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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1905
Page
3
Denver reports peaceful Colorado politics apart from the governor contest. Alva Adams to be inaugurated, Peabody plans a prolonged election contest. Senate confirmed Goddard and Bailey for the supreme bench amid party shifts. Adams to be sworn in with minimal ceremony as peacetime order returns.
Marriage and death notices in The Washington Post may be published the next morning in multiple newspapers at no extra charge. Applications yield simultaneous insertions in the listed papers including New York Times and Chicago Record-Herald among others.
Numerous marriage banns listed for Maryland and Virginia partners including Gaither Carter Hanger Haney Meade Shreve Butler Chapmen Darrelle Stott Puiligiad. deaths and funeral notices for Bateman Gregory Tourrette McHenry North Walker Witter with service details and interment plans at multiple locations. Also notes Arlington and Hancock references with house addresses and hospital mentions.
Health office death list for period ending January 8 shows numerous individuals with ages from 1 to 80. Names include Margaret G Danes, Michael Condon, James Crown, Frances Davia, Giuseppe De Salvo, Erin W Fillman, Mary Fisk, William Gilmore, Charles J Goff, Henry Gray, Emma Gross, Henry Hewlett, Earnest Jackson, William W Jackson, Charles Johnson, Fennalton Johnson, Patrick Logan, Anos Monahan, Catherine McCaffrey, Jenmla J McHenry, Joseph L Nall, Emily A Pryor, Catherine M Saffell, Andrew J Scott, Ruth Smith, Wither G Sprague, Ella Turner, Thelma Walton, Mary Washington, Carl J Weeley and others noted with hospital affiliations. Ages range from 1 to 84 years with several centenaries omitted. The record shows multiple hospital affiliations and local addresses.
Dover Del Jan 9 Democrats threaten walkout as twenty one house ballots and thirty nine senate ballots fail to break the Delaware legislature deadlock. Republicans Dupont Alea Ball and union leaders Moore Conner clash over first choice of officers while Addicks faction seeks senate presidency. Judges reaffirm start of U S Senator balloting tomorrow despite sine die adjournment and inauguration ceremonies are dropped.
Austin January 9 The Texas legislature opens the twenty ninth session at noon for a regular session. It must cover the next two years and address a deficit near two million dollars, bringing the total needed to ten million. A thorough revision of the state tax system is expected with emphasis on corporate taxation.
Paris obituary notes Louise Michel a renowned communist fighter dies in Marseilles after a lifelong revolutionary career. In Grand Rapids Charles Chendier a leading lawyer collapses in probate court from heart failure following stomach trouble. Nellie Cummings famed California actress dies destitute from asthma. Norwalk noted engineer Charles G Williams dies in Phenix after canal work. Pittsburgh records Edgar Hass Jer, city mayor’s clerk, dying of heart failure after zine street shift.
Reports from Nagasaki describe Russian prisoners of Port Arthur marching to Changlingtau with six transport carts, their officers stoic and tired. Gen Stoessel reviews Kuropatkin’s retreat toward Mukden, cites eleven inch howitzers as key damage, and notes Japanese siege craft and discipline. The piece frames the war’s true cause as Russian ignorance of Japanese fighting strength.
Reports from Tokyo estimate Port Arthur garrison at 33 000 to 40 000 including sailors with over 10 000 killed or missing. Japan prepares to receive 20 000 Russian prisoners at Moji and Shimonoseki, with disinfection and transfer to several ports. some ships salvageable amid storms.
Paris reports Admiral Rozestvensky's fleet will head to Malta to join the third Russian squadron led by Nicolas I and several admirals. The plan includes a May departure of a fourth squadron, with ships to later proceed to the Far East. Port Louis notes Russian Baltic fleet unseen, rumored to shelter near Madagascar or the Comoros amid curious wireless messages.
London dispatch says the Japanese consul received news of a disastrous Port Arthur mine explosion with large portions of Gen. Nogi's army already moved north to Liaoyang. The Telegraph correspondent notes the event and strategic redeployments.
In Huanchan on January 9 via Mukden Russians learned of Port Arthur’s fall from unofficial Japanese messaging. News spread as paper kites with inscriptions were collected by Russian soldiers before the telegraph. The army endured, hoping to relieve the garrison, while Russian bombardment pressed Japanese positions west of Sinchinpu and near Baltoshun.
Tokyo reports Japan regrets the misunderstanding over the British cruiser Andromeda sent January 5 from Wei-hai-wei with hospital stores and surgeons. Port Arthur naval command refused landing due to lack of instructions. British notified late. Cargo was accepted after notification, but Andromeda left for Wei-hai-wei to avoid mine danger.
Miss Mabel Crewe the Pennsylvania nurse captured by Russian Cossacks October 17 at Mashampo Korea returns to Pennsylvania after six days as a prisoner of war. Her fiancé Walter Conrad accompanied her after news of the capture, she was released by Japanese authorities and says the Cossacks treated her without discourtesy. She is from a wealthy Pennsylvania family and remains unsettled by the ordeal.
John Drew stars in a semi-farcical London society drama The Duke of Kilcrankie at the National Theatre with Margaret Dale and Fanny Brough delivering strong performances. Plot centers on Lady Henrietta Addison abducted by the Duke and confined in a remote fortress, as Mrs Mulholland schemes as chaperon. Welby and M. P. figure in the intrigue, ending in a romantic reconciliation. George M. Cohan headlines Little Johnny Jones at Columbia, praised for self written musical play with a clear story, lively songs, and witty dialogue. Johnny aims to win back his American bride amid schemes to ruin him, but friends restore his name and happiness.
A lively program at Chase's features Digby Bell famed as Whee and expounder of jokes delivering strong imitations and stories. Mrs Adgle trains lions while Musical Cuttys offer instrumental numbers including William Tell and The Hive and the Gray. Foy and Clark perform Old Curiousity Shop. Kildore balances items. Kelly and Ash provide eccentric comedy. Captain Kettle films close the program. Lafayette hosts Me, Him, and I a musical farce with strong music and comedy, led by Bickel Watson and Wrothe, with standout Vera Heartburn and Seattle Sal. lavish scenery and costumes round out a polished musical comedy showcase.
The Great Automobile Mystery at the Academy features Theo dore Kremer at the center of a melodrama about hypnotic scheming and marital turmoil. Virginia Rusgell, George D. McQuarrie, and Arthur Hoops deliver strong performances as Lucille Barrymore, the husband, and Dr Ernest Warde, while realis tic scenery enhances the show’s vigorous, if loose, plot.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder trouble claiming broad health benefits. It includes patient testimony directed to The Washington Daily Post and invites readers to request a free sample bottle and informational book from Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
The Northeast Washington Citizens Association held a lively meeting at the Northeast Temple critiquing the District engineering department for narrowing streets in the northeast city. A resolution disapproving the so called whipping post bill was laid on the table amid debates on gas quality and a call to protest the street narrowing policy.
A Texas town Devine, located about thirty miles south of San Antonio, was devastated by a fire sweeping half the community. Fire operators battled the blaze as the remainder faced isolation and threats, leaving the town cut off from the outside world.
Last night the Central Labor Union held a closed session at Typo graphical Temple where two unions formally withdrew from affiliation. The International Slate and Tile Roofers Union No 12 and Stereo typers Union No 19 notified their exits by letters dated December 28 and January 6 195, with no stated reasons. The withdrawals were referred to the organization committee to seek reaffiliate the central body. Officers were re-elected and the meeting endorsed Senate bills on child labor and compulsory education and urged an amendment to steamboat crew rules requiring three years service.
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