Fire cripples Nazareth Orphanage inmates near Raleigh
A blaze at Nazareth Orphanage three miles from Raleigh injures three seriously, with eleven youths escaping by jumping from upper floors. Eleven year old Buffalo and fifteen year old Gladist were trapped on the roof as Timothy Wallace tried to reach them. Gladist may die. Buffalo and others were mangled but not fatally hurt. the fire's property loss exceeds £25,000.
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Nazareth Orphanage
Raleigh
SW. C
Buffalo
John Gladist
Timothy Wallace
New York
Senoush
Gladist
Dr Lamb
Price
O'Brien
Gadisk
Prince Lowis at Halifax in naval speed trial plan
Halifax N S Oct 29 Rear Admiral Prince Lows of Battenberg arrived from St John New Brunswick to remain until Monday When four ships of his fleet will sail for Annapolis Then Prince Lows will go to Washington It is planned that two ships now at St John will join the other four to speed trial The flagship Drake is expected to make at least 25 knots and the others not less than 22 knots
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Halifax
N. S
Prince Lows of Battenberg
St John
New Brunswick
Annapolis
Prince Lows
Washington, DC
St. John
Prince
Drake
Lead and zinc outputs in early US report for 1901 1904
The Geological Survey reports strong lead and zinc year figures. Lead production reached 307,000 short tons worth 6 402 000 with gains in Missouri Kansas Colorado and Idaho. Coeur d Alene district Idaho produced 108 854 short tons. Spelter output rose to 186 702 short tons valued at 18 670 200 versus 159 219 tons in 1903. Zinc gains centered in Kansas with new plants starting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geological Survey
United States
Missour
Kansas
Colorado
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Needles for Policemen Seven Precinct Vaccination Drive
After Friday’s discovery that David F Vander Las, 12391-2 Duncan Street Northeast, had smallpox, the Seventh Precinct Station force lined up Saturday at 4 PM to be vaccinated. Lieut Schneider and all ranks from officers to patrol drivers received shots from two police surgeons and a health department physician.
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Seventh Precinct
David F Vander Las
Duncan Street
Lieut
Schneider
Health Department
Lost Cash In Crowd At Four and a Half Street
Benjamin Raum of 1623 B Street Northeast told police he lost 365 dollars in a pocket theft while crowding on Four and a Half Street Southwest late Saturday night. He described several men in the crowd whom he suspects of the robbery.
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Enjamine Raum
Benjamine Raum
B Street
Robbery at Mrs Harmon Home Leaves Room Ransacked
Police report a burglary at 701 F Street SW in which a gold watch valued at 30 and a gold ring valued at 20 were taken from a bureau drawer. Mrs Ellen B Harmon awoke to find her room ransacked and the bureau drawers pulled out. No suspect or crew reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen B. Harmon
F Street
Mornard
Tureau
Dr George Harding resigns as chief physician in Ohio
Dr George Harding leaves the State Hospital for the Insane in Columbus effective November 14, to head the National Sanitarium at Takemi Park near Washington. He is a brother of Lieut Warren C Harding.
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Washington Post
Columbus
Ohio
George Harding
State Hospital For the Insane
Harding
Heart of
National Sanitarium
Takemi Park
Washington
Warren C. Harding
Poison fatality from bad egg fatally poisons worker in London
Inquest at Southwark on Withiam Eames who handled eyes for a merchants firm. A splash from a spoiled fluid entering a hand scratch caused a serious wound and he died at Guy's Hospital four days later from blood poisoning. An expert report notes such a case is exceedingly rare in his 26 years in trade.
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London
Southwark
Withiam Eames
Guy's Hospital
Conen's Life In Balance After Shootings At Naval Hospital
Lucien Conen a Marine Bandsman lies in fragile condition at the Naval Hospital after being shot by Mrs Jennie May on September 27. Doctors report no change in days since the operation and paralysis on the left side persists. He remains weak but resting easily with no fever. Potential improvement or deterioration could occur soon.
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Lucien Conen
Jennie May
Naval Hospital
Manu
Coren
Gasoline stove explosion causes lunchroom fire
A gasoline stove exploded in a lunchroom kitchen at 1622 Fourteenth Street Northwest yesterday afternoon, causing a fire and $275 damage in a building occupied by William Oates and owned by Mrs. L. A. Boaze. A separate blaze at 11 Fitzhugh Street Southeast, started by an overheated stove, caused no damage. A fire in Thomas N. Kohler's paint store at 1806 Seventh Street Northwest around 1 pm originated from a defective flue with damage not exceeding $10.
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Fourteenth Street
William Oates
L. A. Boaze
Frederick Whitecar
Fitzhugh Street
Thomas N. ‘Ohler
Seventh Street
Columbia Lodge Prep for Toronto Degree Team Visit Next Year
Columbia Lodge No. 10 I O F prepares to send its degree team to Toronto in the coming year. At Thursday night’s meeting the first two degrees were conferred and a social with music and recitations was announced for next Thursday evening at I O O F Hall on Seventh Street Admission is free. A Georgetown Covenant Lodge delegation visited and invited Columbia Lodge to visit Covenant Lodge during the Grand Lodge officers’ December visit. The article notes Columbia Lodge’s historic work since 1810 and its substantial relief, burial, and education expenditures.
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Columbia Lodge
Toronto
Canada
Fowler
I. O. O. F. Hall
Seventh Street
Covenant Lodge
No. 13
Georgetown
D. A. Dugan
Henry . House
H. Erlich
A. E. Markoff
Joseph Clark
A. Mendleson
W. G. Berg
W. E. Clapp
J. W Brewer
W. C. Barr
L &. Schoenthal
C W. Chamberlain
Wilfred Chamberlain
R. B. Humphreys
Grand Lodge
Bank Watchman Shot at Andes Bank Burglary
Kingston N Y Oct 26 Night watchman John Graham defending the National Bank of Andes Delaware County was shot in the abdomen during a bank raid. Five burglars blown the safe with nitroglycerin and fled without taking any loot after a brief exchange of shots.
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Kingston
National Bank of Andes
Delaware County
John Graham
Graham
Wolcott Left Millionaire Estate Hidden From Friends
New York and Plattsburg reports detail Edward Wolcott a former Colorado senator dying in Monte Carlo on March 1 1905 leaving an New York estate valued at 667113 with specific bequests to his brother Henry R Chisholm Herbert W and Clara G Wolcott and ten thousand to twelve nieces and nephews the residue to heirs. Also Allen Shaeen a Turk from Montreal escaped custody while being returned on smuggling charges by leaping from a moving train near Plattsburg N Y and silk worth 1000 seized two months earlier as alleged in the case.
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Colorado
New York
Robert Mazet
Edward 0. Wolcott
Monte Carlo
New York Valued At $667,113. Under the Terms of Mr. Wolcott
Henry R. Wolcott
Colin A. Chisholm
Herbert W. Wolcott
Clara G. Wolcott
Mr. Wolcott
Plattsburg
N. x
Uct
Allen Shaeen
Montreal
United States
Brewster
Chazy
Shaeen
Salt Rheum Cure Promoted By Hood's Sarsaparilla
The advertisement claims salt rheum is caused by impure blood and cannot be cured by local treatments. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine, promising permanent cures after a course, and offers a Book on Salt Rheum for testimonials from Co. L Hood Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Hood
Co. L Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Balancing Books Rules Spark Grievance at Bureau
Capt William M Meredith defends strict noon confinement for Bureau of Engraving and Printing employees citing safety and the high value of securities handled daily. He contrasts with Treasury Dept rules and asserts liberal treatment while stressing necessary precautions amid harsh lunch-hour air conditions and sanitation of the facilities.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Department
Treasury Department
William M. Meredith
Bureau
jJaundry
Treasury
Capt. Meredith
MITCHELL DENIES REPORT ON LAST SPEECH
John Mitchell, en route to Indianapolis, rejects a Sunday paper headline claiming his last speech and intent to quit. He says he will not abandon current work, cites heavy responsibility, and expects no strike amid miner operator talks while pledging to pursue an eight hour day for miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waenington Post
Scranton
Indianapolis
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Indiana man jailed fourteen years for chicken theft
Jeffersonville, Ind. Oct 29 Frank Ashby known as a chicken thief received fourteen years in the Indiana Reformatory after a Madison judge substituted a harsher term under the habitual criminal law. He was convicted of petty larceny after stealing thirty five chickens and a boat worth a total of about 20 dollars from William Stewart of Marble Hill. The crime occurred September 12 and a river chase ended in Louisville.
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Indiana
Jeffersonville
Ind
Frank Ashby
Indiana Reformatory
Ashby
Hiram Francisco
Madison
Aghby
William Stewart
Marble Hill
Jefferson County
Bethlehem
Matison
Louisville
Promise of a Big Wheat Crop After Snow Melt
Kansas farmers woke to a snow cover ranging from three to twelve inches across the wheat belt. The sun soon melted much of it, revealing green fields that stretch about 400 miles. The update from Topeka notes the condition promises another large harvest.
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Kansas
Speciai
Washington Post
Topeka
Kans
Kansas Wheat Belt
Twenty Years in the Press Gallery by C O Stealey
Col C O Stealey announces a new book Twenty Years in the Press Gallery. A veteran Louisville Courier Journal correspondent, Stealey describes twenty years of Congressional coverage with sketches, debates, and insider notes. The work includes about one hundred biographical sketches by contemporaries and cartoons by Berryman, to be published by the author and sold by subscription through C T Richardson.
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Preas
Col. C. 0. Stealey
Loulaville Courier-Journal
Stealey
Ita
Col. Stealey
Congress
Reed
Cairdom
House
McGarrighan
Senate
Washington
Berryman
The
Post
C. T. Richardson
DROWNED IN THE POTOMAC ON A WHARF BOAT SAILOR DROWNS
Henry Bartlett a 38 year old fireman from 932 F street southwest working on the steam launch Bye Bye fell from the starboard rail into the Potomac opposite Holland Point Maryland Saturday night and drowned. Captain Benjamin Binnix reported the accident and Bartlett's body was identified later by Morris W. Hughes. Coroner Nevitt issued an accidental death certificate and declined an inquest. Bartlett left a wife and two children and had worked around river and wharf areas for years.
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Henry Bartlett
F Street
Potomac River
Holland Point
Benjamin F. Binnix
Harbor
Morris W. Hughes
Nevitt
Capt. Binnix
Washington
Bartlett
Binnix
Harry Lowry
D Street
Lowry
Indian Head
Harry Dunn
Martlett
Garnett
Laplummx
University of Cincinnati gym class causes uproar
Freshman and sophomore girls protest a new gymnasium measuring scheme led by Miss Hope. One student recounts being measured around the hips arms legs and chest with calculations determining an ideal size. The incident prompts a meeting and a request to the university president. A cork leg theft case from Mattoon, Illinois, also reported sees a man indicted for stealing cork legs and reselling them.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Dna Earl Hope
Miss Hope
Scarlet
Dabney
Jemimintes
Mattoon, YL
William ®Uholtz
St. Louis
Robbers Wield Revolver In Chinatown Laundry Heist
Two men entered May Chorgs laundry at 721 Four and a half street southwest and threatened Chong with a revolver while ransacking the cash drawer, stealing about 15 dollars and some coins. Chong, unable to speak clear English, required an interpreter to describe the assailants as colored men. police had not yet arrested anyone by last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Chorg
May
Fourth Precinct
Chong
Centenarian Captain Gauss Baptized at Webb City
Thomas E. Gauss, 102, of Webb City Missouri, immersed in Center Creek at near freezing water last Monday to join the Free Will Baptist Church. A veteran of three wars, born September 13 1808 in Raleigh North Carolina, he has seen all presidents except Washington and Roosevelt and claims many descendants. He served in the Seminole, Mexican and Civil Wars, with a prison camp tale from Camp Ford Texas. he declined a Spanish American War mascot offer.
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Webb City
Thomas E. Gauss
Free Will Baptist Church
Center Creek
Capt. Gauls
Ralegh
N. G
Washington
Roosevelt
Laws
Capt. Sauls
Tennessee
Illinois
Gauls
Florida
Kansas Regiment
Camp Ford
Tyler
Tex
Carthage
Bankers' meeting erupts as Dawes attacks wealth
Former Comptroller Charles Dawes raises ire at Nebraska Bankers Association gathering in Lincoln. He defends corporations, criticizes wealth critics, urges focus on specific wrongs, praises publicity, and calls for formula to probe stock prospects while bankers pelt him with hisses and applause before the meeting ends in uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Lincelln
Nebr
Charles G. Dawes
Nebraska Bankers’ Association
Brown
First National Bank of Cambridge
Nehbr
Mr. Dawes
Wall Street
Saleswoman in luck after 3700 gift from customer
Boston on Oct 23 Mise Gadie L Gouldy a dry goods saleswoman at Gilchrist Co received 3700 in new greenbacks from a customer she waited on 22 years. The giver, who asked to stay unnamed, said she had long promised a gift and feared leaving a will. Miss Gouldy, 57, has worked in stores since age 17 and is well liked. Texarkana Street Railway placed in receivership by U S District Court judge Rogers with Col E B Spencer named receiver.
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Boston
Gadie L. Gouldy
Gilchrist Company
Miss Gouldy
Sadie
Texarkana
Ark
Texarkana Street Railway
Texarkana Light and Traction Company
Izsuad Br Judes Rogers
United States District Court
Fort Smith
Col
BE. J. Spencer
St. Louis
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Ohio Hospital For Insane
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Wesern Life Indemnity Company
Sthagn
Hugrtion
Rosenfeld
Momesey
Western Life
Mads
Bovar Cobwiger
Henpeck
Meritt
Conen
Olumbia Lodge
Wolcott
Haly Million
Grievange
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Capt
Meredith
MR. C. 0. Stealey
Potomac
Ito
Christian Xander
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Quelity House
Chinaman
Lansburgh & Bro
Renti
Shere
NEW Publications
Neaile
Noahs
H. Rea Woodman
Nashville
Louisville Courier-Journal
Ambrose Bierce
Tame
the Neale Publishing Co
Flatiron Buiding
Eleventh Street
N. W
Peter Grogan
7Th Street
Bet
Hand I Sts
American Security and Crust Company
Fifteenth Street
DAWES
Lawson
McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Everybody's Magazine
Everybody’s
St. N.W
Tallore
Schwartz @ Peltman
Steinway
Penna. Ave
HUB Furniture CO
E. Cor
Newcorn & Green
Los Angeles
Cal
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Russia
Japan
Gothenburg
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
the Sunday Post
Deliciou
Connecticut
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
Fst
Bricklay Bers
Executive Board
I U
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M Shook
Boston Chinese
Canton Low
Pa Aye Nw
Pa Ave Nw
China
Lin Young
William Corcoran Hill
Haa
Ath St Nw
15Th St Nw
HG. McMasterm
White
Picare
Shoomaker CO
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
McGill & Wallace
Osteopathy
Gant A. Weatlaus
Arlington, Osteopathy
W. Stanley Jones
Butte
North
Birkpatrick
Bond Building
14Th
New York Ava
S. Goldheim & Sons
405
Pa. Ave
J. Georges G Son
Pennsylvania Ave
Robby Carriage CO
Munyon
Munyon CO
Phila
Siew Spapee
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