War Boards Report Clears Alger and Criticizes Miles
The War Board reports exonerates Secretary Alger from corruption charges and criticizes General Miles for neglect of duty. It faulted camps at Chickamauga Alger and other sites, blamed unpreparedness for supply issues, commended engineering and medical corps, and noted transport and camp conditions during the Santiago campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Alger
Miles
Eagan
Chickamauga
Miami
A. Miles
W. H. Daly
Thomas
Chickamauga Park
Cuba
Libre
Jacksonville
Florida
Fernandina
Fla
Wikoff
Montauk
Montauk Point
Dr Bull's CQexn Syrup Promises Cure in Gamelupgs
A short ad style notice claims Dr Bull's CQexn Syrup cures illness and helps prevent pleurieg in Gamelupgs. The fragment mentions 200 as a price or quantity, but details are unclear and unverified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
Steamer Bulgaria Reported Drifting with 90 Passengers
London February 12 reports Hamburg American steamer Bulgaria drifting 800 miles from the Azores with ninety passengers aboard. The vessel was described as prevailing on the Atlantic during the past week. This note follows earlier coverage on the Bulgaria continuing from page one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bulgaria
Azores
Canada Icebound Voyage Impresses Boston Harbor
The ocean liner Canada entered Boston Harbor coated in ice from six inches to two feet, its decks and rigging frozen in a wintry sheath as it battled a fierce storm. Capt Maddox ordered the glass in the wheelhouse broken to see, while crews hacked away at ice on hatches and derricks. the Philadelphia followed, five days late, through a treacherous field of ice and icebergs encountered about midnight February 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Boston Harbor
Old Boreas
Philadelphia
Dominion
Liverpool
Maddox
War report lauds US troops for swift victory in Spain
The commission praises soldiers and sailors for rapid action that ended Spanish colonial power and freed oppressed peoples. It notes General Shafter risked and accepted responsibility during transports. Las Guarimas is defended as neither ambush nor disobedience, and General Wheeler’s authorization is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Spain
United States
Howling Gale Continues Across Region With Ice Threats
A storm spanning from northern Georgia to southern Maine disrupts surface tracks and ferries. Boston logged 2 below zero with warmer winds promised. Miles City, Montana hit 40 below. Ice buildup endangered ferry operations and passengers as tides raised floating cakes near harbor slips. Two fatalities or near fatalities reported from exposure, including Mary O'Brien and Daniel Logue. Weather readings: Washington 8, Philadelphia 10, Chicago 2, Cincinnati 0, Pittsburgh 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Maine
Boston
Miles City
Mont
Key West
Daniel Logue
West End
Draper
Mary O’brien
Tyler Street
Weather Bureau
Fire Horrors Hit Uninsured Building Loss Estimated At 18000
Fire destroyed a building with an estimated loss of 18000, uninsured. Ongoing coverage notes repeated and confirms extensive damage with no insurance protection.
Day of fires tests Boston fire safety advice
A series of alarms hit Boston as bitter cold spurred thawing fires. Chief Webber and Assistant Chief Cheswell urged safe heat methods, advising hot water for thawing pipes and candles not lamps. A major blaze gutted William Hennessey’s Beach Street home, with losses near ten thousand dollars, amid multiple minor blazes and a Somerville flare up from thawing pipes and furnace issues.
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Boston Fire Department
Webber
Cheswell
Post
William Hennessey
Will’am Hennessey
Beach Street
Hennessey
Carlisle Street
Roxpury
Watts
Eldief
Gannett Street
Warren and
Quincy Street
Boston
Endicott Street
Louise Varney
Chicago Picture Frame Company
Davis Street
Simon Barry
Cambridge
Austin Street
Miss Studley
Albion A. Weeks
Foster Street
Daniel J Wild
Concord Street
Smith Estate
Progress Club
Green Street
Jamaica Plain
Patrol McCarthy
Division 13
William Baldwin
Edward Williams
Allston Street
Patrick McQuigagin
Curtis Davis Soap Manufacturing Company
Washington Street
William A. Flarery
Cedar Street
J. Forest
Adrian Street
Thomas A. Bent
James A. D. Remick
Warranted Tar Syrup Refund Card Promises Money Back
A printed refund card lists multiple Boston area druggists and firms including Emery Souther, Rust & Richardson Drug, George C. Goodwin & Co, B F Bradbury, Woodward & Co, Parker, Demeritt, Knowlton, Gammon, Siskind, Chapin, Adams & Co, Alexander, and "Two Hundred Others" guaranteeing refunds on Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds, with prices of 50 and 25 cents for bottles and satisfaction refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Emery Souther
Green St
Rust & Richardson Drug
Col
George C. Goodwin & CO
B. F. Bradbury
Washington St
FE. Woodward & CO
Bromfield St. Joseph
First Port Arrival Under New Treasury Passenger Check
Passengers aboard the Canada faced a new Treasury Department policy requiring thorough examination of baggage. Customs officers met protests as contents of trunks were scrutinized and duties assessed for abroad purchases. Captain Maddox described a rough crossing with ice, gales, and frost, noting icebergs near Boston and the ship’s icy bow during February.
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Treasury Department
Boston
Enoch Maddox
Liverpool
Queenstown
Daunt’s Rock
Grand Banks
Boston Light
Halifax City
Newton
London
Halifax
N. 8
St. John
N. B
Canada
H. Bogigian
Harold Boy
W. Cc. Brooks
Brooks
H. Converse
A. J. Copp
Copp
Ww. G. Dean
W. A. D. Graham
Graham
A. F. Langdon
D. McConnell
A. H. Newhall
No News Of Pavonia From Liverpool Feb 12
No news yet on the disabled Pavonia. Cunard officials remain hopeful Captain Atkin will bring the vessel to port. A cable to Fayal yielded no new information. Heavy weather and seas are cited as reasons for the ship’s deviation and lack of sighting by incoming steamers. The company will alert Boston agents as soon as definite news arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Pavonia
Cunard
Atkin
Fayal
St. Michael’s
Boston
Trip of the Philadelphian Amid a Severe Atlantic Storm
Captain McCallum described leaving Mersey on January 28 for the Philadelphian, noting seven years of record voyage length since construction. The voyage faced a February hurricane with 36 hours of furious southeast to north northeast winds, mountainous seas, and heavy snow squalls that tore gear, lifted bombs, and damaged the vessel, forcing the ship to recoil seventy miles before the storm subsided.
Thirteen Men Missing After Steamer Arno Disaster
A British steamer Arno foundered in a gale off Nab Lightship. The captain and three crew members reached Southsea exhausted with a smashed boat and report thirteen men missing from the ship's company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nab
Southsea
Blaze sweeps five story block on India Square
A stubborn blaze tore through the five story block bounded by India Square India Street and Atlantic Avenue damaging the Wigglesworth estate owned structure and the Storer hemp and flax firm at 56 58 India Square. The fire gutted the building housing Robert B Storer Co and J J Rogers Co sustained smoke losses reported by officials as firefighters labor into the early morning hours to extinguish smouldering hemp and flax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India Square
India Street
Atlantic Avenue
Robert B. Storer & Co
Storer
Wigglesworth
J. J. Rogers & Co
Five story McClurg building burns in Chicago
A five story McClurg & Co building at Wabash and Madison, a major book and stationery house with one of the largest rare book stocks outside the libraries, was totally destroyed by fire. Loss about 650000 with 500000 on stock. stock insured around 350000.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Madison Street
A. C. McClurg & Co
McClurg & Co
McClurg
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THE
WAR Board
Schofield
Secretary of War
Department
Quartermaster’s Department
Atlantic
Gulf
Santiago
Seneca
Car, Signal and Engineer Corps
Ordnance Bureau
Medical Department
Bebe
Dee
Nelson
Long Island Light
Ice Bound
Igf
Boston Perry
Fort Warren
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Mfe
Creswell
New York
Hudson
Harlem
Harlem Bridge
Castoria Larinfanis
Treasury
the Mutual Life Insurance
Richard A. McCurdy
Insurance Department of the
State of New York
Eat
Aieenta
Insurance Department
Charles A. Preller
Robert A. Granniss
Walter R. Gillette
Isaac F. Lovo
Frederic Cromwell
Emory McCclintock
Hopkins, Keep & Hopkins, General Agents
Mass
McCallum
Boston Bay
Sachem
Warren Line
St Michael’s
Cunard Company
Trip of the
OPERA
South Framingham
Elmwood
W. H. St. George
A. M. Lang
J. H. Goodell
Albany
N. Y
South Pearl Street
Queen Victoria
Lansden & Gibson, Grocers
Aberdeen
Scotland
Balmoral Castle
Queen's Residence
Heinz
Hy. J. Heinz Company
Wahnita Copper Mining CO
State Street
Boston Stock Exchange
Board of
Henry F. Whitrex
Sonday
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