Great Mukden battle drains both sides in a vast assault
Tie Pass March 14 report details a brutal Mukden campaign with major Russian retreats from Shakhe to the Hun River, heavy Japanese pressure, and a bold Russian defensive restructure. It notes high officer losses, chaotic evacuations, and a heroic civilian railroad team that saved thousands of wounded and matériel.
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Tie Pass
Mukden
Soes
Cabal
Tis Pass
Rennenkampff
Fiet Siberian Corps
Song
Shakhe
Madyapu
Hun River
Sinmintin
Simmmtin
Notice of Marriage and Death In Washington Post
Notice states that marriage and death notices inserted in The Washington Post will appear the next morning in multiple newspapers at no extra charge. The list includes New York Times, Boston Globe, Buffalo Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago Record-Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St. Louis Republic, Syracuse Post-Standard, Detroit Free Press, Minneapolis Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittablag Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
Fall Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
LICENSED TO MARRY IN MULTIPLE PAIRS
A listing of marriages and weddings including Frank Steward with Henrietta Lea and numerous other couples across various states. The notice also includes funeral and burial details for Martin Altschuh, Amna Jane Merchant, and William R Nau with dates in March 1905 1906 and locations in Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tschuh
Martin Altschuh
Philadelphia
Boston
Amna Jane
Silas Merchant
Health Office Deaths Q Reported Through March 14
Health Office record lists multiple deaths with ages and rough addresses including Margaret L Banks 4 years Henry P Clagett 41, Auguste Ohrhardt 73, Jeneva Jackson 5 months, Sarah Johnson 88, Mary Jopea 15, Margaret Kent 93, Edwin L Mays 19, Rose Payne 28, Ruth C Roberts 1, Charles Scott 53, Winter Simpson 61, Daniel Travia 36, among others, with institutions noted such as Wash Asyl Hosp and Freedmen's Hosp. The list covers births to seniors and many residing in hospitals or specific DC wards.
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Margaret L. Banks
Henry P. Clagett
Auguste Ohrhardt
Capitol
John C Haynes
Peter Holland
Jeneva Jackson
Francis H. Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Wash
Asyl
Hosp
Mary Jopea
Geotown Uni
Margaret Kent
Albert I. Lyttle
Javese
William W Mackey
Edwin L Mays
Frances Mitchell
Freedmen's Hosp
Rose Payne
Altes M. Phillips
Breed Branch Rd
Ruth C. Roberts
Frederick Saundewa
Ivy City
Charles Scott
Insans
Winter M Simpson
Anacostia
Daniel K Travia
Undertakers advertise first class service and modest prices
W R Speare Undertaker and Embalmer at 940 F Street N W offers first class funeral services on reasonable terms with Main 4250 and ANT 4281. William Lee, Funeral Director and Embalmer, livery in connection at Commodions Chapel and Modern Crematorium 422 Pennsylvania Ave NW invites calls 1386. Joseph Gawler, established 1860, at 1736-32 Ave NW, advertises funeral directing and embalming with modest prices and everything first class.
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W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
D. William Lee
Pennsylvania Ave
Joseph Gawler
Main 151
Smbalmer
Ave
Todereta
R. F. Harvey
Fourteenth Street
John R. Wricht
Tenth Street
Carl
Russian retreat and Japanese advance raise Manchuria alarm
Russian and Japanese forces exchange warnings as Kuropatkin reports no new fighting yet the Japanese push toward Tieling. Dispatches describe large looting southeasts and continued Russian disarray with harsh losses and uncertain prisoner counts while Oku Nogi and Kuroki press westward along the Mandarin road.
Fierce hand to hand fight near Sikampu with Oku forces
Japanese left column under Gen Oku fought a brutal engagement near Sikampu seven miles north of the Hunang River. Russians outnumbered three to one and surged from trenches with bayonets and swords. Russian casualties exceed 10,000 while Japanese losses approach 4,000. Dead Russians lay on the field among staff officers.
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Madyapu
Hun
Fushun
Kan_ tuitse
Pu Pass
Kyouzan
Barnaul
Irkutsk
Tie Pass
Tserpitzly
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Mkuropatkin
Kaulbars
Sakharoff
Bilderling
Zabelin
Amsa
Park of Artillery
Red Cross
Commissariat
Mukder
Reserve Commissariat
Livonian Division
Yinkow
Oku
Sikampu
Hunang
Stop work at Port Arthur siege dispatch
Special Cable Dispatch reports Chefoo that fortification work at Port Arthur has halted. The garrison now numbers about 4000 men as siege guns and troops head north. Docks lie ruined and sunken ships remain untouched while some large guns are mounted to defend the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Post
London
Evening News
Chefoo
Port Arthur
War Council Decides to Continue War in Russia
Petersburg March 14 War Council at Tsarskoye Selo with Sakharoff and Dragomiroff affirmed continuation of hostilities. Foreign office denies any peace move, while Japan negotiation prospects remain doubtful. Moscow suggested as site for a national appeal to rally support and possibly convoke parliament to end the crisis.
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Japan
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Russia
Oyama
Mukden
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Remetves
Kremlin
Soeereign
Zemsky Sobor
Russians Shell Wounded Heads to Front Lines
A Washington Point cable dispatch from London dated March 14 reports Gen Oku’s headquarters saying wounded men are carried from shelling by Russians. Stretcher-bearers were shelled, hospital carts were followed by shrapnel for over a mile, and military attaches confirm the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Point
London
Oku
Recall of Fleet Denied in St Petersburg Report
A semi official statement from St Petersburg denied the recall of the Russian Second Pacific Squadron. In Warsaw authorities failed to reopen commercial and technical schools as pupils walked out rather than attend classes. Censorship then barred press mentions of agrarian issues amid peasant tensions.
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St. Petersburg
Russtan
Second Pacific Squadron
Warsaw
Prisoner attachments report after Mukden battle
News from Mukden notes two American officers Capt Judson and Col Havard and a British officer Capt Ayers were captured with the Russian army. Japanese leaders show leniency and expect safe conduct home to Tokyo. The fall of Mukden likely ensures their return, with others remaining with the Russians as observers.
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Mukden
Kuroki
Fusan
Tie Pass
Tokyo
J. W. Judson
Col
V. Havard
C. J. Ayers
Liaoyang
Japan
Col. Havard
Macomb
Judson
Artilery
Postpone loan to Russia regarded as peace signal in Europe
Paris reports indicate three major banks have postponed a proposed 120 million dollar Russian loan citing wartime uncertainties. Paris bankers see postponement as a de facto rejection while London papers call it hopeful for peace, with Japan expected to demand a large indemnity as Russia seeks new financial options.
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Paris
Manchuria
Russia
Journal Des Debats
la Revue
Paria
London
Japan
Russian War Party
Ekuropatkin
Mukden
M. Germain
Credit Lyonnais
France
Germany
Lkely
Europatkin's Resignation and Manchuria Command
Paris dispatch reports Gen. Europatkin's resignation accepted and Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch poised to assume chief command in Manchuria. A war council discussed his successor but no final decision by the Emperor. Candidates include Sukholimoff, Grodekoff, Gripenberg, and once again Dragemhoff's aide Gorico?
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Petit Parisien
Europatkin
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Manchuria
Kuropatkin
Nicholas Nicholatevitch
Gripenberg
Grodekoff
Sukholimoff
Kieff
Dragemhoff
Kirkman Accused as New Court Martial Ordered
Special to The Washington Post reports Capt. Kirkman faces additional charges linked to Mrs. Chandler incident. A new court-martial is ordered for March 2% in Omaha Nebraska. Accusations include leaving Fort Niobrara while under arrest and entering a gambling house in Valentine. Hearings expected before depositions from the Philippines arrive.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Kirkman
Chandler
Fort Niobrara
Valentine
I Ig
Philippines
Kirkman's Ment
Sergius Estate Pillaged and Factory Burned in Russia
In the Mitrov district near Moscow peasants pillaged the estate of the late Grand Duke Sergius and burned a local factory. A separate fire at the Susdai Arcade caused extensive damage with nine shops burned and nine people injured in Kharkof. The cause is feared to be incendiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Sergius
Mitrov
Moscow
Washington Post
Kharkof
Susdai
Marquis of Anglesey Dies After Extravagant Life
Monte Carlo reports the Marquis of Anglesey dead after a six year spending spree on clothes and jewels. His wife arrived and reconciled at his deathbed while creditors prepare claims to estate. In Bangor shops closed as a mark of respect and his cousin stands to inherit. Several other obituaries follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Anglesey
London
Bangor
Wales
George Chetwynd
Anglesey Castle
Patrick's Life Plea at New York Court of Appeals
Albert T. Patrick sat in the New York Court of Appeals as David B. Hill argued his appeal from a murder conviction in the case of millionaire William M. Rice. Patrick remained silent during the argument, listening and taking notes for counsel's rebuttal anticipated tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Hill
Tom
Rics
Albany
Albert T. Patrick
Court of Appeals
David B. Hill
William M. Rice
New York
Patrick
Hill
Roosevelt Made Honorary Member of New York Press Club
President Roosevelt is elected an honorary member of the New York Press Club. A week earlier the club elected him, and he replies with appreciation to Secretary Walter Scott, saying he enjoyed meeting with the members and accepting the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
New York Press Club
Walter Scott
Scott
Theodore Roosevelt
No Choice in Missouri Ballot Sparks Session Clash
In Jefferson City on March 4, a joint ballot for United States Senator split the Niedringhaus forces toward Judge Selden P. Spencer, who won 61 votes while Niedringhaus had 5. The 82-vote threshold prevented an election, and a new ballot showed Spencer leading 64 to 4, with Cockrell, Bartholdt, Kerens margins unchanged. Democrats pressed dissolution. roll call passed 1 to 7, Kerens faction voting aye. In Dover, Delaware, no choice emerged as Addicks 15, Saulsbury 14, Dupont 8, Richardson 7 and Hughes totals failed to reach 26. Oakland, California elected Frank K. Mott mayor by a record majority in a city election. Maritime notes list arrivals and sailings in Antwerp, Boulogne, and Cherbourg with ships Ervound, Lucania, Staten Dam, and Wilhelm der Grosse.
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Jefferson City
United States
Niedringhaus
Selden P. Spencer
St. Louis
Spencer
Neidringhaus
Wiedringhaus
Cockrell
Bartholdt
Warner
Kerens
Niedrinshaue
Clarke
Delaware
Dover
Del
Addicks
Saulsbury
Dupont
Richardson
Hughes
Paine's Celery Compound Bracing Nerve Vitalizer
Paine's Celery Compound claims to directly feed nerves and purify blood, restoring vitality. It markets as a non purging tonic, promising quicker relief from tiredness and weakness, with testimonials attributed to Miss Mary Stone of Milwaukee and widespread physician approval. The ad notes Wells, Richardson & Co of Burlington, Vermont as sellers and touts decades of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Mary Stone
Young People’s Christian Temperance Society of
Milwaukee
Lisbon Ave
Wis
Young People's Christian Temperance Society
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington
Vermont
Sheriff Posse Battles Suspected Killers Near Lake Village
A Commercial Appeal report from Lake Village Arkansas cites a sheriff posse clashing with three black suspects on the lake shore. Two were fatally shot, Red Leaf plantation manager C D Owens was wounded, one negro escaped into the woods. Bloodhounds were set on the trail, the fugitive expected to be captured before morning. The three were alleged to have aided in a murder involving two Watson brothers near Dumas Arkansas.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lake Village
Ark
C. D. Owens
Red Leaf Plantation
Watson
Dumas
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Leon B Leavitt
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James A. West
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el Paso
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Frances E. Willard
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Philip Greuill
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Richard Croker
Switzerland
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Ivins, Dietz & Metzger
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Neb
Edward P. Hayward
M. I. Hayward
Milwaukee, Wis
John Howard
Wirz
Andersonville Prison
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Antwerp
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C. W. Scott
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Mi Owspar
A.collins
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