Russia and Japan Move Toward Peace Talks Unclear
St Petersburg reports deny Russia has proposed peace terms while acknowledging no cession of territory or indemnity. Novoe Vremya hints at possible talks, urging both sides to negotiate directly. Washington says Roosevelt will aid peace but rejects mediating between czar and mikado.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Novoe Vremya
Novoe Vreyma
Washington
Mikado
Russians Fortify Sipinghai as Manchuria Battle Looms
St Petersburg dispatch reports Russians strengthening positions at Sipinghai amid planned week of action. Japanese forces gather nearby with a border of debatable ground between armies. A separate Japanese column moves toward Kirin to threaten Vladivostok lines and cut General Linovitch from Ussuri supplies.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Associated Press
Harbin
Sipinghai
Chaoumiaodzi
Chaouminodzi
Shuamnyaotzi
Linovitch
Ussuri
Rockefeller Gift Accepted by Mission Board
The American board of commissioners for foreign missions reports the prudential committee has recommended accepting John D. Rockefeller's gift of 100000 dollars. Final action on the matter had not yet been taken.
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Rockefeller
Boston
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Prudential Committee
John D. Rockefeller
Masterson Sworn as Deputy U S Marshal in New York
William B. Masterson known as Rat Masterson is sworn in as deputy United States Marshal in New York. He was recommended for the appointment by President Roosevelt and hopes to make a good record in his new role.
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New York
William B. Masterson
Rat” Masterson
Roosevelt
Masterson
Hhis New Place
Dwarf Husband Sues in Erie County Divorce Suit
William Brackman, a man under eighty pounds, sues for divorce after his wife filed for separate maintenance claiming fear of his violence. He alleges she attacked him without provocation and knocked him down in their Toledo area home.
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Toledo
William Prackman
Commhian Pleas Court
Erie County
Brackman
Spotted Fever Epidemic Records Crash In New York
New York reports thirty two new cerebro spinal meningitis cases in one day across boroughs of Greater New York. Passaic New Jersey closes a public school after two pupil deaths. Death rate exceeds seventy percent.
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New York
Greater
Passaic
N. J
Wreck on Omaha road leaves engineer dead in Mankato
A fast freight train on the Omaha line derailed at Mankato after an engine jumped the track. Engineer Morgan was crushed and scalded to death.
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Mankato, Minn
Omaha
Morgan
White to Meet Britt in 20 Round Fight
James Britt of this city faces Jabez White of England in a twenty round bout before the Yosemite Athletic Club on April 25.
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Jabez White
Britt
San Francisco
James Britt
England
Yosemite Athletic Club
Wisconsin Senate Backs Sweeping Anti Cigarette Law
Madison March 30 Wisconsin senate passes drastic anti cigarette bill after house approval. Law bans selling making giving away or importing cigarettes cigarette paper or other cigarette materials in Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
House
Wisconsin
Ex-Representative Ezra B. Taylor Critically Ill at 82
Ezra B. Taylor, former representative of Ohio's Nineteenth district, is gravely ill at age 82. He succeeded James A. Garfield and served twelve years in Congress.
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Warren
Ezra B. Taylor
Ohio
Taylor
James A. Garfield
Attack at Ottawa sanatorium leaves elderly woman gravely harmed
Ottawa Kansas March 30 Mrs Caroline Jobes 72 of Wellsville was attacked at a local sanatorium during the night by unknown assailants. Her skull was fractured with an ax and her body mutilated in what authorities fear may be a fatal wound.
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Ottawa
Kan
Caroline Jobes
Wellsville
Verna Lay Spared Life by Rope Skipping Surgery
A 10 year old girl from South Bend Indiana underwent surgery in Chicago for injuries from rope skipping. Doctors fear she may be crippled for life and will need appliances for at least a year.
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South Bend
Ind
Verna Lay
Chicago
Bank Robbery in Anson Three Men Blew Safe
Three men blew the safe at the Anson State bank in Anson Kansas during the night. The vault was opened with nitro glycerine and the bandits secured over 8101,000 in currency and silver. The crime occurred about 35 miles from Wichita.
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Wichita
Kan
Anson State Bank
Anson
Tiny the terrier proves memory and thought, claims London Globe
The London Globe recounts a three part bred black and tan terrier that slept near a nursery and fetched a squeaking rag doll to soothe a frail child, arguing the dog demonstrated memory and reflection through this act.
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Tiny
London Globe
Silver Thaw Phenomenon at Ben Nevis Observatory
The term silver thaw refers to rain falling when air is below freezing and freezing upon contact with the ground. It indicates an inversion where temperatures are lower atop the mountain than higher regions and it relates to a cyclonic pressure pattern, making it of forecasting value.
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Ben Nevis Observatory
Cautious exchange over borrowed ten shillings
Markley demands repayment of ten shillings from Borroughs while Borroughs hesitates promising possible future need. London Telegraph notes the cautious banter about debt and repayment timing between the two men.
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Markley
A Nice Distinction Dialogue Fragment
A briefExchange shows Mrs Whiffletree refusing to see her departed husband’s spirits preferring to see his ghost Tosh rejects any talk of spirits in this fragment from Puck.
Lieutenant General Linevitch: Veteran commander of weary campaigns
Lieutenant General Linevitch, 65, a veteran of 44 years in combat, led allied forces during the relief of the legations at Weking and directed 12 000 Japanese troops now pursuing him. He earned idolization from his men and distinguished himself at Mukden.
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Linevitch
Weking
Lineviteh
Mukden
Honors to Lees Daughter Miss Mildred C Lee
The body of Miss Mildred C. Lee youngest daughter of Robert E. Lee is escorted from Mrs. William Preston Johnston’s house to the Louisville and Nashville station for a train northward. Veterans and citizens pay tribute as flowers fill the hearse and a Confederate veterans escort accompanies the procession toward interment likely near Lexington Mississippi River areas and nearby towns.
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New Orleans
Ladies’ Confederate Memorial Association
Mildred C. Lee
Robert E. Lee
William Preston Johnston
Louisville and Nashville
Miss Lee
Atlanta
Robert Lee
Lexington
Des Moines Woman Seeks Claim to William Rice Estate
Mrs. J. J. Schuler of Highland Park Des Moines begins steps to enter claim to the William Rice estate. The New York miser millionaire was murdered and Patrick the attorney serves a life sentence in Sing Sing. Schuler, 51, believes she is his sister and has proof of kinship.
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Des Moines
New York
J. J. Schuler
Highland Park
William Rice
Patrick
Sing Oa
Schuler
Amy Phipps Engaged to Lord Wimborne Kin
New York reports Miss Amy Phipps eldest daughter of Henry Phipps, steel magnate, is engaged to Hon. Frederick Guest, third son of Baron Wimborne. Guest serves in the First Life Guards and has Egyptian service. Lady Wimborne, his mother, is aunt to the Duke of Marlborough and recently opened a religious bookshop in London.
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New York
Amy Phipps
Henry Phipps
Pennsylvania
London
Frederick Guest
Baron Wimborne
Guest
First Life Guards
Egypt
Lady Wimborne
Duke of Marlborough
Ivor Guest
M. P
Miss Vanderbilt
Lord Wimborne
New Railway Incorporated in Illinois
The Chicago Joliet and Kansas Railroad company is incorporated in Illinois with capital stock of 1 000 000 dollars. The plan includes building a line from Chicago to Joliet and branches from Joliet to Keithsburg, Mercer County, and from Bureau County west to the Mississippi River.
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New Railway Incorporated
Springfield
Ill
Chicago, Joliet and Kansas Railroad Company
Chicago
Joliet
Keithsburg
Mercer County
Bureau County
Missis
Oil firm cuts Kansas concessions in retaliation plan
Topeka reports Standard Oil has stopped giving robbers and Kansas wholesalers price concessions on refined oil and gasoline. The move, seen as retaliation for the anti discrimination law, would shift kerosene business from wholesalers to retailers who must pay retail prices.
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Topeka
Kan
Standard Oil Company
Kansas
Flags from Fort Sumter Celebrated and Archived
United States colors from Fort Sumter, carried during its 1861 surrender and recapture, were laid in the secretary of war reception room and viewed by Taft and officials. They were turned over to the War Department under General Anderson’s widow will and ordered to be placed in a glass case.
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Washington
United States
Fort Sumter
Taft
War Department
Anderson
Muskegon Man Seeks 30000 For Leg in Damages Suit
John Zeldenhurst of Muskegon files in Kent County circuit court a damage suit seeking thirty thousand dollars the largest claimed in Michigan for a leg. He asserts the right leg was lost after being caught in a flying log while employed by A B Rise Lumber Co of Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin, the defendant.
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Muskegon
Mich
Michigan
John Zeldenhurst
Kent County
Zeldenhurst
A. B. Rise Lumber Company
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Mrs. Deneen Hosts First Reception at Executive Mansion
Springfield March 30 Mrs Charles B Deneen gave her first public reception at the executive mansion from 3 to 5 p m. She greeted guests with the governor s sister Miss Florence Deneen. A large list of local ladies assisted and an evening reception followed for lawmakers and state officials.
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Springfield
Lil
Charles
Deneen
Executive Mansion
J. M. Adair
Robinson
Alfred Orendorff
Plato McCourtney
Delirium Cured by Water at Ward’s Island Hospital
In New York on March 30 physicians at the Manhattan State Hospital on Ward’s Island report curing delirium without sedatives or restraints. They claim the death rate dropped from about sixty percent and expect to save lives as baths and hydrotherapy replace restraint in violent or demented cases.
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New York
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island
Ohio Wesleyan breaks ground for new gymnasium
Delaware Ohio March 80 with students hatless and coatless the wing at the big rope drew a plow and with the college yell at each effort ground was broken for the new 80000 gymnasium of Ohio Wesleyan university President Whitelock guided the plow A furrow 150 yards long the length of the bow structure was run
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Delaware
Soe
Gymnnasium
Ohio Weslyan University
Whitelock
Michigan girl shot by Sabatini dies in Michigan
Calumet March 30 Pia Lombarelini the girl shot by Egosti Sabatini has died. The shooting occurred near Tri Mountain as Sabatini confronted the girl grabbing her hand and drawing a revolver to fire.
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Michigan
Calumet, Mich
Pia Lombarelini
Egosti Sabatini
Tri Mountain
Sabatin
Death of Vermilion County farmer Willem Welmley
Willem Welmley a prominent retired farmer of Vermilion county dies at his Danville home after a weeks long illness. A Civil War veteran he served in the One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Illinois regiment noted for the Kenesaw Mountain charge.
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Danville
Til
Willem Welmley
Vermilion County
Kenesaw Mountain
Blair student wins Cecil Rhodes scholarship to Oxford
Lincoln Nebraska March 30 Arthur H Marsh of Blair Nebraska has been awarded a Cecil Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University. Marsh is 21 years old.
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Lincoln, Neb
Arthur H. Marsh
Blair, Neb
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford University
Marsh
Market report shows mixed receipts and weak hogs in Chicago
Opening markets in Chicago report mixed cattle and hog receipts with weakness in hogs and steady to strong beef prices. Sheep remain steady with light demand. overall grain market cited as balanced with scattered price ranges among packing firms and shippers.
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Yesterdys
One Way Talks Dominates Debates On Home Rule
London March 50 The House of Commons held a one sided fiscal debate as Osmond Williams moved against Chamberlain reforms. Maciver argued for shipping interests and United States duties, while Rea and Bryce defended free trade. Redmond delays Mediterranean trip until April 12 as anti home rule plans emerge.
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London
House of Cammons
Osmond Williams
Joseph Chamberlain
Denny
Maciver
Liverpool
United States
Rea
Radical
Shipping Commission
Washington
Great Britain
Tuff
St Sa
House of Commons
John FE. Redmond
Mediterranean
Settlement offers on Samoan claims and Moroccan policy debate
Berlin reports the United States and Great Britain proposing 1,000,000 to Germany to settle Samoan claims of 1,120,000, while the Reichstag reviews whether to cover the difference. Chancellor von Buelow’s Morocco speech signals Germany’s stance against the Anglo French accord and hints at pursuing direct Sultan relations.
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Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Germany
von Riehthofen
Reichstag
von Buelow
von Richthofen
Morocco
France
Lkely
William
Property rights in a free country questioned
The Galveston News notes that even free citizens may not always have unrestricted power over their own property, highlighting limits on personal liberty within a free nation.
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Taven
Galveston
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Standard Oil
United
Mrs. Deneen
Illinois White House
Nebraska
Beach-Wickham Drain Co
Chi Board of Trade
McCall Bros
CAGO
Balfour
Thea
James Hryce
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