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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1905
Page
3
Disorder erupts as starving women attempt to loot a bakery in Warsaw and surrounding cities while soldiers and revolutionists with revolvers and knives try to restrain them. Reports say uprising and arrests occur amid siege conditions in Warsaw Lodz and Petrokoff with casualties from clashes between mobs and troops.
Fragmentary obituary notice hints at a marriage license event and multiple names, including Caprai Vary Anne Swanp and Nora dl Matt, with scattered references to Rotterdam Holland and various local figures. The garbled text covers marriage intentions, interments, and notices dated around late January 1900, with multiple families and addresses obscured.
A health office record lists numerous patients and ages across several hospitals including Providence, Gibson, and Mary E Love. The fragment notes lengths of stay and ages from infants to elderly, mentioning specific streets, wards, and institutions in a condensed ledger style. Many entries reference years of service or residence and cross references to local facilities and wards.
Joseph Gawler and Harvey's Sons announce funeral services with first class facilities and moderate prices. John R. Wright and George P. Zarhorst advertise embalming and undertaker services with commodious chapels in Washington DC.
Warsaw reports street fighting with troops, mobs clash on Nouischat and Hl odlock streets. Rebellious crowds loot shops especially Jewish storefronts while many are killed or wounded, and military rule tightens as cities including Lodz and Petrokov are placed under martial law.
A petition to the Russian government to release Maxim Gorki, started by Berliner Tageblatt and the Goethe Association, is widely approved and signed. A Vienna initiative is under way and efforts are made to secure support of leading literary figures in France. The movement is urged for Englishmen and the English speaking world.
Reports from London and St Petersburg warn of renewed hostility toward Britain after the Warsaw attack on British officials. Diplomats expect Russia to give full satisfaction, while Moscow reprimands Deputy Chief Roudneff. Hardinge seeks immediate inquiry and protection for British subjects.
London dispatch details a bold Kharkoff provincial assembly address praising Emperor Nicholas and urging representative government to avert civil war. Signatories include nobles elected during Plehve era, faulting bureaucratic oppression and calling for a permanent chamber with legislative powers to prevent treachery and theft. Russian students expelled in Berlin for revolutionary agitation. Ocean steamer movements listed. Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Recalled dispatches describe dawn to noon fighting around Pokontal and Pohowski with Japanese left wing attempting to encircle Russians. Casualties run high as forces clash along the Hun River and Shakhe with heavy Russian losses while Japanese claim gains and continued bombardment.
In Pans on January 20 the inquiry into the North Sea incident heard two Swedish witnesses Capt Johnson and Mate Stromberg of the cargo boat Aldebaran testify that a strange warship fired many shots at them before disappearing. They suggested the Russian transport Kamchatka was behind the attack which led to alerting Admiral Rozhdestvensky. A final witness Costello claimed seeing a black object he thought was a torpedo boat. The Russian officers will begin testimony tomorrow.
The Times reports the seizure by Japan of the British steamer M and Dollar as highly significant. It was among vessels planned to carry U S Pacific port provisions to Vladivostok, with hull insurance of £37,000 and cargo insured for £59,500. the hull and cargo are of large value.
News from St Petersburg and London reports rumors of negotiations with German and American builders to construct Russian warships and two battleships. The Standard cites Clyde and Barrow firms with orders for the ships, with a Diamond Insurance value of $2,500,000. A London Times cable states Premier Company's large diamond is insured for £500,000 from mine to London against theft and marine risks, described as roughly the size of an average man’s fist.
The excerpt describes intense misery and indescribable pain attributed to La Guppe pains and notes relief is possible in a short time by taking some remedy. The fragment implies a medical claim but lacks complete details on the treatment or context.
Adelia Lane of Portage Michigan praises Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for curing La Grippe pains after two doses and says they ease a swelling on her brother’s neck without bad effects unlike quieting powders. The maker promises refund on first package if they fail to help and notes two doses cost 25 cents and cannot be sold in bulk.
E H Sothern and Julia Marlowe headline a Shakespeare revival at the National Theater with Much Ado About Nothing. Sothern’s Benedick blends humor and romance while Marlowe’s Beatrice shows vivacity, supported by a strong cast and period production. The reception is enthusiastic as audiences rise to the occasion.
Hany Bryant's Extravaganza Company headlines at Kernans Lyceum Theater this week with two burlesques Mr Good Player and Hotel Girly Girly and numbers by Arlington Collins and Vack Berry and Berry merry musical monarchs Erne and Honegger and a humorous sketch My Husband. Coats and Grundy present Watermelon Trust a singing and dancing sketch by five negro performers.
A wearying block of OCR reads touts Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder trouble, claiming dramatic health benefits. It mentions testimonials, a London company, and an upcoming performance of Love and the Man at Columbia next week as contextual filler.
Philadelphia January 30 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Young Men Christian Association with addresses by ex President Cleveland Prof Harry A Garfield and clergymen. A mass meeting at the Academy of Music featured Maj Gen Frederick D Grant President Joseph Ramsay of Wabash Hall and Francis T Patton of Princeton Theological Seminary, with H B F Macfarland of the District of Columbia board delivering remarks. A cablegram from Sir George Williams conveyed congratulations.
Berlin dispatch reports the government releasing a memorandum comparing new commercial treaties with the old. Grain duties per metric hundred weight show rye, maize and straw revised. flour and lumber duties adjusted. pulp and paper material priced. textile and metal schedules slightly altered.
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