Czar Returns Him Russian Scheme Stirred by Copenhagen
In St Petersburg March 22 reports say Gen Karapatkin remains with the Manchurian army, praised as its best strategist. Kuropatkin’s departure southward is celebrated, Linovitch continues a northward retreat, and Rennenkampff’s fate is uncertain. The Japanese threat looms as two Russian forces maneuver near Tie Pass and the Sungari bridge, with mobilization limited to twenty-two districts and no immediate orders for the Grenadiers to go to Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Manchuria
Karapatkin
Linovitch
Nicholas
Kuropatkin
Remsomire
St Petersburg
Harbin
Sineviteh
Rennenkampff
Tie Pass
Rennenkampffs
Chenchia_ watzu
Sungari
European
Russia
Sugari
Kirin
Mindarin
Kirm
Oyamas
War Office
Bnt
Odessa
Warsaw
Moscow
Wrecking Suspected in Iowa Train Wreck Near Homestead
Des Moines reports say the Rocky Mountain Limited wreck near Homestead Iowa was likely the work of would be robbers. Six injured none fatally though engineers and fireman suffered severe burns. Spikes and rails were removed and replaced, with the engine and first four cars plunging down a forty five foot embankment. Authorities in Chicago doubted robbers but officials insist premeditated wrecking occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
General of Aces
Hook Island
Flood Threat Mounts Across Allegheny Watershed
In Pittsburg and surrounding towns the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers rose rapidly as nearly two inches of rain fell over the watershed. Flood levels could halt streetcar and rail traffic with up to 20,000 idle workers anticipated. Homes in Allegheny McKeesport and suburbs sit two to eight feet underwater, many on second floors as residents abandon upper rooms. Nearby Parkersburg and Wheeling report rising rivers, with Ohio River at 36 feet and expected to reach 45 feet, prompting evacuations and disrupted train services.
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Pittsburg
Frank Ridgway
Allegheny
Monongahela River
Monongahela
Monongahela Valley
Traffc
McKeesport
Parkersburg
Wva
Ohio
Here
Wheeling
W Va
Wheeling Island
Benwood
Evidence in Hooker case raises payroll abuse questions
Albany March 2 Former Post master Arthur R Moore of Fredonia NY testified before the assembly judiciary committee investigating charges against Supreme Court Justice Warren B Hooker. He said several payroll employees never performed duties onsite and some were employed elsewhere at the same time. He claimed at least one nominal employee existed he never actually saw. Letters among Justice Hooker, IW Beavers, First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S Heath and others were admitted in evidence regarding appointments tied to the alleged improprieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Arthur R Moore
Fredonia
Assemblyudiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Justice Hooker
Funeral Car Wreck Brings Injuries in Lancaster
A trolley carrying a funeral party on the Lancaster and Southern Railway near Martic Forge ran out of control and crashed into an embankment. All twenty-one aboard were injured, with Thomas Cummings, eighty, gravely hurt after his wife had just been buried. Several others suffer serious injuries as the car returned to the city from Mount Nebo Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lancaster and Southern Railway
Martic Forge
Thomas Cummings
Mount Nebo
Drowned in the Gean Tragedy After Disappearance
Andrew M Griscom of Philadelphia, son of William Griscom and nephew of Clement A Griscom, disappeared February 8 and was later found drowned from the steamer Minnetonka about 600 miles from Sandy Hook on its London voyage. His family met the ship at the pier as news arrived. The voyage resumed after a brief search. no body was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Griscom
Clement A. Griscom
Washington Post
New York
Andrew M Griscom
Philadelphia
Minnetonka
Atlantic Transport Line
Sandy Hook
London
Griscom
Clement A Gr
Juberantine
Jones
Layland
Kuwwu
Nner
Tenneyson
Allan Liner Sarmatian loses officers in storm at sea
Halifax reports the Allan Line steamer Sarmatian arriving after eighteen days from Glasgow. Fourth Officer H Glover and Carpenter Thomas Muir were washed overboard while securing a ketch in a tremendous sea. The vessel proceeds to Boston and Philadelphia.
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Allan
Carpenter
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Allan Line
Glasgow
H. Glover
Carpenter Thomas Muir
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Patricia
Hamburg
Dominican official refutes Reader bid for fiscal agent post
Emilio C Joubert, Dominican charge d affaires in Washington, denies that A B Reader or his wife Elena Rawls Reader opened negotiations with President Morales for Mrs Reader to be fiscal agent of the republic. Reader’s papers were returned and he was denied an audience. Mrs Reader pressingly names Francis Loomis in Washington as key to Santo Domingo talks. She reports odd offers of settlement and recounts her first husband’s death by his own action, partly disputed by officials. The La Place sale at Sloan's and beer ad noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Emilio C Joubert
Washington
A. B . Reader
Elia Rawls Reader
Morales
Mrs Reader
the Republic
State Department
Sener Joubert
United States
Reider
Reader
America
Santo Domingo
Peru
Sanchez
Francis B Loomis
Republic
Roosevelt
Loomis
Hay
Mre Reader
Birmingham
Ala
White
Fragmented confession amid Santo Domingo disclosures in Chicago
The speaker reflects on a house blaze and a suicide after departure in Chicago. They blame sensational reports on men hurt by their Santo Domingo disclosures. Detectives are said to be at work seeking something harmful, portraying the case as a personal and financial scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Santo Domingo
May Seize Revenues in Santo Domingo Action
The projected reorganization of American customs in Santo Domingo was postponed awaiting Senate approval of a treaty. Commander Leiper remains acting collector at Monte Cristi and will sail north to decommission at Boston Mary Yard. Abbott directs Santo Domingo and Porto Plata. Officials fear European powers with claims may attempt joint action to seize customs revenues at Dominican ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Senate
Leiper
Monte Cristi
g@O
Boston Mary Yard
Porto Plata
Duel on the Elevated Knife Fight Stuns New York Crowd
On a Third Avenue elevated platform two well dressed Italian men fought with knives causing a panic among about a score of awaiting passengers. Police arrived too late as the combatants boarded a train and escaped. Witnesses say both were wounded but not fatally. Train service delayed briefly. fighters fled along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Third Avenue
Witnesses Guarded as Beef Trust Probe Opens
Chicago March 21 Fifteen Secret Service men have been brought to guard witnesses testifying before the special grand jury opening tomorrow to investigate the beef trust. Officials vow strict secrecy and a jailer like protection to prevent contact with reporters or Packers agents. D A Morrison named United States district attorney and Judge Bethea warned that talking to witnesses could be contempt. Twenty grand jurors qualified, with more to report tomorrow as questioning begins and the inquiry proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Secret Service
Beef Trust
Packers
EB Morrison
United States
H Bethea
Investment firm assigns assets and seeks involuntary bankruptcy
Provident Investment Company of Philadelphia assigned for creditors to Attorney John C Crowley. A petition to declare involuntary bankruptcy was filed in U S District Court. A receiver is expected to be sought soon. The firm claimed 3 percent guaranteed interest on invested funds and faced estimated liabilities near one million dollars with limited assets. The reputed manager is W F H Latimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provident
Philadelphia
Provident Investment Company
John C Crowley
United States District Court
Tost
W. FH. Latimer
English Naval Plans Defend Fleet Increase
In the Lords, Earl Spencer pressed for naval papers amid debates on drawing down vessels and rising costs. Viscount Goschen and Earl of Selborne defended the vast 15 year expansion, noting a transforming global naval landscape with new powers and the need for a two to three power standard. Spencer then withdrew his motion for papers.
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Viscount Goschen
Earl of Selborne
Virecqunt
Goecen
von Buelow
English
Great Britain
Viscount Geschen
Russia
Admiralty
Japan
America
Germany
Lord Selporne
Lord Selborne
West Indies
Carnarvon Commission
Lord Spencer
Indian Treasure Recovered at Silver Lake in Ohio
Akron report describes George Lodge discovering twenty six silver billets near Silver Lake weighing about 100 pounds each, totaling over a ton. Local lore cites a 50 Indian encampment before Tippecanoe, possibly dumping silver for safekeeping. Also reports a March blast near Kenner, Louisiana, with missing men and a dead unidentified mass. widespread damage to sewer and nearby homes.
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Akron
Ohio
Silver Lake
George Lodge
Henry Wetmore
Tippecanoe
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Kenner
Europatkin Retains Command In Latest Military Update
A. M. Griscom drowned at sea is noted among today’s items. The index highlights a broad spread from naval programs and international visits to legal cases, hotel sentencing, and regional news from Virginia to Maryland. The issue tracks social, racing, baseball, and financial notes across pages.
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Pares
Europatkin
A. M. Griscom
Santo Domingo
New Yorker
Rooker
da Castro
Brockton Fairbanks
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Wall Street
Washington Financial Affairs
Insurance Company
Shocked by the Dances at Bowlby Hall in St Paul
St Paul ministers threaten to direct the grand jury to a scandal at Bowlby Hall. Six hundred tickets were sold to prominent city residents for an event featuring an artist’s model dance and a staged Igorrone dance. Police learned of the affair after it ended, prompting a possible grand jury investigation.
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Washington Post
St Paul
Minn
Bowlby Hall
Seeley
New York
Grand Jury
Ministerial Association
Grand Ju
Cyclone kills nine and wrecks homes in Alabama region
A Roanoke dispatch reports a disastrous cyclone sweeping Bardolph County southern Alabama late last night. Nine people died including a white girl near Lime Post and several negroes perished on plantations. Dozens of structures were demolished with thousands of dollars in damage as wires went down hindering details.
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Columbus
Roanoke
Randolph County
Ala
Wilson Plantation
Holly Plantation
Rock Mills
Lime Post Office
Lucas
Ministers Protest Rockefeller Gift to Foreign Missions
Congregational ministers from Boston and New England urged the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to reject John D Rockefeller’s gift of 100000 dollars. They cited ongoing indictments of Standard Oil as morally iniquitous and warned the board would appear to honor the donor and risk moral compromise. Signers include Daniel Evans Cambridge Egpwara Sanderson Providence and others across Massachusetts and nearby states.
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Boston
Mass
New England
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
John D Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Isaaca
Daniel Evans
Cambridge
Egpwara
Sanderson
Providence
Re Ty i Fasorge
Gutterson
Derry
N Pyl
Marblehead Mags
Heuben Thomas
Brookline
James Williamson
Haverhill
Ohio anti trust law upheld by supreme court
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the criminal section of the Valentine anti trust law reversing a Delaware County Circuit Court ruling. Perley W. Gage, president of the Delaware Coal Dealers Association, had pleaded guilty to forming a restraint of trade and challenged the criminal provision on appeal.
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Supreme Court
Delaware County
Columbus
Ohio
Circuit Court
Perley W. Gage
Delaware Coal Dealers’ Association
Common Pleas Court
Gage
Ancestral Buried There and Roosevelt Gift to Georgia Cemetery
In Savannah Georgia the Midway Association, preserving the Colonial Midway Church and Burial Ground in Liberty County, received a $350 check from President Roosevelt for maintenance. The cemetery holds the grave of Gen Daniel Stewart, Roosevelt’s maternal and great-grandfather. Also noted is a sale of rare Japanese art goods at Nomura gate continuing from 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. at Ditte’s, 900 4 1/2 Street Southwest.
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Roosevelt
Georgia
Savannsh
Midway Association
Midway Church and Burial Ground
Liberty County
Daniel Stewart
Midway Ghurchyard
Nomura Gate
Brown & Tolson
Desperado Robs Safe of $176000 in New York Office
James E. March, Republican leader, faced an armed robber at his Marion street office. The thief, claiming to be James Cannon from Boston, fled after a confrontation in which March pursued along Marion and Elm streets. A crowd joined as Detective Kahn aided in capturing the suspect, who was jailed in the Tombs on $2000 bail after a court hearing.
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James Cannon
Boston
James E. March
Washington Post
New York
Sixth Assembly
Marion Street
Mr March
Elm
Merch
March
Kahn
Whitman
Center Street
Rockefeller ticket defeated in North Tarrytown vote
John Wirth, the citizens' candidate, won the North Tarrytown village presidency with 615 votes, defeating Warren J Stoddard by 148. Wirth praised beating the Rockefeller ticket but expressed no ill will toward the Rockefellers, acknowledging benefits of their village support, while Rockefeller backers had supported Stoddard.
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Tarrytown
John Wirth
Citizens
North Tarrytown Village
Wirth
Warren J Stoddard
Rockefeller
Rockefellers
John D Rockefeller
People’s Party
Stoppped all street cars in Sheboygan city
Mayor Born halted all street cars in Sheboygan Wisconsin and ordered compliance with a city rule to equip cars with fenders. Aldermen directed enforcement and potential arrests for noncompliance. A separate note says Ohio Supreme Court rules a newspaper guessing contest on election votes is a prohibited lottery. Royal Pilach New Light Beer advertised.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Board of Aldermen
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
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Czar
Paris
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
Royal Pilsen
Hight Beer
Dadraught
W. M. Drury’s
20Th &Low
Hive
Iowa
Rock Island
Hooker
Ad Mayers
Broyal Pilson
Keer
Jack Bruegger
Atlantic
Cortland Street
Europe
Eleie Hanson
Dryland
Wort Fairfield
Aroostook County
Earl Bodine
Oakland
Cal
Bodine
Cabin John Bridge Hotel
Conduit Road
Guesenheim’s
U.S
Emilio C. Joubert
Mrs. Reader
Phillips
la Place
Sloan’s
Bloan’s
G Street
Marie Antoinette
Eligabethan
Anne
Mary
George
Warwick's
Ith & G
Investment Company
Tellico Junction
Tenn
Atlanta, Knoxvile and Northern Railroad
Keré¢to-Gay
Californis
West
Achterkirchen
House of Lords
Earl Spencer
H St
Orient
Plavigan's
St. Nw
St. Paul
Alabama
Ditte
St. Sw
Robber
North Tarrytown
Royal Pilach
Coldenstroth’s
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