War to the bitter end in Mukden aftermath. Russia to raise new army
The Russian government vows to press the war, order a new army, and push ahead against Japan despite Mukden defeat. Vice Admiral Rozhestvensky will sail to engage Togo, with Kuropatkin's resignation likely accepted and a new commander to be chosen as Russia seeks to sustain the fight and pursue potential peace talks.
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Rojestvensky
Togo—Kuropatkin
Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Mukden
Far East
Togo
Nicholas
Russia
Japan
Harbin
Vladivostok
Poland
Kuropatkin
Grodekati
Amur
Dragomiroff
Manchuria
Notice of Marriages and Deaths in The Washing U N Post
Notices list marriage and death items with names and dates, naming families such as Reeves Tibbetts Clagett Crawford Huse Mackey Pine and others. Entries reference funeral arrangements, residences, cemeteries, and service times across multiple cities, with scattered OCR errors.
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NEW York Times
Boetow Globe
Buffalo
Col Rier
Cincinnati Enquirer
CHI Suo Record-Herald
Fill
Adelphia Plblic Ledger
Pittsbl
RG Dispatch
Providence
Jolrall
Rochester Herald
Lolis Republic
Undertakers Paso Jr William Lee Funeral Director
Paso Jr William Lee operates a funeral home with livery in connection at Commodioug chapel and Modern Crematorium located at 332 Pennsylvania Ave. Prices are modest and the business can be reached by telephone at 1355.
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William Lee
Pennsvania Ave
Loss of His Stores Deepens Kuropatkin Defeat Rout
Dispatches from Tokyo report Gen. Kuropatkin’s defeat as a rout with heavy store losses. Russian prisoners exceed 40,000 and field casualties top 26,500. The note lists trophies, rifles, wagons, grain, maps, clothing, bread, fuel, hay, and horses taken or lost. Officials say peace may hinge on European bank pressure, with the U.S. deferring to agree terms if invited.
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Tokyo
Legation
Shaho
Nachmoff
Hongking
Russia
Janan
Far East
United States
Retreat One of Horror
Paris dispatch from March 12 reports a scene of extreme horror among Russian troops during the Mukden area battles. Descriptions include madness, troops firing on each other, bayonets mistaken for Japanese, and mass despair as Kuropatkin’s forces shrink to about 150,000 with bread and ammo scarce while Japanese and allied forces advance with heavy weaponry and captured siege artillery.
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Kuropatkin
Nicholas
Mandarin Road
Tie Pass
Guerschelman
Chuchital Station
Tle Pass
Washington Post
Paris
St. Petersburg
Petit Journal
Mukden
Mikado
Japan seeks peace through informal channels says Times
St Petersburg Times correspondent reports Japan twice approached Russia with peace terms. Japan demanded indemnity and a pledge that Russia would not keep warships in the Pacific for twenty five years, causing the proposals to fail and the Russian government to reassess.
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London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Japan
Russia
Pacific
War Weariness and Russia’s Bargaining Terms
The text notes that her pecuniary resources are exhausted and argues that prolonging the war by only a few months more would yield Russia more favorable terms. The statement reflects financial strain and strategic negotiation considerations within the conflict context.
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Russia
Riots in South Russia destroy sugar refineries and estates
Rioters in Central and South Russia burn another sugar refinery in Eloff province and attack distilleries as government control shrinks. Refugee landowners report peasants proclaim returns to reclaim land, with owners sent to towns if resisting. No troops seen to curb violence. Warsaw notes schools to reopen and threat of expulsions as strikes spread. parents appeal to the education minister to keep schools closed amid the unrest.
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Washington Post
St. Petersburg
South
Russia
Eloff
Warsaw
Explosion at Hotel Bristol Linked to Imperial Plot
In St Petersburg a bomb blast at the Hotel Bristol killed a man with a London issued passport. He spoke little English and had two local addresses. Police trace him to anti government activity and possible ties to plotters who killed Grand Duke Sergius. Arrests follow across St Petersburg and Baltic provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
St. Petersburg
Bristol
London
Grand Duke
Sergius
Baltic
McCullough
Capture of Kankyachien After Fierce Artillery Duel
Japanese infantry advanced under heavy fire and drove Russians from Kankyachien after a brutal artillery duel. Gen Oku observed from the hill as troops pressed two villages and breached the defenses, with continuous bombardment and heavy casualties on both sides before securing the village.
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Oku
Tientsin
Kankyachien
Kankyuchien
Japan
Klankyach
Stragan
Kaukyuchien
Chinese Rail Service Suspended Over Military Cargo Demands
Tientsin reports a suspension of train service between Kuopants inkow and Sin mintin due to Japanese military authorities demanding transport of military stores. In Tokyo a British steamer Saxon Prince bound for Vladivostok with steel rails was seized March 9 by Japanese forces in the Tsushima Straits and taken to a base for trial.
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Tientsin
Chinese Railway Administration
Kuopants
Inkow
Sinmintin
Tokyo
Vladivostok
Tsu
Grafters for Tickets Play All Kinds of Tricks
Theater managers face ticket grafters who supply scalpers with tickets and use forged cards to obtain free seats. Women are the primary grafters, often with stage experience, while managers actively screen requests and deny those who bluff. The article also notes a wave of newspaper grafters seeking free seats from local papers.
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Washington Post
New York
Theatrical Managers’ Association
Managers’ Association
Lostie Carter
Garrick
Belasco
Miss Smythe
Maude Adams
Death notices of Col Caleb Huse and others
Highland Falls N Y March 12 Col Caleb Huse seventy five died at his home after a surgical operation He was a West Point graduate instructor resigned in 1861 served as Confederate purchasing agent in Europe He leaves a wife three sons and five daughters Also notices Rev Lewis Grout Yale 1842 Zulu language authority died Kingston Jamaica Charles A Forbes Petersham Mass died aboard ship Halifax Rose Hart wife of Rev Dr B C Hart surgeon general at Wuhu China died in Baltimore
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Bright
Garfied Hospital
George
A.brish
US NW
Materi
Maine
Congressional Cemetery
John Bardy Crawford
B Street
Monm
Loudon Park
Halumm Ky Md
Lucy Ramdet Brown
Weston
Church of the Covenant
Huse
Highhind
Paris
Caleb
Holy Innocents
Birchland Falls
Tuesdivarnonn
Waters
Frank A. Waters
Wiliam FL
Sarah G
St. Lou
William Cars
Highland Falls
Caleb Huse
United States Military Academy
Weat Point
Jefferson Davis
Europe
University of Alabama
Col
Newburyport
Mass
Reginald M
Cedar Croft School
Plainfield, N. J
Harry P
Naval Academy
Robins
New York City
Brattleboro
Lewis Grout
Natal
South Africa
Yale
Kingston
Jamaica
Charles A. Forbes
Petersham
Masa
Halifax
Baltimore
Rose Hart
B. C. Hart
Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Wuhu
China
Hart
Hamilton
Ontario
War on Indiana Saloons Sparks Broad Temperance Campaign
Special to The Washington Post reports Indiana aims to stamp out liquor sales with remonstrance powered licenses. The new law allows majority remonstrances in wards or townships to bar licenses for two years, targeting saloons and blind tigers. The Anti-Saloon League plans statewide drives, township meetings, and door-to-door signature campaigns to curb licenses and expand remonstrance reach.
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Washington Post
Indianapolis
Indiana
League
Fancy: Leads Science Some Striking Forecasts
The article surveys writers and scientists predicting humanity’s future. It cites projections by Prog. Young on legless progression, a French expert on nose loss, a Butler University professor’s four toed giant, and Loeb on delaying death. It notes Wells as a prime forecaster and discusses Poe Goethe Emerson Hamlets insight, Verne like inventions, and a Grand Rapids embalming claim.
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Young
Butler Gnd University
Babbage
Loeb
Albert de Springer
Paris Academy of Medicine
Loeffier
Berlin University
H. G. Wells
Wells
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Wilkie Collins
Count Fosco
Mr. Wells
An Easy Way To Keep Well With Simple Health Rules
A health column promoting stomach care over dieting. Dramatized endorsement of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets by Prof. Wiebold, 68, indoor lifestyle, daily use after meals, claims of general health benefits, widespread availability in households from Maine to California and in Britain and Australia, priced at 50 cents per package.
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Wiebold
Stuart
Stuert
Maine
California
Great Britain
Australia
Rugeis
Rheumatism faith in Paine's Celery Compound proved by letter
John C. Rowan of St Paul recounts decades of relief from rheumatism after using Paine's Celery Compound. He details a full twelve bottle course and credits he and janitor William Garlow at Humboldt High School with restored health. The letter endorses the nerve theory of rheumatism and promotes the product as advised by Prof E E Phelps of Dartmouth.
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E. E. Phelps
Dartmouth University
Paine
John C. Rowan
Rowan
William Garlow
Oakdale Avenue
Humboldt High School
East Winifred Street
St. Paul, Minn
Radium Rays in War of the Worlds Foresee Destruction
A French scientist involved with radium discoverers says its rays cannot be resisted. He claims they melt stone fortifications and steel warships, destroying all built structures and devices. The Mars invasion tale is seen as prophetic, with science already converging on the writer's imagined power.
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Mars
Potomac River Falling as Ice Jam Clears at Point of Rocks
The Potomac River at Point of Rocks is dropping ten inches an hour, easing fears of damage downstream to Seneca where the ice jam was near the aqueducts. The river rose to nine feet above low water at Seneca, then began to fall this evening as ice broke up and moved downstream. The Monocacy ice near Dickersons jammed against the aqueduct but caused no damage, and the Catoctin aqueduct jam broke and passed safely.
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Point of Rocks
Washington Post
Boyds
Potomac River
Seneca
Dickersons
Catoctin
Miser Robbed and Murdered Near Port Byron
The aged miser Robert Kidney’s body was found in a cabin six miles from Port Byron. He was murdered and his home robbed of several thousand dollars in gold, silver, and bills. A missing $1,800 in gold and hundreds in paper currency remain unaccounted for. no suspect is known.
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Port Byron
Robert Kidney
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