Stubborn fighting along front as Japanese push near Da Pass
Russian forces report renewed dawn assaults along the eastern front in Manchuria with Da Pass seized after fierce fighting. Japanese artillery supports a broad advance from Kandalesan toward Laolinzan, Shakhe river, and Toumadzi, crisscrossing the Shakhe to widen the gap near Mukden. Russian lines hold and prepare to meet the threat to communications as heavy losses are noted on both sides.
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Rrussian
Huan Mountain
Manchuria
da Pass
Kandalesan
Laolinzan
Mukden
Tai Pass
Syaobhe
Pazhantan
Shapopao
Shakhe
Vanupudzi
Dapass
Toumadzi
Russians Hit Japanese Lines at Sandiapu and Boatatsi
Mukden dispatch reports heavy fighting along the front with Japanese advances repelled. Russians counterattacked across several sectors and seized Boatatsi near Sandiapu, then hurled grenades into Japanese trenches causing heavy losses and disorder.
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Mukden
Boatatsi
Sandiapu
Russians seize bridgehead as Japanese lines face attacks
Mukden reports that Russian forces captured the head of the bridge across the Shakhe river aided by artillery from Putiloff and Nevgod hills. Probing assaults opposite Yanging tung and west of Vanup were repulsed with heavy losses, while the Russian left flank remains unchanged from Monday evening.
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Mukden
Shakhe
Putiloff Hill
Nevgod Hill
Yangingtung
Vanup
Tacoma and contraband cargo caught in ice
Seattle reports confirm the steamship Tacoma was trapped by Arctic floes while attempting to pass through the Sago straits en route to Viadoostock with a cargo of salt beef for the Russians. Japanese warships are nearby and its capture is expected imminently.
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Seattle
Wash
Tacoma
Sago Straits
Viadoostock
Warships Leave Santo Domingo Amid Dominican Tense Calm
Washington Feb 27 Most warships in Dominican waters have sailed as U S negotiations for a fiscal protectorate continue Rear Admiral Sigsbee’s Caribbean squadron ships Newark Denver Whipple head to Guantanamo leaving Detroit Sterling Stewart Nagle in motion amid signals the senate may delay action on the treaty No revolutions unfolded as ships stopped at Santo Domingo city and Monte Christi
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Washington, D. C
Dominican
United States
Little Republic
Sigsbee
Caribbean
Monte Christi
Newark
Denver
Guantanamo
Whipple
Detroit
Sterling
Stewart
Santo Domingo City
San Juan
P. RR
Nagle
Key West
Senate
Santo Domingo
Kearns Attacks Mormon Church in Senate Speech
Utah senator David M. Kearns denounced the Mormon church in a senate debate, charging it with controlling Utah politics and business and practicing polygamy. He described a social autocracy led by President Smith with a vast income of about 1.6 million dollars annually.
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Washington, DD. C
Senate
Kearns
Utah
Lorenzo Snow
Washington, D. C
Smith
Lost schooner identified in Tomales Bay incident
San Francisco reports the schooner missing off Tomales Bay has been identified as the lessee Utsen. Twelve men were aboard and all are lost according to a later report from the Point Reyes weather station.
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San Francisco
Cal
Tomales Bay
Lessee
Utsen
Ina
Point Reyes
Mob Executes Suspect in Railroad Robbery in Nevada
In Reno on February 28 a mob hanged Red Woods after he and a companion robbed two men at the railroad station. Woods was captured and lynched as the other robber escaped into sage brush.
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Reno
Nev
Haseen
Red Woods
Woods
Sage Brush
Hotel theft suspect linked to $9,000 in notes found
In St Louis on February 28 a search of rooms used by Albert C Tivher, jailed on theft charges, uncovered papers and notes valued at $9,000. The items were from a Lindell hotel room once occupied by W A Cathey of Memphis Tennessee.
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St. Louis
Albert C. Tivher
Lindell
W. A. Cathey
Memphis
Margaret Connolly Committed to St Dominick Asylum
New York on February 28 Margaret Connolly a 15 year old who confessed to forging checks totaling 600 or 76 cents was committed by the Children's court judge to the Asylum of the Sisters of St Dominick. She will remain there until she reaches 18.
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New York
Margaret Connolly
Astor National Bank
Children's Court
The
Sisters of St. Dominick
Judge Overrules Motion to Quash Chadwick Indictments
Cleveland Ohio February 28 Judge Taylor of the U S district court overruled Attorney Dawleys bid to quash two indictments returned by the federal grand jury on February 21 against Mrs Chadwick.
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Cleveland, O
Taylor
United States District Court Today
J. P. Dawley
Chadwick
Federal Grand Jury
Battling Nelson Knocks Out Corbett in Ninth
Chicago’s Battling Nelson outboxed Young Corbett of Denver at Woodward’s Pavilion San Francisco on February 28. Nelson pressured from the fifth round on, dominating with speed and power until a final right jaw blow sent Corbett to the canvas and a sponge saved him.
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Woodward's Pavilion
San Francisco
Nelson
Chicago
Young Corbett
Denver
Terry McGovern
Dane
Corbett
Corbet
Britt
Denver Boy
Guilt-shift debate over missing military stores in New Mexico
Special to the Morning Journal reports Governor Otero declining to discuss charges filed by former Adjutant General Whiteman. Otero seeks accounting from Whiteman for missing military supplies and may name Whiteman’s bondsmen for remedy. Bondsmen include E A Fiske T B Catron and Thomas Hughes. Inspector Col West finished his Santa Fe inquiry and left town.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
N. M
Otero
War Department
Whiteman
W Whiteman
Whitemeon
Governor Otero
War Office
Col. West
Mrs Adeline Bent Dies in Obscurity
Pueblo Colorado February 28 Mrs Adeline Bent wife of former New Mexico Governor Kent died in obscurity in this city after years in a Mexican settlement on the outskirts. She had recently sought to claim a large estate left by her husband from a ranch near the city.
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Pueblo
Colo
Adeline Bent
Kent
New Mexico
Bent
Colorado
Adirondack deer starving as snow halts search effort
Johnstown New York reports guides struggle to save starving deer as deep snow—five feet in the highlands and four and a half feet in the lowlands. They cover only four miles a day while deer can barely move one mile seeking food. Yesterday, seventy starving deer were sighted along a four mile stretch.
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Johnstown
N. Y
Otero Tries to Smother Libel Law Amendment
Morning Journal reports Senator Winters of San Miguel county pushes an amendment to the revived libel law. The proposed change would allow truth to justify most statements except those harming the memory of the dead or exposing physical misfortune. The bill’s venue and truth-justification rules face opposition, with a committee vote awaited.
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Otero
Winters
San Miguel
Correspondence Morning Journal
Santa Fe
N. M
San Miguel County
Council
Judiciary Committee
Friends
Chaves
San Juan
Legislative Assembly of
Territory of
New Mexico
Wife of Buffalo Bill Defends Her Good Name
Mrs L Cody wife and partner of Colonel W F Cody testified to defend her character in his divorce case. She denied poisoning him or drugging him to gain control and said she never accused or named any women as his intimates. Her testimony aimed to rebut her husband’s sensational accusations during the trial.
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Buffalo Bill
North Platte
Neb
L. Cody
W. F. Cody
Protest over Spanish Language Printing Funding in New Mexico
Eighty representatives opposed suspending rules to adopt a $2000 appropriation for printing the assembly journals in Spanish. Debates centered on usefulness and cost as De Baca and others argued the move benefits only individuals, while Sanches and Pendleton defended it. The suspension failed 15 to 8, with Wilkerson and several others voting against the measure.
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Santa Fe
N. M
House of Representatives
H. H. Howard
Socorro County
Howard
New England
de Baca
Guadaloupe
New Mexico
Friends of the
Quay County
Sanches
Mora County
Pendleton
San Juan County
Wilkerson
Bernalillo
McKinley
Messrs
Neblett
Luna
Sandoval
Sandoval County
Williams
Crollot
Vigil
Sanchez
Mera
Dualies
Cristobal Sanchez
House
Leahy Council
Dalles
Committee On Finance
Ortiz
Nicholas Galles Emerges as Governor Candidate in New Mexico
Hon. Nicholas Galles, register of the U S land office at Dona Ana Las Cruces and bank president, announces his candidacy for governor of the territory. He cites southern counties support and backing in Washington while stressing his independence if appointed. He has served since 1882 and recently resigned as land office registrar, with his brother Louis W Galles noted in local business circles.
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Nicholas Galles
United States Land Office
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Territory
Galles
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Fice
Washington
Federal Land Office
Dona Ana County
Louis W. Galles
Rush to Move Dynamite Before Mexican Tariff
El Paseo February 28. American dynamite makers push cars across the boundary into Mexico as a new tariff of 100 dollars per car takes effect Wednesday. Dealers were uninformed until Monday and many eastbound loads may be returned to avoid the levy.
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el Paseo
Boundary Line
Mexico
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Sigsber
Battling Nelson
Adjutant General of Militia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Parkland
Walter Ott
Doylestown
Mr. Cody
Socorro
Register of Federal Land Office
Stover
Job
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