British forces push toward Natal and Tugela crossings
Reports from London Capetown and Capetown dispatches indicate Buller is positioned to move westward toward Free State while Methuen may advance west. Buller crosses the Tugela under heavy fire as Roberts heads to the front amid renewed fighting and British setbacks near Potgieter’s Drift.
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London
Bulle
Natal
Buller
Drakenbergs
Free State
Roberts
Ladysmith
Methuen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Capetown
Cape Colony
Pretoria
Tugela River
Potgieter
A War Correspondent Describes Frontline Battle
A London despatch relays a vivid battle scene from the front. Dust from bullets, deafening infernal noise from shells and machine guns, and varied gunfire create a chaotic, terrifying atmosphere. A bullet wound to the stomach is described as mortal, with pain likened to a child’s scream, yet observers become calloused to the horrors.
Delegates Gather for NAWSA Convention in Washington
Delegates to the thirty second annual National American Woman Suffrage Association convention convene at Church of Our Father in Washington with leaders Susan B Anthony Rachel Foster Avery Anna H Shaw Harriet Taylor Upton and Ida C Burton already present. Speculation grows on Anthony retirement and successor with Carrie Chapman Catt favored by Anthony.
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Washington
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Church of Our Father
Capitol
South
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Susan B. Anthony
Rachel Foster Avery
Anna H. Shaw
Harriet Taylor Upton
Catherine Waugh M’collough
Ida C. Burton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Association
Missa Anthony
Miss Anthony
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
Local Front News Puts Fight Back Across River
Report describes gieter’s troops being driven back by General Scholkburger with renewed confusion as Johannesburg and Standerton commandos press on in ongoing fighting along the river.
Ed ward Clifford Faces Execution Despite Efforts
In Jersey City on February 7, reports say Ed ward Clifford, a former democratic politician and detective, faces hanging this Friday after unsuccessful appeals. He had helped capture a train robber in 1895, later misused a reward, and shot a railroad official in March 1896 following a discharge by Division Superintendent William Watsor.
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Jersey City
Edward Clifford
William Watsor
Clifford
Metal Market Copper and Silver Prices Reported
New York February 7 copper 16, silver 60 2 5 percent lead 4 45 cents per pound reported in metal market update.
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New York
Democrats Move to Indict Taylor and Others in Kentucky Plan
Republican leaders report a Democratic scheme to indict Governor Taylor Milton H. Smith Basil Duke and John Whallen for conspiracy to incite a revolution in Louisville. Judge Yost and General Lindsay conferred with Taylor as officials expected him to sign a plan.
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Louisville, Ky
Taylor
Milton H. Smith
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Basil Duke
John Whallen
Yost
Lindsay
Lieutenant Stockley Reported Held by Insurgents in Luzon
Washington dispatch states General Otis reports Lieut. Stockley of the Twenty first infantry was in insurgent hands on January twenty eighth near Antemona in southern Luzon after escapees from a Spanish prison. He is a son of Geo.
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Washington
Gan. Otis
War Department
Manila
Stockley
Twenty-first Infantry
Antemona
Lieut. Stockley
Geo
Republicans Call Off London Caucus After Inner Circle Talks
In London Kentucky on February 7 the joint Republican caucus of the house and senate was canceled following a conference of inner circle members. They decided it would be poor policy to publicly pressure Governor Taylor to restate his stance in the ongoing dispute.
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London
House
Senate Republicans
Taylor
Representa
Professor J C Carrera Plans New Mexico Mineral Exhibit for Paris
Prof J C Carrera of Las Cruces, appointed by Governor Otero to represent New Mexico at the Paris exposition, is in El Paso to meet mining men and arrange specimens for a state mineral display. He cites Santa Fe railroad transport free and aims to ship by March, highlighting New Mexico resources and plans to visit Otero Grant and Sierra counties for additions to the collection.
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J. C. Carrera
Las Cruces
Otero
New Mexico
el Paso
Prof. Carrera
Herald
Santa Fe Railroad
Paris
Santa Fe
N. M
Prof
Carrera
Grant
Sierra
Chicago
Senate Debates Pettigrew Charge on Filipinos Bribery Claim
In Washington today Senator Depew read Prof Schurman’s letter denying Pettigrew’s bribery charge against the Philippines commission. Pettigrew defended his case, asserting an offer to Aguinaldo to resign for $5,000 yearly. House debated diplomatic appropriations with Shafroth urging US mediation in the Boer War under the Hague treaty.
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Washington
Senate
Depew
Prof. Schurman
The
Philippines Commission
Pettigrew
Schurman
Admiral Dewey
Aguinaldo
Atl P.m
Turner
Shafroth
Colorado
United States
Hague
New York
Transvaal
England
Missing man reported as W Stockley and fallen captain’s obit
W Stockley of New York reported missing. Captain E B Smith of the Nineteenth Infantry died at Soged February 5 from gunshot wounds. His body will be shipped to San Francisco. Smith was appointed to the military academy in 1895 and became second lieutenant in 1879 with a captaincy later in 1895. A widow and children in Stamford Connecticut survive him.
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W. Stockley
New York
E. B. Smith
Nineteenth Infantry
Soged
San Francisco
Otis
Smith
Military Academy
Stamford, Conn
Dead Yet Living A Very Live Georgean In Texas Dead In the Eye Of the Law
Judge J M Lumpkin of the Atlanta circuit court ruled that a claimant for an estate who is alive but absent and uninformed about his father’s death is legally dead. He stated that leaving a state and cutting off communication can render a person presumptively dead to the world.
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Georgean
Texas
Atlanta
J. M. Lumpkin
Tribute to Lawton as Flags Lowered Along Ohio Route
Ohio honors General Lawton after his death in the Philippines. Flags at the state house were placed at half mast from the western border of Ohio as his body passed through toward the eastern limits.
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Ohio
Columbus
General Lawton
Philippines
Lawton
State House
Legislators Reject Compromise Over Kentucky Election
Republicans denounce any deal with the other side at the Louisville conference. Senator Jolly, elected president pro tempore, declares no agreement with Taylor’s side. A telegram from Senators Hayes Cox and others pledges support for the election returns and threatens to act against any force or fraud to alter the results.
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Louisville
Frankfort
Jolly
Senate
Taylor
Hayes
Josh
Cox
Commonwealth
Electoral Commission
Found Dead in El Paso Home of W. M. McGee
The body of W M McGee of Collingswood Ontario was found yesterday evening in his room at 319 Texas street El Paso. He had not been seen for some time and likely died some time before discovery. Coroner notified and Nagley Lyons undertakers engaged. McGee, about fifty, thin and worn, had independent means and health seeker notes. Relatives in Michigan Ontario and a Fort Worth man named J M Nash notified.
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W. M. McGee
Collingswood
Ontario
Canada
Texas Street
McGee
Nagley & Lyons
Spencer
T. B. McGee
M. E.church
Bay City
Mich
Bella Marshall
Midland
J. M. Nash
Fort Worth
el Paso
Fe! Paso
Pierson
Smuggled Goods Auctioned at Custom House Sale
A large quantity of smuggled items fetched about 300 dollars at a door sale outside the custom house. The haul included Mexican curios, drawn work, cigars, and ladies dress patterns from about fifty seizures. One young woman fainted and was treated by Dr. Lindsay at the post master’s office.
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Custom House
Campbell
Lindsay
Cotton famine expected to lift cotton prices in New York
In New York on February 7 the report notes a natural rise in August cotton prices due to enormous and unchecked consumption creating a world cotton famine.
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New York
Correction on El Paso Street railway sale notice
A correction clarifies that yesterday’s Herald incorrectly stated the Santa Fe Street line was sold. The El Paso Street line is the sold property. the Santa Fe Street line remains unsold and unmortgaged. Also reported is a marriage notice for Edith M. Nicholl and F M Bowyer on February 7 in Judge Wilcox’s residence with Rev Mayo Cabell Martin officiating.
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el Paso Street Railway
Herald
Santa Fe
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