Dynamite attack on Bulkeley Wells at Smuggler Union mine
In Pandora near Telluride an unknown assailant planted dynamite under General Bulkeley Wells’s bed. The blast hurled him into debris. he escaped with scratches and hearing loss. A suspect is jailed while Steve Adams faces related murder charges connected to Arthur L. Collins’s assassination six years earlier.
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Telluride
Union
Pandora
Bulkeley Wells
Union Mining Company
Wells
General Wells
Arthur L. Collins
Collins
Steve Adams
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Idaho
Adams
Colorado
Alabama railroad laws struck down by federal judge
Federal Judge Thomas G. Jones of the Middle District of Alabama ruled that acts aimed at barring railroads from the federal courts are unconstitutional and suspended Alabama rate acts pending review. The decision rejects state rights arguments and aligns with Peckham precedent, halting many railroad code provisions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas G. Jones
Federal Court of Alabama, Middle District
Alabama
Jones
Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Night Riders Threat Rise as Governor Claims Victory
Governor Willson reports progress against night riders in Kentucky with soldiers and detectives pursuing leaders and three lieutenants. Sixteen alleged riders killed. Governor contemplates extra legislative funding for ongoing operations.
Girl in Man's Garb Nearly Hanged as Negro By Mob
Catharine Rooks a 23 year old woman disguises as a man to travel for help. A mob mistook her for a black man, bound her with a rope, and nearly hanged her before discovering she was a white girl. She was released after explaining the mix up.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Catharine Rooks
Bedford Street
Rooks
Miss Rooks
Roosevelt visit interrupted by griping follower in New Orleans
A Picayune dispatch reports Mrs. Roosevelt and her party greeted by General Stephen D. Lee and others when a man at the rail station rushed toward the group waving a grip. Police seized him and dragged him back amid protests. The man, George Shadid, claimed he was bound for Greensboro Mississippi and was held until after the visit.
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New Orleans
The
Picayune
Vicksurg
Mass
Stephen D. Lee
Harding
Roosevelt
George Shadid
Grééns
Miss
Mrs. Roosevelt
North Central Association closes with Clark elected president
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools closed its annual meeting in Chicago on March 28 with Thomas Arkle Clark of Ohio elected president Secretary J E Armstrong of Illinois named treasurer.
Woman Slays Man and Self in Sandusky Apartment
In Sandusky Ohio E J Glendenning 45 a Cleveland cidak salesman and Mrs Katheryne Hughes 40 were found dead in a woman’s room. A bullet hole behind Glendenning’s ear and a shot through Mrs Hughes’s eye indicate she killed him and then committed suicide. A revolver with two empty chambers lay between them. Glendenning leaves a widow and two children.
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Sandusky
E. J. Glendenning
Cleveland Cidak
Katheryne Hughes
Glendenning
Paee
Lightning Kills Two Women in Howell Storm
In Howell Michigan two women were killed during last night's storm. Mrs Peter North and another woman identified as a local resident died after being struck by lightning amid severe weather that brought damage and power outages to the area.
Ropes Around Man in Kentucky Night Riding Incident
In Lyon County Kentucky on March 28 a masked mob visited Will Bridges home tying a rope around his neck and threatening him to reveal night rider identities. Bridges denied knowledge and was released after the demand. No militia presence reported. county judge had offered courthouse space to a Middiesboro militia unit, which had not yet arrived.
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Commercial Tribune
Kattawa
Lyon County
Captain Givens
Middlesboro
Will Bridges
Bridges
Hopkinsville case delays in Gholson night riding charge
In Hopkinsville Kentucky on March 28 Matt Gholson charged with night riding had his case continued to the seventh day of the June term on Commonwealth motion. Gholson is among March grand jury indictments with four indicted for confederating and three for sending threatening letters. He remains jailed on a 1000 dollar bond. John Howell and William Holmes charged with writing threatening letters are jailed. Rob Wood convicted on a similar indictment will appeal while he waits his hand. Three prominent men Herman Crenshaw J M Weaver and Dr Wallace Durham are indicted for confederating and are under bonds.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
Matt Gholson
Commonwealth
Gholson
March Grand Jury
John Howell
William Holmes
Rob
Tobacco deal seals 1200 new bales of Burley stored crops
Lexington dispatch reports the Society of Equity sold 1200 hundredweight of Burley tobacco stored in the white Burley district at 15 dollars per hundred. The sale, confirmed by Fayette County official C C Patrick, was executed in Winchester by the Executive Board of the State Burley Tobacco Society. A second large deal is reportedly pending.
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Society of Equity
White Burley
C. C. Patrick
Fayette County
Winchester
State
Burley Tobacco Society
Burley Section
Sterling
Kentucky
Louisville
Owensboro
Paducah
Taft Seen Leading West Virginia Delegation for Chicago
Washington March 28 Taft allies claim West Virginia will deliver a solid delegation and likely nominate him on or soon after the first ballot. Senator Elkins would back Taft for second place. Taft spoke at Yale men in Philadelphia and will travel to Chicago for speeches late in the week.
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Cannon
Taft
Chicago
West Virginia
Senator Elkins
Yale
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Washington
Commercial Club
Baptist Interdenominational Union
Captain Reilley
Toledo Lumber Trust Magnates Lose Workhouse Sentence
Circuit Court affirms lower court in the Tolédo lumber cases under the Valentine antitrust law. The twenty prominent men including Barbour Starr Campbell Kelsey Freeman Packer Puck Smith Trotter Witker Goulet Harris Washburn Van Karsen Hopkinson and others face possible moves to the Supreme Court as lawyers seek immediate appeal or re sentencing under county jail limits.
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Marcus V. Barbour
Charles W. Harris
Edward E. Washburn
Washburn & Harris
August van Karsen
Eben D. Hopkinson
van Karsen & Co
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Admiral Evans Ships to San Francisco Then Mineral Springs
Washington March 28 Admiral Evans commanding the Atlantic battle ship fleet sails from Magdalena Bay to San Francisco aboard the Connecticut. He will go by rail to San Luis Obispo for treatment at a mineral springs resort and the Connecticut returns via San Diego to rejoin the fleet progressing north under Rear Admiral Thomas. The fleet is planned to visit Auckland New Zealand on the Samoa to Sydney run.
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Admiral Evans
Magdalena Bay
San Francisco
Connecticut
San Luis Obispo
San Diego
Thomas
Navy Department
Evans
Auckland
N. Z
Samoa
Sydney
Australia
Eighty Die in Mine Explosions at Hanna Wyoming
A Hanna dispatch reports two gas explosions in Union Pacific Coal Company Mine No 1 killing eighty men. The same mine had a 1903 dust explosion that killed about two hundred miners.
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Butte
Mont
Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Penelic
Gillette 3 Fate in Hughes Hands
Albany March 28. New evidence submitted to Governor Hughes could decide whether to reprieve Chester Gillette who is to die in Auburn Prison for the Grace Brown murder at Big Moose Lake in 1906. The case hinges on epilepsy claims for Brown and questions about a ribbon torn from Gillette's straw hat.
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Albany
N.Y
Chester Gillette
Hughes
Twico
Auburn Prison
Gillette
Grace Brown
Big Mose Lake
Bomb throws in Union Square kill two and injure many
A bomb exploded in Union Square New York during a massed unemployed demonstration. A 21 year old bomber and a companion were involved. one died, the other killed, four policemen hurt, and numerous bystanders thrown to the ground. Police and reserves tightened controls as investigators questioned the bomber who claimed he acted alone.
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New York
Union Square
Union Square Park
Reilley
Recreation Grounds
George Washington
Selig Silverstein
van Brunté Street
Brooklyn
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