Night riders attack tobacco grower in Kentucky clash
In Augusta Kentucky near Rural three miles away masked night riders attack independent grower Albert Newman. he fires, injuring a rider then the mob shoots his hand. Militiamen take charge of remaining tobacco and move crops toward Cynthiana amid rising tensions involving Haley and Rudd holdings and Equity Society control.
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Commercial Tribune
Augusta
Rural
Albert Newman
Milford
Bracken County
Willson
Miss Blanche Rudd
H. E. Routte
American Society of Equity
Cynthiana
Equity Society
Roosevelt sure Taft will get the negro vote
A Washington Star report says President Roosevelt believes the negro vote will solidly back Taft if he is the Republican nominee. It notes shifts in negro support after past tensions and names key figures aiding Taft, including Vernon and Booker Washington contacts, with labor support seen as non threatening to Taft.
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Internal Revenue
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Ralph Tyler
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Georgia
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Zion Methodist Episcopal Church
John R. Hawkins
North Carolina
P. T. Keeling
Philadelphia
Calvin Chase
Whitefield McKinley
Pinchback
Louisiana
Chandler
New Hampshire
South
Jury in Hollowell night rider case discharged
Paducah Ky April 24 The jury in the Hollowell night rider damage case in the Federal Court failed to reach an agreement and was discharged this morning It stood ten for judgment two against judgment Judge Evans announced a special term of court on May 12 and would secure a jury from a county not affected by night riders.
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Paducah
Hollowell
Evans
Soldiers on Guard Duty in Winchester Kentucky
Soldiers arrived and are patrolling farms and a railroad in Winchester amid arson concerns. One squad guards A A Clay’s tobacco barn burned two weeks earlier, another protects N B Witherspoon’s farm, a third patrols the Louisville and Nashville line, and a fourth guards city streets all night. Citizens plan an indignation meeting on County Court day Monday. The Burley Tobacco Society holds much tobacco locally, fueling suspicions the street patrols target that stock.
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Commercial Tribune
Winchester
A. A. Clay
N. B. Witherspoon
Louisville & Nashville
Burley Tobacco Society
Guard Captains Lead 15 Men to Appalachia for Night Rider Work
Whitesburg Kentucky April 24 Captain W R Caudill of the Letcher County State Guards with 15 men travels overland to Appalachia Virginia forty miles over the Black and Cumberland Mountains. They will take a train to Murray Kentucky to conduct services against the night rider element.
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Commercial Tribune
Whitesburg
W. R. Caudill
Letcher Company State Guards
Appalachia
Black and Cumberland Mountains
Murray
Masked men rob Bank in Bandana Kentucky
Four masked robbers seized the Cumberland Telephone Exchange, beat operator and forced Assistant Cashier B. H. Hals of Ballard County Bank to open the safe. They escaped with 3000 dollars, leaving Hals and the operator bound until rescued in the morning. A hotel proprietor sighted four men heading toward Ogden's Landing along the Ohio River.
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Bandana
Cumberland Telephone Exchange
B. H. Hals
Ballard County Bank
Hahs
Ogden’s Landing
Ohio River
Secretary Taft to Visit Panama for Negotiations
Secretary Taft travels to Panama aboard the cruiser Prairie on April 30 with marines. He aims to negotiate a permanent treaty to codify concessions from Panama per a protocol. He will be gone about three weeks, returning around May 20 from Charleston South Carolina.
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Taft
Panama
Prairie
United States
Colombia
Isthmus
Charleston
Cincinnati Probe Appropriation a Gut 10 $25 000
A disaster event in Cincinnati leaves 250 killed and 800 injured with about 1000 houses destroyed. Authorities report a probe into appropriation funds and possible mismanagement connected to the incident. The report highlights the scale of casualties and property loss.
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Cincinnati
Senate debates four battleships to deter pacific menace
The Senate spent most of the session arguing for the President's naval program with four battleships. Senator Piles urged two fleets for Pacific and Atlantic coasts to deter potential war, while Hale and others warned against overextension. Beveridge pressed swift action amid questions of executive power.
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Senate
Piles
Pacific
Atlantic Coast
Culberson
Bacon
Rayner
Hale
Congress
Beveridge
Bankhead
Louisiana
Kentucky Convicts Brutalized Says Ex-Warden Alleges Abuse
Frankfort April 24 Former Warden George P. Chinn of Harrodsburg charges the Hoge Montgomery Company’s contract at the Kentucky State Penitentiary led to brutal discipline including more than 1200 lashes on a single prisoner. He describes a three edged whip, a bloodstained board, a gagged prisoner and workers harming themselves to be sent to the hospital. An official investigation and grand jury review are planned. Chinn is son of Colonel Jack Chinn.
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Frankfort
Hoge- Montgomery Company
George P. Chinn
Harrodsburg
New York
Chinn
Jack Chinn
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