Council of War Exhorts English People At Metropole Banquet
Admiral Beresford urges Britain to seize Mir’s Bay near Hong Kong to gain a naval base and parity with Russia and Germany. Rosebery urges wartime resolve and value for sacrifice. Ritchie cites expected amicable settlement with France in West Africa. Other speakers back Lord Salisbury’s career and policies.
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London
Association of the Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Metropole
Lord Rosebery
Lord Salisbury
Lord Charles Beresford
York City
Great Britain
Mirs Bay
Hong Kong
England
Russia
Germany
Charles T. Ritchie
Board of Trade
France
West Africa
Duke of Norfolk
Earl Marshal
Baron Herschel
George Curzon
Foreign Office
French Fleet Mobilizes as Arsenal Work Extends Late
Paris March 16 The Aurore reports the French fleet is being mobilized with feverish activity in arsenals and shipyards open until 10pm. Cherbourg northern squadrons ready to depart as ships are swung at night to adjust compasses. Midshipmen to be appointed to fill officer ranks and admirals ordered to reach Paris within 24 hours. Mobilization tied to plans to aid Russia with a naval show in the Far East.
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Paris
Aurore
Cherbourg
Russia
Far East
Child Hit By Cyclist In Roxbury Injury Narrows
Six year old William Regan of 19 Burke street Roxbury was knocked down on Columbus avenue last evening by a wheel ridden by Edward O'Brien of 742 Parker street. He was rendered unconscious and taken home by police ambulance.
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William Regan
Burke Street
Roxbury
Columbus Avenue
Edward O’brien
Parker Street
Leander figures to lead Harvard rowing coaching change
Lehmann sails to New York March 30 and arrives in Cambridge April 10 to coach Harvard crews with assistants H Willis and Harcourt Gold, Leander man and Oxford stroke. Senior crew reshuffle amid illness and lineup shifts as 10 rowers head to training table. junior and freshman crews prepare for next week’s shells.
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Mr. Lehmann
New York
Cambridge
Harvard
H. Willis
Harcourt Gold
Oxford
Jack
Moulton
L. P. Marvin
Adams
Perkins
Bull
Marvin
Cabot
Bancroft
Wadsworth
Dobyns
du Bois
Goodrich
McDuffie
Boardman
Thomson
Coleman
Hodges
Whitbeck
Blake
Swift
Donald
Conroy
J. J. Storrow
Two Corralled by Boarders in a Dorchester House
Police think the suspects belong to a large gang after detaining two men found in a Dorchester home. The men were taken into custody as officers investigated possible organized burglary activity.
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Dorchester
Dorchester Burglary Foiled as Two Men Caught in Act
Police from Division 11 arrested Richard M. Evans and Daniel Marsh in a Dorchester home on 1209 Washington Street after residents heard suspicious noises. The pair, both from 33 Windsor Street, were found with clothing and valuables worth over $200.
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Division 11
Dorchester
Richard M. Evans
Daniel Marsh
Washington Street
Esther Covell
Windsor Street
Fogler Nominated for Maine Supreme Court Associate Justice
Governor Powers nominated William H. Fogler of Rockland to succeed Justice Enoch Foster after a lengthy review process. Several candidates, including Bailey of Bangor and Cornish of Augusta, were considered as Fogler earned broad support from the bar for the associate justice post.
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Bangor
Powers
William H. Fogler
Rockland
Supreme Court
Enoch Foster
Bethel
Maine
Charles A. Bailey
Leslie D. Cornish
Augusta
A. D. Cornish
Lewiston
A. M. Spear
Gardiner
F. H. Appleton
Charles Woodard
Fogler
West End Car Fire Disrupts Andrew Square Ride
A South Boston electric car carrying fifteen to twenty passengers caught fire near Andrew Square about 9 pm after a fuse sparked and smoke appeared. Conductor Bancroft and Motorman Sampson investigated, a front end explosion followed by flames, passengers rushed toward the rear door, firemen and two extinguishers quelled the blaze and the car was towed to the South Boston car house.
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South Boston
Andrew Square
Broadway
Dorchester Street
Dorchester Avenue
Sampson
Bancroft
Fire at Harvard Veterinary Hospital Fatal to Four Dogs
A blaze at the Harvard Veterinary Hospital on Village Street caused the deaths of four sick dogs being treated there. Twenty nine dogs were in care. twenty five were saved. Thirty horses on the lower floor were moved to the street as the fire was quickly controlled. The dogs belonged to Boston residents.
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Harvard Veterinary Hospital
Village Street
Institute
Boston
USAthletic Section Planned for Paris Exposition
Colonel Louis M Hamburger of the US Paris Exposition 1900 team plans an athletic section for the fair. Director M Delanay de Belleville favors a larger expansion and will assist in execution. US commissioners travel to Cannes on March 24 to confer with Baron de Coubertin about Olympic teams.
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Paris
Louis M. Hamburger
United States
Amateur Athletic Union of
M. Delanay de Belleville
Cannes
Baron de Coubertin
Fire destroys Hanover apartment and hotel in New York
Fire today gutted the upper part of the Hanover apartment house and family hotel at Fifth avenue and Fifteenth street. Police estimate the damage at fifty thousand dollars with about ninety thousand dollars total loss. Several residents suffered losses including Allen Arthur and his family, Judge Martin, F. McMahon, Mr and Mrs A S Hammersley, Miss Conkling, Mrs Emerson, and Professor Charles A Doremus.
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New York
Hanover
Fifth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Allen Arthur
Chester A. Arthur
Martin
F. McMahon
A.S. Hammersley
Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
Emerson
Bishop Potter
Charles A. Doremus
The Outside Photographs Taken for the New York Herald
A note indicating photographs captured for the New York Herald, with attribution to the photographer and the editorial purpose. The item previews images showcasing outdoor scenes as part of the newspaper’s illustrated features.
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The
New York Herald
Warship Purchases Expand Navy Build Program
Government buys another torpedo corvette from Brazil and acquires the fast yacht Mayflower from Ogden Goelet’s estate for conversion into a torpedo boat. Perry Belmont offers Satanella as an alternative. Battleship Oregon ordered to Key West with Despatch. Cruiser Montgomery sails from Havana to take Gomez’s place as naval plans progress.
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Ogden Goelet
Perry Belmont
War Department
Oregon
San Francisco
Key West
Montgomery
Havana
Fern
Navy Department
Gomez
New Cortes
Lee
Washington
Board of Inquiry
Maine
Senor Polo
State Department
United States
Brazil
Republic
England
Nelson A. Miles
New York
Maximo Gomez
Santa Clara
Madrid
Cortes
Cuban
Mayflower
Board of inquiry verdict on Maine wreck probables
The board of inquiry near Key West has likely ruled that the Maine was blown up from the outside. The Navy will receive the 100000 word report possibly via a special messenger to Tampa, with delivery to Washington expected by Saturday. Survivors from the Tortugas have arrived and will testify as the board concludes its work with technical drawings and charts detailing the wreck.
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Key West
Board of Inquiry
Maine
Navy Department
Messeger
Tampa
Havana
Warship Bought for United States Navy from Brazil
Secretary Long reported by cable that the United States has acquired another torpedo corvette from Brazil. The vessel follows two Armstrongs built cruisers in England later acquired by the United States. Details remain partially learned as reports continue on page 2.
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Torpedo Corvette
Brazil
Long
United States
Armstrongs
England
Washington
Cable
United States Navy
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TELE
America
Wattt & Bond
Blackstone Street
Lenmann
Mr. Willis
Gold
Foster
Governor Powers
W. H. Fogler
West End
John Lamie
Sumner Street
East Boston
James J. Gregory
London Street
National Dock
Hamburger
Europe
Waltham
Boston Diamond Co
Washington ST
Agame House
Everge
Willwil Uy
Eram
Havana Harbor
Skywine
Merritt Ang Barnce Shagp
Washburn Credit Co
Jordan, Marsh & Co
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