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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1905
Page
8
Reported at Moscow congress of zemstvo and municipal representatives from interior Russia and Polish Lithuania. Delegates debate suffrage, government control, and participation in the state Duma. Majority oppose boycott while some insist on engaging to advance liberty, opposed by reform advocates.
A congress aims to unite Russian citizens on the political programme from the Gemstra congresses and enter the douma to form a united group seeking personal liberty and equality. It reports 113 sematooists and sidy aix municipal delegates attending. NAVAL ARMISTICE TERMS. St. Petersburg reports detail the Siberian coast demarcation line agreed by Japan and Russia.
Special to The Washington Post reports Armstrong Insurance committee probing the $235,000 advanced to Judge Andrew Hamilton by New York Life. Examined directors Winthrop Perkins and Schiff as the Albany Trust account and Albany National Bank dealings may reveal further misused funds. Attorneys seek delays and further demurrers to the suit.
Fragmented obituary and marriage notices list names, places, and dates from Richmond Virginia and nearby areas, including Los Angeles and Washington. Items mention marriages among Padget Dean Powell Pannle Cramer, Larcombe Todd Bray, Parmer Thompson Duke Gusan Rumques, Dieterich Alvord, Waud Morrison Buck Grape Watson Grose Reed Holmes, Lewis Johnson Parker Anderson, and others. Several September 1905–1906 death notices reference Lowey Norris Montgomery Selfridge and Ellen Shepley, with funeral and interment details at congressional and church locations.
Health office records list deaths reported through September 15. Notable entries include Anthony Hell 417 Bel Ave, 60s. Eugene Bryant on Bast Ave, about 40s. Mary W Farquhar 820 G Highland Ave, 38. Thomas Airbac 162 Sth Tow, 69. Arch Have Freedmen 5 Hospital, 20s. William Mee Freedmen's Hospital, 30. Smalweod 644 Bout Ay, 14 days.
A notice states that marriage and death notices inserted in The Washington Post will be published in multiple newspapers upon request without extra charge. It lists New York Times, Boston Globe, Buffalo Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago Record Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburg Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St Louis Republic, Post-Standard, St Paul Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and others.
An old advertisement lists W. R. Speare and R. F. Harvey's Sons as funeral directors and embalmers, with contact numbers in Washington DC. It promotes crematorium options and moderate prices, noting services offered by William Lee and others at 940 F Street N.W. and surrounding offices.
Berlin dispatch says M Witte met Chancellor von Buelow in Berlin and lunched with Baron von Richthofen and others. They discussed loans. sources deny such talks. Witte plans to travel to Rominten for a royal audience and may seek retirement from public service after peace negotiations.
Native of Baltimore Count Luigi Cipriani died early this morning in a room at 16 West Forty Sixth street New York. Born in Baltimore in 1869 he was son of Mary Worthington of Maryland and a former Italian army general who once owned property in Coralca. Relatives in Atlantic City notified his death and his lawyer B E N Rich of Baltimore Paris reported the incident.
In Pittsburgh the Republican state committee appeals to 100 banks holding state funds to donate about 590 dollars to campaigns. Many bankers refuse, while Homer J. Castle accuses Senator Penrose of pressuring a director bank to loan state funds. The dispute prompts banks to reject the levies and hand letters to Castle for political capital.
Fred G. Berger presents The Truth-Tellers adapted by Martha Morton from John Strange Winter with a large New York audience including Daniel Frohman and Walter Bellows. Five truth-telling children drive the plot at Richmond and Finland Castle, with Ernestine and Kildare at center.
May Vokes led Chase's vaudeville program with The Model Match, supported by Nell McCay in a standout comic turn. Montgomery and Stone delivered strong performances with new Indian and football songs, while Netta Vesta replaced Anna Laughlin as Dorothy Gale and Allene Crater resumed the Lady Lunatic role alongside a robust chorus and engaging burlesque acts.
Vigne impressed as a powerful true soprano with dramatic effect and memorable stage presence. The Dollar Troupe delivered a skilled acrobatic act, aided by three young boys performing complex tumbling. Nichols sisters offered blackface comedy with new material. Pete Baker shared dialect songs and Rough Rider recitation. Taylor twin sisters roller skated in costume and Alfonso Sloano performed balancing feats with striking electrical effects. The program closed with lighthearted Victure Girl Problem vaudeville sketches.
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