Bodies of Jane Stanford Arrive in San Francisco for Funeral
The remains of Jane L. Stanford arrived from Honolulu aboard the Alameda. Stanford officials including President David Starr Jordan and trustee Timothy Stopkins accompanied the body. A large San Francisco crowd and half-masted ships marked the solemn arrival before the funeral procession moved to the Southern Pacific station.
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San Francisco
Jane L. Stanford
Alameda
Honolulu
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Timothy J. Stopkins
Bertha Berner
Muay Hunt
Stanford
Reynolds and
Callahan
Golden Gate
Charlies G. Lathrope
Montanford
University
J. Borthers
Board of Trustees
Pacific Mall
Southern Pacific Railway
Third
Townsend Streets
Hionolulu
Stanford Founder Fans Death Declared Natural Causes
Funeral train prepared at the station for Mrs. Stanford’s interment at Palo Alto. President Jordan maintains death was natural, citing Miss Bonner’s harmless bottle dose hours earlier and rejecting poison theories despite the inquest.
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Palo Alto
Memorial Episcopal Church
Stanford
Mrs. Stanford
Miss Bonner
Mr. Jordan
Chicago Police Round Up Pobbers After Desperate Shootout
Chicago March 21 four men suspected in the murder of Frits Kreuger a saloon keeper were captured with heavy police involvement from the north side and Central station detectives. One suspect was wounded in the head by a bullet that missed a vital spot. Officers report forced door breaches and fierce resistance as arrests were made at the homes. No police were injured.
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Chicago
Frits Kreuger
North Side
Central Police Station
Craig to Lead League Island Navy Yard Change in Navy command
Rear Admiral Joseph E. Craig has been selected to command the League Island Navy Yard Washington March 21 as the relief of Rear Admiral Francis W Dickens. Dickens moves to duty as commander of the coast squadron of the North Atlantic fleet Sands becomes superintendent of the Naval Academy Brownson takes command of the armored cruiser squadron.
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Washington
Joseph E. Craig
Department of Commerce and Labor
Navy Yard
League Island
Francis W. Dickens
North Atlantic
James H. Sands
Naval Académy
W. H. H. Brownson
Missing Flushing Man Found in Australia After 53 Years
James Travis of Flushing long presumed dead by family after running away in a whaling vessel fifty three years ago has been located in Australia. A wealthy relative left him a 90000 dollar legacy twelve years ago. He is married with eleven children and has prospered financially. The estate value has nearly doubled.
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New York
James Travis
Flushing
Australia
Fam
James
State Department
Travis
Familly
Bombs Rain In Moscow Streets Amid Wounded Soldiers
Moscow reports a bomb from Theater square at 9 PM wounded six soldiers and two police. the assassin was captured. Lodz workers strike. a policeman shot. In Grabinsky Kaspenhoth, estates halted. troops sent. Warsaw schools see 128 strikers arrested for picketing. In St Petersburg peasants protest food shortages as land issues rise. socialist organizers urge landowner work bans during sowing. Baltic laborers demand immediate land redistribution.
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Moscow
Theater Square
St. Petersburg
Baltic
Government Guarding the Testimony
Fifteen secret service men arrive in Chicago to guard witnesses for the special grand jury opening tomorrow to probe the Beef Trust. Officials seek strict secrecy to shield witnesses from reporters and packers agents. District Attorney Dr. Morrison warns that anyone seeking witness names faces contempt of court. Twenty grand jurors have qualified, with a full panel expected soon.
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Chicago
Secret Service
Beef Trust
Dc. J. Morrison
Ministers Protest Rockefeller Gift to Mission Board
Boston clergymen from Boston and New England protest the American board of commissioners for the foreign missions accepting John D. Rockefeller's 160000 gift. They allege the Standard Oil leader’s methods are morally iniquitous and socially destructive and urge the board to decline or return the funds. Signers include Daniel Evans Cambridge Edward F. Sanderson Providence R J Gutterag Derry NH N Van Derpy Marblehead Mass R Thomas Brookline and James W Williamson Haverhill Mass.
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Boston
New England
American Board of Commissioners For the Foreign Missions
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Lost deeds and jewelry found in a New York oak tree
A carved tin box found in a New Jersey oak reported containing a deed to twelve acres in what is now New York City dated December 12, 1789 and the will of Nathan Weathersby as well as a $2,500 mortgage and various receipts. The box holds silverware rings earrings a pearl brooch and other papers. Separately a Rocky Mountain Limited wreck near Homestead Iowa injures six.
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New York
Lincoln Park
N. J
New York City
Chay, Grosvenor
Nathan Weathersby
Hudson River
Charles
Andrew Weathershby
Lower Broadway
Barclay Sreet
Des Moines
Rocky Mountain Limited
Rock Island Railroad
Homestead
Iowa
Denver
Colorado
L. Crosswhite
Sargent, Cole
Yale professor links spotted fever to flea bites
New Haven March 21 Adison Fr Verrill Yale zoology professor advances theory that malignant cerebro spinal meningitis or spotted fever may be insect borne. He notes parasites in fleas could explain sporadic outbreaks and citywide spread in unsanitary areas.
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New Haven
Conn
Addison Fr. Verrill
Yale University
Massacred Rubber Gatherers Reported in Congo
Paris reports from Charleroi that a traveler from the Anglo-Belgian India Rubber company’s Congo country says the Bonge Bolo tribe has vanished. More than 2,000 people were transported to Lireka to make rubber and killed by district natives under station chief orders.
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Paris
Petit Temps
Charleroi
Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company
Congo
Lireka
Befor
Arrest in California Murder Case Ties Texas Suspects
Ellis Nelson, a hospital corps member at Mare Island Navy Yard, was arrested in San Francisco by Trinity county Texas Sheriff Standley on murder charges. He allegedly conspired with two brothers and Elmer and Perry Carlson in the August 1901 murders of Robert and Mrs. Alexander in Houston county Texas.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ellis Nelson
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Sheriff Standley
Trinity County
Texas
Elmer
Perry Carlson
Robert Alexander
Alexander
Houston County
Kuropatkin Sent To Command Manchurian Army
General Kuropatkin is appointed commander of the first Manchurian army and will serve in a subordinate role to assist Russia. The decision, gazetted in the Official Messenger, reverses past leadership with Linovitch now directing the army. Harbin residents bid him farewell as he moves toward the front amid renewed hope for the empire.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropathin Haes
Manchuria
Kuropatkin
Hiself
Linovitch
Nicholas
Harbin
Linevite
Tie Pass
Rennenkampf
Harbin dispatch fuels Russian risk near Tie Pass
London reports a Paris Harbin story linking a firing south of The Pass to Rennenkampf division. Rennenkampf may be surrounded as he arrives at Tie Pass only to find it held by Japanese forces. Linovitch withdraws three armies while Sungari bridge protection remains vital to escape.
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London
Harbin
Paris
Rennenkampff
Tie Pass
Rennenkampf
St. Petersburg
Linovitch
Chen Chwhatzu
Sungari River
Russia
Sungari
Kirin
Kirbin
Forty Five Missing at Brockton After Factory Explosion
Brockton Mass March 21 search for victims of the Rh B Gover shoe factory disaster ended after 37 hours with 56 bodies recovered 14 identified and 45 missing. Rescue work yielded torn remains and personal items aiding identification while funerals began with Governor Douglas attending.
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Brockton
Mass
Rh. B. Gover Company
Paine
Thut
Thurmond
W. Va
Rush Run
Red Ash
Taft Seeks One Man Control of Isthmian Canal
Secretary Taft publishes a letter to the president stating that many complaints about the Isthmian canal commission could be solved by placing canal control under a single head or a three member commission. He plans a rearrangement proposal to Roosevelt, who welcomes the move and will consider it promptly. Russian estimates place Japanese losses at 160,000 with retreat demoralized units regaining formation east of Mukden.
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Washington
Taft
E. L. Reed
Isthmian Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Gunshu Pass
Tie Pass
Mukden
Officials authorize medical student appointments at front
St. Petersburg issued an official order expanding medical posts by admitting students and permitting foreigners to join the service to address the growing need for doctors at the front.
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St. Petersburg
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