Water Subding Floods Spark Montpelier Crisis
Floods across New England recede as winds and cold return. In Montpelier Vermont the Winooski River blocked by ice sent a torrent through State Street flooding half the downtown. Fire bells rang as residents used improvised defenses while dynamite was considered to clear the ice gorge. One death occurred in Exeter as an overseer drowned in a raceway.
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New England
Montpelier
Vit
Winooski
State Street
Orange
Clinton
Fitchburg
Deerfield
Exeter
Loren Lyford
U S Assistant Interior Official sails home from Delagoa Bay
Mr. Webster Davis, United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior, arrived from Pretoria and plans to sail on the Kanzier via Naples on his way home, departing Delagoa Bay February 12.
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United States
Interior
Lorenzo Marques
Delagoa Bay
Mr. Webster Davis
Pretoria
Naples
Transvaal
Coda
Durban
Nelson
Prestoria
South Africa
Cone
Republic
Department
Atterbury
Reeply
America
Mth
Hay
Hillis
Washington
Hill
Way
Roxbury Laundryman Charged With Forgery
William H. Stevenson a Roxbury laundryman was arrested by federal authorities on forging a postal money order for $10. He appeared before U S Commissioner Fiske at the Federal building pleaded not guilty and was bound over in $1000 for a February 21 hearing.
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William H. Stevenson
Roxbury
United States
Stevenson
Fiske
Federal Building
Senate Panel Backs Bill to Aid American Red Cross
The Senate committee on foreign relations today authorized a favorable report on a bill to enlarge the American National Red Cross.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Increasing cloudiness with snow likely Friday
A weather brief from Cloudy Washington notes increasing clouds on Thursday with snow possible Friday and variable winds shifting to easterly.
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Washington
Peeping Tom Reported in Brookline Circling Left Flank
A Brookline resident reports a rising number of night trespasses by men peering through windows between 9 and 11 PM. Police note two types: casual trespassers and actual peepers. One suspect was warned after being intercepted near Kent Street by a vigilant homeowner. The prowler wore a light overcoat and a derby hat.
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Brookline
Kent Street
Harvard Square
Hugh Normans Future
Hugh K Norman may receive a share of the Norman estate if he pays debts and shows more restraint. His divorce settlement with his wife, now traveling in Europe, was supported by his father George H Norman of Newport. Friends say a private understanding could allot him a portion upon conforming conduct.
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Hugh K. Norman
George H. Norman
Newport
Mr. Norman
Europe
Maine G A R in Session at Encampment in Portland
City Hall filled with veterans as the thirty third annual Maine Department G A R encampment opened in Portland. Commander Robie delivered a broad review of events during his administration.
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Portland
Maine Department
Robie
Rapid Eastward Movement with Heavy Force Reported
London dispatch from February 14 cites Lord Roberts relaying General French’s forward march from Dekiel's Drift. Three brigades of cavalry horse artillery and mounted infantry including colonial contingents pursued a continuation toward Page 10 with Fourth and Fifth Columns noted.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Dekiel
French
Anti-Trust League forms at Chicago conference
At the anti trust congress in Chicago the committee on national organization recommended forming the American Anti-Trust League. M I Lockwood was named president with Franklin H Wentworth as secretary and C T Bride as treasurer. A national structure with local and state leagues was outlined and adopted.
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Chicago
E. O. Norton
Alabama
Committee On National Organization
American Anti-Trust League
Men of
America
National League
Jones
M. I. Lockwood
Franklin H. Wentworth
C. T. Bride
Washington, D. C
W. B. Fleming
Kentucky
Washington
B. Fleming
William Sulzer
George Fred Williams
Helen Go
Committee On Resolutions
Wills
Former U S Consul Blasts Pretoria Silence Over War
Charles H. Macrum, ex United States consul to Pretoria, accuses Washington of neglect and British censorship. He details halted Transvaal mail, censored cables, and inaction that forced him to return to the United States while asserting his neutrality and loyalty to American interests.
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Charlo S. FE. Macrum
United States
Pretoria
Transvaal
Cape Town
Durban
Macrum
Washington
Charles H. Macrum
South Africa
Department of State
State Department
van Ameringen
Republic
Stowe
Delagoa Bay
Europe
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Merrimac
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Fitchburg Road
Davis
Crosby's
School Street
Tod P. Ma
Roberts
Roers
Dundonald
Hugh Norman
Modder
Plan of National Organization of Anti-Trust Men
U. S
Great Britain
American Republic
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