Russian Fleet Moves Near Kamranh Bay Amid Vladivostok Speculation
Reports from Tokyo and Paris indicate Russian Admiral Rozestvensky leads a slow container of ships near Kamranh Bay while French and Japanese observers debate his intent to strike Vladivostok. The Descartes dispatch notes transports remaining, others gone, and analysts weigh a possible decisive battle with Nebogatov’s division.
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Tokyo
Vladivostok
Washington Post
Sugon
Jonquieresth
Cochin China Station
Kamranh Bay
Descartes
Ape Virella
Rosjestvensky
Germains
ICS
St Petersburg
Petit Parisien
Rojestvenski
Ramrand
Russia
Rojestven
Sype Assueisisu
Tsingtaushantung Peninsula
China
Armil
Ruyestyensk
Alula Ion
Natal
Lebougue
Jefe Ilbut
Somaillind Vareh
Singipre
Rodestversh
Lonquin Bay
Way
the & Tl
Logo
Vladivos- Th
Riajestynsky Pauls
Fron
Rojest
Rojestvensky
Nebogatoff
Togo
Derby Conn Marriage Announcement and War Dispatch
The notice reports a planned Derby Connecticut wedding on an April date for a daughter of Mr and Mrs Wo Eliskell to Alfred Frazer downes Youngst son of Mr and Mrs Lowe with an engagement contingent on Rojestvensky. A Japanese victory forecast cites naval mobility and morale advantages and notes Formosa martial law amid limited public knowledge of Togo’s squadron.
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Ehasklitl
Derby
Marsland
EH Buck Udith
Mos
Eliskell
Alfred Frazer Dows
Lowe
Vladivostok
Rojestvensky
Japan
Formosa
Togo
Obituary notices from a late 19th to early 20th century paper
Fragmented obituaries list deaths of many individuals with varied spellings and places, mentioning funerals at St Marks Church Philadelphia and St Wary's Church Upper Wirtboro, private interments, and dates in April. Names include Digges, Espey, Kirby, Marks, Move, and Brigham among others, with addresses such as 1781 Columbia and 101 Elek Cath Street NorthEast, and references to relatives and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Warys Church
Upper Wirtboro
Priate
Odd
Espey
Elex
Hirby
HA Street
William Wallace Kirby
Pathie Hospital
Hod T Mook Imi
Notice on Marriage and Death Notices in 2007 Post
Notices indicate marriage and death items appeared in The Post 2007 edition upon request with no extra charge. The notice lists various newspapers and asks readers to contact editors in Boston Chicago Cincinnati Philadelphia Pittsburgh and other cities for inclusion.
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Sueaua
Sore Times
Boston Clobes Bor
CIN
Innati Enquiper
ACQ
Resord Herald
Ftlalplphia Plain Ledger
Pitt
Birg Disputr
Aiden
TER Herald
Sven Lsf Post Standard SI Paul Plon
ER Press
Mnneapoli Trigene
Lley Elas D Plain Dealer
British Guns Defective Says Admiralty Statement
London April 2 The admiralty issued a statement disputing the Daily Graphic claim that fifteen British battleships carry twelve inch guns unable to fire fifty full charges. It notes one 12 inch gun on the Majestic cracked at the muzzle and another in the inner tube, yet both ran the equivalent of sixty six and seventy five full charges. Several guns have been exchanged and repaired and will be recalled.
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London
Admiralty
Daily Graphic
Majestic
Mars
Caesar
Jupiter
Massacre by Chinese reported in Ba Tang uprising
Special cable dispatch from Hongkong says four French Roman Catholic missionaries were killed along with several converts at Ba tang during the same uprising that claimed the life of the Cheam ban or imperial commissioner to Tibet.
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Washington Post
Hongkong
Batang
Cheamban
Tibet
Panic in St Petersburg as peasant mob clashes reported
Special Cable Dispatch from London says panicked fears of a Russian Easter outbreak spread with warnings of disorder in St Petersburg and provincial towns. Reports from Jitoumir Foland note Jewish and Orthodox communities. police fear mobs. Cheliabinsk sees disorder and troop deployments. Trepoff issues strict orders for April 29 to May 2 to suppress any disturbance.
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Washington
London
St Petersburg
Telegraph
Jitoumir Foland
Cheliabinsk
Associated Press
Polis
Trepoff
Tiflis Apul
Navy reports gunboat Quiros sails for Shanghai
The Navy Department was advised that the gunboat Quiros of the Asiatic station sailed from Caxite for Shanghai. It is believed she was sent to replace the gunboat Villalobos, which left Shanghai for a cruise to observe hostile fleet movements toward the Philippines.
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Quiros
Asiatic
Caxite
Shanghai
Villalobos
Philippines
Judge John Steel Dead in Oberlin Ohio
Judge John Steel longtime postmaster of Oberlin and director of the Citizens National Bank died early today of organic heart trouble. He helped distribute Carnegie fund for bank failure victims. Nashville Tow. April 27 Former Governor Alvin Hawkins aged eighty three died today at his home in Huntingdon Tennessee. He had been consul general in Cuba before resigning in 8 Movements of Ocean Steamers New York April 27.
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Carnegie
Oberlin
Ohio
John Steel
Citizens National Bank
Steel
Andrew Carnegie
Citizens National Bank Nashville
Alvin Hawkins
Huntingdon
Tenner Hiwikins
Cuba
Johnson
Milwaukee Banker Bigelow Enters Bankruptcy Petition
Frank G. Bigelow, ex-president of Milwaukee’s First National Bank, files a voluntary bankruptcy petition. Revised schedules show total liabilities at 2.277 million with 1.975 million secured, 1.110 million in notes or bills discounted, and 192 thousand unsecured. Assets include 1,849,800 value stock holdings, 1600 acres coal land in Colorado, life policies, and a $40,000 home. Directors appoint Wisconsin Trust and Security Co. as receiver. creditors list details secured and unsecured claims, with main unsecured to John M. Brodhead and Caroline D. Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Frank G. Bigelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Bigelow
National Electric Company
Grand Rapids Edison Company
Broadhead
Colorado
Landis
Wisconsin Trust and Security Company
Frank
F G Bigelow
First National Bank Jis
John S Geggs
J H van Dyke
First National Bank
Day
S W Watkins
Mr Bigelow
Wisconsin National Bank
Second Ward Savings Bank
National City Bank
New York
First National
National Bank of Commerce
Chicago
National Park Bank
City Investment Association
National Bank of Commerce St Louie
Nees
Dal Nerte Company
John M Brodhead
Caroline D Watkins
EH Williams
Caroline EB James
Indersea
Pittsburg
McKenna Process Company
Comanche Mining and Smelting Company
Chicago Highland Association
Lowery Nati Nal Bank
Atlanta
Fond du Lac Bank
Iorthwestern Iron Company
Iron Furnace Company
Achland
Gundry
Grand Rapida Edison Company
Camp Real Estate
Milwaukee Tron Works Company
Gates Land Company
Willam Bigelow
Frank G Bigelow
Bigelow Relatives Linked in Bank Debts Scandal
In New York, William Bigelow uncovers an intricate set of ledgers showing a bank indebtedness to the First National for 200000. He and Mr Pfister suspect a cashier of defaulting and call a directors meeting. Frank Bigelow confesses a debt exceeding 1000000. The National Park Bank confirms full security on a 50000 loan.
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New York House
William Bigelow
New York
First National
Pfister
Frank Bigelow
Bigelow
National Park Bank
Richard Delafield
Remedy for Bribery Politicians Simply Tools
National Municipal League debated city relations with public service firms and tax methods. Dr John B Roberts argued bribery by corporations corrupts cities and that politicians are tools. calls for prosecutions of bribe-givers and firm leaders, with reform groups to expose evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Municipal League
John B. Roberts
Philadelphia
Pullars
Church
Lanety
L. Grand Powers
New York
League
Horace E Deming
New York City
Frank J Goodnow
Columbia University
le Grand Powers
Census Bureau
Washington
Bonaparte
John B Roberts
Roberts
H Gaylor Wilshire
John Martin
Staten Island
Licensed to Marry Large List of Couples Across States
A lengthy roster of couples from Virginia Maryland New York and Connecticut with partners hailing from Chesterfold County Richmond Baltimore Philadelphia and beyond. The names include Worthington Toison Jordan Bailey Lamberton Clabaugh Faulkner Dyas Ryan Sitter Clegett Benson Grimsley Potter Quarles Morehouse Duvall Johnson Bohannan Lockerman Dwyer Benson Talton McFarland Walsh Betts Marshall Green Callirs Langley Ferguson Darntelle Levis Sievers Devereux Sturgis Evans Canor Parks Farin Smith Alen Tudge Fisher Fitzgerald Suter Bailey Thornton Lockergon Elizabeth Daish Willam Walters Gates Brown Dougherty and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshus Worthington
Mary EH E Toison
William H Jordan
Chesterfold County
Rosa M Bailey
Richmond
Benjamin Paulding Lamberton
Schenectady
Helen Margaret Clabaugh
Jamea T Faulkner
Viola Dyas
William H Ryan
Eleanor Sitter
Albert Clegett
Laura Benson
Jefferson Grimsley
Alice Potter
Fairfax County
James A Quarles
Lexington
Eleanor L Morehouse
Bernard P Duvall
Ida C Dyer
James W Johnson
New York City
Minnis E Bohannan
Robert W Boughman
Lena D Lockerman
Baltimore
Paul P Dwyer
Grace Benson
Frederick B Talton
Bridgeport, Conn
Ida L McFarland
James P Walsh
Minnie B Betts
Jona T Marshall
Maria E Green
Bayard P Callirs
Cora L Langley
Warren T Ferguson
Eleanor M Shops
Richard C Steele
Gloucester
Mass
Eva M Darntelle
Julius E Levis
Carrin H Sievers
Frank B Devereux
Florence Y Sturgis
John L Evans
Mary L Canor
George P Parks
Rev A Farin
John L Smith
Rose H Alen
William L. Tudge
Lillian V Fisher
Edward D Bolger
Helen JL Fitzgerald
Harry M Suter
Nettie V Bailey Caleb
Deaths Reported to Health Office April 27 1805
Emergency Hospital Otie P Bullard aged 89 died. Norman Clark listed with multiple misspellings. Katie Cleary 40, 1214 G nw. Gertrude Doolan 27, 926 G se. Rass V Fagus 43, 301th ew. James Forsyth Woodley Inn 69. John Greenhow Freedmen's Hospital 23. Samuel J Halslett 69, 1650 Huron aw. John Johnson Smallpox Hospital 28. David Logan 1407 Howard ave 04. David Miller Kenilworth DC && Marlon F Morse Anacostia DC 58. Nelson McGinty 40, 225 ONeal ct aw.
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Otie P Bullard
Norman Clark
Mantha Katie Cleary
Gertrude Doolan
Rass V
Fagus
James Forsyth
Woodley Inn
John Greenhow
Freedmen’s Hospital
Samuel J Halslett
Huron Aw
John Johnson
Smallpox
Talks on education applauded Dr Alderman
In Columbia the fifth annual conference for education in the South featured an impromptu chapel symposium with Robert C Ogden Seth Low St Clair McKelway and Dr A Alderman. Alderman praised serious South student character and urged broader state university ties while Low touted Hamiltonian ideals for state universities.
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South
St. Clair McElway
Columbia, & C
Eifth
South Carolina College
Robert C Ogden
Seth Low
St Clair McKelway
Ogden
Seth Law
Lieber
Low
Columbia University
Francis Lieber
Hague
Brooklyn Page
State Board of Regents of
New York
State University
South Carolina
Alexander Hamilton
Alderman
North Carolina
Georma
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Tennessee
Arkansas
A C True
Natonal Department of Agriculture
John Hobart Philips
Birmingham
Ala
W H Hand
Chester
Columbia Theater
Hand
Phillies
Veterans Cheer Daniel at Union League Club Banquet
Senator John W Daniel of Virginia was guest of honor at a Union League Club and USA Grant Post banquet in Brooklyn honoring Gen Ulysses S Grant's birthday. A Dixie band played as Daniel spoke amid cheers from Confederate veterans. he praised the government for returning Confederate trophies. Also notes a Baltimore and Return fare of 81.25 via Pennsylvania Railroad on weekends, excluding the Congressional Limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W Daniel
Virginia
Union League Club
USA Grant Post
GAR
Brooklyn
U 3S Grant
Dixie
Daniel
GATR
Chicago Strike Paralyzes Coal Haulage by Major Express Firms
In Chicago 300 workers quit at Sebor and Clinton streets for American Express and similar actions hit the Pacific National Adams and Wells Fargo barns. Teamsters plan to cut coal supplies, targeting Daniel Coal and others while nonunion labor replaces strikers. Tug Talbot refused goods, stevedores were discharged, and a downtown dry goods bundle boys strike occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Express Company
Sebor
Clinton Streets
The
Pacific
National
Adams
Wells-Fargo Express
United States Express Company
Teamsters Union
Daniels Coal Company
Montgomery Ward & Co
Talbot
J. W Farwell & Go
Peabody Coal Company
5SG
Hartwell Company
Hartwell
People's Gas Light and Coke Company
Standard Wash Coal Company
Moroccan tension cools as Paris denies German notes
Paris reports a calmer Moroccan question after denials from the French foreign office that a government note prompted speculation. Premier Rouvier dined with German ambassador and British moves toward Fez are noted as signs of Anglo-French cooperation while Berlin sees a market dip amid press attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Anmety
Rouvier
Prince von Radolin
France
Germany
Delcasse
Foreign Office
Mouvier
M Rougier
Loubet
Edward
Elysee Palace
Porter
Morocco
Tangier
G A Souther
Fez
Berlin
Americans at the Vatican in Private Audience
Pope Pius X granted a private audience to seventy five Americans in Rome led by Mrs Benjamin Harrison and Henry Clay Evans. Mgr Murphy presented each guest. attendees included Mrs Harrison of Indianapolis, Henry Clay Evans, Miss Evans, Mrs R Mitchell and Cincinnati family, Mr and Mrs Thomas Driscoll of San Francisco, and Baltimore’s Mr Paine and daughter. The Pope gave his blessing to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Harrison
Henry Clay Evans
Rome
Pius X
Mgr W G Murphy
American College At
Indianapolis
Hen- Clay Evans
London
Evans
R Mitchell
Cincinnati
Thomas Driscoll
San Franeciseco
Paine
Baltimore
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Rojestoyensky
Boston
Ewleth
Lunday
Eliva Teinwoths Brigham ‘Aine
Hintert
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
W. Eheythive
J. William Les
Valern Crematorium
Lvanta
Joseph Gawler
Cabdslmer
Poare
Modere & Pries
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Embruwers
Fourteenth Street
John R. Wricht Co
Chapel
Tenth St
GEORGE P. _ZURHORST
East
Capital
Nhew Sparer Radhive
French Catholic Missionanes
ST. Petersburg
Gailed la Bretagne
Havre
Deutschland
Hamburg
Plymouth
Cherbourg
la Savoie
Queenstown
Oceanic
Liverpool
Antwerp
Rhynland
Hood
the Post
Kalgh Wine CO
Health Office Record
Columbia
DR. Alderman
Baltimore and Return
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Pans
Vatican
Morton C. Stout & Co., Tailors
Folmesbury
the Sunday Post
Hippodrome
America
Illustrated
Stories of
John A. Howland
Helen Oldfield
Lady Helen Forbes
Andrew Lang
the Dean of Westminster
Husband
Clarence L Cullen
Gertrude Atherton
Anna, the Adventuress
Phillips Oppenh Illustrated
Sunday Post
Washington Merchants
Washington People
A.collins
Daoud
Belzo
HUB Furniture CO
7Th
D Sts
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