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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
4
Ex Governor Hogg of Texas, visiting England for oil business, balks at knee breeches and a tin sword to meet King Edward. He vows to appear only in American evening dress, praising American independence and condemning Anglophile tendencies. Choate had arranged the audience, but Hogg declined.
A New York harbor torch of Liberty is to be extinguished after Congress refuses further funding. The piece rebukes the decision amid prior lavish spending on Prince Henry’s visit and coronation preparations, calling the cut a mere beggarly act and a national shame.
President Roosevelt met Boer envoys on Wednesday and privately said the U.S. could do nothing further and would not involve itself in their troubles. The envoyes likely anticipated the outcome, but the scene showed Roosevelt’s stance against intervening, with implied sympathy for England.
The text portrays Prince Henry weary from his U S visit amid crowds of idle flatterers. It urges him to return, meet real American workers at factories and farms, and experience the honest toil that sustains the nation.
Waitetaw Raip rents a London house for six weeks to attend the coronation, paying $20,000. He is part of a group deemed to be sent to London to represent us at the coronation.
The Republican party of the Seventh congressional district re nominated Chester S. Long for another term by acclamation on Wednesday, marking party unity and support for Long’s leadership.
The Topeka Capital argues that the attorney general has concluded the Northern Pacific Great Northern merger under Northwestern Securities will violate the Sherman act and that a suit will be filed to block the plan. It says past antitrust cases show mixed results and condemns government zeal as insufficient against powerful trusts. The piece questions motives and predicts the merger case may fail while stirring public sentiment against perceived corporate protection.
The Topeka Capital argues that most practical politicians in the Populist party lean Democratic, praising the party’s ordinary members who seek common good and free government while noting office and money temptations. The piece laments the difficulty of achieving office and contrasts honesty with ambition.
The Evening News notes a decree granted to Elizabeth Elvin Douglas of Arthur James Douglas. Writs include Farmers and Mechanics Investment Company versus H B Orwig et al, with several cases postponed or decided. Juvenile and statutory rape charges face uncertain outcomes as juries struggle to reach verdicts. A Kansas case with Watzel ends in hung jury pending possible retrial. District court adjourns with seven cases listed for next week. In Garnett, Elva Campbell and John Tush wed in the courthouse at 7:30 pm Judge Higgins presiding, followed by Lois M Balyert and headore Sennleman of Blue Mound receiving licenses for marriage.
Henry Chevenant arrives in Cleveland after a tiring Western swing. He slept late and recovered from a day of demands as his Milwaukee to Chicago to Lake Shore line train continued toward Buffalo and Niagara. Also includes an ad promoting De Kas Lang arm for cold relief and a doctored mail-order note from Saratoga, New York.
Hart at the depot Kansas City March 6 two women fell on the big Union depot stairs. Mrs D C Van Stavern of 1412 Harrison street sustained a severe gash over the right temple. Dr and Mrs Van Staver were escorting Mrs McDonald of Garrett, Kes., to the train. Mrs McDonald was uninjured and continued her journey. Three stitches were required to close the wound and Mrs Van Stavern was taken home by carriage.
Danish authorities report the Baldwin polar expedition has arrived at Franz Josef land aboard the steamer America, which will winter there and push north when ice clears. The party plans to dash to the pole on snow shoes, establishing depots every 20 miles en route.
Mrs. Kearney of Kansas City was arrested on a charge of having given a loaded revolver to prisoners in the county jail to aid an escape. The weapon was entrusted to Will Geary and Dr. G A Calhoun, the latter sentenced to thirty six years for murder. Mrs. Kearney remanded in default of 500 bond, which she declined to post. Nor Springs Ark March 5 Mr James R Wood who won the capital prize in the government lottery at Lawton land died tonight of heart failure. Early ad copy promotes CASCARETS laxative with volume of health claims and price notes.
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