03 Mar 1904
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1904
Page
1
A 19th century report details several infant vivisection cases with punctures to the spinal canal and resulting deaths. Cases include females aged 20 months and 4 months, a 3 12 year old male, and males aged 6 and 7 months. Dates span January and February 1896, with multiple punctures and deaths recorded.
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for possible rain and warmer conditions on Thursday followed by fair and colder weather on Friday. Brisk to high southerly winds are expected.
From St Petersburg March 2 an official despatch from Majr-General Pflug states Pingyang has been occupied by about 6000 Japanese including 200 cavalry. Japanese land troops by sea from Fusan to Chenampo then advance to Pingyang as Koreans are sent from Seoul. Our patrols Feb 26 were within eight miles of Pingyang and report fortifications as arrival of enemy troops continues.
Reports from the Far East say a large Japanese force has landed at Songchen on Corea's eastern coast and another force near the mouth of the Yalu River opposite. The plan appears to be to close in and surround the Russian army advancing into Northern Corea.
Baron Sugematsu, son-in-law of Marquis Ito and former Japanese minister, arrives from Victoria to London. He says France could send ships to fight Japan, but Japan would resist, aiming to keep China intact and avoid territorial ambition. He cites Manchuria and eastern Siberia as potential theaters and urges equal trade rights for all nations in Corea and Manchuria. Russian Scouts Meet Japs.
A Manchurian despatch to a Paris bureau reports rumors that Chinese generals Ma and Thiang have asked permission to meet with the Japanese to avert hostilities. The dispatch notes the Japanese desire to push toward Shanhaikwan while Chinese troops block a near approach, signaling rising tensions in the region.
General Iug reports to Vice roy Alexieff that a detachment of 2500 Japanese troops landed at Songchen north of Cape Brunt on Feb. 19 without artillery and moved toward southern Manchuria. Snow and frost hit Port Arthur and Vladivostok with heavy snowstorms noted.
Two masked highwaymen held up a Worcester Consolidated Railway car in South Lancaster. HW S Sauler of Lancaster knocked one assailant from the car and a brief fight ensued, with two shots fired before the bandits escaped. E B Butler narrowly escaped as a masked man pressed a revolver to his face near the railroad bridge.
West Derry New Hampshire March 2 police from nearby towns scour provinces to find Carles E Brigham 21 of Hudson sought for murder of 68 year old Mrs Zelia M Smith found by her brother in a secluded home area Also wanted for minor offenses county attorney John W Kelly says to arrest on sight continues on page 10 first column
At the 15 story Darlington hotel construction site in New York, the upper floors collapsed trapping workers and killing an unknown number. Initial counts report about 15 dead with many injured, while the wreckage hinders recovery. A woman dining nearby was killed as debris struck the Patterson hotel dining room. Authorities cite overloading and prior violations by the building department as contributing factors. Rescue work continues as hopes fade for many presumed buried victims.
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