Threatening Letters Sent to Birmingham Republicans
In Birmingham Alabama March 7 threats signed by a vigilance committee target Republican leaders. At least six letters circulated including one to Charles J Allison, clerk of the United States court. The messages warn lily whites will suffer and negroes receive harsher treatment, with mentions of dynamite attacks and deaths for leaders. Names cited include Daniel Cooper and others in the marshal’s office and local Republican officials.
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Brmingham
Ala
Birmingham
Vigilance Committee
Charles J. Allison
United States Court
Allison
United States Grand Jury
Pritchard
North Carolina
Daniel Cooper
Ashley
Marshal's Office
Wm. Vaughan
J.H. Bingham
J. W. Smith
J. Carter Cook
J. W. Davidson
W. L Wellman
Deadly fight in Mississippi store ends in death
In Columbus Mississippi Joseph Sloan was shot and killed in a store on Main Street by A P Taliaferro a prominent jeweler. Eleven shots totalling five by Sloan and six by Taliaferro were fired before officers arrived. Taliaferro claimed family troubles forced him to shoot to defend his home honor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Age Herald
Columbus
Miss
Joseph Sloan
A. P. Taliaferro
Sloan
Talliaferro
Main Street
Southern Pacific Plans Major Line Improvements
Julius Kruttschnitt, assistant to the president, reports numerous upgrades planned for Southern Pacific lines. New cars and locomotives are on order, steel-delivery delays persist, Los Angeles car shops to hire at least 10,000, and 40,000 tons of eighty-pound rails from England are arriving and being laid.
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San Francisco
Maren
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Los Angeles
England
Blind student Helen Kellar urges aid for adult blind
Miss Helen Kellar of Radcliffe college addressed the education committee in Boston on March 7 on a bill to aid adult blind people. She spoke passionately about helping the blind join the industrial world and stated they do not need higher education.
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Helen Kellar
Boston
Radcliffe College
Legislative Committee On Education
Citizenship Case to Test Citizenship Court Powers
A petition for a writ of prohibition and writ of certiorari was filed in the U S Supreme Court challenging the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court decision denying citizenship. The case seeks review of whether the citizenship court acted within authority. In New York a mass meeting endorsed the president's stance toward African Americans and Senator Tillman denounced it. The Roosevelt Invincibles organized to back a second term aspirant.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
U. S. Johns
United States Court
Southern District of Indian Territory
New York
Tillman
Roosevelt
Chhef
Wabash TMJunction Employes' Lawyers Worked Friday Night
Attorneys for the Wabash TMJunction company and its workers put in a full Friday night session aiming to resolve labor dispute terms. No final agreement was reported as of late evening.
Dismissal Petition Nearing Filing in Injunction Case
Lawyers for trainmen and firemen labored in St Louis hotels Friday night assembling a petition to dissolve an injunction. Justice actions await completion before filing in the U.S. district court as grievance committees confer. Vice Grand Master Lee dismissed rumors of other roads joining a strike, saying no such coordination is planned.
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St. Louis
United States District Court
Wabash General
Ramsay
Lee
The
Brotherhood of Trainmen
New Orleans Mining Company Seeks Return of Claims
The Homme Mining company of New Orleans sues James F. Steinbreck in U S district court to recover possession of claims valued at least 500000. Steinbreck, the company's Colorado representative, allegedly sold tax deeds and fraudulently obtained titles. Scando Gold Mining Milling and L F Mitchell named as parties to the suit.
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New Orleans
Denver
Homme Mining Company of
C. M. Saria
United States District Court
James F. Steinbreck
Steinbreck
Colorado
Scando Gold Mining and Milling Company
Quiet at Amapala as insurgent victory reported
The navy reports all quiet at Amapala Honduras while interior dispatches say Bonilla has won and peace may return soon. Admiral Glass plans to sail his Pacific squadron to Acapulco after ensuring American interests are safe. Merriam resigns as director of the census to become vice president of the International Mercantile Agency in New York, effective May 15.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Glass
Pacific Squadron
Amapala
Honduras
Bonilla
Acapulco
Mexico
Merriam
International Mercantile Agency of New York
Belgium Protocol Signed for Venezuela Claim
Washington March 7 Minister Bowen and Baron Moncheur signed Belgium protocol for settlement of Belgium's claim against Venezuela. The protocol follows the American model and provides that the queen of Holland shall name the umpire for the commission. Exiled to Siberia Boston March 7 Poles in Boston react to news that William Miller of Boston has been arrested by Russia and exiled to Siberia. Miller had been working to educate Poles internationally.
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Belgium
Washington
Bowen
Baron Moncheur
Venezuela
Holland
Siberia
Boston
Europe
William Miller
Miller
Toothpicks Named Thief in Tiffanys Store Theft
Alfred Britton known as Toothpicks, jailed on charges of stealing silver plate from Tiffanys Union Square store. Police say he admitted to annual thefts over two years totaling about $5000 in articles.
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Tiffany
New York
Alfred Britton
Toothpicks
Union Square
Inspector Brooks
Detective Bureau
Girl Enlists in Regular Army at Fort Totten
A handsome young girl dressed in a man's suit enlisted as a private at Fort Totten Willett Point last Monday. She remained at the fort a day and a night before her secret was revealed and she was taken home by her father.
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New York
Fort Totten
Willett’s Point
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