Caspar Murderer Woodward Hangs Self in Wyoming Lynching
In Casper on March 29 Charles Francis Woodward, convicted of killing Sheriff W C Ricker, hanged himself on a jail scaffold after lynchers overpowered Sheriff Tubbs and seized the keys. A card pinned to his clothes denounced the slow legal process. Acting Gov Chatterton called for a full investigation into the crime and the lynching.
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Casper
Wyo
Charles Francis Woodward
W. C. Ricker
Sheriff Tubbs
Woodward
Supreme Court
Tubbs
Chatterton
Resignation Placed With President By Pension Commissioner
Washington March 29 Commissioner of Pensions Evans placed his resignation in the president's hands It will not take effect until a high diplomatic post is secured for him Gen Torrence departed the white house and Evans called at the president's request Evans declined to discuss retirement from the pensions office
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Washington
Evans
Torrence
White House
Commissioner of Pensions
Bill to fix size and star layout of U S flag
Representative Shafroth of Colorado proposes a bill defining the flag field as square and one third of the flag length. The 13 original states would surround the 30 admitted states in a circle with the latest two, Wyoming and Utah, placed temporarily on each side of the interior stars.
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Washington
Shafroth
Colorado
United States
Wyoming
Uah
Michigan Miners to Strike Protests Eight Hour Day
Bay City Michigan March 29 An order calls out coal miners across Michigan on April 2 the first day of the month holiday for the eight hour day. Over 2509 men will be affected as the strike follows failed wage scale talks between miners and operators for the coming year.
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Bay City
Mich
Globe yarn mills workers strike in Fall River
About 800 operatives at Globe yarn mills Nos. 7 and 2 go on strike in Fall River mass. Owned by the New England Cotton Yarn Co. they did not join a local wage agreement to raise pay ten percent and demand the increase.
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Fall River, Mass
Globe Yarn Mills
New England Cotton Yarn Co
Gold Life Saving Medal for Monomoy Disaster Hero
Secretary of the Treasury awards a gold life saving medal to Elmer Mayo for rescuing Seth L. Bms at the Monomoy Mass disaster where the Monomoy life saving crew perished except one. A gold medal is also awarded to Seth Ellis, survivor of the crew.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Elmer Mayo
Seth L. Bms
Monomoy, Mass
Monomoy Station
Seth Ellis
Bulgarian Post Attacked Near Saratach
A Bulgarian post near Saratach was attacked by 150 Turkish troops. One Bulgarian soldier was killed and several wounded. The garrison is being reinforced by two companies.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Saratach
Century Club Extends Bid For Jeffries Fitzsimmons Fight
The Century Athletic club plans a new offer to raise the bid for the Jeffries Fitzsimmons fight as Charleston club negotiations continue in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Century Athletic Club
Charleston
Floods Devastate Tennessee Railways and Towns
Rain drenches central Tennessee with 2.21 inches observed, washing out bridges and tracks from Columbia to Athens. One death reported rural carrier W. F. Dillehay. Rail lines including Louisville and Nashville and L&N branches suffer severe damage, with widespread flooding closing roads and plunging Nashville city lights into darkness.
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Nashville
Tenn
Weather Bureau
W. F. Dillehay
Maury County
Louisville & Nashville
Columbia
Mount Pleasant
Rutherford County
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Lytle’s Creek
Stones River
Murfreesboro
Wartrace
Liberty
DeKalb County
Cumberland
Duck Creek
Terrific Tupelo Storm Destroys Buildings and Cabins
A violent wind and rain storm swept Tupelo Mississippi on March 29 damaging plate glass windows, chimneys, and trees. The Hinds Bros building top and the telephone exchange were damaged as seventy five Negro cabins and a new Negro church were blown down.
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Tupelo
Miss
Hinds Bros. & Co
Mrs Walker in Vegas Fatally Shoots Visitor
In Las Vegas New Mexico on March 29 Mrs G B Walker shot and killed J S Judd of Chicago in her rooms after he allegedly assaulted her solo in the city. Judd 55, reputedly wealthy, has three physician sons. Mrs Walker, a health seeker and Iowa farmer wife from Miles, admits the shooting but asserts justification.
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Vegas
N. M
G. B. Walker
J.S. Judd
Chicago
Judd
Miles
Missing Indianapolis painter leaps from bridge in Cincinnati
An unknown man matching painter William Lennis of Indianapolis, reported missing by his Chicago hotel bride, jumped from the Southern railroad bridge Friday morning in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
William Lennis
Indianapolis
Chicago
Bankers deny Bell absorption of Federal Telephone
Cleveland March 29 Chairman Newcomb of the bankers committee said there is no foundation for the report that Bell Telephone Co. had or was about to absorb the Federal Telephone Co.
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Federal Telephone
Cleveland
Newcomb
Bankers’ Committee
Everett- Moore Syndicate
Bell Telephone Co
Federal Telephone Co
Hoo Hoo lodge forms plan for fair building in St Louis
About twenty members of the Hoo Hoo order gathered at the Planters hotel to organize a group to raise forty thousand dollars for a new building at the St Louis World’s Fair. The facility would serve as entertainment and a gathering place for members and their guests.
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St. Louis
Planters
Farewell Gifts to Employees as Bank Merges
The Merchants' National Bank of Chicago will soon go out of business as its interests merge with Corn Exchange National Bank. It presented its employees with farewell gifts totaling between 70000 and 80000 dollars in cash.
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Chicago
Merchants’ National Bank
Corn Exchange National Bank
Shipping to England from Toledo on horse sale
Toledo Ohio March 29 George H Ketcham plans to ship horses to England valued at $35000 including Eddie L and Roy M selected for racing by Louis Winans of Brighton England. Eddie L and Roy M are among the purchases.
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England
Toledo
George H. Ketcham
Eddie L
Roy M
Louis Winans
Brighton
Eng
Confederate Memorial group fixes museum site in Richmond
Trustees meeting in Atlanta on March 29 decided Richmond Virginia as the location to build the Confederate museum, marking a definitive choice for the project.
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Atlanta
The
Confederate Memorial Association
Richmond
Confederate Museum
Oleomargarine bill dominates Senate and House debates
March 25 to 29 a sequence of Senate and House actions focused on the oleomargarine bill with sharp attacks, party shifts over seating in Kentucky and the army and post office measures advancing. Key figures include Money and Hansbrough in the Senate and Rhea Moss in Kentucky contests.
Union Mine Riot Prompts Arrests and Air Cutters
Clarksburg West Virginia March 28 Conditions grow more serious after 15 Fairmont Coal Co miners are discharged at Mt Clare Five men were arrested under heavy bond for interfering with officers during efforts to quell a riot A union man named the Weekly was badly beaten and may not recover Union men are accused of entering the mine and cutting air Officers guard the mine workers told to shoot for self defense and property protection
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Fairmont Coal Co
Mt. Clare
Grand Jury
the Weekly
Roosevelt Asked to Name New GOP Congressional Chairman
Chairman Babcock of the Republican congressional committee informed President Roosevelt that ill health had forced him to relinquish the chairmanship and that the president should appoint a successor. The note dated March 28 reports the request and ongoing leadership changes.
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Washington
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Strike by 160 Boys Shuts Obear Nester Glass Plant
In East St Louis 160 striking boys forced the Obear Nester glass works to close. The workers demand higher wages and shorter hours, affecting 600 men employed at the factory.
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St. Louis
Obear- Nester Glass Works
East St. Louis
Hanna Denies 1904 Presidential Candidacy
Senator Marcus A. Hanna has written to C. W. Croty of Tomah Wis announcing he is not a presidential candidate for 1904 and asks friends to deter any movement toward that goal.
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Hanna
Tomah
Wis
Marcus A. Hanna
C. W. Croty
Georgia Democrat James M. Griggs Elected Chairman
James M. Griggs of Georgia was unanimously chosen chairman of the Democratic congressional committee at a caucus meeting in the capitol minority room.
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Washington
James M. Griggs
Georgia
Democratic Congressional Committee
Capitol
Noted Knight Templar Endorses Peruna Remedy
A Chicago jeweler and lodge member Colonel T P Moody lauds Peruna after long catarrh and stomach troubles. He notes his wife improved similarly and urges others to start Peruna. The mail cites Dr Hartman’s remedy as a general cure for catarrh. Readers are invited to request a free catarrh book from Perrin Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
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Colonel T. P. Moody
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Masons
Colonel Moody
Oriental Consistory Masons
Michigan Avenue
Ill
Southwest
Peruna
T. P. Moody
Perrin Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
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Avid K. McDonald
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N. D
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Perma
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
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Union Pacific
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St. Jacobs Or
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Salzers
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