Coal Barons Plotting Deeply in Illinois Mines Visit
Opie Read visits Illinois coal fields and reports on miners’ hardships, high powder and equipment costs, and alleged railroad exploitation. Miners say wages hover around 1.75 a day, with output steady at scale and prices rising for consumers as strikes remain absent since 1867. Company barons face public pressure to curb rail and dealer power amid freezing families.
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Illinois
Chicago
South
Matt Chariton
Miners’ Union
George Padgett
Frank Farrington
Banknet-Coal Kirike
Baer
Minow
Padgett
Streac
Furtington
Charlton
Padget
Yeu
Farmer Beat The Band With Humping Plan Verse
A farmer speaks in rustic cadence about cunning travel and a well fed day. The speaker notes wise actions and a time free from want, celebrating ingenuity and perseverance in simple rural terms.
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Tannea
Lynch Found Guilty of High Treason in London Trial
Col Arthur Lynch, former Boer war ally and Irish MP elect, was found guilty of high treason in London after taking up arms against the British. He was sentenced to death, though execution seemed unlikely. The ruling provoked Irish anger and concern over Britain’s penalties.
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Arthur Lynch
London
Republican Economy in Kansas Senate Payroll
The Kansas senate, after three days, lists 133 employees on its payroll. The slate includes fourteen pages, sergeants at arms, door-keepers, a superintendent and assistant for ventilation. Members gain right to hire secretaries. chairs receive clerks and stenographers. The body killed a resolution to print Governor Bailey's message for general distribution citing economy.
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Kansas Senate
Senate
Antelope Bill Questioned by Atchison Globe Rep
The paper notes Representative Robbins introduced a bill to protect the antelope though none exist in the state. It laments the legislature’s inefficacy, claiming trusts may roam unchecked while other issues are neglected. It likens the body to a debating society wasting time.
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Tax Atchison Globe
Robbins
Roosevelt Eyes Action Over German Venezuelan Clash
President Roosevelt grows impatient with Germany over bombardment of Venezuelan forts and weighs steps to defend the Monroe Doctrine. Washington officials see Germany delaying to force a territorial grant and test U S resolve, with some British papers condemning Germany while the nation vows to defend its rights and may consider war if necessary.
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Roosevelt
Germany
Venezuela
Washington
England
Great Britain
London Star
Wealth distribution and the rise of billionaires in the twentieth century
The piece argues that unequal wealth distribution is humanity's key problem, noting that billionaires loom as both menace and hope. It cites Rockefeller and a $500 million fortune, speculating on future growth if invested at compound interest to 1952, with the rest of the discussion continued on the editorial page.
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Rockefeller
Standard Oil Trust
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Chicago American
Garnett
Hearst
Kansas
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Harmon D. Wilson
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W. T. Stead
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