Kidnapped Puerto Ricans Taken to Hawaii for Sugar Slavery
Chicago dispatch reports three carloads of 115 Puerto Rican men women and children being herded from San Francisco to Hawaii to work on Spreckles sugar plantations. Emigrants cried for water at Tucson and two babies are born aboard the freight trains as agents deny or confirm the voyage.
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Local Kansas Briefs From Across The State
Wichita reports fifty smallpox cases while Eureka celebrates a strong gas flow. Topeka milk dealers form a 20 percent price hike trust. North Topeka women plan a freest room for farmers wives. A Clyde youth spellings misfire quirks raise laughs. Overbrook prints on one-at-a-time governance as Seward county justice resigns. Lawrence unveils Louisa Alcott bust. Ladd boy shot injuring lungs. Thanksgiving shooters face district court penalties.
Emigrants Confused by Transit to Far City Port
The group, largely unfamiliar with cities or railways, were prevented from buying fruit by a nearby Mexican vendor. They believed they were bound for a distant port when boarding the ship and claimed ignorance of their destination. At Sanderson Texas guards reportedly restrained them with a pistol shot to deter escape attempts.
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Brewer and trust tax cuts spark party backing plan
Washington reports that a House bill reduced war taxes by 46 million dollars, mainly by cutting beer taxes and other revenues, seen as a political move to fund Republican campaigns. Critics argue the relief favors brewers and banks, with party figures like Payne, Henderson, and Babcock named amid the controversy.
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Illinois
Public debates and price shifts in Fort Scott lantern
Glints from the Fort Scott Lantern discuss public vs trust ownership and a thread price of 34 cents per spool. The note condemns trusts and privileges in corporation law while reporting meat, leather, and coal price rises and higher taxes under the Stanley administration. It also notes the dismissal of a water diversion suit and state treasurer receipts rising by over a million in two years.
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The Ship Subsidy and Republican Policy Debate
A Kansas City Star editorial urges reading on a ship subsidy plan backed by Republicans. It argues the Hanna Frye bill would grant nine million dollars yearly for twenty years to boost U S shipbuilding, aided by potential increases, despite strong domestic industry growth and opposition due to Standard Oil interests and public costs.
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