Blood of an American at Brooklyn inquest sparks fury
A Brooklyn coroner's inquest into the shooting death of Thomas Carney during the street railway strike exonerated soldiers, while critics denounced the act as murder by hirelings of wealth. The report voices anger over military duty and political corruption, with strong anti government rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Rth Inst
Brooklyn
Thomas Carney
Plutocracy
Carney
Carey
Callahan
Topeka Journal letter shows liquor interests press GOP perks
An 1895 Topeka State Journal letter from Bowes allegations portrays Republicans trading favors with liquor dealers in Leavaxwouth Kansas. The writer claims liquor interests push for police concessions, Sunday half day saloons, and a constitutional convention while backing Morrill. The note cites pensions, local dealers, and political maneuvering affecting the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka State Journal
Leavaxwouth
Kan
Morrill
McKinley
Fime
New York
National Liquor Dealers’ Association
Wine and Spirit Gazette
Republican Party
Legillature
Lawyers in Ottawa Journal spark warning on dangerous legal class
The Ottawa Journal cites HL Hi Brows asserting a growing conviction that the most dangerous class in the nation are lawyers. He targets lawyers who thwart justice, manipulate conventions to back bad men, defend corruption, seek political seats to block good measures, and menace liberty through biased rulings and injunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brows
Ottawa Journal
Congress
New York Press Notices Mary Lease Book on Civilization
A flurry of notices praises Mary Lease new book Solving Civilization via overpopulated cities and fertile lands. It touts the author’s bold plan for tropical colonization and equitable profit sharing amid critiques of population, land use, and economics. Multiple publishers and venues are cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Lease
Laird & Lee
Chicago
Belgium
Eagland
Africa
Central
South America
Mim
The Treasury Sieve and a Political Screed From 19th Century Columns
A tangled editorial mixes a satirical poem on a “treasury sieve” with a sharp political broadside. It rails at bankers, bonds, and a court battle over land deeds tied to Union Pacific, urging Kansas farmers to resist ouster while lampooning Grover Cleveland and railroad speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson
Flisworth
Saline
Kanewan
United States Circuit Court
Union Pacific Railroad
Kansas
Fife
Wari
Grover
Han
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Ilinois
Senate
America
Collum
Lucretia Mott
Wendell Phillips
Annan
Gabmett
Bambas
Peter Berry
Berry
Ireland
Patrick Doran
Preacher Randall
Bowes
Tins
Pee Ao Ag
Genere
Major Hackbush
Republean
Col
G. Washington Veale
Cot
Veale
Johnson
Andersen
Platt
Jooks
Area Publiasing Company
Boston
John O. Yeiser
Price
Casca St. John
C.H
Pries
Roe
Address the Nation Library
Minneapolis
Mint
R.S. Thompson
New Era Co
Springfield
R. M
Cel
SB. Norton
The
Chicago Sentinel
Iti
Jeries
H.W. Terror Ik
Anderson
Ind
Phat
Bey
Yore
Matt
J. Tamm
Essex
Amd
A. Hoot & Co
Kansas City
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