Jap fleet searching for enemy off Singapore
Rumors from Russian and Chinese fronts report heavy fighting near Tie Pass eighteen miles south of Santopov with General Mistchenko’s Russians repelling a Japanese thrust. A steamer near Singapore sightings suggest twenty two Japanese warships moving west, possibly in pursuit of the Russian Pacific squadron.
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Tie Pass
Mistchenko
Mukden
Kobe
Singapore
Straits of Malacca
Madagascar
Santopov
Richard H. Little
Chieag Daily News
Mr. Nadeau
Mr. Little
Field Marshal
Oyama
M. Nadeau
Santupu
Harbin
Associates
Horstburg
London
the Times
Pongwan
Horstboro
Strait
Russia Still Pursues War as Peace Talk Rises
In St. Petersburg March 15, Prince Hilkoff, minister of railroads, says peace is desirable but impossible under current conditions. He argues sustaining war maintains Russia’s prestige, notes ongoing mobilization, and plans to supervise Siberian railway improvements while praising General Kuropatkin’s calm handling of the crisis.
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St. Petersburg
Prince Hilkoff
Russia
Far East
Siberia
Kuropatkin
Remains of Mrs Stanford Laid In Honolulu
The body of Mrs. Stanford was escorted from the undertaker to Congregational Central Union church by police and territorial officials with pallbearers from Stanford University. The steamer Alameda bore the casket to San Francisco as flags flew at half mast. A joint statement said death was not due to strychnine poisoning, likely caused by a combination of age, exertion, diet, and picnic conditions.
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Honolulu
Stanford
Moano
Congregational Central Union Church
Police’ Department
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Timothy J. Hopkins
The
University
Dodwell
San Francisco
Jordan
Smith
Deserter Lieutenant Fatally Shot at Vancouver Barracks
Lieutenant Francis Boone, ordered discharged for desertion and related offenses, escaped his guard in a crisis, and was shot before capture at Vancouver Barracks Washington. He rose from the ranks to lieutenant and is said to belong to a wealthy New York family with a wife and child in San Francisco.
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Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Francis Boone
United States Army
Boone
Leutenant
New York
San Francisco
May Give Rodey a Federal Position
A Denver report says ex Delegate Rodey of New Mexico may receive a federal government post. President Roosevelt and Attorney General Moody weighed him for a Philippine judgeship due to his language skills, but pressure blocked that choice and a suitable position is hoped to be found.
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Denver
Republian
Washington
Rodey
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Moody
New Mexico Legislature Defends Budget With Irrigation Engineer
The Thirty-sixth Legislative Assembly approved a bill creating an irrigation engineer post at 2000 dollars salary plus expenses, a move critics call wasteful as New Mexico has no irrigation works to use the office. The sheriff of Bernalillo county emerges as a recurring figure of humorous opposition, while other measures pass or are referred for action. The session adjourns with several bills approved and others killed or tabled, shaping county finances and legal procedures.
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Thirty-sixth Legislative Assembly
New Mexico
Rumor on Romero Coal Oil Inspector Appointment
Santa Fe March 15. Rumors claim Eugenio Romero will be named coal oil inspector, with graft ties in San Miguel county. Councils delay, governor’s slate nearly ready, and final decisions expected after executive session closing the thirty sixth assembly.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
N. M
Council
Eugenio Romero
San Miguel County
Romero
Bernalillo
Otero
Clancy
Thirty-Sixth Legislative Assembly
Cordova Found Guilty of Assault After Wife Abandonment Conviction
New Brunswick March 15 J F Cordova former pastor of the Methodist church in South River convicted today of assault and battery upon his wife. Under the two convictions he may be sentenced to two years in prison Miss Bowne a key witness who refused bail will be allowed to go to her father's home.
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New Brunswick
J. F. Cordova
Methodist
South River
Cordova
Miss Bowne
Standard Oil controls Santa Fe railway system says Boston report
New York dispatch claims Standard Oil interests hold about 500000 shares of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe stock giving them a dominant voice in Santa Fe affairs and making the Atchison a Harriman road. The report also crowns the Union Pacific as the greatest railway system in the country.
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Boston
Mass
Standard Oil Company
Atchison
Sheriff Bills Raise County Sheriff Salaries Amid Controversy
Santa Fe March 15 The Bernalillo county sheriff backs a bill to raise sheriff salaries in first class counties by five thousand a year while granting him discretion to serve criminal papers. Wilkerson bill No. 198 passed the council 7 to 5 and faces governor approval. Critics fear the measure creates automatic court terms and rewards officials without service.
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Leahy
Martinez
Williams
Miller
Miller County
Bernalillo
San Miguel
Morning Journal
Santa Fe
Bernalillo County
Thirty-Sixth Legislative Assembly
Wilkerson
Neblett
Grant County
Martin
Clark
Winters
Ballard
Greer
Montoya
Read
Catron
Chaves
John &. Clark
D.C. Winters
San Miguel County
Charlies Miller
Bernaldo County
Dona Ana
D. C. Winters
Twenty two hundred for a four days junket
Santa Fe New Mexico March 15 The junketing committees of the legislature visited the insane asylum at Las Vegas the University at Albuquerque and several territorial institutions. Twenty two members were paid 100 each totaling 2200 for four days away. They traveled on passes furnished by railroads and many were guests of local residents. No formal appropriation existed yet checks were issued as expenses.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
N. M
Insane
Las Vegas
University At
Albuquerque
Socorro
Silver City
Las Cruces
Alamogordo
House
Council
Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe Central
el Paso
Clark jury bill passes in open council session with amendments
The council approved the Clark jury bill after extensive amendments proposed by Mr. Leahy of Colfax county. The act now appoints three commissioners qualified to serve as jurors with only two sharing the same political faith and retains the wheel drawing method. The session also set court terms for the Fourth and Second judicial districts, with Bernalillo county hearings on the first Monday in March and October.
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Clark
Leahy
Colfax
Chaves
Bernalillo County
Greer Bribery Bill Reintroduced as Council Bill 146
The committee on territorial affairs refused to report the original Greer bill. This afternoon Greer introduced the same bill as council bill No 146. Montoya moved passage under suspension of the rules and every council member voted aye.
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Greer
Montoya
Council Bill 146 Amends Coal Oil Inspection Law
Mr. Martin introduced Council Bill 146, passed under suspension of the rules, removing naptha and engine naptha from inspection and dropping the specific gravity clause. The law launches thirty days after adjournment. Council Bill 140 defining murder and fixing penalty passed in regular order.
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Mr. Martin
Council votes through new territorial irrigation office bill
The steering committee reported House Bill 98 creating the office of territorial irrigation engineer with a favorable vote of six to five as Leahy was absent. Bills 21 and 185 also passed while Bill 94 failed to pass with six to six as the council adjourned until tomorrow.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
N. M
de Baca
Ellis
Martinez
Leahy
Catron
Read
Clark
Ballard
Williams
Wilkerson
S To & Read
Catron and
Pendleton
Council Acts On Bills Including Sheriff Salaries And Tax Reform
City council passes the sheriffs salary bill and a delinquent personal property tax collection reform The Pendleton bill expands the immigration bureau to six members The house substitute for Ballard’s bill targets unregistered brand running on the New Mexico range Council approves transfer of five Socorro county townships to Valencia county and assumes their debt The cattlemen show interest in the Ballard substitute tackling unregistered brand running
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Council
Sesson
Clark
Pendleton
Bureau of Immigration
House
Balelard
New Mexico
Martin
Socorro County
Valencia County
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Togo
Sandoupu
Chicago Daily News
Steamer Bear
Bernalilo
Standard
Hubbell
Criminal Court
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