Reform plan to empower the Senate and curb ministers
A St Petersburg dispatch reports a ministers committee recommended expanding the Senate’s legislative initiative, safeguarding its independence, and linking local courts to the Senate. It calls for tighter control of ministers, imperial law interpretations, easier Senate access for aggrieved citizens, and establishment of local courts with the Senate and a first president’s post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
M. Witte
London
St Petersburg
Committee of Ministers
Notice: Marriage and Death Notices to Run in 14 Newspapers
The Washington Post will, upon application, run marriage and death notices simultaneously and at no extra charge in fourteen morning papers including the New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago-Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Colrier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Accord-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Titerorg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST. Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
ST. Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis
Thiblne
Cleveland Plain Dealer
LICENSED TO MARRY AND DIED NOTICES
LICENSED TO MARRY Charles Wilion and Ratella North and Willam Hall and Mary L Washington. DIED George P Perdia and Mary L Carter Chester February 1 after brief illness at residence of ten Clarence MM Exley 149 Sheridan Ave Northwest Funeral Saturday February 4 1905 at 2 pm Interment private. Gillin of Congress Heights Washington aged sixty one years. HRUGS In New York City January 27 William E Krag husband of Jonnie White Krag Mineral services at residence of Misses White suo L Street Northwest Friday February 11 am Interment private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines
Clarence
Exley
Sheridan Ave
Wee
Northwest
Ius
Gldin
Gillin
Congress Heignts
Washington
Philadelphia
Burlington
New Jersey
New York City
William E. Krag
Jonnie White Krag
In Memoriam Perkinson Infant Sherman Remembrance
In memory of our darling infant baby Sherman who died one year ago on February 8, 190?. Mr. and Mrs. F N. Perkinson, 821 Second Street Northeast, WDYO. In memory of our beloved Margaret L. Woody who died one year ago today. Gone but not forgotten. By her husband E. T. Woody.
Health Office Record of Deaths Reported to Noon
Deaths listed with ages and partial addresses as of noon February 2, 1903. Names include Sidney Treadway Adama 77, Harriet Mama Dalrymple 70, Childs Freedmen’s Hospital 20, Daisy L. Burge 29, Grayson Providenza Hospital 38, Thomas Kinney 99, Mary Hrent 9, Joseph Smallwood 72, Paris Columbus 83, John William 86, Joseph Welch 3, Mary E Blackman 73, Thomas Lee unspecified age, with multiple addresses on 2000 XII st nw 1613 union doom 118 Limerick al 519 st sw and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Treadway Adama
Louise Home
Harriet Mama Dalrymple
Oremare
Ora Childs
Freedmen's Hospital
Daisy L. Burge
Manga Grayson
Providenza Hospital
Hur Appler
Post-office Dept
Thomas Kinney
Xii
St. Nw
Mary Hrent
Emperor reception of workmen delegates at Tsarskoe Selo
Novoe Vremya describes the imperial reception as an event of exceptional importance that awakens hope for reestablishing internal peace, a guarantee of peace abroad and productive labor at home. The paper says the event will facilitate restoring internal order, needed by workmen and by all Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Novoe Vremya
Tsarskoe Selo
Evert
Russia
Czar Removes Censor and Reshuffles Russian Officials
In St Petersburg on February 2 Emperor Nicholas signed new appointments naming M Muravieff as ambassador to Rome and promoting M Manukhim to minister of justice. Swereff, the chief Russian press censor, was removed from his post, while M Rouglan’s interior appointment is deemed temporary. Prince Sviatopolk Mirsky received eleven months leave abroad amid mixed commentary on his policies and tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
M. Muravieff
Russia
Rome
M. Manukhim
Muravieff
M. Swereff
M. Roulgan
Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky
Prince Sviatopolk- Mirsky
Novoe Vremya
Sviatopolk-Mirzsky
Ministry of the Interior
Combes presses cabinet on church state split in France
Senator and former premier Combes urged the new cabinet to issue a definite declaration removing all doubt on separating church and state. The informal Rouvier ministry met to review a general form of a measure to be referred to the Chamber next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Combes
Senate
Q Onty
Chamber of Deputies
Germany May Buy Mines In Prussia and Silesia
Berlin reports the Prussian government has asked Dresdner Bank and Bank for Business and Industry about raising 250 million dollars to potentially take over coal mines in the Rhine Westphalia and Silesia regions. Officials say takeover of all mines is unlikely, but contingency planning continues amid Hibernia mine discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Dresdener Bank
Bank For Business and Industry
Silesian
von Reulow
Herr Moeller
Commerce and Industry
Hibernia
Death notices and obituaries from across the nation
Des Moines reports the death of Mrs Susan Abel sister of Senator Hemenway and cousin of Gov Pierpont at seventy five. Milwaukee mourns James Clinton Spencer age seventy five once linked to railroad building who died in Miami Florida. Elyria Ohio notes Charles O Ingersoll seventy five oldest Railway Mail Service employee died from heart neuralgia. Col Philip G Eastwick of San Francisco dies in Panama. Paris reports Henri Germain president of Credit Lyonnais dies. Italian Ambassador Honor noted with a formal reception aboard the Amerigo Vespucci in Baltimore. George Ashley of Aiken SC burned to death in Illinois private car. Laxative Bromo Quinine advertises a cold remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemenway
Pierpont
Des Moines
Iowa
Susan B. Abel
United States
James Hemenway
Indiana
West Virginia
Milwaukee
Wis
James Clinton Spencer
Miami
Filia
Dwight
Spencer
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
Alexis
Russia
Cleveland, Ohi
Charles O. Ingersoll
Elyria
Ohio
Ingersoll
Panama
Philip G. Eastwick
San Francisco
Ancon
International Banking Corporation
Paris
Russian Officers Clash Over British Press At Paris Commission
Cross examination at the international commission in Paris reveals sharp exchanges as Capt Clade accuses hostile British coverage. Capt Claude defends Adm Rojestvensky while witnesses discuss torpedo boats, trawlers, and misidentifications, with the commission later striking certain statements as immaterial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rojestvensky
Clade
President Fournier
Paris
International Commission
Clada
Baron Laub
Jade
Claude
Hugh O’beirne
Great Britain
Navy to rebuild at home with foreign bids blocked
The admiralty of St. Petersburg will greatly expand the navy and shift shipbuilding to domestic yards. Foreign firms face stiff competition as Russia seeks American capital and large contracts to create a national shipbuilding industry. Charles Schwab’s forthcoming visit is tied to this initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Heb. 2
Admiralty
Russia
United States
Charles M. Schwab
Bridge Collapse Kills Dragoon in Fontanka River Fall
A detachment of dragoons crossing the Fontanka River bridge in St. Petersburg saw the Egyptian Bridge collapse due to snapped chains in extreme frost. Thirty men and horses plus carts fell into the icy water. rescue efforts saved all but one dragoon who drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Fontanka River
Restrictions on Their Mail Among Japanese Prisoners
Vice Consul Thomas Smith reported to the American Embassy about Japanese prisoners of war at Medved. He noted they are well housed and fed but complain of mail transmission restrictions. Prof. Martens promised to investigate and correct the issue. Smith’s report was sent to the Japanese Minister at Berlin. Supplies for Vladivostok. British steamer Brinkburn sailed from San Francisco with 4414% cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Thomas Smith
Moscow
Medved
Martens
Smith
Berlin
Food Scarcity Threatens Russian Army in Manchuria
Cable from Paris reports London Russians fear shortages for the Russian army in Manchuria after April or May. No harvest this year, no remaining cattle, and three months of stores burned at Liaoyang. Mukden and half a million troops depend on Manchurian Railway supplies, risking a spring crossing toward China. EBrinkburn under Capt Peters sails to Vladivostok via Comox with barley oats and hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
Comox
Ebrinkburn
Peters
China
Washington Post
Paris
Manchuria
Liaoyang
Mukden
la Njau
Germany tightens grip on Shantung from Peking reports
German officials step up control in Shantung as Russia's waning influence prompts Beijing to bow to German approval for any Chinese governor. Germany previously limited German access but now extends interference into domestic affairs, requiring China to submit a governor nominee to the German Legation for approval, mirroring Russia's Manchuria policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Germany
Russia
China
Shantung
Manchuria
Russian Amazon Corps Formed at Nickols Frontline Aid
News from Shinano reports formation of an Amazon corps at Nickols to support Russian forces at Shakhe. Russian women formed a regiment and armed Cossacks to march to the front. Women cut their hair short and wear masculine attire, signaling readiness for combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Shinano
Nickols
Shakhe
Denied by Mormon General Secretary on Polygamy Claim
Salt Lake City Utah February 2 J G Kimball general secretary and father of the First Council of Seventy of the Mormon Church denounces a Logan dispatch report that he defended polygamy. He says the report is false and that he made no such reference. He cites remarks about East women urging Congress to stop illegal births and to prevent poor families from having many children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
J. G. Kimbal
First Council of Seventy
Mormon Church
Logan
Salt Lake Tribune
Cace
Congress
East
Workers complain to Douglas over strike settlement
In Boston on February 2 Gov. Douglas will meet a delegation from the Fall River Textile Council. They seek a conference to present alleged grievances about the recent strike settlement between cotton mill operatives and manufacturers. The council claims discrimination, notably against slasher tenders, in rehiring practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Douglas
Fall River Textile Council
Dr Shoop Restorative Heart Remedy Free Offer Ad
A vintage patent medicine ad extols Dr Shoop Restorative for heart trouble. It claims to fix root causes via heart nerves and sympathetic system, offering a free full dollar bottle to strangers and a series of booklets on various ailments. It promotes wide retail availability and a money back style confidence gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoop
Cine
Wis
Clerical Funds Diverted to Catholic Schools Sparks Outcry
A Protestant Episcopal bishop from South Dakota accuses officials including Commissioner Jones and Secretary Hitchcock of evading the anti sectarian aid law and funding Catholic mission schools. He cites nine contracts totaling 102780 dollars and says the petitions were secretly circulated among tribes. He notes two boarding schools closed and bills paid despite government policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evening Post
Willam H. Hare
South Dakota
Bishop Hare
Sioux Falls
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Knox
St. Paul's
Yankton Agency
St. John’s
Cheyenne River Reserve
W. A. Jones
EB. .A. Hitchcock
Interior
Theodore Hoosevelt
United States
P. C. Knox
Indian Affairs
P Bishop Hare
United States Indian Office
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Immaculate Conception
Holy Rosary
St. Francis
St. Labres
St. Mary's
Foss
Hhe Evening Post
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles J. Bonaparte
Jones
Hitchcock
Trust Funds Missing Cash Transfer Involving Two Women
Matilda Jackson of 2450 K Street NW reports losing 940 dollars after turning over 1020 dollars to a supposed friend, Catharine E Garrison of 2309 Pennsylvania Avenue, who is under arrest and held for observation for mental condition. Jackson says Garrison claimed police would extort her funds. Garrison sought police protection next day and was detained for examination by police surgeons. Detectives Brien and Parham investigated after Jackson notified police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Jackson
K Street
Catharine E Garrison
Pennsylvania Avenue
Matilda
Garrison
Brien
Parham
Telegraphers Have Smoker at Maccabees Hall
Washington telegraph operators not on duty attended the second annual smoker hosted by the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America at Maccabees Hall on Ninth Street NW. W. W. Beattie led speeches praising union benefits. other speakers included H. W. Emery Charles J. Nearn Col. F. L. Madeira and H. W. Dolan. The Congressional Quartet provided vocal numbers as plans emerged to affiliate with the International Typographical Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maccabees’ Hall
Ninth Street
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
W. W. Beattie
H. W. Emery
Associated Press
Charles J. Nearn
Col
FL W. Madeira
H. W. Dolan
C. M. Ashton
J. A. Bonnell
R. Hoss
W. M. Duvall
Congressional
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
International Typographical Union
Tickets Received as Gifts in Metropolitan Embezzlement Trial
Muller indicted for embezzling street car tickets from the Metropolitan Company. Trial before Justice Wright resumed. six other railroad employees, Floyd T. Holland, W. H. Flaherty, John W. Taylor, W. Nevitt, and W. E. Shaver, to be tried separately. Witness Joseph Koch testified Miller was a conductor on the Four-and-a-half street line. he bought seventy-two tickets from Miller for $2 between April 25 and 30 1908, some in ones and twos, others in strips of six. Defense contends tickets were gifts from persons leaving Washington with no use for them. Assistant Attorney Easly-Smith prosecutes. Campbell Carrington and Irving Williamson defend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venent
Muller
Metropolitan Company
Justice Wright
Floyd T. Holland
W. H. Flaherty
John W. Taylor
Nevitt
W. E. Shaver
Joseph Koch
Miller
Easly-Smith
Campbell Carrington
Irving Williamson
Verdicts from Criminal Court No 2 and related items
A jury found Joseph Thomas of unsound mind after a robbery indictment and will be certified to the Interior Department for transfer to the Government Hospital for the Insane. William Alexander received eighteen months penitentiary for depredation. A jury acquitted Charles L Viet of embezzling 182 dollars from Charles Ernst. Anmie Lucker, six, was found weeping in a street doorway clutching a doll named Biddy after being missing since 6 pm. A restaurant keeper fed her to police. she was later claimed by her mother’s employer. Mrs Katherine Doerr, mother of Mrs P V De Graw, died in Philadelphia at eighty seven after a cold. De Graw has remained at her mother's bedside since Sunday. Postmaster General Wynne left for Atlantic City to visit a ill family member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thomas
Secretary of the Interior
Thomas
Government Hospital
William Alexander
Justice Gould
Charles L. Viet
Charles Ernst
Anmie Lucker
Charles Adolphus
No. 1
Katherine Doerr
P. V. de Graw
Philadelphia
Changes in Cuban cabinet resignations refused
Havana Feb 2 five cabinet members met President Palma to present resignations aimed at allowing him to pick new officers under the Moderate party. Palma refused, saying his move was personal and may not affect the cabinet. Likely changes include the acceptance of Montes and Cancio and Yero, with Diaz and Ortiz possibly remaining in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Palma
Associated Pr
Montes
the Treasury
Cancio
Public Instruction
Yero
Interior
D. K. Diaz
Ortiz
Justice
War Department ends the Shiloh park inscription dispute
Assistant Secretary Oliver of the War Department upholds the Shiloh National War Commission inscriptions on the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa volunteers at Shiloh, ruling against extending the inscriptions to show battle hours in the national military park context. Also notes canal cross ties and piles contracts and Panama dividend arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Shiloh Park
Oliver
Iowa
Shiloh
National Military Parks
Ustoamian Canal Voumussieon
Brown & Co
New York
American Mercantile Company
Laconner
Wash
Pascagoula
Sanitation of Panama and Colon Cities Underway
Urban cleaning progresses with fumigation of houses as sewer and water projects advance rapidly. A separate case reports Lee Hargrave arraigned in Police Court for concealing property from an unsatisfied sale, with bail set for grand jury. Chin ese minister Sir Chentung Liangcheng reports to State Department that China is peaceful with no anti foreign agitation. Remains of Pittsburg Phil leave Asheville for Pittsburg with family in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
Panama
Colon
Lee Hargrave
W. T Walker Furniture Company
Tle
Hors Turd Warren
Kimball
Grand
Chentung Liangcheng
China
State Department
Liquozone Promises $1000 Reward Over Germ Kills
An advertisement touts Liquozone as a superior germicide that can kill disease germs in the body without harming tissue. It claims extensive testing, large payouts for proof of germ-killing failure, and notes oxygen-based formula said to act as a nerve and blood food while eradicating germs. The copy lists numerous diseases and asserts liquorone cures long-standing illnesses medicine cannot.
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Charles Wilion
Ratella North
Willam
Hall
Mary L. Washington
George P. Perdia
Mary L. Carter
Chester
Health Office Record
Dundertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
M. W
J. William Lee
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Fourteenth Street NW
John R. Wricht
Fembslmer
Tenth Street
Lisa
George P. Zurhorst
East Capltel
East 313
Siew
Czar
Mireky
Odessa
Galovine
Abraham Stilman
Berdicheff
Marshall
Frank J. Marshall
Brooklyn
D. Janowsky
Mshall
Susan Abel
Baltimore
Signor Mayor Des Planches
Amerigo Vespucci
Alexander Guarienti
Cairo
George Ashley
Aiken
S. C
W. J. Oliver Construction Company
Wickliffe
W. Grove
Hermitage
Main
Ciao
RajJestvenaky
Beaumont
Clado
Rosestvensky
Fournier
Keane
Devastation
Alee
Mediterranean
Admiral Fournier
Doubassoff
Schramtchenko
Borodino
Kamchatka
Christiansen
Adela
North Sea
Hghts
NAVY
Schwab
Cal
Brinkburn
Tottenham
Lani
Times
Amazon Corps
Dr. Shoop
Hare
Fremont
Charles Young
Lake Shore
York
Teutonic
Liverpool
Queenstown
Patricia
Hamburg
Oceanic
Havre
le Savole
Mr. Wynne
Atlantic City
Wynne
Christian Moersein Brewing CO
Cincinnati
Hellriegel
Panama Canal
Yail
Deming
Panama Railroad Company
Panama Railroad
Taft
United States Treasury
Panama Canal Zone
Tae Walter M. Lowney Co
Masb. P.S
Lowney
A. Collins, Anne
Pittsburg
Asheville
Phil
Greorge BE. Smith
Liquozone Company
Wabanh Ave
Chicago
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