Moros Routed American forces at Mount Dajo near Jolo
Major General Leonard Wood reports a severe action at Mount Dajo in the Sulu islands from March 6 to 8. Fifteen enlisted men were killed, four officers wounded, and thirty-two enlisted men wounded. Moros suffered about six hundred killed. all defenders were killed.
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Jolo
Leonard Wood
Division of the
Philippines
Sulu Islands
Mount Dajo
H. D. Cook, Jr
United States
Pampanga
Gilmore
Constabulary
John R. White
Tyree Rivera
Gordon
Wylie T. Conway
Sixth Infantry
Joseph W. Duncan
Oklahoma Statehood Battle Ends With Oklahoma Territory Union
Senate limits statehood to Oklahoma and Indian territories with Arizona and New Mexico removed. The bill creates Oklahoma as a state upon a constitution, preserves Indian rights, sets school land sections, and funds education with a $5 million federal appropriation. Guthrie named temporary capital as two US district courts are allotted.
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Senate
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Burrows
Oklhoma
Indian Territories
United State
National
House of Representatives
National Treasury
United States
Guthrie
Football Reform Holds Western Colleges To Safer Play
College representatives from the big nine met at the reform conference chaired by President Angell to revise earlier football rules. They agree to modify play to reduce brutality while retaining professional coaching only where contracts exist, leaving Indiana and Michigan with professional coaches this season.
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Angell
University of Michigan
Indiana
Michigan
Last of French aristocracy Princess de Valmont dies
Princess de Valmont claimed the old French aristocracy dies with her on her deathbed. She lamented her family’s decline and named her children and grandchildren among carriers, grocers, confectioners, coal miners, and stockbrokers grafted onto the De Valmont lineage.
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Princess de Valmont
Stock Exchange
de Valmonts
New York Herald
French Authority Faults Russian Commanders On Boldness
Gen. De Negrier, former French army chief, analyzes the Russo Japanese war in a leading review. He argues the core error was persistent defensive conduct, a critique he extends to sea and land operations, urging attention from readers interested in military history.
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de. Negrier
Ge. de Negrier
Philadelphia
Inquirer
Taft Named for Supreme Court Seat by President
President Roosevelt intends to appoint William H. Taft of Ohio then secretary of war to the forthcoming vacancy on the U S Supreme Court created by Henry B Brown’s retirement Taft would be elevated to Chief Justice if Fuller retires during Roosevelt’s term Taft previously declined a 1908 offer while governor of the Philippine Islands.
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Taft
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Henry B. Brown
Harrison
Michigan
Fuller
Mr. Taft
Philippine Islands
Theories in Tenney Death Cloud Prize Fighter Fate
Three explanations circulate regarding Harry Tennebaum known as Tenny who died in San Francisco nine hours after a gruelling fight with Frankie Neil. Relatives allege poisoning while trainers cite epilepsy and Autopsy Surgeon Kucich cites brain hemorrhage from a blow or fall. Further tests are needed. The stomach sample lies with the city chemist.
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Harry Tennebaum
Tenny
San Francisco
Frankie
Neil
Kucich
Markel Repeats Critique On Isthmian Commissary
Jacob E. Markel of Omaha testifies before the senate committee on interoceanic canals regarding his cancelled Isthmian Canal commissary contract. He stands by prior remarks that food on the Isthmus was fed "like hogs" and he agrees to no change in testimony. Senator Morgan has a file noting the contract lacked legal authority and the $10,715 payment was not a proper government charge.
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J. E. Markel
Panama Canal
Jacob E. Markel
Omaha
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Morgan
Markel
United States
Omaha Bank Clearings Reach New High
Omaha bank clearings for a single day last week set a record at 2 603 245 88 dollars, surpassing the prior peak of 2 200 000 dollars by about 400 000. The report notes the weekly peak followed a strong prior day when clearings exceeded 2 200 000 dollars.
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Omaha
South Omaha Board Reappointed to Three-Year Terms
Governor Mickey reappoints members of the South Omaha fire and police board. The board includes A. A. Nixon, T. J. Dolan, W. B. Van Sant, G. W. Masson, and A. L. Bergquist. Terms run three years from the first Monday in April.
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South Omaha Board
Mickey
South Omaha
Waterbury Watch Presented to John Wesley Gaines
John Wesley Gaines, famed as a pioneer of perpetual motion talk, traveled to Connecticut where residents honored him with a Waterbury watch. A witty remark noted the gift would keep him busy winding it and thus unable to speak in the house.
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Waterbury
John Wesley Gaines
Connecticut
Gaines
Actor Gavin Harris Enlists in Coast Artillery Barracks
Gavin Harris, actor at the Empire theater in Columbus Ohio, son of the late Congressman Harris and valued at $50,000, joined the Third company of the coast artillery at the barracks to escape laughter from companions and seek a quieter life.
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Gavin Harris
Empire Theater
Columbus
Harris
Coast Artillery
Arkansas Town Vigil Over Birthday Punishment Joke
In Fort Smith, C E Speers recalls a local libel tale about a stranger who arrives as townspeople gather in the square. He asks if a fair or celebration is underway, and a resident explains they will catch Judge Brown's 21 year old son and clothe him as a mock punishment.
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State of Arkansas
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Curse of Courrières Mine Disaster Hits France
A deadly explosion and fire damp blast at Courrières mines in northern France seared through 1,795 workers below. Rescue efforts faced toxic fumes, with 1,100 dead reported and thousands affected as ministers, soldiers, and volunteers struggled to retrieve bodies and comfort grieving families.
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France
Courrieres
Gauthier
Interior Duchief
Fallieres
FaMieres
Pit No. 4
Dubier
Caney gas well blaze again after cap fails six miles away
The Caney Kansas gas well, capped March 12 after a seventeen day burn, erupted again. Flames from the well and broken hood threaten surrounding trees and structures while workers rebuild a new hood and repair pipes. Experts say field pressure remains unaffected and a nearby well shows similar pressure.
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Caney
Kan
Jerome Sues for Libel Against New York Papers
District Attorney W. T. Jerome files two libel suits for 100000 dollars each in supreme court against the New York American and the New York Evening Journal. The actions cite editorials of March 8 alleging the papers helped fund his reelection campaign and criticizing his handling of the Tillinghast case and street railway matters.
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W. T. Jerome
New York City
New York American
New York Evening Journal
Supreme Court
Evening Journal
Jerome
New York County
the American
Tillinghast
Fatal Burlington wreck near Akron Colorado kills two
A head on collision of Burlington trains Nos. 1 and 14 two miles west of Akron leaves two dead and one seriously injured. Cause cited as failure to deliver orders from Brush operator. trains derailed and multiple cars wrecked. Engineer Hardy and fireman Bud King among the injured.
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Burlington
Akron
Big Cut
Brush
No. 14
George Sherwood
Oxford
Neb
Bud King
Engineer Hardy
Xenia
Chicago
Denver
Kansas City
Hardy
Princess Ena Gives Pope 400000 for Catholic Conversion
Princess Ena fiancée of King Alfonso of Spain presents the pope with 400000 as a gift honoring her conversion to the Roman Catholic Church in a historic donation.
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Ena
Alfonso of
Spain
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Boxer
Palling
Great Coal Mines
Hearst
Colorado
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