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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1906
Page
41
Fourteen missionaries and an English family were killed in Nanchang as Chinese authorities clashed with locals. Survivors fled downriver, while naval vessels monitor the scene. Officials warn the incident could ignite broader anti foreign sentiment across China and prompt Congressional scrutiny of Eastern policy.
A long list of names appears for marriages including Perkins Thompson Young Bowden McMahon and many more from cities like Chicago New York City and Ohio. At Arlington Hotel Maude Abbott dies. funeral notices follow for McCullough Eliott Shields Till et Van Voorhees and other locals with private interments and flowers requested to be omitted.
Health Office records show numerous death entries with names and ages from February. The list includes Patrick Andersons aged 24, Hyson I Bossie 66, Maud A Blumenter 25, Henry Chapman 4 years, Lawrence Lodge 8 years, John W Loveless 79, Grace E Leaplay 8, Robert McKenney 6 years, Alabama Patterson 1, Laura Ficker 58, and others aged from months to 87, linked to multiple hospitals and addresses in Washington authorities. The fragmentary OCR text lists facilities such as Garfield Hospital, Freedmen's Hospital, Gallant Hospital for Insane, Providence Hospital, and Georgetown Unty Hospital among others.
Notice announces that marriage and death notices inserted in The Washington Post may be published at no extra charge in a wide range of listed newspapers upon application. It references several major papers including New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Record Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, and others.
Reports from Pekin and Shanghai describe a massacre of British and American missionaries at Nanchang Kiangs. Four English missionaries a man his wife and two children killed with a wounded child. Protestant and Plymouth Brethren buildings destroyed. Fourteen Americans escaped by boat as city gates were closed.
Mrs. Lily Molland, long serving in China and now on furlough, predicts an early uprising in China. Speaking in Cincinnati she links reform pressures, secret societies, and foreigner hostility to rising anti foreign sentiment, noting Japanese influence and widespread anti outsider feeling among Chinese reformers.
Officials report there are no signs of a movement against foreigners in Pekin after a meeting of foreign office officials. They say the government can handle disturbances and will urge similar representations to other governments. Chinese officials fear unrest abroad and seek to restore foreign confidence to remove troops.
Berlin and St Petersburg react to Emperor William's remarks as a Morocco conference mood grows tense. France German aides push concessions at Algeciras while diplomats warn war risk rises if talks collapse.
New evidence in Greensboro shows morphia in the hypodermic syringe used against Dr John B. Matthews wife. A chemist’s report declares morphia, though officials say the injected solution may still have been strychnine. The trial begins Wednesday.
Manila reports Filipinos eager to organize a volunteer unit to aid America in China. Maj. Gen Leonard Wood has sailed for Mindanao for a two week inspection tour. Cincinnati confirms sale of five Appleyard traction lines part of court orders. Emory Offutt, a Rockville resident, arrested for allegedly shooting his wife, Clara, and jailed.
Secretary Taft ends a week of speeches in the Middle West and returns to the War Department in Washington. He reports losing seven pounds but says he feels better than ever, while resuming his official duties. Movements of Ocean Steamers note arrivals in late February including Laurent, Halser Wilhelm II, Pretoria, and Kaiser Wilhelm II from New York and European ports.
North Carolina Congressman E Spencer Blackburn of the Eighth District answered to a Treasury Department corruption charge. The case was transferred to Greensboro by Judge Waddill on Attorney W D Bynums motion. A special term will convene in mid April with Blackburn bond set at 1000 dollars signed by E J Harris former gubernatorial candidate.
Special to the Washington Host New York Feb 26 A trial opens over Berthe Claiche accused in the shooting of Gerdron. Prosecutor Ely contends a letter lured the man to the scene with Patrolman Morton thought involved. Martineau testified Morton sought the arrest scene and claimed a plot to remove Gerdron. Claiche defends herself as threatened by the victim. A grand jury in Montrose Westmoreland indicts whisky sellers.
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Washington News: Collier family and Town Topics figure Col Mann perjury case as high profile. Robert J Collier and father planned to fund prosecution costs, expecting expenses to exceed 100000 dollars. Collier says aim was to pressure Mann and use the case to pursue their own interests.
Seven vessels of the Pacific Squadron leaving San Diego Harbor for target practice at Magdalena Bay. The squadron will return to San Diego in April, then head to Long Beach and Santa Cruz before moving to San Francisco. The summer itinerary covers northern waters to Astoria Seattle and Nome for the main period.
The US cruiser Facoma arrived from Maples with parts for the dry dock Dewey at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. The vessel will be detained until March 13 due to repair work begun February 35. A board of survey found loose rivets and broken rivet heads, with iron work deficient. Commander Hosley notes material will reach him on the gunboat Tacoma.
Army orders list leaves, transfers, and duty movements across units including First Lieut John A Pearson and Capt Henry H Sheen. Details cover reassignment of officers, promotion examinations at Fort Crook and Port Crook, and trips for observers and boards, with Sigsbee proceeding from Naples aboard the flagships Sigsbee and Galveston.
At the Saturday ball in Piraeus Greece Rear Admiral Sigsbee danced in the quadrille of honor with the Duke and Duchess of Aosta during a ceremony honoring the American nuova officers.
Gen Thomas J Wood U S A retired dies at Dayton Ohio Sunday The Kentucky born officer entered West Point at eighteen in 1845 and rose from second lieutenant to major general He earned honors for actions at Buena Vista Chickamauga and Nashville and was retired under congresses act in 1875
Special to The Washington Pum Burlington Vermont reports a prize fight between Louis Kelenback of Brooklyn and Carl A Pike of Philadelphia led to the arrest of Fort Ethan Allen commander Lieut Col Alexander Rogers while Maj Wilder denied official orders. Also mentions Sampson’s naval academy reappointment and coxswain George L. Herbert drowned on the Texas, plus naval officer movements and ships arrivals and departures.
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