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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1905
Page
15
Warsaw March 19 1045 pm reports show workers resist mobilization threats. Struck foreman stabbed, nonjoining worker shot and wounded as seditious pamphlets circulate. Calls for barricades echo amid fears of broader unrest and school expulsions. Peasant disorders rise in Southern Russia as two leaflets circulate.
Notices of obituaries and funeral details for Bates Bates Baum Brashears Belt Bowen Cole Gibson Halliday Hawkins King and Ytrobelia list, with dates March 1905 1906, various addresses in Washington DC and references to multiple newspapers for insertion and telegraphing options. The items include funeral times and locations, residences, and interment details in several churches and cemeteries.
Local funeral pros list first class undertaker services at 940 F Street N W and Carter Crematorium in Washington with modest prices. Embalmer Livery offered. Listings include W R Speare, Joseph Gawler, William Lee, George Zarhorst with contact numbers and addresses on Pa Ave, Main 181, and East Capitol area.
The Times correspondent reports Russian warships sunk in Port Arthur harbor after attempts to scuttle them. Many vessels are twisted and burned. FoltaV, Percavict, Bayan, and Retvisan may be salvaged, Pobieda and Sevastopol are severely damaged or sunk, with Sevastopol lying in 150 feet of water.
The British steamer Richmond departed Honolulu bound for London via the Orient after officials investigated a captain’s claim that Manila was her destination. Authorities doubted such a cargo included war materials, amid conflicting reports of ammunition and guns and Vladivostok as a possible destination.
Pope Pius XII marked his name day with mass in the presence of intimate friends. He lunched with his sister and received the sacred college in his library, thanking cardinals for warm wishes without delivering a formal address. The Catholic Club sent fruit and flowers shaped as a gondola signaling Venice and a fisherman’s boat.
A special cable dispatch from Madrid reports protracted drought paralyzing agriculture in southern provinces. Thousands are destitute in rural areas and semi starved residents in towns show rising violence amid rumors of an impending general uprising. London coverage notes a New York Water Color Club viewing with critics praising several works. A Chilean cabinet reshuffle follows the Bello resignation, naming Balmaceda and others to key posts.
John H Onder donk aged sixty three died in his brother Andrew H Onderdonk’s apartments. Once valued at over a million his estate dwindled to about 325000. He was missing last September then found at Blackwell’s Island hospital. His caretakers sought incompetency declarations. Rebecca Jones, famed for refusing to answer in the Gordon Hamersly will case, died in Barston. Her actions preceded the will’s bequest to Louis Hamersly’s widow, later Duchess of Marlborough. Deserters tied to Fort Monroe after being moved from Columbus barracks. Private Connelly and McConnell claim they intended to return after “French leave.” Ocean liner movements note St Paul arrival and Ryndam, Etruria sailing, with various ports.
Vladimir Gringmuth editor of Moscow Viedomosti argues autocracy is essential to keep Russia intact. The article cites historical, geographic, ethnological and psychological reasons, warning parliamentary reform could unleash centrifugal forces breaking unity across Finland, Poland, Caucasus, and Central Asia.
The argument contends that without autocracy Russia would fragment into national factions fueling conflict and inviting Western domination. It warns that parliamentary reform would erode Russia’s unity and invite foreign aggression, making autocracy essential to Russia’s integrity and survival.
Metropolitan Antonius condemns modern Russia for vanity and dissipation during wartime. He laments internal discord, neglect of science, and sacrilege, urging repentance, fear of God, and national purification to restore holy devotion to the Emperor and homeland.
London dispatch reports rising prospects of dissolution for Parliament as Prime Minister Bal four aims to delay elections until next year. Unionists show disarray with cross voting. Joseph Chamberlain signals belief in early general election. Liberals eyed to win big, though business leaders fear war-related disruption.
London reports a Devon patient whose self treatment with violet leaves and hot neck compresses led to dramatic healing of a tongue cancer ulcer. Five doctors deemed cancer, but no microscope confirmed the diagnosis, drawing professional critique and cautious interest from the Lancet.
Berlin reports say the Samoa claims dispute has grown tense as U S and Britain delay on a 120000 settlement. Germany hints it may offer half the claimed amount, calling the sum a bargaining figure. Negotiations began March 1 with Germany preparing a joint offer to both powers.
Want ads offer houses for sale or rent at Michigan cost per word. Folger Pye funds assist eager purchasers or renters seeking a home. Partial names appear, including Amy Ayers, and references to housing listings and rates.
A long critical piece argues that 60 000 900 people in Argentina Mexico and the West Indies are dependent on the United States and that Latin Americans cannot form true republics. It cites the book Nuestra America and a reviewer’s comments to claim atavistic cruelty from European and colonial roots and asserts that Spanish American nations lack parliamentary government under caciques and that pessimism runs through South American journals.
A period promotional piece extols the simple life and steady mind by citing a testimonial about Grape-Nuts. A woman describes weight gain, improved strength, and clearer thinking after six months of the cereal, praising it as superior to meats and white bread. The ad credits Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and invites readers to look for a booklet.
The speaker argues that Latin American nations must be taught to govern themselves under U S guidance and reciprocity. He urges replacing old views with two key facts and a negative method to forge defensible beliefs, warning against reliance on northern travelers tales and urging new evidence from Latin America itself.
Special to The Washington Post reports that vast gambler’s equipment, seized months earlier, was destroyed yesterday. The items, stored in the Criminal Day Building, included 25 roulette wheels, 40 roulette tables, 30,000 chips and 100 cane ends of gambling furniture. Cremation occurred at Commissioner Woodbury’s plant with John Henneberry overseeing fifteen subpoena servers. Crowd of spectators gathered around the Criminal Court entrance as vans loaded the material.
A promotional article featuring Dr S Weir Mitchell urges Americans to care for nerves amid rising nerve related deaths. It extols Paine's Celery Compound as a nerve vitalizer feeding the nerves, improving blood, liver and digestion, and cites a testimonial from John S Long of Ballard Washington. The piece credits Prof E E Phelps of Dartmouth and notes Wells Richardson & Co of Burlington Vermont as sellers.
Special to The Washington Post Henry H Rogers the Standard Oil magnate will build a new high school in Fair Haven Mass He plans a facility surpassing any in the state given his wealth he also serves as street superintendent earning eight dollars daily and has modernized mud streets into macadam roads curbs sidewalks and granolithic walks His gifts are vast with estimates exceeding three million dollars plus the cost of his residence and estate Rogers purchased Atlas Tack plant branches consolidating them in Fair Haven creating a one million dollar facility employing about five hundred workers
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