Fen shui Pass captured by Japanese forces in major advance
Detailed dispatches from Europatkin and St. Petersburg describe Japanese encirclement and capture of Fen-shui Pass on June 27 after three Japanese columns outflanked Russian positions. Russian losses heavy. Japanese report 270 killed or wounded in flank and frontal assaults. Russians retreated toward Shimu-cheng as 88 prisoners were taken. Generals Fukushima and Inoguchi to front. Oyama to lead, with Kodama as chief of staff. Skirmishes near Port Arthur and continued Japanese advances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Fen-shui Pass
Shima-cheng Road
Tntra
Thie Hove
Mibment
Riselana
Phew
Phey Wee
Fen-ahul Pasa
Wen-oha- Pan-tau
Fenshui Pass
Shan Tasu
Shimu-cheng
Fukushima
Inoguchi
Marquis Oyama
Geh
Kodoma
Kodama
Port Arthur
Europatkin
St. Petersburg
Jenu-chen
Seruchet
Walla
Sidaskhotung
Britatan
Ihang
Massillemt
Makaref
Ave Cosancka
Malareff
Ramiarikau
Rontao
Black Mount
Bla Kho Tun
Cam
Bealn
Lin
Hau
Bantiae
Bia Kho Ting
Shan Hai Pass
Siu Yen-Kai-Chou
Che Liu Ang Tien
Sia Kho ‘Tung
Wang Tsia Putse
Ta Pass
Ya Pass
Ifantry
Fen Shut
Mo-Tien
Mo-Tien Pass
Kau-Tia Pass
Liao Yang
Saimatsze
Obituary notices reflect multiple local deaths and services
A collage of notices lists marriages and deaths with service details. Catherine Beck dies at 7903 M Street NW with funeral at Concordia Lutheran Church. Ann Madden, aged 86, remembered by Charles Madden. John Moore of 1 Twenty-third Street NW to be buried at Mount Olivet. Lucy Tubman’s body awaits disposition at city morgue after June 26 death at Interagency Hospital. Walter and Dunbar family names appear in marriage mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Catherine Beck
Concordia Lutheran Church
Twentieth
G Streets
Prospect Hall
Betty Taper
Ario T Walah
James F
Acie A
Walsh
Walter
Toretto M. Walter
Nes Huckley
William B. Walter
Raosidere
St. Dominic's Church
Port Arthur ships safe as reports swirl from battle
Rumors and official dispatches from Port Arthur, Niuchwang, and Vladivostok describe contested naval actions near Port Arthur on June 23 and 24. Russian torpedo boat destroyers report no sunk ships while claims circulate of Japanese losses and Russian fleet movements. A Russian commander denies Russian ships were sunk and notes renewed Russian sorties. In Denver a physician, Dr Seymour T Jarrecki, was shot dead at his home. wife absent, killer escaped.
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London Times
Washington Post
Tokyo
Donald Grabie
Port Arthur
Burukoff
Njuchwang
Withof
Steessel
Withoft
Niuchwang
Burn
Denver
Colo
Seymour T. Jarrecki
No Change For Peace Inquiries From Washington
Washington discussions hint at discreet inquiries into mediating Russia and Japan but officials doubt either belligerent will accept terms. London reports British caution with mediation and notes Emperor William and King Edward remained distant from any peace overture. Kaiser may return visit planned with August fleet. King Edward sails home aboard Victoria and Albert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Japan
Edward
William
London
Washington
State Department
Ats Lelal
Alvage
Waeh
Great Britain
Suftahla
Lelther
Kiel
Legation
Liao-yang
Manchuria
Baron Hayashi
Kaiser
Daily Mail
King Edward
Victoria and Alpert
Ralves
King I
Hohengollern
Emperor William
Funeral of H. J. Middleton at Greek Church
Touching and solemn service conducted by a Greek Church priest. Delayed transmission of the Associated Press correspondent Henry J. Middleton's burial occurred at 7 o'clock Monday evening amid a heavy thunderstorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Middleton
Associated Press
Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discovery Promoted for Digestion
A half mast tribute to a recently ill official leads to an advertisement praising Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery. The letter from Charles H German of Lehighton Pa extols the medicine for indigestion stomach trouble and related digestion issues claiming it cured him after other remedies failed. Pellets for constipation are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flaga
Dr. Pierce
Charles H. German
Lehighton, Pa
Pierce
Earth
Funeral at Pakrofsky Monastery near Moscow
The Greek Church funeral, led by Father Theodor of Pakrofsky Monastery near Moscow, was solemn and touching with Sisters of Charity singing. Wounded in hospital knelt to pray as Douglas Story and Lord Brooke, among others, accompanied the bier. Soldiers bore the bier to a knoll where soldiers are buried, while foreign correspondents plan a monument at Mr Middleton's grave.
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Theodor
Pakrofsky
Moscow
Sisters of Charity
Douglas Story
London Daily Express
Lord Brooke
Associated Press
Mr. Middleton
Seizure of British Ship Sparks Neutral Shipping Debate
The Times reports Russia confiscated the British steamer Allanton over past actions rather than present contraband. The ship carried Welsh coal to Muroran and Japanese coal to Singapore, then sought Vladivostok via Tongara, drawing a potential precedent and a British government appeal.
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Times
Washington Post
London
The
Cardiff
Japan
Allanton
Muroran
Hok- Aalda Imend
Singapore
Tongara Staite
Vladivostok
Foreign Office
Sword Lanadowne
Minward
Mantha
Armistion in Tibet as Younghusband Grants Truce
Special London Times cable describes Col. Younghusband halting hostilities in Tibet to await Tibetan emissaries from Lassa and Jong. A noon tomorrow armistice is set, allowing Tibetan representatives to reach Gyang-tse while evacuations proceed. Emissaries delayed negotiations, and Britain aims to reinforce lines if Tibetans break treaty. A high monastery official from Patnam arrived at Dong-tse to extend the pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younghusband
London Times
Chunglo
Col
Gyangtse
Lassa
Jong
Karola Yungla
Dong-tse
England
Tibet
Gyang-tse
Lasag
National Council
Britain presses Porte over Armenian relief in letter
London reports Foreign Secretary Lansdowne wrote to the Anglo Armenian Association stating Britain secured a response from the Ottoman leadership. Sir Nicholas OConor met the grand vizier on June 14 and secured orders to protect Armenian refugees and permit return to their homes under Bitlis governorship. The grand vizier agreed and telegraphed the action. A British officer may accompany troops against insurgents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Porte
Lansdowne
Anglo-Armeniaan Association
Nicholas O’conor
Constantinople
Ferid Pasha
Bitlie
Bitlis
Lord Lansdowne
Duchess of Valencay Free in Paris Divorce Granted
The Duchess of Valencay formerly Helen Morton, daughter of Levi P. Morton, was granted a divorce from the Duke of Valencay by the Seine civil tribunal. The hearing, held in private, cited ill treatment and neglect by the duke. The duke's title listed included Saint Le Marie Archambault Baron, Comte de Taileyrand-Perigord, Duc de Valencay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi P. Morton
Paris
Saint Le Marie Archambault _Baron
Comte de Taileyrand-Perigord
Duc de
Tornado Kills 45 In Moscow As Storm Ravages City
A June tornado in Moscow destroyed two villages nearby and halted telegraph and rail service. Forty-five people died and many more were injured as hailstones three quarters of a pound struck a grove where only one tree remained standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
S& Pound
Farewell Taken for Knox by Department Officials
Solicitor General Hoyt presented a library clock to Attorney General Knox as he resigns to become U S Senator from Pennsylvania. Knox will introduce his successor Moody at the department and then retire to Valley Forge farm for the summer. Hoyt praised Knox’s public service and friendship within the Department of Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt
Department of Justice
Knox
United States
Pennsylvania
Senator Quay
Department
Moody
Valley Lorge
Krexald
Sallciter
Metropolitan Club
Benatar Knox
Paul Morton
Metcalf Expected Today for Commerce and Labor
President Roosevelt made his first visit to the Department of Commerce and Labor with Secretary Cortelyou yesterday. Victor H. Metcalf is expected to arrive this afternoon and may be inducted soon after, likely taking the oath on Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Victor H. Metcalf
Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Roosevelt
Payn Visits White House For Republican Talk
Lou Payn former New York railroad commissioner met with President Roosevelt in Washington to discuss the political situation in New York. National Chairman Cortelyou joined briefly. Payn refused to reveal details, saying the interview was satisfactory and conducted in the interest of the Republican party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Lou Payn
New York
Payn
Washington
Chatham
N. Y
National
Cortelyou
Mr Payn
White House
Pennsylvania to unveil Antietam monuments invites Roosevelt
A Pennsylvania commission appointed to supervise thirteen monuments at Antietam extended an invitation to President Roosevelt to attend the September 11 unveiling. Roosevelt regretted he likely cannot attend. Consul Daniel Mayer at Buenos Ayres called on the President and Secretary Hay on leave. Mrs Mayer died en route to the United States, and Mayer hopes to establish an American newspaper in Buenos Ayres during his stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
William J. Bolton
Joseph W. Haley
O. C. Bosbyshell
Antietam
Roosevelt
Mayer
Daniel Mayer
United States
Buenos Ayreon
Hay
Buenos Ayres
Education of the Negro Economic and industrial value debate
At the National Educational Association meeting in St. Louis on June 30, discussions covered phonetic spelling and general education for the negro population. Booker T. Washington argued education pays economically, while crime correlations were debated, noting low prison rates among graduates of Hampton and Tuskegee and differences between northern and southern employment opportunities. Special dispatches reported a separate civil suit in Parkersburg, West Virginia, where Charles H. Williams sues John B. Hart over a failed coal land deal worth over a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
National Educational Association
Samuel M. Lindsay
San Juan
Porto Rico
J. J. Shepard
High School of Commerce
New York City
Casper F. Goodrich
Navy
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Hampton and
Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
United States
Charles H. Willams
John B. Hart
Clarksburg
Williams
Hart
Postponed State Board of Trade Meeting At Virginia Beach
Norfolk Va June 90 Secretary W H Lumsden announced the annual meeting of the State Board of Trade is postponed from its July 4 start at Virginia Beach. President C W Priddy and the vice president cannot attend. the session will be held later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Pus
Norfolk
W. H. Lumsden
State Board of Trade
Virginia Beach
C. W. Priddy
State Board
Diplomatic changes as ministers present credentials
Chinese Minister Liang Cheng will present credentials to President Diaz in Mexico City, dividing time between Washington and Mexico. Argentina, Italian, and Paraguayan ministers also depart or adjust posts. officers in Europe and New York face transfers and warrants. Extradition cases for Holm and Edahl noted. postal service official resigns as legislature ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diaz
Bir Chentuns Liang Cheng
Hay
Mexico
China
Washington
Martin Garcia Merou
Carlos Zavalia
New York
Health Office Record Deaths List Read like 1900s roll
A health office death list records numerous individuals with ages and addresses, noting infants, children, adults, and seniors. Entries include Emily Allen's infant of nine days in SE, and many others such as Catherine Beck, 66, Nancy Heckwith, perhaps, and Mary Morton, 35, plus hospital mentions and several named institutions. The long roster mixes local residents, relatives, and several out-of-town names, reflecting a period obituary-style notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Allen
Tih St Se
John Batley
Church St Nw
Catherine Beck
M Et Nw
Nancy Heckwith
Delave Sw
Ruby O Day
Christian Ct
Andrew J. Davia
Lynn
de Lashmutt
Pa. Ave. Dw
David Drincoll
Casino Elouse
Jachbb Fainburg
Sth
Bet
Rosa Godmell
MD Gve Sw
Louis Hartman
D St. Ow
Andella R Jongs
WM Np
Laura Mathews
St ‘Uw
Yanra Mary V Morton
Fla
Avé Ow
Mary McKenzie
Frank Nied¢elt
Herriett Parker
Edith Payne
Fear
Lalu Phillip
Thomas Forter
Georgetown Univ
Yra Effie Purvis
Joseph Schuler
Inaane
James L. Taylor
Clarence M Thorne
Twining City
John Thomas
Briastow
Rose Wallace
Hughes Alley Nw
Freston F Wayne
26Th St.aw
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Senu-chen
Rusalana
Tne Wan
Te Tapohorne
Ringly
BUII
Ciscinnati
Tsquirer
Chico Ricory
Beyald
Philadelphia PI Dlig Ledger
Pittsau
ATE
Patricceldingman
Re. S M Newman
Undertakers
W.R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Lantine
North
Hed
H. Hines & CO
14Th St. N. W
Washington, D.C
Joseph Gawler
Phote
Pa Ave
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth Street NW
John R. Wright
Tenth Street Nw
George P. Zarhorst
Godertaker and
Embalmer
Pelephone
East
Niewara
H. J. Middleton
Pirte
Valencay Free
Metcalf
Sale
Wana Stout
Coats
Board of Trade
Ata Tae
Watc Mbs & Ente Wer
Jonas P. Holm
Saederhamn
Sweden
Severin Edahl
Hov
Norway
Alexander
Europe
William G. Edens
Chicago
Edens
Edens Ann
Iesua
Lewin and Clark Exposition
Deutschland
Hamburg Salied
Moltke
Hamburg
Plymouth
Cherbourg
la Champaign
Havre
Bremen
Liverpool
Majestic
Queenstown
Galenia
Boston
la Savoie
Newgoers
Newgoers, June 2.—Asalled
Baltic
Katoer
Wilhelm der Grose
Health Office Record
Harvey W. Dent
Maria B. Morton
Robert E. Syphax
Arlington
Maria E. Wright
Christopher A. Pepper
Mary A. Brunick
John Washington
Gertrude Keensy
Nathan Flax
Ronle Yoelson
Samuel B. Richardson
Wade, Ohio
Mabel B. Goodwin
Spottsylvania
Bertram A. Herriman
Ida F
Hamn
Daniel H. W. Moore
Annie John Cassius Boyd
Maud Gilmore
James Pendleton
Ida Smallwood
Charles W. Bird
Katie Halfimers
Harperq Perry
William Queen
Mary B Bord
William H Barnes
Baltimore
Thatan Warren
Lemon Pennington
Fennie Hewitt
Edward F. Rowsee
Mitch C. Rolling
John W. Brown
Margaret A. Pienene
Jaman A. G. Badorf
Harrisburg
Mary McCilallan
Payne
Takahira
Lake Dunmore
Cocula
Chi Hood
Faure
Vermouth
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