State Agricultural College Faces Partisan Strife Over Leadership
The piece accuses Governor Stanley of replacing Regents Hoffman and Limbecker with Republicans, denounces the removal of four respected professors including President Will, and claims salaries owed to several faculty remain unpaid despite attorney general opinion and treasury funds. It singles out Prof. Nichols for alleged political meddling in Topeka.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
Stanley
Hoffman and Limbecker
Topeka Journal
Nichols
Topeka
C .B. Hoffman
McKinley era polygamy paradox in Utah policy
An odd commentary contrasts Utah postmasters and the Sultan of Sulu with McKinley’s broader foreign policy. It notes Utah’s push for national recognition as an inglorious failure while praising his actions in appointing postmasters and the treaty with the Sultan, framing it as a grand success despite sensational elements.
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Kansas City Journal
Utah
McKinley
Sulu
Farmers and rail rates blamed for uneven prosperity
Governor Stanley warns farmers that railroad rates deny them their share of rising prosperity and politics can offer no relief from the GOP they accuse of tendering to corporations. The Kansas Populist notes a declining homeowner share in the census, while the Kass Populist criticizes wealth concentration.
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Stanley
Mater
Kansas
Goebel Fatally Shot in Kentucky Capitol Ambush
Senator Goebel was shot on the Frankfort statehouse grounds by a Republican assassin while on the way to assume governorship. A rifle ball pierced his right side and torso as bystanders ducked. He collapsed, drew no weapon, and died soon after. the legislature had already declared him governor-elect.
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Goebel
Sesaesini
Klown
Expansionist Busch Backs President’s Policy in Washington
St Louis financier Acolphus Busch, after long talks with President McKinley, declares full sympathy with and strong expansionist support for the administration’s Pacific and overseas trade plan. He cites treasury data on rising American trade and the aim to build up commercial ties with the Orient.
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St. Louis
Acolphus Busch
Busch
Washington
McKinley
Far Pacific
Pacific
Orient
America
Disch
Treasury
John G Woolley and the Threat of the Trusts
A New Voice editorial denounces trusts as dangerous to liberty and property. It likens dishonest business men to violent competitors, condemns corrupt lobbying, and warns against Christian guise used to manipulate currency, food, fuel, and transport control.
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Jesus
The Real Object of the War and Greed in South Africa
London Truth condemns Transvaal capitalists and Rhodesian politicians for corrupting South Africa with gold lust and power. It laments race conflicts, empire unity under genuine friendship, and questions the motives of those who switch loyalties to enrich themselves, warning British blood is poured out for hollow aims.
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Transvaal
Cape
South Africa
England
Kansas and regional notes blend of facts and figures
A mosaic of 1895 Kansas data and curiosities covers cattle losses to corn stalks, railroad force cuts at Argentine, soldier tales from the Philippines, and census projections. It notes public school enrollment leadership, dairy and stock business, horse theft rewards, deer farming, and local curios about newspapers and worries clubs.
The Judge and the Fraudulent Note Tale from Kansas
A McPherson story recalls a farmer who mailed his overdue note to a Justice of the Peace who then presided over the case and rendered judgment for costs. The tale includes a quarrel between P C Barrett and his wife over bed and board and credit. The newspaper notes the farcical elements of frontier legal action and reactions in western Kansas.
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P. C. Barrett
Atchison
Kansas
McPherson
American view on preserving republican government
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch reflection notes that Congress may stay silent while Hay and Choate reassure Britain, but the American people will not sympathize with any move that destroys a republican form of government in any country.
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Congress
Hay
Choate
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Government Pets and Big Oil Profit Debate
A Kansas Populist editorial argues Standard Oil buys a government building with a check, then rents it back for use in banking, while the government reportedly pays $130,000 yearly in rent. The piece claims the system favors millionaires over common people.
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Standard Oil Company
Kansas
Government paying the oil giant to control national funds
Lantern questions a proposal that would hand monetary control to Standard Oil, framing it as a government surrender of financial sovereignty to a private corporation. The comment suggests concern over corporate power influencing national economics.
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Standard Oil Company
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Dagghieis
New York
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W. L Hutchison
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Twentieth Kansas Regiment
Philippines
Tie
Reuben Davis
Haskell County
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Glen Hitler Mills
Lyon County
Ki. Frizell
Larned
Moran
Hitchison News
Moyoka
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Atchison Globe
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Anderson Co
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