Shipment of American horses and mules sparks neutrality debate
New York World reports weekly shipments of up to 1000 horses and mules to South Africa by the British. The McKinley administration faces criticism over neutrality, with officials arguing shipments may not violate laws. The piece notes many American boys enlisted for transport, with over a thousand shipped weekly and substantial numbers already in South Africa serving the British army.
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New York
South
Marsham
McKinley
House of Representatives
South Africa
State
Treasury Department
Congress
United States
Germany
England
Canada
Atlantic
South America
United
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New Orleans
South Afric
World
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London
Bitish War Office
Kitchener
Free State
Waterval
McKinley Prosperity Reigns In Musing On March Markets
JO McDill's Musings cites daily paper data from March six showing gains across steel and mining stocks, sugar and rail shares. He notes Bradstreet February figures, warns of mounting government expenses, and mocks tariff policy as benevolent parasitism benefiting a few while workers bear the cost.
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National Tube
Bradstreet
Congress
Congress Party
Combine
McKinley
Be a Monkey and Satire on Power and War
A compact critique of humorists and politics, noting Nye's peaceful death, Twain's legacy, and the era's press hostility toward reform. It ponders the Boer War cost, England's motives, and the hypocrisy of benevolent assimilation, suggesting humorists avoid meddling in politics.
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Till Nye
Artemps Wari
Josh Billings
Mark ‘Twain
Twain
McKinley Press
England
Ploydey
Gold
Possibt Ia
Anglish
Our goose of prosperity robs many hands for a few
The piece lambasts imperial greed and U S policy, likening the nation to a goose rich with feathers yet plucked by English and American powers. It condemns asserted exploitation, imperial meddling, and a prosperity built on others’ labor, warning that the goose’s thriving hides bloodless plunder.
Public hangings ordered by Russian Czar spark protest
An Appeal to Reason denounces the Czar's decree ordering seven students hanged for expressing opinions on church and state. The piece cites hunger and Cossack brutality as causes and mocks U S support of the regime, praising the republic.
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Russia
United States
Republic
Those in Office Who Do Not Enforce The Laws
A quotation from The Saturday Evening Post condemns officials who fail to enforce laws or bow to personal sentiments, saying such neglect makes them greater violators than violent individuals seeking to draw attention to wrongs. The passage critiques lax authority and urges adherence to state edicts.
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Saturday Evening Post
Philadelphia
Gas bills spark push on trust legislature
Chicago Record notes that residents grumbling over high gas bills are reminded the gas trust faces a legislature review. The item highlights political scrutiny and potential regulatory action affecting energy costs.
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Chicago
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