Negro mob in Alabama threatens jail release of murderers
An organized mob of Negroes marches toward Marion Alabama to free two Black defendants, Luke and Jake Sanders, jailed for murder. Citizens form guard units, set pickets on roads, and fear violence. governor’s aid not requested as locals vow to uphold order. The case involves Road Overseer Mullen’s murder. Sanders’ death sentence stands per court’s ruling and state board recommendation.
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Marlon Ala
Luke Sanders
Regioes
Pisse
Jake Sanders
John Sanders
Mullen
Supreme Court
Marion
Perry County
Bank robbed by dynamiters near Mont gomery
Two burglars dynamited the First National Bank at Montgomery Indiana seven miles east of Washington early this morning. They escaped with 3500 in cash and 3000 in government bonds after multiple explosions. Citizens William Klusemeyer and Charles Encoft watched from across the street but did not alert authorities, fearing gunfire. The robbers fled toward the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Rail way on a hand car. no trace was found. Bonds are payable to Beaver and easily cashed. Montgomery lacks night police.
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Washington
Ind
First National Bank
Montgomery
Here
William Klusemeyer
Charles Encoft
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Lumber Dealers Warn of Prices Rise Amid Shortage
Chicago March 6 Speakers at the tenth annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association said profits were up but prices high due to a growing lumber shortage. President Lippincott warned of further price rises unless supplies are replenished. General Counsel J McKelvy urged action on forestry to secure future lumber. About four hundred dealers attended the opening session. Tomorrow a conference with retail lumber groups may lead to an agreement to limit wholesalers from selling to retailers, a practice blamed for harming retail business.
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Chicago
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers” Association
Ben
Lippincott
J. McKelvy
Flet
Tobacco Leader Purchases Louisville Firm Stake
John Doerhafer, longtime Louisville manager for an American company and pivotal figure in the tobacco face factories, today acquired a controlling interest in the Manufacturers Tobacco Company of Louisville for $250,000. The company is described as an independent entity.
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Louisville
John Doerhafer
Lowsville
Continental Tobacco Company
Manufacturers
Tie Up Threat Looms Over Rio Grande Employees
Salt Lake City March 5. Unless the troubles between Trainmaster Catton of the Rio Grande Western and the railroad employees are settled by March 13 a general tie up of the system may occur at midnight on that date threatening disruptions across the network.
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Salt Lake City
Catton
Rio Grande Western
Hope of Negro Found in Work Meeting at Carnegie Hall
New York March 5 Bishop Potter chaired a Hampton and Tuskegee institutes fundraising meeting at Carnegie Hall with Booker T. Washington as principal speaker under the Armstrong Association. Potter warned against hostility toward black uplift while Washington urged work, ownership, and education as paths to stable citizenship and racial harmony. Ogden praised General Armstrong and Hampton Institute as speakers pressed full southern education opportunities.
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New York
Bishop Potter
Booker T. Washington
Carnegie Hall
Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes
Armstrong Association
Robert C. Ogden
Tillman
South Carolina
Boston
Hampton
Tuskegee
H B. Frissell
Hampton Institute
Institute
Booker Washington
Bonoker T. Washington
Washington
Hampton and
Tuskegee Institutes
South
General Armstrong
Hampton Insitute
Santa Fe Extends 200 Mile Oklahoma Rail Line
March 5 report says the Santa Fe began grading a 200 mile extension from the south line of Kansas to Pauls Valley Oklahoma and will push 100 miles further toward Lawton Oklahoma. It is not part of the eastern Kaw district system of Guthrie.
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Santa Fe
Guthrie
Oklo
Kansas
Pauls Valley
Ind. T
Lawton Ol
Prince Henry of Prussia Tours Niagara Falls Crossing to Canada
Prince Henry of Prussia traveled from Chicago to Niagara Falls and crossed the Canadian frontier for a brief stay. Officials welcomed him on the Canadian side while he viewed the Horse Shoe and American falls, met with officials, and thanked Canadians for the cordial reception as he continued toward Boston.
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Rochester
Prince Henry of Prussia
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Dominion
Boston
Table Rock
Niagara Power Company
Milwaukee
Indiana
Ohio
Prince Henry
Toledo
Sandusky
Pickpockets Steal $670 at Chattanooga Depot
D A Odom, a planter from Odomville Ind, told police at the union depot in Chattanooga that his pockets were picked of 670 while a large crowd jammed the train. Three men identified by him were arrested and searched but the money was not found on them. another pocketbook with over 1,000 was in his hip pocket. Odom believes the robbery occurred in the depot area and notes a gang known in Atlanta may be involved.
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D. A. Odom
Odomville
Ind
Union Depot
Is & Brummer
Odom
Chattanooga
Name
Atlanta
South Carolina
Roosevelt Says Traffic Associations Face Probe
Chicago March 5 A meeting of executive officials at J C Stubbs is to decide whether several large traffic associations will survive. The gathering will assess terminal pest committees and whether they violate federal law as required by the president and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
J. C. Stubbs
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nuggets in Chicken Crops From Wisconsin Shipment
Gold nuggets found in crops of chickens and ducks imported from Fiefield Wisconsin and landed on South Water Street Chicago. About three dozen fowls yielded 41 pieces totaling 6 1/2 ounces, with each bird carrying one or more particles of gold. Local commission merchants speculate larger gold deposits near Fiefield.
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Wisconsin
Fiefield
Bryan Addresses New York Press Club Talk
William Jennings Bryan was the guest of the New York Press Club at its monthly gathering. He said he entered newspaper work not by choice but because his oratory failed to persuade a majority that his ideas were sound.
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New York
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
New York Press Club
Ambassadors Say Britain and United States Are Equal Partners
London March 5 Lord Avebury attended a banquet of the Association of the Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom Joseph A Choate the American ambassador to Great Britain said that Britain and America are mighty nations friends not allies neither one superior to the other but equal in energy resources and ambition both pursuing civilization knowledge and liberty He stated that American sentiment toward Britain was more cordial friendly and sympathetic than ever.
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Ambassador Choate
America
Great Britain
London
Lord Avebury
Sir John Lubbock
Association of the Chambers of Commerce of the
United Kingdom
Joseph A. Choate
Todst
Scheme to strengthen the army spans empire
London reports detail a War Office plan cited in Parliament proposing India three army corps, South Africa two, Australia two, New Zealand one, Canada four militia corps, plus six British corps. The imperial force would rival continental powers in size for imperial defense.
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British War Office
London
War Office
War Secretary
Broderick
House of Commons
India
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Woud
Georgian Senator Declares Subsidy Bill Vicious in Principle
Washington March 5 Senator Clay opposed the shipping subsidy bill telling the senate a just ocean mail service is possible without subsidies. He urged no general subsidy while noting low foreign rates aid exports and that American shipowners gain little from subsidies. The debate delays a final vote, continued on second page.
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Jos
Washington
Senate
Senator Clay
Commerce Committee
Clay
Frye
United States
Street Car Strikes Bring Troop Guarded Runs to Norfolk
Martial law not declared as troops guard street car service in Norfolk Virginia with two battalions in service. Imported workers and Knoxville strikebreakers arrive while strikers barricade tracks and police report few if any casualties. Central Labor Union pressures, management offers to rehire old workers who join nonunion effort. Knoxville lines send conductors to Norfolk to fill gaps amid ongoing labor dispute.
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Norfolk
Beamon
Church
Charlotte
W. B Rudolph
Tom Murray
Samuel Ayres
Tom Jenkins
Huntington Rifles
Newport News
Church and
Holt Streets
Suffolk Military Company
Knoxville
Norfolk Railway and Light Company
Electric Light
Johnson
Tenn
Knoxville Traction Company
Breach of Promise Verdict Won by Miss Roberts
In Zanesville Ohio Miss Lio retta Roberts daughter of a wealthy farmer won 313250 in a breach of promise suit against James H Starkey county auditor after about a week of sensational testimony. Populists Consider Memphis Meeting Location Decision Tonight in Louisville conference planning May 1 if no free hall in Louisville.
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Miss Roberts
Zanesville
Ohio
Lioretta Roberts
James H. Starkey
Weather forecast summarizes near term outlook
The forecast calls for fair Thursday and Friday with warmer conditions and light variable winds. Temperatures range from a mean near normal, with a high around 48 and a low near the normal baseline. Past 24 hours show 36 precipitation units. Local notes include Atlanta arrivals and a 3670 pocket theft, broker suspensions, and regional political and social developments.
Cuban reciprocity sparks GOP caucus uncertainty
Washington March 6 Special. Republicans at sea over actions at tomorrow nights caucus on Cuban sugar and a 20 percent tariff cut. Payne plan faces opposition despite efforts by Henderson Tawney and cabinet members to shape support. President Roosevelt seeks congressional guidance rather than a fixed ultimatum as backers push for a two percent tariff cut with reciprocity provisions for Cuba.
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Jos. Ohi
Washington
Waydé and Means Committee
House
Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
Henderson
Representative Cannon
Minols
White House
Payne
Ways and Means
Tawney
Morris
Minnesota
Shaw
Wilson
Congress
Townes
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Toronto
W. Hespeler
Percy Sherwood
Dominion Police of Canada
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Oasis
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Bryan Meets Press Club
Labori Ng
Memphis
Joe A. Porter
National Populist Committee
Parker
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W.E Small & Co
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