Battle for Mukden Ends in Dire Straits and Hope
Chinese front reports a brutal ten day struggle around Mukden with Russians holding lines on the Shakhe and Hun rivers as Japanese forces under Oyama push north. Exhausted troops endure hunger and bombardment while key positions fall and counterattacks focus on Pachiatzu and surrounding villages amid field hospital chaos and ongoing rail, telegraph, and road disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Oyama
Ushuntun
Stern Gyama
Shakhe
Notice on Marriage and Sleath Notices Distribution
NOTICE Marriage and sleath notices neertet in The Washington Post will upon application appear simultaneously without extra charge for either immersion or telegraphing in multiple morning newspapers including New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburgh Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald Blyraclsh Post Standard and Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record Herald
Huladelphia Public Ledger
Pittsblre Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester
Lolis Republic
Blyraclsh Post Standard
Pall Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain
LICENSED TO MARRY AND DEATH NOTICES IN 1900S RECORD
The notice lists marriages and deaths including Paul Ackerly and Lenore Henry of Vernon and many others across multiple states. It records funeral details, interment locations, and services for Clarke, Koones, Moran, Spiker, Young, Lewis, and Moran, with dates around 1903 to 1905 and a section noting military orders and multiple obituary entries with addresses and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
John A. Clarke
Lee
Koones
Blandine Victorine
Charles K Koones
Elenora Blandford
M. Moran
Patrick I. Moran
Liurday
Thirtieth Street
Trinity Catholic Church
Spiker
Ethel Marie Spiker
Marie
Rb’ Spiker
Fifte Street
Young
Washington Asylum Hospital
Joseph Foyne
City Morgue
Lewis
Loyal Legion OF the United States
District of Columbia
Washinton
Charles Frederickewi
Schenectady
York
John W Foster
USS Volunteers
Haxford
CS Army Recorder
Russian fleet moves amid Madagascar plague fears
A London Times cable reports Vice Admiral Rojestvensky plans to join Nieborogatoi's force and sail from Port Seid, likely across the Indian Ocean, with speculation on route. Paris notes Rosestvensky’s squadron may head to Jibutil Madagascar amid French plague concerns and halted supplies to the Pacific fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Washington Post
St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Jubutil
Niebogatoi
Corliers
Port Seid
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Nic Bogatoff
Rojestvensty
Russia
Jibatil
Underwrite Russian loan aims for May issuance
Paris March 9 A banker in the syndicate said Paris and St Petersburg negotiations are nearly complete but details remain. The $100,000,000 loan may be deferred beyond May with a rate near 4 1 2 percent. French bankers seek exceptionally favorable terms to ensure quick sale while the syndicate privately underwrites the full amount before public offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
St. Petersburg
Tie Pass Invested by Japanese Forces in Manchuria
Report from Niuchwang dated March 4 via Tientsin says Tie Pass is under Japanese siege with Gen Europatkin likely to surrender within a week. Russian reinforcements from Harbin have not arrived since March 1. Gen Nogi and Gen Oku’s forces encircle about 80,000 Russians, cutting off supplies as they close in, delivering a decisive enveloping attack.
Russian Ambassador Pays Demnity to Lansdowne in North Sea Case
London March 9 Count Benckendorff the Russian Ambassador paid 325000 dollars to Foreign Secretary Lansdowne in settlement of North Sea claims and the incident was thus closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Lansdowne
London
Count Benckendorff
Great Britain
Day
Lansdowne
North Sea
Uprising and Attacks Hit Kutais and Surrounding Regions
A sweeping dispatch from London reports peasants advancing from Orlovka burning estates and looting. The Michaeloffsky sugar refinery and Derulginsky refinery were set ablaze with workers robbed. In Sukhum an assassination attempt failed against Col Progoulbirsky, governor of Kutais. Five miners died and fifteen wounded near Shverbinoff and Auerbach mines as troops fired on strikers. Smolensk unrest grows with red flags. Baltic provinces press for restored rights and German language teaching revival. A spokesman in Warsaw notes joy at a supposed Russian defeat and an assistant police official was fatally shot.
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Col. Progoulbitsky
Kutala
Ekaterinoslav
Baltic
London
Hieff
Daily Mail
Orlovka
St. Petersburg
Col. Progoulbirsky
Kutais
Sukhum
Heraterinostav
South Russia
Shverbinoff
Auerbach
Warsaw
Mukden
Plague Ravages India With Record Weekly Deaths
Calcutta reports 34000 deaths in the past week as bubonic plague continues to ravage India. Official data show nearly 3 million deaths in a few years, with outbreaks spreading to Burmah. The government fights the epidemic by burning sections and isolating residents while a Lancet commission may assist eradication efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
India
Burmah
Lancet
Plague Department of India
Bombay
Fire in Kaiser Palace cellars. two firemen burned
Fire swept through coal and wood cellars under a palace wing at Potsdam. Firemen fought flames for six hours. two were severely burned. The Imperial family was away in Berlin. Kaiser praised Japanese soldiers later at Wilhelms Haven, highlighting patriotism and fidelity.
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Berlin
New Palace
Potsdam
Sperial
Kaiser
Emperor William
Wilhelmshaven
Prairie Oil and Gas Runs Oil Above 30 Degrees Clash
Chanute Kansas March 9 Prairie Oil and Gas Co orders no oil below 30 degrees signaling a renewed boycott in the Kansas field. John O Brien assistant manager says laws cannot be complied with and denies ties to Standard Oil. Topeka deposition reveals railroads in the Mississippi freight bureau changed tariffs to favor destination storage, hindering independent refiners. Standard Oil criticizes the shift as a tactic to crush competition, with railroads in Missouri freight bureau named as Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas and Texas and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Kans
Prairis Oil and Gas Company
Kansas
John O'Brien
Prairie Company
Standard Oil Company
Prairie Oil and Gaa Company
Topeka
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Mississippi Freight Bureau
Kansas Oi
Frank 8. Monnett
Missouri Freight Bureau
Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Attchison
Santa Fe
Bell urges use of Colorado methods to end strikes
Gen Sherman M Bell former Rough Rider and adjutant general of Colorado spoke at Phillips Andover Academy alumni smoker at the University Club. He warned that the nation must end strikes and purge politicians, claiming he drove out Colorado strikers and achieved peace. Col J G MacDonald and Chinese Minister Sir Chentung Liang Cheng presided and guests pressed for more on education and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman M Bell
Colorado
Phillips- Andover Academy
University Club
J. G. MacDonald
White House
Sir Kentung Liane- Cheng
Bell
Massachusetts Institution
New York
Gen. Bell
Western University of Winchesters
Southwestern College
New Mexico
Denver
Col. J. Q. MacDonald
George Raymond
Princeton
George O'Connell
M. &. Horne
John N. Jordan
George K McLanahan
R. Wayne Parker
Raymond
Col. MacDonald
Tillmon Hendrick
George Mitchell
H G. Merril
H. W. Eaton
George Tod Ford
Foster Greene
Charles Hay
George H. Henning
Robert Hume
Chentung Liang-Cheng
M. D. Hutchingon
William Armstrong
Britton Brown
Murray A. Cobb
Irving H. Dunlap
George O.connell
M. E. Horne
Phillips-Andover Academy
Abbott Seminary Academy
Stearns
Largest French gang tried at Amiens Assizes
The Amiens Assizes house the year’s largest batch of prisoners led by Marius Jacob. The organized gang robbed cities across France and abroad for years, sometimes with manslaughter. About 160 witnesses testify as the trial nears a fortnigh t, with cavalry guarding the vans to prevent lynching amid anarchic cries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Amiens S
Blow to the Strikers Ends in Back-to-Work Order
Grand Chief Warren Stone orders members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to report for duty, declaring the strike a violation of national union laws. Local leaders and strikers insist they will stay out until demands are won, while other unions deny any national sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Engineers
Amalgamated Association
New York
Warren §. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
National Union
Interborough Company
William Y. Jencks
Mr. Stone
Jencks
Timothy Healy
International Brotherhood of Stationary Fire
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
Warren 3. Stone
Mahon
Harry Johnson
Union of Locomotive Engineers
Mr. Jencks
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Warren 8. Stone
Gre
Subway
Messrs. Stone
W. B. Hurley
Cleveland
Long to Succeed Wyndham in Britain Crisis
London reports Walter Hume Long has accepted the Ireland chief secretary post, with Balfour expected to announce today. A possible cabinet reshuffle looms if War Secretary Forster resigns amid ill health and criticism. Government majorities in the House of Commons remain dangerously small as tariff reformers plan Monday and Thursday dinners to rally support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balfour
London
Walter Hume Long
Local Government Board
Ireland
Arnold Forster
House of Commonga
House of Commons
Mr. Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Mississippi Governor Vardaman Calls Crime Crusade
Gov. Vardaman, in Jackson, urges officers to quickly target dives and criminals to reduce crime among negroes. He advocates enforcing the law against vagabonds and criminals of all races, aiming for a 75 percent drop in black crime this year. He blames peace officers for neglect and says honest toil negroes do not commit crimes against white women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Money Used at Caucuses Raises Senate Inquiry
Rev New Smyth testifies before the Connecticut judiciary committee alleging extensive money influence in last state campaign across more than 100 of 168 towns. He estimates total spending near 150000, cites letters offering payments for votes, and accuses lack of prosecutions under the corrupt practices law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Newman Smyth
New Haven
Judiciary Committee
General Assembly
Connecticut
Smyth
United States
United States Senate
Death notices sweep across cities in a single day
Philadelphia lawyer and Democratic politician Matthew Dittman dies at 50 from consumption after a career as a congressional candidate and presidential elector. Indianapolis recalls five-time mayor John Cavins, coal pioneer. Chicago notes Rev. Mother Mary Agnes of the Congregation of St. Agnes. Also listed: hotel proprietor George H. Love. Mrs. Caroline R. Haldeman. Henry A Barclay, noted clubman. Rear Admiral Hawin W. Houston dies in Lausanne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Matthew Dittman
Iis
Dittman
Congress
Richard Vaux
Indianapolis
Ind
John Cavins
Indiana
Chicago
Mary Agnes
Congregation of St. Agnes
Hays
Kans
Fond du Lac
Wis
Agnes
Leo House
New York
Lancaster
Lausanne
Switzerland
Hawin W. Houston
Marietta
Houston
Washington, D. C
Heath
Movements of Ocean Steamers Reported
New York on March 9 reports arrivals and sailings of major liners. Oceanic arrived from Liverpool, Baltic arrived from New York, and Kronprinz Wilhelm sailed from Bremen and Southampton bound for New York. Cedric departed Liverpool for New York, La Lorraine sailed to Havre, Grass er Kurturst to Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oceanic
Liverpool
la Lorraine
Havre
Grasser Kurturst
Bremen
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Queenstown
Baltic
Cedric
Kronpring Wilhelm
Southampton
Nervous Headaches and Value of Paine's Celery Compound
Nervous headaches arise from weary nerves showing fatigue and distress. Paine's Celery Compound claims to restore nerve force, revive strength, and treat headaches neuralgia rheumatism malaria and other run down conditions by strengthening nerves controlling all organs. A testimonial from Mrs. L F Murray of Seattle credits improved health after La Grippe and prolonged use of the tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Pairie
L. F. Murray
la Grippe
Fifth and
Mercer Streets
Seattle
Wash
Shoogay Country Club
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Fierge
Gity
Japan
Pachiatzu
Imperial Rifles
George
Sapolaki
Lafo- Yang
Poutllort Hill
Prince Makaeff
Samara
Imperial Tombs
Launtis
Santaise
Nshuntun
Sapolski
Kaulbars
Red Cross
Paul Ackerly
Lenore Henry
Vernon
Nona
George J Glover
Franch A Peterson
Louis W Capron
St Louia
Isapella Garea
Matellus Droady
Alice Carter
Jenn L. Wo
Finamore
Caterina D'anna
Alfred Gray
Ella Gaines
Baltimore, Md
George TF Collina
Annie B. de Groot
Bowling Green
Mercus W Wilson
Livingston County
Emma Rhier
Health Office Record
John < Anderson
Prospect
Cella
Myrtla St. Na
Robert Janes
Joseph Wiechell
Nello WeCauley
Bettie Webitt
Wellie Tylor
Robert G A Wade
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
J. William Les
Pennsylvania
Joseph Gawler
Emhelmer
R. F. Harv*Y’'S Sons
Funerl
Folrtepanth Street
John R. Wright
Tenth Street
George P. Zarhorst
East Capitol
Drestvensky
Wiebogatoff
Jibutil
TIE Pass Invested
Niuchwang
Europatkin
Usslnce
Kalon
Kaiser’s Palace
Jowneys
Lowney’s Chocolate Bonhans
Lowney
Loomer
Walter M. Lown Lowney Co
Boston
Mass
Prairies Oil Company
Standard
General Bell
E. W. Grove
Sixth Avenue
James Kerrigan
Kerrigan
Hugh R. Grace
119Th Street
Long
Wyndham
Thomas Jefferson
Edlthon
Scribner’s Magazine
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Vardaman
Missouri
Jefferson City
Cockrell
Niedringhaus
Kerens
Bartholdt
Warner
Dyer
Lyons
McKinley
House
Delaware
Dover
Del
Addicks
Saulsbury
Henry A. Dupont
Richardson
Hughes
St. Paul, Minn
George H. Love
St. Luke's Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harrisburg
Caroling R. Haldeman
Jacob
Haldeman
Norway
Sweden
Lincoln
Henry A Barclay
Barclay Realty Company of
Union Club
Lambs’ Club
A.collins
Sloan’s Art Galleries
U. S. Treasury
D-Day
Johnson
Shanes
Art Gallerie
Lome
Ours
G Street
Be & Sloan
NSERC
L. F. Mulray
Hub Furniture Co
E. Gor
Spark Kling Jle
Cass
Washington Brewery Son
4Th
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