First Murder Sparks Kentucky Tobacco War Night Riders Kill Farmer
Carlile Kentucky report details the March 1 murder of Kiram Hedges by night riders on his porch after he agreed to abandon tobacco planting. The crime, amid feared terror by lawless bands, left a widow and seven children, with riders seen and wires cut as investigators and a coroner investigated at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Carlile
Kiram Hedges
Hedges
Ned
Hedges Jeaves
Notning
Farmer Iedees
Sulzer Accuses Mann of Stealing Credit for Bureau Act
In Washington on March 21, Sulzer of New York charged that Mann of Illinois claimed credit for introducing legislation creating the Bureau of Corporations. The dispute sparked laughter as Sulzer defended his long minority labor and denounced the majority for misattribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Bureau of Corporations
Sulzer
New York
Mann
Illinois
Mr. Mann
Anarchist Paper Barred by Post Office
The Post Office Department barred La Question Sociale, a Paterson New Jersey weekly, from mailing. Postmaster General Meyer ordered non mail able the issue, citing Section 3893 of the Revised Statutes and describing the publication as immoral and harmful. It charges the paper advocates murder by dynamite of soldiers and police, and the burning of private homes, labeling itself as Socialist Anarchistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Meyer
la Question Sociale
Paterson
WN. J
United States Army
Battleship Montana gift silver service on exhibition
The Montana silver service designed by Reed and Barton is on display at the Reed & Barton store at Fifth Avenue and Thirty-second Street. The set includes a large punch bowl and plateau, thirty crystal cups and ladle, smaller punch bowl and ladle, two candelabra, two compotiors, two sandwich dishes, two fruit baskets, two serving trays, two bottle holders, a coffee urn, and a cigar box, with bitter root motif in the ornament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State of
Reed& Barton
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-second Street
President Denies Italian Ambassador Plea for Colucci Parole
Washington march 21 the president denied a petition to commute the sentence of joseph paolucci a young italian sentenced in the district of columbia for the murder of his sweetheart next monday. the italian ambassador said a juror made a remark that all italians in this country should be hanged and argued colucci did not receive a fair trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Paolucci
District of Columbia
Suit to remove lawyer and trustee in ante nuptial contract
Mrs. Katherine D. Savage files in Boston Supreme Court to remove John O. Shaw as her lawyer and trustee under their 1860 ante nuptial contract. She seeks control of property after her husband’s death. Shaw faces bankruptcy and illness, with assets estimated at 3.6 to 4 million dollars and potential losses exceeding 500 thousand affecting Back Bay families. Shaw, once Harvard athlete and author, is described as increasingly ill and unconscious.
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New York
Boston
Katherine D. Savage
Supreme Court
John O. Shaw
Marlboro Street
Shaw
Back Bay
Harvard
Movement Circulates Naming Harrison as Bryan Veep Candidate
A political maneuver in Washington hints at Randolph Burton Harrison of New York as a possible second on the Bryan ticket. Virginia delegates to the Denver Convention may go uninstructed amid Democratic opposition to Senator Daniel. A Guffey Levy Hill led effort seeks one third of convention votes to block Bryan.
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New York Times
Washington
Randy Burton Harrison
New York
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Virginia
Denver
Old Dominion
Daniel
Mr. Bryan
James M. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Jefferson Levy
David B. Hill
Congress
May Take Railroad Lands Across California and Oregon
The 2 million acres granted to the California & Oregon Railroad Company, tied to the Central Pacific and E. H. Harriman interests, may be reclaimed by the United States. The Public Lands Committee endorsed a Senate-approved resolution authorizing the Attorney General to sue for title when grant conditions were not met, including cases like the Oregon & California Railway grant from the 1860s.
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Washington
California
Oregon
California & Oregon Railroad Company
Central Pacific
E. H. Harriman
United States
Committee On Public Lands
House
Senate
Attorney General
Western Railroad
Oregon & California Railway Company
Safety on the Water Bills Aimed at Harbor Life
In Washington on March 21 two House bills target harbor safety. Rep Olcott proposes steamboat masters keep an accurate passenger register open to federal inspection to prevent overloading. Rep Bennet seeks rails or lifelines on harbor craft that leave the harbor.
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New York Times
Washington
New York
Hudson
Sound
Olcott
Bennet
Federal Steamboat Inspection Service
Suffragettes Rally East Side in Yellow Banner Display
A Brooklyn born suffrage group held an open air meeting at Avenue A and Houston Street. Mrs Borrman Wells spoke as a crowd of East Side residents listened quietly and cheered, while a later flutter of young boys pressed for buttons and a slogan reading Vote for You circulated amid the Oakville Pleasure Club and adjacent shops.
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Brooklyn Society
East Side
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Avenue A
Houston Street
new TEP Defensive Woman _ Suffrage League
Borrman Wells
Wall Street
Sophia Loebinger
Hungary
Oakville
Au Bon Marche
Professor Clark Attacks Trusts at Cooper Union
Professor John B. Clark of Columbia University spoke on The Government and the Corporations before a large audience at Cooper Union under the Board of Education. He argued against the idea of good and bad trusts, urged reform rather than ruin, and warned that obstructionists would bear the blame if safe reforms are blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Clark
Columbia University
Cooper Union
Board of Education
Ex Presidents Proposed as Honorary Senate Members
Representative Coudrey of Missouri introduced a bill to make former presidents honorary U S Senators on term end with a salary of 25000 dollars per year. The measure frames ex presidents as Senate members after leaving office.
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New York Times
Washington
Representative Coudrey
Missouri
United States Senate
Russia's Fate Linked to U S War Readiness Says Humphrey
Congressman William E. Humphrey told the Norfolk Republican Club in Boston that if war broke out on the Pacific the United States and Russia would face shared consequences. He argued the Atlantic Squadron lacks coal in the Pacific and warned a fleet without coal or merchant support is useless. He urged preparedness and cited the need for a strong merchant marine alongside naval strength.
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Boston
Pacific Ocean
Russia
William E. Humphrey
Seattle
Washington
Norfolk Republican Club
Brunswick
United States
John W. Weeks
Newton
Mass
Jack Beall
Waxahachie
Texas
Edwin Denby
Detroit
Mich
Humphrey
Pacific
Japan
Clews Sees Possible Invitation to Japanese Ports
Henry Clews the Broad Street banker has long urged talks with Japan and, since the Emperor of Japan invited Admiral Evans's fleet, he believes the idea may stem from a letter he sent to Prince Ito last December. His letter to Ito began with an opening that suggested such diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clews
Broad Street
Japan
Evans
Prince Ito
Mr. Clews
Emperor and Admiral Invite Meeting to Cement US Japan Ties
A dated December fifth letter argues that rumors of Russo German plots threaten peace and proposes the Japanese Emperor invite American fleet leaders to meet in friendly Pacific ports to strengthen harmony between nations and dispel jingoism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Pacific
Capt Morrell Relieved as Bu reau Chief to Command Wisconsin
Capt Henry Morsell U S N relieved from Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance at New York Navy Yard and ordered to San Francisco to command the battleship Wisconsin when recommissioned. Col John W Pullman relieved as Chief Quartermaster of the Department of the East. Col Charles A H Meehan named Assistant Quartermaster General with headquarters on Governors Island.
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Henry Morsell
U.S. N
Bureau of Ordnance
New York Navy Yard
San Francisco
John W. Pullmen
Department of the East
Governors Island
Charles A. H. Mee Een
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F. B. Harrison
House Committee
Harriman Western
Grand Rapids Furniture Company (Incorporated
West Street
Broadway
Clark
Columbia
People’s Institute
Congressman Humphrey
Clews
Constantinople
India
Kkr
Terman Rugs
Amritsar
Ghiordes Rugs
Siva
Wiaeo
Madras
A. A. Vantine
18Th Street
Morrell’s
Wisconsin
Col. Pullman
Paris
London
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