Diaz Backed by Nation Rally in Mexico City
Mexico City crowd welcomes Finance Minister Limantour as bearer of no peace terms with armed rebels. Limantour rejects any negotiation with insurrectionists, urging loyalty to Diaz and Madero’s reforms. He warns that continuing uprising risks international complications and calls for national unity. In El Paso, Texas, Madero signals a northern armed truce and neutral ground for peace talks via Limantour. details remain unofficial.
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Madero
Mexico City
Diaz
Vinanes
Josa Yves Limantour
New York
Limantour
Senor Limantour
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Francisco I Malero
Josef von Limantour
Alliance
Turnley
United States
Madero World
Troops to Stay in U S Hopes for Early Peace
President states the United States will not deploy forces into Mexico without Congress authority. He seeks neutrality, avoiding interference with Diaz or Madero, and warns rival American financial interests they will not be aided by the administration. Troops near the border will maintain neutrality while Mexico seeks internal peace.
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Diaz
Mexico
United States
Washington
Congress
National Guard
Maderos
Peace talks hinge on Ding abdication and armed truce
Insurrecto negotiators demand Ding abdicate and call a new fair election with a free vote while keeping arms in a truce until reforms begin. Limantour’s acceptance as provisional head is doubtful for Madero and insurrecto leaders, who fear he would act under Diaz’s instructions.
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Ding
Senor Limantour
Madero
New York
Limantour
Senor Gonzales Garza
Insurrecto
Diaz
Gustavo Madero
Senor Garza
Mexico
Insurrectos
Bank peddler battles guards to demand million dollars
Assyrian shoe seller George Shagorre storms National City Bank in New York, fights off clerks and policemen for nearly twenty minutes, then is taken to Bellevue Hospital for sanity examination after delivering an incoherent letter to President Vanderlip warning of future violence.
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Strugglea
Clerka
National City Bank
Bellevue Hospital
New York
George Shagorre
Bellavue Hospital
Vanderlip
Frank A. Vanderlip
Shagorre
Rotunda
Bellevue
Hudson Street
Anna Reilly
WOOING COST HER $25,000
Francis E. Baker a patent lawyer with offices in Wall Street Washington Baltimore and Bangor Me was arrested on three indictments charging grand larceny in the first degree. He allegedly sold and deposited to his own account securities from the estate of Mary Reeves Brineley Stewart totaling 25000. He wooed Elizabeth D Stewart executrix while married and promised marriage upon divorce. The Stewart family fortune was about 60 000.
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Worthington Post
New York
Francis E. Baker
Wallstreet
Washington
Baltimore
Bangor
O'Sullivan
Court of General Sessions
Tie
Baker
Mary Reeves Brineley Stewart
Commodore Stewart
Ironsides
Elizabeth D. Stewart
Miss Stewart
Newark
Charles Stewart Parnell
Elizabeth Margaretta
Frances Stewart Cooke
Mobile
Ala
Charles Parnell Stewart
Pittsburg
Stewart
Wall Street
Theft Attempt at Lord Jaycex Estate Foiled
London dispatch reports an employee attempted a heist at Lord Jaycex Montgomeryshire seat on Sunday morning. Six paintings valued at 60 000 dollars were targeted, including Turner’s Yivoeli valued at 50 000 dollars. The butler detained the suspect, who awaits trial.
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Washington Post
London
Lord Jaycex
Montgomeryshire
Turner
Yivoeli
Thorpe Sets Longest Piano Playing Record In PA
Special to The Washington Pass from South Bethlehem Pa reports Lewis Thorpe of the Bethlehem Steel Company band shattered world records for continuous piano playing by performing ragtime and classical pieces for 30 hours. He began Saturday night and finished today in good physical condition, surpassing the 28 hour 18 minute mark set by Waterbury.
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Washington Pass
Bethlehem
Lewis Thorpe
C. M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel
Thorpe
Waterbury
Ill of disease he studies aiding meningitis fight
New York March 20 Dr Howard Ashley a bacteriologist at the quarantine hospital in New York harbor contracted spinal meningitis while assisting in preventing importation of the disease among Greek immigrants. He grew worse tonight and remains in serious condition after a week in the Swinburne Island hospital laboratory and participation in autopsies on six Greeks.
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New York
Howard Ashley
New York Harbor
Ashley
Swinburne Island Hospital
Stolypin resigns as Premier of Russia
P A Stolypin, premier and interior minister, resigns. Emperor Nicholas II accepts the resignation and names V N Kokovsoff as new premier. The cabinet discusses solidarity with the former premier M Makaroff and possible ministerial reshuffles amid zemstvo self-government opposition. Kokovsoff’s reputation steadies markets as rumors of appointment spread.
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St. Petersburg
P. A. Stolypin
Nicholas
V. N. Kokovsoff
Stolypin
Council of Ministers
Jila
M. Makaroff
Interior
M. Kokorsoff
M. Sazonoff
Goremykin
M. Neratoff
Sazonoff
Council of the Empire of the Zemstvo
Council of the Empire
M. Trepofft
M. Kokovaoff
M. Stolypin
Kokovseff
Bourse
Gale Upends Freight Car On New Haven Line
A gale blew a freight car off the New Haven Railroad near Coscob station, derailing it across two eastbound tracks and halting traffic for about three hours. The car toppled while loaded with pig iron, delaying eastbound service as trains used the westbound tracks. Also a Yates high school senior crew narrowly escaped disaster when a harbor gale caused a boat to take on water and sustain damage before reaching the boathouse.
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Washington Post
Greenwich
Conn
New Haven Railroad
Coscob’ Station
New Haven
Yates
Hotel Again Dynamited At French Lick Resort
Special to The Washington Post reports a third dynamite blast at the French Lick Hotel in Indiana, aimed at a new, unoccupied building. The explosion rattled the town, frightened guests who fled, and disturbed proprietor Thomas Taggart, with the attack failing to collapse walls.
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Destiny Taggart
French Lick
Washington Post
Ind
French Lick Hotel
Thomas Taggart
Manicurist sues over alleged assault by Decker
Nellie Etheridge of Kansas City sues Charles R. Decker seeking 15000 damages, claiming he forcibly kissed her and roughed her, bending her across a chair and bursting her corset. Two fellow manicurists corroborate the account, noting the February 16 incident and her ten days of medical care.
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Washington Post
Kansas City
Nellie Etheridge
Charles R. Decker
Milwauke Bag Company
Mabel Peyton
Allen Carroll
Miss Etheridge
Sues Wife for Pigs in Northampton Court
London report states Robert H. Sherrard sues Irene Sherrard for possession of a gray horse six pigs one cat and a cat basket. Irene confirms selling pigs pensioning horse and cat care by maid. She is identified as formerly Miss De Belot of Virginia and writer of Servitude and To a Nun Confessed.
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Washington Post
London
Robert
H. Sherrard
New York
Oscar Wilde
Irene Sherrard
John C. Osgood
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Northampton County
Guildsborough Hall
Northampton
Sherrard
de Belot
Virginia
Capt
Horsely
Disparages Japan Scare in Transpacific Trade Era
A skeptical view labels the so called Yellow Peril as the greatest threat in Oriental aggression amid transpacific trade tensions. The piece notes crowded shipping routes and rising competition, highlighting American ships amid the period's economic anxiety and geopolitical framing.
Japan and United States friendship amid Pacific tensions
In Tokyo and Washington debates rise over Japan's growing Pacific trade and potential clashes. Baron Uchida stresses enduring U S friendship and denies Mexican or Hawaiian plots against America. The Post notes no war scare officially, while warning against unchecked Japanese commerce expansion and its effect on American merchant ships. Public notices invite readers to use Post classified ads.
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Mexico
Japan
America
United States
Baron Yasuya Uchida
Washington
Gulf of California
Hawaii
Philippines
Pacific
Orient
Bryan Dinner Marks Fifty-First Birthday in Lincoln
About twelve hundred Bryan admirers gathered in Lincoln for a dollar dinner honoring W. J. Bryan on his fifty-first birthday. Speakers including Champ Clark and Senator Owen praised Bryan as Democratic leader, while Kern affirmed his enduring appeal and influence across the party.
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Bryan
Owen
Arizona
Lincoln, Nebr
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Nebraska
P. T. Halt
Vlog
Mocratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Shallenberger
W. H. Thompson
Grand Island
Weather Delays Armored Ship Test at Tangier Sound
In Tangier Sound Maryland March 20 the New Hampshire battleship may fire on the San Marcos armor tests but fog halted progress. Thirteen Atlantic fleet vessels attended or observed the planned tests as Secretary Meyer traveled to Washington after watching the day’s fog.
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Vermont
Chesapeake Bay
New Hampshire
San Marcos
Texas
Tangier Sound
Atlantic
Meyer
Washington
Fire Devastates Staunton Lower City Section
A blaze started in Garland's livery stable at about 12:20 a.m. in Staunton Virginia, destroying the lower part of the city. Estimated loss around 500000, with rapid damage to the Chesapeake and Ohio freight and passenger depots. Firefighters fought the flames through the night.
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Staunton
M.j
Garland
Chesapeake and Ohio
Limantour Warns Mexicans Troops to Stay on Texas Side
Mexican finance minister Jose Limantour warns Mexico will not tolerate cross border incursions as troops remain on the Texas side amid border tensions and policy debates. The article notes diplomatic signals and potential repercussions for trade and security in the region.
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Limantour
Texas
Kern
W. J. Bryan
Stolypin
New York
B. T. Washington
Sella
Park
Treasury
Maniac
G. B. Cox
Dr. Hi
Taft
Fort Myer
Jevela
Army and Navy News
T-Society
Taft hopeful on arbitration treaty with England
Washington reports Taft says England received his arbitration proposal well and a satisfactory treaty could be negotiated soon. Secretary Knox will present the U S position, and Britain notes no essential difference between the two governments. Taft emphasizes careful wording to meet aims.
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Washington Post
London
Washington
Daily Mail
Taft
England
Knox
Wherry
Great Britain
Booker T. Washington Assault Case Draws Aid, Presses Charge
Prominent figures including Andrew Carnegie and Seth Low rally to Booker T. Washington after an assault in New York. Washington, bandaged, faces possible court appearance as Albert Ulrich is held on $1800 bail. Low and Washington’s secretary say a detailed statement defends Washington’s account and supports prosecution.
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Seth Low
Tuskegee Trustees
Washington
Albert Ulrich
New York
Booker T. Washington
Andrew Carnegie
George Foster Peabody
Tuskegee Naval and Industrial Institute
Low
Ulrich
Smith
Cornell
Diamonds Recovered As Evidence In West Escape Case
Baltimore detectives recovered two diamonds valued at $200 tied to Hume H West a prisoner awaiting trial for false pretenses. West described life as Lieut Knowison to regain standing and support his family while detailing an escape attempt from the Baltimore jail. The jewels were traced from a prisoner in Baltimore to a pawnshop and a Washington firm, then brought to Washington as evidence. West is defended by Eugene Odunne and seeks bail to join his wife and children in Washington.
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Knowison
Hume H. West
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Washington
West
Edward H. Berman
Back River
West Baltimore Street
Berman
Wile
Capital
Eurgene O’dunne
O'Tunne
Post
Michigan Military Institute
United States
Knowiton
Leutenant
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hnowison
Brookline
Mass
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Gustavo A. Madero
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Gale
Yale
Connecticut
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Sues
Horse and A Cat
Robert ‘Sherrard
Tokyo
Lse
Kern Lauds
Indiana
Gwen
Virginia Town
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Carnegie
Board of Trustees
Tuskegee Institute
West Sixty-third Street
New ‘Theater
Whitman
Venta
Nike
Detroit
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