Night riders burn home and warehouse in Kentucky
In Hopkinsville night riders attacked Broussais Gregory’s residence, firing into the bedroom where his wife and daughter slept. the home burned. A tobacco warehouse near Frankfort also burned with 100,000 pounds of tobacco lost. Governor Willson urged action to end anarchy and requested a $25,000 appropriation to prosecute the night riders.
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Hopkinsville
Broussais Gregory
Gregory
Middlesboro
Frankfort
Switzerville
Equity Society
Burley
Willson
Value of Grecian nose hits 2500 in court
Chicago a beautiful young physician Dr Bessie M Andrus sued for 20000 damages after nose injury on a North avenue street car. A superior court jury yesterday awarded 2500 dollars for the cosmetic damage.
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Chicago
Ill
Bessie M. Andrus
West Northvenue
Handsome Nick Alt Weds Hannah Wedden Dorf in Cincinnati
Pitcher nicknamed Handsome Nick Alt of the Chicago American League team married Hannah Wedden dorf in Cincinnati. The couple planned to join the Chicago squad in Chicago and then travel to California to prepare for the upcoming season.
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Cincinnati
Nick” Altrock
Hannah Weddendorf
Chicago
Altrock
California
Copper sales trim stock as U S refinery dips
In February United Metals Selling Co sold 89 million pounds of copper, mainly to England and Germany. Officials report the United States has little refined copper on hand, a rarity in years, as prices averaged just under thirteen cents per pound.
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New York
N. Y
United Metals Selling Company
England
Germany
United States
Fires injure many and threaten lives in two city blazes
In New York on February 27 two people were burned so severely they may die and a dozen others were badly hurt as firemen rescued residents from dangerous spots. The blazes occurred in separate areas and are suspected to be incendiary in origin.
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New York
N. Y
Floods force closure of seven Manayusk mills
Philadelphia news reports seven mills in Manayusk closed due to Schuylkill River flooding after heavy rains. More than five thousand workers are idle as mills shut down.
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Philadelphia
Manayusk
Schuylkill River
British troops quell Zakka Khel uprising in northern India
Reports from Calcutta and London describe British forces under General Sir James Willcocks moving into Zakka Khel country on February 13 to suppress a guerilla revolt. In Britain, reformers like Lala Lajpat Rai push for home rule amid fears of Boer influence and growing unrest in the Indian subcontinent.
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Government Post
Calcutta
India
Government House
Caletta
Lala Lajpat Rai
James Willcocks
London
Great Britain
Transvaal
Lala Rai
Secretary of State For
Rai
Hindustan
British War Office
Kentucky House Passes County Unit Prohibition Bill
In Frankfort Kentucky the lower house passed the county unit prohibition bill without debate by a 76 to 14 vote. The measure advances in the prohibition effort with lawmakers voting along party lines. Regulating liquor by county units, the bill moves to the senate for consideration.
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Frankfort
House
France denies rift with U S over Haytien refugees
Paris reports denial of friction between France and the United States over Haytien revolutionary refugees sheltered in the French consulates at Gonaives and St. Marc. France repeats it will not surrender the refugees to Nord Alexis authorities, saying they would not receive a fair trial.
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Paris
France
United States
Haytien
Gonaives
St. Marc
Hayti
Nord Alexis
Joint Conference May Not Be Held
In Indianapolis today a meeting of miners and operators from Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois faces possible adjournment without calling a joint interstate wage conference. Opponents say current business conditions make it unwise to begin contracts for the next one or two years. Illinois operators cite ongoing talks with their miners at Peoria as a reason to delay.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Peoria
Escape from County Jail Ends With Bridge Dash
John Ziegler, held on intoxication charges, was shot at five times by Officer Leonard Evans as he fled across a 40 foot high Rock Island railroad bridge over the Iowa River. He escaped into woods west of Iowa City and remains at large days after the incident.
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Iowa City
John Ziegler
Rock Island
Iowa River
Leonard Evans
Roosevelt Transmits Hague Peace Declarations to Senate
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate a slate of 13 treaties and declarations from The Hague Peace Conference. The declaration bans dropping high explosives from balloons during war.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Senate
Gower Explains Rate Disparity at Rock Island Hearing
Des Moines hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission concluded with traffic manager Harry Gower unable to justify why the Rock Island line from Rock Island Illinois to Des Moines carried a higher through tariff than the longer Chicago to Rock Island route. Attorney W N Guernsey pressed the cross examination. Gower cited east of the Mississippi low rate forcing higher western charges to ensure income.
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Des Moines
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harry Gower
WN. T. Guernsey
Greater
Rock Island Company
Rock Island
Ill
Chicago
Gower
Mississippi River
Removal petition against New York district attorney Jerome
The Metropolitan Street Railway stockholders’ committee sent a petition to Governor Hughes at Albany demanding the removal of William T. Jerome as New York County district attorney. Jerome dismissed the charges as routine and said the governor has not asked for an explanation.
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New York
N. Y
William T. Jerome
County of
Hughes
Albany
Metropolitan Street Railway
Jerome
River character famed by poem dies in Dakota
The remains of Jones, known as "Jim Bludsoe" on the Upper Mississippi, were laid to rest in Dakota, Minnesota, after his fame drew from a likeness to John Hay's poem. Many believed he inspired the poem's hero.
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Dakota, Minn
Jones
Jim Bludsoe
Mississippi River
John Hay
Civil War Hero Russell Page Dies in Poverty
Cleveland Ohio February 27 Dead from lack of proper food Civil War veteran Russell Page decorated by Congress for valor at Fort Donelson was found dead at home. Unable to work his wife hunted for employment while Page had carried wounded comrade Homer Stratton while under fire at Fort Donelson and was cheered by Confederate lines before retreat.
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Cleveland, O
Russell Page
Congress
Fort Donelson
Page
Homer Stratton
Ohio Regiment
Stratton
Transfer of Congo Governance Becomes Commons Priority
London February 27 The House of Commons adopted a resolution urging the government to secure the transfer of control of the Congo Free State and, if needed, to act within a reasonable time with or without other powers to ensure the Berlin Act provisions are carried out.
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London
House of Commons
Congo
Berlin
Save Gillette Murderer Faces Final Plea in New York
The mother sister and brother of Chester Gillette travel to New York to seek a pardon or commutation for the condemned Grace "Billie" Brown murderer. A letter to the mother says no new trial is possible and a petition for clemency will be circulated with a personal appeal to Hughes.
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Denver
Colo
Chester Gillette
New York
Grace
Billie’’ Brown
Hughes
Relief engine wrecks Pere Marquette coach near Edmore
A relief engine en route to aid a Pere Marquette passenger train stalled in snow four miles north of Edmore Michigan collided with the rear of the halted train. Five passengers were injured, one fatally and three seriously.
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Edmore
Mich
Pere Marquette
Here
Chicago Milwaukee St Paul declares dividend
New York Feb 27 The directors of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul today declared semi annual dividends of 3 1 2 percent on preferred and common stocks.
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Road
New York
N. Y
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Missouri G. O. P. in Convention Today
The Missouri state convention in St. Louis with 1 075 delegates elected four delegates at large and alternates for Chicago to pick Missouri’s national committee member, draft a platform, and choose 18 presidential electors. Cyrus P. Walbridge of St. Louis served as temporary chairman and stated there would be no axes to grind or punishments.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Missouri
Republican National Committee
Cyrus P. Walbridge
Jail for Boat's Captain
Captain William H. Wanshack, master of the General Slocum, who perished in the deadly fire that killed about a thousand, was taken to Sing Sing prison to begin a ten year term with hard labor.
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New York
N. Y
William H. Wanshack
General Slocum
Sing Sing
Actress Gracia Calla Arrives to Aid Murder Case
Mrs Paul E Roy known as Gracia Calla arrives in Portsmouth from New York with reporters and photographers. She plans to aid authorities in the January 2 murder of her brother George A Carkins at Newington by her husband Paul E Roy and will stay as long as authorities desire.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Paul E. Roy
Gracia Calla
New York
Boston
Roy
Batchelder
Carkins
Armenians from U S sought to kill the sultan in Istanbul
Vienna reports the Constantinople police have recovered only about one fifth of the fifty Armenians who allegedly came from the United States to assassinate the sultan. Ten suspects were arrested yesterday as authorities pursue a secretive, high‑level operation.
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Vienna
Constantinople
United States
Licensing Bill Aims to Wipe Out Thirty Thousand Saloons
London Feb 27 Chancellor Asquith introduced a licensing bill as the main government measure. It requires a compulsory reduction in licensed saloons to a uniform national total based on population density, potentially eliminating about 30,000 licenses and affecting over 2,906,000 workers in the trade.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Birmingham couple sentenced for kidnapping in Chicago
Chicago February 27 Saint William Jones alias Birmingham and wife Irene Alzina Jones were sentenced to the penitentiary by Judge Kersten for kidnapping eight year old Lillian Wulff last December. The man received thirty years and the woman twenty five years after a jury verdict of guilt last week.
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Chicago
Ill
Willliam Jones
Birmingham
Irene
Alzina Jones
Kersten
Lillian Wulff
Supreme Court upholds Waters-Pierce fine and charter revocation
The Texas Supreme Court affirms lower court rulings fining Waters-Pierce Oil Co in anti trust case and revoking its charter. Owned by Standard Oil, the firm faces a $1.6 million penalty. Announcement indicates a possible appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Austin, Tex
Supreme Court of Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa shows increasing cloudiness tonight and Friday with rising temperatures. Illinois forecasts fair conditions tonight then increasing clouds Friday with a rise in temperatures. sunrise at 6 30, sunset at 3 38, moonrise at 1 25 a m.
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Iowa
Illinois
Railroads pledge to observe nine hour law nationwide
Omaha reports three major lines the Union Pacific Northwestern and Burlington will enforce the nine hour workday from March 4 by reducing train service and hiring about 200 telegraphers west of the Missouri river. Federal hearing in Washington examined extensions with railroads citing financial strain and extra hazardous work exceptions.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Burlington
Missouri River
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