Mobilization of Fleet at Tor Bay and Cape Martial Law Declared
The British mobilize a powerful fleet at Tor Bay with fifteen battleships arrived. Martial law is proclaimed in several Cape Colony districts including Priestka Kennardad Britstown and Barkly West as disaffection grows. Reports show Roberts and French skirmishes with Boers while transport and horse shortages hinder advance.
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London
Tor Bay
South Africa
Martialaw
Cape
Sir Alfred Milner
Priestka
Kennardad
Britstown
Barkly West
Buller
Roberts
French
Joubert
Abraham’s Kra
Snow Forecast for New England and New York
Forecasts call for heavy snow Tuesday in western New England and heavy snow in most of New York except extreme south. Wednesday will bring clearing in New York with colder air and strong northeasterly winds in the south.
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New England
New York
Cold snap to hit from Manitoba with Texas storm
Forecaster Smith warns a cold snap will sweep in from Manitoba today and be tempered by a heavy Texas storm within twenty four hours. The forecast notes brisk winds and plunging temperatures across the region as the system moves in.
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Smith
Manitoba
Texas
Sensational Gas Charges in Donahue Testimony
John F. Donahue, confidential man for gas magnate J Edward Addicks, testifies before the manufactures committee accusing heavy spending on newspaper editorials and political arguments. He cites payments to the Boston News Bureau and Barron, details stock issuances and transfers, and notes large sums paid over years for propaganda in newspapers and at the State House and City Hall.
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John F. Donahue
J. Edward Addicks
Committee On Manufactures
Donahue
Addicks
Boston News
Boston
State House
Mr. Anderson
Mr. Donahue
Delaware Company
New York
Dover
Wilmington
Barron
Coke Company
Whitney
Burrage
Lawson
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
Bay State Gas
Boston News Bureau
Boston Papers
C. W. Barron
Adicks
Theews
Sapho Stopped as Police Bar Production in New York
New York March 5 The play Sapho produced by Olga Nethersole was halted after theatre managers, with Miss Nethersole, chose to withdraw rather than risk arrest. Magistrate Mott's decision followed a four day trial amid public outcry. The principals were held in $5000 bonds and an appeal is planned. Nethersole will revive The Second Mrs Tanqueray while awaiting a ruling.
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New York
Sapho
Olga Nethersole
Miss Nethersole
Devery
Mott
Hamilton Revelle
Marcus Mayer
Theodore Moss
Wallack
British South African Fund Rally at Tremont Temple
Sir Charles Tupper spoke to a full Tremont Temple crowd supporting the British South African Patriotic Fund. Speakers praised Britain, żlauded colonial allies, and veterans marched in with British regalia. The fund had reached $12,000 as Harvard Professor Sumichrast and others urged contributions and support for those in distress in South Africa.
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Tremont Temple
British South African Patriotic Fund
Great Britain
Tommy Atkinsen
Boston
Harvard
Britannia
Joe Chamberlain
General Buller
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
Naval and Military Veterans’ Association
Charles Tupper
Professor Sumichrast
George A. Gordon
G. Herbert Windeler
Kipling
England
Canada
Australia
F. C. de Sumichrast
Harvard University
Kruger
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Sumichrast
Sir Charles Tupper
Sir Charles
Post
Chaca
Lawyer and politician Fitzgerald dies in New York cafe
John E. Fitzgerald, 56, a Boston lawyer, politician, and former official, collapsed and died of heart disease in McCornick's cafe at 272 Columbus Avenue, New York. His death comes amid unsettled disputes over an estate valued around 500000 and contested wills with relatives in South Boston as sole heir.
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New York
John E. Fitzgerald
Boston
McCornick
Columbus Avenue
Fitzgerald
West Seventy-second Street
Mme. Connelly
Irish National Alliance
Mme
Connelly
Leddy
Seventy-second Street
Howard Thayer Kingsbury
Kingsbury
County Keny
Ireland
Dublin
Portland
Salem
William D. Northend
Prince
Cleveland
Iceland League
Edward Fitzgerald
H. Street
H. Street, South Boston
Post
South Boston
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Eastern Talking Machine ‘Co
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Star
Tanqueray
Hummel
Gardiner
Colonel Gardiner
South African PatRiotic Fund
Britain
France
Venice
Laurier
Charles
N. Y
Mme. Connolly’s Husband
O’ Lon
Hall
Mi8p
U Lga
Bherso
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