50 Japs Killed in Fight with Cossacks
London dispatch reports that on March 23 Japanese infantry clashed with Cossacks between Anju and Chongku. The Japanese won the engagement but suffered about 50 killed. Paris dispatch notes Vladivostok squadron under Captain Reitzenstein returned with several prizes including a Japanese warship.
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London
Seoul
Daily Mail
Anju
Chongku
Paris
St. Petersburg
Petit Parisien
Vladivostok
Reitzenstein
Mystery and War Rumors From Niuchwang and London
Reports from London and Niuchwang discuss martial law rumors and Japan Russian maneuvers in Manchuria. A Japanese bombardment damages the Czarevitch while rumors claim 65 transports moved toward Niuchwang. Also a man shoots his brother Parker. police suspect accident and the district attorney supports the boy’s account.
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Manchuria
Morning Post
Russia
Japan
Niuchwang
Port Arthur
Daily Telegraph
Yinkow
Czarevitch
Lawson Reveals Tremendous Losses in Gas Case Testimony
In a Boston gas hearing, T. W. Lawson described vast losses and disclosed details about his role in the Boston gas company reorganization. He claimed he did not receive profits and spoke of past dealings with Mr. Rogers and Billy Elkins amid the long trial before judge and jury.
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T. W. Lawson
Supreme Court
Pepper
Mr. Whipple
Snow, Hemenway
Badger
Boston Gas
Lawson
Rogers
Attempt to wreck Russian troop train near Tatarskya
Reported for March 16 an attempted attack aimed at a troop train near Tatarskya failed. Unclear which party was involved and whether Japanese agents operated.
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Irkutsk
Tatarskya
Another warrant in Lynn murder case extends delay
David H. V. Pacy remains in custody on the Lynn murder charge as District Attorney Peters seeks more prep time and Judge Berry grants a further postponement until Friday. Annie McDonald’s statements trigger a police manhunt for three men from Haverhill tied to the shooting.
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Lynn
David H. V. Pacy
Boston
Pacy
Peters
Berry
Annie McDonald
Haverhill
McDonald
Harrison Death Imminent In Washington Home
Burton Harrison and his wife Mrs. Burton Harrison are in Washington for the winter as his condition worsens. Congressman Francis Burton Harrison, a son, is at his side as doctors say death is hourly expected.
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Washington
Burton Harrison
Francis Burton Harrison
Boston Weather Circle Forecast Notes Mild Tue Wed
Fair conditions return for Boston and vicinity with two warm days ahead. Tuesday and Wednesday bring light southwesterly winds and above average temperatures.
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Boston
Vicinity
Father John's Medicine and Lincoln's Cabinet Commerce Item
An old ad-like notice touts Father John's Medicine as a cure for colds and pneumonia prevention, claiming five decades of use. It also promotes Lincoln's Cabinet XXIIX whiskey, located at 21 Essex Street, as part of a commerce listing.
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Lincoln’s Cabinet
Essex St
Prison committee condemns Massachusetts jails as unfit for animals
William J. Reid alias L C Hoffman, paroled from Springfield jail after a January escape, is kept in a cage like a performing animal. The prison committee toured state facilities and found damp basements, delirium tremens cells, poor food, and lack of outdoor exercise. Plymouth and Norfolk jails challenged. Northampton praised. County commissioners blamed for neglect and politics.
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William J. Reid
L. C. Hoffman
Springfield
Vermont
New York
Committee On Prisons of
Reid
Hoffman
Witc
Commonwealth
Post
Iit
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Norfolk County
Murder scare on waterfront after longshoreman fires revolver
A longshoreman at Lewis wharf fired a revolver at a wharf rat at 3 50 this morning. The shot caused a waterfront scare as “Murder” cries echoed from a red nosed man hiding by a corner. Harbor police found the man cleaning his gun and he admitted he had missed the rat.
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Lewis Wharf
Randolph boy clings to tale of brother Parker shot
Harris Dexter testifies about his brother Parker being shot by two strangers on Sunday noon. Deputies Farrell and Detective Scott doubt the story but are puzzled by the boy's frank answers. Investigation continues as two suspects remain at large.
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Harris Dexter
Parker
Harris
Randolph
Farrell
Scott
Laq
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Yold Elkins
Sullivan
Tucker
Henry
Chicken
John
Martin
Gilmartin
John Sullivan
Atias
John L. Chicken
W.& A. Bacon
Up Town Department Store
Washington St. Roxbury District Bay
B. Harrison
Father John
Prison Committee
UNEIF
Circus
Dedham
Northampton
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