Peace talks limited to South Africa says Lansdowne
The British government rejects Dutch proposals for safe conduct for Boer delegates in Europe and says any peace negotiations must occur in South Africa. It warns that the war continues until Boer leaders in the field propose talks, with a potential three month delay for travel and consultation.
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London
House of Commons
Lord Lansdowne
South Africa
England
Foreign Office
Netherlands
Holland
Europe
Governantek
Reimerland
Areny
Steyn
Orange River Colony
Schalk-Burger
Transvaal
Euorpe
Dutch Minister's Note on Boer Communication Split
A Dutch note to Lord Lansdowne warns Boer representatives in Europe are cut off from South African forces. It outlines two separated Boer camps and credence letters preventing settlement, and questions whether neutral mediation could progress to a peace treaty binding all parties in Africa and Europe.
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Lansdowne
Netherlands
Europe
South Africa
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Africa
Door to peace still open in Africa comments
Montague White, a Boer republics representative in Chicago, argues the British government’s actions do not close the door to peace negotiations but rather signal that talks should continue. He comments on Lord Lansdowne’s stance and urges persistence in seeking settlement.
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Chicago
Montague White
Lord Lansdowne
Africa
Ives
United States urged to mediate Kruger visit
Leaders in the field seek communication between Steyn and Kruger with U S mediation seen as key to ending the war. Peter Van Vissingen of the American Transvaal League endorses a Cochran bill inviting President Kruger to Washington, plus a $25 000 expense appropriation for the trip.
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Steyn
Kruger
United States
America
Congress
Cochran
Peter van Viissingen
Chicago
American Transvaal League
Miss Alice Roosevelt to Attend Coronation
Special to THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES Washington February 4 Miss Alice Roosevelt will attend the coronation of King Edward She becomes of age next Tuesday and the President may gift his consent to her attendance She will travel as a guest of Mr and Mrs Whitelaw Reid with Mrs Cowles as chaperone Commander Cowles attending as an aid to Captain Clark naval representative of the United States
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
King Edward
Roosevelt
Whitelaw Reid
Filipinos Win Office in Philippine Elections
Returns show natives elected as provincial governors in many cases. Captain Harry H. Bandholz defeated Major Cornelius Gardener for Tayabas governorship. Batangas casts 89 votes with only 84 voters, triggering a new election. Businessmen press for 75 percent tax relief to aid tobacco and sugar. A military post planning board includes Colonels Greenbaugh Craigie and Major Bomus.
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Manila
Harry H. Bandholz
Second Infantry
Cornelius Gardener
Thirteenth Infantry
Tayabas
Batanga
Bataan
Buenzamino
Batangas
Greenbaugh
Craigie
Bomus
May Seize American Ships On Bahama Banks
News from Nassau reports strong excitement over a visit by the night inspector Samanta and Bahama authorities dispute a flank of waters near the Bahama banks. No seizures yet as the colonial government lacks force to act. The dispute questions whether the waters are Bahaman or high seas, complicating action.
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Nassat
N. P
Soa Am Mnepangs Samanta
Bahaman
High Seas
Benton Harbor School Board Face Suit Over Unhealthy Rooms
Niles Michigan February 4 Ardel Westervelt a 16 year old girl sues the Benton Harbor School Board for 10000 damages claiming injuries from unhealthy school rooms. Circuit Court Judge Coolidge rules schools may be liable in private actions for negligence of school officials.
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Niles, Mich
Ardel Westervelt
Benton Harbor
British Steamer Knight Companion Aground in Japan
Advices today say the British steamer Knight Companion ashore at Inuboye Saki Japan will probably be a total loss. The vessel of the Ore and Asiatic Steamship Company serves the Portland Oregon to Orient route and measures 370 feet 5 inches long with 47 feet beam and 19 feet 6 inches depth.
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Knight Companion
Ore and Asiatic Steamship Company
Portland
Oregon
Orient
Anda Mn Railwa
Newcastle
Altonia Encounters Blizzard During Boston to Liverpool Voyage
Cunard steamer Altonia reporting from Queenstown describes January 26 and 27 as brutal with a blizzard and high seas. The ship averaged only about one hundred miles per day while en route from Boston to Liverpool.
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Queenstown
Cunard Line
Altonia
Boston
Liverpool
Marquess of Dufferin Reported Strongly Weaker in Belfast
Belfast reports the Marquis of Dufferin has been gravely ill for some time and is now described as markedly weaker. No further details on condition or prognosis are provided in the bulletin issued today.
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Belfast
Maruns of
Dufferin
Kaiser Thanks the German People for Birthday Messages
Emperor William in a Berlin rescript thanks the German people for birthday congratulations. He notes pleasure from messages from Germans worldwide and speaks of the faithful affection guiding the land toward peaceful development.
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Kaiser
Berlin
William
Jamaica's Finances Show Slight Surplus Declared
Kingston Jamaica February 4 at the open of the Colonial Legislature Governor Sir Augustus Hemming announced for the first time in years a small surplus in year end transactions. The improvement is largely due to measures to aid Jamaica planters reviving the sugar industry.
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Jamaica
Kingston
Sir Augustus Hemming
Rhodes Arrives in Cape Town for Supreme Court Hearing
Cape Town February 4 Cecil Rhodes has arrived and will appear in the Supreme Court February 6 in the prominent promissory notes case involving £28,000. The decree and credibility issues center on Rhodes's signature and alleged frailty of the document.
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Rhodes
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Supreme Court
United States battleship to join squadron after Curacoa voyage
A scrambled Cablegram indicates a U S battleship moved from Willemstad Curacao to San Juan P R to join the squadron. It mentions legal delays in bankruptcy related actions and a London aid meeting with references to Rt Rev Frederic.
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San Juan
P. K
Willematsch
Curacoa
Charlie Brighton
London Aid
Shaw’s Plan to Use the surplus
Secretary Shaw outlines in a letter to Representative Sulzer how government funds could earn interest if deposited with national banks. He calculates potential $32 million interest and $200 million in additional bank credit, noting flexibility and caution on mandatory provisions. He attended his first Cabinet meeting with discussions on appointments.
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Washington
Shaw
Sulzer
New York
United States
Increase of Salary for High Officials
Washington February 4 Delegate Wilcox of Hawaii introduced a bill to raise annual salaries for high officials. The President would receive 100 000 dollars and the Vice President 25 000. Cabinet officers gain 15 000 each and members of Congress 10 000. Another Wilcox bill sets Hawaii Governor salary at 8 000 with a schedule for other Hawaiian officers.
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Washington
Wilcox
Hawaii
United States
Congress
Beautiful tribute for Mrs. McKinley memorial resolutions
The article describes a ceremonial memorial volume from the Congress of the United States marking the death of President William McKinley. It notes heavy parchment, black morocco binding, gold lettering, gros grain satin lining, purple ribbons, and that the work was produced by the Government Printing Office as an artistic model of engraving and binding.
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Rooeexelt
Wil
Acer
Congress of the United States
William McKinley
Government Printing Office
Revenue Cutter Service to Be on a Naval Basis
Washington February 4 The House committee on commerce acted favorably on a bill to promote efficiency of the Revenue Cutter Service It establishes officer ranks with captain equal to army major and lieutenant commander in the navy Retirement at age 64 at three fourths pay is provided
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Washington
Revenue Cutter Service
House Committee On Commerce
Army
Navy
Congress Asked To Abolish Color Line
Representative Morrell of Philadelphia introduces a bill to end Jim Crow cars in the South. It imposes a fine up to 5000 dollars or two years imprisonment or both on any company or officer who discriminates in passenger service between states on the basis of race or color.
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Washington
Morrell
Philadelphia
South
No Limit Set on Skyscraper Heights by Chicago Council
Chicago February 4 The City Council voted 56 to 9 to remove all height restrictions for fireproof buildings. The action reverses a decision from a week ago and enables immediate expenditure of 29,000.06 for a new Catholic center in the South Side business district.
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Chicago
Bh Side
Milford man on trial in Grand Rapids bribery case
Henry A. Taylor of Milford Conn is on trial in Grand Rapids Superior Court charged with furnishing the 100000 promoting fund for an alleged bribery conspiracy to procure water from Lake Michigan. Former City Attorney Salisbury has been convicted of complicity in the alley deal.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry A. Taylor
Milford
Conn
Superior Court
Salisbury
Rockefeller offers Hiram House 10000 to raise fifteen thousand
John D Rockefeller proposes a contribution of 10000 to the Cleveland Hiram House settlement on condition it raises 15000 more. Several other brief items note smuggled fur purchasers in Montreal settling with the government and taking possession of goods. A Kentucky duel ends with James Turner dead and Keator wounded. A passenger list mentions Captain W W Meade awaiting orders aboard the Orizaba.
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John D. Rockefeller
Hiram House
Cleveland
Montreal
Keator
James Turner
Alexander, Ky
James
New York
Lana Bentonat
Fremont
Traction Combine Faces Opposition Over Broad Street Line
Union Traction stockholders split over building an elevated or underground Broad street line as talks with Mack-Foerderer syndicate stall. President John B. Parsons denied rumors of stockholder opposition and said no board meeting or Mack proposition submission has occurred yet.
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Union Traction Company
Mack-Foerderer Syndicate
Conference Committee
The
Traction Company
John M. Mack
Thirteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Broad Street
Market Street
John B
Parsons
Mack
West Demands Tariff Rates Reduced in West
A Western demand rises against the reciprocity convention's influence on tariff policy. Critics accuse the ways and means committee of a closed approach, risking GOP support in the West if rates remain high. The debate centers on lowering tariffs to aid consumers and expand foreign trade.
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West
Republican Party
Ways and Means Committee
House
Million for Mexican Timber Land Sold for One Million
A 500000 acre timber tract in Chihuahua Mexico was sold to the Development Company of America. H C Smith of San Francisco and J R Davis of Wisconsin sold the land for one million dollars in gold.
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EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Mexico
The
Development Company of America
H. C. Smith
San Francisco
J. R. Davis
Wisconsin
Furnace Project To Cost One Million In Cleveland
Plans by Pickands, Mather & Co. for a new blast furnace in Cleveland will cost about $1,000,000. A Maumee River site has been bought for the plant which will produce malleable pig and foundry iron and operate by year end.
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Cleveland
Pickands, Mather & Co
Ohio
Maumee River
Weather forecast for Eastern states turns cold with snow chances
Fair and cold Wednesday for Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland with increasing cloud cover Thursday. Fresh northwest winds shift to variable as snow becomes likely and conditions grow unsettled across the region.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Weather summary shows rain deficit since January and February
The report notes mean temperature around normal values with an ongoing rainfall deficiency. It records accumulation in temperature and a deficit since January, highlighting rainfall shortfalls through February.
Ocean Liners Zevland West From Antwerp
Zevland sails depart from Antwerp heading west as liners chart routes across the Atlantic. Shipping firms report steady passenger and cargo traffic amid seasonal demand and port congestion in northern Europe.
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Pen
Zevland
Antwerp
Union League to Welcomed Prince Henry Visit by Philadelphia
Union League officials say the luncheon and city welcome for Prince Henry of Germany is an official city and state gesture. Mayor Ashbridge and Governor Stone may attend with speeches by both, while Germans in Philadelphia largely view themselves as Americans first.
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Philadelphia
Prince eHory
Germany
Union League
William
Ashbridge
Governor Stone
Prince Henry
Cramps
Baldwin Motive Works
Broad Street
Roceed
Hard Avenue
League
Mayor Ashbridge
Stone
G. F. Ferdinand Ritsch
Philadelphia Times
Chinese Sailors Backed as Unreliable in Emergencies
Andrew Furuseth testified that Chinese sailors proved unreliable in shipboard emergencies citing the City of Chester Oceanic collision and the Lenox rescue as examples. He argued the current ship subsidy bill would not attract more American sailors or improve their condition. He noted wartime crews and a Washington Navy Yard visit showing few Americans among ship crews. President Gompers argued exclusion affected all wage earners, not just Pacific states, as the committee adjourned to reconvene Friday.
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Andrew Furuseth
City of
Chester
Oceanic
Golden Gate
United States
Lenox
Pacific
Fornseth
Penrose
Bureau of Navigation of the Navy
Spain
Oregon
Iowa
Texas
New York
Brooklyn
Clay
Fairbanks
Washington Navy Yard
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Pacific Coast
New Warehouse for Schuylkill Arsenal Work Proposed
Secretary of the Treasury sent to Congress a War Department request for 125000 dollars to build a three story and basement storehouse at Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia. Quartermaster General Ludington's letter says the facility is urgently needed to store stores and matériel for depots and shipments.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Secretary of War
Uylkill Arsenal
Philadelphia
Ludington
Raha Arye
Belwoee
German trade mood analyzed by Berlin Consul General
Consul General Mason in Berlin sends a State Department report reviewing Germanys current trade mood. The dispatch notes expected shifts in economic policy and import dynamics as part of an ongoing assessment of Germanys commercial climate.
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Washington
Mason
Berlin
State Department
Commercial Traveler's Sudden Death Reported
James L. Hall of Serenton, Pennsylvania, a commercial traveler, died suddenly, news notes show a fatal incident linked to travel on February 4. Further details incomplete in the clipping.
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Ascrr
James L. Hall
Serenton
Sete Ak Recs Ae
Roosevelt Reading Schley Testimony
President Roosevelt studies the Schley court of inquiry proceedings page by page seeking clarity on the battle. He has consulted officers Evans Taylor and Clark with varying views, while Wainwright has offered no decisive stance and Harlow’s account remains highly cited. If another naval officer is summoned, the Vixen’s commander is likely to be interviewed.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Schley
Secretary Long
Court of Inquiry
Evans
Taylor
Clark
Oregon
Brooklyn
Harlow
Wainowright
Gloucester
Miners and Operators Clash Over Scale Proposal
In Indianapolis on February 4 the joint scale committee routed seven miner proposals as operators and workers failed to agree in secret. The open conference backed the operators against the miners scale plan, and the dispute was sent back to the joint committee for further discussion.
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Indianapolis
Fire rips tent factory collapse traps firemen burying crew
St Louis February 4 during a blaze at the American Tent and Awning Company building the structure collapsed burying a company of firemen. Four bodies recovered with more believed trapped as search continues. Unknown how many were inside.
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ST. Louis
Chicago May Get the French Commercial School
Professor Leo Mabill eau a noted French sociologist will urge the French Government to locate the French school of commerce and industry in Chicago to study American methods. Philadelphia is also bidding, with Maxime Ingress of the University of Chicago predicting Mabilleau’s view will settle the matter.
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Chicago
Leopold Mabilieau
Death by own action clause in policy struck down
In a Columbus ruling the Supreme Court nullified a life insurance clause that voided a policy if the insured killed himself within two years. National Union vs Dora Stoll of Cincinnati held the policy must pay the death benefit despite the clause.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
The
National Union
Dora Stoll
Cincinnati
Collector Penman Likely to Stay in Washington Post
Washington February 4 The Collector of Internal Revenue Penman of the 12th Pennsylvania district is likely to be kept in office for four more years Representative Connell says there will be no change and no charges against Penman and he has served admirably Although other candidates exist no talk of removing him has occurred
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Internal Revenue
Penman
Pennsylvania
Connell
Contract Complete for Capitol Building
Special Counsel Robert K. Young of the Capitol Building Commission states the contract with Architect Huston of Philadelphia is nearly finished. The writing reiterates competition conditions, aiming for a business-like agreement. A commission meeting is expected next week with Shaeffer visiting Chicago later this month.
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Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Robert K. Young
Capitol Building Commission
Huston
Shaeffer
Chicago
Aged climber missing after Red Rock ascent
In Wilkes Barre on February 4 reports say a three week search for John Segerman continues near Red Rock in Luzerne County. The elderly climber and last survivor of a club known for annual mountain ascents vanished after reaching the summit alone and two shots were heard. Fear grows that he perished in the snow.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilkesbarre
Red Rock
John Segerman
Segelman
Explosion at Ardwick plant kills Richard Martin and injures two
An explosion at the Cerberite Manufacturing Company plant in Ardwick Maryland fatally wounded Richard Martin and lightly injured two workers. The blast was caused by nitroglycerin mishandled by an operator, with reports of a large quantity of explosive material nearby.
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Washington
Cerberite Manufacturing Company
Ardwick
Richard 4. Martin
Axieck
Franklin County Republicans Converge on Beep Convention Date
Franklin County Republican committee met in Chambersburg on February 4 to set a date for the Republican convention. The group discussed scheduling and logistics for the upcoming gathering.
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Franklin County
Philadslpota
Chambersburg
Republican County
Franklin
Notables Gather in Clearfield for Harris Case Testimony
A remarkable gathering of state political figures arrives in Clearfield as court contemplates the Commonwealth versus P. Gray Meek. Witnesses are sought across Pennsylvania to determine if Harris was libeled as a king of crooks.
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Philadelphia Times
Clearfield
Clearfield County
Harris
P. Gray Meek
Bellefonte Watchman
Harrisburg
Quay
Court House
Alleghenies
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Commonwealth
Krebs
Meek
Cyrus Gordon
Thomas 8. Bigelow
Major A. M. Brown
Israel W. Durham
Gobin
Theodore B. Stulb
Charles EB. Voorhees
J. Clayton Erb
W. W. Nisbit
W. T. Marshall
Walter Lyon
Ward R. Bliss
John
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