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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1900
Page
4
General Cronje yields to Lord Roberts with 3,000 Boer troops. He and a small force held out for a week against overwhelming numbers, earning global praise. The surrender does not imply Boer defeat, preserving broader regional conflict.
United States Senator Lucien Baker is portrayed as a wavering, unreliable figure. The critique notes his history of switching parties and positions, from a Republican prohibitionist in 1880 to supporting GOP nominees in 1890, and then rejoining the party amid desperation to win a senate seat. It criticizes his limited influence and perceived irrelevance in national politics.
The North American Review article by Edward Atkinson analyses export patterns. It notes 41.71 percent of exports go to Great Britain and Ireland, 12.07 percent to other English speakers, totaling 53.88 percent, with Germany as the next major buyer.
The note advises readers subscribing to the Topeka Capital for the week with Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon to also take the State Journal. RH. W. Howe of the Atchison Globe will contribute a lay sermon daily that week. Send 30 cents to receive the Journal for a month.
The Count's debts total 3.4 million dollars and creditors sent a detective to verify if Boni gained funds from the Goulds to cover them. The Chicago Chronicle, once McKinley aligned, now backs Bryan. Reports claim flour and glass trusts are busted, though the doubt remains. Also noted is a report that Buller Wis relieved Lady Smyth.
An Agitator note endorses Judge Dennison for governor and previews his state senate record. It frames him as a friend of wealth producers and guardian of common welfare, promising a forthcoming portrait and explanation of his record.
South Australia uses a government owned land system where the state acts as landlord with perpetual titles for individual use and modest rents. In contrast our homesteading approach breeds tenants, volatile rents, annual moves, and poor farm familiarity, risking widespread dissatisfaction and economic loss for both landlords and tenants. Jo Mepis.
The Reverend Thomas F Cox supports a plan requiring brewers and distillers to establish damage funds to compensate anyone harmed by the drink trade. He argues this would curb alcohol evils, with liability extending to all merchants selling intoxicants and patent medicines, while noting liquor interests resist regulation.
The article contrasts Bryan and McKinley over liquor issues. Bryan lacks army canteen access and liquor ties while McKinley is linked with distillers and brewers and has built liquor voting support. The piece suggests McKinley may win by exploiting voters' view of temperance.
The speaker argues the GOP distorts liberty by purchasing islands, molding Philippine laws in Congress, and conquering others to force freedom. He decries their stance as misguided, likening it to Kansas mud, and predicts they will back the president’s colonial policy at the polls.
Susi E Keecey, founder of the Keeley Institute, has died. The notice notes Keecey’s role in temperance and medical treatment and marks the passing of a notable figure in health reform circles.
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