Russian Campaign Delayed As Far East Fights Loom
St Petersburg reports heavy land fighting in the Far East with Russia awaiting the main offensive by late April. Four army corps plus cavalry and artillery will form the field, while Kuropatkin sails March 12 after buying white horses to ride in the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Far East
Russia
Port Arthur
Conpakas
Alexieff
Mukden
Korea
Che-mul-pho
Mokpho
Chinam-pho
Peking
Plaksin Bay
Yalu
Kuropatkin
Skobeleff
Geok Tepe
Japanese Minister Claims Major Land Victory
Berlin report says Count Inouye, Japanese minister to Germany, asserts Japan won a large land victory. The news is withheld for strategic reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Japan
Russians Move North After Leaving Anju and Pak-Chen
The Russians who retired from Anju to Pak-Chen have moved northward. Twenty members of the Peddlers' Band swore to kill officials favoring an alliance with Japan. Japanese Minister warns Korea to arrest conspirators or face action. Four leaders of the Peddlers have been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Seoul
Anju
Pak-Chen
Japan
Chinese Aid for Japan Amid Frontiers Disorder
March reports from Tiên- Tsin say Chinese frontier guards are deserting while China buys two Krupp field batteries. Traders question a dispatch claiming arms import under the British flag may be banned. Paris sources confirm Chinese troops active in Northern China and Manchuria with brigand raids resuming. French policy aims to handle China as a government, not lone generals, unless war is declared. Delcassé discusses tensions over railway interests and foreign concerns.
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Tien-Tsin
China
Krupps
Paris
Washington
Manchuria
Russia
France
Japan
Séul-Wi-ju
Delcassé
Daily Service to Pinehurst by Seaboard Air Line
Pullman parlor and sleeping cars run daily from New York via Seaboard Air Line. Depart New York at 12 55 PM and 12 10 AM, arrive Pinehurst at 7 00 AM and 10 00 PM. Office 1 183 away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
Pullman
Seaboard
Air Line
New York
Protector of French Interests Along Key Rail Link
The note credits him with safeguarding French interests along the railroad just as he defended the Panama Canal Company during the Panama uprising, highlighting a pattern of protective actions for foreign stakeholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal Company
Panama
Russian Squadron Menaces Northern Waters As Warships Hide
An Austrian steamer reports the Russian squadron left Vladivostok Feb 29 and may roam northern waters to seize Japanese merchantmen. Two Russian warships sighted near Usuchi Bay with Hakodate advices noting no northern port attacks. War prizes declared at Sasebo court include Ekaterinoslav Manchuria Sliepner and Alide with 30 day appeal. The Virenius squadron sailed from Port Said at 4 30 PM today with a cruiser transport and eight torpedo boats.
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Tokio
Hakodate
Vladivostok
Usuchi Bay
Ekaterinoslav
Manchuria
Chinese Eastern Railway Company
Sliepner
Alide
Sasebo
Port Said
Egypt
Virenius
Here
Mystery of W. R. Stowe Vanishes After Yacht Purchase
Victor R. Stowe, a wealthy New Yorker, disappeared from a New Orleans hotel twelve days after arriving from St. Louis. Papers show a $600 bill for a 30-foot sloop Vim tied to Harlem Yacht Club, with trip logs from College Point, Long Island, and a diary detailing a multi-city tour. Authorities note suspect links to his wife’s death, inherited wealth, and a shadowing dossier addressed to a Mr. Sawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Orleans
Victor R. Stowe
St. Louis
Mr. Stowe
Wim
Harlem Yacht Club
Charles
John W
Fred G. Brouneck
Stowe
College Point
L. I
Sound
New York
San Francisco
Portland
Salt Lake
Colorado
Springs
St. Paul
Sawyer
West One Hundred and Sixth Street
St. Martinsburg
Hamilton Bank of New York
Himself
William Stillwell
One Hundred and Sixth Street
West One Hundred and Third Street
$20 000 Dog Killed in Park Avenue Fight
Dukie a fine looking greyhound of royal descent died from injuries after a mastiff owned by Count Twaski attacked him on Park Avenue near the Park Avenue Hotel. Owner William McGushion may sue for 20000 dollars, as Dukie was valued. Dukie was grandsire of Fulton who won the Waterloo Cup three times. Countess Twaski offered to cover medical bills plus 1000 dollars to the owner, which was rejected.
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Dukie
Twaski
East Fifty-second Street
William McGushion
East Thirtyfourth Street
Park Avenue
Fulton
Liverpool
Kaiser Wilhlem blocks Herero peace talks in Africa
Cable from Swakopmund reports Col. Leutwin, governor of German Southwest Africa, seeking peace negotiations with the Hereros but ordered by Berlin not to engage. The Emperor requires rebels to be chastised or surrender before any talks can occur. Glenlivet Scotch is famous, Usher's noted.
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Berlin
Swakopmund
German Southwest Africa
Leutwin
Hill defeats Murphy for state Democratic committee control
In Albany on March 5 Charles F. Murphy fell to David Bennett Hill in a volatile contest for control of the Democratic State Committee. The Hill faction secured the key committee win 27 to 23 for Matthew Merzig and moved to set the April 18 Albany convention and fill the Erie County vacancy. The result signals potential shifts in the party’s presidential nomination outlook.
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New York Times
Albany
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
David Bennett Hill
Democratic State Committee
W. Bourke Cochran
Grady
Dowling
James Shevlin
Delany
William F. Sheehan
Patrick H. McCarren
Hill
Harmanus Bleecker Hall
Matthew Merzig
St.Louis
Parker
St. Louis
Tammany Men
State Committee
Judge Parker
New York
Murphy
Hotel
Ten Eyck
John F. Carroll
Saratoga Springs
Erie
Burgard
Kennedy
Carroll
Erie County
William H. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Charles H. W. Auel
Messrs
Auel
Campbell
Sheehan
Ana Sick
Mr. Shevlin
Manhattan
J. J. Kenney
Richmond
Joseph Cassidy
Queens
James Dunne
W. A. Doyle
James
Man Ablaze on First Avenue Streetcar Tragedy
Joseph Smith of West Quincy Massachusetts was badly burned on a First Avenue horse car after his coat caught fire beside a stove. He jumped up at Twenty eighth Street and rolled to extinguish flames as conductors tried to help. Doctors fear he may die from burns.
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Joseph Smith
West Quincy
Mass
First Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Smith
Blackwell
Bellevue
Heirs Named In Thompson Estate Battle
Ballston New York March 5 The Court of Appeals sustains administrators to distribute the Frank Thompson estate valued at more than one and a half million among seven nearest heirs Annie A Rhoda John W George E Edward D Thompson Frances L McLean and Mary T De Forest after a contest by thirty cousins who lost in Surrogate Court and Appellate Division.
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Ballston
N. Y
Frank Thompson
New York
Court of Appeals
Annie A
Rhoda
John W
George E
Edward D. Thompson
Frances L. McLean
Mary T. de Forest
Circus clown marries in Justice of the Peace office
Miss Katherine Hendricks of Morristown wed William A. Ryan of Evansville Ind at Justice Bosset's office in New Jersey. A planned double ceremony collapsed when the groom-to-be balked. the couple had met during a circus performance a year earlier and kept up a mail courtship.
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Justice, of the Peace Basset
Katherine Hendricks
Morristown
William A. Ryan
Evansville
Ind
Justice Bosset
Rube Ryan
Hargreave Brothers
Orange
Miss Hendricks
Ryan
John P. Eysoldt
Fifteenth Avenue
Anna Kramer
Orleans Street
Justice’s Office
Eysoldt
Newark
N. J
Bradner Recovers Notes for $10,000 in Bold Action
John H. Bradner ex Recorder of Middletown faced an agent selling notes for a flour and milk company. He took the notes when confronted and deposited them in a safe in New York. He later returned the notes and explained he had secured them from the agent and the promoter John Schoonover, who had vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Middletown
N.Y
John H. Bradner
New York
Bradner
John Schoonover
Portland
Ind
Bankers‘ Association of America
Harrisburg Flood Threat Looms Over City and Region
Harrisburg Penns March 5 The region faces potential worst flood in years with lowlands submerged. Court House opened as shelter, industries closed, churches unable to hold services, and railroad tracks under water. Steelton and High Spire submerged, Middletown flood levels exceed 1889. One hundred families displaced. York Haven power plant endangered. ice fifty feet high opposite the plant. Fremont Nebraska March 5 Platte River five miles wide above Mercer Siding Bridge. fields and farmhouses under water, crops and livestock lost, no deaths reported.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Court House
Steelton
Middletown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading
York Haven
Fremont
Neb
Platte River
Mercer Siding
Gould Sets Speed Record on Salt Lake Cut-off Train
George J. Gould and party on a special train traveled 104 miles in 3 hours 66 minutes on the Salt Lake cut-off, reaching Ogden at noon. Gould praised the engineering feat despite delays from trestle and line inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
George J. Gould
Salt Lake
Ogden
Gould
Firemen Escape Death in Lexington Avenue Collision
Four firemen were badly hurt when a Lexington Avenue trolley car collided with Truck No. 7 near Lexington Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street. Lieut. James J. Convey and Fireman Thomas Callan are hospitalized with severe injuries. others suffered cuts and bruises but returned to duty. Motorman Dominick Galgano was arrested after fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
James J. Convey
Thomas Callan
Bellevue Hospital
Louis Sleckman
Dennis Murphy
Dominick Galgano
Elizabeth Street
Galgano
Thirty-ninth Street
Charles W. Armour
East Thirty-ninth Street
George
Edward L. Cook
Lieut. Convey
Callan
Sleckman
Murphy
Lieut
Convey
Collarda
Martha
East Thirty-fifth Street
Tillerman
Capt
Quade
Stevedore Inherits Fortune From English Officer Father
John S. Walford of Newport News, chief stevedore in the coal department of the Old Dominion Steamship Company, inherits 175000 dollars and real estate from his late father Lieut Col Thomas Sturges Walford of the Fourth West Yorkshire Regiment. The father died January 2 on England's South Coast after a long separation of 29 years. Walford will keep his current job until more details arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
John S. Walford
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Walford
Thomas Sturges Walford
Fourth
West Yorkshire Regiment
Prince of Wales's Own
England
Wealthy Greenwich Millionaire Dies Intestate
John H. Gourlie of Lakewood New Jersey dies at fifty two leaving no will. Widow Mary C Gourlie seeks administration noting real estate valued at about 500000 and personal estate of similar amount. Next of kin include Edith Nathalie and Isabel Gourlie daughters and Lawrence Gourlie son at Harvard. Estate could exceed 1000000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
John H. Gourlie
Lakewood
N. J
Mary C. Gourlie
London
Joseph E. Russell
Goorlie
Edith Coleman Gourlie
Nathalie Gourlie
Isabel T. Gourlie
East Fortieth Street
New York
Lawrence
Harvard University
Mr. Gourke
Belle Haven
Gourke
Dewey's Port Wine and Grape Juice Ad
Advertisement for Dewey's Port Wine and Grape Juice from H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. at 138 Fulton Street New York promoting products for the sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DEWEY
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Parker III With Grip Causes Dinner Cancelation
Judge Alton B. Parker did not attend a private dinner at the Lotos Club due to a grip. Frank R. Lawrence, club president, said Parker had missed court for several days but was rapidly improving and expected to be active soon.
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Lotos Club
Alton B. Parker
Frank R. Lawrence
Judge Parker
Mr.Lawrence
Henry H. Rogers III Stricken With Illness in Boston Court
Henry H. Rogers of Standard Oil, who arrived from New York to testify in a gas suit before the Supreme Court, caught cold in the courtroom and has been bedridden at the Hotel Touraine since Thursday. His doctor ordered rest, making it unlikely he can testify next after Mr. Windsor.
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Boston
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
New York
Supreme Court
Touraine
Virginian Wins Indian Bride
Lewis Brittain of Tazewell County Virginia led to the altar the daughter of a wealthy Choc taw chief in Indian Territory. Brittain, who drifted to Indian Territory years ago, became a favorite of the chief and will bring his bride to Virginia to reside in Tazewell County. His parents were notified by an invitation written on arrows.
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New York Times
Richmond
Indian Territory
Lewis Brittain
Tazewell County
Brittain
Tazewell
Virginia
Marie Tempest Stricken With Severe Throat Illness
Marie Tempest, in Boston for The Marriage of Kitty at Hellis Theatre, is confined to her Belle Vue rooms with serious throat trouble. After a brief recovery in New York, she fell ill again and fainted on stage. A doctor diagnosed tonsillitis and Dr. C. Rice of New York arrived to evaluate a culture taken for a Monday determination.
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New York Times
Boston
Marie Tempest
Hellis
Kitty
Belle Ue
New York
Miss Tempest
C. Rice
Fire in Perth Amboy causes $100000 loss
Fire in Perth Amboy New Jersey today caused over 100000 in damage. The blaze started when a boy stepped on a match in Reynolds Hanson dry goods basement and spread to rubbish. Reynolds Hanson suffered about 53000 in losses along with J H and F Hilsdorf 10000 and Stodbodine Brothers 20000. Fire department hampered by frozen hydrants, a steam engine was sent from Tottenville to assist. Insurance is about 60000.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Reynolds & Hanson
Stodbodine Brothers
Tottenville
S. I
Robbery on Train Halts Diamond Theft Mystery
Mrs. M. J. Green of Macon reports a $2,500 jewelry theft on a New York to Charlotte train. She left her berth briefly near Charlotte as the Pullman car was searched and berths turned out, but the diamonds were not recovered. The porter denied involvement as the inquiry continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Charlotte
N. C
M. J. Green
Macon
New York
Fire scare during Mrs. Wiggs matinee at Ford’s Opera House
In Baltimore on March 5 a loud cry of fire from a burning garment caused a panic among women and children at Ford’s Opera House during Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Ex-Fire Chief McAfee and Capt. Mulholland helped calm the crowd. exits were opened and the danger ended without injuries.
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Baltimore
Ford
Opera House
McAfee
Mulholland
Travel Ad Promotes March Pinehurst and Camden Resorts
An advertisement invites readers to escape New York in March and visit Pinehurst Camden and other resorts reached by Lea Board Air Line Railway from 1 183 Broadway promising pleasant retreats and rail access.
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New York
Pinehurst
Camden
Broadway
Taft Praises Filipinos At Ohio Society Banquet
Secretary of War Taft addressed the Ohio Society dinner at the Waldorf Astoria praising American governance of the Philippines and warning that Democrats would pursue the same policy. He reviewed insurgent history from Dewey to Aguinaldo, and affirmed the United States would retain the islands to prevent international conflict.
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Taft
Ohio Society
Waldorf-Astoria
Philippines
United States
McKinley
Ohio
Hay
Agunaldo
Gen. Otis
Spain
Dewey
Gen. Merritt
Aguinaldo
Coe
Manila
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Count Inouyé
W. R. Stowe
New Yorker
Kaiser
Glenlivet
Usher
Indorse Parker
Cochran
Stove
Circus
Pennsylvania
Platte
Firemen
Lexington Ave
Stevedore
Judge Parker III
Henry H. Rogers III
Virginian
New Jersey
Foss
Navy
Hanna
Society
Astor
John J. McCook
Herrick
Illinois
Darling
Landis
Indiana
Watson
Chaffee
Depew
Rodgers
Benjamin F. Tracy
Butler
Columbia University
Corbin
Willard H. Brownson
Taylor
Edgar M. Cullen
Louis Stern
Charles P. Taft
James H. Wilson
James E. Campbell
Grenville M. Dodge
James S. Clarkson
J. Ross Stevenson
Robert C. Ogden
Pennsylvania Society
Longworth
Thomas H Hubbard
New England Society
Robert J. Harrison
Southern Society
William Butler Duncan
St. Andrew's Society
McCook
Buckeye
Senator Hanna
America
Secretary Taft
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