Woman and man in fire set attempt on New York tenement
A naked, insane woman identified as Helen Brauer helped ignite a torch in a five story Eldridge Street tenement hallway. The pair was discovered. the woman captured and taken to Bellevue Hospital while the man escaped. Authorities suspect links to other incendiary fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
New York
Eldredge Street
Helen Brauer
BNLS
Hank
Helen Braver
Belleya Eos
Unclear detentions prompt Mrs Thompson deportation delay
Fragmentary report describes an English woman Mrs Lydia Toisapeer and Mrs Thompson connected to a detention removal case. Authorities reportedly moved a person and a steamer involved. references to Depar tR and Far over invest suggest stalled action. Details are garbled and names uncertain.
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Nau Kg
Lydia VM
Toisapeer
Eng
de Eeal Uy
Loinev
Teren
Bills Island
Phompser
Gavien
Grave-Digging Charge Shocks Darlington Court
Report mentions a man connected to an assault and grave digging incident in Darlington. Details describe a blow to the head, a grave dug at a home yard, and subsequent medical treatment. The account references Craig and a partner charged in the case and notes the defendant’s deliberate actions leading to a serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington Vestern
Woman Narrow Escape During House Explosion
An elderly woman in the sitting room of a Cresenl home narrowly escaped harm when a gas explosion shattered the room. The blast ripped the door and wall, but she slid to safety in a chair as debris blocked the doorway. Her son and daughter-in-law were unharmed, and the house sustained significant damage with the cellar unharmed.
Narrowly Escaped Death in Gas Room Incident
A man at 418 Tenth Street narrowly escaped death from a gas asphyxiation in a room shared with another occupant. Fire and police assisted, investigating the scene after the incident occurred early Friday morning. The other resident reported distress, and Mr Price Turner was alerted to the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JF Prie
Tenth Street
Price Turnere
Jis
Fear Chinese war continued from first page
The article discusses American anxieties over potential China conflicts, noting precautions to prevent a 1900s scale crisis. It cites statements by Root and Taft, mentions German interests and anti foreign sentiment in China, and questions leadership for the army staff including Crozier and Bell.
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China
Root
Taft
Peking
United States
Asia
Weston
Philippines
Department of Luzon
General Staff of
Army
Roosevelt
Wen Bell
Seretary
Will Rest in Arlington Four Wounds At Gettysburg Tale
Funeral services for Charles H South will be held at Vermont Avenue Church tomorrow at 2 PM with Burnside Post G A RH in attendance. South, a Treasury Department clerk and Civil War veteran of the Seventy-sixth New Forks Volunteers, was wounded four times at Gettysburg and paralyzed by a botched injury. Surgeons doubted he would survive, but he endured for years, inspiring medical interest when President Garfield’s doctors consulted his case. His remains will be interred at Arlington Cemetery after a Masonic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H South
Vermont Avenue
Dr Powers
Burnside
Solytiwes
Arlinton Cemetery
Smith
Treasury Department
Seventy-sixth
New Forks
Gettysburg
Iba Conte
Flint
Jug
Garfield
Lyme
Mary Hansboro Arrested for Hotel Larceny in Washington
Detectives Helen and McNamee arrested Mary Hansboro alias Ford, a hotel chambermaid at Elsmere Hotel, on larceny charges. She was taken to the Sixth precinct for detention until a hearing next Police Court Monday. Previously, she was convicted of larceny and sent to Moundsville Penitentiary. Cincinnati article notes W B Cala promoted to general passenger agent of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway.
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Helen and McNamee
Central Office
Mary Hansboro
Ford
Elsmere
Hf Street
Mary
Parham and O'Brien
Moundsville Penitentiary
New C
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. B. Cala
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Yerkes Will Sparks Bronx Hospital Plan With Own Funds
Mrs. Charles Tyson Yerkes aims to build a great free hospital in the Bronx within a year or two, using her own fortune if necessary. Dr Joseph E Janvrin says she will seek court consent and may work with the Central Trust Co and executors if the estate cannot be used immediately. The project originated with Mrs Yerkes years ago, and she wishes to donate art treasures to a museum as part of arrangements.
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James Tie
Ant Charles
Theo Aemarks
Morsay
le FB
Amin
Beh Tants
Pp Fc Ai cc
Egal
Washington Post
New York
Joseph E Janqvin
Madison Avenue
Charles Tyson
Yerkes
Bronx
Janvrin
Yerkes Hospital
Asde
Albers Brothers Freed After Nicaragua Pardon
William and Charles Albers, once involved in a dispute with Nicaraguan authorities, have been pardoned by the Nicaraguan government. The Philadelphia firms managers faced a 32 to 36 month prison sentence previously, with the consular dispute at Managua linked to the case. They may depart Nicaragua soon.
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State Department
Albers Brothers
William C
Charles
Nicaragua
United States
Albers
Twe Brothers
Port Simon Development Company
Philadelphia
William Albers
Chester 2 Donaldson
Managua
Roosevelt declines petition to save Antoinette Tolla
President Roosevelt will not intervene on behalf of Antoinette Tolla, the Hacksensack convicted murderer, after a petition from the Susan B Anthony Club of Cincinnati. The case mirrors the Howard-Goebel incident, where the president found state court action cannot be interfered with. Secretary Root sent a bill request to enable Joan Barrett to accept a Chinese decoration for services related to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
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Roosevelt
Susan B Anthony Club
Cincinnati
Anthoinette Tolla
Hackensack
Howard
Kentucky
Goebel
Root
House
Joan Barrett
United States
Colombia
China
Officers Installed at Mount Vernon Tent No 4 K O T M
State Commander D W Gall installed Mount Vernon Tent No 4 officers including Past commander L K Johnson and commander W W Adarm son Jr. A banquet followed. Upcoming installs include National Tent No 1 and Amacostia Tent No T with new initiations and anniversaries announced for January.
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Gall
Mount Vernon
D. W. Gall
L. K. Johnson
W. W. Adarmson, Jr
A. G. Sugdan
Charles J. Gates
Frank Hannon
Alonday
Amacostia
Georgetown
D M. Grams
W W. Burch
A. C. Dagenhart
John L .Neeb
Morton Wood
John W. Young
Henry A. Roth
Runaway carriage frightened by Perry Belmont car injures horses
Mrs John F Stevens wife of Panama Canal’s chief engineer had a dramatic escape when her carriage drawn by two horses bolted after Belmont’s automobile near the Willard hotel. The tongue snapped, railing and ironwork were damaged, the carriage partly wrecked, but she alighted safely. Horses were taken to a veterinarian.
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Birs
John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
Perry Belmont
Willard Hotel
Bigod
Thompson
F Street
Stevens
Helmont
Alphonsa Beaurose
Fidward Fisher
Salvation Army seeks new branch in city led by Ernst
NEW SALVATION ARMY. Capt Samuel Ernst of Neading Pa visits to establish a local branch. The group holds nightly meetings and street parades, displays a flag with a red star on white, blue border, and fringe signaling the Holy Ghost era. The twenty year old association has 100 officers and James W Duffin of Philadelphia is the general commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Ernst
Neading
American Salvation Army
Jesus
Fs Tventy
James W Duffin
Philadelphia
Missionary Offering Program At Epiphany Church
A men only service will be held January 1 at 8 p m at the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Epiphany to discuss church extension and a 300 year English Christianity bank offering. Speakers include Bishop Satterlee, Bishop Mackay-Smith, George Wharton Pepper, and J Wirt Randall. Washington churchmen listed join in fundraising plans with committees to solicit donations.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Richmond
Einglish
North Amerca
Washington
Alfred Harding
Randolph H McKim
Arthur S. Johns
Richard P Wijuama
Melville W Fuller
Charles BH. Stanley
Arthur S Browne
William H Singleton
James H. Taylor
Charles T Warner
Kentucky Republicans Honor Bennett and Edwards at Club Event
The Kentucky Republican Club hosted Representatives J. B. Bennett and D. C. Edwards in a reception with music and speeches in Louisville. About 300 attendees gathered at the Pythian Temple as Hon John A. M. Yerkes was absent. A small fire in Frank Witchline's home at 328 B Street Northeast caused about $20 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Kentucky Republican Club
J. B. Bennett
D. C. Edwards
John AM. Yerkes
Pythian Tome
Frank Witchline
Houdini Escapes Jails Cells Free Prisons Roar In Washington
American police chairman honors Houdini after his third jailbreak in Washington at the U S Prison. Houdini stripped, entered Cell No 2 once linked to Guiteau, freed himself in two minutes, then released other prisoners to new cells within twenty one minutes, astonishing officials and earning a warden’s certificate praising his locksmanship and courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crowdip
United States
Harry Houdini
Harris
Bolts
Loela
Houdini
Charles J. Guiteau
Garfield
Tenth Precinct
Potomac
Jall
W Grayson Urner
Randel
John C. Campbell
George C. Gumm
James Corrigan
Joan P. Thekey
C Kerfoot Shute
H TI Stout
T . Sullivan
J. Pred Harris
Messrs. Trobert R., Mahom
Hamilton
Adi Nusht
Oderly
Howard Schneider
Schaefer
Iiondini
Chase
Whitney
Mercer
Ferguson
Donovan
Gaskins
Backus
Howlett
Clarence Trowlett
Mr. Houdini
J. H. Harris
United States Jail
D. C
Maj. Sylvester
Iioudini
Richard Sylvester
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Rheumatism Claims
The advertisement argues rheumatism clings unless the blood acid condition is corrected. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla has cured thousands and offers a permanent remedy beyond lotions or liniments that only provide temporary relief.
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Hood
Juvenile Correction Letters Question Parole Policy
Maj Sylvester, police superintendent, replies to B Pickford Mann about the annual Department report on juvenile probation. Mann urges reform, citing data on rearrests, while Sylvester says his critique targeted the abstract system and aims to improve conditions where probation proves ineffective.
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Maj Slvester
B. Pickford Mann
Board of Children’s Guardians
Maj
Sylvester
Mann
Gen Foster presides at Beckington Church meeting
Gen John W Foster presided at a Beckington Presbyterian Church gathering Friday evening. The crowded event featured Rev A W Pitzer of Southern Presbyterian and greetings from Dr John G S Butler of Luther Place Memorial Church.
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John W. Foster
New Beckington Presbyterian Church
A W. Pitzer
Southern Presbyterian Church
John G . S Butler
Luther Place Memorial Church
Butler
Martin Luther
Thomas Circle
United States of America
M. Ross Fishburn
Congregational Church
Hugh T Stevenson
The
Baptist Church
Ecklingtom
J. Russell Verbrycke
P W Jeffries
Methodist Church
Waller Moore
Union, Theological Seminary
Richmond
YF Bittinger
Irwin B. Linton
Funeral of A B Thornton in Washington DC
Alexander B Thornton of New Bedford mass. died after a long illness. Funeral held at his home 1646 Newton street with Rev Joseph F McGee officiating. Pallbearers from the Treasury Department. Survived by wife and three daughters. Interment Rock Creek Cemetery. Amundsen to make magnetic observations in California aided by UC Berkeley and California Academy of Sciences.
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Alexander B. Thornton
Newton Street
Joseph F. McGee
Treasury Department
Thornton
New Bedford
Mass
Boston
United States Navy
Galveston
Tex
Washington
Rock Creek Cemetery
Amundsen
San Francisco
Raoul Amundsen
University of California
California Academy of Sciences, Technical Society
Geographical Society of the Pacific Coast
January Ailments and Peruna Health Claims
January is praised as a healthy midwinter month yet cautions are urged for catarrhal ailments. Dr. Hartman extols Peruna as the key remedy, citing personal use and letters from satisfied customers Tlee and Derseweh, urging readers to ask their druggist for the 1906 Peruna Almanac.
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Hartman
Peruna
Treall
Joseph Klee
East 4Th Street
Topeka
Kas
Klee
Fred Derseweh
Ridgetop
Tenn
Pruggist
Rev J S McIntosh Dead at 76 in San Francisco
The Rev John S McIntosh president of the San Francisco Theological Seminary died at St Elmo of heart disease aged seventy six. He was a Philadelphia native and served the Second Presbyterian Church there for fifteen years before becoming seminary president in 1903. He helped organize the university extension movement. In Kentucky Homer Frost, age fifty one, freight agent for the Ble Four Railroad, died suddenly of heart failure.
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San Francisco
Yan
John S. McIintosh
San Francisco Theological Seminary
St Elmo
McIntosh
Philadelphia
Second Presbyterian Church of
San Francisco Theological Seminar
Lawsville
Homer Frost
Ble Four Railroad
Weather Conditions From Jan Report With Snow Likely
An area of high pressure covers the Tennessee and East Gulf States while New England remains low. Disturbances near Kansas and Eastern Colorado show no precipitation yet. Light snow around the Lake region and light rain on the West Coast. Sunday should be fair in eastern and southern districts with potential snow or rain in the Lower Missouri and Middle Mississippi valleys. Monday sighting rain in the Ozark and Upper Mississippi valleys. colder in Missouri and Upper Mississippi regions. Winds vary by coast and lake. temperatures range around mid 20s to low 40s with typical sunshine.
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Dept of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington
Tennessee
East Gulf States
New England
Kansan
Colorado
Pacific
Keatern
Missouri
Middle Mississippi
Rocky Mountain
Obie
Lake Region
Misatasipp
Upper Mississippi
Kansans
Middle Rocky Mountain
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Quit
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
All 1905 Stock January Factory Piano Sale in Washington
The F G Smith Piano Company offers its annual January clearance at 14.5 Pennsylvania Ave with discounts on new uprights and grands from 146 make and all used pianos. Uprights priced from 171 to 221, with easy monthly payments. secondhand organs also discounted below auction prices. Sale starts Monday. best bargains go quickly.
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F G Smith Piano Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bradbury
New York
Leomimesgler
Mass
Atark
America
Tn Smith Jana Company
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Sen
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Battle of Gettysburg
Build Hospital Son
Mrs. Yerkes
Harry Husband
Antoinette Tolla
Susan B. Anthony Club
Barrett
Washington Post Co
Washington, D. C
the Post
D. J. Kaufman
NEW Salvation Army
Plan Missionary Offering
Kentuckians United
Pennyroyal
Custeau Gell
Mr. Mann
Gen. Foster
New Eckington Presbyterian Church
A. B. Thornton
Dr. Hartman
J. S. McIntosh
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Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Nod
Bismarck
Bouton
Buffalo
Chicago
Cheyenne
Wye
Davenport
Iowa
Denver
Colo
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Lawn
Helena
Mant
Indianapolis
India
Jacksonville
Kanes City
Ludin-Rayner-Bolen & Byrne
Bestavall
Adway
Vincera
My Wall Radway CO
Elm St
F. G. Smith Piano Co
Oppenhaimer
Connecticut
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