Kentucky desperado Edwards confesses to fifteen killings
D A Edwards a Kentucky outlaw testified he killed fifteen men with several victims in Chicago riots. He was captured near Trenton Georgia after a Chattanooga Tennessee sighting and a manhunt aided by bloodhounds. He said he never returned to witness his bloody work.
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Kentucky
Desperado
Chicago
D. D. Edwards
Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. W. Davis
Trenton
Edwards
Birmingham
Ala
Durham
Bold Burglars Loot East Side Homes in New York
Burglars entered four Fifth Avenue East Side residences Sunday failing to seize valuables in three. At George Thatcher’s home they took about 1500 dollars in gold spoons and 500 dollars in small jewelry. They escaped via Thatcher yard to the fire escape and out the front door under a street lamp. They also entered Colonel Hilton’s and Mrs Dana’s homes. the Smith house was untouched. An alarm frightened them from two houses and they left a glove in the Thaw yard for a bulldog to chew.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
East Side
George Thatcher
Benjamin Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Thatcher
Boldy
Albert E. Hilton
N. F. Dana
Sydney Smith
Smith
Noted Virginian Colonel John Walter Fairfax Dies
Richmond notices the death of Colonel John Walter Fairfax at Lessylvania Prince William county in his eightieth year. A Civil War veteran he rose to colonel and served on General Longstreet staff after 1864 succeeding Colonel Sorrel. He is hailed as Longstreet's fighting aide.
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Richmond
John Walter Fairfax
Lessylvania
Prince William County
Sorrel
Longstreet
Fairfax
Wage reductions posted in New Bedford mills
In New Bedford Massachusetts notices show a 10 percent wage cut to take effect April 6. About 22 000 workers will be affected with 16 000 in cloth mills and 6 000 in yarn mills.
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New Bedford
Mass
New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Supreme Court Reverses NC Rate Law Case in Favor of Wood
In Washington on March 23 the U S Supreme Court ruled for James Wood agent of the Southern Railway at Asheville against Thomas Hunter sheriff of Buncombe County North Carolina. The decision, announced by Justice Peckham, upholds federal authority and invalidates the North Carolina railroad rate law.
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Washington
Thomas Hunter
Buncombe County
North Carolina
James Wood
Southern Railway
Asheville
N. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Wood
Peckham
Senator Tillman Improves After Illness
Columbia South Carolina March 23 Senator Tillman who has nervous prostration was better Sunday.
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Columbia
S. C
Tillman
Friends Saw Him Out in Tunica Jail Break
Tunica Mississippi March 23 H M Young was sawn out of jail by friends in a bold prison escape. The incident involved unidentified accomplices and prompted an investigation by local authorities.
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Tunica, Miss
H. M. Young
Port au Prince Reports Stable Conditions in March
Port au Prince shows tranquil conditions in March with no major unrest reported. Local officials note calm streets and orderly civic life amid nationwide events and external aid coordination.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Wealthy landowner Jake Jewell's suicide in Cannon County
Nashville report states Jake Jewell a rich landowner from near Aubuden in Cannon County hanged himself early Monday morning. Ill health cited as the cause.
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Nashville
Jake Jewell
Aubuden
Cannon County
Poisons Betrothed Ends in Double Tragedy
In Milwaukee on March 28 Miss Nettie Plaschek age seventeen died after her sweetheart Leo Wojeinski gave her strychnine mixed with ice cream. Upon learning of the death he consumed poison and died an hour later. Authorities suspect parental opposition to the engagement sparked the crime.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Nettie Plaschek
Leo Wojeinski
Wojeinski
Rival Fires Three Times Into Room Where Other Man and Girl Were
Blevins Hudnall a Middlesboro coal operator was shot by Charles Cooper at Miss Margaret Runyons home in Middlesboro. Hudnall, brought to Knoxville, is hospitalized. Cooper allegedly fired three shots in the room where Hudnall and the girl were seated, one hit Hudnall.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Blevins Hudnall
Middlesboro
Charles Cooper
Margaret Runyons
Hudnall
Cooper
Bandits Loot Couple in Robbery Near Rawhide
Three heavily armed bandits overpowered Edward Hoffman and a companion two miles from Rawhide in Reno March 23. They fled with a two-horse rig and gold and bank notes totaling 47000, consigned to Consolidated Mining at Rawhide. Pursuit by Churchill and Esmeralda county posses ensued as details remained sparse.
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Reno
Nev
Edward Hoffman
Rawhide
Consolidated Mining Company
W. A. Miller
Coalition
Churchill
Esmerelda
Cyclone Sweeps Feliciana Parish Causing Injuries
Reports from Baton Rouge say a cyclone hit East Feliciana parish early Monday. In Norwood on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad a man named Rollins is killed and many injured. High winds and rain damaged telegraph and telephone lines, hindering contact with outside points.
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Baton Rouge
East Feliciana Parish
Norwood
Here
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Rollins
Italian hanged for murder of sweetheart in 1906
Washington reports Joseph Paalucci, an Italian, was hanged on Monday for the murder of his sweetheart Elizabeth V Dodge in September 1906. The Italian ambassador appealed for clemency claiming trial prejudice, but the president refused to commute the sentence.
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Lucci
Elizabeth V. Dodge
Paalucci
Ten drown in Lake Ratzberger ferry accident at Lubeck
A motor ferryboat upset on Lake Ratzberger near Lubeck on March 23 caused ten deaths among a pleasure party. Four people were saved, authorities reported.
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Lubeck
Germany
Lake
Ratzberger
Blair killed by fall from shed in Hattiesburg
GaW Blair died after falling from a shed in Hattiesburg Mississippi on March 23. The incident is reported from Hattiesburg with no further details provided.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
Blair
Reward Offered for Night Rider Gang After Hedges Killing
Nicholas county authorities offer $200 for capture and conviction of any number of night riders who shot Hiram Hedges to death at his Carlisle home on Friday night. Governor Willson asked to add a $500 reward for any member.
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Carlisle
Nicholas County
Hiram Hedges
Willson
Mother and son Die After Kerosene Blast
In Dayton Ohio on March 23 Mrs Florence Bilser aged forty and her fifteen year old son were fatally burned when a kerosene oil explosion occurred as the boy added kerosene to a smouldering stove fire. Both suffered severe injuries and were dying in a hospital with the mother attempting a rescue.
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Dayton, O
Florence Bilser
Doubt Cast On Tillman Return To Congress
Senator Tillman sends word from Washington that he may not be able to return to the capital during the current session of Congress due to grave concerns about his condition or duties.
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Washington
Tillman
Congress
Spending Money For Schools
Montgomery March 28 Alabama public schools receive 1 534 507 87 dollars in funding.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Mass Meeting Called for Bailey Delegates in Brazos County
To the Democratic voters of Brazos County, oppose the war on Senator J. W. Bailey and support his bid as a delegate at large to the National Democratic Convention in Denver. Meeting at the Court House in Bryan on Thursday night March 26 to select delegates for the rally in Fort Worth on Saturday March 28. J. R. Astin, Bailey Committee Chairman. By Jno A. Moore, Secretary.
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Brazos County
J. W. Bailey
Denver
Court House
Bryant
Ft. Worth
Saurday
J. R. Astin
Bailey Com
Jno
A. Moore
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Hunicutt’s Stable
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J. W. Hunicutt
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DR. J. F. Eaves
Ww. C. Fountain
Smith Drug Co
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