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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1900
Page
4
Reported British capture of Spion Kop proved a Boer trap with heavy losses after Buller’s second relief attempt at Ladysmith failed. Two thousand British soldiers said dead as retreat behind the Tugela River is ordered. Boers demonstrated superior defense and tactical patience.
An incident in Frankfort sees Senator Goebel, Democratic candidate for Kentucky governor, shot as he walked to the senate. The piece condemns Republican rule and Ku Klux era tactics, accusing opponents of mob violence while urging focus on domestic reform before civilizing other nations.
Caries Avoustus Brices, a professor at Union Theological Seminary, discusses his recent expulsion from the Presbyterian church and transition to the Episcopal Church. In Appletons Popular Science Monthly February issue he argues the question of Christianity’s direction depends on perspective and posits it is advancing rather than declining.
In Appleton's Popular Science Monthly February issue Harvard professor Jons Trowariver warns about South Sea bubbles in science such as Keeley meters and sea-water gold. The issue also features Givo C. Sprranza’s article on the decline of criminal jurisprudence in America, urged for lawyers seeking broader professional insight.
A fragment from a historical Cuban-era line references night and a two year span, but lacks clear context or complete facts to establish a full event or人物. The surviving bits point to literary or illustrative material rather than a reportable incident.
William Goebel took the oath of office as Kentucky governor on Wednesday evening. Governor Taylor refuses to concede, adjourns the legislature, and state troops fill the capital as Democrats are driven from sites. Tension grows with warnings of further trouble and possible deaths. Possible political rivals mentioned include Judge Caldwell as Bryan’s running mate and Jupen Davin Martin as a potential governor candidate. both described in favorable terms.
The piece laments Waerar's dip while trust products surge up to two hundred percent under claims of prosperity. It compares the Anglo Boer conflict to a spider and the fly with Natal as the parlor and Oom Paul as the spider. It notes Otis reporting Filipino setbacks in Luzon and predicts a northern crackdown.
Dear agitator I note your paper mentions brother Clover has died I hope friends find comfort that the Bible does not object to taking life What is man that thou art mindful of him The voters should fix the money question in 1900 Yours for the fight Guo W Loop New Rochelle NY Sahaam H Roner refuses quiet and will take case to the supreme court The McKinley crowd fears William Jennings Bryan
The state board of charities has been paying $3 to $3.50 per ton for coal for the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Olathe, higher than private citizen prices at $2.50. Judge Juper Kontsaar of the United States circuit court rules the anti trust law unconstitutional as class legislation, saying it bans most groups but farmers from combining to raise prices.
Merrith declares law needs public sentiment to be enforceable and to back it up. Stanley offers a half apology for the Fort Scott lynching, warning it may fuel mobs and undermine order.
A farmer laments pricing shifts noting 1898 saw barbed wire at $2 per hundred pounds and corn at 25 cents per bushel, eight bushels buying two pounds of wire. Now corn still 25 cents while wire is $5 per hundred, twenty bushels buy as much wire as eight did then, a contrast labeled prosperity by Republicans. What do farmers think about it?
The Olathe Register editor accuses Postmaster Frank Lanter of fraud and perjury. He calls for arrest and trial before a Johnson County jury at the big courthouse for criminal libel. The piece reflects aggressive local newspaper rhetoric.
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