Russians at a stand flanking movement feared
Cable dispatch reports large scale hostilities unlikely within three months. Russian main army may withdraw beyond Harbin while Enoki moves on Vladivostok. Linovitch reorganizes at Changchun as reinforcements arrive. Changtu becomes a Japanese supply base for northern operations near Sipinghai, with Russian rear guard defending lines south of Gunshu Pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbin
Enoki
Vladivostok
Yenlal
Washington Post
Tokyo
Linovitch
Changchun
Changtu
St Petersburg
Gunshu Pass
Sipinghai
Russia
Sungari
Tsitsihar
Notice of Marriage and Death Ads Across Major Papers
Marriage and death notices may be inserted in The Washington Pest and published simultaneously in multiple newspapers listed, at no extra charge for insertion or telegraphing. Newspapers include New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Exquirer Chicago Record-Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburg Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Republic Syracuse Post Standard By Paul Pionder-Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEW York Time
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Exquirer
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
Paul Pionder-Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Marray notices and obituaries from diverse names
A crowded list of marriage licenses and funeral notices appears, naming Earnest Washlogtor Virgie Bryen Percy Woodfolk Hattie Fountain John Roushend Mattie Woodrufl James Green Ophelia Brooks and others. It also records obituaries for Elizabeth Graham Henry Hil liard Johnsson George V Leech Mina Madert James F Maguire Mary D Smith with dates and funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Washlogtor
Virgie Bryen
Percy Woodfolk
Hattie L. Fountain
John Roushend
Mattie Woodrufl
James Green
Ophelia Brooks Charles & French
Boston
Mass
Isabel 2
Mauro
Harlan F. Bolton
Chicago
Helen B Johnson
James A. Hance
Menetta A. Jacobs
Julius Hertzberg
Carrie Hollander
Salveater Grifin
Alice Goggen
Health Office Record of Ages and Residences in 1908
Health Office records list residents and ages including Edwardini Brooke 60 years at Providence Hospital Alice Browne 74 at Portland apartments Susan Curry 63 at 112 20th St NE Mary J Oates 419 34 St AW Ti years Amwa M Fleischhafer 70 at 615 8th St SW Alfred Handrup 20 at 1263 A St NE William Harris 70 at Garfield Hospital Jeremah Hartnett 63 at Gov Hosp John Hil 13 days 2832 8th St NW Charles Humphreys 60 at U A Gen Heap Augustus Jesse 59 at 486 K St SW Maria Jones 69 at 153 Pierce St OW Mary B Loring 72 at 1612 E St OW Elizabeth Murray 66 at 1611 N J Ave NW Clement Myers 74 at 1412 Columbia St AW John Nelson Wash Asy Hosp 39 Mary Reinhart 72 at 52% 10th St SE Edith Rose 1 month 214 EB St NE Ziron Ross 68 at 44 BB St NE Lucien Williams 1240 Md Ave NE 7 days Mary A Wits 73 at 726 NJ Ave NE aeep
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwardini Brooke
Providence Hospital
Alice KH Browne
Portland Apts
Susan Curry
St Ne
Mary J Oates
Amwa M Fleischhafer
St. Sw
Alfred J. Handrup
St. Ne
William E Harris
Garfield Hospital
Jeremah Hartnett
Gov Hosp
Rsane
John J Hil
8Th St Nw
Charles Humphreys
Gen Heap
Augustus Jesse
K St Sw
Maria Jones
Pierce St Ow
Mary B Loring
E St. Ow
Elizabeth Murray
N. J Ave
Clement J Myers
Columbia St
Yrn
John Nelson
Wash Asy Hosp
Mary Reinhart
Edith VW Rose
EB St
Ziron E Ross
Lucien T Williams
MD. Ave
Mary A Wits
N J. Ave
Aeep
Russian retreat nears Sipinghal as Japanese advance grows
Report from the Far East describes Russia pulling back to Sipinghal seventy four miles north of Tie Pass with fatigue evident after months of hard marching. Japanese forces push toward Sipinghat and Vladivostok as Mukden Bank evacuates funds and Harbin sees exodus of women and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amur
Tsitsabar
Sipinghat
Kaiyuan
Kalyuan
Mukden
Russo- Chinese Bank
Despondent Man Ends Life on Aqueduct Bridge
William De Van Tier a 26 year old well dressed man from 1853 Ninth Street NW committed suicide by ingesting poison after being refused a navy yard job. Soldiers witnessed him fall from the Aqueduct Bridge during a storm near Georgetown University Hospital where he died. He left a note asking that his mother not be told. He had been engaged to a 19 year old girl and was staying with a household that said he had been despondent due to unemployment. His sister and mother were notified but the family preferred to handle arrangements with an undertaker after coroner viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Myer
Aqueduct Bridge
A. D Moffet
G. W. Edwards
Georgetown University Hospital
William de van Tier
Ninth Street Northwest
de van Tierlp
de van Tieer
Navy Yard
de van Ter
Polles
Kana
Westover Apartments
Sixteenth
U Streets
de van Tier
T Street
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Paid Penalty for Murder Slay of District Attorney Gurley
Lewis Lyons was hanged in New Orleans for the July 20 1903 murder of District Attorney J Ward Gurley. Gurley, from a prominent family, had served as United States district attorney under Cleveland and led prosecutions of bank wrecking. Lyons, once linked to a diamond pin theft, faced insanity as his defense. he shot Gurley then attempted suicide but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gurley
New Orleans
Lewis Lyons
Lyons
J. Ward Gurley
Gurley
United States
Cleveland
Lyons’ Company
Ming
Mr. Gurley
Panama Canal Shake-Up Seeks Prompt Commission Action
The President and Secretary Taft push to rearrange the Isthmian Canal Commission before his Southwestern trip. A seven member panel is required by law, though viewed as unwieldy. Attorney General notes appointment is mandatory. Also reported: Maj. Gen. Davis sent a cable on Panama, and Lillian Fowler appointed guardian of Prestin and Edwin Fowler with a $3,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Isthmian Canal Commission
Congress
George W. Davis
Isthmian Canal
Zona
Ergienny Cornell
Panama
Stafford
Lillian Fowler
Prestin H. Fowler
Edwin B. Fowler
Keifer Plans to Push Southern Representation Reform
Gen J Warren Keifer, old Civil War and Spanish War veteran, arrives in Washington for a brief visit to reengage with Congressional duties and press a plan to reduce Southern representation. He supports equal voter power North and South, noting Mississippi examples, and comments on Ohio politics and Herrick renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Warren Keifer
Ohio
Washington
National House
Arey
Spain
Citzhugh Lee
Keifer
Congress
Post Office Department
Buckeye
Thomas B. Kyle
Joe” Cannon
House
Ilinois Memb
Gen. Keifer
Representative Bingham
Pennsylvania
Pete” Hepburn
Iowa
Illinois
Committee On Foreign Affairs
John H. Ketcham
New York
Blackburn
Kentucky
Burrows
Michigan
Hala and Frye
Maine
North
South
Mississippi
Ane
Herrick
Leutenant
Motorman Rescued as Lynch Mob Forms in Brooklyn
A mob of about two thousand in Williamsburg Brooklyn attacked and tried to lynch motorman James Mc Cauley and conductor after a fatal accident that killed four year old Frederick von Gilder. Police and residents intervened as the crowd, some women fainting, surged around the car and platform. The boy’s mother, Mrs. Robert von Gilder, fainted and was injured. Postmasters appointed include George C. Crom in Ocala Florida Gordon W. Laflor Manning Iowa Arthur A. Boudreaux Louisiana Thibodaux Arthur A. Boudreaux Ohio Fomeroy Ralston Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marenz
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Frederick von Gilder
Park Avenue
James McCauley
McCauley
Robert von Gilder
Florida
Ocala
George C. Crom
Jowa—Manning
Gordon W. Laflor
Louisiana
Thirodaux
Arthur A. Boudreaux
Ohio
Fomeroy
Ralston Russell
Holland to press for Dutch sailors released in Caracas
The Dutch government will not accept Venezuela's refusal to free sailors imprisoned in Caracas for months. It plans vigorous measures if needed and may move naval vessels to Venezuela next May to secure their release. The men were crew of a Curacao vessel seized by a Venezuelan gunboat during suspected smuggling. London signed an Anglo German bond debt agreement with Venezuela and bondholders. Sixty percent of port customs revenues are secured for the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
Venezuela
United States
New York
Bermudez Asphalt Company
Holland
Washington Post
Hague
Venezulea
Caracas
Haat Indies
Curacoa
la Gualira
Willemsted
London
la Guaira
Puerto Cabello
Hypnotized Prisoner in Murder Case at New Jersey Jail
George H. Wood of New York City now in Somerset County jail faces murder charges in Watchung. Alienists and a hypnotist examined him in a private courthouse room as authorities seek to uncover motive and past actions. Wood described movement from Cortlandt Street ferry to a distant railroad junction before the tale stalled. He will stay jailed until the April term. experts will report in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Somerville
N. J
George H. Wood
New York City
Somerset County
George Williams
Watchung
Wood
Cortlandt Street Ferry
Mack
New York
Jal
Williams
Agent to Santo Domingo investigates Dominican affairs
At a Cabinet meeting the Santo Domingo situation was discussed and officials agreed no change in procedure is needed. Prof Hollander will depart April 1 from New York to San Juan, Porto Rico, then Santo Domingo on the Chattanooga to conduct the inquiry, returning in May. Paris reports French bondholdings total about 21 million dollars, with Belgium France Holland and Germany as holders. no drastic measures yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
United States
Senate
Roosevelt
Taft
Hollander
New York
San Juan
Porto Rico
Chattanooga
Paris
United States Senate
Europe
Belgium
France
Holland
Germany
Lost Fight On A FouI In Short Bout
Baltimore March 24 Young Peter Jackson stopped Philadelphia Jack O'Brien with a foul just after a minute in the second round. The referee stood between them as they broke when Jackson’s right shot struck O’Hara and hit O’Brien’s jaw. O’Brien fell and could not rise, while Jackson left the ring before the verdict. Crowd included many outsiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Peter Jackson
Philadelphia
Jack O’brien
James O'Hara
Jackson
O'Hara
O'Brien
Man from Manor Township Ends Own Life in Melancholy
Ovid Eshelman, a Manor township farmer near Lancaster, shot himself after a period of personal crisis. He had been hospitalised following an earlier self inflicted wound but recovered enough to return home this week before dying instantly from a head wound. The tragedy follows his sorrow over an unnamed death in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Ovid Eshelman
Manor Township
Solemn Tribute for Jane Stanford at Stanford Mausoleum
Thousands attend memorial service at Memorial Church Stanford to bid farewell to Jane Stanford. Eight athletes bear coffin down the aisle as priests rabbis and bishops deliver addresses. Flowers pile around the mausoleum while students alumni and faculty fill the ceremony and the body is laid beside husband and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
University
Cal
Jane Stanford
Institution of Learning
Memorial Church
Chopin
Charles Brown
First Congregational Church of
Oakland
Nichols
Stanford College
Death of Gen Charles Tracey in Albany at 57
Albany native and former congressman Gen Charles Tracey died at his home at age 57 after months of illness. Born May 27 1847 in Albany New York he served in the Papal Zouaves and later in the U S House where he backed civil service reform tariff reduction and the gold standard. He supported Roosevelt late in life and is survived by his wife Hermine Du Chesnay and four children with funeral set for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leech
Seventh Street
Charles Tracey
Albany
N. Y
Albany Academy
Rome
United States
Victor Emmanuel
Pius [X
Samuel J. Tilden
Cleveland
Tracey
Chicago
Govs. Tilden and Robinson
Gen
Roosevelt
Hermine du Chesnay
Quebec
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Movements of Ocean Steamers This Day
Maritime notices report arrivals and passages of ships. Baltic and Georgie reached New York area while Scilly passed Nantucket Lightship. Brandenburg Neckar and Royal passed for Bremen and Gibraltar Naples. Celtic sails to New York. Cervic arrives from New York. Romantic sails to Boston. Koenigen Louise arrives from New York. Freestand arrives Philadelphia and proceeds to Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baltic
Liverpool
Georgie
Nantucket
Scilly
Brandenburg
Bremen
Foyal
Neckar
Gibraltar
Naples
Celtic
Queenstown
Cervic
Genoa
Romantic
Boston
Ponta del Gada
Alexandria
Koenigen Louise
Freestand
Philadelphia
Coffee to Postum Switch Reverses Health Problems
A Connecticut woman details how quitting coffee for Postum Coffee eliminated severe bilious attacks and weakness inherited from heredity. After three years on Postum, she reports no further digestive pain or debilitating effects and credits Postum for her health improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Postum Coffee
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Convention Sees Bnai Brith Council Set Washington Meeting
The Bnai Brith Constitution Grand Lodge closed its biennial session in New Orleans and adjourned to meet in Washington in 1810. Officers named include Chief Justice Josiah Cohen and seven others. A $1 per member tax was approved, funding about 419,000 yearly, with expanded propaganda and charity work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Grand Lodge
Columbus
Sigismund Livingstone
Bloomington
Iowa
Henry Hanan
Mobile
Ala
United States
Thalmessinger
New York
Sol Marx
Habbi Any»spacher
Berantan
Chicago
Adolph Kraug
First jail sentence for oleomargarine law cited in New York
New York report notes Andrew Walsh of Newark was jailed three months in Brooklyn for selling oleomargarine as butter under the new oleomargarine act. This marks the first such jail sentence for pure food law violations in over two years and follows the federal tax on oleomargarine. Also reported, Hugh O Beirne arrives from England to take the role of second secretary at the British Embassy in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Department of Agriculture
Andrew Walsh
Newark
N. J
Court of Special Sessions
Brooklyn
Walsh
Hugh O’beirne
England
Herbert G. Dering
Washington
Baltic
Liverpool
Pianos Selling Fast at Pfeiffer’s 1228 F Street Warerooms
The Pfeiffer’s piano sale at 1228 F Street draws many buyers with rare bargains on new and used pianos. Fine Haines uprights, Price & Teeple, Hamiltons, and Rembrandt instruments in mahogany and oak are priced low, with many tags around 135 to 176 dollars. The entire stock must be moved next week as the floor will be torn out, and no reservations are allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfeiffers
F Street
Haines
Hamiltons
Rembrandt
Pfeiffer's
Also Mentioned on This Page
Health Office Record
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
N. W
J. William Lee
Joseph Gawler
T. F. Harvey
NERAL
Embaln
John PR. Wright
Tenth Street
George P. Zarhorst
Endertaker
Embalmer
Eral Rame
Telephone
Pane
Funday Post
Svorite
Byoroki
Gensan
Linevitch
Santoupu
Tie Pasa
William de van Tiler
Panama Canal
Auose
To - Kalon
Grocer
J. H. Hollander
Islands
Young Peter Jackson
Grove
University In
California
Portal of the Mausoleum
University of California
Society of Elks
Olympic Club
Vina Estate
Clergeymen
William Kirk Guthrie
First Presbyterian Church of
San Francisco
Rabbi Voorsanger
Temple Emanuel
E. R. Dille
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Wiliam M. Nichols
Episcopal
C. M. Hal
Baptist Theological Seminary
John W. Dinsmore
San Jose
Democratic Movement
Lindsay Rubber
Mig. Co. (Inc
N.Y
Goomyhar Rubber
Heredity
B'nai Brith Grand Lodge
Order
Court of Appeals
Pfeiffer
the Sunday Post
Hoyt
Dahomey
The
Sunday Post
Abe Cronkite
George Harvey
Henriette
Monsieur
Miss Edwards
Skipper Ellis
Newspapre
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