Burglar Foiled at West Seventy Mile Street Home
Mr Halstead and his wife faced a night intrusion by a burglar at No 3 West Seventy Milh street. The thief pried open a rear window, entered the dining room, and stole jewelry, a wallet, and car tickets while the couple hid and rang alarms. The intruder escaped via the front drawing room window as neighbors and police pursued.
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New York World
James W. Halstead
Halstead
Seventy Milh Street
Sory
Bexh
Mohiet Toon
Tyft Street
Tovin
Columbus Avenue
Sevens Sixth Street
Tobin
Persit
San Remo
Hp Brass
Hilsteads
Halsteads
Savoy Theater
Boston
Next Thirstis
Harsteads
Theatres Feature Fitch and Bellew in Dual Night
Clyde Fite's Way from the pen brings Maxine Elliott to the National Theater with a Mount Vernon Society Kindergarten benefaction. Mme Mathilde Cottrell shines as Grand Duchess, Elliott charms, and a large audience applauds a lively Komische blend. Kyrle Bellew stars in Raffles the Amateur Cracksman at Columbia Theater with a romantic, cunning criminal arc and strong supporting cast. Chase's vaudeville at Chase's offers Murray Lane, Yeamans, Remner, and others in a bright program amid Sing Sing excerpts and Kernan's Lyceum burlesque with Cleopatra in Central Park and other acts.
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Maxine Elliott
National Theater
Mount Vernon Society
Fitch
Meyer-Forster
Old Heidelberg
Karl Tiebrich
Katy
Basiphan
Josephine Sheldon
Karl Heinz
Katie
Josephine
Mme Mathilde Cottrell
Grand Duchess of
Hohenhelstein
McCaul Opera Company
Miss Elliott
Prince 9
Prince
Augustus Bates
Medderham Manor
Prince Charming
Charles Cherry
Prince Herbert
Mr Augustus Bates
Madge Girdlestone
Mrs Sheldon
Nellie Thorne
Victoria Bates
Kyrle Bellew
Columbia Theater
Raffles
E W Sornings
Hornwng
Bellew
Dept. Bedford
E. M. Holland
Hidder
Clara Blandick
Gwendolyn Conron
Lorena Atwood
Mia Vidal
Frank Comers
Bunny
Frack MacCormeack
Crawshay
Chase
J K Murray
Clara Lane
Chages
Murray
Miss Lané
Cuttys
Annie
Jennis Yeamans
Helen Remner
Lee Harrison
James Mooney
Ida Holbein
Vauderville
Dunbars
Sing Sing
Belasco and Vedder Big City Theaters Show
Bertha Galland stars in Belasco’s Sweet Kitty Bellaire at the Belasco Theater with lively Irish flavor and strong supporting players including Alma Kruger and Charles Lane. The Child Slaves of New York at the Academy of Music features Vedder and a capable company in a four act melodrama with gunplay and a detective hero, praised by a large audience.
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Belasco
Sweet Kitty Bellaire
Mr. Belasco
Sweet Kitty Bellaira
Mark Tll Belasco
Misa Galland
Charles Hammond
Liew Verney
Charles Lane
King’s Own
Herbert Bostwick
Carlisle Moore
Edward Wmery
Fanchon Campbell
Standish
Alma Kruger
Belle of Bath
Madame de Casasus
Taft
Edward A Mitchell
Calvo
the Treasury
Taylor
George C Meld
Leger
Fremont
New York
The
Academy
Academy of Music
H. Vedder
Metropolia
Alaska
Charles Potter
John Foster
van Doren
Homer Sherwood
Wil H Vedder
Harry le van
Lewis Wood
Ethel Milton
Jennne Hart
Miss Blair Leads Revival of Oliver Twist at Majestic
Eugenie Blair starred as Nancy Sykes in a revival of Dickens Oliver Twist at the Majestic Theater before a large audience. Her portrayal showed a softer side amid Brute Sykes and Jo Sherwood's Oliver, with notable moments in the drunk scene and murder.
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Majestic Theater
Dickens
Miss Blair
Nancy Sykes
London
Nancy
Nancy Tha
Fatal barroom fight in Sharps Corner Norfolk
Special to The Washington Fuse reports a fatal shooting affray in Sharps Corner Norfolk County. Ernest Hobbs attacked Pre Hathaway with a beer bottle. Hathaway fired, striking Hobbs and bystander Buck Ford who died soon after. Hathaway escaped before police arrived. no arrests yet.
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Washington
Norfolk
Sharps Corner
Norfolk County
Ernest Hobbs
Pre@ Hathaway
Hathaway
Hobbs
Buck Ford
Ford
Hobbins
Russian Murdered Near Alberton in Robbery Suspect
A 23 year old Russian immigrant was shot through the heart and killed near the Shoemaker Rhinehart and Co railroad camp outside Alberton Maryland. Investigators found valuables on the victim and believe the crime aimed at robbery though no clew to the murderer has been secured.
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Alberton
Mid
Baltimore
Shoemaker, Rhinehart & Co
Ellicott City
North Carolinian Ends Life in Jamestown YMCA Building
A 25 year old man named Roger E Britt, son of R B Britt of Enfield North Carolina, committed death by his own action in his YMCA room in Jamestown New York during the night. His body was found this afternoon and a note requested no search for his friends.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Roger E. Britt
R. B Britt
Enfield
N. C
Appeal for new trial in case of Mrs Estelle Townsend Smith
Special to The Washington Post reports that Mrs Estelle Townsend Smith, of Manchester, convicted of beating her five year old son Ralph to death, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Appeals for a writ of error. Her plea cites denial of expert examination without court officials present and notes she remains in Manchester jail serving a five year manslaughter sentence. Also noted is the death of Fred H White, Washington printer, at 30, with services planned at his brother’s residence and burial in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Harry ML Smith
Ernest H. Wells
Estelle Townsend Smith
Manchester
Ralph
Supreme Court of Appeals
Fred H. White
Fred H Whie
White
Washington
George Washington University Hospital
S M. White
New York Avenue
Yemaina
Lexington
Mra
Emma White
M White
Roberta Whi Aister
BE. W White
Savannah
L V Elliott
P Airs
Manuel Karstadt
Indianapolis
Petersburg Politician A W Harris Arrested On New Larceny Charge
A W Harris, a Petersburg area Republican leader and former Virginia legislator, is jailed on a new larceny warrant for stealing a bale of cotton. The case ties him to Arrington & Green and J C Robinson with trainers alleging Harris fronted the proceeds. Harris, a former Dinwiddie resident and internal revenue deputy, denies the charges and has lawyers.
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W Harris Colored
Arrington & Green
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J C Robinson
Robert Trainer
Potlue Regland
Trainer
A. W Harris
Harris
Internal Revenue Department
Last Nations
Virginia
John Dix Industrial School
Dinwiddie County
Sgn
Plucky Boy’s Wild Ride On Runaway Mule
Harry Pine, son of Lee Pine of Green Spring, Virginia, clung to a runaway mule for three miles grabbing its collar. He endured blows from swinging harness as blood covered his face and mouth before being rescued.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Navy
Harry Pine
Lee Pine
Green Spring
Jealous Girl Ends Life By Stepping Before Train
In Huntington West Virginia on November 2 Miss Martha Blackburn daughter of a prominent citizen threw herself under a Camden Interstate Railway car near her home and was crushed. She had been secretly in love with John Walsh of Kenova and was engaged to him. Moments before her death she saw him with another girl, believed to have spurred her suicide attempt.
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Huntington
Martha Blackburn
Camden
Blackburn
John Walsh
Kenova
Amother
Woman's burns fatal in South Norfolk home incident
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk November 27 Mia Worthington of South Norfolk fell with a lit lamp at her Berkley suburb residence. Her clothing saturated with oil, she was fatally burned before help arrived. Internal Revenue receipts for October 1906 totaled 22,324,288, up 146,779 from the prior year. The report notes increases across the period.
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Washington
Norfolk
Mia FA. Worthington
Berkley
Internal Revenue
Southern gets shipyards in Richmond with vast land deal
The Southern Railway has made a bondholder approved offer for the Trigg shipyard property in Richmond, excluding the dock. The plan covers about thirty acres for a freight depot and warehouses, with improvements totaling around a million dollars. The move aims to support city losses from the failed shipbuilding company and may include private enterprises on surplus land. In Winchester, R A Whrift & Brother sawmills at Church Road, Dinwiddie County, were destroyed by fire, causing $2,600 loss with no insurance.
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Southern Railway
Trig
Shipbuilding Company
Trigg
Southern
Winchester
Nov
R A Whrift & Brother
Church Road
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Dinwiddie County
Porterfield Case Closed Postmaster Potterfield Reprieved
The Post office Department completed its long inquiry into Charlestown ward post office administration and deferred further action against George F Potterfield as long as he maintains personal attention to the office and upholds the current high service standard. Charges of inattention were longstanding, with the department not investigating since June and delaying a final decision to avoid error and injustice.
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Post-office Department
Charlestown
Post-Office
Decisis
George F Potterfield
Potterfield
Reverend KILLED AT A CROSSING In Culpeper
Reverend H Alexander of Culpeper Virginia was struck by Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train No 4 at a crossing in the town about 2 PM on Nov 2. He was returning home in a carriage when the accident occurred and was instantly killed. The carriage was crushed but the horse survived. Alexander had served in the town for many years.
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Alexander
Culpeper
Washington Post
H . Alexander
Chesapeake and Ohio
Umita
Ruffner Held For Trial In Eastern View Shooting
Lester Ruffner waived preliminary examination after fatally shooting his uncle Isaac P Ruffner near Luray. Eyewitnesses said the gun fired while the elder man reloaded, with testimonies varying on whether a second shot aimed at cousin David also occurred. The coroner’s inquest found the body on a mountainside after five to six hours. the deceased had boasted of dying with his boots on.
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Epcei
Washington
Luray
Lester Ruffner
Isaac P Ruffner
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