Night Rider Is Sentenced In Bir mingham Raid Case
John Jackson was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary by a Benton circuit court jury for taking part in the Birmingham night rider raid. He is among the last cited in this county. other cases were continued. A related report describes farmers facing coercion over rent rates in Daviess and Pike counties with land left idle amid threats and intimidation by night riders.
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Commercial Tribune
Paducah
John Jackson
Benton
Birmingham
Jackson
Birmingh
Night Rider
Reed
Champion
Daviess
Pike Counties
Charles Walters
English Money 1 Coming Here Says Zimmerman
Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati, father of the Duchess of Manchester, arrived aboard the Mauretania. He says Taft’s election boosted English investment in the U S and urges tariff support and subsidies for steamship lines to grow a stronger merchant marine. He notes England’s low interest rates and fear of Roosevelt.
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Zimmerman
Commercial Tribune
New York
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Duchess of Manchester
Mauretania
Kylemore and Tanderagee
Duke
Taft
Mr. Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
England
Appomattox Day Celebrated by Local Veterans Group
Several hundred veterans and families filled Memorial hall for Appomattox day by the Union Veteran legion. Speakers Judge James B. Swing Judge A M Warner and Colonel William H Isgregg lauded the Union cause. Burr Blair recited Sheridan’s Ride. music by Charles Wolontarsky Sybil Heck and the Volunteer Bowling and Minstrel club. The event may become an annual observance.
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Memorial Hall
Appomattox
Burr Blair
Sheridan
Charles J. Wolontarsky
Sybil Heck
Union Veteran Legion
France Orders Castro Out of Martinique
The French government will expel former Venezuelan president Cipriano Castro from Martinique and return him to Europe. He is to be boarded on the Versailles, the first Europe-bound steamer due to touch Fort de France, with his departure likely within a day or two if his health allows. Castro, in better health, remains unaware of the formal expulsion and awaits further developments.
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Washington
State Department
Paris
Castro
Venezuela
Fort de France
Martinique
Europe
Versailles
France
United States
Cipriano Castro
Guadeloupe
Kentuckian With a Gun Causes Rumpus at Sinton Hotel
W. S. Stone of Louisville drew a revolver in the Sinton hotel grand cafe and lobby. Frank E. Jago, the chief clerk, disarmed him, led him to the door, and a lodge member escorted him to a downtown hotel where he will stay until sober.
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Jago
Sinton
Buffalo Bill
Frank E. Jago
Mr. Jagg
Mr. Jago
Stone
Roosevelt Arrives in Port Said on Steamship Admiral
Port Said April 9 There was no official reception for former President Roosevelt who arrived aboard the steamship Admiral. F K Watson Pasha first aide to the khedive and the American consul Iddings greeted Roosevelt on behalf of the khedive. The Admiral will enter the canal at 6 tomorrow morning and Roosevelt was entertained at dinner by canal officials at the Suez canal residence.
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Port Said
F. K. Watson Pasha
Khedive
Mr. Iddings
Roosevelt
Canal
Suez Canal
Mrs. Sampson Freed After Life Trial Acquittal
Mrs Georgia Allyn Sampson was acquitted of homicide charges in Lyons New York and freed after the verdict. She received her family and lawyers in court and declined comment. District Attorney Gilbert said he was satisfied with his duty. In Plaquemine Louisiana the jury in the state against Fabian F Bouvy for murder of Prof Fred Van Ingen reported a hung verdict and was discharged.
Missing Reverend Under Scrutiny in St Louis Marriage Claim
Public interest remains in Rev. E. E. Davidson of Washington Indiana who is charged with a common law marriage to Laura Bunn Clark daughter of a former mayor. Davidson resigned his pastorate and reportedly left town. He denies any marriage contract with Miss Clark.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ind
E. E. Davidson
First Christian Church
Laura Bunn Clark
Metropolitan Hotel
St. Louis
Clark
Distinguished Speakers Address Large Gathering in Windy City
CHICAGO April 9 The Hamilton club in the Auditorium annex hosted Appomattox day events with notable speakers General Fred D Grant shared recollections of Appomattox Secretary of War Dickinson spoke on The Progress of Peace Senator William Borah Idaho addressed The Integrity of the States Dickinson noted the hope that nations will convert swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks and pursue no more war.
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Windy
Chicago
Appomattox
Hamilton Club
Auditorium Annex
Fred D. Grant
Dickinson
William KE. Borah
Idaho
Payne tariff bill passes House despite recommitment bid
Washington April 9 The House voted 217 to 161 to pass the Payne tariff bill after weeks of debate. Austin Tennessee was the lone Republican against it while four Louisiana Democrats voted for it. The bill faces changes in committee with steel, rails, and structural iron rates likely to shift as the Dingley and Payne provisions are reconciled.
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Canada
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Payne
House
Austin
Tenn
Louisiana
Messrs. Broussard
Histopinal
Pujo
Wickliffe
Champ Clark
Mann
Cushman
Taft
Dingley
Thinys and Means
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Gziley
Golovel
Golonzl
Gus Icallling
Indiana
Joseph Dresrach
Cincinnatian
Fidence In
Mr. Zimmerman
Confederacy
Legion
Charles Joseph
Lucy D. Ambrose
Willard Longmead
Clifford Gartelman
George Hauck
Howard Weber
Louis Brehme
William Schindler
Elmer Wierhake
Leslie England
Walter Hathale
Clarence Goertemiller
James B. Swing
A. M. Warner
William H. Isgregg
W. S. Stone
Louisville
Kentucky
Mrs. Campoun
Tral Jury
Senate
Committee
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