08 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1901
Page
1
The Boston Daily Post notes vast consolidations in transportation and steel and asks why such combines are profitable for a few but not for all. It questions whether large national enterprises could be run as public projects and cites Canadians moving to take control of telegraph lines.
The piece argues for public ownership of utilities and railways, noting England Canada Australia and New Zealand as examples. It says private corporations should be run as public services and notes the global trend toward public ownership. It questions whether the United States will adopt this in this generation depending on how large aggregations are managed to protect people’s rights and interests.
A jumble of brief notes mentions Vice-President Roosevelt visiting a Washington church, comments by Dr. O'Brien on preachers feeding large ambitions, a Kansas City banker’s move, and various local tidbits about laws, bootleggers, and public notices. The item references protector actions, liquor questions, and political flutter from The Guardian and The Guard i an.
The Senate passed the Spooner amendment to the army appropriation bill by 45 to 27, with Hear voting with Democrats. It gives Mr McKinley personal control over the Philippine Islands, while limiting public lands and franchises. Hoar’s land policy check may be dropped in conference. The Cuban amendment followed, amid Democratic weakness and pork-barrel pressure. The move marks a direct repudiation of pledges against sovereignty over the islands and signals party and policy tension.
The Chicago Record details inauguration preparations with imperial pageantry. The president rode with his wife and sisters in the carriage back seat, Helen McKinley beside him, while the heir apparent arrived from Oyster Bay with a dress-suitcase and a young child, followed by his wife and other children lost in the crowd. The Roosevelt family will witness the senate proceedings from reserved seating behind the president’s wife and imperial kin. The imperial family has arrived and is stationed at the White House with George Freas, Can- city postmaster, among officials referenced.
The note from Western Life in Leavenworth lauds Senator Harris as a large hearted public servant in Linwood. It recalls his generosity in selling his belongings to fund libraries and inviting locals to select what they needed, highlighting his impact on the community.
A brief note advertises meals priced at twenty cents at the Red Light. The item highlights cheap eats and a social venue, reflecting budget dining options of the period.
A fragment notes a-ton and his wife along with two or three other relatives were being entertained at the imperial palace, indicating a formal social event tied to royal residence.
Judge Brown of the United States circuit court ruled against American Bell Telephone Company in the Berliner patent case. The Bell suits targeted National Telephone Manufacturing Company and others and Century Telephone Company, a major blow to Bell and a win for smaller independents fighting the monopoly. The decision bars sale use or manufacture of telephones with the microphone attachment, costing Bell hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue.
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