Desperate clashes persist on Mukden front as Russians defend passes
Reports from Mukden detail heavy fighting on February 27 as Tsinkhetchen forces claim Da and Che passes to block Japanese advances. Japanese pressure on Ta Pass and surrounding routes prompts Russian counteractions. both sides suffer heavy casualties amid snow and bombardment. Russia vows protest to powers over Japan’s breach of Chinese neutrality.
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Che
Gauto
Wufan
Mukden
Ta Pass
Huton Pass
Ta Pagg
Fusharn
Tie Pass
Hiegessway
Motien Pasa
Lisoyang
Shukha
Todlay
Kuroputkin
Kandle Pass
Tanga
Beydaling
Bomapadz
Col Gorsky
Kuropachin
Gauto Ami Wanfun
Tsinkhetchen
Maduradani
Manchuria
Yre Ruglans
Attac
Det Pass
Gautoe Pass
Nangou
Vampudzi
Haba Pass
Tsinketchen
Vanzee Pass
Snars
Bereseneft
Maughout
da and
Che Passes
Russia
St. Petersburg
Japan
Lena Crew Ordered Back as Bonded Parole Breach Prompted Russia Action
In St Petersburg on Feb 27 Russia ordered the Lena crew members who breached parole and escaped to return to San Francisco. The punishment reduces their rank citing youth as the sole excuse. The move eases potential apologies to Japan and preserves neutrality and internment principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
United States
Russia
Lena
San Francisco
Navy Department
Admiral McCalla
State Department
Japan
Peace talk and war strain as Russia holds line
Paris reports tentative peace conversations between Paris and Washington amid Russia's Manchuria crisis. The Czar's position remains firm though internal turmoil grows. Moscow braces for rail disruptions with martial law measures and troops on key lines to sustain provisions and transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
Foreign Office
St. Petersburg
New York
Japan
Hay
Shakhe
Rojestvensky
Togo
Brooke liable Countess sues for 250000 in Havana slaughter rights
Marta Francisca OReilly Countess of Buena Vista Cuba claims damages from Maj. Gen. John H Brooke for canceling her hereditary right to slaughter cattle in Havana. Judge Holt overruled Brooke demurrer, ruling the act confiscatory and unlawful and in line with the 1898 Paris Treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooke
Cuba
Havana
New York
Marta Francisca O'Reilly
Buena Vista
John H. Brooke
Holt
United States District Court
Charles W. Russell
Gen. Brooke
United States
Paris
Wiliam Ludlow
O'Reilly
Island
Suit Against Equitable Aims to Define Policyholder Rights
In New York the Equitable Life case was served on the society today. E H Woodward, counsel for policyholders in New York and Philadelphia, says the suit seeks to determine rights under the charter and whether directors may pay Mr Hyde five million dollars for his stock. He notes Hyde’s stock is to pay 7 percent dividends while other earnings belong to policyholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E. H. Woodward
Philadelphia
Equitable Life
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mr. Hyde
Dispels Columbus Myths Life of Explorer by Vignaud
Henry Vignaud secretary of the American Embassy has published a critical study on Christopher Columbus. The book argues many early life legends are unverified by modern research, including the idea of a voyage to Thule and far beyond. It clarifies Columbus family ties and exposes statements by Las Casas and Ferdinand Columbus as unsubstantiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Vignaud
Paris
Columbus
Lfe
Vignaud
Hfe
Las Casag
Ferdinand Columbus
Thule
Ten Men Under Arrest In New Jersey Crime Case
Police in Paterson, New Jersey, pursue a case echoing the Jennie Bosschieter tragedy after a half clad woman's body was found near a railroad track. Ten men are in custody with at least one admitting to aspects of the crime. A lock of hair, possible name Lillian Horton, and uncertain origins are alleged details.
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New York
Paterson
N. J
Jennie Bosschieter
Lillian Horton
Yonkers
Highth Avenue
Duis City
Pennsylvania Railroad reports 1907 earnings and New York tunnel plans
The Philadelphia report shows gross earnings of 118 million direct lines and net earnings after expenses of 26.34 million. It details a 1908 construction program including elevated freight roads, four track extensions, and the New York tunnel line now under active construction with tunnels under Weehawken, the East River, and Bergen Hill. A larger bonded indebtedness and capital subscriptions are to be approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
New York
North River
Weehawken
New Jersey
Tenth Avenue
New York City
Seventh
Ninth Avenues
East River
Hast Avenue
Long Island City
Bergen Hill
Long Island
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania Company
New York Tunnel
No clue to her murderers in Caserta villa death
Naples February 27 post mortem on Miss Catherine McCready found murdered in her Caserta villa shows death by asphyxiation. No view yet on killers. The lady’s maid and the maid’s father are jailed not for evidence but to help illuminate the tragedy.
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Naples
Catherine McCready
Caserta
TWO KILLED BY NEGROES IN YAZOO CITY MISSISSIPPI
A quarrel between Edward Stevens and four negroes led to the killing of Edward Stevens and his brother W L Stevens, with a negro named Wilder wounded. A sheriff and posse pursue the slayers who fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo City
Miss
Edward Stevens
Steven
W. L. Stevens
Wilder
Stevens
Missouri Senate Candidacy Row Deepens in GOP Caucus
A Jefferson City report says sixty Missouri legislators favor Niedringhaus but may back any candidate other than Kerens if pledged. Testimony before the senate committee alleges Akins funded Parker to support Parker’s Roosevelt bid and line up allies against Kerens. On ballot 33 Niedringhaus led Dyer and McKinley defections, Cockrell still ahead with 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
the Times
Jefferson City
Thomas K. Niedringhaus
United States
Niledringhaus
R. C. Kerens
Senate
Arthur Murphy
Fifteenth
Missouri
Thomas J. Akins
St. Louis
L. F. Parker
Akins
Washington
Roosevelt
Parker
Murphy
Cockrell
Casey
Miller County
T. K. Niedringhaus
Col
D. P. Dyer
Moberly
Dekalb
Silverwood
Rt. Charles
McKinley
Niedringhaus
Kerens
Dyer
Godfrey
Expelled Senators Face Bribery Probe in California
Sacramento February 27 State Senators E J Emmons Harry Bunkers El Wright and Frank French were expelled from the California senate for alleged bribes to aid building and loan associations. The investigating committee report was adopted by 32 to 0 with four abstentions. Wright was allowed to plead his case. his appeal did not alter the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
E. J. Emmons
Harry Bunkers
el Wright
Frank French
Senate
Welch
Emmons
French
Opposition to Quarles as district judge stirs Wisconsin hope
Special to The Washington Post from Madison Wisconsin dated February 27 reports La Follette supporters in the state hope to defeat Senator Joseph V Quarles nomination for district judge The action follows Quarles opposition to La Follette The La Follette faction seeks Governor La Follettes influence to block the appointment and anticipates his resignation to join the Senate to push a different nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Madison
Wis
Washington
Joseph V
Quarles
la Follette
Senate
Probing Bribery Charge In Indiana Legislature
Grand jury in Indianapolis is hearing evidence of bribery in the Indiana legislature. Witnesses include Representative Ananias Baker and James Hamilton, with subpoenas issued for Senator Strider and journal clerk George Heilman. One US Senate ballot tallies Addicks 15 Laulsbury 12 Dupont 8 Hughes 4 Coleman Dupont 7. total 50, 26 needed for choice.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marten County
Indiana
Alford
Criminal Court
Grand Jury
Ananias Baker
A. O. Baker
James Hamilton
Wabash
Benator Strider
Marion
George Heilman
Evansville
Dover
Bel
Joint Assembly
United States
Addicks
Laulsbury
Henry A. Dupont
Hughes
T. Coleman Dupont
Filipino Progress Association forms in New York
Announcement of the Filipinos group aims to inform on Philippine industrial commercial and political conditions promote pro Filipino legislation and support Roosevelt's idea of Philippine US relation. Notables include Jacob G Schurman Andrew Carnegie Charles W Eliot Cardinal Gibbons David Starr Jordan and Henry van Dyke. They urged Congress on opium regulation in Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Filipino Progress Association
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt
United States
Cuba
Jacob G. Schurman
Horace White
Andrew Carnegie
Charles W. Eliot
Cardinal Gibbons
David Starr Jordan
Henry van Dyke
Association
Congress
Formosa
Murder by Suitor Ends in Double Tragedy on Michigan Avenue
Chicago police officer Daniel Herman shot Mary Catherine Mulveil on a fashionable Michigan boulevard after a rejected advance. He fled, then died by suicide that night with the same revolver. Mulveil, an organist and subteacher, was 23, daughter of John Mulveil, executrix of estates totaling $220,000. Herman, a former plainclothes officer, had been infatuated and threatening, and had been furloughed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Herman
Mary Catherine Mulveil
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Herman
St. James’ Parochial School
Twenty-ninth Street
Yerman
John B. Murphy
St. James’ Catholic Church
Miss Mulveil
John Mulveil
William Mulveil
Mulveil
Demented Over Religion Ends In Suicide At Opera House
Chicago February 27 A coroner's inquest heard how Lowell W Banes after a period of religious obsession and several failed suicide attempts ended his life during a vaudeville show at the Chicago Opera House He had recently been released as cured from a Indianapolis hospital where he had been treated for mental illness His brother Warren Banes testified to prior attempts including swallowing buttons eating newspapers cutting his throat with a dull knife and using poison and chloroform The inquest linked his extreme religious preoccupation to the breakdown of his sanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Banes
Chicago
Lowell W. Banes
Chicago Opera House
Warren Banes
Lowell Banes
Indianapolis
Compromise With Robber After Chicago Letter
John W. Cornish deposits 1000 dollars with an uptown jeweler to hand over a stolen diamond brooch to any claimant. The plan follows a letter signed A B C from Chicago. Mrs Cornish and husband were robbed as they were followed from a street car. shots were fired at them and a policeman.
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New York
A. B
Chicago
John W. Cornish
Mrs Cornish
Mr. Cornish
Freer art offer to Smithsonian hinted by Detroit dinner
Smithsonian representatives here, after reviewing Charles K. Freer's Detroit art collection, may accept the gift with conditions. The Freer collection would be housed in a separate building and kept intact, with no additions or withdrawals. Also, Sloan's at 1407 G Street opens a Clarke paintings sale this evening.
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Detroit
Mich
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Charles K. Freer
Freer
Detroit Club
Washington
the Tribune
Wm. Penn Clarke
Clarke
Sloan’s
G Street
Inauguration Visitors Arctring
Digest of today’s issue highlights include Japanese win victories, a big Cuban claim against Gen Brooke, an heiress shot by a policeman, eleven killed by church collapse, Gorky to be deported, Santo Domingo policy assailed, Kaiser's cathedral dedicated, and theatre notes along with Senate actions and financial news.
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Gen
Brooke
Gorky
Santo Domingo
Kaiser
Senate
Swayne
Virginia
Maryland
Supreme Court
Crum
Chadwick Case Surprises With Motion to Quash Indictments
Cleveland, Feb 27. Attorney Jay P. Dawley filed a motion to quash all indictments against Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, including the joint count with Cashier A. G. Spear, arguing defects and improper testimony. The hearing is set for tomorrow at 9. Chadwick fights claims of illicitly procured goods and asserts she possessed no smuggled items, disputing duty and ownership notions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Jay P. Dawley
Cassie L. Chadwick
A. G. Spear
Oberlin
Spear
Atorney
Gen
IE. &. Meyer
Dawley
Mrs. Chadwick
C. T. Beckwith
Grand Jury
Beckwith
Chadwick
Jal
Plain Dealer
Leach
East
Felgium
Illinois Central to Rebuild After New Orleans Fire
New Orleans reports the Illinois Central will clear debris and rebuild Stuyvesant elevators and related facilities immediately after the ruins cool. Immediate loss estimated at 5 million dollars across warehouses, cotton, grain, sugar, and other goods, with insurance covering contents. Two fire engines escaped and crews ran for their lives amid debris as fire raged across wharfage and buildings.
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New Orleans
Illinois Central Railroad
Stuyvesant
Sips
Charles Michardson
Kohne
Mueller
Maritime Association
Brooklyn Church Floor Collapse Kills Eleven
A Brooklyn crowd of about 400 in Fleet Street AME church auditorium suffered a deadly floor collapse during a funeral service for founder Sydney L. Payter. At least eleven died and over fifty were injured from suffocation and crushed bodies as rotten beams failed. Coroner to pursue responsibility.
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Brooklyn
New York
Fleet Street
Bertha Green
Teresa Ellis
Samuel Chisholm
Anna Bran
Anna Sullivan
Louisa Smith
Mary Scott
Sydney L. Payter
Sand Pasto
Jacobs
Brooklyn Hospital
Flaherty
Writ for Nan Patterson to face Supreme Court in Brooklyn
New York Feb 27 A habeas corpus writ was issued requiring Nan Patterson show girl accused of Caesar Young murder to appear before Justice Gaynor in Brooklyn Supreme Court tomorrow. Counsel also obtained a writ of certiorari to bring her case to all courts alleging denial of speedy trial. Patterson remains in Tombs prison awaiting trial.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Miss Patterson
Nll
Tombe
Insurrection in Arabia grows as Yemen revolt expands
Constantinople reports Yemen in Arabia rising alarmingly with most of the province south of Sinaa iq in revolt. Kataba and Tais captured by insurgent Arabs while Turkish troops struggle to reach reinforcements. camels perish on routes and many soldiers desert amid transport failures. In science news, Lick Observatory director Campbell announces the discovery of Jupiter's seventh satellite by Perrine on January 6. Mardi Gras travel deals offered by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad include $27.75 to New Orleans and return and $25.78 to Mobile and Pensacola via Cincinnati, with tickets on sale March 16 for return March 31.
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Constantinople
Yemen
Arabia
Sinaa Iq
Kataba
Tais
Jupiter
San Francisco
W. W Campbell
Lick Observatory
Perrine
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New Orleans
Mobile
Persacola
Cincinnati
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Beresneff Hill
Shakhe River
Associated Press
Mukdan
Uchida
California
Aleeper
Southern Hy
So. Pacific
Berth
AJ. Poston
Gil Pa. Ave
Tokyo
London Times
Parie
Petersburg
Kuro- F Patkin
Far East
Martil
Prince Hilkoff
Moscow-Bresti
Takahira
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eehinga
Baltimore
Dune Street
Maryland Avenue
O’reilly
Countess
Equitable
Florida
Atkien
Augusta
Pullman
Aiken
St. Anine
Southern Railway
Annual Report of the
Miss McCready
Denve Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Denver
B. M. Newbold
P. SB
Geo. W. Boyd
Berens
Delaware
Friends OF the Filipinos
Dr. E. S. Freed
Chambersburg
EB. 3. Freed
Thigh Place
Birmingham
Ala
James L. Cole
North Birmingham
Moses
Slayer
Cornish
Smithsonian Committee
Freffer
Ghadwick
Illinois Central
Seaboard Florida Limited
St. Augustine
Pinehurst
Southern Pines
Camden
Southern Resorts
Paave
Justice Gaynor
Sansa
Via
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