People's Party Township and Commissioner Conventions
The People's party of Anderson county announces township primaries on Saturday September 28 from 2 to 4 p m to nominate township officers and a county central committee committeeman. Delegates to the commissioner convention will be chosen in townships by votes cast for county attorney candidate J D Kirk in 1898 with seats for each township. Monroe township primary at Barnet schoolhouse will be held per call.
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People's Party of
Anderson County
Westphalia
J. D. Kirk
Reeder
Ozark
Indian Creek
Welda
East Washington
West Washington
C. T. Hiatt
Monroe Township
Barneat
W. W. Pratt
Czolgosz Found Guilty and Sentenced to Death
The trial of President McKinley’s assassin Czolgosz concluded quickly after a guilty plea was rejected. He offered no defense and was found guilty. A death sentence was imposed and scheduled to be carried out by electrocution in the week beginning October 28, with the exact date not specified.
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Czolgosz
McKinley
Strikers Fail To Gain After Prolonged Steel Strike
The piece argues that steel strikers gained nothing despite weeks of stoppage and large losses. It contends the steel trust dictates terms, asserts labor’s ballot is the only real weapon, and urges workers to vote to improve their lot rather than strike, warning of repeated losses.
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Steel Trust
Great Britain and Turkey clash report from French paper
A French paper reports a new war crisis with Britain sending three warships to the Persian Gulf to quell revolts in Touet and Bagdad. It says Turkey has dispatch troops to oppose the landing, while Russia Germany and France would back opponents, signaling serious trouble for Britain.
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Great Britain
Turkey
Persian Gulf
Touet
Bagdad
Russia
Germany
France
Boers Still Fighting Reported By Readers
Despite weeks with no British gains, readers report ongoing Boer resistance and intermittent victories, reflecting a stubborn stalemate in the conflict and continuing Boer persistence.
Editorial Sharpshooters Question Nebraska Anti-trust Ruling
The Topeka Capital and Kansas City Journal editors urge testing mad-stone effects on their felonious rabies claim. They cite Nebraska Supreme Court verdict that the state anti-trust law is unconstitutional as class legislation.
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Topeka Capital
Kansas City Journal
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Pin Headed Politics In Olathe Vexes Veteran Leader
The Olathe episode shows a self appointed Republican committee asking ex Governor St John to withdraw from a memorial program. He refused stating he had not asked to be listed and would not request removal. Opposition from some Republicans is noted though others defend him. The incident sparks editorial condemnation.
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Olathe
United States
St. John
Joe Hudson
Topeka Herald
Olathe Register
Two figures in shock over McKinley death judged harshly
The Kansas Populist condemns both a man who praised the assassin and a Republican editor who blames Bryanism amid mourning. It calls the pair examples of ignorant prejudice and shallow partisan journalism in the wake of the president's death.
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McKinley
Kansas
Fragmented memoir on presidential assassinations by Topeka Advocate
The Topeka Advocate critiques memory and rhetoric about U S presidential assassinations saying three presidents were killed but only Lincoln and Garfield fell to political motives. It notes Lincoln from Civil War hatred and Garfield by a disappointed office seeker, asserting anarchy was not always involved.
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United States
Lincoln
Garfield
Topeka
Rush county tax farmers dedicate Timken wheat elevator
Tax farmers of Rush county organized to handle their wheat. They built an elevator at Timken and dedicated it with a ceremony. A procession of eighty wagon-loads of wheat led by a cornet band entered the town and the wheat was dumped into the elevator. Plans call for additional elevators in the county.
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Rush County
Timken
Questioning God’s role in McKinley assassination
The speaker argues against blaming God for President McKinley’s death and questions the idea that the killing was God’s will or God’s plan. They challenge assigning responsibility to a divine agent and call the notion of divine intent into doubt.
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McKinley
President McKinley
What socialism is and how it differs from anarchy
A Topeka State Journal reader asks what socialism is and whether it benefits the masses. The paper defines socialism as cooperative ownership guiding individual protection and contribution, cites postal service and public schools as examples, and contrasts it with anarchism as its direct opposite, equating anarchism with extreme individualism.
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Topeka State Journal
Rep
State Journal
Philadelphia Record
United States Labor
Carroll D. Wright
Webster
Wright
Anarchist Inference and Public News Roundup
A Lawrence paper notes Herr Most and Emma Goldman supported the Republican ticket and that Goldman was acquitted after arrest following McKinley’s assassination. It also mentions Sumner county wheat jubilee, a new court counsel, and a local diner promotion offering a 20 cent dinner at the Red Light.
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Herr Most
Emma Goldman
McKinley
National Bank of Commerce Gannett praised as safe
Max Burgur, expert bank examiner, certifies a thorough review of the National Bank of Commerce of Gannett. He finds the bank’s assets good, management conservative and competent, and all accounts balanced to the cent with no officer owing money. Public endorsement from Kansas City examiner.
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Gannett
Kansas
National Bank of Commerce of Gannett
Sean
Max BurGur
Prospect Avenue
Kansas City, Mo
Santa Fe Excursions and City Rates Listed
Travel office announces multiple excursion schedules to Kansas City St Louis Minneapolis Topeka Wichita with varied sale dates and return limits. Rates range from 60 cents to 4.81 with Oct deadlines and agent Colrmas listed.
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Kansas City
Kanss City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Minn
Topeka
Wichita
Millinery Trends and Local Notices in One Page
The item highlights millinery novelties with emphasis on feather trims and a rising Amazon plume trend for the coming season. It promotes Poxter Girls millinery and perfume articles, citing 15 percent discounts on toilet articles. Notices report the funeral of Susanna Cureier, health updates on Max McConle after discharge from the ship Independence, Florence Lawellin’s surgical case in Kansas City, Sidney McDonald’s new baby, A Weideman’s travel return, and Juan Jones’s adjudication to Osawatomie, with Nellie Weaver noted from Greenville.
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Poxter
Barknrr & Peonsny
Garbett
Kas
Dispat es guests and a travel mishap in Garnett area
Disparate names and domestic news from Garnett and Columbus recount visitors including Axtell Hubbard and Laughlin families while Washington dispatches announce J Sernges Jr as postmaster at Kincaid. Howard Lockwood and wife return from a western trip via Seattle Denver Oden Salt Lake City and Partial. A wagon accident injures Harry Harvey and Mrs Me living southeast of the city and Mrs McGuire.
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S.C. Axtell
Fred Hubbard
Garnett
John Laughlin
Columbus
J. J. Laughlin
Washington
J. Sernges, Jr
Kincaid
2. W. Sinclair
Howard Lockwood
Seattle
Denver
Oden
Salt Lake City
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Bryan
The
Commoner
Kansas Agitator
Tmoat
OM Ampe
Anna Dilampe
JM. Alixander
Annocinte Killior
N.R.P. A
KR. Pal
Postome
People's Party
Chas. H. Lease
Pierpont Morgans
Anaromy
Cupper
Crawford
Sentey
Jere Wilson
Court of Inquiry
Sumner Connory
South Side
National Bank of Commerce
Santa Fe Excursions
Royal Tailors, M. Born & CO
Bonapart Walker Mills
Stotx
Sravkns
Shaw's Shoe Store
West Side of Square
Clifton
Hiatt
North Side
Susanna Cureier
Geo. S. Currer
M. B. Church
Aly
Max McConle
Independence
UV. 8
Navy
San Francisco
Plorence Lawellin
Samuel Craye
Kansan City
Sidney McDonald
A. Weideman
Hl Dorado Spritgga
Janue Jones
Lincoln Township
Juan
Osawatomie
Nellie Weaver
Greeley
Harry Harvey
Jon
Rocky Mountain
E. E. Alexander
Garneti
Paola
Chawatomie
North Side of the Park
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