Massive Moro Action At Mount Dajo Near Jolo Ends In Heavy Losses
Major General Wood reports a two day engagement near Jolo involving U S troops a naval contingent and the Moro constabulary The assault on Mount Dajo yields 600 Moro dead and 15 US enlisted men killed with 32 wounded plus naval and constabulary casualties including several wounded and 3 killed The defenders were all killed in the fortress and fortifications atop the lava capped cone
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Manila
Wood
Jolo
Naval Department
Mount Dajo
H. D. Cook
Pampanga
Gilmore
Constabulary
John R. White
Jos. W. Duncan
Sixth Infantry
Bliss
Last of Old Commanders Lieut Gen Schofield Dies at 74
The body of Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofield retired U S A has been sent to Washington for burial. Once secretary of war he served from West Point onward retiring in 1895 as lieutenant general the highest rank by law. He led forces in Arkansas and the army of the Cumberland and commanded the army of the Ohio during the Atlanta campaign. He was the last living high Civil War commander. He was 74 years old.
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St. Augustine
Fla
John M. Schofield
Washington
Schofield
West Point
Congress
Arkansas
Army of the Cumberland
Grant
Army of the Ohio
Sherman
Georgia
Atlanta
French Ministry Resigns After Defeat in Chamber
Paris March. The Rouvier ministry was defeated in the chamber of deputies last night and immediately resigned. The cabinet crisis comes amid a Franco German dispute at a decisive stage and could affect the Algerian conference and European affairs. The government failed on a minor church disorders debate with 284 votes for and 267 against, in a 33 vote minority. Premier Rouvier and his cabinet then moved to the foreign office to prepare a joint resignation letter.
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Paris
Rouvier
Chamber of Deputies
Algericas
Strana paper in St. Petersburg advocates constitutional monarchy
A new Conservative Liberal newspaper Strana edited by Prof Kovalensky appears in St. Petersburg aiming for a middle program. It supports constitutional monarchy on a democratic base with universal suffrage local self government and land expropriation with compensation for peasants. Seattle: Northern Pacific VP announces a branch line from Pasco to opposite Riparia to connect with the Riparia Lewiston line linking to Camas Prairie and Nez Perce land in Idaho.
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St. Petersburg
Times
Strana
Kovalensky
Seattle
C. M. Levey
Northern Pacific
Pasco
Riparia
Snake River
Lewiston
Camas Prairie
Nex Perce
Idaho
Britain and United States discuss Dingley tariff reciprocity
London reports Britain seeks participation in US tariff concessions under the Dingley act in exchange for reciprocal favors granted to other nations. Washington notes only communications have passed and no formal negotiations opened. The United States lacks a general commercial arrangement with Britain to extend such concessions.
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London
Great Britain
United States
House
America
Washington
London Dispatch
Taft to Take Place on Supreme Bench
Washington announces President Roosevelt will nominate William H. Taft of Ohio then secretary of war to the United States Supreme Court. The vacancy follows the retirement of Associate Justice Henry B. Brown, appointed in 1890 by President Harrison. Taft’s promotion would occur upon Chief Justice Fuller’s retirement during Roosevelt’s term. Taft has previously been offered a seat in 1903 while governing the Philippines.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Henry B. Brown
Harrison
Michigan
Fuller
Taft
Aft
Supreme Beach
Philippines
Statehood Bill Creates Oklahoma as New State
Washington reports the senate approved a joint statehood bill for Oklahoma to be formed from Oklahoma and Indian territory, with Arizona and New Mexico provisions stripped. The 37 to 35 final vote followed a 85 to 36 earlier failure, and next up was the house railroad rate bill as unfinished business.
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Washington
Senate
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Burrows
Government Urges Water Users Union in Yakima Valley
Instructions from the reclamation service push Washington state representatives to speed the formation of a Yakima valley water users association. Representative Jones notes no irrigation obstacles beyond establishing the union, while legal questions on purchasing the Washington Irrigation Company works are settled but the contract awaits government readiness to start work.
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Washington
Reclamation Service
Yakima Valley
Jones
Washington Irrigation Company
Remarkable 1905 Prosperity Across U S Industry
The 1905 trade report shows massive output from farms mines and factories with freight car totals and a nationwide livestock surge. Livestock shipments reached about 38 million head across the Mississippian markets, while grain markets moved around 750 million bushels. Pacific trade highlights lumber exports, coal output, and growing southern cotton production driven by gulf ports and southern mills. The piece credits American business acumen railroad expansion and limited government interference for sustained growth.
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Moon
Earth
United States
trans-Mississippi
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Joseph
Europe
South
Carolinas
Gulf Ports
Gulf
Atlantic
Middle West
Rocky Mountains
Open Air Dining Spreads From Paris to Rome and Beyond
A Paris cafe owner sparks a trend by placing a brazier on the pavement to warm patrons outdoors in winter. The practice spreads to major capitals with heated pavements and glass screens. in America, the phrase open air dining remains unnamed despite growing enthusiasm. The piece then shifts to Sweden where voting power favors wealth, noting that only a small portion of eligible men can vote and upper house seats are controlled by property or income, not direct ballots.
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London Outlook
Madeleine
Bastile
Haar
Sweden
New Peat Burns Like Hard Coal and Odd Observations
The article notes a Swiss manufactured peat called Osmon that burns like coal with minimal ash and no sulfur, produced under electric treatment to form a new compound. It also recounts light anecdotes about campus life and trolley car rhythms, ending with a quip about health rules and a pessimist.
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Switzerland
Doctor Office Hours and Locations Listed
A list of physicians with their offices and hours across Aberdeen area. Dr Paul Smits at Aberdeen General Hospital with varying morning and evening slots. Crowther-Wooding block near G and Heron streets. Hayes & Hayes Building and Bank premises with multiple sessions. Dr U G Kinnison at 8151 Market Street Commercial Block with 9 to 8 schedule and separate residence line.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Market Street
Physician and Surgeon and Attorney Listings
Physician and Surgeon. Clynecology and Diseases of the Skin Genito Urinary Surgery 954 Pacific ave Tacoma Wash. ATTORNEY AT LAW Will practice in State and Federal courts Zelaska Block Street Rt 4 Fox Rooms 10 and 11 Postoffice Block BEN SHEERS LAWYER Room 7 Dabney Block.
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Pacific Ave
Tacoma
Wash
Zelaska Block
Dabney Block
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Supreme
Union OF Water Users
Louisville
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Oregon
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Germany
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Rome
Diagzna Colona
Venice
Piazza San Marco
New York
James
Boston Herald
Paul Smits, M. D
DR. Watkins
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
D. M. Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
U G. Kinnison
Warren Brown
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Fox
Rrobert E. Taggart
Ben Sheers
Jesse F. Murphy
U.S. Land Office
Olympia
Continental Saloon O. C. Vammen
G Street
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Andrew Blum
W. Johnston Transfer Co
S. F Street
Roslyn Coal
Aberdeen
J. M. Lupton
Mgr
Cor. H. and Hume
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
Heron Street
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