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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1905
Page
3
A rambling 1909-era account reports a plot against Trepoff and mentions Grand Duke Alexis as a target. Police claim efforts to uncover leaders faced baffling obstacles amid arrests and bomb threats, with various names and locations interwoven in a chaotic narrative.
R F Harvey's Sons undertakers and funeral directors at 7 Fourteenth Street provide modestly priced funeral services. Contact through telephone North 379 for arrangements and inquiries.
Police arrested a man on Great Morskaia street after he drew a revolver and fired at an officer who challenged him. Bombs were found in a stranger’s trunk on Pushkin street, and two visitors to the suspect were later detained as authorities intensify searches across lodging houses.
A Russian church reform document argues for severing church from state to advance independence and self rule. Metrop. Antonus of St Petersburg endorses publication in the Church Messenger. the Holy Synod may summon a general council to discuss greater church freedom and administration of church property amid national debate.
The funeral for Charles G Thorn was held yesterday at 2 PM at his home 1841 Baltimore Street NW Rev Herbert Scott Smith of St Margarets Church officiated. Interment followed at Rock Creek Cemetery. Floral tributes included two wreaths from Union Trust Company where Thorn was a director and from Blue Ridge Rifle Club where he served. Pallbearers were William John Miller John C Wilson William Hooke Albert W Sioussa Eldridge G Davis collector of taxes and Edward J Stellwagen.
A fragmented notice lists multiple names with ages and addresses from Caroline and Kirg George counties and Washington area streets. It references marriages and likely banns or license notices, with several ages ranging from months to 78 years and various street addresses.
Attitude of Mr Northcott clouds WV politics as he declines internal revenue collector post amid broader scramble for federal offices. Glasscock favored. McIntosh and others also turn down lucrative posts, raising questions on party loyalty and future judicial appointments.
Dan Waldron known in theatrical circles died at Sibley Hospital at 1 am after a weeklong illness from grip. Born Daniel Cook in New York, 47, he was the last of the original big four Lester Allen Smith Waldron. Funeral and burial set for New York City. he came to Washington to attend the races with brothers William and John Cook, bookmakers.
Albany dispatch details George C Tiffany and William C Hudson testimony in a charged investigation of Justice Warren B Hooker. Tiffany admits motives tied to unfulfilled postmaster appointment promises and notes long friendship with Hooker turned hostile. Hudson disputes Ball mortgage claims as party lines harden amid post office rental allegations and local political feuding.
Justice Stafford of the District Supreme Court denied a temporary injunction sought by Flora Gill Charles Krey Mary Miller and Thomas Martin to bar Purity Ice Company from using bituminous coal at its Fifth and K streets northwest plant. The rule to show cause was discharged as the complainants alleged a public nuisance from coal smoke. the company argued no nuisance and noted other area establishments use soft coal and police court convictions do not prove a nuisance. The ice company spent about 000 on a modern plant with smoke controls and argued the law unjust as it would affect many businesses and government buildings including the White House and Capitol. Attorneys Brandenburg Brandenvurg and Myer Cohen represented the ice company.
Mrs William F Brodt died at her home 19 Eleventh Street Northwest after a long illness of heart disease. A funeral will be held next Monday at the family residence with Rev Mentzell of Concordia Lutheran Church officiating. she was a longtime member of the church.
Special dispatches report a series of obituaries from March 31 including the Dowager Duchess of Abercorn, aged ninety two, daughter of the sixth Duke of Bedford and former wife of the first Duke of Abercorn. Other notices include Mrs Hannah Broster Lindsey, Dr William Bodenhamer, Francis McCord, Big Bear the Winnebago chief, Rev Doane, and Dr E C Hewett with brief biographical details and death dates.
Obituaries note the deaths of Dr George F Leick aged 49 in Cleveland and M de Thygesen the Father of the Rigsdag aged 98 in Copenhagen. Conrad Myers, first white settler of Republic County Kansas, dies in Scranton. William Henry Meeker, 83, dies in New Rochelle, famed actor and Uncle Tom performer with links to Booth and Forrest. Movements report steamers Campania La Lorraine and others near Nantucket, passing Liverpool, Naples, Rotterdam, and Gibraaltar with multiple arrivals and sailings listed.
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