Mr. F. J, Shiaeff, the journalist who a year ago lost both his legs in fan" operation necessitated by. the hardening of the arteries, died in the hospital of the Orthodox Confraternity on December 21. Having been in hospital for ten months, Mr. Shlaeff could not recover in spite of excellent care and, medical attention. "An ex-oticer of the Russian Army, Mr. Shlaeff came from 2 family of prominent St. Petersburg businessmen, having received his education in Switzerland. He spoke many Tanguages. Finding himself an emigré in Harbin, he took up newspaper work and contributed Several newspapers. His funeral was, attended by many newspaper friends. Mr, Shlaeff's family are in France.
Prot. N. P. Pokrovsky, Principal of the Russian Commercial School, recently celebrated his Angel's Da; special service was held in the School Church attended by all teachers "and pupils. Hiermonk Father Veniamin presented Prof. Pokrovsky with on ikon of St. Nicholas, his patron saint. Later a Feception was given in the Professor's home, attended by Dr. D. 1, Kazakoft, chairman of the Orthodox Confraternity, Lieut-Gen. A. 1. Isakoff, Dr. 0. I. Novikov and other teachers and friends. Prof. Pokrovsky is one of the eldest pedagogues in the Far East. Prior to the revolution he was Principal of the High Schoo!
Blagoveschensk and later, Harbin, was Principal of the Railway High School, He has written several books on philosophy and religion.
Every year on December 19, the Angel's Day of the late Tsar Nicholas, a requiem service in his memory is held in the St. Nicholas Military Church. This year Bishop John gave a sermon dedicated to the: Martyr-Tsar, and gave an account of his life as it i years after his resent at the requiem service were Lieut-Gen. K. F. Walter, Gen. F. Gleboff, Gen. V. V. Zimin, Gen. Govoroft, Gen. D. V. Sychev, Gen. A.V. Bordzilovsky, Col.
Molostvov, Col. D. N. Kardashevsky, Commander N. J. Tomin, Commander Krasheninnikoff, Lieut. Com-manger S. A. Chetverikoff, Captain Evdokimov, Lieut.
Krylov, Col. BP. Vaksmut, Captain N. P. "Bajenov, Mr. Charles Metzler (Chairman of the Emigrants' Committee), and others Mr. A. Bershadsky, 2 musician and" band-leader well "known in Shanghai, is at present working in Singapore. One of the members of the orchestra he took from here was Mr. Henry Geizler, a German sub: Jed, who was interned shortly after: the' declaration of war. 'The unfortunate musician's family, a wife and two children, were left' with no funds. "Mr. Bershadsky sent them a sum of money and said that he will support the musician's family in the future, as the German musician cannot work for the time being.
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