Japan Invites U S Battleship Fleet to Visit
Washington officials indicate the American battleship fleet will visit Japan as part of a broad itinerary that could also include China. Secretary Root and President Roosevelt approved accepting the Japanese invitation, with plans detailing a voyage via Hawaii Samoa Melbourne Sydney Manila Yokohama the Philippines and Suez.
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Japan
Root
Washington
Baron Takahira
Roosevelt
China
Metcalf
Admiral Pillspury
Atlantic
Hawaiian Islands
Samoa
Melbourne
Sydney
Manila
Yokohama
Philippines
Suez Canal
State Department
Creek Indians adopt resolution to remove land restrictions
The Oklahoma delegation in convention at Cheoita Okla Thursday urged removal of restrictions on alienation of mixed blood lands. They asked the Interior secretary to remove four Creek delegates and the Washington attorney who had opposed the measure.
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Oklahoma
Priday
Cheoita
Okla
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Duel Mistaken Identities Kills Two Custom Inspectors
Mounted customs inspectors Charles Logan and Charles Jones killed each other in a duel in the dry Rio Grande bed near El Paso Texas on Thursday night. Both bodies found Friday. Authorities believe each mistook the other for a smuggler.
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Charles Logan
Charles Jones
Rio Gim Dever
el Paso
Texas
Peruvian Troops Invade Tarata in Tacna Frontier Clash
Dispatch from Valparaiso reports Peruvian detachments entered Tarata near the frontier in pursuit of smugglers. Chilean police disarmed the invaders. later Tiwan troops arrived and searched houses for arms in Tarata, Tacna province.
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Valparaiso
Arlog
Tarata
Tacna
ABE HUMMEL GOES FREE
Abraham Hummel, the New York lawyer once jailed in Sing Sing for conspiracy in the Dodge Morse case, was released Thursday after about ten months of a one year sentence. His term was reduced for good conduct and other allowances.
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New York
Doffs
Sing Sing
Abraham
Hummel
Fronil
Sly Mims Out for No 2 Widow Out for No 4
Report notes Sly Mims missing for No 2 while a widow pursues No 4 in a local sports or school event context. The brief hints at competitive outcomes and participant statuses within a period-appropriate sports-card style summary.
Southern Railway Funds Move Over Garnishment Dispute
Chairman McLendon of Georgia's railroad commission defends the Southern railway's removal of deposits from the state after a February balance of about $600,000 and $235,430 in checks. He notes 3 percent average personal injury payouts and $334,988 in damages against the road, which would require over $600,060 in bond to stay in business. Finley argues garnishment laws tie up funds and equipment, prompting the move out of state.
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Georgia
McLendon
State Railroad Commission
Finley
Southern Railway
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Black Sport Slayer Dies on Atlanta Gallows
Andrew Johnson alias Black Sport, who killed Policeman Manier, died by hanging at Atlanta jail after a trap was sprung at 11 o clock Wednesday. He uttered I know I am saved and I am ready to go. He faced execution with faint courage aided by nitroglycerin and opium.
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Policeman Manier
Atlanta
Nelms
Andrew Johnson
Black Sport
Johnson
Insurrectionists Depart Haiti Aboard French Cruiser
Haitian government allows insurrection participants with asylum in consulates to leave unmolested. The French cruiser d Estrees at Port au Prince will board refugees from French German and Spanish consulates at GonAves St Marc and Port au Paix and transport the revolutionists to St Thomas.
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Haiti
d’Estrees
Port-au- Prince
Gonalves
St. Marc
Port-au-Paix
St. Thomas
Lottery bill knocked out by Porto Rico legislature
The Porto Rican legislature adjourned in San Juan on Wednesday. The lottery and cock fighting bills, including a plan for $40,000 a month in prizes, were killed in executive council. A public utilities bill, modeled after New York, passed, and large appropriations for education and good roads were approved.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Executive Council
New York
Liberia Appeals for U S Protection Against France
The Liberian government appeals to the United States to safeguard Liberia's territorial integrity from France. A delegation reportedly travels from Monrovia to Washington to urge President and Secretary Root to restrain French efforts to seize border areas of the country.
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Negro Republic
France
Little African Republic of
Liberia
America
State Department
Monrovia
Washington
Root
French West Africa
Gatling Gun Placed to Guard Tobacco Warehouse
The American Tobacco Company in Maysville Kentucky set a gatling gun on the warehouse roof to deter night riders from burning the building. Guards will operate the weapon if night riders appear and maintain constant vigilance.
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American Tobacco Company
Maysville
CAN'T BAR LIQUORS Proposed Delegation of Police Powers
Washington report notes a Senate judiciary subcommittee vote 3 to 2 against constitutionality of interstate liquor shipment regulation. Bacon and Nelson supported the bill, Fulton Rayner Knox opposed. Full committee to discuss March 23. Anti prohibitionists praise the setback and warn action may push liquor commerce to neighboring areas.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bacon
Nelson
Fulton
Rayner
Knox
Senate
Atlanta
Chattanooga
College Boys Wreck the Theatre at Ann Arbor
A 2000 strong mob of University of Michigan students attacked the Star Theatre on Avenue E in Ann Arbor. Windows and doors were torn down and the piano rolled into the street as leaders danced atop it amid wild cheers. The disturbance began after a student was ejected and clubbed by a policeman on Saturday night.
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Star Theatre
Professor Bailey Sues for Damages Over Cowhiding Incident
Canon Georgia reports Professor Bailey, recently convicted by local ladies, has moved to Chattanooga Tennessee and hired counsel to claim 20000 damages in U S court against the women involved. Bailey’s wife counters with a divorce suit.
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Prof. Bailey
Canon
Bailey
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Prohi Victory Voided Over Timing In Pocahontas Vote
Circuit Court judge in Tazewell voids Pocahontas local option election held December 19 for violating law by occurring within thirty days of a congressional election. Judge W J Henson ruled the election was conducted too close to the federal race, nullifying the result.
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Circuit Court
Pocahontas
W. J. Henson
Tazewell
Costly Blaze Destroys Cooleemee Mills Unit in Davie
Fire gutted the pickers building warp and machine room at the Cooleemee cotton mills in Davie County North Carolina on Friday. Loss exceeds 100000 dollars but was fully insured. Origin of the blaze remains unknown.
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Pickers
Cooleemee Cotton Mills
Davie County
N. C
Picker
Brown Exempts Reform Platform for Governor Bid
Joseph M. Brown of Marietta announces his Georgia gubernatorial candidacy opposing Governor Smith. His platform calls for Confederate pension lump sums, tax cuts, railroad reform, a labor department, strict prohibition enforcement, anti lobbying laws, and state industrial support, with emphasis on public rights, fair wages, and restoring prosperity.
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Joseph M. Brown
Marietta
Georgia
Smith
Mr. Brown
Railroad -Commission
Department of Labor
General Assembly
Taft Indorsed in Iowa Delegates Instructed to Vote Taft
Iowa Republicans at Des Moines elected four national convention delegates at large and instructed them to vote for William H. Taft. The convention endorsed Senator William B. Allison and approved the Ohio platform revision of the tariff.
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Iowa
Des Moines
William H. Taft
William B. Allison
Ohio
Congress Restores In God We Trust to US Coins
The House, by a 25 to 6 vote, passed a bill to restore the motto In God We Trust on gold and silver coins. The measure drew lively debate among members.
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House of Representatives
United States
Memorial to Congress Demands Labor Rights Action
A Washington conference of eighty seven national and international unions and farmer groups led by Samuel Gompers presents a memorial to Speaker Cannon through Congress. They urge early action on an employers liability act to overturn Supreme Court decisions applying Sherman anti trust to workers and defend collective rights and protections.
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Cannon
Fairbanks
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
House of Representatives
District’ of Columbia
Supreme Court of the
United States
Murder charge binds three in pawnshop slaying
In Atlanta Judge Broyles bound over Jim Madden Tom Frazier and Woodson Davis three Negroes charged with the murder of Jacob Hirgo vitz shot to death in a pawnbroker's doorway February 29 during a scuffle with a man who seized a pistol and fled as two confederates nearby opened fire on the sidewalk.
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Atlanta
Jim Madden
Tom Frazier
Woodson Davis
Hirgovitz
Homesee Kers In Wreck Near Pearsall Texas
Two killed and seven injured when an excursion train carrying homeseekers from Kansas and Oklahoma to La Pas Petenas Mexico derailed at Pearsall Texas due to a broken rail on the International and Great Northern line. The crash disrupted travel for the Kansas and Oklahoma party en route to settlement lands.
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Great Northern
International and Great Northern Railroad
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ls Pa‘etenas
Mex
Pearsall
Texas
New York Democratic Committee Backs Uninstructed Delegation
The New York state committee voted almost solidly for an uninstructed delegation to the national convention. One opposing vote came from Charles Williams of Lyons, who said he supported Bryan.
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W. J. Conners
New York Democratic State Committee
Charles Williams
Lyons
Bryan
Missouri Supreme Court Voids Street Corner Loafing Law
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled city ordinances banning loafing on street corners unconstitutional. The St. Louis case involved Jacob Gloner fined for standing on a corner doing picket duty during a 1905 strike.
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Missouri Supreme Court
St. Louis
Jacob Gloner
Southern Railway Withdraws Georgia Funds To Chattanooga Banks
Georgia deposits of the Southern Railway are moved to the First National Bank in Chattanooga under orders of the treasurer to prevent attorney garnishments and attachments. Officials say about 150000 daily business in Georgia and 500000 already moved, with funds to stay outside the state indefinitely.
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The
Southern Railway Company
Washington, D.C
Georgia
First National Bank
Chattanooga
Southern
Sulh
Smith Delivers Second Newton County Campaign Speech
Governor Hoke Smith spoke to a large Covington audience in the Newton county courthouse on state questions. He urged strict enforcement of the prohibition law, backed extending the state road to the sea, and pledged to pay pensions in full at year's start if the constitution allowed borrowing. He urged temperance allies to back lawmakers who support anti liquor shipments from out of state.
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Newton County
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Covington
Friends of Temperance
United States
Rail lines ordered to cut passenger rates to 2 1 half cents
The South Carolina Railroad Commission on Tuesday ordered the Seaboard Air Line, the Blue Ridge, and the Columbia Newberry and Laurens railroads to implement by April 1 a reduced passenger rate of 2 1 2 cents per mile. The lines protested the drop from 3 cents per mile but agreed to issue mileage books at the same rates as other lines.
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South Carolina Railroad Commission
Seaboard Air Line
Blue Ridge
Columbia
Newberry and
Laurens
Local Option Law Upheld by Missouri Supreme Court
Judge Gantt of Missouri supreme court affirms ruling upholding the local option law as constitutional. The Tuesday opinion reaffirms prior Missouri court decisions on the measure.
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Gantt
Missouri Supreme Court
Conspiracy Report Confirmed in Haiti Executions
U S officials confirm press dispatches of summary executions by Haitian government in a revolt crackdown. State Department notes no danger to Americans or property and mentions five nearby vessels ready to be dispatched if needed.
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State Department
Halti
Three Men Die as Steel Beam Crashes at Rail Elevation
Tragedy in Indianapolis as a heavy steel beam being lifted for track elevation collapsed after a chain broke. Three workers were crushed and killed. investigation into equipment failure and safety procedures begins.
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Indianapolis
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Sam Gompers
Kers
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