Ground for this belief. General Colville's command to the Boer forces
London reports from February 13 indicate quiet at Modder River with tightened press censorship. Lord Roberts prepares a full army corps, Colville rises to lieutenant general commanding the Ninth Division, while the Free State envoy at The Hague demands independence for the Transvaal and Free State, plus cession of Kimberley Bechuanaland and northern Natal.
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Freetate
England
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Bechuanaland
Natal
London
Magersfontein
Jacobsdal
Free State
Cronjé
Bloemfontein
Henry Colville
Guards Brigade
Colville
Reginald Pole-Carew
British Move Near Colesberg From Modder River
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts accelerating operations in South Africa after cryptic notes from General Buller. Cronjé shifts toward Kimberley as British plans aim to relieve the siege with reinforcements. Parliament debates Lansdowne's reforms, artillery efficiency, and colonial forces while censors ease shortly.
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Tera Lansdowne
Met
George Wyndham
War Office
South Africa
Wyndham
Presbytery rejects McGiffert trial in heresy case
The New York Presbytery at Old First Church voted 77 to 39 to not try Dr Arthur C McGiffert of Union Theological Seminary on charges of heresy. Resolutions urged peace and declined further action while Birch faces possible appeal to the General Assembly in St Louis.
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Old First Church
Fifth-ave
Eleventh-st
Arthur C. McGiffert
Union Theological Seminary
G. W. F. Birch
Babcock
Brick Presbyterian Church
Bushnell
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
W. A. McKenzie
Canada
Fifth Avenue
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Duffield
McGiffert
William Adams Brown
Brown
Howard Agnew Johnston
Presbytery
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Heresey
General Assembly
A. C. McGiffert
Presbytery of
Presbyterian Church
Matteo Ie Anenent
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Dr. McGiffert
Council of Physicians
Birch
John Fox
The
Bible Society
Dr. Birch
Bronx
Peace advocates plan Wednesday meeting to press war suspension
London dispatch reports Pietermaritzburg cor respondent notes Boers encamped near Neutu with eighty wagons and nine guns. The force is rumored to aim at besieging Eshowe and fortifying the Insuzi Hills to block British relief of Ladysmith.
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Eshowe
Neutu
Insuzi
Zululand
Ladysmith
Transport readiness and Roberts pause in Cape Town letter
London reports the Morning Post cites a January 23 Cape Town letter asserting Lord Roberts will not move until transport is ready. It suggests Roberts may await Methuen’s view before advancing on Modder River, implying a short pause. Churchill’s tents debate frames immobility as climate driven and a protest against comfort.
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Spenser Wilkinson
Morning Post
Todav
Cape Town
Lord Roberts
Modder River
Lord Methuen
Mr. Wilkinson
Winston Churchill
Natal
Scouts Near Magersfontein Foebe In trenches
Reports from Magersfontein say scouts within a thousand yards of Boer intrenchments find them used as dwellings. Naval gunners observe weaker Boer lines. In Natal Boer commandos move from Boid's Farm and mines west of Chieveley as about two thousand Boers with three guns push toward Natal through Zululand.
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London
Magersfontein
Natal
Chieveley
Zululand
Socialist Peace Meeting Disrupted by Violent Crowd
In Mile End London a Socialist peace meeting faced a hostile crowd that shouted Down with the Boers and sang the national anthem. Henry Hyndman and other speakers were roughly handled and dispersed as police intervened to clear the streets surrounding the hall.
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London
Mile End
Henry Hyndman
Kimberley in Sore Straits
Kimberley reports a heavy bombardment yesterday as Boer fire from Kampersdam continues. The siege scene remains tense with artillery duels intensifying the city’s peril and local defenses bracing for renewed assaults.
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Kimberley
Sore Straits
Kampersdam
Liquid air transport finally arranged for lecture plan
In Binghamton New York a special report notes express companies agreed to carry liquid air after initial refusals. A Scranton lecture was postponed due to transport issues, and Wesleyan Professor Bradley secured support to allow nine gallons to move from New York to Binghamton for an upcoming demonstration with care required.
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Binghamton
Scranton
New York
Bradley
Wesleyan University
State Convention Date and Call for Delegates to RNC
The Republican State Convention to elect four delegates at large to the Republican National Convention may be held in Buffalo on April 12. Odell Jr. calls a February 23 meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City to fix the convention time and place, nominate electors, and elect a new State Committee.
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Buffalo
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Republican State Committee
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Republican National Committee
Congressional Committee
Republican Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Platt
Depew
Odell
Philadelphia
State of
New York
Offer for Western Branch consolidates tract society in San Francisco
The American Tract Society has an informal offer from the Methodist Book Concern for its San Francisco branch, which last year did about sixty five thousand dollars in business. A conference at Nassau and Spruce streets discussed a possible consolidation, with Dr. G. L. Shearer opposing abandoning the Pacific Coast field unless a fair price is paid. The Tract Society may vacate this spring for new premises in the same city. Dr. Shearer declined to discuss a conclusion reached.
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American Tract Society
Methodist Book Concern
San Francisco
Tract Society
Nassau and
Spruce Sts
Hammond
Mr. Carey
G. L. Shearer
Shearer
Pacific Coast
Philippines
United States
Man Passing Bogus Check Claims Polk Lineage
A well dressed man calling himself William Polk Jr of New York tried to cash a $25 fake check at Buffalo Iroquois Hotel. He sought his supposed brother Robert W Polk, said to be a Spanish War veteran, and offered a $3500 reward via telegram from his father in Chicago. Arrested after detectives traced the bogus note and found the check on him. he claimed to cash it for a stranger. He asserts famous Polk family ties and a $500,000 fortune. He is 27, married, with clothes marked S M Slayton Staten Island.
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N. Y
Iroquois
William Polk, Jr
New York
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United States
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Spain
Tist Regiment of Volunteers
William Polk
Polk
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Frank Gethofer
C. Diehl
East Thirty-sixth-st
New York City
S. M. Slayton
Stapleton
Staten Island
Rockefeller gives Chicago University gift of $1000
A Chicago report states John D. Rockefeller donated $1000 to the University of Chicago. A reporter visited Mr Mennette at 4 West Pithy tourteet seeking confirmation but could not verify the claim about Rockefeller being away.
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John D. Rockefeller
Chicago University
Mennete
West
Mr. Rockefeller
Lincoln Dinner Highlights at Delmonico's Republican Club
Attendees at the fourteenth Lincoln dinner of the Republican Club applauded Attorney General John W. Griggs as he spoke on American world influence. Senator Depew presided with figures like Edwin Markham and Congressman Robert G. Cousins, who delivered a praised address on Abraham Lincoln. The event marked Lincoln’s Birthday in a late nineteenth century tone with notable guests and about fifty women in attendance.
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Delmonico
John W. Griggs
Lincoln
Republican Club
Senator Depew
Edwin Markham
Samuel Schulman
Robert G. Cousins
Iowa
Cousins
East
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Liniceth
Senator Depew Speaks on Lincoln and Goebel Crisis
Senator Depew cites Lincoln's belief in popular sovereignty amid Kentucky electoral strife. He condemns Goebel's election law as anti democratic and honors two just judges who resisted the plan to nullify ballots. Congressman Cousins recalls Civil War sea power and Union ideals as a warning and guide for the republic.
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Kentucky
Commonwealth
Goebel
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Supreme Board
Capitol
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Philippines
Eratic
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