Fourteen Flee After Massacre of Missionaries in China
A missionary band and fourteen others flee downriver in an open boat amid reports that English missionaries were killed and mission property destroyed near Nanchang China. The incident, linked to a dispute between a Jesuit priest and Chinese officials, sparks fears of a broader anti foreign uprising across the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bea
Rodgers Lide
Nanchang
Toreremets
Krangse
Bret Darger
Ha Nmitt
Alexander Test
Shanghai
Wo Amernin
Tingham
Navy Department
Frank W Fietcher
Orwaer
Raleigh
Shangbu
Rodgers
China
Congress
Licensed Marriages and Obituary Notes from 1906
A crowded notice fragment lists multiple marriage pairings across cities including Chicago New York City and Baltimore with dates. It also records funeral notices for Maude Abbott McCullough and Peter Van Voorhees among others, detailing dates times and locations in Providence Camden and Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blumienberg
Arlington Hotel
Maude Abbott
Milton W Blumenders
Providence
LF W Eliett
Lee
Lipcomb
University Place
McCullouch
William FP McCullough
Pittsburg
Mary B
Jams V A Shields
Norman T Tillett
Florida Avenus
van Voorhhprs
Peter van Voorhees
Cooper Street
Camden
Health Office Record Deaths February list incomplete names
Health Office records show a February death tally with numerous names and ages, spanning addresses and institutions including Garfield Hospital Freedmen's Hospital and Providence Hospital. Individuals range from infants to elderly, with ages noted from a few months to eighty, listing streets such as 76th Street PW and 4th Street AW among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Andersons
Phillips
Highard W Barken
St. Aw
Frank Braxton Garfield Hospital
Cornelius Beverly
Si. Aw
Hyson I Bossie
Bowen Ave
Anacostia
Maud A Blumenter
Arlington Hotel
Charles Chapman
Freedmen's Hospital
Henry Chapman
Wash Asylum Hospital
Grace E. Leaplay
Providence Hospital
Robert McKenney
Alabama Patterson
Ana
Laura Ficker
Jutta PobLson
Loth St
Reunder Smith
Gost Hosp
Insane
Grace VR Swift
MG Hopkins
Carl Sumner
Martie Thomas
Toha Wo ‘Thompse
Wiliam Ho Wetvel
Yeney Marla Werle
Sumner Row
Matilda Tackeon
Fsean Neon
Denn H Nene
Richardson St
Henry Swann
Notice on Free Marriage and Death Notices Insertion
Notice states that marriage and death notices inserted in The Washington Post may be published at no extra charge for insertion or telegraphing in multiple listed newspapers including New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburg Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Republic Plain Dealer Cincinnati Enquirer Minneapolis Tribune and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courter
Chicaco Record Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsblig Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST Louis
Replalic
Racuss
Post Standard
Y Tall Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cecelan Plain Dealer
Cincinnate Enquiret
Massacre report from Nanchang shocks foreign missions
The British Legation in Pekin reports four English missionaries and a family killed at Nanchang Kiangs with six others and a child wounded. Protestant and Plymouth Brethren outposts destroyed. Unclear cause follows priest magistrate dispute and riot aftermath as Americans flee by boat.
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Pekin
Nanchang
Kiangs
Shanghai
Nanchang City
Predicted Early Uprising In China By Missionary
Mrs Lily Molland a China missionary on furlough predicts an imminent uprising in China citing Boxer era memories and current reform party strength. She says secret societies and anti foreign sentiment grow, worsened by the Japanese war's exposure of foreign power respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincmnaty
Ohio
China
Lily Molland
Reform Party
No Danger of Uprising in Pekin Says Foreign Officials
Pekin officials report no signs of a foreigner uprising and say the government can handle local disturbances. They will urge abroad that troops are unnecessary, while Chinese officials seek to restore foreign confidence to remove troops. Reports of unrest hurt China’s pride amid tense foreign relations.
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China
Calfornia
United
California
Ching
Pekin
Foreign Office
United States
Philippine Islands
Germany's Overture Alarm Over Kaiser's Speech
War scare stirs Berlin and St Petersburg as Germany offers concessions on Morocco while diplomats warn of possible rupture. Ambassadors and officials debate the risk of conflict, with Paris and Berlin urged to pursue mediation despite bleak forecasts. The mood ranges from cautious optimism to grave pessimism amid tariff and treaty concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Delares
William
Algeciras
M. Reveil
France
Herr von Radowitz
Paris
Germany
Morphia Verdict Questioned in Matthews Murder Case
New evidence shown by an eminent chemist indicates the syringe powder contained morphia rather than strychnine in the case of Dr John B. Matthews charged with murdering his wife. The test was admitted but deemed imperfect. trial set to begin Wednesday with authorities maintaining the solution injected was strychnine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Greensboro
John B. Matthews
Matthews
Turner
Filipinos Seek Volunteer Regiment For China Aid
Manila reports Filipinos eager to form a volunteer unit to assist America in China. Maj. Gen Leonard Wood has begun a two week inspection tour of Mindanao. Cincinnati confirms sale of five Appleyard traction lines by court order, bought by A E Locke for bondholders' reorganization. In Rockville Maryland Emory Offutt is jailed on a shooting charge against his wife Clara.
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Manila
America
China
Leonard Wood Hag
Mindanao
Appleyard
Cincinnati
Ohio
Appleyard Traction Lines
Springfield
Columbus
Bellefontaine
United States
Thompson
A. E. Locke
Boston
Waanington
Rockville
Emory Offutt
Sherif Frank Green
Clara Offutt
Taft Returns to Washington After West Trip
Secretary Taft, who spoke across the Middle West, comes back to Washington and reports feeling strong after losing seven pounds on the journey. Movements of Ocean Steamers list arrivals from Le Havre and New York with ships Halser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Wilhelm II among those noted in late February.
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Taft
Middle West
Washington
War Department
New York
Laurent
Havre
Finland
Antwerp
Plymouth
Halser Wilhelm II
Hamburg
Pretoria
Dover
Cherbourg
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Tor Bremen
Blackburn Trial Set for Greensboro in April
North Carolina Congressman E Spencer Blackburn of the Eighth district submitted to U S District Court jurisdiction in an indictment charging practicing before the Treasury Department and taking fees while a member of Congress in violation of federal law. Judge Waddill ordered transfer to Greensboro for a trial about mid April with a special term of court. Blackburn’s bond was set at $1000 and signed by E J Harris, former gubernatorial candidate.
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North Carolina
Greensboro
Asheville
N. C
E. Spencer Blackburn
Eighth District of
United States District Court
Treasury Department
Congress
Waddill
W. D. Bynum
Blackburn
Lured to His Death Girl and Policeman Accused
In New York the Berthe Claiche murder trial centers on a plot suggested by Patrolman Morton and Berthe Claiche to remove Gerdron. Martineau testifies Morton knew the plan and aided in the arrest scene amid claims of intimate relations and a letter involvement. Separate Montrose indictments for illegal whisky sales in Westmoreland County are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martineau
Berthe Claiche
Morton
Washington
New York
Ely
Berthe Clarche
Mule Gerdron
Harry Morton
Elly
Gerdron
Ann
Clarence Martineau
Miss Claiche
Washington Post
Warsaw
Montrose
Westmoreland County
George Davis, Jr
Petersen
B. J. Obier
Harry Clark
C. @. Johnson
G. Henrynes
Postum Coffee Aids Dyspepsia Victors Over Coffee Habit
A dyspepsia sufferer from England writes of twenty years of giddiness and stomach distress, finding relief after switching from tea and coffee to Postum Food Coffee. She reports improved digestion and blood, notes milk becomes tolerable, and says she promotes Postum locally while sharing the booklet The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wellville
Shoe Lane
London
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Collier's Involvement Surfaces in Mann Perjury Case
Robert J. Collier and his father appear as nominal complainants in the Mann perjury case as prosecutors reveal the expected costs. Collier says he and his father would pay more than $100,000, even twice that, and that Town Topics founder Col Mann was seen as the chief in the scandal. The proceedings unfold amid questions of motive and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deuel
Mann
Washington Post
New York
Col. W. D. Mann
Robert J. Collier
Collier’s Weekly
Po F. Collier
Hart
the People
Martin W. Littleton
Brooklyn
W. A. Wray
Col Mann
Collier
Collier's Weekly
Broadway
Charles Stokes Wayne
Moses Hillis Woosté
Wooster
Colher
District Attorney's Office
Charles W .Ahle
E W Post
Cruise of Pacific Fleet Schedules San Diego to Nome
Seven vessels of the Pacific Squadron sailed from San Diego Harbor for Magdalena Bay for target practice. The fleet then proceeds to Long Beach and Santa Cruz, with summer operations planned in northern waters from San Francisco to Seattle and Nome.
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San Diego
Cal
Pacific Squadron
Magdalena Bay
Long Beach
Santa Cruz
San Francisco
Astoria
Seattle
Nome
Dry Dock Dewey Delayed at Las Palmas
United States cruiser Facoma arrived from Maples with machinery for the dry dock Dewey at Las Palmas Canary Islands. Repairs caused by Atlantic voyage delay until March 13. Commander Hosley notes loose rivets broken rivet heads and defective iron work. Material for repairs to reach him on gunboat Tacoma.
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Gibraltar
United States
Facoma
Maples With
Machinery, &Co
Dewey
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Bureau of Navigation
Hosley
Board of Survey
Hossey
Tacoma
Army Orders and Promotions Shuffle at Fort Crook and Fort Jay
The Army issues a sequence of transfers and leaves including First Lieut John A Pearson and Capt Henry H Sheen moved within the Coast Artillery, Capt John H Cree shifts to the Twelfth Company, and First Lieut Arthur H Freshwater dropped for desertion. Colonels Lundeen and Pratt receive duty changes in the Inspector General’s and Gulf departments as officers report for examination boards at Fort Crook Nebraska and Fort Jay New York. Also noted are further boards, physician officers, and a SigsbeeSails from Naples sailing event with ships Sigsbee and Galveston awaiting further action.
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John A Pearson
Henry H Sheen
Twelfth Company
Coast Artillery
John H. Cree
Nat
Coast Artilery
Arthur H. Freshwater
Twenty-Ninth Infantry
Army
John A. Lundeen
Artillery Corps
Inspector General's Department
Col Lundeen
San Francisco
Sedgwick Pratt
John W. Jones
Ordnance Department
Wll
Department of the Gulf
Arity
Franklin R Kenny
General Hospital
Washington Barracks
D. C
Minerd B. Pratt
Thirtieth Infantry
Richard W Johnson
Waldo B. Ayer
Guy G Palmer
Fletcher Gardner
USA
J. Millard Little
Thirtieth Infanty
Recorder
Henry Hossfeld
Edward B Pratt
Fort Crook
Nebr
Fort Jay
Charles Richard
Francis P. Fremont
Fifth Infantry
Wiliam J Glasgow
Thirteenth Cavalry
Stanley H. Ford
Jay W. Grissinger
Charles B. Clark
Francis C Endicott
John J Mudgett
Fitte Infantry
Ball in Piraeus Honors American Nuova Officers
At a Saturday ball in Piraeus Greece Rear Admiral Sigsbee danced in the quadrille of honor with the Duke and Duchess of Aosta in a ceremonial welcome to American nuova officers.
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Piraeus
Greece
Nuova
Sigsbee
Aosta
Death of Gen Thomas J Wood Retired U S Army
The War Department announced the death of Gen Thomas J Wood U S Army retired in Dayton Ohio on Sunday Born September 25 1828 in Kentucky he entered West Point at eighteen and began as second lieutenant in 1845 He rose to colonel of cavalry in 1861 and retired as major general in 1868 He earlier held brigadier general rank from 1875 under a congressional act He earned honors for actions at Buena Vista Chickamauga and Nashville Tennessee.
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War Department
Thomas J Wood
Dayton
Ole
Wood
Kentucky
Military Academy
West Point
Congress
Buena Vista
Chickamauga
Nashville, Tenn
Officers saw fight at Fort Ethan Allen post
A prize fight between Louis Kolenbach of Brooklyn and Carl A Pike of Philadelphia led to reports that Fort Ethan Allen commander Lieut Col Alexander Rogers was arrested for violating army rules. Major Wilder denied orders ousting Rogers. Also, Ralph H. Sampson, son of Rear Admiral Sampson, was reappointed to the Naval Academy after a resignation for studies deficiency. George L. Herbert, coxswain of the battleship Texas, drowned after falling from a towboat deck. Other naval officer reassignments and vessel movements were announced.
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Washington
Burlington
Louis Kolenbach
Brooklyn
Carl A Pike
Philadelphia
Fort Ethan Allen
Alexander Rogers
Fort Jay
Governors Island
Kelenback
Col Rogers
Wilder
Young Sampson
Ralph H. Sampson
Admiral Sampson
Naval Academy
Bonaparte
Academy
Coxswain
Texas
New Orleans
George L. Herbert
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Ghinese
Prest
George FD Perkins
Samir E .Thompson
Rines
George Young
Arthur F Cannon
Sadis E Flaheits
Chicago
John F. Bowden
Theresa F McMahon
Harry G. Thompson
New York City
Mary JL Brown
Otto A Heitmuller
Lillian H Gray
Richard G Taylor
Annie M Corcoran
Daniel J. Quill
Mary Whalen
Charles M
Cecil
Luella
Helvin Kimon Wall
Selo
Clara
Nicholas Western
Margaret F Smith
Stoward le Atley
Marian Rose Stephens
Harry Wolbems
Hattie Redman
William F Trimmer
Mabel Butler
Health Office Record
Speare
F Street
N. W
Teleshore
J. William Lee
Emime Liters
Conneccion Commodiaus Chapel
Modena Crenatorinn
Telephone Main
George P. Zure
Zorst
Fmbalmer
Telephone East
Dave
Bom
Kaiser
Bélin
von Buelow
Manoh J. R
Matthews Wifemurder
o-Ke
Green River
Bond
To-Kalon Wine Co
State’s
Emil Gerdron
Gol. Mann
Cruise OF
DRY Dock
Naples
Chattanooga Eid
Galveston
Kubelik
Col. Rogers
Maj. Wilder
W HK Chambers
F W “Bartlett
Nicetown
C F Dodge
Winston
Norfolk
Columbia
League Island
Arkansas
Nalchez
Ivis
Hongkong
Trom Cavite
Alexander
Adway
Badway
Radway & OG
Eim &T
J. Karr
Jewelers and Silversmiths
C. H. Luengene
Home Savings Bank
7Th St. and
Mass
Tharp
BerkeleyRye
A. Collins
Phane N. S
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