Appointment notices in Emperor's message to commanders
The emperor appoints General Kuropatkin to command the land forces and Vice Admiral Makaroff to command the fleet at Port Arthur. The message stresses Russia's aim to dominate the Pacific shores and directs lieutenant Alexieff to move to a central post such as Harbin. Casualties noted: one Japanese officer and horse killed. Russian forces suffer none.
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St. Petersburg
Alexieff
Kuropatkin
Far East
Makaroff
Port Arthur
Russia
Pacific Ocean
Yier
Harbin
Japanese advance on Ping Yang Anju line halted in Manchuria report
Yang, Manchuria dated March 26 reports General Mishtchenko informed that Japanese forces have suspended their advance on the Ping Yang Anju line. Three thousand Japanese troops are at Anju and a thousand at Pak Chieng, with forty warships and transports at Chinnampo. Russian advice say the aim is to turn the Russian flank as they await army concentration. A Cossack patrol near Pak Chieng Mar 24 exchanged shots with a Japanese post. retreating, the Cossacks encountered another Japanese patrol and opened fire.
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Ding. Yang
Manchuria
Mishtchenko
Jhat
Pak Chieng Mar
Tornadoes Cause Severe Damage Across Ireland
Port Louis Mauritius reports a tornado in Ireland on March 21 and 22 bringing widespread rain and massive destruction. At least twenty four people dead. many without food or shelter. Crops houses bridges telegraph lines destroyed.
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Port Louis
Mauritius
Iresland
Crazy Italian Runs Amuck Aboard British Ship
Details allege a mad Italian stoker aboard the steamship Arabistan bound for Montevideo wounded or killed several officers and crew after being restrained in irons. The vessel reached Bahia where authorities jailed the suspect and two victims died. the captain was severely wounded but recovered.
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New York
Montevideo
Bahia
Tornado isolates the south as Louisville endures flood
Louisville March 26 The entire south was isolated from the north by a storm that wrecked telegraph lines and disrupted electrical control centers. Wind hit sixty miles per hour with heavy rain flooding the city and subways, unroofing buildings, delaying streetcars, and forcing evacuations. The Edison Electric plant risks shutdown as water encroaches bridges and homes, while numerous residents move to upper floors.
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Louisville
Richmond
Nashville
Memphis
Affstissippi
Commercal Honges
Mississippi
Ohio
Third Avenue
Industrial About of Reform
Brame
Flood Crisis Hits Vicennes as Levees Break
Vicennes Indiana reports broken levees flooding the area with over 200 houses surrounded by water. factories closed as the flood level rises more than six inches in 26 hours.
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Vicennes
Ind
Grand Rapids Flood Forces Boat Travel As River Rises
In Grand Rapids Michigan on March 26 the west side is girded by floodwaters with 2 500 residences surrounded and residents required to use boats to move. The Grand River kept rising through the night surpassing all prior records and water pours into many streets to depths of several feet.
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Grand River
West Side
Edison Electric Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Weather lowers flood threat for Michigan rivers
Detroit reports temperatures several degrees below freezing across lower Michigan and a gradual fall to about 15 degrees above zero tomorrow. The cold is expected to freeze river tributaries causing river damage to subside significantly.
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Detroit
Mich
Lower
Michigan
Springfield Flood Displaces Families and Halts Traffic
In Springfield Ohio on March 26 the worst flood in the city’s history left a thousand men jobless and twenty five families homeless. Police used boats to rescue residents trapped by rising waters and many could not yet leave their homes as street car traffic stopped.
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Springfield
Ohio
Denied New Trial for Car Barn Bandits
Chicago reports that Alarx Neidermeter and Vandine were denied a new trial. The execution date is set for April 22.
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Chicago
Car Barn
Alarx
Neidermeter
Vandine
Russian Minister in Peking to Pressure China on Troop Discipline
Matin reports Paul Lesaar the Russian minister at Peking has been instructed to make representations to the Chinese government regarding the lack of discipline among Chinese troops.
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Matin
Paul Lesaar
Paul Lessar
Peking
Mormon Church Leader in St Louis for Utah World’s Fair
Judge L W Shurtliff of Ogden Utah president of the Mormon church district debates polygamy while in St Louis for the Utah World’s Fair commission. He notes he is a Mormon but not a polygamist and references Joseph Smith Jr. in the context of witness stand statements.
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St. Louis
L. W. Shurtliff
Ogden
Utah
Mormon Church
Joseph 8. Smith, Jr
Joseph Smith
Smith
Austrian Army Corps Embark Report Denied
An investigation into a London Mail report from Vienna dated March lists 60,000 troops in the third army corps set to embark in April for an unknown destination. Vienna ministers deny the claim, and the publication’s origin was traced to Tuesday last.
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London
London Mail
Vienna
Third Army
General Reyes Leaves Paris for Panama Canal Settlement
General Reyes departed Paris bound for Bordeaux and then Colombia where he outlined plans on the Panama controversy. He said he opposed war, sought an honorable adjustment, and favored plebiscites in Panama as a path to settlement. He indicated a possible presidential bid with an August 7 inauguration.
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Paris
Reyes
Bordeaux
Colombia
Associated Press
Panama
United States
Hey
Moyer Arrested as Miners Threaten Jail Storm in Ouray
Miners react with indignation after President Charles Moyer of the miners union is arrested in Ouray Colorado by sheriffs from San Miguel and Ouray counties to await transfer. The crowd threatens to storm the jail as authorities move to detain him. In Boston the Pettingill and Co. advertising firm places its affairs in creditor hands with potential liabilities near 1,000,000 and assets possibly a quarter that.
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Ouray
Colo
Rutan
San Miguel County
Maurice Corbett
Ouray County
Charles Moyer
Miners’ Union
Moyer
Minera
Boston
Pettingill & Co. Today
Pettingill & Co
Heavy Rain Floods Ohio River Basin Waters Rise
A major rainstorm drenched Ohio causing widespread flooding. In Hamilton the Big Miami rose fifteen feet in four hours leaving 200 families homeless as the reservoir north of town broke and flooded mills. Towns west of Cincinnati along the Great Miami and east along the Little Miami from Loveland to Coney Island were submerged.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Fideda Sire
Ohio River
Hamilton
Miami
Little Miami
Loveland
Coney Island
Fire devastates Broadway with 61 Broadway blaze in New York
A daytime fire in the Morris European and American Express buildings at 61 Broadway spreads to 59 and 65 Broadway, drawing thousands, halting work, and endangering the Empire and Adams Express structures as fire crews battle collapsing floors and thick smoke. At least one fireman injured.
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Morris Express Company
New York
Wall Street
Broadway
Morris European
American Express Company
Financial District
Baltimore
Ond
Adams Express Company
Croker
Exchange Alley
Pinkerton Agency
Empire
Adams Express
Wells Fargo Company
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Wells Fargo
American Express
No. 61
No. 59
Fames
No. 63
Express Company
Harlem
Union Bank Robber Hanged for Murder in Missouri
George Collings the Union bank robber was hanged in the jail yard at 1 35 o clock for participation in the killing of St Louis detective George Schumacher on January 25 1903 near Stanton Missouri. The robbery occurred February 27 1902 at the Union bank and Collings and Rudolph resisted arrest. Schumacher was shot as they fled. They were captured in Hartford Conn and brought back for trial.
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St. Lows
William Rudolph
Collins
Stanton
Bank of Union
Schumacher
Stan
Franklin County
Rudolph
St. Louis
Kansas
Aro. Collins
President Safety Bill and Zelaya Admission Proposed
Washington report notes the house approves joint resolutions to appoint a National Soldiers Home board of managers and to admit Alphonse Zelaya to West Point. A judiciary committee favorable report on a president protection bill outlines death penalties for attacks on the president, vice president, and other constitutional officers. The article also covers a Wisconsin life insurance surplus case affecting about 306 million dollars and more than thirty companies.
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Washington
House
National Soldiers’ Home
Alphonse Zelaya
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Westoln
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Able Life Assurance Society
Wisconsin
State Insurance Commissioner vs Equitable Case In Eff Court
Madison Wis March 26 In the eff cult court the state insurance commissioner brings action against the Equit able life company over regulatory matters and consumer protection. The filing seeks relief and enforcement of statutes governing insurance practices and financial disclosure.
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Madison, Wis
Prize for first flying machine flight in circle grows
Paris on March 26 reports Deutsch offered a $6,000 prize for the first aircraft to fly a circle of one kilometre. Ernest Arche deacon added a similar sum and appeals to the sporting press for further subscriptions.
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Paris
Deutsch
Ernest Archedeacon
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Masonic Widows and Orphans’ Home
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OT Veel
Isthmus
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