Retreat of Russian Army Threatened by Japanese Push
Moscow reports of Mukden battle show Gen Kuropatkin ordered a general retreat under heavy Japanese pressure. Russian losses are described as enormous as fires burn supplies south of Mukden. Japanese forces pursue toward Tie Pass with Rennenkampff's cavalry cut off and Mukden and surrounding areas in Japanese hands.
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Kuropathin
Liaogyang
Mukden
Japan
Wukdet
Muhden
Rennenkampff
Mincherix
Tre Passure
State Department
Janese
Tikso
Vareh
Jsuronaikin
Tokyo
Winch
Mactantan
Ocack
Kuroki
Fisan
Shakbe
Associated Press
Shakhe
Hushatal
Harbin
Commissariat
Noel
Ushantun
Tatcheklao
St Petersburg
Oyama
Napoleon
Kuropatkin
Tie Pass
Liaoyang
Europatkin
Gen Kuropatkin
London Times
Washington Post
Tsarskoe-Selo
New Deal On Canal Commission Involves Major Reorganization
President expresses dissatisfaction with the Isthmian Canal Commission and plans a sweeping overhaul within weeks. Only two of the present members may remain as Rear Admiral Walker and Burr Harrod Grunsky face removal, with Wallace likely elevated to chairman and a three to four member panel continuing canal work.
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Isthmian Canal
Burr
Harrard
Grunsky
Davis
Senate
Isthmian Canal Commission
Frank J. Hecker
Michigan
Walker
Burr, Harrod
Georges W Davis
William Barclay Parsons
New York
Wallace
Commission
Admiral Walker
United States Army
United States
Army
Navy
Howe
Congress
House
House Commerce Committee
Canal Commission
Panama
Compan
May 9 194, Commission pay clause and president letter
The document notes no salary or per diem extras for Isthmian Canal Commission members tied to Canal Zone civil government work or Panama Railroad roles. Shortly after appointment, the President sent a lengthy letter outlining duties and urging persistent work, independence in hiring subordinates, and accountability for their performance. He warned he would replace any member not delivering the best possible service.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Zone
Panama
Ignd
Ofn
Inquest View Challenges Death by Own Action Theory
Honolulu March 8 High Sheriff Henry questions inquest on Mrs Stanford death. He traced the bottle history from San Francisco and says poison was not added here. Attorney General Andrews presses death by own action theory, citing Mrs Stanford in San Francisco tasting bitter medicine. Chemists say fatal combination would require both capsule and bicarbonate of soda, about one twelfth grain of strychnine. San Francisco reports police have not found strychnine at Mrs Stanford residence and will not question former household members further.
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Honolulu
Henry
Mrs Stanford
San Francisco
Andrews
Mr. Stanford
Stanford
Jane Lathrop Stanford
Palo Alto
Gompers
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Interborough
John Hurley
Locomotive Engineers
Amalgamated Assoccation of Electric and Street Railway
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
McClellan
Interborough Company
Roa
Brinnia
State Board of Arbitration
Peter Liundrigan
Berlin Denies Witte Resignation Report
Berlin official denies a report that Mr Witte president of the committee of ministers has resigned. Also in New York police investigate the death of Michael McGrath the Bronx horseman at Fordham Hospital, with family and police suspecting violence. An advertisement promotes Thomas Jefferson’s Bible with Union Trust Co. deposits and reduced pricing on copies.
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Berlin
St. Petersburg
Witte
Committee of Ministers
McGrath
New York
Michael McGrath
Bronx
Fordham Hospital
Strikers Plan Coup as Interborough Strike Worsens
New York report on the Interborough strike shows improved subway service but ongoing disruption on elevated lines. Officials claim near full resumption in days while a possible coordinated sympathy strike looms. Collisions injure workers, delays halt mail, and officials resist Mayor McClellan arbitration.
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New York Interborough Company
New York
Interborough Company
Sixth Avenue
Interboroughh
Pepper
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Third Avenue
West Chester
149Th Street
Niedringhaus denies he will run for St Louis mayor
In St Louis Thomas K Niedringhaus Republican caucus nominee for U S Senator says he will not seek the mayoral post despite reports. Missouri legislature deadlock persists with multiple names in contention and sine die adjournment set for March 2. Delaware sees no choice with one ballot showing Addicks and Dupont among others and 60 votes needed.
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Niedringhaus
St. Louis
Jefferson City
United States
Cockrell
Kerens
McKinley
Dyer
Bartholdt
Warner
Robert D. Silver
House
Thomas K. Niedringheus
Republican Caucus
Representative Hills
Kansas City
Missouri
Delaware
Dever
Del
Addicks
Bauisbury
Henry A. Dupont
Higshes
Richardson
Thomas C. Moore
Union
Indians Want to See the President Across Nation
Indians across the country express desire to meet the President as part of a broad push to engage federal policy. The issue sits amid other national concerns including tariff debates and parliamentary sessions.
Cordova Unfrocked by New Jersey Methodists
Rev. J Cordova, the eloping minister, was unfrocked by the New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference in a secret session. He was charged with immorality and desertion of his wife and family. The unanimous vote followed a tense meeting as other charges were referred to a committee chaired by Bishop Foss.
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New Jersey Methodists
Elope
Rolla
Atlantic City
N. J
J. ¥. Cordova
New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference
Cordova
Dar
John W Morris
Sayersville
John B Haines
New Brunswick
J. F. Swan
C H Butterworth
Camden
Bishop Foss
Philadelphia
Peabody in Minority An Effort to Seat McDonald
In a joint assembly session the guber natorial dispute shows a split. Twenty two Republican members join Democrats on a test vote backing seating Lt Gov Fosse A McDonald as governor, while forty four Republicans are counted with James H Peabody. Democrats back Gov Alva Adams. The proceedings reveal parliamentary maneuvering as the convention contemplates multiple reports and potential adjournments.
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Adams and
Peabody
Denver
General Assembly
Fosse A. McDonald
James H Peabody
Alva Adams
Alexander
Adams
Gey McDonald
W. H Dickson
Peabody and
McDonald
Peabody Republicans
Gov. Adams
Explosion Wrecks Granger Church In Utah Tragedy
In Granger, near Salt Lake City, a gas explosion in the Mormon meeting house cellar killed Nelile Mackay the organist and seriously injured twenty six others mostly women and children. The building was wrecked and a panic followed as worshippers fled trampling occurred during evacuation.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Granger
Granger Mutual Improvement Association
Misa Nelile Mackay
Government veers case against Mrs Chadwick in bank fraud trial
In Cleveland, March 8, the government wrapped its case in the Chadwick matter after presenting checks drafts and bank books. Key evidence included two drafts for eighty thousand dollars and a twelve thousand five hundred dollar check from Oberlin Bank while Mrs Chadwick had no funds. Letters to Beckwith and Spear were read revealing attempts to certify checks she could not cover. Andrew Carnegie looks to Oberlin with no expected testimony. he plans a college visit after recent gifts.
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Beckwith
Spear
Andrew Carnegie
Cleveland
Ohio
Mra
Chadwick
Sullivan
Oberlin Bank
Lyon
Dawley
Chad
Henry Wurst
Hiyria
Shen
Sullyvan
Mra Chadwick
Taylor
Sir Reveralds
Bedkwith
Carnegie
Oberlin
Oberlin College
King
Citizens’ National Bank of
College
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Sloan's
Moses
Armhive
Miss Democracy
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
N. W
Thomas Jefferson
Subway
John Davis
Pittsburg
Bureau of Combustibles
West Farms
125Th Street
Sic
Post Business
Prica
Colorado
Fairbanks
Dayton
Virginia
Plains
Mi—Financial and
Court of Appeals
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
Boston
Bank’s
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