British Officer Praises Crewe After Tabaksberg Action
Details from East London report Major Crewe leading a rear guard at Tabaksberg near Bloemfontein in January. Braving Boer numbers and ambushes, Crewe withdrew under heavy fire, saved the pompom, reorganized defenses, and escaped to camp. Lord Kitchener commends Crewe for the feat.
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East London
Cape Colony
Tabaksberg Mountain
Moiwey
Small Deal
Bloemfontein
Crewe
Pilcher
Maj
Maj Crewe
Maj. Crewe
Koers
Knox
Ten
de Wet
Maprewe
Pine Ten
Koes Amd
Lord Kitchener
May Crewe
Political saga of session actions and notable incidents
The article outlines Senate and House activity with debates on the shipping subsidy bill and national bank charters, district funding, and military academy matters. It also notes a fatal shooting in New York, Smolianos the inventor jailed as a drunkard, train wrecks in Pennsylvania, and various European royal rumors and deaths.
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Senate
Aconium
Court of Claims
District of Columbia
Military Academy
Roxy Sesenn
Lowd
House
Pas Congress
Indian Ocean to South Africa War Dispatches and Mississippi Notes
War dispatches describe Cape colonial actions in February with Boer losses, sieges, and reinforcements as British forces report casualties. A Mississippi column analyzes the 1900 constitution poll tax, literacy, and race provisions, arguing taxes fund schools and that both races benefit from education and equal access.
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State Superintendent of Education
Tiev
Longina
Mimissippi
Wilissippi
South
Longino
Seperate Soul
Robbery on the Iowa Depot Snow Tracks Leads to Three Arrests
A cargo theft at a Manila depot led to a snow traced escape with a safe containing about 40000 dollars. John Jackson John Stovall and Charlex Hayes, all from Manila, were arrested as investigators linked the wagon tracks and heavy object to their getaway. Mrs. Jackson released at preliminary hearing as detectives pursue more evidence.
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Sturtevant
Ion Bev
Farrell
John Jackson
John Stovall
Charlex Hayes
Manilla
Jackson
Stewan
Hayes
Traie Fame
Esartir
Representative Shaw Found Dead After Banquet
Washington February 11 Representative Albert D Shaw of Watertown New York former commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic was found dead in his room at the Riggs house. Officials report apoplexy as the probable cause of death with the physician arriving shortly after the discovery. He had just left a banquet at the Ebbitt house in honor of Leo Kassieur and appeared in good health before returning to his hotel room where his body was found face downward with slight facial bruising.
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New York City
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Metropolis
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France
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Baron von Ketteler
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South Africa
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de Lisle
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Haigh
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Albert D. Shaw
Watertown
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Grand Arte of the Republic
Kiggs House
Ebbitt House
Leo Kassieur
Cal Shaw
Executions Told After Attack on Germans Near Runchuk
A dispatch reports four men arrested for attacking Germans near Runchuk have been executed. The same dispatch notes the arrival of the new viceroy of Canton. Satire papers approve the appointment, calling the official part of the progressive party.
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Hong Kong
Contosers
Runchuk
Canton
Progressive Party
Mrs Maybrick Goes Free From Aytesbury Prison
A London cablegram reports that at ten the gates of Aytesbury prison open and Mrs Florence Elizabeth Maybrick, the American woman prominent in a long trial, walks out a free woman after King Edward VII granted her appeal. Americans praise the king's clemency as a strong gesture of regard for the United States.
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Aytesbury Prison
Florence Elizabeth Maybrick
Strare
Edward VII
Edward
Maybrick
America
Merev
King Edward presided at Privy Council meeting and knighthood investitures
The king presided at Marlborough House over a Privy Council session to discuss the throne speech for Parliament. He later conducted his first New Year knighthood investiture, including Sir Hiram Maxim and others on the honor list. In Cleveland, a motor vehicle collision injured 11 of 22 sleighing party riders returning from a dance.
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Privy Council
Marlborough House
Knigits
Hiram Maxim
Cleveland
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Scoville Avenue
Kenward Street
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