Choluteca Falls as Central American War Near End
Choluteca, Honduras falls to Nicaraguan and allied forces after heavy fighting. President Bonilla reportedly flees toward San Lorenzo with possible refuge at San Salvador or Guatemala. Nicaraguan gunboats pursue the Honduran leader as talks with U S and Mexico push for neutrality and cessation of hostilities.
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Honduras
San Salvador
Guatemala
Washington Post
Managua
Nicaragua
Choluteca
Bonilla
Santos Ramirez
Bontle
Gholuteca
Chotuteca
Gulf of Fonseca
Vasquez
San Lorenzo
Tegucigalpa
Ramirez
Salle
Corea
Salvador
Jig
United States
Mexico
Guatamala
Root
Cree
Dey
Amapala
Tiger Island
Pacite Mall
Amapaia
Zelaya
Cress
State Department
Central America
Navy
Filibuster Capture Marks Warship Transformation
Mexico City reports Capt Joaquin Lires of the Olympia arrested at Vera Cruz on filibustering charges. The Olympia, a Mexican steamer of Compañía Colonizadora de Yucatán, carried Honduran troops and arms to Trujillo area amid rising Nicaragua Honduras tensions. The voyage included Cuban and German technical support, with naval actions observed as the Nicaraguan fleet loitered and Honduran forces were deployed and subsequently evacuated to Cozumel.
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Compania Colonizatora de Yucatan
Mexico
Central America
Belize
Puerto Cortez
Quiros
Nicaragua
Honduras
Gen. Quiros
Olympia
Ceiba
Lires
Trujillo
Celba
Gallardo
la Lumbia
Rio Estaban
Cozumel
Yucatan
Sparrow Builds Nest In Idle Pere Marquette Box Car
Special to The Washington Post from Muskegon Michigan on March 2 reports a sparrow nesting in a repaired Pere Marquette box car at the north yards. Four young sparrows live in the moving shelter while conductors on the line petitioned to sidetrack the car until the brood can leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Muskegon, Mich
Mar
Muskegon
North Yards
Saginaw
Stark
Sparrow
Fremont
Mother Sparrow
Division
Noted race horses burn at Sheepshead Bay track
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports a fire at Sheepshead Bay early this morning destroyed Thomas L. Watts' stable. Eleven horses perished including Fine Cloth, the four year old colt that won the Twin City Handicap on September 3 last. Other victims were Lady Prudence Sir William Johnson and Star of the Ocean. Watts valued the loss at 70000 dollars and noted Fine Cloth would have been a top breeding stallion.
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Washington Post
New York
Sheepshead Bay
Thomas L. Watts
Mr. Watts
Lady Prudence
Sir William Johnson
Watts
Cannon Can't Land Stevens Snubs Visitors
The Bluecher carrying Speaker Cannon and congressional delegates arrived at Colon but was denied landing due to a five day voyage from Venezuela and a six day quarantine. Maj. Gorgas refused entry though an exception was offered. Cannon declined, citing he is a private citizen. The incident prompts potential administration review of Gorgas and Stevens.
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Bushy Saga
Gorgas
Colon
Mar
Speaker Cannon
United States Congress
Venezuela
Pierce
Maj
Taft Party At Charleston Arrives For City Visit
Secretary of War William Taft arrives in Charleston with a large party including Frederick P. Stearns and Alfred Noble. They are greeted by Mayor Rhett, tour Magnolia Gardens, dine aboard the Mayflower, and sail for the Isthmus after a luncheon. Taft laughs at talk of a possible presidential bid.
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Charleston, Sr
Wiliam Taft
Frederick P. Stearns
Boston
Mass
Alfred Noble
New York City
John R. Freeman
Providence
R. L
Alfred B. Kittredge
Sioux Falls
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
David A. DeArmond
Missouri
Richard Reid Rogers
Isthmian Canal Commission
Wendel W. Mischler
Secretary of War
Charleston
Rhett
At & O'Cllack
Navy
Magnolia Gardens
Ashley River
Taft
Isthmus
Colon
Tatt
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrivals and Departures
Movements of steamers list arrivals at New York from Genoa Naples Liverpool Antwerp and London. Vessels named include Citta di Torino Etruria and Carmania with routes Genoa Naples Liverpool Antwerp and New York. Sailings show Minnehaha to London and La Grecogne to Havre and Queenstown to New York.
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New York
Citta di Torino
Genoa
Nanies
Etraris
Liverpool
Cambriman
Antwerp
Liverpen
Carmania
Southampton
Minnehaha
London
la Grecogne
Havre
Queenstown
Licania
Glen Echo marshal fires at speeding auto in village chase
In Glen Echo, Town Marshal Charles P. Collins pursued a speeding auto with two Misses Shonts and others, jumped aside as the car neared him, then fired a single shot into the air. Mayor Garrett supported Collins while the owners argued over village speed limits.
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Shonis
Theodore P. Bhonts
Isthmian Canel Commission
Glen Echo
Charles P. Collins
Collins
Garrett
Marshal
Marshal Collins
Washington Police
Hitler
Washington
Ped
United States Supreme Court
Deadly train crash in Los Angeles kills four
A special Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe intercity train collided head on with an outbound limited near the Los Angeles River bed under the Buena Vista Street Bridge. Four killed and seventeen injured, including engineers and conductors. Railroad officials say disobedience of orders by Engineer Kelly fed the disaster.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Sarement
Afty Finsts
Franklin
University of Southern California
A. H. Edwards
Gall
Fred Hodgson
Occidental Colege
Fred Walker
Hi. H. Beal
Greasmen
Philadelphia
C. Stuart
Claremont
Clarence Jones
J. Smith
E. F. Smith
Eugene Estoppey
F. H. Cutting
B. Warley
Lloyd Worrell
R. W. Wileon
L. N. Morrell
Mies Hux Lane
Charles Parsons
Guy Goodwin
Edward McCellan
Pomonx
Cat
Eren
Banta Fe
Buena Vista Street
R Railroad
Kelly
Pet Cat Causes Deaths In Brooklyn Gas Asphyxiation
In Brooklyn, Mrs. Dora Greenberg, 63, and her nephew Harry W. Greenberg, 25, were found dead from gas asphyxiation in their apartments. A pet cat was found dead in the kitchen and had disconnected a rubber tube leading to a gas stove, apparently done playfully.
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New York
Dora Greenberg
Harry W. Greenberg
Brooklyn
Wife shoots husband in frenzied attempt to retain him
Doomed by cancer and driven by love Mrs. Charles Avery of Cleveland, 35, shot her husband, Lipton Tea executive, twice at their home on Superior Avenue. He survived, forgave her, and doctors expected his recovery as she faced a few days to live. A later cabinet talk in Paris discussed the Morocco situation with Clemenceau, Pichon, and Picquart.
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Florence
Ala
Cleveland Harding
Ben F. Rice
Cleveland
Mar
Charles Avery
Superior Avenue
Avery
Averys
New York
Lipton Tea Company
Lakeside Hospital
Avérys
Charlie
Mrrs
Mra Avery
Morocco
Paris
Clemenceau
Pichon
Picquart
Divorce appalls Story in New York action
Philadelphia report says Julian Story seeks to prevent or delay Emma Eames Story from filing for divorce on grounds other than infidelity. He travels to New York after breakfast at the Philadelphia Club. The couple, married in 1893 in London, are prominent social figures with Mme Eames once employed at Covent Garden.
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Mme. Eames
Mme Eames
Mr. Story
Out for Allison seat Gen Dodge to seek Iowa Senate seat
Gen Granville M Dodge announces candidacy for United States Senate to replace Senator Allison who will not seek re election in 1908. Dodge returns to Iowa to make permanent home in Council Bluffs as supporters claim the campaign plans to place him as Allison’s successor amid concerns over Allison health and Washington duties.
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Granville M. Dodge
Iowa
Wachingtom Post
Des Moines
New York
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Allison
Dodge
United States
Washington
Congress
Alison
Gen
Colliver
Tragedy at Memphis Saloon Ends With Double Wounding and Suicide
In Memphis on March 24 saloonkeeper Charles Wallace shot his brother in law J E Rousip after confronting him with two revolvers, then shot himself in the head. Rousip meanwhile was wounded by the attack. Wallace, in poor health recently, is believed to have suffered temporary mental imbalance.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mar
Charles Wallace
J E. Rousip
Rousip
Wallace
Imm
London Cotton Brokers Warn of Impending Slump
James B. Patry, president of the London Cotton Brokers Association, aboard the Etruria, says London’s market has waned since Liverpool and continental ports captured trade. He notes Indian cotton dominates and claims London insiders predicted a crash, though Wall Street declines hardly affected London.
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London
Metropolis
Sreelal
Washington Post
New York
Mar
James B. Patry
London Cotton Brokers’ Association
Etruria
Patry
Liverpool
Mr. Patry
Hotel Imperial
Well Street
Wall Street
Prima donna quits in rage at Wilmington opera
Miss Lina Abartewell, prima donna of The White Chrysanthemum company, resigned after manager Thomas W. Ryley refused to let her sing a German song in a Japanese costume and to perform a duet with Van Rensselaer Wheeler. Miss Corate Blythe, her understudy, took the lead after only half a hour of study as the curtain delayed until 3 a clock. The show ended after midnight amid warm reception for Blythe when the situation was explained.
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Opera Company
Washington Post
Wilmington
del. Mar
Thomas W. Ryley
van Rensselaer Wheeler
Lina Abartewell
Opera House
New York
Corate Blythe
Miss Blythe
Taft Road Rough Ohio Factions Stirred Over Presidential Boom
Ohio political factions gravitate to a Taft led drive as Senators Dick and Foraker mobilize to counter Taft's campaign. A council of war outlines plans to study strength and deploy supporters across Ohio with Foraker and Dick aiming to control the state’s Republican contest while Roosevelt looms as a factor. Vorys designation on Taft canvass is awaited amid hopes he will decline.
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Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Oto
Polliians
Dick and Foraker
Ohio
Foraker
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Decidne
Arthur I Vorys
Charles P Teft
Oho
Columbus
Buckeye
Taft
Washington
Vorrs
Vorys
Dick Foraker
T. B. Burton
Cleveland
Panama
La Follette Named Favorite by South Dakota Republicans
With Roosevelt out, South Dakota Republicans back Senator La Follette for president. John L. Erickson, private secretary to Gov. Crawford, announced the support during remarks introducing La Follette to a large Pierre audience. The stance reflects the state administration's preferred candidate amid Roosevelt's absence and current political maneuvering. Cecil Foljambe dies. born 186?
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Roosevelt
South Dakota
Washington Post
Pierre
S. D
Senator la Follette
United States
John L. Erickson
Gov
Crawford
Brickson
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