Lethal courtroom ambush kills judge and officials in Virginia county
In Hillsville Virginia a gunmen attack during a trial leaves Sheriff Lewis Webb dead. Commonwealth's Attorney Foster and Judge Massie are wounded and Floyd Allen and accomplices flee toward the mountains as a mounted posse closes in. More officers rush to the county.
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Mann
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Hillsville
Carroll County
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Allen Brothers
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Sidney
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Massie
Mmonwealth
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Webb
Floyd
Kansas Joins Missouri for Speaker Clark
Hutchiwan March 14 Kansas joined Missouri in supporting Champ Clark for the Democratic presidential nomination. The state convention rejected a Woodrow Wilson plank 10 to 288 and unanimously adopted a resolution instructing Kansas delegates to cast all twenty votes for Clark at the National Convention. The at large delegates were instructed for Clark.
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Missouri
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
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Topeka
Independence
State Committee
Rebel advance seizes Chihuahua town as Jiminez is captured
A Chihuahua dispatch reports Jiminez captured at noon by an advance guard of Salazar's army. Federals retreated without a fight. Salazar’s forces occupy the town, a key center with about twenty five thousand residents.
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Where Does the Money Go to Pierpont Morgan
Washington special looks at the Morgan fortune arguing the steel trust profits flow from consumers to financiers. It notes Morgan earned 69.3 million for promoting the trust and accumulating art valued at 50 million, while everyday Americans pay rail and steel costs.
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Steel Trust
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William Wood
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Rebels March On Pekin Sparks Crisis For Republic
President Yuan Shikai deploys almost the entire third division to halt a rebel army marching from Kansu and Shensi toward Pekin. A decisive battle could determine the republic’s fate within days as Manchu troops guard the capital amid internal fears. General Sheng Yun leads well equipped Kana and Shenai forces augmented by conscripts promised plunder.
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Shensi
Yuan Sh! Kai
Yuan
Iti
Cieneral Sheng
Roosevelt to Speak in New York on People’s Right to Rule
Theodore Roosevelt will open spring campaign efforts with a Carnegie Hall address in New York City on Wednesday night outlining progressive priorities. He will rebut Taft camp attacks and press issues on primaries judicial decisions and corporate handling.
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New York
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Civic Forum
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Taft
Snow Slide Kills Four Men Near Telluride
Four men are dead and several others missing after a midday snowslide on the Black Bear Mountain side near Telluride Colorado. Victims named include Charles Norlin and Leo Seamann with two others unidentified.
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Telluride
Colo
Black Bear Mite
Charles Norlin
Leo Seamann
Steady Gain All Along the Lady Contes Line
The State Leader notes growing interest and active campaigning by allies of leading candidates. Readers urged to subscribe at the State Leader office with credits assigned to a chosen voter, highlighting rapid, widespread fundraising and organized outreach.
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Povern
Leodine
State Leader
Three Prisoners Kill Warden and Deputy in Nebraska Pen
Three inmates Morley Taylor and Dowd killed Warden James Delahunty and Deputy Warden Charles Wagner at the Nebraska penitentiary three miles south of Lincoln during a blizzard. Doody and Heisman were wounded as convicts forced entry, then escaped with keys amid guards and a violent breakout. Governor Aldrich ordered militia deployment and a special train moved to the prison.
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Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
Here
James Delahunty
Charles Wagner
A. C. Heilman
Doody
Morley
Taylor
Dowd
Wagner
Delahunty
Heisman
Aldrich
Phelps
Strike Ends at Six Textile Mills in Lawrence Mass
Massachusetts textile strike ends as workers vote to return to work. About seven thousand operatives across Washinton Street mills including Wash Inston Wood Ayer and Prosper vote to end the stoppage and resume production in the American Woolen Company yards and Atlantic Cotton mill districts.
Bandits Killed in Sanderson Robbery Identified
San Antonio dispatch reports the bandits killed during the attempted hold up of a Southern Paris train at Sanderson yesterday have been identified as Ed Welel, escaped criminal, and a man named Kilpatrick. A large cache of ammunition and gear was found with the outlaws. Dar vid Travedaly, the express conductor who killed the two bandits, received a reward of $500 and four gold watches from Wells Fargo officials.
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Oriental
Ile Mudd
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Ile
Waldin
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Warwik
Sanderson
Ag Ed Welel
Kilpatrick
Cegditie
Darvid Travedaly
Senbyr
Welly Fargo Co
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