US rejects right of seizure on three British ship cargoes
The State Department instructed Ambassador Choate in London to tell Britain the United States cannot admit British warships seizing American goods on the Beatrice Mershona and Muria. The goods, including flour and common trade items, were shipped for Lourenzo Marquez on British and German ships. A consular report on the seized or detained goods and damages will follow as the next step.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Choate
London
Beatrice
Mershona
Muria
Lourenzo Marquez
Loorenzo Marquez
Colonial Troops Engage Boers Near Belmont in Cape Colony
A Dover Park dispatch reports 14 Canadians and 200 Queenslanders under Colonel Richards and Major De Rougemont marching from Belmont toward a Boer position. The force, including two guns, captured a Boer wagon and 40 prisoners after a night maneuver aided by fog, with two British casualties and a minor loss. Continued coverage notes colonial troops eager to clash with the Boers.
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Belmont
Cape Colony
Associated Press
Dover Park
Toronto Company
Richards
de Rougemont
Pilcher
Sunet
Coox
Ofelock
Helongwead
Geereland
Duver Thorm
Colum
Myers Wins The Speakership Over Miss Hanlon
Patrolman Hegsett found not guilty on four counts of the complaint but guilty on the fifth. Miss Hanlon declares the verdict an outrage and claims her counsel agrees with her.
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Hegsett
Miss Hanlon
Ourazge
Sman Naphen
Banquet Honors Late Mayor Quincy Ties Strong Political Ties
Four score of business political and personal friends gathered at the Exchange Club banquet hall to pay tribute to the late Mayor of Heston Josiah Quincy. Speakers touched on notable measures of Quiney’s administration while political significance appeared only in friendships among attendees.
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Lion
Josiah Quincy
Exchange Club
Heston
Quiney
James Te. Cartas
P. A. Cartas
Nathan Minctthews
Albion A Perry
Somerville
Profes Willam Y. Sedgwick
Massachusetts
Count on Which Hogsett Was Found Guilty
Abstract from a Police Board general order finds Patrolmen Hauckins Quirk Chambers and O Keefe not guilty on all specifications. James L Hogsett is found not guilty on four specifications but guilty on the fifth and sentenced to dismissal from the Boston police force.
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Hogsett
Miss Hanlon's Statement on Police Board Decision
The Police Board dismissed Officer Hogsett and cleared the four officers Frank Huckins Richard Quirk Patrick Chambers and James O Keefe of giving false testimony in Mary Hanlon's case. Miss Hanlon argues the board has not exonerated her nor shown a plan to protect girls on the street.
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Slogsett
Board of Police
Ifrom
Miss Hanlon
Mary Helene Hanlon
James L. Hogsett
Tianton
Frank W. Huckins
Richard F. Quirk
Patrick J. Chambers
City police board finds Hogsett guilty and dismisses him
General Order No 652 covers the complaint by Mary H Hanlon against Patrolmen Hogsett Quirk Huckins Chambers and O Keefe of Division 4 for alleged conduct unbecoming officers. The board finds Hogsett guilty on the fifth specification only and dismisses him from the Boston Police Force. other officers are found not guilty.
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Mary H. Hanlon
James L. Hogsett
Frank W. Huckins
Richard l. Quirk
Patrick J. Chambers
Jeremiah O'Keefe
Richard F. Quirk
Jamesl. Hogsett
Boston
Municipal Court
City of
Holden
Nellie Hanlon
Pitth
Huckins
Quirk
Chambers
O'Keefe
James J. Hogsett
Miss Hanlon Demands Dismissal of Testifying Officers
Miss Hanlon declares all police officers who testified against her should be discharged. She and her family expressed little satisfaction with the Board of Police Commissioners decision, as seen at their Prospect Street home in Charleston.
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Httle
Miss Hanlon
Board of Police Commissioners
Prospect Street
Charles
Own
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Cambridge man James J Myers chosen for speakership
James J. Myers of Cambridge was the choice of the Republican members of the Legislature for the speakership in a closely contested caucus. After a long campaign with Bennett Saunders Reed Mills and others, eleven of Bennett’s supporters shifted to Myers on the second ballot, sealing the nomination. The caucus, attended by 163 Republicans, featured an Australian voting system and lively persuasion efforts.
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Bennett
James J. Myers
Cambridge
Myers
Saunders
Reed
Mills
Reid
Millis
Collins
Edgartown
Watson
Lowell
Butler Ames
Ames
Torito Rico
Bullock
New Bedford
Blood
Turtle
Pittsfield
Country
Myers and Bennett
Mr. Bennett
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