By-elections stir as Devonshire letter fuels campaign
Lewisham and Dulwich contests draw on latest party lines as Major Coates and Dr Ball seek votes amid Liberal Masterman push in Dulwich. Chamberlain writes urging tariff reform while Unionist and Liberal supporters rally with letters, canvassing, and political bets on polling day.
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W. E. Ball
Lewisham
Free Food League
Victoria-street
Deak
Duke of Devonshire
Free Food’ League
Major Coates
J. W. Cleland
John Fenny
Dulwich
Chamberlain
Highbury
Birmingham
J. Chamberlain
Ball
Lee
Major
Coates
Unionist and Liberal Candidates for Ludlow Seat
Unionists and Conservatives of Ludlow division in Shropshire held a joint meeting. Rownd Hunt was chosen as the Unionist candidate and is linked to Sir Gi Ward Hunt. General Sir Richard Harrison was adopted as Unionist candidate for the vacancy caused by the death of Seale Hayne. Liberal nominee is Eve K.C.
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Richard Harrison
Seale- Hayne
Eve
K.C
Westminster Gazette Reports Candidates Denounce Chamberlain Proposals
Four candidates, speaking on Friday night, described Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal proposals as a red herring meant to mislead the electorate.
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Westminster Gazette
Chamberlain
Co Operation in Education Address at West Lambeth Meeting
Mr A P Graves Inspector of Schools spoke at the West Lambeth Teachers Association gathering at Stanley Masonic hall Lavender Hill. He urged more recreation for five to seven year olds and longer time in the infant department, noting Germans educate later and begin schooling at six.
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West Lambeth Teachers’ Association
Stanley Masonic Hall
Lavenderhill
A. P. Graves
Father O'Flynn
The Educated Workman Bishop Addresses Toynbee Hall
The Bishop of Stepney urged fostering a self-directed appetite for knowledge among workers at a Toynbee Hall conference on working men’s higher education. He warned against easy access to reading dulling value and stressed elementary education, self-help, and work by working men rather than clergy.
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Stepney
Toynbee Hall
Remarkable Subside: Man Swallowed by Old Shaft in Hanley
In Hanley North Staffordshire at seven yesterday morning a man walking on St John Street fell into a chasm opened under a disused shaft once part of an old hall and fields. The victim, Thomas Holland aged 56 a tallow chandler of Mount Street Northwood, disappeared as the pit, roughly covered by timber, gave way under thousands of spectators. Davy lamps failed due to choking damp as rescue attempts continued.
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Hanley
North Staffs
St. John-street
Thomas Holland
Mount-Street
Northwood
Holland
Sinking the Mines in South East Lancashire
A mining correspondent reports over one million pounds of new coal mining development to begin early next year across Leigh Platt Bridge Atherton Little Hulton Worsley Pendlebury and Bradford. Contracts were placed Friday with more to follow as three years of sinking new mines and tapping valuable seams are planned.
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Lancashire
County Palatine
Leigh
Platt Bridge
Atherton
Little Hulton
Worsley
Pendlebury
Bradford
Naval Officer Shot Found Dead at Sheerness Dockyard
Lieut. F. W. Ligur Triggs, recently returned from the China station on the Goliath, was found dead in a first class railway carriage at Sheerness Dockyard station. He appeared to have bled from a head wound. a revolver lay on the floor. The body was identified by a brother officer. he was 36, married, and had served in H.M.S. Amsen.
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F. W
China Station
Institute of Journalists Holds London AGM
The London District Institute of Journalists held its annual meeting at Tudor Street hall with Mr A F Robbins presiding. Notable attendees included J Nico Dunn and J D Irvine as well as several other officers. The report cited nearly 900 district members and a memorial to fallen South African war correspondents in St Paul’s crypt designed by W Goscombe John.
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London
Institute of Journalists
Institute
St. Paul's Cathedral
W. Goscombe John
A.B.A
NEW HALL AT WALTON OPENED BY DUCHESS OF ALBANY
The Duchess of Albany and Princess Alice visited Walton-on-Thames to open a new hall linked to St Mary’s Church. The 11th century tower and recent archaeological finds drew interest as Walton fluttered with bunting. Royal visitors thanked locals for a warm welcome and hoped the hall would aid the town.
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Duchess OF Albany
Albany
Alice
Walton-on-Thames
St. Mary’s Church
Walton
Police Promotions Highlight Scotland Yard Advances
Yesterday Detective Inspector McCarthy advanced to the Special Branch under Superintendent Quinn. Detective-Sergeant Earnshaw and Detective-Sergeant Collins were promoted to inspector. Earnshaw received the Royal Victorian Order for his service during the King’s tour to Italy Malta and Portugal and accompanied the King. Collins, famed for fingerprint work, helped reveal Edwards the Leyton murderer and other crimes.
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Inspr
McCarthy
Special Branch
Scotland Yard
Quinn
Tvho
Melville
Earnshaw
Collins
Italy
Malta
Portugal
Esrnshaw
Inspector Collins
Treasury
Edwards
Garland
Pentonville
City Detective Superintendent Resigns After 46 Years
After 46 years in the City force Superintendent McWilliam, head of the detective department, resigns. Inspector Stark will succeed him as head of the department, with Detective-inspector Holmes advanced to chief inspector in the newly created post under the Commissioner's reorganization plan.
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McWilliam
Stark
Holmes
Police Committee
City Tradesmen's Club Annual Dinner Report
The 183 year old City Tradesmen's Club held its annual dinner last night at De Keyser's Hotel Blackfriars chaired by Mr George Lavington. The principal guest was Lord Mayor Sir James Ritchie who acknowledged the toast of the occasion.
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The
City Tradesmen’s Club
de Keyser
Blackfriars
George Lavington
James Ritchie
Duchess and Princess Alice At Charity Event For Church Clubs
The Duchess received two bouquets and the Princess Alice one. Architect A E Gough designed a hall to support working men’s clubs and church town societies. The Lord Mayor and Corporation. Parliament. the Sheriffs. The Visitors. The Dadies figures were toasted by various dignitaries and attendees.
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Alice
A. E. Gough
A. Jerrold Nathan
Archdeacon Sinclair
Albay Gibbs
John Knill
A. H. Shepherd
Alfred Reynolds
Lambeth
Annie M. Lile
Dietetic Reform Bazaar For Children's Dinner Fund
The London Vegetarian Association hosted a bazaar at Memorial hall Farringdon Street to aid the Children’s Dinner Fund. Mrs. Humphrey opened with brief remarks endorsing food reform and praising vegetarian efforts. Speakers included B. H. Frost Leigh Hunt Wallace and C W Forward. Stalls featured household goods fancy needlework china sweets toys and specially prepared vegetarian dishes and fruits.
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London Vegetarian Association
Memorial Hall
Farringdon Sireet
Humphrey
Madge
Truth
BE. H. J. Frost
Leigh Hunt Wallace
C. W.forward
North London High School Concert Ends Winter Series
The 35th annual winter concert by North London High School for Boys at Hampstead town hall drew about 600 attendees. An all alumni and current pupils band played the largest amateur ensemble in the metropolis, with pieces including a Wellington March, The Chorister, Lieder without words, and The Wren Polka. The program closed with a gymnastic and military dumbbell display led by Corporal of Horse Adams of the 2nd Life Guards.
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North London High School For
Hampstead Town Hall
Metropolis
Wellington
Harold Payne
Sullivan
Mendelssohn
B. Park
Horse Adams
2Nd Life Guards
London Musicians Discuss Early English Music Reform
Dr. Pearce addressed the Incorporated Society of Musicians at Hanover Square, praising old metrical psalters for Protestant congregational singing and aiding the unskilled. He notes Purcell as father of English opera, Handel’s Clerkenwell concerts, and Handel's indebtedness to London musicians.
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Incorporated Society of Musicians
Hanoversquare
Pearce
Henry Purcell
Thomas Britton
England
Clerkenwell
Handel
London
Lecture by Dr Andrew Wilson on Digestion Curiosities
Dr Andrew Wilson lectures at St James's Hall Sunday Lecture Society on Curiosities of Digestion illustrated by an oxy-hydrogen lantern. The talk starts at four p.m.
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Andrew Wilson
St. James’s Hall
Sunday Lecture Society
Fires Yesterday Burn Woman Badly at Clerkenwell
A fire at 11 Clerkenwell-close broke out at 3.40 am in a Ledwith family home. Ada Musgrove Hicks, of Rothwell-Street Barnsley, suffered severe burns and was taken to St Bartholomew's Hospital in serious condition. Other small fires occurred across London with rapid responses and limited damage. The report also notes a vegetarian Christmas dinner at the Food Reform Restaurant and a Croydon carriage death identified as Charles Penson.
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Clerkenwell-green
Ledwith
Ada Musgrove
Hicks
Rothwell-Street
Barngtury
London Fire Brigade
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Underhill Road
East Dulwich
G. EB. Shopbert
North Quay
London Docks
Banning-atrest
East Greenwich
Erneat-street
Mile End-road
Tulse-hill
Malpas Road
Brockley
Euston-street
Muston Square
Palmerstonhouse
Old Broad-street
Grosvenor-square
Norroy Road
High-street
Putney
New King’s-road
Fulham
Steward-street
Poplar
Wellington-road
Holloway
Food Reform
Furniver-street
Northern Heights
Croydon
West Croydon
Charles Penson
Manor Road
Wallington
Oxford University
L Binding House
Améngoxner
Landon
Men of Devon Dine in London Among Historic Toasters
About 130 Devon folk in London attended the Three Towns Association digital dinner at the Royal Venetian Chamber, Holborn. Lord Monkswell and Sir Horace Tozer toasted Homeland with praise for Plymouth Hoe views, Plymouth gin, and local history including the Armada, Pilgrim Fathers, and Devonport Stonehouse hospitality.
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Royal Venetian
Holborn
Three Towns Association
Plymouth
Devonport
Stonehouse Folk
London
P. H. Pridham- Wippell
J.P
Lord Monkswell
London County Council
Horace Tozer
Stonehouse
Lord Morkawell
W. Blake Odgers
K.C
J. A. Curtin
Fulham
Budeaux
C. H. Warren
Chelsea
Savages at Dinner at the Savage Club Dinner
Sir Edward Clarke presided at the Savage Club annual dinner at the Hotel Cecil. Notables including Mr Justice Kennedy and several peers attended, with the chairman joking about South Africa, taxation, and a Peckham boy’s tights as a matter of parental duty, amid laughter and toasts.
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Edward Clarke
K.C
Savage Club
Hotel Cecil
Justice Kennedy
Howard de Walden
H. Maclean
August Manns
M. M. Bhownaggree
M.P
Fortescue Flannery
D. Linton
Frederick Young
William Treloar
W.rb. Peel
John Collier
Allerdale Grainger
Messrs
J. B. Mulholland
Charles Busk
W. J. Ebbetts
G. Manville Fenn
W. Ganz
Land
Peacock
South Africa
Kaftir
London
Peckham
Westminster Play Delights in Plautus Trinummus Performance
Westminster School captains and King’s Scholars staged Plautus Trinummus with Princess Louise presiding. Cast included H. B. Philby, G. B. Wilson, A. G. Henderson, W. J. Bonser, A. Waterfield, E. W. Colt Williams, E. C. Chesney, and S. D. Charles. Epilogue hints at topical allusions and local issues. next showings set for 7.30 Monday and Wednesday.
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Westminster School
Plautus
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Messrs
H. B. Philby
Charmides
G. B. Wilson
Lesbonicus
A. G. Kt. Henderson
Callicles
W. J. W. Bonser
Megaronides
A. P. Waterfield
Philip
E. W. D. Colt-Williams
Sycophanta
E. C. Chesney
Stasimus
Slave
D. Charles
Lysiteles
Championship Wrestling Match Set for London Pavilion
Ahmed Madrasi the world champion will wrestle Tom Cannon of England next Thursday afternoon at three, in a title bout at the London Pavilion. Frank Glenister for London Pavilion directors offers a prize of 100 for the match.
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Ahmed Madrasi
England
Frank Glenister
London Pavilion
Ahmed Madrali
Tom Cannon
Italian and British officers lauded after Somaliland action
In a Saturday session the Italian Chamber praised Commander Gaunt of the British cruiser Mohawk for wound defense of the Italian flag at Durbe. Admiral Mirabello voiced unity with the British Navy and extended goodwill for Gaunt’s recovery. the chamber president also offered thanks and best wishes.
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Signor
Santisi
Ciautti
Somaliland
Mirabello
Gaunt
House
Commander Gaunt
Reuter
Supposed Bank Robbers in French Case
The examining magistrate confronted four men Howard Mahon Smith and Wilson accused of bank robberies in France and abroad including the National Discount Bank of France. The defendants said they had no connection and did not know each other.
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Paris
Saturasy Dwight
Howard, Mahon, Smith
Wilson
France
National Discount Bank of
Reuter
Death of Lord Abinger Memorial Service Held in Paris
Paris mourns Lord Abinger with a memorial service at the English church in Rue d Agneseau before the body is shipped back to England. Officials confirm the service will take place tomorrow morning with the remains later conveyed home.
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Paris
Rue
Lyceum to Wind Up and Appoint Peet as Liquidator
An extraordinary meeting at Winchester house led to voluntary winding up of the Lyceum theatre company and the appointment of Mr. W. B. Peet as liquidator. About 70 000 preference and 30 000 ordinary shares in the new company were applied for by old shareholders, with 18 000 in 300 shares joined in a joint action. The board composition and working capital of 35 000 pounds were discussed as the old shareholders would not be pushed out. The form of entertainment would be decided by the new board.
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Lyceum Theatre
Winchester House
Cy Eyes
W. B. Peet
Munton
Eves
Peet
Madame Schumann-Heink Leads Queen's Hall Concert
At Queen's Hall yesterday afternoon Madame Schumann-Heink captivated a large audience with Mozart's Non piu for Tito and Tschaikowsky's Fourth Symphony conducted by Henry J. Wood. Teresa Carreno played Grieg's A minor Concerto with spirit before Brahms Academic Festival overture closed the program.
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Madame Schumann-Heink
Covent Garden
America
England
F. Gomez
Tschaikowsky
Henry J. Wood
Madame Teresa
Carreno
Grieg
Brahms
Theatre notices light up London stages tonight
The King and suite attended Esmonds Billys Little Love Affair at the Criterion. Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Victoria viewed Cousin Kate at the Haymarket. The Orchid reaches its 50th performance at the Gaiety tomorrow. Madame Sherry is slated for the Apollo this Saturday. An Alhambra concert supports musicians funds this Sunday. Roller skating opens at Crystal Palace North Nave with the Theo Palace Military Band led by Herbert Godfrey daily.
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Esmond
Billy
Criterion Theatre
Prince
Christian
Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Cousin Kate
Haymarket Theatre
Gaiety Theatre
George Edwardes
Madame Sherry
Genevolen
Crystal Palace
Theo Palace
Herbert Godfrey
Death on the 8.35 train at Denmark Hill
A well dressed man aged 30 from Stockwell Park Road collapsed and died after alighting the 8.35 Victoria train at Denmark Hill yesterday morning. Station staff aided him but he was pronounced dead after medical examination and taken to the mortuary. The body was identified as Mr Alexander.
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Victoria
Denmark-hill
Mani
Alexander
Tm Stockwell Park-Road
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