Bomb strikes Warsaw police chief in elaborate attack
A bomb hurled into Baron von Noltken's carriage near Praga wounds the police chief and others. a man dressed elegantly flees, is captured, and dies in a street chase. The incident, linked to revolutionary factions, heightens tensions as authorities suspect further bomb threats and police actions.
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Baron von Noltken
Warsaw
Revolutionary Party
von Noltken
Praga
Vistula
Lowit
Peasant Uprising Rumors Reach Russia Amid Arrests
The Moskovski Viedomosti reports widespread peasant belief that General Stoessel is on tour with an imperial order allowing confiscation of landowner property and peasants to seize assets. Fake papers impersonating Broessel appeared, while an unknown shooter wounded Police Sub-Commissioner Degteroff in Divinsk, a center of disturbances where hundreds have been detained.
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St. Petersburg
Moskovski Viedomosti
Moscow
Stoessel
Broessel
Degteroff
Divinsk
Poles Favored End to Forced Russian Language Policy
At a ministers committee meeting last week a large majority led by M Witte urged dropping the policy of imposing Russian in Polish schools. They asked Education Minister M Giasoff to prepare a plan for instructing in Polish and to pursue a legal framework for the change.
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M. Yermoloff
St. Petersburg
Poland
Committee of Ministers
M. Witte
M. Giasoff
Merchants Rally in Favor of Liberal Demands in Russia
In St Petersburg March 26 merchants fearing wartime disruption align with liberal calls for a ceasefire and a constitution. M Morosoff the Moscow cotton king convenes industrial leaders to present to the government while peasant unrest grows in south and west Russia with arson murders and armed forest seizures.
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St. Petersburg
M. Morosoff
Moscow
Russia
Chelningoff
M. Testchknow
Jews Alarm Over Renewed Kishineff Anti Semitic agitation
In Kishineff on March 26 Jews are greatly alarmed by renewed anti semitic agitation. The government responds with energetic measures to prevent disturbances.
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Kishinere
Kishineff
Peasants Declare Allegiance to Revolutionaries in Shorapan
In Tieflis on March 26 a band of 860 armed peasants presented a demands list to authorities demanding local reforms. They declared alliance with the revolutionary party and set March 27 as the deadline for action.
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Tieflis
Shorapan
Revolutionary Party
Troops Deployed to Restore Order Amid Demands
A battalion of troops has been sent to restore order after a group pressed demands and threatened action. The move aims to prevent further disruption and secure stability in the area.
Riot in Riga Kills Policeman and Wounds Two
Riga reports a riot Saturday resulting in a policeman's death and two officers wounded. In Crimean Yalta protests environmental unrest have led to property looting.
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Riga
St. Petersburg
Yalta
Crimea
United States expands investments in Mexico drive reform
In ten years US investments in Mexico rose from 25 million to 500 million dollars, shaping policy with American banking practices. Mexican banks shed the siesta custom as hours extend from ten to four in major clubs, while Col William C Greene leads a party to explore a four thousand square mile concession in Sonora and Chihuahua.
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New York
United States
Mexico
William C. Greene
Greene Consolidated Copper Company
Col. Greene
Sierra Madre Mountains
Sonora
Chihuahua
WEEDING OUT ENGLISH NAVY
London reports a parliamentary return shows 155 ships removed from the effective list under a redistribution plan. The total includes four battleships, six armored cruisers, ten first class cruisers, nineteen second class cruisers, thirty-one third class cruisers, 11 torpedo gunboats, 16 sloops, 33 gunboats, and 25 miscellaneous vessels with several marked as for sale or sold.
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London
Major McClernand to Observe Japanese Army in Manchuria
Secretary of war details Major Edward J. McClernand of the general staff to observe the Japanese army in Manchuria. He relieves Colonel ER H. Crowder of the judge advocate general's department who is ordered home due to ill health. The U S asks the Japanese government to approve the change.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Edward J. McClernand
General Staff
Manchuria
ER. H. Crowder
Judge Advocate General's Department
United States
Deming Selected for Fraternal Sanitarium Site
El Paso Times reports private telegrams indicating Deming has been chosen as the site for a Fraternal Sanitarium due to its mid altitude rail connections and generous land offer.
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el Paso Times
el Paso
Deming
Japanese See A Way To Insure Enduring Peace
Paris reports diplomatic circles indicate Japan would seek a pledge from Russia to halt warship construction for several years. Officials say limiting Russian naval rebuilding could prevent renewed hostilities and secure lasting peace in the Orient. London reports a secret China Japan accord on Manchuria may aid peace efforts as Yuan Shih Kai heads to Mukden.
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Paris
Japan
Russia
Doubasoff
Russian Board of Admiralty
Clady
Rosestvensky
Orient
London
Shangha
Morning Post
China
Manchuria
Yuan Shih Kai
Pechili
Mukden
Daily Mail
Rumors Rise Of John Hay Leaving State Department
Washington rumors say Secretary of State John Hay may resign and retire to private life due to health and family wishes. The piece notes Hay’s reluctance to leave and mentions possible successors including Taft, Elihu Root, and Senator Lodge, with other senators Spooner and Foraker also discussed.
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Correspondence Morning Journal
Washington, D. C
United States
John Hay
McKinsey
Roosevelt
White House
Hay
New York
Faughind
Mrs. Hay
Washington
Taft
Elihu Root
Senator Lodge
Root
Massachusetts
Lodge
Spooner
Foraker
Obie
State Department
Investigation Ordered Into possible Hawaiian polygamy
Washington reports indicate the department of justice may investigate polygamy in parts of the Hawaiian Islands. United States Attorney Breckons in Honolulu has been instructed to proceed with the inquiry.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Breckons
Honolulu
Quiet fronts and troop movements reported in worldwide dispatches
Reports from Gunsby Pass to Tokio describe a rare front quiet with no clashes. Dispatches note changes in command in Manchuria, alleged enemy retirements, troop positions around Wanmasa and Liao Yang, and civilian evacuations, along with resumed railway traffic but incomplete repairs near the Mun river.
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Gunsby Pass
Tokio
Singking
Paulungchenu
Mienualehleh
Kiren River
Pilyuanpomen
Dumied
Staseiyel
Kanorso
Alshenkou
Wanmasa
Taolu
Hinchiatup
Fakoman
Mangping
Pakoman
Liao Yang
Wupeng
Kangping
Mukden
Che Foo
Kaiyuan
Mun River
Japanese Expected at Mharaskovisk Within Fortnight
St Petersburg reports from Sak ehila and Kesar barovk that Japanese forces are due to reach Mharaskovisk in about two weeks, aiming to push convicts and prisoners off the island before Japanese arrival. Nebogatoff’s squadron has sailed south from Suez as part of broader movements.
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St. Petersburg
Sakehila
Kesarbarovk
Mharaskovisk
Tshaued
Vladivestock
Nebogatofff
Suez
Nebogatoff
Germany Seeks Reconciliation With France and Morocco
The Chronicle reports, citing the German embassy in London, that Germany is ready to reconcile with France if Paris agrees. A high embassy official says Germany aims for close friendship, noting shifts since Russo-Japanese War and non-competitive goals in Morocco. Prince Henry of Prussia will visit France for the James Gordon Bennett cup race amid improving Franco-German ties. Rev Father Frank Joyce is named army chaplain with the rank of first lieutenant, replacing Rev Father William Colbert.
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London
the Chronicle
Germany
France
Republic
Hinesia
Tam
Prince Henry
Prussia
Morovco
Morocco
Washington
Pather Frank Joyce
Wichita
Kan
Father William Colbert
Minnesota
Report on Oil Output and Western Shift in 1904
Washington dispatch notes a forthcoming Geological Survey statement on 1904 oil production. The report highlights a shift west of the Mississippi, with western states producing over 53 percent of total output in 1904, and discusses price effects amid Kansas producers and Standard Oil claims.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Garfield
Bureau of Corporations
Kansas
Standard Oil Company
Kansas Producers
Kansas Men
Mississippi River
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Mississippi
United States
California
Texas
Louisiana
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
Atlantic Seaboard
Kanaae
Bureau of Corporations As
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Police
Liberal Movement
McClernand
Crowder
Jonn Hay
Secretary OF State
Max
Proto
Clintrainer Sryumo
Hawaii
Linevitch
Grippenberg
Gen. Grippenberg
Manchiuren
Hinevitch
Harbin
Nortilor
Standard Company
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