Russia Japan War Dispatches and Post Office Probe
Reports from St Petersburg describe bombardment rumors at Vladivostok and Russian defensive positions near Possiet Bay as Japan advances. meanwhile Washington debates postal reform with Overstreet leading a table on Hay’s resolution and calls for a broad investigation into post office affairs and price discrepancies in cattle and beef.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Overstreet
Committee On
Post Offices
Post Roads
Hay
Postoffice
Moon
Dem
Tenn
Postoffice Committee
Cowherd
Bristow
Paystal
Montague
Heath
Beavers
Richardson
House
Martin
Rep
S. D
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Japanese naval bombardment near Vladivostok hits civilian
Viceroy Alexieff telegraphs the czar reporting that five of seven enemy ships fired on Forts Suvoroff and Linevitch, the town, and area along the river. One seaman wounded and one woman killed. Japanese squadron then moved toward the open sea after brief return.
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St. Petersburg
Alexieff
Mukden
Suvoroff
Linevitch
Ussuri Bay
Evacuation Signs at New Chwang and Nearby Areas
March 7 dispatch notes removal of police military quarter furniture rolling stock and bank silver at New Chwang railway terminus indicating evacuation. Russian private letters say Russians defeated Japanese with superior numbers in recent Yalu Ping Yang engagements but suffered heavy losses.
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New Chwang
Yin Kow
New Chiang
Yalu River
Ping Yang
Bonaparte to Command Cossacks in Manchuria
Paris reports Prince Louis Bonaparte will command a brigade of Cossacks and depart for the far east on Thursday. A military authority says by March 17 about 217,000 Russian troops will be in Manchuria, indicating the transport system functions well.
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Bonaparte
Paris
St. Petersburg
Echo de
Louis Bonaparte
Far East
Manchuria
Locals to Decide Wage Offer After National Convention
Indianapolis March 8 The United Mine Workers voted to refer the final decision on accepting the operators wage offer to the locals. The action was taken in the context of extensive new discussions within the union.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
National Convention
Senate Passes Naval Bill Moves to Army Appropriation
Washington notes that the senate approved the naval appropriation bill after days of debate. The armor plate provisioning question centered on Patterson's armor plant amendment, which was withdrawn but followed by other motions laid on the table. The army bill reading remained incomplete at adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
Patterson
No news of Baron Toll reported from St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on March 7 the secretary of the Academy of Sciences said no news has come for some time about Baron Toll the explorer recently reported dead in the Arctic Ocean. Another expedition searches for him and the belief remains that he has been lost. The Bourse Gazette offers a reward for information proving the explorer's death.
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St. Petersburg
Baron Toll
Arctic Ocean
M. Doubroyin
Academy of Sciences
Bourse Gazette
Miners Stand Against Wage Reduction in Central PA
United Mine Workers in the central Pennsylvania bituminous field unanimously back 66 cents per ton for pick mining and 59 cents per ton for machine mining with a 40 percent rise overall. Delegates vow to resist any cut, even by strike, at the annual district convention in Altoona this week. Central Pennsylvania leaders had opposed reductions at the Indianapolis convention.
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Altoona
United Mine Workers
Central Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Rose Sentenced to Be Shot in Utah Crime Case
Frank Rose, who killed his wife on Christmas and left his 2 year old son alone with the dead grandmother, was sentenced in Salt Lake to be shot on April 22. When given the choice of method, he replied, I will take the shot.
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Department of the Interior
Helena
Montana
Rio És
Geo. Ww
French
Lok Dist
Dillon
Mont
Carlos R. Engle
Patrick Desmond
Milton J. Nay
Byron Nay
Rosa F. Nay
Grant, Mont
Frank D. Miracle
Harrisburg Faces Imminent Flood Threat Says Weather Official
Harrisburg, March 8. Weather observer Domain warns of imminent danger of another great flood in the region. The rising Susquehanna north and west branches and the Juniata river indicate the highest water stage ever known in this locality.
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Harrisburg
Weather Observer
Susquehanna
Juniata
Mob Hangs killer after jail lynching in Ohio
In Springfield Ohio on March 8 a mob of about 300 men broke into the county jail, dragged Richard Dixon from custody and hanged him from a telegraph pole after shooting him and riddling his body with bullets. Police had earlier released Dixon after a fatal shooting of policeman Charles Collis and a woman in a Jones hotel room.
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Springfield
Charles Collis
Richard Dixon
Jones Hotel
Collis
Dixon
Jones
Mamie Gorbin
Police
Miller
Common Pleas
Mayer
Murderer Dunn Escapes From Buchanan County Jail
Mark Dunn, condemned to die for the Rushville murder, overpowered death cell keeper William Henley with two revolvers, forced Jailer John Thomas to unlock the death cell, and fled with a rifle and heavy clothing. A posse pursues Dunn, who is 30, 5 feet 8, black hair, gray eyes, 140 pounds, and considered unlikely to be captured alive.
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Mark Dunn
St. Joseph
Bert Fenton
Rushville
Buchanan County
Dunn
William Henley
Henley
John Thomas
Thomas
Twenty Die as Collapse Hits West Forty sixth Street
In New York on March 4 a partially finished Darlington apartment hotel on West Forty sixth street collapsed trapping workers and injuring others. Twenty are dead with fifteen injured and three missing. a Patterson hotel near the site was also damaged. wrecking crews with a steam derrick cleared debris rapidly revealing four bodies. District Attorney Jerome and a coroner began investigations to determine responsibility.
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New York
Darlington
West Forty Sixth Street
Patterson Hotel
Frank Allison
Jerome
Scholer
Building Department
Missing Signal Book Reported From British Navy Vessel
A London dispatch says a key naval signal book from the British Channel Fleet ship Prince George is missing. An officer and two seamen, including a warrant officer, have been arrested as part of a third major disappearance of a vital naval document in recent years.
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New York
Prince George
London
Leutenant
Man Armed War Office Attacks Clerks in Washington
William J. OBrien alias William Duffy, an insane discharged soldier, entered the War Department in Washington on March 4 and shot messenger Robert Manning and clerk Arthur Wiecker. Emma Saxton narrowly escaped being shot. Manning was badly wounded, Wiecker injured in the arm, with Manning’s injury deemed dangerous. Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee and others subdued the assailant who was still armed when captured.
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Washington
William J. O'Brien
William Duffy
War Department
Mail and Record Division
Robert J. Manning
Arthur Wiecker
Emma Saxton
Manning
Wiecker
James J. Dawson
Adna R. Chaffee
Chaffee
Kean and
Irelan
Four Killed In Bokoshe Race Riot At Railroad Camp
In Bokoshe I T. two factions of workers clashed after white laborers opposed having colored men on the Midland Valley railroad project. Walter Jackson, a negro, and John Hopper white men were killed in the flare up. several others wounded as blacks fled to safety. William Price, a negro wounded, was hospitalized in Fort Smith.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Addiiion
John Hopper
J. C. Butler
C. A. Blevins
Walter Jackson
Pegro
Bokoshe
I. T. William Price
Jackson
Price
Midland Valley Railroad
Orders retrial in Dreyfus case Paris March
The criminal branch of the court of cassation granted Alfred Dreyfus's appeal for a revision of his Rennes trial. It ordered a supplementary investigation to establish all doubtful points and reopen the case.
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Dreyfus
Paris
Court of Cassation
Alfred Dreyfus
Rennes
Chicago grain and provisions closing prices and cash quotes
Liberal Russian exports and a settlement of the Argentine strike pushed May wheat down 25 cents while July fell 2 and a half cents. Corn rose, oats gained, and provisions fell. Cash quotes listed for No 2 and No 3 spring and hard wheats and various oat categories.
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Chicago
Omaha Grain Exchange Prices Ring Margin Shifts
Closing prices show wheat and corn futures with small gains and mixed May and July quotes. Cash grain values list No 2 hard wheat No 2 spring wheat and multiple No 2 to No 4 oat and corn classifications across Omaha markets.
Chicago cattle and hog prices move mixed at midweek auction
Cattle receipts at Chicago show steady to 15 cents lower across grades with good to prime steers trading around $5,005.85 and cows and calves at varied levels. Hog receipts total 23 000 today with prices 10 to 15 cents higher on some lots but closing mixed. sheep receipts at 30 000 move 16 cents lower on average with lambs and ewes varying by grade.
Kansas City Cattle and Hogs Market Report March 7
Kansas City cattle receipts around 6000 with steady to 10c lower prices. Feeder and western fed steers mostly 3.40 to 4.00. natives 2.00 to 3.78. bulls 2.50 to 3.75. calves 3.02 to 6.50. Hogs receipts about 3500 up 10c. tops 5.52, bulk 5.15 to 5.42. packers 5.25 to 5.45. pigs 4.05 to 5.25. Sheep receipts ~6000 slow. lambs 4.50 to 5.00. red ewes 3.90 to 4.20. yearlings 4.05 to 5.10. stockers 2.75 to 4.25.
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Kansas City
Cattle and Hogs Receipts Report From South Omaha Market
Market receipts show cattle trading slow with native steers 3.25 to 5.00, cows and heifers 1.75 to 3.00, stockers and calves mixed around 2.00 to 5.50. Hogs weighed in at about 4.90 to 5.20 per cwt with light offerings. Sheep receipts near 8,000 with steady to easier prices led by western and western feeders around 4.00 to 4.40.
Bennett’s Herbal Tonic Promises Body Purification
An old advertisement claims HERBINE removes excess bile and acids from the body, improving assimilation, purifying blood, and toning the system. Price 50 pts at Riley's Drug Store.
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Riley
Ely’s Cream Balm Promises Quick Nasal Relief
Nasal catarrh quickly yields to Ely's Cream Balm, an aromatic salve applied through the nostrils to cleanse and heal the surface. Druggists offer the 50 cent size and a 10 cent test option, with a liquid form announced for atomizer use at City Drug Store.
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Ely
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