Senate Divides Over Quay Seat Vote on 34 to 28
The Senate opened with Penrose forcing the Quay seating question to debate. A 34 to 28 vote allowed the motion to be taken up, with Daniel defending Quay’s right and West opposing the Hawaiian bill. Session adjourned at 5:2 p.m. The House planned a Porto Rican tariff vote for next Tuesday with a Republican conference set for tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Quay
Daniel
West
Foraker
House
P. m
Underwood
Wnhip
Littlefield
Maine
Roberts
Debating the bill spurs lengthy session in House
The best efforts of the recognized orators impressed many as the House adjourned amid a lengthy demonstration. Speakers included Jones of Virginia and Maddox of Georgia opposing the bill, while Russell of Connecticut Bartholdi of Missouri Gardner of Michigan and Lacey of Louisiana supported it. The debate continued into a night session.
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Messrs
Jones
Maddox
Russell
Conn
Bartholdi
Gardner
Mich
Lacey
Philippine Appointments Discussed at Cabinet Meeting
Washington February 23 Cabinet members debated the Philippine Commission lineup. President sent telegrams to General Luke Wright and Henry C Ide to join Washington for talks likely leading to Commission posts. The final member may be Bernard Messs of the University of California. Debate also covered Puerto Rico food relief and Philippine Commission instructions.
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Washington
Philippine Commission
Luke Wright
Memphis
Henry C. Ide
Vermont
Bernard Messs
University of California
Puerto Rico
Little Women staged in Copley Hall for charity
The Cambridge and Newton Dramatic clubs presented Little Women adapted by Elizabeth Lincoln Gould in Copley Hall last evening. Proceeds nearing $500 benefited the Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Tonight's performance is sold out. cast featured Katherine Searle Teddy Oakley Carson Ruth Delano Meg Amy Beth March characters and more.
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Elizabeth Lincoln Gould
Copley Hall
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Radcliffe
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Meg March
Eleanore Wesselhieft
Amy March
Edith Kimball
Beth March
Arthur Carroll
Professor Beer
Mr. Lewis Humphrey
John Brooke
Mr. E. C. Burrage
Mr. March
Mr. J. W. Sever
Newsboys Warned After Bowdoin Square Stampede
Police order limits persistent sales tactics after complaints that newsboys crowd buyers. Patrolman Martin Bergin dispersed the group in Bowdoin square and, from 9 PM onward, the area remained peaceful.
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Martin Bergin
Station 3
Poston
Anti-Imperialist Conference Attacks McKinley Policy
Moorfield Storey and Gamaliel Bradford led a Philadelphia gathering denouncing U S policy in the Philippines as criminal aggression. Resolutions call for united action to oppose imperialism and pledge to back candidates who oppose it. Afternoon speakers critiqued executive power and the administration’s war aims.
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Philippines
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Henry L. Philipps
Gamaliel Bradford
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Washington
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Chicago
Robert Ellis Thompson
Henry Budd
Edwin ¢. Sweetzer
Halifax Storm Wrecks Wires Shuts Lights No Loss Reported
A Feb 93 storm in Halifax brought hurricane force winds hail and rain disabling street lights and telephones. No deaths or shipping casualties reported. The schooner Thetis capt Doucette limped into Canso after a twin gale with sails torn and heavy seas. Temporary repairs planned before proceeding to Gloucester.
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Admiralty To Notify Senior Officers Of Ship Assignments
Wilkinson notes navy will inform non afloat senior officers of their ship assignments to speed mobilization. Boer dispatches hint at Dewet gathering forces near Petrusberg to relieve Cronje. Possible large Natal battle may delay telegram communications as Roberts pursues Boers. Crone may exploit night sorties amid expected heavy fighting by 10 000 to 16 000 Boers.
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Admiralty
Spenser Wilkinson
Morning Post
Dewet
Petrusberg
Moodoosland
Crone
Natal
Lord Roberts
Wirce
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Cronje
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Copper hood thefts hit city electric lights unit
Police are told to watch for thieves after more than 100 copper hoods valued at one dollar each disappear from the city electric department. Most thefts have occurred in Dorchester.
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Dorchester
Branch 7 SDP meets at West End Union Hall
W P Porter of Newburyport addressed Branch 7 of the Social Democratic party on Social ism at West End Union Hall last evening. Mayor Chase of Haverhill is set to speak there next Friday evening.
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Rough Riders
Union Park Hall
Washington Street
Social Democratic Party
West End Union Hall
W. P. Porter
Newburyport
Chase
Haverhill
Dorchester Boy Seriously Injured In Elevator Accident
J. D. Bowers aged 5 a builder of Selden Street Dorchester had both hands crushed when caught between an elevator and a counter. He was rescued by bystanders and may have faced fatal injuries without timely aid.
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Portland Renominates Mayor Robinson by Republican Delegates
Portland delegates reelected Mayor Frank W. Robinson in a Republican mayoralty renomination meeting held Tuesday night, setting the stage for the upcoming election. The action confirms Robinson's continued leadership as the party standard bearer in the city.
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Frank W. Robinson
General Cronje Still Unbeaten Amid Natal Movements
Report from the front notes General Cronje undefeated as Boers pull back from General Gatacre's Sterkstroom line to reinforce the Free Staters. Ladysmith not relieved. 6,000 redirected to the Free State while 12,000 allegedly remain to siege and resist Buller within lines. A Daily News correspondent observes Boer laager flames and trench shelters as shells fall near Modder River. Cronje’s wife reportedly pressures surrender. remounts for horses stress high.
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Sterkstroom
Free
Daily News
Modder River
Roodoost
Cronje
Daily Chronicle
Ladysmith
Convent Hill
Bulwana
Daily Telegraph
Chieveley
White
George White
Naval buildup and Boer War dispatches from 1900s era papers
Reports detail British and Boer movements near Ladysmith and Tugela, with cavalry, artillery, and ware deployments. Despatches note Boer retreats, forts, and captures. Rhodes praises mounted troops and bayonet charges in late November engagements.
England's Fleet Growing as War Vessels Increase
England's naval estimates reveal fifteen additional war vessels funded and a manpower rise of 220 officers and 4020 sailors. The plan expands the fleet and strengthens maritime forces for defense and projection.
Roberts Has Fifty Five Thousand Men In South African War
London February 28 The fighting force at Lord Roberts disposal for service against the Orange Free State totals about 55 000 including troops on lines of communication moving from Sterkstroom and beyond.
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Orange Free State
Sterkstroom
Russian plan to seize Herat touted by Kuropatkin
The St Petersburg correspondent claims General Kuropatkin, then minister for war, supported a plan to seize Herat in Kushk district. He supposedly obtained military council approval and proposed to act while England faced trouble in South Africa. The Czar reportedly declined to back the move.
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Daily Telegraph
Kuropatkin
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Military Council
Herat
England
South Africa
Naval maneuvers test Marconi wireless system
The Marconi wireless telegraphy system was tested in naval maneuvers and proved successful with signals covering sixty miles when only one ship transmitted. Negotiations are under way with Signor Marconi. Fleet coal arrangements receive special attention and reserve stocks will be increased at key coaling stations. Experiments seek a patent fuel for distant stations.
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Marconi
Signor Marconi
British Losses in South Africa Total 11 964
The war office reports total British losses in South Africa up to Feb 17 amounting to 11 964. Officers killed 15 with 1512 wounded 367. missing officers 171 with 2446 missing. disease deaths 13 with 568. accidental deaths 1 with 12. invalided home 54 with 1628. Excludes Fusiliers captured at Nicholson's Nek and other cited incidents.
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South Africa
War Office
Fusiliers
Nicholson's Nek
Rensburg
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Buller
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Cronje
Chat With Cecil Rhodes Report From Kimberley
Daily Telegraph correspondent in Kimberley filed a despatch dated Thursday noting a chat with Mr Cecil Rhodes. The London report details Rhodes's views and remarks on current events and colonial affairs.
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Daily Telegraph
Kimberley
Cecil
Vast British Force Moves Toward Kimberley Front
An expeditionary force from England includes Arundel De Aar Hopetown divisions totaling eleven cavalry regiments and forty five infantry battalions with nineteen colonial corps. Overall about 55 000 men and 120 field guns plus naval brigade ships and Maxim pieces. On Feb 10 four cavalry regiments, seventeen artillery batteries, eleven infantry battalions and nine volunteer corps left England, with some already arriving.
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de Aar
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Kimberley
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England
British repulsed in Tugela river fighting at Ladysmith
Delayed dispatch from Pretoria reports heavy fighting renewed at the Tugela with General Buller repulsed again. From Hoofd LAager at Ladysmith on February 21 British troops attempted a river crossing but were beaten back with heavy losses. Boer positions face bombardment as the Long Tom guns answer with effect.
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Daily News
Chieveley
Daily Chronicle
Tugela
Ladysmith
Buller
Pretoria
Kip
Russian cruiser arrives at Bandar Abas via Straits of Ormuz
The Times of India reports a large Russian cruiser reached Bandar Abas on the Straits of Ormuz connecting the Persian Gulf with the Arabian Sea. British third class cruiser Pomone and gunboat Sphinx have moved to the same location.
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Times of India
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Straits of
Ormuz
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
Pomone
Sphinx
Britain’s Neutral Stance Cited Amid War Sympathy
The article quotes a royal statement affirming strict neutrality during the war despite public sympathy for the Boers. It notes this stance as a victory for the Russian foreign office and mentions Count Muraviev’s opposition to General Kuropatkin, whose position is seen as weakened.
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Muravieff
Kuropatkin
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