Princess Brandon Dies After Moccasin Bite in Ring
In St Elizabeths Hospital a globe trotting illusionist known as Princess Brandon is dying from a moccasin snake bite. Once fearless with serpents learned in India, she collapsed after handling the venomous snake during a show. Doctors fought to counteract the poison but her delirium spoke of fate and defeat.
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St. Elizabeth's Hospital
India
Branden
Brandon
Fostock
Frank C. Rostock
St. Elizabeth's
Florence Handy
W. G. Rollins
Captain DeLander
Silas Hibbard Ayer
Shawmut Avenue
Ayer
Princess Brandon
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
The
Serpents
Shaw May Take Secretaryship Decision Pending
Governor Leslie M. Shaw, arriving by train from Dubuque, said the president has not formally offered him the treasury secretaryship. He would consider a tender if made and decide without delay, signaling cautious openness to the high office.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Shaw
Associated Press
Dubuque
Secretaryship of the Treasury
Shaw
Wild runaway horse injures four in Scollay Square panic
A horse trotted wild through Tremont Street toward Scollay Square yesterday afternoon injuring four people including a police officer. Miss Ida McNamee suffered bruises to an arm and knee while bystanders and patrolmen chased and finally stopped the animal near Merchants Row.
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F. A. Knight & Son
Bert Platt
Park Avenue
Tremont Street
Tremont Temple
School Street
Ida McNamee
Portland Street
Cambridge
Boston Museum
M. H. Howard
Coolidge Street
Allston
Lewey
Division 2
Cornhill
Dock Square
Faneuil Hall Square
Merchants' Row
McDonald
Miss McNamee
Children Fatally Burned in New Haven
Two children Michael Ross aged 66 and Loretta Dwyer aged 5 sustained burns at their homes after playing near fires. Both died shortly after at New Haven Hospital. Loretta Dwyer’s mother, attempting to extinguish the flames, was seriously burned and in critical condition.
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New Haven
Conn
Michael Ross
Loretta Dwyer
New Haven Hospital
Four Children Found Drunk by Police Night Patrol
Four minors under sixteen were found intoxicated by Patrolman Regan in an alley off Massachusetts Avenue. Taken to Station 5, their parents were alerted but could not bail them. The girls, two among the group, were transported to the tombs as officers documented the incident.
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Station 5
Regan
Massachusetts Avenue
Helpless Man Scalded In Accident On Kneeland Street
Melik Johnson a 40 year old paralytic was badly scalded when a kettle of hot water toppled as he tried to make tea at a cafe on Kneeland Street. He was taken to Station 4 and then to Emergency Hospital where his condition was listed as critical. Earlier a kerosene lamp spill nearly burned him, saved by Patrolman Hughes.
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Melik Johnson
Johnson
Kneeland Street
McCormack
Essex Street
Hughes
Patrolman McCormack Stops Runaway Horses
Patrolman McCormack of Station 4 risked his life to halt a pair of runaway gray horses pulling a Tyner & Son wagon near Harrison avenue and Beach street. He clung to the bridle as the team dragged him along for yards, finally stopping them near Kneeland street with bystanders witnessing the daring rescue.
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McCormack
Station 4
Harrison Avenue
Beach Street
Tyner & Son
Kneeland Street
Foss
L Road
Firemen Hurt In Trolley Collision In New York
Three firemen were injured when a trolley car struck a fire insurance patrol wagon in New York. Driver John Duffghe sustained potentially fatal injuries, while Joseph Fagin and Captain John Johnson were lightly hurt. Five other crew members were knocked down but unhurt.
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New York
John Duffghe
Joseph Fagin
John Johnson
French Deputies Clash in Chamber Lobby Scuffle
In Paris the Chamber debate led to a personal clash between Deputies Allemane and Charles Bernard after adjournment. An usher was knocked down as Bernard restrained, and the two men rolled on the floor before friends separated them. Allemane sought medical care for bruises while Bernard left vowing vengeance.
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Paris
Chamber
Allemane
Charles Bernard
M. Bernard
M. Allemane
Maude Miller Dies in Oakland Actress and Poet's Daughter
Maude Miller, known to the public as Miss Maude Miller, daughter of Joaquin Miller the poet, died today in Oakland, California, of heart trouble.
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Joaquin Miller
Oakland
Cal
Dee
Maude toCormick
Maude Miller
Midnight Services at Mrs Gardner's Italian Palace
The Boston area report describes Mrs. Jack Gardner holding a midnight Christmas Day consecration in a chapel fitted into her Fenway palace. Rev. William B. Frisbie officiated as candles lit the altar while watchmen kept guard outside. The ceremony, timed at 12, featured the anthem Peace on Earth and reflected Gardner's unpredictable public persona.
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Fens
Jack'’ Gardner
William B. Frisby
Great Palace
Brookline
Gardner
Queen Alexandra Improves but Won't Leave London
Health of Queen Alexandra continues to improve though she cannot depart London this week. The Prince and Princess of Wales will keep Christmas at York Cottage with their children.
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London
Alexandra
Prince
Princess of Wales
York Cottage
Pioneer California miner George D Roberts dies in New York
George D. Roberts of Oakland California died today at the Aldine Hotel in New York City. He was 73 years old and regarded as a pioneer in California mining.
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New York
George D. Roberts
Oakland
Cal
Aldine Hotel
California
Record Festival for Christmas of 1901
Boston marks a remarkable Christmas in the new century with record store activity and postal rushes. A full moon lights the day as charity drives, church services, dinners for the poor, and elaborate music programs unfold across the city.
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Boston
Boston Area Weather Forecast Then Snow Likely
Local forecast in Boston and vicinity calls for increasing cloudiness and rain late Wednesday or very early Thursday with variable winds. Thursday promises fair weather with moderate temperatures and mainly southeast winds along the coast. Washington report notes New England partly cloudy Wednesday with possible rain or snow at night and fair Thursday with fresh west winds shifting southeast.
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Boston
Washington
New England
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Jack” Gardner
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