Browns and Topeka leaders clash over prejudice claim
In Topeka on Emancipation Day Colonel John M. Brown asserted tenfold prejudice against colored residents, prompting mixed reactions from local leaders. Interviews reveal White and Black figures arguing that prejudice persists or has declined, with accounts of hotels, housing, and job discrimination cited amid a broader debate on race relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jana M. Brown
City Park
John M. Brown Wade
Kaneus
JoanNat
Topeka
Colonel Brown
James H. Gay
John Edmands
Bardip Ceta
Albert Barton
Brown
W. S. Jamison
W. L Eagleson
Poppendick
Tefft House
Cleveland
Dutton House
Fred Douglass
Windsor
Mr. Smith
Washington
H M. Thomas
Alfred Kuykendall
Dan Jones
Kansas
Tom
B. FP. Foster
F L Jeltz
Érand
Lilso
G. D. Oiden
Col. Brown
Pirates Stoppped and Oakland Ship Rumor
A U S dispatch reports a supposed piratical expedition halted by authorities. Mexican minister Senor Romero relayed that a San Francisco consul warned of the four masted Satana being fitted in Oakland to seize California property tied to a Lions and Bethune dispute now in litigation.
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United States
Oakland
New York
Herald
Washington
Pacific
Senor Romero
State Department
San Francisco
Satana
Cal
Lower California
Priers and Bethune
Treasury Department
Hamlin
Water mains flushed to fight diphtheria fears in city
The city acts to combat suspected diphtheria risk from stagnating water by flushing mains west of Kanssa avenue this afternoon and planned same for areas east of Kangas avenue tomorrow. Officials say the move aims to remove odor and unwholesome water, citing complaints from residents who stopped using city water. Transit and criminal notes follow with soldiers changing posts and indictments for city officials.
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Sam Barnum
Harvard
Reform School
Kansas Avenue
A. K. Wilson
Buchanan Street
Morrill
Milton Club
Council Chamber
Senta Fe
Atchis
Topeka
Morel
Saya
W. BH. Barwn
Kan- 943
Avenue
Salina Fair
Ron
James A. Stewart
Kansas City
Misa Kate King
Chicago
Alton
Charlie Wood
The
National
Hays City
Grand Lodge of Good Templars
State of Kansas
Lincoln Post Hall
Grand
J.G. Wood
Johoson County
Fourth Street
Woman's Home Missionary Society
First M. E
L K. Billingsley
Thirteenth
Taylor Streets
BL. Smith
First Christian Church of
Newton
Smith
Lsstevening
Shaw
Kanssa Avenue
Kangas Avenue
Bhunganunga Creek
Maine
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HN. H. Mills & Son
Kansas Ave
Wm. Pope
Norther
Texas
Houston
Tex
Art Institute
F. Cleaves
Denver
J. H. Bauserman
Christian Board of Missions
Perry
Jefferson County
W. & Slosson
Gulf of Mexico
C. R. Holman
Tenth
Lincoln Streets
R O. Summers
Rock Island
St Joe
Mr. Summers
U.S
Saur Laxi
Utah
U.S Infantry
Columbus
Ohio
Eighth Infantry
Fort Niobtrare
Neb
Fort Russell
Murphy
Gallagher
St. Paul
Duluth
Linn
Pioneer Press
Jimmy Murphy
Chigego
Bob” Gallagher
Haleh
Bad Lake
Herman Bamberger
Joseph RB. Morris
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