Army Appointments to Be Made Today
Washington reports the Senate will nominate one Lieutenant General three Major Generals and ten Brigadier Generals for the Army. The article outlines political maneuvering among generals including Miles MacArthur Wade Chaffee and others and notes delays in the Army bill affect assignments and potential recalls from Cuba and Puerto Rico. It also explains West Point graduation will supply officers to drill recruits destined for the Philippines.
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Washington
Senate
Brooke
Otis
Miles
MacArthur
Wade
Chaffee
Philippines
Gen
Young
Merriam
Ludlow
Cuba
Porto Rico
War Department
Tenth Infantry
Wood
Department
Col. Mills
West Point
Temperance Union Plans Tent Resting Place for Soldiers
National officers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union have sent plans to Secretary Root for a temperance tent to replace army canteens. The tent would be furnished and serve as a soldier resting place selling confectionery fruit and soft drinks.
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Chicago
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Root
Washington
Wife Seeks Divorce on Grounds of Cruelty in New Haven
Mrs. Annie Walkeley of Higganum filed for divorce from John Walkeley in Superior Court citing unusual cruelty. She, 23, says he poured acid on her while asleep and once set her hair on fire, and coerced her to testify falsely to aid another woman’s small estate. He made no comment on the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Annie Walkeley
Higganum
Superior Court
John Walkeley
Walkeley
Doctor in Winchester charges wife with extreme cruelty
In Cambridge divorce proceedings Dr Hovey L Shepherd a leading physician and clubman of Winchester charges his wife with extreme cruelty and cruel and abusive treatment. The petition notes long rumored disagreements but cites no specific acts and says Mrs Shepherd will contest the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Mass
Cambridge
Hovey L. Shepherd
R. A
Young Men’s Christian Association
Wisconsin Commissioned at Union Iron Works in San Francisco
The battleship Wisconsin, built at Union Iron Works, was formally placed in commission with Capt. Reiter in command. About 300 marines were aboard and the ship will depart within two weeks for her first cruise along the Mexican coast to engage in drill and target practice.
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San Francisco
Wisconsin
Union Iron Works
Reiter
Mexican Coast
Index to Departments and Page References
Financial Affairs page 32 and 13. Wheat No 2 red 70 cent corn No 2 mixed 46 c oats No 2 mixed 30 c ton middling S c iron Northern No foundry 16 00 butter Western creamery Zlc Commercial World page 14 Amusements page 0 Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers page 3 Business Troubles page 14 Court Calendars page 10 Legal Notes page 16 Losses by Fire page 3 Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails page 7 New Corporations page 13 Railroads page 6 Real Estate page 14 Society page 9 United Service page 6 Weather Report page 3 Yesterday's Fires page 3
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Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Sleigh Team Fleeing Motor Vehicle Runs Amok in Central Park
A pair of horses pulling a sleigh bolted after a motorcar at Fifty-seventh Street and Fifth Avenue. They crashed through Central Park tearing the sleigh apart and throwing the occupants, Mr. Courant and a male friend, into the snow. Both horses were badly cut and later captured after a wild chase ending near Riverside Drive. Mr Courant, residing at 728 St Nicholas Avenue, and his companion were not seriously hurt.
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Fifty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Seventy-second Street
Riverside Drive
Charles A. Courant
Mr. Courant
West Rive
Boers Being Hustled by British Forces in South Africa
Lord Kitchener reports French’s column driving Boers east, taking a fifteen pounder gun and parts of a second, while Haig pursues in Steytlerville direction. Moddersfontein casualties include two officers killed and two wounded. De Wet’s force reported south of De Wet’s Corp as three Boer invading columns move toward the Orange River and Gen Wet expected to enter Cape Colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Midland
Haig
Steytlerville
Inere
South Africa
Moddersfontein
Campbell
Middleburg
Bethel
de Wet
Cape Town
Daily Telegraph
Knox
Senekal
Kaffrarian Rifles
Hertzog
Orange River
Piet Botha
Smithfield
Colony
Wet
Cape Colony
Boers on commando amid call for more British troops
London dispatch reports The Times correspondent estimating about 19,000 Boers remain on commando. The signal is that additional British troops are required to contain the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pretoria
the Times
Portuguese Fear a Boer Raid
Lorenzo Marques February 4 report notes fear of a Boer raid as ammunition surrendered by burghers at Komati Poort is loaded onto lighters and moored in the bay for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Marques
Komati Poort
Eccentric Piermont Schoolmaster Walsh Dies at 78
Michael Walsh a lifelong learner and former Ireland parochial schoolteacher died in Viola Poorhouse aged 78. For twenty years he kept his coffin and headstone ready in his Piermont hut with three candlesticks and wake provisions. Funeral is planned tomorrow.
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Piermont
N. Y
Michael Walsh
Walsh
Viola
Ireland
Cod
Home Money Order System Introduced In St Louis
Special to The New York Times. Money orders can be cashed or issued at the door by mail carriers in St. Louis under a new plan approved after review. Patrons need not visit the post office to send or receive funds. carriers will deliver orders on their routes and provide receipts.
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ST. Louis
Baumhoff
Washington
Grand Central Station Ad Emphasizes New York Central Travel
An old advertisement notes Grand Central Station as the gateway to the West, promoting faster travel and a rate of 3 cents per mile on the New York Central line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Central
New York Central
Ady
Chase Through Madison Avenue Ends In Capture Of Suspect
A well dressed youth prompted a 300 strong mob chase from a Sixtieth Street store on Madison Avenue after four men attempted to steal Edwin Dayton's antiques. Patrolman Patrick Conroy, riding toward fire ruins, stopped the man on Sixty third Street and, after a struggle, the suspect fired at the officer. The gun misfired and the man was knocked to the snow. He feigned illness to reach Presbyterian Hospital but was sent back. He was identified as John Doe, nineteen, held on grand larceny and attempted felonious assault charges with five antique rings a scarfpin a miniature painting and pawn tickets found on him. No trace of accomplices.
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Madison Avenue
Patrick Conroy
East Sixty-seventh Street
Edwin Winthrop Dayton
Sixtieth Street
Dayton
Psatrolman
Conroy
Sixty-third Street
Smith
Fire at First National Bank Building in Boston
Fire discovered in the upper stories of the First National Bank Building at 1 20 this morning. A woman and boy were removed unconscious from the fifth floor and feared dead. The building is among four on the block south of the Old State House, bounded by Washington State and Devonshire Streets.
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Boston
First National Bank
Old State House
Washington, State
Devonshire Streets
Bride and carpenter wed after brief acquaintance
Frank Jackman a young carpenter and Euphemia Black a seventeen year old girl eloped from Winsted Connecticut to Colebrook and married by Rev. Benjamin A. Dean. They returned to Euphemia's home where the mother declared the marriage hers and vowed to keep the daughter away. A court-ordered annulment was deemed impossible and Jackman remains heartbroken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackman
Euphemia
Heir Search Ends as Whelden Is Found Dead in Kansas City
Alpheus B Whelden left Providence in May eleven years ago and died in Kansas City on June 13 1890. His brother Ferdinand arrived seeking the body for burial in Providence. No records kept of pauper graves and the body lay in an unmarked grave at Forest Hill Cemetery. Ferdinand estimated the estate share would have been 75000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Alpheus B. Whelden
Providence
R. I
Ferdinand Whelden
Alpheus Whelden
Potter’s Field
Forest Hill
Nothce
Whelden
Wheldon
Mr. Lee
Forest Hill Cemetery
Tur
Severe storms in England disrupt telegraph links and toll casualties
A West of England snowstorm crippled London to US telegraph lines with five to nine landlines down while railways labored. In Liverpool two people were killed and fourteen injured after telephone wires touched an overhead electric line near Lenn Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
United States
Lenn
King Leopold Starts for Home from London
King Leopold of Belgium departed London for Belgium last night. At the railway station a man acting oddly was removed by police amid suspicions of a possible threat to the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold
London
Belgium
Mardi Gras Rail Tickets On Sale For New Orleans Trip
Seaboard Air Line Railway offers Washington to New Orleans round trip tickets at 27 dollars 59 cents for the shore occasion. Tickets available February 12 through 18 with return valid until March 7. For information call 2 301 Madison Square office 1 206 Broadway. Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mardi Gras
New Orleans
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Washington
Madison Square
Broadway
Adv
Mrs Nation Arrested After Hatchet Raid in Topeka
Mrs Nation faced defeat in her saloon smashing campaign in Topeka when six women armed with hatchets attempted to wreck a restaurant on East Sixth Street. She was disarmed, a street brawl ensued injuring several, and she was booked for disturbing the peace. She was released on recognizance and plans for next moves were hinted as tense city watchers await tomorrow’s trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Nation
East Sixth Street
Labels Saloons with Scriptural Texts in Marlboro
Mrs Charles Brigham continued her crusade labeling saloons with scripture in Marlboro Mass despite a snow storm. She asked barkeepers if card games or drunken men were present and warned of temptation quoting Scripture to proprietors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
Mass
Charles Brigham
Nation
Block On Sixth Avenue Line Triggers Fireworks Display
A block on the Sixth Avenue electric road halted uptown traffic for three hours from Forty-third Street to Canal last evening. Officials blamed a grounded channel rail between Forty-second and Forty-third Streets and a snow slush buildup. Car 282 burned a shoe and discharged blue flames into the air as crews worked to free the car and restore service. Spectators watched electric sparks and attempted to cross the tracks in rubber-tired autos, all ending when the shoeless car was moved and traffic resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Avenue
Forty-third Street
Canal
Forty-second
Forty-third
Noted Texas Sheriff Dead
Shad White former Maverick County Sheriff died at the State Insane Asylum in Austin after a long illness. His career on the Texas frontier included a notable 13 year old war wound from a border incident when Mexican troops tried to kidnap a deserter. The clash left a Mexican officer dead and led to diplomatic explanations and later compensation to White.
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Austin
Texas
Shad White
Maverick County
Rio Grande
White
Piedras Negras
Munoz
Musioz
Massachusetts Woman 102 Years Old Honored in Cambridge
Boston reports Mrs. Emily Everett of 23 Berkeley Street Cambridge is 102 today. Daughter of Rev. Abiel Abbott she lived in Maine and Dorchester before moving to Cambridge in 1854. She married Rev. Stevens Everett, a Harvard graduate and Unitarian clergyman who died in 1883. Four children born, two sons and two daughters. only son William A. Everett, a Suffolk Bar member, remains with her.
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Boston
Emily Everett
Berkeley Street
Cambridge
Abiel Abbott
D. D
Hallowell
Beverly
Dorchester
Stevens Everett
Harvard
Everett
William A. Everett
Suffolk Bar
Foreclosure sale set for Cumberland Island in Brunswick
Tomorrow in Brunswick Georgia a portion of Cumberland Island will be offered at auction under foreclosure. Prospective bidders include the Southern Railway and Andrew Carnegie. The aim is to develop a grand hotel and attract summer patrons, with Carnegie already holding about three fourths of the island. a successful bid could permanently close the land to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Brunswick
Cumberland Island
Southern Railway
Andrew Carnegie
Gbject
Southern
Carnegie
Fight Over Tax Measures Recommitted After Session Eve Debate
Albany reports heavy Senate attendance as Grady’s motion to recommit Gov Odell tax bills on savings banks insurance and trust companies fails. Bills are recommitted but keep calendar position amid protests by Ellsworth Foley and Krum with over 300 telegrams urging hearings.
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Albany
Grady
Odell
Senate
Ellsworth
Niagara County
Krum
Foley
Committee On Taxation and
Trust Company
Senator Foley
Elsberg
Husberg
Malloy
Marshall
Slater
Committee of the Whole
Audert, Fuller
Ambler
United States
Senator Audert
Brooklyn
William M. Kremer
German-American Insurance Company of
New York
Magdeburg Insurance Company of
Newark
Merchants’Bank of Brooklyn
German Savings Bank of Brooklyn
Elijah R. Kennedy
John Boyle & Co
New York State
Advertising Aims To Boost Church Attendance In Ashland
In Ashland Ohio on February 4 Rev Dr Elmer E Whittaker of the First Methodist Church proposes large newspaper ads in heavy black type to increase converts and services Attendance reportedly doubles after his first test and grows further to about 400 on Sunday evening He insists papers be paid and that ads target business readers by appearing in shopping and business columns Messages urged stores clubs and lodges to close in the evening to allow all to attend church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Ohio
Elmer E. Whittaker
First Methodist Church
Dr. Whittaker
Whittaker
New York Central Eyes Lease of Manhattan Elevated
New York Central may finalize a lease of the Manhattan Elevated Railway, with Wall Street abuzz over a possible 99 year deal. Manhattan stock rose on rumors of the transfer as bankers and senators declined to confirm details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Manhattan
NEW York TiMes
Manhattan Company
Wall Street
Metropolitan Street Railway
Metropolitan
New York Central Railroad
Grand Central Station
President Gould
Edwin Gould
Jekyl Island
R. Callaway
Seoator
Washington
Depew
Central
Bachelors’ Club Chief Breaks Celibacy Oath
John H. Gable of Reading Massachusetts plans to marry Miss Oliva Deysher next Saturday saying a vow of celibacy was not binding. He notes a club indignation meeting led to his dismissal from the Bachelors' Club after revealing his engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Mass
John H. Gable
Canadians Form a Combine in Canadian Mining Merger
Montreal February 4 At the Knob Hill Mining Company annual meeting President S H C Miner reported an agreement among the Directors of Knob Hill Ironsides Grey Eagle and Granby Smelter to form the Granby Consolidated Smelting and Mining Company Limited with capital of 29 million of which 2 9 million is treasury stock Ironside stock to come in at 2 percent Knob Hill at 12 3 Grey Eagle at 12 3 and Granby Smelter at 1 percent on par value The meeting approved the consolidation a special shareholders meeting at Rossland is to be held to ratify it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Knob Hill Mining Company
Rossland
S. H. Co. Miner
Knob Hill, Ironsides
Grey Eagle
Granby Smelter
Granby Consolidated Smelting and Mining Company, Limited
Treasury
Ironside
Knob Hill
Land for Johns Hopkins moved to lift finances and relocate
A Baltimore trustees meeting secured 151 acres of land on condition of a 1 million dollar endowment for new buildings. William Keyser offered cash or 60 acres, with 100000 promised so far. Land valued at 750000, existing central city campus to be replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
William Wyman
William Keyser
Francis M. Jenks
Keyser
Ex Senator Manderson ill in Omaha at 86
Ex Senator Charles F Manderson of the Burlington Railway and former American Bar Association president is seriously ill in Omaha Nebraska. He has suffered since returning from Europe last fall with a grip and now shows early signs of erysipelas in the face as his threat grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Charles F. Manderson
Burlington Railway
American Bar Association
Europe
Seaboard Air Line Offers Daily Limited Florida Service
Seaboard Air Line Railway runs daily limited service to Florida resorts departing from 23d St. Ferry and Penn R R at 12 55 P M Tickets and Pullman reservations available at the office 1206 Broadway Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Florida Resorts
St. Ferry
Penn. R. R
Broadway
Resignation of Prof F J Steen from Montreal college
Prof F J Steen resigns from the chair of Ecclesiastical History and Apologetics at the Diocesan Theological College affiliated with McGill University in Montreal. He cites lack of freedom of thought in theological matters and plans to return to New York, criticizing Canadian religious climate as intolerant to discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Quebec
F. J. Steen
Diocesan Theological College
Church of England
McGill University
Steen
New York
Canada
England
United States
Erie May Get the Lehigh Railroad Turnaround
Philadelphia Feb 4 Official denial ends rumors the Lehigh Valley will join Reading system. Financial observers note Morgan & Co owns Lehigh Valley stock and may pass it to another company. Some think Erie, not Reading, will control Lehigh’s future, though current relations remain intact.
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Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Reading
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Lehigh Valley Securities
The
Erie
Lehigh
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Wisconsin In Commission
Kitchener
Viola, N. Y
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Sixth Avenue Line
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Senator Grady
Bachelors’ Club
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Manderson III
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