President Announces Army Nominations To Senate
President nominates Nelson A. Miles for lieutenant general and promotes Samuel B. M. Young Adna R. Chaffee Arthur M. MacArthur to major generals. Dozens of colonels are advanced to brigadier general. Cabinet backs Miles. unusual ballot precedes Senate submission.
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Chaffee
MacArthur
Miles
Washington
Senate
Nelson A. Miles
Samuel B. M. Young
U.S. A
Adna R. Chaffee
Eight Centry
Arthur Mi Arthur
John C. Bates
Wade
Merriam
Ludlow
Philippines
United States
Milea
J. F. Wade
British Concentrate Withdrawing Garrisons to Secure Main Lines
Cape Town dispatch reports General Knox and Dewet clash near Seneca with about 100 Boer casualties. Three Boer columns move toward the Orange River, Hertzog's leading. Piet Botha’s 2,000 men with seven guns from Smithfield crossed into the Colony. Dewet expected to enter Cape Colony. Commandoes hustled in the Colony. Sixteen killed.
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London
Capea Town
Daily Telegraph
Knox
Dewét
Seneca
Kaffarian Rifles
Hertzog
Orange River
Piet Botha
Smithfield
General Dewet
Cape Colony
Afghan Uprising Feared on Frontiers of India and beyond
Sensational Bombay reports warn of Afghan border unrest that could target British frontier guards amid looming famine and possible Russo German tariff conflict. German plans to impose high duties provoke wider trade tensions. Also noted is a testimonial praising Electric Bitters as a cure for malaria and various ailments.
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India
Moscow
Bombay
Telegraph Lines Down In Storm Ravaged West England
A west England storm disrupts telegraphic links to the United States with five to nine land lines out of service and railways operating with great difficulty.
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London
England
United States
Carrie Nation Hatchet Attack at Topeka Joint Visit
Mrs Carrie Nation and companions began a crusade against Topeka joints at 830 Kansas Avenue and 406 Kansas Avenue. Nation was struck on the temple by a hatchet but remained active. They smashed liquor displays overturned slot machines and spilled beverages while officials intervened and escorted them to the police station.
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Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Graham
Mrs. Nation
Atltion
Senator Teller Attacks MacArthur Over Rice Deportation
In Washington on February 6 Senator Teller urged the War Department for information on reports that George T. Rice, editor of a Manila newspaper, was deported to the United States by the American military in the Philippines. He cited press reports and questioned the legality of the action while noting other Luzon paper suppression.
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Senator Teller
MacArthur
Washington
Senate
Teller
Secretary of War
George T. Rice
Manila
United States
Philippine Islands
Mr. Rice
Rice
Luzon
Tice
Telfer
District of Columbia
Mrs Nation arraigned for disorderly conduct in saloon wreck
Mrs Nation stood in police court at 9 am on a disorderly conduct charge connected to wrecking a saloon on Kaneax Avenue the night before. After a brief hearing she was discharged and began another spree at a second wrecked saloon valued for its lavish equipment including a $500 cherry bar and about $1,600 in damages.
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Mra. Nation
Kaneax Avenue
End the Insurrection in Marinduque Campaign Gains 6000 Signatures
Manila reports a Federal party organizer returning with rolls showing 6 000 membership signatures in Marinduque, aimed at ending the insurrection. Elsewhere, the Forty sixth regiment destroyed the new insurgent camp of General Trias in the Southern district, with casualties and material losses.
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Federal Party
Marinduque
Manila
Trias
Gomez
Forty-sixth
Department of
Visayas
Guam
Salas
Diario
British aid sought as Boers threaten Lorenzo Marques
London dispatch reports Boers led by Blake threaten Lorenzo Marques, Portugal seeks British assistance, with semi official confirmation later. Foreign office has heard little of the past 48 hours developments. Blake likely Johnny Filmore Blake of Transvaal rough riders. Also ad for Bucklen a medicine and report of Transport McPherson wreck near Matanzas with passengers safe.
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London
Blake
Lorenzo Marques
Portugal
Lorenzo Marqes
British
Foreign Office
London Dispatch
Johnny Filmore Blake
Transvaal
Afrikander Appeal to Address British Parliament
Afrikander statesman J D Merriman plans to directly address the British Parliament to plead for justice in South Africa. He seeks permission to appear at the bar of the House of Commons to narrate alleged evils of unconvictional annexation and cites historical precedent. He will be joined by Mr Suer later in the week.
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London
J. D. Merriman
South Africa
Lord Salisbury
House of Commons
Merriman
Franklin
Suer
Fire guts Platky's department store in Grand Forks
A basement fire at Platky's department store in Grand Forks quickly engulfed the building. Within about ninety minutes the store was gutted from basement to attic, with losses estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Grand Forks
Platky's Department
Tailor W. St. Clair Found Dead in Grafton Room
W. St. Clair, recently moved from Grand Forks to open a tailoring shop in Grafton, was found dead in his room. Official cause listed as heart failure.
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W. ©. St. Clair
Grafton
Grand Forks
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