House Passes Sterling Employers' Liability Bill
The House, under suspension of the rules and a Democrat Republican truce, passed the Sterling Employers' liability bill by a near unanimous vote with only Mr. Littlefield of Maine opposing. The measure holds interstate railroad employers liable for employee injuries and limits recovery by shared contributory fault. Each party also bears its own negligence.
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Littlefield
Maine
House of Representatives
Bar C O D Liquors Interstate Shipments Bill
Washington committee on the judiciary reported a simple bill to curb interstate liquor shipments. It bans collect on delivery and requires clear consignor and consignee names to curb agents for liquor houses and fictitious names. Senator Knox chairs the sub committee that studied the hearings.
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Washington
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Knox
Consignee
Railroad and Express Companies
Bloody Lisbon election riots overshadow vote end
Seven people were killed and about 100 wounded as soldiers opened fire after Lisbon elections. Rioters battled municipal guards and infantry was misidentified, causing chaos with bands roaming streets and crowds fleeing to safety amid a terror filled night.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Carlos Qa
Army Bill Passes Senate With Nearly 100 Million Appropriation
The army bill carrying an appropriation near 100 million dollars was passed by the Senate on Monday, essentially as reported from the committee on military affairs.
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Senate
Committee On Military Affairs
Black Billy Convicted Again At Mocksville
James Lang known as Black Billy, a notorious crook, was convicted in Mocksville North Carolina for the 1908 Davie bank job and sentenced to five years. His three confederates were tried and convicted a year earlier. Lang and his gang operated across North Carolina and he had just been released from Atlanta federal prison.
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Notorious Crook
Atlanta
James Lang
Black Billy
Mocksville
N. C
Bank of Davie
Lang
North Carolina
FUSILLADES IN COURT LEAD TO SHOOTING RAMPAGE
Henry I McDonald is found guilty of arson in Terre Haute Indiana and then opens fire in the circuit court room killing Chief of Detectives William B H Dwyer and wounding three officers and a bystander. He is wounded and captured.
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Henry I’. McDonald
Circuit Court
Terre Haute
Ind
William BH. Dwyer
McDonald
Sanford
James A. Cooper, Jr
Dwyer
Harvey V. Jones
Ira Wellman
Sylvester Doyle
Crane
Road to Pay Back Taxes Ends in State Settlement
After six years of litigation the Georgia tax case against Georgia Railroad Co over 15,000 shares of Western of Alabama stock yields a $335,000 settlement. Distributions: Richmond County $109,120.90 including $38,010.87 for the county board of education, Augusta city $145,653.67, and the state $80,225.43. Higher local rates explain why Augusta and Richmond receive more than the state.
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State of Georgia
Georgia Railroad Company
Western of Alabama Railway
Richmond
Augusta
Board of Education
Heflin pleads not guilty in Washington assault case
Representative Heflin of Alabama pleads not guilty in a Washington police court trial on two assault charges. He posts 3000 bond furnished by O G Staples, hotel proprietor, and waives reading of the information charging him with striking Thomas McCreary and Louis Lundy on a street car.
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Alabama
Washington
Heflin
Bond
O. G. Staples
Clayton
New York
Louis Lundy
Uncle Joe After Paper Trust Resolutions Seek Department Answers
Speaker Cannon introduced resolutions in the house directing the attorney general and the secretary of commerce and labor to inform the body of any steps taken to investigate the International Paper company of New York and other firms suspected of moving to form a monopoly in print paper.
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Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Cannon
House
International Paper Company of New York
Watson and Williams Nomination by Peoples Party
The Peoples party convention in St Louis nominated Thomas B. Watson of Georgia for president and Samuel Williams of Indiana for vice president after Nebraska and Minnesota delegations walked out to seek a postponement. James B. Ferris was reelected chair and Jay W. Forrest named vice chair. The platform argues for government issuance of money, postal savings banks, public land restoration, and government ownership of railroads telegraph and telephone systems with a parcels post.
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United States
Thomas B. Watson
Georgia
Samuel Williams
Indiana
Peoples’ Party
St. Louis
Nebraska
Minnesota
W. J. Bryan
Watson
Williams
National Committee
James B. Ferris
Joliet
Ill
Jay W. Forrest
Albany
N. Y
Livingston Captures Two Counties in Fifth Georgia District Race
Congressman Livingston won Campbell by ten votes and carried Newton by 877, securing four of the district convention’s twenty four votes. The contest opposed him to City Attorney James L. Mayson of Atlanta, with Newton and Campbell first to act.
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Livingston
Campbell
Newton
Georgia
Colonel Livingston
James L. Mayson
Atlanta
Bryan Cancels Attendance at New York Democratic Banquet
William J. Bryan announced he had withdrawn his acceptance of the New York National Democratic Club invitation for an April 18 banquet. He cited embarrassment over whether the event was to feature a speech or a mere presence, deciding not to attend in either capacity.
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William J. Bryan
New York National Democratic Club
Bryan
Promising Egyptian Cotton Trials in U S Southwest
After years of failed attempts, the Bureau of Plant Industry reports promising results from Egyptian cotton trials in New Mexico and Arizona, indicating progress in introducing the crop to the United States.
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United States
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
Arzova
Railroads Seek Repeal of Kentucky Freight Rate Cut
Attorneys for all Kentucky railroads urged the State Commission to rescind its two year old order mandating a general freight rate reduction. They argued business has fallen and the cut would force some lines to operate at a loss.
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Kentucky
State Commission
Kentucky Railroad Commission
Louisville
Delatory Tactics Clash In House Fight Over Filibuster
Formal notice set the stage for a partisan clash as Republicans vow to push through the majority agenda despite Democratic obstruction. Speaker Payne denounces Williams and warns no general debate as filibuster tactics persist. House adjourns at 10:09 p.m. with 121 to 81 vote.
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po _st
House of Representatives
Payne
New York
Williams
Mississippi
Bryanites Threaten Bolt at Outset of Populist Convention
The National Populist convention met in St. Louis with Nebraska delegates pushing to delay and threatening to bolt if a ticket is nominated. After two sessions no permanent organization was formed and adjournment was set for Friday. Nebraska warned it would bolt if Watson or any candidate were nominated, with Minnesota Georgia and possibly Michigan and Kansas reportedly ready to join.
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St. Louis
Nebraska
Thomas E. Watson
Minnesota
Georgia
Michigan
Kansas
Colombia Troops Invade Jurado on Panama Frontier
Official reports state that on March 26 Colombian forces invaded the town of Jurado near the Panama border and seized control, a location long regarded as under Panamanian jurisdiction.
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Panama
Colombia
Jurado
Wardens barred from extras in Georgia prison system
Georgia Prison Commission announces a new order prohibiting deputy wardens and guards employed and paid by the commission from receiving compensation or gifts from contractors leasing convict labor. Notices were sent Wednesday from Atlanta to convic t camps statewide to enforce the rule.
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Georgia Prison Commission
Atlanta
Susrds
Finley Sees Southern Revival Through Constructive Sentiment
President W. W. Finley of the Southern Railway discusses the southern economy after inquiries in Washington. He notes sound banks, decent farmer prosperity, and active retail trade in many areas, but industry and cotton mill zones show weakness. He urges a positive, forward looking mood to spur a broader revival and sustain credit, resources, and enterprise.
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W. W. Finley
Southern Railway Company
Washington
Finley
Solid Front by Minority Defeats Brownsville Soldier Bills
Five Democratic members of the senate committee on military affairs defeated both the Warner and the Foraker bills restoring duty to negro soldiers of the 25th Infantry discharged for the Brownsville incident. The minority voted as a unit against the majority, ensuring adverse reports. Warner lets the president reinstate upon innocence, while Foraker requires oath of innocence.
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Brownsvills
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Warner
Foraker
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Texas
Leech Named Public Printer Succeeding Stillings
John S. Leech of Illinois appointed public printer in Washington to succeed the resigning Public Printer Stillings. The swift cabled appointment came from President Roosevelt and requires Leech to report for duty promptly in the Philippines or Washington.
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Philippines
Stillings
John S. Leech
Ilinois
Washington
Leech
Roosevelt
Cable
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Paper Trust
Boise
Bryanites
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