Landlords Fearful to Return as Russian Land Agitation Grows
In Russia, zemstvos and doumas push for representation on the rescript commission amid imperial guarantees of petition rights. Strikes ease, with fewer than 10,000 workers idle, while agrarian unrest spreads, prompting landlords to fear returning to estates as peasants prepare land division in Simbirisk. A rumored aristocratic plot leads to unease, though authorities withhold details.
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St. Petersburg
Zemstvos
Doumas
Russia
Moscow
Simbirisk
Verhofsky
Japanese threaten Russian rear at Tie Pass in fresh Mukden campaign
Journal reports from St. Peters burg say Field Marshal Omaga launches a new turning movement after the Mukden fighting. Japanese forces feint at Fan river and strike at Tie Pass area threatening Kuropatkin with a encirclement and possible surrender.
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St. Petersburtg
Omaga
Mukden
Fan River
Associated Press
Santoupu
St. Petersburg
Tie Pass
Kuropatkin
Japanese Occupy Singking Near Mukden March 13
Report from Tokio dated March 14 states Japanese forces moved from Yungpan and seized Singking or Yenden, about eighty miles east of Mukden, with dislodgement of enemy from Yungpan and occupation of that location on March 11. Details on Tie Pass not yet received.
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Tokio
Singking
Yenden
Mukden
Yungpan
Fushun
Tie Pass
Imperial Army
Japanese Wave Is Not Pursuit of Retreating Russians
A wartime dispatch notes a Japanese operation as not pursuing retreating Russian forces and provides no specific combat details. The report emphasizes strategic movement rather than battlefield particulars.
Death of Meyer Guggenheim in Palm Beach
Palm Beach dispatch reports the death of Meyer Guggenheim copper capitalist at age seventy eight from pneumonia. He was a prominent industrial figure with long ties to New York and global copper markets.
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New York
A_ dispatch
Palm Beach, Fla
Meyer Guggenheim
Moore acquitted in bribe case over Kirby Lumber suit
Warren W. Moore was found not guilty of accepting a 12500 dollar bribe to drop an anti trust suit against Kirby Lumber. After the verdict Moore thanked the jury, then greeted his wife in the clerk’s office as applause echoed and order was restored. A venue change request in Kirby case was not acted on.
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Austin
Warren W. Moore
Kirby Lumber Company
John H. Kirby
General Election Bill Dominates House Session
In St. Austin on March 16 the House devoted most of Wednesday to the general election law. The Senate saw Mr. Holland introduce a bill to authorize corporations to build bridges or causeways across bays lakes and lagoons and to charge tolls. The railroad commission received petitions from railroad workers unions opposing cotton rate cuts.
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Austin
House
Senate
Holland
Railroad Commission
Women’s Home Missionary session opens in Houston
The Texas conference Methodist church South women’s missionary meeting in Houston drew about 100 delegates from the eastern part of the state. Belle H. Bennett of Richmond Kentucky opened the session and Tina Tucker of Nashville spoke. Mrs L P Smith of Dodge City and other Methodist leaders attend.
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Houston
Belle H. Bennett
Board of Home Missions For
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Richmond
Tina Tucker
Nashville
L. P. Smith
Dodge City
Women Working Along Missouri Kansas Texas Right of Way
In Denison Texas March 16 scores of women labor along the Missouri Kansas and Texas right of way on the Shawnee division cutting timber sawing and stacking it. The Katy is improving at Tyrola Oklahoma where the South Canadian river washed away track on the Shawnee division last fall. To prevent trouble the right of way is rerouted along a wooded bluff and the timber may be offered to nearby residents if cleared quickly.
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Denison
Tex
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Tyrola
I. T
Knights of Pythias widows home site tour near Midway
The locating committee of the Knights of Pythias widows and orphans home visited Temple Texas on March 16 to evaluate site offers. W A Abey of Fort Worth CA Summers of Cuero and W B De Jer nett of Commerce led inspections, including a look at Midway between Temple and Belton on the interurban line to assess advantages.
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Temple
Tex
Knights of Pythias Widows and Orphans’ Home
W. A. Abey
Fort Worth
Summers
Cuero
W. B. de Jernett
Commerce
Midway
Here
Belton
Sister M. Alexis Dies in Texarkana Convent
Sister M. Alexis of the Sisters of St. Rose of Lima died at the Texarkana convent after many years of residence. She was greatly loved by the school and congregation.
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Texarkana
M. Alexis
Sisterhood of St. Rose of Lima
New Trial Date Set for Nan Patterson in New York
Nan Patterson will be placed on trial again on April 10 in New York. The case follows earlier proceedings in the Nan Patterson murder inquiry, with details to be presented before the court.
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Nan Patterson
New York
Dudley Mississippi crime report and rail updates
Summary of scattered items including two white men fatally wounded by black assailants at Dudley Mississippi. Other notes report a negro named Jake Howard killed by a Cotton Belt engine at Shreveport and Cyrus W. Strain named general passenger agent of the Frisco. Additional items mention Portland lobster packers pooling interests, a rail link project Eagle Pass to Brownsville Texas, a death sentence case Manning reversed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Denver line rail work Amrilo to Dahlhart, and a divorce suit Webb Duke vs L Duke in New York City.
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Dudley
Miss
Jake Howard
Shreveport
Cyrus W. Strain
Frisco Road
Portland
Ore
Fred Manning
Dallas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Famous Clown Niblo Dies in Denver at 53
Mons Niblo famed circus clown and pantomime who created Humpty Dumpty in the play of that name died in Denver after a long battle with tuberculosis. He arrived in December a physical wreck and never left his bed, leaving his wife as the sole mourner.
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Denver
Mons
Niblo
Humpty Dumpty
Obituary notes and local business openings
General R. S. Benson is dead at Carlsbad New Mexico. Wise County Bank of Paradise Texas has begun business. A dipping station at Elgin Kansas will be in operation April 1. Lockwood Meggett a prominent citizen of Houston is dead. Direct the noted pacer dropped dead near New York City.
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R. S. Benson
Carlsbad
N. M
Wise Councy Bank of
Paradise
Tex
Elgin
Kan
Lockwood Meggett
Houston
Direct
Pacer
New York City
Hot Springs Club Adds Nathanson to Oak Lawn Track
Hot Springs March 16. It is learned the Little Rock club will hold spring events at Oak Lawn track with Nathanson acting as secretary and handling the starter's flag.
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Hot Springs
Little Rock Club
Oak Lawn Track
Nathanson
Natchez Cotton Mills Cut Hours Without Wage Change
Natchez Mississippi cotton mills employing 400 workers will cut daily hours in March 1649 with no change in pay, reflecting adjustments amid textile operations in the area.
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Natchez
Miss
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City Drug Store
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Oliver
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
A. L. Zinanti
Main St
Zanneti Block
Oyama
Yingpan
Moore
Women’s Missions
Pythians
Grand Opera House
Case A. Nation
Kansa
Opera House
Eagle Pass
Brownsville
Am Rilo
Dalhart
Webb Duke
L. Duke
J. C. Chaney & Son
D. Mike, Jr
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