By-elections Loom for London Constituencies in Six Days
London notices reveal writs to be issued for Lutow Lewisham and Dulwich to replace the late More Penn and Maple. Liberal candidates Eve Masterman Ismay attack food taxes while Conservatives rally in Lewisham and Dulwich with meetings featuring Harris Chapman and Duke.
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London Gazette
Clerk of the Crown
Lutow
Lewisham
Dulwich
R. Jasper More
John Penn
J. Blundell Maple
Dreams versus facts in wage debate across four boroughs
A fiscal policy critique urges workers to resist protections and wage-tax promises, arguing that real gains come from affordable food and stable hours. It contrasts English wages with U S standards and German industry, warning against sacrificing essentials for imagined prosperity. The piece then notes Masonic lodge installations and a hospital lodge banquet with several officers and new initiates.
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United States
Germany
Fog and darkness paralyze London transport
Dense fog swept London yesterday from seven in the morning, plunging the City and suburbs into near darkness. Electric lights failed in the West End, tramways stalled, and dozens of accidents occurred as pedestrians and drivers struggled to see. Municipal fog lamps were deployed from St Martin’s to Knightsbridge, easing navigation but highlighting chaos and injuries across numerous districts.
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London
Pimlico
Buckingham Palace
Elephant and Castle
Walworth
Ludgate-circus
King’s Cross
Westminster
Dickens
Barnaby Rudge
Quakh
Westminster City
Council
St. Martin’s Church
Uharingcross
Whitehall
Bicewily
Knightsbridge
London Express Collision Warns of Narrow Escape
A London and North Western goods express from Liverpool to Carlisle on the Shap Fell incline near Penrith derailed without major injuries. The signalman averted disaster as the train, coming down toward the Westmorland boundary, broke its couplings but caused only one injury.
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London and North-Western Railway
Penrith
Liverpool
Carlisle
Shap Fells
Westmorland
Train Disaster Near Penrith and London Delays
Report describes a goods train derailment north of Penrith, seven wagons fouling the up line, a warning by Keswick signalman averting a larger crash, and the Scotch express suffering delay while passengers and crew escaped unharmed aside from one injured driver. A second incident on the Weymouth to London line with snapped engine ironwork caused a 44 mph stop, slight injuries, and fog-related delays. A German fruit steamer Thomas Leigh ran ashore at Bristol amid dense fog.
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Penrith
Keswick
Carlisle
Euston
London
George Bates
Crewe
London and South-Western Railway
Weymouth
Raynes Park
Wimbledon
Waterloo
Walthamstow
Liverpool Street
Avon
Bristol
Thomas Leigh
Valencia
Horseshoe Point
Lord Windsors Criticism of English Taste at Dinner
Mr S J Waring presided at the inaugural dinner of the Furniture Trades Provident and Benevolent Association at the Hotel Cecil. Lord Windsor among attendees urged that taste in cheap manufactured goods improve first, arguing public demand shapes production and that better design in inexpensive wares would lift overall decorative quality.
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S. J. Waring
Furniture ‘Trades’ Provident and Benevolent Association
Hotel Cecil
Lord Windsor
Lord Monkswell
William Treloar
Norwich
Finsbury
Claude Hay
M.P
Rupert Guinness
T. P. O'Connor
J. W. Benn
L.C.C. Tl
House of Lords
Band Contest At Alexandra Palace Honors London Bands
Last evening under Mr J Henry Isles the grand band festival by the London and Home Counties Band Association aimed to raise band playing status. In the second section Southwark Borough won first with Association Certificate, five medals, and cash. New North Middlesex second. Sford Horns third. Test pieces included Bishop Sleep Gentle Lady and Good night Esteved. First-section prizes included the Champion cup, medals, Association certificates and cash. Competing bands listed with final placements and prize distribution. Despite bad weather a large crowd attended the prize distribution by the Mayor of Hornsey. A separate coroner's inquest at Birkenhead returned death by own action during temporary insanity for Mary Ann Spruce, 17, a servant girl, after carbolic acid was consumed following a theft accusation.
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J. Henry Isles
Alexandra Palace
London and Home Counties Band Association
L. Cash
Bemp
Southwark Borough
New North Middlesex
Sford Horns
Goldie
Military
Southwark Boro
Esteved
Pinsuti
Rossini
Luton Red Cross
Barnet Town
Waltham. Atown Emperanea
Hornsey
Death sentences set for Aldershot murder case
Brown and Dunbar face execution at Winchester on the 16th of this month for the Aldershot murder. Cowdrey and Duffy await their fates as Home Office decisions loom on possible reprieves. Solicitor Norman Clinton submits statements urging delay to reexamine Brown’s identity evidence. Dunbar returns to duty as Rovingon transfers to another company.
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Aldershot
Winchester
Durham
Home Secretary
James Duffy
Milen Newman
Sunderland
Duffy
Norman Clinton
Brown and
Dunbar
Home Office
Brown
Esther Atkins
Cowdrey
Pte
2Nd
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Rovingon
Royalty Supports Bazaar for Workhouse Ladies Guild
The Duchess of Albany opened the second day of a Working Ladies' Guild bazaar at the Palace Skating rink Hengler's with Princess Henry of Battenberg presiding the previous day. The charity aids single or widowed women in employment training and temporary hardship and also pensions a limited number of chronic illness cases.
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Duchess of Albany
Working Ladies’ Guild
Palace Skating Rink
Hengler’s
Henry of Battenberg
Princess admirers tour at Sandringham dance and exhibition
Royal visitors examined decorative art and needlework displays above the rink as tea was served. A kingly command entertainment followed with Bransby Williams and Signor Bocci performing sketches, songs, and impersonations for guests including the King and Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales, and Alexandra Hervey among others.
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Henry
Aingly
Alice Leslie
Rashel Howard
Keightley
Baldwyn Childe
Maas Thynne
James Henderson
Prinensa Alice of Albany
Heron Maxwell
Messrs. Steigert
Chambers
Miss Harrison
G. Ashton
Sandringham
Signor Bocci
Dandies
F. Norton
Coon
Bransby Williams
Albert Chevalier
Coster Lify
Prince and Princess of Wales
Victoria
Princess Charles
Denmark
Farquhar
Earl
G. Fiolkes
H. Staveley
One Man Show Thrills King at Sandringham Visit
Mr Bransby Williams recounts the royal reception at Sandringham after a performance before the King and Queen. He describes impersonations of Abingdon Knowles Alexander and Leno, plus a Dickens selection, with a double recall and warm praise from the monarch.
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Lloyd's
T King
Dickens
Ashton
King
London
Wolverton
King’s Motors
Sandringham
Abingdon
R. G. Knowles
George Alexander
Henry Iving
Leno
Tree
Abinzdon
Lyceum
Fatal Fire And Multiple Explosions In Westminster Area
A late night fire in Ponsonby-place Westminster killed a child named Oscar Charles Joseph Allen. Across several hours there were gas explosions and fires at locations including Holborn Featherstone building, West Norwood Thurleston road, St Johns hill New Wandsworth, Tottenham Court Road Horse Shoe Hotel, Amies-street Battersea, Planet-street Commercial-road East, and numerous small incidents in London areas, with limited damage amid a high alarm.
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Westminster
Ponsonby-place
Oscar Charles Joseph Allen
Featherstone
Holborn
Jane Siden
Thurleston Road
West Norwood
St. John’s Hill
New Wandsworth
Frederick Bone
Eben Cutting
Frank Cutting
Horseshoe Hotel
Tottenham Court-Road
Amies-street
Latchmere Road
Battersea
Fitzroy-square
Moore-park-road
Fulham
King-atreat
Woolwich
Albion-wharf
Rutland-terrace
Pimlico
Newcomen-street
Borough High-street
Palmerston-road
Kilburn
Church-row
West Hampstead
Frideswide-place
Islip-street
Kentish-town
Reubens
Millwall Docks
Pell-street
St. Georga’s, E
Largest steamship launched for South African trade
Harland and Wolff at Belfast launched the Kenilworth Castle the largest steamer yet built for South African passenger trade. The twin crew ship measures 570 feet in length and 13,500 gross tons and is constructed for the Union Castle line.
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Harland and Wolff
Belfast
Kenilworth Castle
Union Quatle Line
Tragic Lambeth House Fire Ends in Fatal Burns
In Lambeth at Teni son street York road a fire led to the discovery of Elizabeth Mantelro aged 22 found on a bed with severe burns. She died at St Thomas's Hospital later the same day. A paraffin bottle lay on the floor and clothing remained undisturbed apart from the bed, suggesting a hair dressing accident with paraffin.
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Tenison-street
York Road
Lambeth
Elizabeth Mantelro
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Labourer jailed for life for attempted murder of doctor
Edward North a 29 year old labourer was sentenced at Leeds Assizes to penal servitude for life for stabbing Dr George Whittenburg White medical officer of the Sheffield Union in the neck. North claimed he acted after being ordered to work and intended to kill the doctor.
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Edward North
Leeds Ansizes
George Whittenburg White
Sheffield Union
Dr. White
Missing Gardener Found Dan
A funeral like find occurred last evening at High Wycombe when the body of John Sharpe aged about 37 a gardener was found in a garden allotment with a deep throat wound suggesting foul play Sharpe had been missing from his home since Wednesday
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Dan
High Wycombe
John Sharpe
Sharpe
Stranded Flora Sailorless Cruiser Floats on Denman Island
News of H M S Flora, a Pacific squadron second class cruiser, going ashore on Denman Island British Columbia in thick fog. Reported attempts to refloat underway with lightened forward. vessel high and dry at low tide, stern submerged, crew of 312 aboard. Built Pembroke 1893, 320 feet long, 4000- ton displacement, armed with multiple guns and torpedo tubes. Royal Naval Reserve officer John Billing Radcliffe aboard as sub lieutenant since July.
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Pacific Squadron
Denman Island
British Columbia
Comas
Sume
Uumis
Seevn
Adinvealty
Elora
Union
Village Point
Pile Benton
Grafton
Egeria
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Nanaimo
J.C
Pembroke
Devonport
C. J. Baker
John Billing Radcliffe
Royal Naval Reserve
Richard the Second Triumph at Majesty's Theatre
The Majesty's Theatre production of Richard the Second by Mr Tree proves highly successful. The review notes Shakespeare’s supremacy over Ibsen Tolstoy and modern “commercial drama,” with a dense audience applauding Mr Tree and his company for faithful, engaging portrayal of the historic story.
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HIS Majesty’s Theatre
Mr. Tree
Richard the Second
Ibsen
Tolstoy
Jardau
Pr ‘Ous
Shakspere
Court Theatre revival marks fiftieth Tem pest performance
The J H Leigh revival of The Tempest at Court Theatre closed last night after fifty consecutive performances. A souvenir portfolio was given to all attendees. Cast included Acton Bond Prospero, J H Leigh and Charles Lander as lovers, Dorothy Firmin as Ariel, Hawley Francis and A E Drinkwater as Trinculo and Stephano. The court reopens on the 24th with Snouwsrp and the Seven Lattle Men under B Maynard.
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Charles Lander
J. H. Leigh
Enchanted Isle
Dorothy Firmin
Ariel
Messrs
Hawley Francis
A. E. Drinkwater
Trinculo
Stephano
Sullivan
B. Maynard
Snouwsrp
Child Drowns in Cellar Drainage Accident
An inquest at Brockmore near Brierley Hill found Thomas Baker, left in a neighbour's charge, wandered into a cellar with two feet of water due to defective drainage. He drowned and the verdict recorded was accidental death.
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Brockmore
Brierley Hill
Thomas Baker
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