Soldiers Guard Duty as Taft Decision Looms in Kentucky
Detectives found a bullet embedded in a tree in Capitol Square as Frankfort enters a calm day with legislators adjourning after brief sessions. Governor Taylor initially ordered troop movement but later authorized soldiers to stay, with Taft's Cincinnati ruling awaited Wednesday. A wood fragment containing the Goebel assassination bullet was recovered and sent to the prosecutor.
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Frankfort
Taylor
London
Senate
House
Louisville
Taft
Cincinnati
Col. Williams
Goebel
Capitol Square
Plans of the Democrats in Kentucky Governor Dispute
Democratic lawyers plot legal moves over the Taylor Beckham governor dispute with aims to use state courts to decide election legality. Republicans plan possible federal court action, while a $100,000 reward for Gaebel’s murderer is proposed in both chambers.
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Louisville
Taylor
Beckham
Ryor
Cantriff
Frankfort
London
Taft
Gaebel
Court arguments heard on Kentucky election board case
In Cincinnati the US circuit court of appeals heard over three hours of arguments on injunctions against the Kentucky state Board of Election Commissioners and contestants for state offices other than governor and lieutenant governor. Taft indicated decisions would be announced Wednesday next.
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Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
WH. Taft
Kentucky State Board of Election Commissioners
Kentucky
State Board
Covington
Poyntz
Frankfort
Louisville
Bradley
Willson
Sweeney
Yost
Scott
Hendricks
Hager
Maxwell
Argu
Taft
Coun
Senate passes naval outfits and promotions bills
The Senate took up the calendar and passed multiple measures including outfits for navy enlistees, exams and promotions for officers, sanctioned decorations for several naval officers, permission for a bronze statue of Gen Francis Spinner, preservation of the frigate Constitution, and extension of the Court of Private Claims until June 30 1902. The day ended with debate on the financial bill.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Marine Corps
Alexander Stewart Webb
Army
Handy
United States
Greece
Roumania
Servia
Persia
Venezuela
Adm
W. T. Sampson
H. C. Taylor
F. A. Cook
D. Sigsbee
F. E. Chadwick
C. F. Goodrich
W. W. Mead
J. H. Dayton
F. M. Symonds
C. C. Todd
Washington, D. C
Francis E. Spinner
Court of Private Claims
First Step Toward Bloemfontein Foes Strong at Magersfontein
London dispatch notes Lord Roberts amasses 35 000 men to strike Magersfontein near Jacobsdal and press Cronje to lift Kimberley siege. Reports cite new press censorship, anticipated moves, and Boer activity across Natal Zululand and nearby outposts with casualties reported at Bastards Nek and Maeder’s Farm.
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London
Lord Roberts
Magersfontein
Jacobsdal
Free State
Cronje
Kimberley
Bloemfontein
Henry Colville
Guards Brigade
Colville
Reginald Pole-Carew
Modder River
War Office
Natal
Bold
Chievesey
Zululand
Bill extends in bond transit across United States
Washington report notes the house passed a bill making in bond transit universally applicable allowing goods in bond to travel anywhere in the United States to foreign ports. It repeals the 1895 Mexican free zone shipment ban opposed by Mr Stephens of Texas. The day also pushed private pension bills and District of Columbia measures.
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House
United States
Orient
Mexican Free Zone
Stephens
Texas
District of Columbia
Bank Robbery Report Stuns Paso Readers
B C Bow man, banker from Las Cruces New Mexico, informs Paso that two unknown men robbed his bank at 2 o clock taking 3000 dollars. The bandits hitched at Rio Grande hotel crossed street to the bank held Cashier Freeman and the female bookkeeper at gunpoint then fled toward Organ mountain. Sheriff Pat Garrett and five deputies pursued the outlaws within twenty minutes. A confrontation is deemed likely if surrender fails.
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Tex
B. C. Bowman
Las Cruces
N. M
Rio Grande Hotel
Oposite
Freeman
Organ Mountain
Pat
Garrett
County of Edinburgh Runs Aground Off Jersey Shore
The British ship County of Edinburgh grounded near Manasquin Life Saving Station by Point Pleasant Jersey while en route from Cape Town to New York. All crew were saved but the vessel, a 2078 ton steamship built in Glasgow in 1888, is a total loss. Captain I Webster commanded the ship.
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New York
County of Edinburgh
Manasquin
Jersey Shore
Point Pleasant
Edinburgh
Cape Town
I. Webster
R. J. Craig
Glasgow
Tragic Quarry Accident Claims One Life in Slatington
Allentown Pa Feb 13 Eli Lea bolt 21 was killed instantly and Abraham Wehl seriously injured in a slate quarry at Slatington when a hoisting chain broke a heavy stone fell from the ledge and struck Lea bolt driving him 60 feet into a pit while Wehl suffered injuries from flying debris.
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Allentown
Eli Leabolt
Abraham Wehl
Slatington
Leabolt
Wehl
British Reoccupy Bastards Nek After Boers Shelled Out
Rensburg February 12 British forces retook Hobirks and Bastards Nek, which the Boers seized Saturday. The surrounding positions were shelled and the Boers were forced to abandon the area.
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Rensburg
Bombardment Rages Over Kimberley Front
Reports from Kimberley note a heavy bombardment yesterday and today as Boer forces pounded the Kampersdam position with heavy artillery, intensifying the strain on the defense.
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Kimberley
Kampersdam
Freight brakeman survives 40 foot fall at Grafton bridge
Jerry Bassford of the Fifth division freight crew fell from the top of a freight train while crossing a high bridge in Grafton West Virginia. He struck his hip on the bridge and dropped about 40 feet into the river below. He escaped serious injury with only a bruised hip.
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Grafton
W. Va
Jerry Bassford
Fifth Division
Forming a New Regiment for the Philippines
Washington reports a nearly new regiment organized at Fort Slocum New York harbor to bolster U S forces in the Philippines. Comprised of infantry cavalry and hospital corps recruits commanded by about 36 officers the unit will sail to Manila aboard the transport Sumner after repairs at Norfolk.
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Washington
Fort Slocum
New ‘York Harbor
Philippines
Manila
Sumner
Norfolk Navy ‘Yard
Steamer James G. Blaine Sunk After Collision
The steam er James G. Blaine of the Pittsburgh Brownsville and Geneva line struck a sunken coal barge two miles below Brownsville PA and sank. A towboat saved the passengers and part of the freight. The Blaine is the oldest packet in service.
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James G. Blaine
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Brownsville & Geneva Packet Line
Brownsville, Pa
Blaine
Fire destroys home. mother and six children die in Petersburg area
The fire swept the home of Maria Smith near Stony Creek on the Atlantic coast line Sunday. The woman and her six children were cremated in the blaze. The cause remains a mystery.
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Petersburg
Maria Smith
Stony Creek
Atlantic Coast Line
Multiple Court, Political, and Crime Notes From A 1900s Wire
A fragmented report details a death from brain fever linked to smoking a $50 000 loss for a boy aged 10, a Chicago division of $500 000 among 14 colleges, a Louisville mother moving to her mother’s home, and a California home sale. Beck Arrant sues John Hart in S C for refusing to dance and play on demand. Senator Lindsay of Kentucky may join the Philippine commission and resign if he accepts. Dawes says Republican HQ may open in Chicago. John V L Pruyn appeals for Red Cross funds during the Boer War. William Jenkins shot dead in Norton Virginia. Wampler in custody. Wax held on $5 000 bond. John T Garrison shot dead in Fort Worth Texas. lynching feared if killer is captured. St Petersburg reporter notes trans Persian railway 1300 miles cost 150,000,000 roubles. Jerry Simpson in Chicago for anti trust talks says he seeks U S Senate seat if Kansas Legislature is anti Republican. Final military appropriation bill delayed over Alaska cable and telegraph link to St Michael.
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D. K.patsone
Chicago
Beck Arrant
John Hart
Kershaw
S. C
Lindsay
Kentucky
Philippine Commission
Senate
Willian Jenkins
Jobin Wampler
Norton
Wampler
S. W. Wax
John T. Garrison
Fort Worth
Tex
St. Petersburg
London Daily Mail
Turkestan
Jerry Simpson
United States
Baker
Kansas
House Committee On Military Affairs
War Department
Alaska
St. Michael
Multiple wartime items and local incidents reported from Bristol to Philadelphia
Fire destroyed several minor business houses in Bristol Tennessee. President Roosevelt denies candidacy for vice president. Ohio Republican clubs convene in Cincinnati while Chicago hosts anti trust talks. Mayor Harrison greets attendees. Abraham Lincoln birthday observed as a legal holiday in Philadelphia. House allocates 23 874 871 dollars for executive legislative and judicial needs. Henry M Stanley steamer sinks at Cincinnati pier with one presumed death. Gen Otis confirms Lieut Brainerd's death. Higby U S A assistant surgeon at Corregidor Island. New cabinet post secretary of mines proposed. English forces in South Africa number about 170 000 with 43 000 under Gen Buller. British losses projected at least 12 000. Col R W Thompson buried in Terre Haute funeral services held with business suspended.
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Bristol
Tenn
Roosevelt
Ohio League of Republican Clubs
Cincinnati
Anti-Trust League
Chicago
Harrison
House
Henry M. Stanley
Southern Railroad
Otis
Brainerd
Higby
U. 5S. A
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Ohio
Market Report from Cincinnati on February grain and livestock prices
The Cincinnati market reports mixed commodity pricing. Flour grades range from 2.05 to 3.95 per unit, grain quotes list No 2 red wheat around 73 3 4 cents, corn mixed about 33 1 2 cents, oats 25 1 4 cents, and live stock shows hogs at 5.05 to 5.07 per cwt, cattle mostly 3.50 to 4.70, calves around 5 to 9, with further grade details for packers, butchers, sows, heifers, and oxen.
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Cincinnati
Plague in Honolulu Worsens as Cases Rise in City
Surgeon Carmichael reports Honolulu plague remains dire with new cases in districts away from Chinatown. Deaths total 41 from 52 cases since December, after Chinatown burning displaced thousands to camps and churches. Officials note improved outlook as relief efforts begin and homes are set at tents and ware- houses.
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Washington
D. A. Carmichael
Marine Hospital Service
Honolulu
Wyman
Chinatown
Boardman
Carmichael
Kawaiahao
King Street
Kalihi
Kakuko
Postmaster General Proposes Mail Reply Envelopes Plan
Washington February 13 The postmaster general sends to Congress a bill to permit private parties to issue reply envelopes and cards to prospective patrons with postage collected on delivery. A deposit is required in advance to obtain the privilege and registry rights extend to these replies.
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Washington
Post Office Committee of
Congress
Unclear fragment lists names in Nashington cipher
Fragmentary notice from Nashington on February 13 lists generals and names Otis Randall Arlington oarer Juan William Erwin Hobby Sullivan Mauri in a stray sequence no clear event or action identified.
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Nashington
Otis
Fashionable spring walking costumes from rich Venetian cloths
The article outlines medium weight spring walking costumes with a vast assortment of designs and colors. It highlights Venetian cloth as a favored material, pastel shades shifting toward tans, and includes details on jackets, boleros, Etons, tunics, and trims like black velvet, lace applique, and satin piping.
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Castor
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