Japanese Army May Be Moving on Vladivostok
A Gunshu pass dispatch notes the Japanese withdrawal from the front south of the Russian lines and Cossack recon patrols report no Japanese within 35 miles. Some see this as a possible feint while others expect moves toward Vladivostok as peace talks mix with war prep in Russia.
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Gunshu Pass
Linovitch
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Vladivostok
Associated Press
Tie Pass
Turmoil in Poland and Crimea Sparks Alarm in St Petersburg
Reports from St Petersburg and Warsaw describe rising revolutionary sentiment among peasants and workers in Poland, with military crackdowns near Yalta and Sebastopol. In Warsaw Baron von Nolken survived a bomb attack but massive conspirator plots unfold as authorities close schools in Saratoff and a bomb suspect named Stephen Okrjeia is wounded elsewhere.
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St. Petersburg
Poland
Crimea
Yalta
Sebastopol
Saratoff
Warsaw
Baron von Nolken
von Nolken
Jaga
Stephen Okrjeia
Novominsk
Mrs Chadwick Announces Autobiography Plans
Mrs Cassie L Chadwick says her autobiography is in preparation and will be published in original style after receiving a handsome offer from a well known publisher. The interview confirms the forthcoming book and its intended faithful presentation.
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Chadwick
Cleveland
Cassie L. Chadwick
Judge dissolves injunction in hotel sale case
Can Sell That Hotel reports Judge Wall dissolved the injunction secured by Adolphus Buseh of St. Louis to prevent a sale, clearing the path for transfer of a Tampa hotel. The ruling ends a legal block tied to the March 28 filing and allows proceedings to continue.
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Tampa
Fla
Wall
Adolphus Buseh
St. Louis
Japanese Move Forward as Russia Seeks Mediation
London dispatch reports Russia asked French foreign minister Theophile Delcasse to mediate peace talks with Japan. Delcasse accepts if Britain’s Lansdowne agrees. Delcasse previously mediated Spain and the United States in 1899.
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Russia
Theophile Delcasse
France
Japan
Delcasse
Lansdowne
Japs Advance as Russian Rear Guard Falls Back Near Ganshu Pass
Japanese forces push forward as Russian rear guards retreat from Sipinghai to Oha Ouminodzi about forty miles below Ganshu Pass. The front lines near the pass tighten as positions shift in the ongoing engagement.
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Ganshu Pass
The
Evening Journal
Sipinghai
Oha-Ouminodzi
Panic on Bourse Hits St Petersburg Trading Floor
A semi panic swept the St Petersburg bourse on March 28 as the Russian Imperial tours declined, with prices slipping to 8214. The market mood turned cautious amid selling pressure and uncertainty about future policy.
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St. Petersburg
Sale of Tampa Bay hotel to Kauffman syndicate Proceeding clears for sale
The judge ruled the complainant had no cause of action, removing obstacles to the sale of the Tampa Bay hotel to the Kauffman syndicate.
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Tampa Bay
Kauffman Syndicate
Ingledue Wins Marshalltown Mayoral Race in Historic Election
Marshalltown Iowa on March 2s. In the hottest city elections in the history of Marshalltown C L Ingledue was elected mayor over his opponent Daly.
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Ingledue
Marshalltown
C. L. Ingledue
Daly
Twins saved by improvised incubator at birth
Two infant daughters of Sylvester and Mrs Bast born on a Thursday night in March were threatened by exposure until a physician used a chicken brooder as an improvised incubator to keep them alive. The doctor’s action highlights resourcefulness in a rural setting and the newborns are regarded as potential credits to their parents.
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Tabula
Sylvester
Platform Builder William W. Smith Dies at Freeport
William W. Smith who built the Lincoln-Douglas debate platform at Freeport, LI, is dead. He served in the Civil War as provost marshal under General Butler.
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Freeport
William W. Smith
Ife
B. F. Butler
Democrats Elect the Mayor in Oskaloosa
John C. Williams, a Democrat, was elected mayor in Oskaloosa Iowa. The city council resulted in three Democrats and three Republicans being elected to the council.
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Oskaloosa
John C. Williams Dem
Edi tor Conger Trial Date Set for April Fourth
Judge Perkins fixed April 4 for the second trial of editor Conger in the water deal at Grand Rapids Michigan. The March 28 notice announced the date.
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Eostor Conger
Grand Rapids
Mich
Trial of Nan Paterson Set for April in New York
The trial for the murder of Caesar Young will begin in New York early in April. Details indicate the event will proceed as scheduled with court and legal proceedings to follow.
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Nan Paterson
Caesar Young
New York
Harry 8. Mitchell
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Mexico
Diaz
Halifax Harbor
Albano
Armenia
Mukden Fortified Walls Describe Manchu City in Manchuria
The passage notes Mukden as the former home of the Manchu dynasty recently wrested from Russians by the Japanese. A mud wall surrounds the city at fifteen feet high, with an inner wall rising forty feet and sixty feet thick, enclosing about a mile square that holds imperial tombs. Other tombs lie miles away.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Hina
Fake Bomb Case Convicts Man Rosseau in New York
Gesner Rus sell, alias Gessler Rosseau, is found guilty before Recorder Golf of sending an infernal machine to the Cunard steamer Umbria in New York on May 5, 1903. He faces up to five years and claims the device would prove how easy it is to destroy an ocean liner. He admits the box held nearly 100 pounds of dynamite but says the explosive power was removed and the mechanism not used. He also says he sold many such devices to Cubans and offered them to Boers, who refused. The verdict prompted remand to the Tombs for sentence on Friday.
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New York
Gesner Russell
Gessler Rosseau
Recorder Golf
Cunard
Umbria
Rosseau
Spain wants her guns after Cuban ordnance dispute
Senate inquiries prompt Taft to press Cuba on movable ordnance from the Spanish American war. Taft cables Minister Squiers in Havana to notify Cuban authorities that the ordnance remained Spain's property and must be returned, asserting the United States never possessed it.
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Washington
Spain
Cuba
Senor Ojeda
Taft
Porto Rico
Ihs
United States
Squiers
Havana
Nebraska senate panel seeks arrest power in boodle probe
The Nebraska state senate special committee investigating a $5,000 boodle fund linked to county officers in Omaha to extend their tenure asks for arrest authority. An Omaha official may be seized and charged as a go‑between with a legislator in the scandal amid the campaign for a four‑year term plan.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Senate
Omaha
Senate
His Girl Went Back on Him Port Huron March 28
Port Huron Michigan reports a personal dispute as a man recalls his girlfriend leaving him. The brief notes a March 28 incident with unclear details but indicates relationship support dynamics. Local readers are advised to follow further updates for outcome or official charges.
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Port Huron
Mich
Coun
Gas Asphyxiation Death Of White Plains Woman
Mrs. James Huestis of White Plains New York died in Presbyterian hospital after sixteen days in a coma from gas poisoning. Her daughter Luella died three days earlier. coroner finds no suspicion in the autopsy. The two women had reportedly hypnotized each other prior to the incident.
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New York
James Huestis
White Plains
N. Y
Presbyterian Hospital
Huestis
Luella
King's Easter Visit Linked to Copenhagen Peace Talks
London March 28 King Edward plans to leave London April 6 to join Queen Alexandra at Cologne then proceed to Copenhagen for King Christian's birthday. Copenhagen talks may signal a Russian peace conference if the Dowager Empress attends, with M d Iswolsky traveling toward Copenhagen.
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London
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Cologne
Copenhagen
Christian
Associated Press
Russia
M. d'Iswolsky
Denmark
St. Petersburg
Green Bay man Wesley held in Minnesota double murder
Green Bay, Wisconsin police have Wesley in custody as a suspect in the murder of two people in the Mesaba range of northern Minnesota about a year ago. Wesley, a Green Bay youth visiting his parents, is thought to be one of two men sought by Minnesota authorities for the killings of an old man and his daughter on a northern Minnesota claim.
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Green Bay, Wis
Wesley
Mesaba Range
Minnesota
Green Bay
Resignation Tendered by Rev Dr Beverley Ellison Warner
Rev Dr Beverley Ellison Warner rector of St Stephen’s Episcopal Church offers resignation to the vestry. He arrived in Philadelphia from New Orleans about a month ago after eleven years in his previous post.
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Philadelphia
Beverley Ellison Warner
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Warner
New Orleans
Resignation Motivated by Love of Trinity Church
In Cleveland on March 28 a conference reached an agreement between Lake Carriers and the Marine Firemen's Oilers' and Water-Tenders' union. The workers will receive last year's wages after initial demands for a 20 percent increase. Dr War ker cites his love for his old church as the sole reason for resigning.
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Trinity Church
Hhis Old Church
Warker
Cleveland
Ex-mayor Ames sues city for back salary
Minneapolis reports Dr. A. A. Ames former mayor has filed a suit against the city seeking 490 dollars in back salary claimed due him. The case will be heard at the April term of the district court. Bloomington notes Alonzo Hall, Normal Waterworks head, committed suicide after fear of non reappointment. he left a funeral note.
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Minneapolis
A. A. Ames
District Court
Bloomington
Alonzo Hall
Normal
Hall
Indiana couple’s marriage after long separation ends in renewed union
In Boonville Eva Vincent and John Baker of this county wed in Newberg after decades apart. They had previously faced blocked nuptials as Baker married elsewhere and Vincent, then Eva Walden, also married. Baker’s wife later died and Vincent obtained a divorce. The event marks a long-awaited union arising from past obstacles.
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Boonville
Ind
Eva Vincent
John Baker
Newberg
Baker
Vincent
Eva Walden
Chicago Markets Report March 28 1905 Cattle and Hogs Note Sluggish Trade
Chicago markets show mixed receipts and weak to lower prices across cattle hogs and sheep. Official hog receipts yesterday 42397 with bulk at 5 30 to 5 45. cattle steady with beves 3 90 to 6 25 and stockers 2 70 to 4 35. sheep weak with native sheep 4 50 to 6 20 and western lambs 4 75 to 7 25.
Man Survives Engineered Tunnel Blowout in East River
Richard Creedon and three fellow workers were blown through a tunnel roof when air pressure ruptured the roof in the East River between Brooklyn and the Battery. Creedon surfaces twenty feet high, bruised but alive. companions rescued with nonfatal injuries as two tubes are built to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn subways.
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New York
East River
Richard Creedon
Brooklyn
The
Battery
Manhattan Subway
Brooklyn Subway
Joralemon Street
Creedon
Attempt to Kill a Priest in Winnipeg
In Winnipeg on March 28 Rev W Blozowiski priest of an independent Polish church faced two gunshots fired from the street. One bullet hit an oil lamp causing an explosion and fire destroying valuable paintings in his residence. The priest had stirred religious controversy among Polish factions.
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Winnipeg
W. Blozowiski
Blozowiski
Moorish hotel guide attacks Harris in Tangier post office
Walter B. Harris, London newspaper correspondent, was stabbed in the stomach by a Moorish hotel guide in the Tangier post office. The knife struck Harris’s watch ring. the motive remains unknown.
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Moor
Tangier
Walter B. Harris
London
Harris
Girl Should Have a Medal, Scottsboro Alabama
Miss Lulu Austin daughter of Sheriff D C Austin discovered six desper ate prisoners at work sawing the bars in the gates to the main corridor Three had been severed when she surprised the men She ordered them back and forced surrender of the six saws without hesitation
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Scottsboro
Ala
Lulu Austin
D. C. Austin
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