Night crash over Dover tests Grahame-White biplane
Grahame White, testing for Baron de Forest prize, crashed 76 feet on cliffs near Dover after a 174 mile channel crossing attempt. Injured airman treated at Lord Warden Hotel with a cut forehead and facial injuries but expected to recover quickly. Sopwith and others pursue aviation prizes amid stormy weather and difficult winds.
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Tyre
Belgium
Machine
Washington Post
Lonaon
Grahame-Whitte Hiad
Dover
Lord Warden
Grahame-White
Baron de Forest
Aving
Hos Shepper
Beaumont Relslug
Died in 1910 multiple obituaries across cities
Obituary notices list several deaths including Catherine beloved wife of Bod aged 48 with funeral at 830 am December 29 Holy Trinity. Frank Cyfor in 70th year with private burial. Charles Francis Pletch Tig with December 0 service. War lace Toots J of Port Henexs in 47th year with funeral December 20. Geddis wife of Col Andrew Geddes and sister of Edward Powers with December 20 service. Roberta J Shantor widow of Aaron Shiner with December 19 service. other notices reference friends and relatives attending services.
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Catherine
Bod
Stleet
Holy Trinity
Altend Cator
Frank Cyfor
Hus
Nineternth Street
Geddis
New York
Plorepal
IE Bacon (Nee Powers
Andrew Geddes
Edward Powers
Tuesaday
Roberta J Shantor
Aaronshineer
Reedence
Seventh Street
Relics and Oddities Highlight Dublin Auction Sale
A Dublin auction attractes buyers with British goods and rare antiques. John Noble of Newcastle wins notable Jacobean silver pieces while a grisly relic, the block bearing Robert Emmet's head, sells for a modest sum. The sale stirs historical memories tied to Emmet and Sarah Curran as bidders vie for curios and curiosities.
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Dublin
Thornley Stokers
Ethies
John Noble
Newcastle
England
Robert Emmers
Emmet
Sarah Curran
John Philpott Curran
Widow Weds Haas After Dying Friend’s Last Wish
In Newark New Jersey a tidewater plant superintendent Wil Ham Haas marries Sadie Rafferty, widow of his late friend James Rafferty who urged the match before dying. Haas, a widower with two children, married at the mayor’s office in a romance confirmed by the mayor. The widow previously resisted but consented after the dying man’s plea and a brief courtship.
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Newark
Willam T Haas
Tidewater
Pure Oll Company
Mayo
Tausling
Hansbride
James Rafferty
St Michaels Hospital
Lizzie
James
Rafferty
Pure OF Works
Haas
Sas Haas
Central Avenue
Harrison
Will
Jack
Hans
Rafferts
Sadie
Vue Rafferty
Ilang
Jim
Traas
Health Office Record Deaths Join Hansborough Hospital
Health office death record lists multiple individuals connected to Hansborough Washington Asylum Hospital and Emergence Hospital. Entries include Susanna P F Tucker aged 76 of Idae Bo Van Woch 1601 N TE, Thomas Ro Witehel 12th St NW 60s, May C H Willyard 1609 Ath St NW 48, George 1 May 1003 Kenyon St NW 52, Luzon A Mofradley 72, Henry Aisle 47, Thomas G Limstrang Emergence Hospital 27 cars fraud, Gordon 1h N J Ave SE 46.
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Hansborough Washington Asylum
Xeoars
Susanna PF Tucker
Octae
Bo van Woch
Thomas Ro Witehel
H Willyard
George
England Is Rebuked Gompers Fledges Support At Irish League Meet
At the United Irish League gathering in New York last night Edward O Meagher Condon and Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor spoke on Irish home rule. They urged English speaking nations to back Ireland, predicting victory as Lord Salisbury era policies drawn to a close. Representative Clark predicted a Democratic Speakership, while statements tied Irish freedom to human liberty and diplomatic efforts.
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Labor
American Federation
Edward O’meagher Condon
Great Britain
Ireland
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Champlark
Samuel Gompers
Americin Federation of Labor
James M Graham
Wilneis
Edward O Meagher Condon
United Iish League
New National Theater
Clark
Thomas J Donavan
United Imsa League
Donavan
Green
Michael Davitt
John E. Redmond
United Tish League
England
Condon
Home Rule
Imsa
House of Lords
Eingland
Gettam
United States
American Federation of Labor
Bépierenistle Graham
Illinois
Nelgon P Wheeler
Pennsylvania
Endeavor
Joe Sibley
Wheeler
Sibley
Congress
Rachel Smith
Smitha Landing
Ohio
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Aitte
Smiths Landing
Washington
Capt Smith
Humberman
Rachel
Congressman Wheeler
Mystery Death On Florida Avenue Car In Northwest DC
An unidentified man about 60 collapses on a northbound car at Seventh and T streets NW near 11 PM. He dies en route to Freedmen's Hospital with no identifying papers or remembered boarding location. Police seek clues as to his identity as body lies at the morgue.
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Seventh and
T Streets
Herth
T Street
Freedmens Hospital
Priystcians
Eighth
James B Barnett
Roy B Kaufman
Capital Traction Company
Mob Attacks Baltimore Judge Mistaken for Kidnapper
Justice Loden of Baltimore narrowly escaped a beating after a mob of hundreds mistook him and a companion for kidnapping a boy on East Baltimore Street. A stone shattered a car window, and the crowd, led by enraged bystanders, rushed the justice until Attorney Louis Ashman intervened to quell the disturbance.
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Justice Loden
Baltimore
Daniel Loden
East Baltimore Street
Loden
Justle
Louis ’S Ashman
Ashtman
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrive and Sail From Ports
Listed vessels arrive and depart major ports including Plymouth Amsterdam Liverpool and Southampton. Ships named Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Queenstown-Lugano? New York and other routes show traffic between New York Boston Portland and Liverpool with several liners noted for sailing to and from destinations.
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Auguste Victoria
New York
Meuw Amsterdam
Liverpoot
Canada
Portland
Xenin
Boston
Southampton
St Paul
Lapland
New Link
York
New
Political chatter swirls over New York senate bid
Washington buzz centers on Martin W Littleton and fellow lawmakers as party factions weigh candidates for New York and Iowa seats. Talks reference Murphy, Cocks, Herrick and Sheehan while detailing Wheeler of Pennsylvania and Scott of West Virginia, plus looming Iowa contests with Pickett Byers and Kenyon entangled in caucus forecasts.
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Martin W Littleton
New York
Washington
Littleton
Col . Roosevelt
Murphy
Herrick Sheehan
Shepard
Tennessee
Vermont Legislature Seeks Funds to Finish John Paul Jones Crypt
The Vermont legislature passed a joint resolution urging its congressional delegation to support a bill funding the completion of the crypt at Annapolis for John Paul Jones. The piece recounts Horace Porter’s discovery of Jones remains, the Navy’s efforts, and years of congressional inaction while the coffin rests near the Naval Academy amid calls for a proper burial.
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Annapolis
John Paul Jones
Vermont
National Congress
Paris
Horace Porter
United States
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Board of Visitors
House
Republic
Indian Fighter Gen Hasbrouck Dies at 72 in Newburgh
Brig Gen Henry C Hasbrouck retired U S Army, born Newburgh son of past assembly speaker William Hasbrouck, died at 72 after long illness. West Point graduate 1856 186 May 86 served in Bull Run Modoc expeditions Spanish-American War. Maj Eugene Bancroft USA retired died at New London Conn aged 85. Leaves nine children.
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Henry C Hasbrouck
Hasbrouck
William Hasbrouck
Assembly of the State
United States Military Academy
West Point
Bull Run
Modoc
New London
Conn
Eugene Bancroft
USA
Boston
Fourth United States Artillery
Fort Trumbull
Brother's Slayer Caught Near Capitol Heights Md
Thomas Mullen, a negro, killed his brother Henry Mullen on the Marlboro pike near Capitol Heights. He was arrested early this morning at his mother's home on the Benning road by the Southern Maryland Detective Agency officers and district police, after a dispute over a few cents during an afternoon walk. Henry died about an hour after being shot in the neck.
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Washington
William Kenyon
Byers
Kenyon
Wade Ellis
Attorney General’s Department
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Dickinson
Hinots Central
Taft
National
Pickett, Byers, Young & Co
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Henry Mullen
Marlboro Pike
Capitol Heights
T H Garrison
Maryland
Yates
Galpin and Tapscott
Ninth Precinct
Mullen
Harriet Mullen
Benning Road
Thomas
Elijah Mullen
Henry
Cuticura Bath Treatment Cures Skin Ailments Quickly
Advertising copy asserts itching burning and scaly rashes are relieved and cured in most cases by warm baths with Cuticura Soap and mild applications of Cuticura Ointment. The text claims fast results for red irritated skin and damaged hands.
Hughes for 1912 is powerful on the stump
A Washington dispatch reports strong talk of Charles E Hughes as a Republican presidential candidate in 1912. If Taft seeks renomination, Hughes is viewed as a strong alternative with proven campaigning power from his New York governorship and 1908 campaign, while Taft’s recent judicial appointments stir conservative concerns.
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Congress
Iowa
Pickett
Dolliver
Lafe Young
Walter Smith
Senate
Iowa House
Belind
Hughes
Col. Roosevelt
New York
Washington
Charles E Hughes
Supreme Court
Taft
Youngstown
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Alleghenies
Wey
White
Republica
Justice White
Court of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Justice Hughes
Vote on popular elections dominates Senate debate
Senators reported yesterday that discussion on popular elections would open today pending a favorable judiciary committee report on the Tucker constitutional amendment. The subcommittee endorsed the measure 2 to 1. Democrats largely back it, with some Republicans possibly joining.
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Judiciary Committee
Depew
New York
Congress
Hughes Denies Grievance Over White Chief Justice Move
Washington gossip claimed Charles Evans Hughes resents not being promoted to chief justice and hints at a 1912 presidential bid. Hughes, using strong sources, denies any grievance, says he supports Justice White’s fitness, and states he has no plans for the presidency and is content with his work.
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Washington
Justice White
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Hughes
Justice Hughes
Hobson Seeks Answers Over Puritan Monitor Sinking
Representative Hobson of Alabama, a House naval committee member, threatens action against the Navy Department over the sinking of the monitor Puritan near Newport News after an ordnance test. Two hundred pounds of explosive gelatin were ignited against its hull and the ship was later left at the Norfolk yard, then sank after remaining at Middle Ground overnight with hull damage.
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Representative Hobson
Alabama
House Naval Committee
Navy Department
Newport News
Hobson
Norfolk Navy Yard
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