain’s bill at over eight hundred million dollars, nearly a billion, with a deficit around 235 million dollars.
Reports from state and private banks in Kansas received by the bank commissioner indicate a decline in bank deposits as the period’s figures show shrinking balances across institutions.
Fred Funston will be banqueted in Denver on May 1. Admiral Dewey sent word he will not visit Denver at this time.
A Wicuna joint-keeper bought eight cases of liquor from a Kentucky firm, refused payment, and alleged illicit business. District court ruled for him but the Kansas Supreme Court held the Kentucky firm could recover. The case prompts critique of Kansas law and calls for a reform in the state’s highest court.
The Vaterland cites dispatches criticizing American conduct in the Philippines. It notes the action is doubly horrible in light of the war with Spain conducted in the name of humanity.
Punston accuses Senator Hoar of an overheated conscience while deriding Bag Funston as lacking a conscience. The remarks portray a turbulent exchange with personal jabs and partisan barbs.
May Octavius L Prupkn longtime assistant secretary to the president died Monday from a heart condition at age 60. He held a confidential White House post for many years.
An editorial lauds John D. Rockefeller for gifting 250000 to Barnard College and inspiring another 250000 in matching gifts. It portrays him as a national educator shaping industrial organization, controlling railroads, and influencing lawmakers, urging the public to learn to monitor and curb monopolistic power.
Public sentiment should push the leader as far as possible, using opinion as the sole path. He deserves scrutiny yet also gratitude, in the broadest sense, from the public.
Special to the St Louis Republic reports M E Ingalls, president of the Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio, warns that persistent railroad mergers threaten one man ownership and possibly government ownership, which he deems a calamity. He argues crop failures could trigger reductions in earnings, curtail purchases and boost broader economic disruption.
An AP dispatch from Berlin reports Count von Buelow glossing over cordial ties with America while denying German plans to intervene in South Africa. He says Germany would oppose any interference that would also pull Armenia, the Philippines, or Finland into action. A correspondent taunts Republicans, accusing them of murder of Filipinos and placing them with historic oppressors.
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