World News in Brief From Across the Globe
Signor Marconi weds London socialite Lady Beatrice O Brien. Meyer Juggenheim, copper magnate, dies at 78 in Palm Beach. The Kent floats after a storm without damage. W B Herr sets open trap shooting world record at Des Moines. Missouri Senate makes bookmaking and pool selling a felony. War Dept to decline sending regular troops to state militia encampments for lack of funds. Army transport Thomas arrives at San Francisco with artillery units, casualties, sick, insane and prisoners from Manila Nagasaki and Honolulu.
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Des Moines
W. B. Herr
Concord
Thomas
San Francisco
Manila
Nagasaki
Honolulu
Japanese fleet departs as Rojestvensky wary of Togo route
London reports the Japanese fleet, including Kasagi Chitose Yawata and America, leaving Singapore. Hongwan notes 22 warships off Horsburgh near the Straits of Malacca. Analysts think Togo may not advance toward the Baltic squadron given risks, while Vladivostok decisions loom for Rozhdestvensky.
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London
Singapore
Daily Express
Lloyds
Hongwan
Horsburgh
Straits of Malacca
Kasagi
Chitose
Yawata
America
Togo
Rojestvensky
Vladivostok
Daily Mail
Madagascar
Russia
Cannon Excommunicated by Weber Stake High Council
In Salt Lake City March 15, the Weber stake of Zion in Ogden excommunicated former U S Senator Frank J Cannon publisher of the Salt Lake Tribune after he admitted authorship of editorials denouncing church authorities. Charges also filed against Ogden merchant Charles A Smurthwaite for alleged rebellious utterances and calls for churchs political restraint and financial accounting.
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Salt Lake
Utah
United States
Frank J. Cannon
Cannon
Canon
Charles A. Smurthwaite
Ogden
Joseph F. Smith
Smurthwaite
Smith
Royal Arcanum Meet in Everett This Week
Washington news notes a Royal Arcanum grand lodge meeting in Everett late this week. A counterfeiters’ outfit found in Everett included moulds for Canadian coin production. County Superintendent Hartranft of King County resigns. Thomas P. Storey named to succeed him.
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Royal Arcanum Grand Lodge
Everett
Hartranft
King County
Thomas P. Storey
Hearings on Railway Rates Set by Senate Panel
Washington March 15 Chairman Elkins of the senate committee on interstate commerce announces hearings on railway rates to begin Monday April 17. The panel will examine constitutional questions on delegation to fix rates and the impact of equalizations and differentials. Focus will include the Esch Town sentence bill and related measures, with expedited proceedings planned.
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Washington
Elkins
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
House
Senate
Nomination of Clarence L Hobart To Alaska Customs
Washington March 16 The president sent to the senate the nomination of Clarence L Hobart to be collector of customs for the district of Alaska to succeed Captain Jarvis who resigned Hobart has served as deputy collector under Jarvis The nomination was first credited to Washington but was changed to Alaska after opposition from Senators Ankeny and Piles who did not recommend Hobart
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Washington
Senate
Clarence L. Hobart
District of
Alaska
Capt
Jarvis
Ankeny
Piles
Hobart
Rural free delivery routes announced for four Washington areas
The post office department announced that rural free delivery routes will begin April 15 in Belma Yakima county Burlington Skagit county and Coupeville Island county.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Belma
Yakima County
Burlington
Skagit County
Coupeville
Island County
Assembly OKs mutualization bill for large insurers
Madison March 16 The assembly passed a bill requiring compulsory mutualization for insurers with $20,000,000 in coverage. It mandates that companies allocate at least 10 percent of annual surplus earnings to redeem capital stock.
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Madison, Wis
Assembly
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer offers for grain eggs live stock hides and wool with prices per ton per pound and per item. Items include oats barley wheat chicken feed hay alfalfa Puget Sound hay eggs live poultry beef cattle hogs lambs hides and wool with varied regional quotes and ranges.
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Round Lotsa F.o. B
Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Eastern Washington
Western Washington
Tacoma
Washington Creamery
Russian Forces Pressed in Manchuria Retreat Threatened
Reports from St. Petersburg on March 18 describe the Russian army in Manchuria as surrounded and outnumbered by Japanese forces. Linevitch is retreating toward the Sungari river while Oyama advances from Yingpan, with supplies dwindling and artillery scarce. Rumors of railroad cuts and the czar’s distress circulate as finance plans unfold.
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St. Petersburg
Linovitch
War Office
Oyama
Yingpan
Kirin Road
Linevitch
Sungari River
Harbin
Manchuria
Grand Ducal
William
Japanese Drive Russians From Tie Pass Position
Tokyo reports say Japanese troops occupied Tie Pass by midnight and advanced on Tieling. The aggressiveness of Japanese forces overwhelmed battle weary Russians, many fleeing toward Kim as shells from captured guns deepen Russian losses. Flanking tactics again apparent as the war continues.
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Tokyo
Tie Pass
London
the Post
Shanghai
Tieling
Kim
Mukden
Port Arthur
General Kuropatkin Leaves for Home in Russia Shakeup
St. Petersburg reports Kuropatkin sailed for the capital after a brutal imperial rebuke and Linovitch named to command Russia’s land and sea forces against Japan. The change follows Kuropatkin’s perceived errors at Mukden and Frictions with Linovitch, with mixed sympathy among the staff.
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St. Petersburg
Changtufu
Kuropatkin
War Council
Mukden
Linovitch
Nicholas
Grippenberg
Linevitch
trans-Baikal
Gen. Kuropatkin
End of Fan River Fighting Hailed as Peace Gauge
London dispatches say no fresh reports on the Fan river clash and treat the repulse of Japanese as minor. Papers believe the push of Russia is finished, view the campaign as effectively closed, and expect peace terms negotiations to dominate.
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London
Fan River
Russia
Governor Mead Leads State Institutions Tour
Olympia March 15 Gov Mead with the board of control and Maj A N Brown left on a state tour visiting institutions with cattle to be the first point. He signed all pending bills before departure.
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Gov. Mead and
Board of Control
Olympia
Gov. Mead
Maj
A. N. Brown
Firs
Rebellious Peasants Plunder Czars Estates in Russia
A Moscow dispatch reports rebellious peasants have plundered estates of Grand Dukes Vladimir Nicholas and Alexander in Oral and Tohernigov provinces. They burned the czar's country residence near Niesen. Estimated damages total about one million dollars.
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Berlin
Moscow
Vladimir
Nicholas
Alexander
Oral
Tohernigov
Niesen
President authorizes $100000 payment to Sisseton Wahpeton
On secretary of the interior's recommendation the president approves a $100,000 payment to the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians of South Dakota. The sum will be taken from their trust fund principal and distributed per capita due to two years of crop failures.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
South Dakota
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