Snow Refusal Brings Charlestown Woman to Court
Annie Moore, colored, of 384 Bunker Hill Street Charlestown, defied a court summons over snow on her sidewalk. Arrested by Patrolman Mullen, she was fined ten dollars but refused to pay. a relative later settled the fine and she was released. She claims others snow is ignored and cites previous Deer Island confinement.
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Annie Moore
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
Mills of Justice
Mullen
Garret
Skilett
Deer Island
Boers Near Cape Colony Face Rising Orange River
General Dewet and Mr. Steyn crossed near Kranskuil and south of Orange River station as heavy rain swells the river by five feet. Colonel Thorneycroft pursues, with several columns converging on the Boer forces amid renewed river crossings.
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DE Aar
Cape Colony
General Dewet
Steyn
Kranskuil
Orange River Station
Orange River
Thorneycroft
Dewet
England Punishing Officers in South Africa War Debates
In the House of Commons the war secretary said a general inquiry into war conduct in South Africa would proceed as the war nears end. He noted 20 painful surrender cases were investigated, many officers were held accountable, ten were dismissed, and home employment required Lord Roberts's and General Kitchener's approval.
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London
House of Commons
Brodrick
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Kitchener
Plague Cases Rise in Cape Town With Six Deaths
Cape Town reports thirty one bubonic plague cases, including six Europeans, with six deaths so far. Several patients under treatment are expected to die.
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Cape Town
Weather outlook for Tuesday and Wednesday
A forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday shows fresh to brisk southwest winds in the southwest and lake regions, with unsettled rain east of the Gulf and south Atlantic. Snow flurries are possible in the lower lake region and northern New England, while temperatures rise slowly from the Carolinas to Maine. Partly cloudy skies with southeast to west winds expected in New England and eastern New York.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
New England
East Gulf
South Atlantic
Lake Region
Carolinas
Maine
New York
City Brevities Report Local Mishaps and Arrests
A gas jet ignited a lace curtain causing $800 damage at 84 Highland Avenue tenants Harry N. Simpson and owner Mrs. M. E. Fisher. Margaret O'Brien 5 years old broke her right leg on ice at a vacant Fremont street lot and was sent to City Hospital. Carrie Cole 23 of 854 Columbus Avenue detained for disposing of a $75 diamond ring under a contract from Clarence R. Davis. ring recovered. John Hill 80 of 77 Phillips Street injured after falling on a trench on Lewis Street East Boston.
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Highland Avenue
Harry N. Simpson
M. E. Fisher
Margaret O’brien
Eustis Street
Fremont Avenue
City Hospital
Carrie Cole
Columbus Avenue
Clarence R. Davis
Loulston Street
John Hill
Phillins Street
Lewis Street
Boston
Rio de Janeiro wreck recovery in week’s end uncertain
New wave of coast patrols searches the wreck site as rescuers in San Francisco assess chances of recovering bodies from the Rio de Janeiro before the week closes. Officials report ongoing patrols and careful coordination with coast guard units.
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San Francisco
Rio de Janeiro
Religious Foul in Philippines Opposes Federal Party
Manila Feb 25. Rev Father McKinnon once private secretary to Mgr Chappelle now Ermita pastor says over 800 native priests oppose the Federal party and will not administer sacraments to Federalists. He calls the party weak and accuses missionaries of pressuring Filipinos from Catholic faith. Senor Tavera cites loyalty to American sovereignty and doubts mass resignation from church over the issue. Reports say chaplains administered oaths to thousands in Vigan and Santa Catalina while skirmishes with insurgents yield mixed results and a peace commission negotiates northern Panay.
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Manila
Father MakKinnon
Mgr. Chappelle
Ermita Catholic Church
Associated Press Today
Philippines
Church of Rome
Federal Party
Senor Buencamino
Senor Tavera
Father McKinnon
United States
Fitzgerald
Vigan
Santa Catalina
West
Laguna de Bay
Caballos
Cavinta
Laguna
Forty-seventh Volunteer Infantry
Albay
United States Infantry
Panay
Nixon's Grusade Ends New York Tammany Committee
After a lengthy session of the Tammany Hall committee of five, Chairman Nixon announced the panel would finish its labors and sign a final report to the Tammany executive committee. He said he would not take questions.
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New York
Tammany Hall Committee
Nixon
Tammany Executive Committee
Wyoming Mine Fire Threatens Thirty Men
A message to Superintendent Calvin of the Oregon Short Line reports Mine No. 1 at Diamondville Wyoming is on fire between the sixth and seventh levels. Authorities fear thirty to forty men may be in danger.
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Boise, Ida
Calvin
Oregon Short Line Railway
Diamondville
Wyo
Boston Schooner Disabled Near St Thomas Amid Gales
The Mannie Swan of New York arrived at St Thomas in a disabled condition with sugar from Pernambuco, sailing since December 25 and Barbadoes January 12, after a NW gale drove her off course. The Star of the Sea of Boston arrived with lumber from Savannah after a January 7 voyage, having lost sails boats and part of its deckload.
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New York
Duffy Sentenced to Three Years for Flim-Flam Change Game
Luke M. Duffy a Brookline meat cutter was sentenced by Judge Sheldon in the Superior Criminal Court to the House of Correction for three years for operating a flim flam change game. Duffy had a wife and child. When sober he was decent but on spree he swindled people by confusing them during change.
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Luke M. Duffy
Brookline
Sheldon
Superior Criminal Court
House of Correction
Duffy
Move for Molineux Resettlement Requested in New York
Lawyers Weeks and Battle representing Roland B. Molineux appeared before Recorder Goff and announced they will move for a resettlement of the case in open court Wednesday morning.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Goff
Georgia courts to try Gaynors for conspiracy fraud
United States Commissioner Shields ruled that Benjamin D. Green and John F, Edward H and William T Gaynor be moved to Georgia federal courts. The indictments allege conspiracy to defraud connected to Savannah Harbor improvement work supervised by Oberlin M Carter, a former U S Army captain.
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Georgia
Two Alarms for a Fifteen Dollar Fire in Jamaica Plain
An overzealous resident on Day Street Jamaica Plain sent two fire alarms from the Day and Centre street box at 11 last night. The blaze caused only $15 damage confined to the second floor of 83 Day Street, home of Charles Booker, requiring only an all out signal and a pail of water to quell the incident.
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Day Street
Jamaica Plain
Day
Centre Streets
Charles Booker
Whitelaw Reid Delivers Yale Journalism Lecture
Whitelaw Reid tonight delivered the first of the Isaac Bromley course of lectures before 890 Yale University students. He spoke frankly on the phases of modern journalism and its impact.
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Whitelaw Reid
New Haven
Isaac Bromley
Yale University
Reid
Rescue of the Others Aboard Devonian After Derelict Tow
Chief Officer T. B. Jago and eight seamen of the Leyland Devonian saved nine crew members from a derelict ship, but steward Frank Egan was crushed fatally between the derelict and a boat. The Devonian reached Halifax three days late from Liverpool after attempting to tow the abandoned Norwegian bark Arcturus from Stavanger.
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T. B. Jago
Leyland
Devonian
Frank Egan
Liverpool
Halifax
Arcturus
Stavanger
Jago
Post
Midocean
Muir
P. Nilsen
Norway
Dominion Tron and Steel deal linked to Whitney stocks
Announcement states a merger between the Dominion Tron and Steel Co at Sydney and the Morgan Rockefeller syndicate has been completed. The Sydney works have run eighteen months with furnaces lit last month and ore from Newfoundland Guysboro and Cuba. Dominion Coal ties secure coal for years. Insiders show stock gains in Dominion Iron and Steel Dominion Coal and New England Gas and Coke as market activity rises.
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Wagifax
Dominion Tron and Steel Company
Sydney
Morgan- Rockefeller
Newfoundland
Guysboro
Cuba
Dominion Coal Company
Ised
Dominion Coal
Whitney Combination
Whitney
Dominion Iron and Steel
New England Gas and Coke
Whitney denies report on Dominion Iron and Steel deal
Mr Henry M Whitney president of Dominion Iron and Steel Company denies a completed deal with the Morgan Rockefeller syndicate. He states the report is false and offers no further comment. The Canadian incorporated firm began in 1899 with 20 million dollars capital and listed officers H M Whitney R B Angus J F McLennan and F B Pearson.
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Henry M. Whitney
Commonwealth Avenue
Dominion Iron and Steel Company
Morgan-Rockefeller Syndicate
Canada
H. M. Whitney
R. B. Angus
J. F. McLennan
F.B. Pearson
Dominion Coal
Morgan Syndicate Trade Split Shown for Halifax
Dispatched from Sydney, the report quotes Mr. Ryan claiming Morgan syndicate control while H M Whitney of Dominion Steel denies it. W B Ross notes Whitney’s dispatch could flip from true to false, suggesting Sydney works handle exports and Pittsburgh works domestic trade in a divided arrangement.
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Halifax
N. S
Sydney
Ryan
Morgan Syndicate
H. M. Whitney
Dominion Steel Company
Morgan
W. B. Ross
Steel Company
Whitney
Pittsburg
Morgan & Co Sways Steel Giants in Financed Pact
Morgan & Co have arranged financing for the steel combination and prepared to swap old securities for new. In meetings were Cromwell, Gary president. Max Pam for American Steel and Wire. and Francis Lynde Stetson, Morgan adviser. Rumor says American Bridge and National Tube may be sidelined.
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New York
Morgan &Co
Cromwell
Gary
Federal Steel Company
Max Pam
American Steel and Wire Company
Francis Lynde Stetson
Mr. Morgan
American Bridge Company
National Tube Company
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Union Made
Union
Cigar Makers
Ibrnational Union of America
Chill of America
Bunker Hill
Bensdorp
Royal Dutch
Vorenberg
Washington, Hanover & Elmets
England
McGreenery Bros. & Manning, Makers
Fr. McKinnon
Wyoming
Star of the Sea
St. Thomas
Molineux
Marksman
Tralifax
Hotel
Chamberlin
Fortress Monroe
Atlantic Coast
Totel
Geo. A. Keeler
Essex
Boston News Bureau
J. Pierpont Morgan
Steel Trust
Morgan's
O. K
Bernard M. Wolf
Hanover and
Portland Sts
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