Britain Aims at Boer Generals in South Africa Talks
London reports say Britain will not nego tiate with Mr. Kruger or Dr Leyds but only with Boer Generals in the field. Dutch Foreign Minister Baron van Lynden cites ongoing discussion of public release timing and notes no final repudition has been made.
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Loxpox Times
York Times
London
Neues Wiener Tageblatt
Hague
Vienna
The
Times
Holland
Great Britain
Kruger
Leyds
Associated Press
Baron van Lynden
South Africa
the Hague
Sir Henry Howard
Dr. Kuyper
House of Commons
A. J Bailsfour
Conan Doyle’s Book On The South African War
Dr. A. Conan Doyle reports strong public support for funds to publish his book defending Britain’s South African position. He notes Germans in England largely withheld help despite protests against German press attacks. He cites difficulty finding a German publisher and says American and Canadian leaders will receive free copies.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
A. Conan Doyle
The
Times
England
Dr. Doyle
Germany
Cape Town Mayor Aims Public Meetings Against Slanders
London dispatch reports Cape Town Mayor plans to organize public meetings to repudiate Continental slanders about the British Army. The Times correspondent notes strong local feeling and the Cape Argus urging Germans in South Africa to issue a united declaration on the issue.
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London
New York Times
Cablegram
Cape Town
Times
Cape Argus
South Africa
Im& Mtrymen
Lord Munster Killed in South Africa
The Earl of Munster is listed among a South African casualty roll. He was Major of the Third Battalion Royal Scots attached to the Lothian Regiment and died at the Lapo Mines on February 4. Born 1899, he was a great grandson of King William IV and served in Afghanistan and the South African War, with mentions in dispatches.
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London
Earl of Munster
Lapo
Royal Scots
Lothian Regiment
Geoffrey George Gordon Fitz-Clarence
Fyad of
Munster
Isal
Afghanistan
Aubrey Fitz-Clarence
William IV
Charges Against British Officers Spark House Debate
In London on February 4 the controversy over charges against British officers linked to army horse purchases drew sharp comments in Parliament. Major General William R Truman, Inspector General of the Remount Department, requested a court of inquiry, and War Secretary W St John Brodrick agreed on a full, prompt investigation.
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London
John Blundell Maple
M. P
House of Commons
William _R. ‘Truman
W. St. John
The British Zollverein Plan in Australia Support
London dispatch says the Berlin Times correspondent notes a movement in Australia toward accepting commercial reciprocity within set limits, signaling interest in the Zollverein plan. The report frames the development as a potential shift in trade policy alignment affecting Britain and its dominions.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Berlin
the Times
Australia
Condensed Page Index Highlights and Trading Terms
The page lists departments and page numbers for markets Amusements arrivals at hotels business troubles court calendars legal notes and weather with brief stock quotes including Wheat No 2 red 75 7 8c corn No 2 mixed 49c oats No 2 mixed 49 1 2c cotton middling 814c and iron No 1 foundry 11 dollars plus a note on Otard Brandy adverted as finest imported brandy.
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Marine Intelligence
Kal
Society
United Service
Weather Report
German view on British Empire trade system
The British Empire plan draws German attention as a potential hit to Germany Britain trade with colonies. The proposal risks free trade traditions and MFN violations if British vessel duties drop. German observers warn reprisals could hurt colonies since Germany imports from Australia exceed exports.
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Germany
England
Australia
Conference Surtax Reduction Seen Key to Sugar Pact
London reports The Times Brussels correspondent says the International Sugar Conference hinges on all powers reducing surtaxes to a uniform rate of 5 francs, including France, to secure success.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Brussels
the Times
France
Victory for Col Picquart in Dreyfus era papers
Paris judge orders restoration of Col Picquart’s newspapers seized during the Dreyfus scandal as reported by The Times correspondent in London Times New York Times special cablegram.
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London
Chicago’s Coal Fight Brings Gas to Cold Standstill
The Teamsters' Union acting on Milton Booth’s report instructed members to halt coal deliveries to gas users. At Marshall Field’s retail shop the interior grew cold as furnaces ran dry until management conceded and coal was eventually fired to restore heat. The standoff highlights a broader dispute over fuel sources during the cold spell.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Milton Booth
City
Marshall Field Company
Avalanche Numbs Bleiberg Village in Austria
An avalanche from Mount Dobratch partially overwhelmed Bleiberg in Carinthia Austria nine miles west of Villach. The village known for its lead mines reports a number of fatalities among residents and workers. Bleiberg population around four thousand.
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Bleiberg
Carinthia, Austria
Villach
Seas claim many as storms lash Europe and UK
Reports from London describe the French ship Chanaral with only one survivor after capsizing off Ushant following a Jan 30 departure from Nantes. The Dover Ostend steamer Marie Henriette towed to Ostend after sixty five hours adrift. The Italian bark Lofaro wrecked near the Scilly Islands is identified as the vessel lost. Flooding hits Rome as Tiber rises and Venice endures heavy snowfall with widespread disruption.
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London
Falmouth
Ushant
Brittany
Nantes
English Channel
Dover- Ostend
Marie Henriette
Ostend
Scilly Islands
Lofaro
Continent
United Kingdom
Madrid
Spain
Switzerland
Italy
Venice
Tiber
Rome
Forum
Pantheon
Vesta
Iceland
Priest Missing After Visit to Trenton
The Rev. Dr. M. J. Haggerty pastor of St Marys RC Church Bridgeton New Jersey is missing since leaving the Bishop McFaul See House in Trenton Friday evening. His mother has telegraphed everywhere he might have gone with no results.
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New Jersey
Bridgeton
N. J
M. J. Haggerty
St. Mary’s
McFaul
Trenton
Connecticut Man on Trial in Michigan
Henry A. Taylor the Milford Connecticut millionaire faced trial in Grand Rapids Superior Court on bribery charges tied to the Lake Michigan water supply deal. A motion for continuance was overruled and a motion to quash the indictment on technical grounds was denied. A jury was seated.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry A. Taylor
Milford
Conn
Lake Michigan
Superior Court
Taylor
California excursions three times weekly year round
Sunset Route on Southern Ry and Southern Pacific operate nonstop from Washington to California with berths priced at 7 dollars. Advertising shows 271 349 1185 Broadway as contact or booking address.
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California
Southern Ry
Southern Pacific
Washington
Broadway
Protected by Electricity on Western Trains
The sleepless agent guards passenger safety on Pennsylvania Railroad western trains with the latest automatic switches and signals in use.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Western
Blast injures two at Waldorf site rocks shatter Fifth Avenue windows
A blast at the Clarence L. Smith & Co excavation near the Waldorf Astoria injures Morris Harnett and designer Holly, with fragments breaking plate glass at 371 Fifth Avenue. Foreman Dominico Ragone is arrested on assault charges as officers question the blaster known as Mike.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Thirtyfourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Clarence L. Smith & Co
Stewart
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Morris Harnett
West One Hundred and Thirteenth Street
Thompson-Starret Company
Holly
West One Hundredth Street
Herter Brothers
Thirty-fourth Street
Oxley Enos Company
Mary
Chirtieth Street
Park Avenue
W. A. Black
West Thirtieth Street
New York Hospital
Wells
Harnett
Black
Dominico Ragone
Rockmen
Ragone
Mike
Jefferson Market
William H. Journeay
Smith
Journeay
Firemen Overcome by Smoke at 295 Church Street Fire
Six firemen were overcome by smoke while fighting a cellar fire in a five story brick building at 295 Church Street. The blaze in the cellar and ground floor used by hosiery firms Meyer Brothers. Police officer Bell reported the alarm and Chief Croker directed hoses through the grate. Loss estimated at $20,000.
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Church Street
Bell
Leonard Street
Meyer Brothers
Croker
Arkansas drought sparks famine relief appeal
A statewide drought leaves Fulton Izard Sharp and Randolph counties desperate as Governor Davis issues a proclamation asking Arkansas bankers to lend 15000 dollars. He pledges to seek refund with 6 percent interest from the next Legislature and to distribute funds via sheriffs to aid the hungry until the next crop is raised.
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New York Times
Little Rock
Ark
Fulton
Izard
Sharp
Randolph
Guv. Davis
Arkansas
Jeff Davis
Miners' Race War Sparks Tennessee Mine Turmoil
Intense unrest surrounds Cumberland Coal Company's Millstone Mine in Fentress County as a white mob warns black workers to leave. Gunfire at cabins and an attack on the commissary prompted militia readiness. arrests were made but released. company pledges protection for the workers.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Millstone
Cumberland Coal Company
Crossville
Fentress County
William Nixon
Nixon
Adjt
Brandon
Luxurious Trains to California Offer Best of Everything
The Overland Limited, via Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Bus, promises top service to California. Bus offices are listed at 461 Broadway, 287 Broadway, and 349 Broadway.
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California
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Bus
New Maryland Rail Line Proposed to Link Baltimore to West
A bill to incorporate the Baltimore, Pittsburg and Western Railroad seeks a Baltimore to Emmittsburg line with a southwestern path to Chesapeake Bay. Backed by Robert Crain and possibly Gould interests, it envisions a trunk line from Baltimore to the West, connecting coal regions and shortening routes to Pittsburgh and the Atlantic. Capital stock is set at 2 million dollars.
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Annapolis
Gould
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Robinson
Howard A. Cutler
Washington
Mr. Crain
Baltimore, Pittsburg and
Northwest
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
West
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Maryland
Crain
Connellsville
West Virginia Central Railroad
Wabash
Widow of Confederate officer dies in California suicide
San Francisco reports the death by self inflicted action in Stockton Friday night of Mrs Hammond Moore of New York City. The richly dressed widow of Col Hammond Moore a Confederate Army officer who settled in New York after the Civil War, had just completed a world tour begun three years ago. The cause of death remains unknown.
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San Francisco
Stockton
Hammond Moore
New York City
Col
New York
Guatemala
Duluth Plans World’s Largest Ore Dock Expansion
Duluth reports the Eastern Minnesota Great Northern interest will extend its Allouez Bay dock at Superior by 6000 feet and add 100 pockets for 30 000 gross tons, totaling 100 000 gross tons capacity. The dock will be the world’s largest ore shipping structure and 72 feet high to the rails. The road aims to ship 3 000 000 tons next season. Duluth already has the largest docks, twin structures, owned by United States Steel.
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Duluth
Allouez Bay
Superior
Minnesota
Th United States Steel Corporation
Venezuela Asphalt Fight Reaffirms Warner-Quinlan Possession
The Warner-Quinlan Asphalt Company reports that Cuamo Superior Court confirmed its possession of Lake Felicidad pending title litigation. The ruling follows Carupano lower court decision, with New York and Bermudez Company appealing to the Caracas Federal Court.
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Syracuse
Warner- Quinlan Asphalt Company
Caracas
Venezuela
Cumano
Lake Felicidad
Warner-Quinlan Company
Federal
Carupano
New York and Bermudez Company
Dr St Clair McKelway III Ill At Home In Brooklyn
Friends of Dr. St. Clair McKelway editor of The Brooklyn Eagle learned he had been seriously ill at his 121 Hicks Street home for several days. He fell ill Thursday evening with a severe chill and grip but family note improved signs by yesterday.
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St. Clair McKelway
Brooklyn Eagle
Hicks Street
McKelway
Montana Mining Injunction Modified
The Montana Supreme Court altered Judge Clancy s injunction of April 24 1901 that barred Boston and Montana from mining the Leonard property while keeping the injunction against Gambetta and Piccola. The order still blocks work on Minnie Healy ground through Gambetta and Piccola and prevents any mining on the Leonard claim.
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Boston
Montana
Leonard
Michigan Firms Merge in Menominee
Consol idation closes today between the Menominee Electric Light Railway and Power Company and the Marinette Gas Electric Light and Street Railway Company. Controlling interest goes to Menominee financiers. New stockholders include S. K. Stephenson A. Spies H. O. Carpenter Ed Daniels F. A. Spies John Hens M. Blesch Isaac Stephenson and Co Merriman Marinette Jesse A. Spalding Chicago.
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Menominee, Mich
Menominee Electric Light, Railway and Power Company
Marinette Gas, Electric Light and Street Railway Company
Menominee
Ss. K. Stephenson
A. Spies
H. O. Carpenter
Ed Daniels
F. A. Spies
John Hens
M. Blesch
Isaac Stephenson and Co
Merriman, Marinette
Jesse A. Spalding
Chicago
Southern's Palm Limited Gala Train Ad
The Palm Limited from New York to St Augustine offers a composite car set including drawing room sleeping library observation and dining cars with earliest afternoon arrival. No other train matching this service. New York offices at 271 Broadway and 1 185 Broadway.
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Southern’s. Palm Limited
New York & St. Augustine
RB. R
Southern Ry. Ly
New York
N. Y
Broadway
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad Offers Two Pound Pack
Deerfoot Farm promotes two pound sausages made from dairy fed young porkers with selected spices. The ad cautions customers to beware of imitations and signs off with Ady.
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Deerfoot Farm
New York Board of Education Sees Row Over Appointments
At the first meeting of the new Board, factions clashed as Ex-President Miles M. O'Brien opposed Albert L. Marble’s appointment as Associate Superintendent, while Charles C. Burlingham was elected President. The Board moved to prune staff and consider consolidations, with debate centered on politics and merit in personnel decisions.
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Board of Education
Miles M. O'Brien
Richard H. Adams
Adams
William H. Maxwell
O'Brien
Albert L. Marble
Charles C. Burlingham
Burlingham
Jacob W. Mack
Frank Harvey Field
Brooklyn
Alrick H. Man
Queens
Frank D. Wilsey
Bronx
O’brien
Frank L. Babbott
Algernon S. Frissell
Charles L. Guy
Robert L. Harrison
Henry A. Rogers
Abraham Stern
Manhattan
Frank A. Babbott
John Greene
William Harkness
Albert G. McDonld
George W. Wingate
John
Rogers
Harkness
Kiendl
Lummis
Mack
Rossiter
Guy
Thomas S. O’brien
George S. Davis
Algernon
Higgins
Gustav Straubmiller
Maxwell
Jie
Straubmiller
Marble
John J. Barry
Messrs. Marble
Davis
New York
Worcester
Mass
Omaha
Neb
Thomas I. Connery
Prince Henry
Board of Education and Public Schools
Henry M. Leipziger
New Yorker Travels Houses the Pennsylvania Railroad
Desbrosses Street and Cortlandt Street links to Jersey City terminus with convenient ferry service from West 23d Street Ady.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
West 23d Street
Desbrosses St
Cortlandt St
Ady
Republican Caucus Debates Election Law Reach
In Washington the Republican caucus of about 125 House members discussed measures to curb disenfranchisement in the South. Crumpacker urged an eleven member select committee to investigate voting rights and draft remedies, but Southern Republicans favored a strong federal law and postponement for further study. The group adjourned until next Monday night.
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House of Representatives
Hall
House
South
Crumpacker
Indiana
Cannon
Illinois
Loudenslager
New Jersey
Committee On Rules
United States
Congress
Taylor
Ohio
Dayton
West Virginia
Moody
Massachusetts
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Morris
Minnesota
Shattye
Blackburn
North Carolina
Gibson
Tennessee
Messrs. Bartholdt
Missouri
Bodey
Neware
Mr. Long
Kansas
Walker
Reeves
Payne
Ex Secretary Gage Considers Next Steps in New York
Ex Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage arrived from Washington and stayed at the New Netherland hotel with his son Eli Av. Gage. He told The New York Times plans are undecided and will be announced in a few days as he weighs future actions.
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the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Washington
New Netherlands
Eli Av. Gage
New York Times
New York
Treasury Department
Gage
Favorable Report on War Tax Reduction Battle
Washington report details a near split in the Ways and Means Committee over attaching the Babcock tariff-reduction provisions to the War Tax Reduction bill. The vote narrowly saved the bill with Republicans backing a favorable outcome while Babcock Tawney and supporters pressed for reciprocity with Cuba and tariff cuts.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Babcock
Messrs
Long
Blopkins
Newhands
Cooper
Cuba
Wisconsin
Mibke
Tawney
Minnesota
Ways and Mens Committee
Peyne
Babeock
Mr. Tawney
Cubs
Kabcock and
Payne
Dalzell
Grosvenor
Wars and Means Committee
Batcock
Mr. Steele
Indiana
Steele
Robertson
Louisiana
Babrock
Mohegan Grocery Co Expands Across New York State
Newburg, N Y February 3 The Mohegan Grocery Company led by Frank A Munsey has been building a regional chain by acquiring several large stores in Matteawan Cold Spring Mount Vernon Newburg Wappingers Falls and Marlborough The Morris family owner and manager in New York is affected local grocers along the Hudson River fear loss of independence and price competition
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Newburg
N. Y
Mount Vernon
Wappingers Falls
Marlborough
Morris
Hudson River
Duchess's Aunt Seeks Dismissal of Property Attachment
In Cincinnati today E P Bradstreet filed a motion in Common Pleas Court to dismiss an attachment on the property of Effie McKenzie Evans aunt of the Duchess of Manchester. Evans is sued by A Paquin a Paris banker for funds for Paris gowns in 1898, with a Mount Auburn real estate share attached. Evans spends much time in London and Paris and maintains she has never abandoned residence in Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
E. P. Bradstreet
Common Pleas Court
Effie McKenzie Evans
Duchess of Manchester
Miss Evans
A. Paquin
Paris
Mount Auburn
London
Florida and Metropolitan Limited Train Ad
Advertisement notes a solid Pullman service of the Florida and Metropolitan Limited leaving New York daily at 12 55 P M from West Street Ferry Penna Railroad to St Augustine Florida with office at 1 183 Broadway.
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Florida & Metropolitan Limited
New York
Street Ferry
Penna
Worried Man Dies After Oleomargarine Arrest
Theodore Chaffee of Avondale Montclair died at home after worrying over his arrest for selling oleomargarine without proper labeling. His son informed Recorder in court that his father had died. Chaffee had been held in $200 bail for the Grand Jury on the statute violation.
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Montclair
N. J
Theodore Chaffee
Avondale
Chaffee
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ST. Clair McKelway III
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