Roberts Plans Alarm Growing Death List At Length
Lord Roberts has gathered 35,000 men and aims to turn the Magersfontein line near Jacobedal, advancing into the Free State to pressure Kimberley. General Colville is named to command the Ninth division, with Pole-Carew succeeding later. censorship will limit news as the war nears a crucial phase.
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London
Robrts Haw
Tjondan
Magersfontein
Jacobedal
Free State
Cranje
Kimberley
Cis
Flomfontein
Westerday
Roberts
Henry Colville
Colville
Reginald Pole-Carew
Lord Roberts
Modder River
War Office
Natal
Tugela
Golds Farm
Chieveley
Zululand
Warfiice
South Africa
Japan
Armstrongs
England
Africa
Stindinc Co Cing
Vickers Sons
Maxim
Lord Lansdowne
Insufficient Text On Improvements Plan
A fragment indicates that admitted levels, kept far too low, are to be rushed to the level required by improvements and maintained here. The note suggests urgency in adjusting standards or measures to meet set requirements.
Panama Canal Company Elects New Panama Board
A Paris dispatch reports the general meeting of Compagnie Navielle du Canal de Panama elected a board including Mariusbo and Louis Chorun among others. About 200 shareholders held 400,000 shares as the new board plans to elect a president and assess any proposed sale or American syndicate purchase over the coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hierald
Paris
Compagnie Navielle du Canal
Compton National Aompete
M. Fernand Monvoisin
Credit Irdustrial of Commercial
M. Charles Bouget
Compagnie Francaisees ¢ Tel Graphiques
M. Paul Tervoor
Compagnie Generale Des Travaux Publiques
Lapres
Otis Casualty List From the Philippines
Washington reports General Otis listing additional casualties among troops in the Philippines. Deaths, drowned and other causes dated January to February include Wesley Randall, Arlington Tucker, George H. Waltram, John F. Seliman, Zade P. Kitchen, Willis H. Street, Preston J. Beck, Louis O. Nelson, Leander Hobby, James E. Sullivan, Willie B. Ogle, Harry Leadbert, James Maloney, Christy Undehill, Lewis Whaler, and others. Reports note infantry units Thirty-seventh to Forty-ninth and support corps among the deceased and injured.
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Washington
Otis
War Department
Philippines
Wesley Randall
Arlington Tucker
Forty-eighth Infantry
Rio San Juan
George H. Waltram
Thirty-eighth Infantry
John F. Seliman
Twenty Seventh Infantry
Ird
Brainerd S. Higley
Army
John H. Cookley
Thirty-fourth Infantry
Zade P. Kitchen
Varieta
Willis H. Street
Preston J. Beck
Louis O. Nelson
Leander Hobby
James E. Sulivan
Willie B. Ogle
Harry Leadbert
James Maloney
Christy Undehill
Lewis Whaler
Democrats Plan National Convention Before Republican Meet
Washington dispatch reports Senator Jones of Arkansas says Bryan's Washington visit has strongly pushed the Democratic national convention to be held in early June before the Republican gathering in Philadelphia. It is believed the convention will meet in a western city around June 5 or 6.
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Chicago
The
Times
Herald From
Washington
Senator Jones
Arkansas
Bryan
Philadelphia
San Francisco to Send Insane Soldiers to Washington Hospital
Eleven insane soldiers will be sent today from San Francisco to the government hospital in Washington. About 120 demented soldiers have been moved across the continent in the past month, with roughly 200 more expected from Manila. The men are described as violently insane, with the presumed cause linked to continuous outpost duty in the Philippines.
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San Francisco
Washington
Manila
Philippines
New Opera a Success by The Bostonians
A large audience at the Columbia theater in San Francisco saw the Bostonians first stage work The Vicwroy a new comic opera by Victor Herbert and Harry B Smith The music is of high order several songs may become popular The libretto is clever but critics think it should be curtailed The costumes are original and picturesque the scenic effects pretty The Bostonians have made a valuable addition to their repertoire.
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San Francisco
Columbia Theater
Bostonians
the Vicwroy
Victor Herbert
Harry B. Smith
Governor of Samoa dispatches voyage from San Francisco
The United States cruiser Philadelphia has left for Mare Island navy yard for overhaul. After completion she will sail for Samoa with Commodore Schroeder, the new governor of Tutuila aboard to relieve Acting Governor Captain B. F. Tilly. Tutuila hosts Pago Pago harbor and is the latest U.S. possession.
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San Francisco
United States
Philadelphia
Mare Island Navy Yard
Samoa
Commamier
Schroeder
Returned From Manila Chief Of Material Bureau
Maj. J. M. Car non Jr returns from Manila aboard the Meade and heads to Washington to serve as chief of the construction bureau of the quartermaster department. He will pause in Denver to join his wife, a daughter of General Sumner.
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San Francisco
J. M. Carnon, Jr
Manila
Meade
Washington
Quartermasters Department
Denver
Sumner
Samoa Question Dominates Reichstag Speech
Berlin February 12. Count von Buelow introduced a draft law to abrogate treaties with Samoa Tonga Zanzibar and related panels. He cited Anglo German and German American agreements shaping the partitions and praised friendly relations with the United States and Samoa. The bill passed its first and second readings.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Tonga Islands
Samoa
Zanzibar
Count von Buelow
Tutuila
Germany
United States
Upolo
Savali
Samoa Commission
Tonga
Solomon
Togoland
Sweden
Fitzsimmons Challenges Jeffries Fight After Theater Incident
After being heckled in a Brooklyn theater, ex-champion Bob Fitzsimmons announced plans to post a $5 forfeit in Manhattan and issue a challenge to Jeffries for a rematch at a $10,000 stake. He suggested the winner take all receipts and warned he would fight Sharkey, McCoy, or anyone else if Jeffries refused. He quipped Corbett had already earned his due.
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New York
Bob
Sharkey
Mccoy
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Revolution Gains in Venezuela Amid Fierce Battles
Port of Spain dispatch reports Hernandez led revolutionaries gaining momentum in Venezuela. Medina forces defeated Cotina troops near Coro, the Falcon capital, now in rebel hands. At Port Chichininrichi near Puerto Cabello rebels won a battle against government troops, stirring wide excitement among foreign residents.
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New York
Herald
Port of Spain
Hernandez
Venezuela
Medina
Cotina
Coro
Fal‘con
Port Chichininrichi
Puerto Cabelo
Porto Cabello
Shipping Bill Will Fail In House, Says World Correspondent
New York Feb 13 The World reports there is no hope for passage of the Hanna Payne shipping subsidy bill. It is doubtful the measure will ever reach the house committee as Republican leaders, sensing protests, decide to shelve it as policy.
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New York
Washington Correspondent
the World
Hanna-Payne
House Committee
British Ship County of Edinburgh Runs Aground in Jersey Shore
New York reports the British ship County of Edinburgh grounded near Manasquan life saving station on the Jersey coast close to Point Pleasant around 10 pm. The vessel is hard and fast on the shore and may break up before morning. The crew were saved by breeches buoy from life savers.
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New York
Canadian Contingent in Winnipeg Attends Luncheon
Lieut. Col. Morris led the first Strathcona horse contingent through Winnipeg on February 13, 236 officers and men. The unit paused from the northwest and was entertained at luncheon by the Winnipeg city council, with Morris fifty four ahead of the Winnipeg district.
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Winnipeg
Man
Morris
Strathcona Horse
Winnipeg Trict
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Newbro
Ut Alll Firat Glass Drug Stores
Panama Canal Company
Otis’ Casualty List
America
von Buelow
Fitz
INTER
Tantadv
Miss Symonds
Miss Smythe
North
Alabams Street
Indianapolis
Inn
North Main
M. Wade
Dorothy
Sean McMillan
Fics
Broadway
Moler Barber College
Minneapolis
Minn
W. P. Af
Inter Mountain
Ish
McMillan & Floyd
Weat Park
Beckwith
Posi~ Tion
Renee
Chas. L. Smith & Co
West
Granite Street
P. O
Gond
C. H. Churchill
West Granite
S. D., Inter Mountain
Buttereal State
East Brawlway
Lexington
Mena
Idaho
West Galen
West Side
Investors Realty Co
West Granite Street
Tallent Block Corner Park and
Wyoming
Mepaderville
South
Montana
Butte
W. Granite
Pearl Cooma
Farnahed Neing Electric Light
Quire
Montana Street
Watson Avenue
Case & Holmes
East Broadway
Steele Block
Wyoming Street
M. EB
Will
East Pare Street
Reynolds & MaDowell
West Park Street
W. Broadway
Sumpter
Cobban-Casey-Day Company
Colorado
Cameron
Galena Street
City
Opposte Theater
Utah Avenue
Oakland Block
E. ‘Trap
Gnene
Milton
West Park
Capline
Sutton
Butta
Elroadt
Morris Block Cormer
Brow
Cacap
W. Galena
Rome
Mia
West Fark
Cesar
West Broadway
West Clark's Bank
South Butte
Delaware
Clark
Thompson Investment Company
Mines
C. BH. Churchill
Town Avenue
East Platinum
James Berry
J. EB. Richards
BE. Broadway
Toom
Thompson Investment Co
C. G. Allen
Battle Creek
Nnn
Rombaupr
Assater
Carney & Hand
Wazie
Eve
Gran Te Street
Looper
Judge DeWitt
Hennessy
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