25 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1901
Page
1
Harvard College Observatory records show the new Perseus star undergoing rapid spectral changes in the last two days. Photographs by Mr. King reveal a banded spectrum and dramatic brightening, visible in sunlight with a small telescope.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester with Lord Lambert sail from New York to England after a brief stay in Cincinnati. The duke, who received the Mystic Shrine degree at Masonic Temple, plans to return for his class reunion and hopes to bring the Duke of Cornwall to visit and be initiated.
Mrs Carrie Nation writes Judge Hazen asking to be freed from jail asserting she must resume her ministry and save souls. The judge has ignored the letter, discarding it among many other communications from across the country and some threaten the judge.
Michael Reilly, a theological student from Holyoke Mass, was killed when struck by a freight train after an electric car narrowly cleared the track. Several passengers leapt to safety as chaos followed and Reilly toppled onto the rails.
A widow in Colfax Washington drowned her six children aged 4 to 12 in Union Township on February 24. The woman then attempted suicide and is reported to be in a fit of insanity. law authorities are investigating the incident.
Imperial edict sentences ready for execution in Pekin with Li Hung Chang seeking deliveries of Ying Nien and Chao Shu Chiao. Prince Chun to Berlin to express regrets. Pekin evacuation discussed. powers regard punishment edict as satisfactory and China vows to end examinations at sites of foreign outrage. Boer leader pressured as Kitchener reports large Boer retreat and losses.
The Daily Telegraph carries a Dewar dispatch stating Mr. Steyn told the Boers to shift for themselves and return to the Orange River colony. He and General Dewet took 300 of the best horses to escape.
A chaotic event in San Francisco left six officers and seventeen others wounded or sick. Authorities captured a deserter, Frederick H. who served as an officer in the Filipino army and now faces a life imprisonment sentence.
Boston and New England anticipates a mass regatta featuring the America's Cup defender and Lipton challenger in races off Nahant Marblehead or Nantasket. Lawson’s 5000 dollar prize offer spurs entries from Vigilant Jubilee Shamrock Columbia Navaho and others with racing likely in early September across multiple classes.
The World describes Belmont boat construction noting lead bulb fastening with upright bolts and plates, cup yacht framing innovations, and long longitudinal bracing with T bars and bulbed sections. It reports gaps between transverse bracing and 20 inch centering, indicating a nonuniform frame plan.
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