Tennessee feud ends with Carmack murder verdict for Cooper father son
Ashville Tennessee March 20. Col Duncan Cooper and his son Robin Cooper convicted of murdering ex United States Senator Carmack by a Tennessee jury after a sensational trial. Bond set at 25000 each but securities totaling 1500000 posted. defendants released awaiting possible new trial motions.
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Ashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Duncan Cooper
Confederacy
Robin
United States
Carmack
John Sharp
Coopers
Hart
James Bradford
Sharp
Prohibition
Pool debts drive schoolboy to burglary in Chicago
Chicago report says Forest Per rill, a city high school student, turned burglar after accruing pool debts with wealthy companions. He was arrested for robbing a servant girl to raise money to settle his pool game debts.
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Chicago
Forest Perrill
Johnson Ketchell Match Canceled Over Forfeit
Chicago on March 20 reports the boxing match between Jack Johnson and Stanley Ketchell was canceled as Ketchell failed to post the $500 forfeit by noon and Johnson refused further negotiation.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Stanley Ketchell
Ketchell
Santa Clara Cigar Factory Expands Average Output
The Santa Clara Cigar Manufacturing company near Bay Street increases to 150 workers, 200000 cigars weekly, with a three story plant and new addition. Leaders include L Carter Jesup president and T O Lloyd manager, backed by F Ellis D M Parker and others guiding expansion of Brunswick Smoker and related brands.
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Santa Clara Cigar Manufacturing Company
Santa Clara
Havana
Brunswick
South
Trabucos
la Columbia
Dorilla Silva
Admiral Walker
Don Renato
Commodilla
Elk
la Corona
T. O. Lloyd
Santa Clara Company
Bay Street
L. Carter
Jesup
South Georgia
F. Ellis
Lloyd
Wade
D. M. Parker
Parker
Explosion at South Side mine in Evansville kills five
Five people died and seven were injured when a windy shot caused an explosion at the South Side mine in Evansville Indiana. Twenty seven men were in the mine at the time, most escaped uninjured.
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Evansville
Ind
South Side
Rush to Gold Field Sees 75 Claims Filed in One Day
In Yreka California on March 20 a gold rush hit Humbug district four miles away as 75 claims were filed after James L. Johnson found a lodge on the Inyo claim February 28. A sample weighed ten ounces and Johnson had taken 82 ounces by Saturday with larger finds since. Inyo lodge values are said to run into thousands of dollars per ton.
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R. L. Brady
C. F. Bloodworth
Phoenix Grocery Company
Fred Carter, & Negro
Phoenix Company
Brady
Mr. Bloodworth
Norwich Street
Carter
Dotham
Ala
Brunswick Planing and Forwarding Company
Couity
Superior Court
State
California
Yreka
Cal
Humbug
Inyo
James L. Johnson
Inyo Lodge
Cotton Crop Census Report for 1908 Final Figures
Washington March 20 final census figures show running bales of cotton totaling 15 408 841 with an average gross weight of 505 8 pounds. These are equivalent to 15 563 942 500 pound bales. Twenty seven ginneries operated in the crop year.
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Washington, D. C
International Tariff Fight Threatens Europe Reciprocals
President Taft met with Senator Aldrich and cabinet members to discuss the Payne tariff bill granting Cuba reciprocity. Officials fear Europe will not grant the United States its lowest schedules, risking a global tariff war. Taft aimed to reconcile interests after the conference.
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Washington
Payne
Cuba
Europe
Taft
Aldrich
Treasury
McVeagh
State Knox
Senate
Florida Sheriff Langston Shot Dead in Spring Hill Shooting
Tallahassee dispatch reports Sheriff W. M. Langston killed by a desperate Morrison in Spring Hill while resisting arrest. Langston and Deputy T. Haws sought Morrison who fired buckshot into the sheriff’s stomach. Morrison fled as authorities hunt him. Morrison was sought by Sheriff Emanuel of Decatur County Georgia for larceny.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Morrison
W. M. Langston
Sheiff
Charles Hopkins
Leon County
Shevily Langston
T. Haws
Spring Hill
Here
Emanuel
Decatur County
Georgia
Roosevelt escaped being great man says Tillman
Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina said in Augusta that President Roosevelt narrowly escaped being a great man and that his lack of sincerity made him one of the greatest failures in the White House. He added he would have challenged Roosevelt but feared public suspicion of malice.
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Augusta
Roosevelt
Ben Tillman
South Carolina
White House
Kling Quits Cubs on telegram quits season
In Shreveport on March 20 Catcher Kling sent a telegram to Manager Chance announcing he would not play with the Chicago Cubs during the coming season. No reason was given for his action.
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Shreveport
Chicago Cubs
Chance
Kling
Bargain Days This Week At Zelmenovitz Store
Spring shopping improves with dry goods merchants pleased as A. Zelmenovitz announces bargain days on Monday and Tuesday. Public notices and store efforts aim to attract many shoppers to buy spring goods at reduced prices, boosting trade activity.
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A. Zelmenovitz
Zelmenovitz
Local Option Law In Illinois To Be Tested
Illinois liquor dealers association to test the legality of local option laws in the state. Briefs were submitted in the Lyons saloon keeper case as the supreme court reviews the questions raised.
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Illinois
Chicago
Ilinois
Supreme Court
Ilinois Liquor Dealers’ Association
Lyons
Flirt With Your Husband Sparks Domestic Spat
Chicago on March 20 Mrs Alva Gordon comments after her husband is arrested for wife abandonment He kissed her for the first time in five years saying married people grow used to each other and fail to please one another She urges flirtation as a remedy to keep him interested at home
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Chicago
Alva Gordon
Kidnapped Boy Search Intensifies in Sharon Case
Detectives pursuing a woman in Sharon Pennsylvania seek Chief Crain's aid to arrest her in the kidnapping of young Willie Whithe. The boy is one of three heirs to a large estate valued at 50 million dollars, with searches spanning Ohio and Pennsylvania. It was later revealed the Cleveland boy initially thought to be the missing child is not the correct match.
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Sharon
Willie Whithe
Crain
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Pat Crowe Urges Kidnappers to Free Whitla Boy
Chicago March 20 Pat Crowe, once paid 25000 ransom for Eddie Cudahy return, advised the Whitla boy kidnappers to release the child He said if they get 10000 the kidnappers will suffer in the end He suggested leading the boy blindfolded to a farmhouse and escaping while doors open.
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Chicago
Pat Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Crowe
Divorce Suit Ends Another Romance
In San Francisco on March 20 a divorce suit ends the romance of Thomas Grayden and his wife once Miss Berry Whitney heiress to Parker Whitney. Mrs Grayden fled from Elise college New York to elope with Grayden a former Harvard football star. The suit alleges the husband failed to provide for her.
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San Francisco
Cal
Thomas Grayden
Miss Berry Whitney
Parker Whitney
Ex-Sheriff Lyons and son convicted of murder
Ex-Sheriff W. B. Lyons and his son Archie Lyons were found guilty of the Fleming Smith murder in Jesup Georgia and sentenced to life in the penitentiary. The jury recommended mercy, and the motion for a new trial will be heard by Judge Parker. Wives cried as life sentences were announced.
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Jesup
W. B. Lyons
Archie Lyons
Fleming Smith
J. R. Thomas
Col
John W. Bennett
Strog
Bennett
Judge Parker
Lyons
Parker
Two Police Raids Net Prohibition Violators and Gamblers
Brunswick police conducted two raids last night arresting Adolphus and Manzie Grant for operating a tiger at I and Bartow streets and five gamblers from a crap game on Albany street. A negro man and wife were jailed for whiskey sales. Officers Breckinton Owens and Assistant Chief Wilbar led the actions with seven additional officers assisting.
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Brunswick
Breckinton
Owens
Adolphus Grant
Manzie Grant
I and
Bartow
Wilbar
Albany Street
Monk
Mansfield
Hopkins
Oliver To Retain Place In War Department
Washington March 20 General Oliver assistant secretary of war will remain as chief civilian assistant to Secretary Dickinson and maintain control of affairs related to the enlisted branch of the organized militia. The general was appointed from New York.
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Washington
War Department
Oliver
Roosevelt
Dickinson
New York
Confessed Wife Murderer Wheatley Hangs in Jail
Henry Wheatley, a confessed wife killer and incendiary, hanged himself with a towel in Culpeper jail. He had earlier set fire to a tenant’s house and killed his wife with an ax, nearly severing her head, then attempted to drown himself before being rescued and jailed.
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Richmond
Wheatley
Culpepper
Tay
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E. W. Carmack
Tennesseean
Cooper
Nashville
Robin Cooper
Phoenix Grocery Com
Pany
Jais
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Florida
Tillman
CUBS
Savannah
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