Stoessel Sentenced to Death by Military Court
Lt General Stoessel was condemned to death for surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese. The court recommended commuting the sentence to ten years in a fortress and expulsion from service. General Smirnoff and Major-General Reiss were acquitted, with commutation urged citing heroic defense and port Arthur’s stubborn resistance.
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LT. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Fock
Fourth East Siberian
Smirnoff
Reiss
Vodar
Stairnoff
Death Sentence for Stoessel Seen as Logical End
American officers regard General Stoessel’s death sentence as the logical result of the Port Arthur surrender and Russian military discipline. They believe the port’s fall was premature and the choice lay between a last stand or surrender, with the death penalty underscored by the articles of war.
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Washington
Fallen Stoessel sentenced to death for Port Arthur defeat
The once celebrated Russian general Stoessel is tried by a court martial and sentenced to die for the surrender of Port Arthur. He defended Port Arthur boldly in the past and justified his actions in last words before the court. His career rose from obscurity to international leadership, with a family deeply tied to Russian military history.
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Stoessel
Port Arthur
William
Germany
Stoesse
Scandinavia
Russla
Russia
Ivan Stoessel
Napoleon
Tsarkoe-Selo
Mikhail Stoessel
Nihilist Plot Exposed in St Petersburg Arrests
Police in St Petersburg detained 50 men and women in a citywide operation targeting a nihilist plot. Many suspects were armed with bombs and offered resistance as 10 officers were wounded and one killed during arrests.
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ST. Petersburg
Plot to harm grand duke leads to dramatic city raid
In a palace district operation, gendarmes sealed a 600 apartment block around the Palace of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch. Police found explosives and guns as agents searched the buildings. A fashionably dressed woman was arrested with dynamite, escorted by a man with a new type underbelt explosive. They opened fire, wounding three officers.
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Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Indictment Returned Against Former Glace Bay Mayor
True bills were returned by the grand jury against former Glace Bay mayor Burchell. Indictments accuse embezzlement while he held a confidential position with a major mining corporation during his term.
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Sydney
C. B
Burchell
Glace Bay
Tragedy in Ashburnham: Woman ends life over unhappy romance
Minnie O Brien 35 of Roxbury shot herself in a farm home three miles from Ashburnham after an alleged engagement to Thomas Devine. Her father Stephen J O Brien arrived to claim the body and spoke of the doomed romance. The note to her sweetheart read I love you Pray for me.
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Thomas Devine
Arthur Hunnewell
Dartmouth Street
Boston
Washington Street
Wellesley
O'Brien
Devine
Miss O'Brien
Ashburnham
Waltz
Eight Hour Bill Faces Opposition in House Labor Panel
Washington February 20 The House committee on labor nears a report on the Gardner bill to enforce an eight hour day on government related work. A majority is expected to report against it with penalties of five dollars per day for overtime. Representatives of major contractors warned they would not bid on future government contracts if enacted.
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Washington
House Committee On Labor
John Richardson
R. L. Burgess Company
C. EB. Graham
National Electrical Supply Company
Queen Margherita Involved in Auto Accident
Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy was driving an automobile when it ran over a five year old girl in Rome. The queen carried the injured child to the hospital and remained with her until doctors predicted a speedy recovery. She sent for the mother and presented a large doll for the child.
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Rome
Margherita
Creditors Probe Lennox Partnership in Morocco Firm
In Lynn, creditors of P Lennox & Co bankrupt last month question a supposed partnership between founder Patrick Lennox, 82, and his son James T Lennox. Referee William Perry takes evidence as Patrick denies the arrangement and says he withdrew a decade ago. Creditors say no notice of withdrawal was served.
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Leather CO
P. Lennox
P. Lennox & Co
Morocco
Lynn
William Perry
Patrick Lennox
James T. Lennox
Lennox
Thaw in Matteawan Denies Divorce Plans
Attorneys O Reilly and Peabody met with Harry K Thaw for two hours at Matteawan asylum. They stated he has no intention to seek divorce from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and rumors of an annulment are groundless. His mother hopes for separation talks, Evelyn Nesbit seeks a monetary settlement, with no negotiations yet.
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Matthawan
N. Y
Daniel O'Reilly
A. Rusell Peabody
Harry
K. Thaw
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
William Thaw
Harry Thaw
Matteawan
Boston School Board Approves Near 5 Million Budget
The Boston School Board plans close to 5 million dollars for the 1908 09 year with 3 962 000 appropriated last night and 1 000 000 from a state grant for new schoolhouses. The action includes salaries fuel lights supplies and repairs plus 25 556 61 for nurses and 14 000 for rents. The Brimmer school building project stalled after council action and yard usage requests were denied. Thirty teachers were promoted and 149 boys received newsboy licenses while five were granted bootblack licenses.
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Boston
Brimmer School
Common Council
School House Commission
Shooting in East Boston Sparks Crowd at Maverick Street
In East Boston near 201 Maverick Street at about 5 pm last night Dante Dantilo 26 was seized by Patrolman York with a smoking revolver after two pistol shots frightened residents. The wounded man Charles Agustino 25 of 185 Cottage Street was struck in the left hand and a second bullet pierced his coat but caused no serious injury. Dantilo claims Agustino threatened him with a knife prompting the shooting.
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Maverick Street
Eastmeton
York
Dante Dantilo
Charles Agustino
Cottage Street
Dantilo
Daniilo
Agustino
Fred
American Ida Wynne to be presented at court in London
Miss Ida Wynne daughter of Consul General Robert J. Wynne will be presented at court tonight. The ceremony will be led by Countess Benckendorff wife of the Russian ambassador in London.
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London
Ida Wynne
Robert J. Wynne
Countess Benckendorff
American fleet completes passage from Punta Arenas to Callao
The American warships left Punta Arenas Feb 7 at 11 p m and navigated the Strait of Megellan with a torpedo boat flotilla. After fog and rain they entered Callao on Feb 20, greeted by Peruvian officials and crowds. The visit includes tours to Lima and the Oroya railroad, with a 10 day stay planned.
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Callao
Punta Arenas
Strait of Megellan
Smyth Channel
Lawrence
Strait
Pacific
English Reach
Crooked Reach
Long Reach
Evangelists
South America
Chacabuco
Admiral Simpson
Chillan
John Hicks
Chili
Talcahuano
Capitan Thomson
Capitan Monozgambrera
Capitan
Coquimbo
Coronel Bolognesi
Almirante Grau
Lima
Port of Spain
Rio de Janeiro
Magdalena Bay
Peru
Last Lap of Voyage at Callao Seaport Stop
The fleet under Rear Admiral Evans has reached Callao as the fourth seaport with shore leave since sailing from Hampton Roads on December 16. Sailors are given time ashore before continuing their voyage on wartime duties.
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Callao
Evans
Hampton Roads
Death error prompts correction in Paris note
An official announcement initially reported the death of famed soprano Mme Mathilde de Castrone Marchesi in Paris but corrected that it was her husband Salvatore Marchesi Marquis de Castrone, an Italian composer and singer, who died in the city.
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Paris
Mme
Mathilde de Castrone Marchesi
Mme. Marchesi
Salvatore Marchesi
Marquis de Castrone
Morse's Department Store Seeks Early Spring Fashion Boom
Washington's Birthday sales signal Morse's offers of new Spring clothes with high quantity and quality ahead of rivals. The store touts unprecedented marked-down values and a wide array on counters for proactive shoppers.
Morse-made boys clothing sale with wide range
The ad offers boys suits and overcoats in sizes 8 to 16 years. Prices list from $16.50 to $3.75 with marked down two piece suits and reefers in multiple sizes. Includes black kersey overcoats and oxford fabrics and varied worsted ceviots and reefers with choices across several price points.
Miss Whitney to Marry Count Esterhazy
Vienna reports from Budapest that Count Paul Esterhazy, recently back from New York, is engaged to wed Miss Dorothy Whitney of Budapest. Miss Whitney, daughter of the late William C. Whitney and sister of Harry Payne Whitney, was a bridesmaid at the January 27 wedding of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and Count Laszlo Szechenyi in New York.
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London
Vienna
Budapest
Paul Esterhazy
New York
Laszlo Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Dorothy Whitney
William C. Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
Count Laszlo Szechenyi
Count Esterhazy
New Bride Now Without Home in Worcester
Spencer widower William C. Wiswell moved all household goods from his Old Farmhouse storage in Worcester as his wife moves in. Wiswell, a septuagenarian, wed a Worcester widow after meeting her three times in three weeks, following a newspaper ad. He declines to discuss domestic troubles.
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Spencer
William C. Wiswell
Worcester
Wiswell
Prudence
Emmagrave
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