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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1904
Page
13
A mixed summary of general election talk and local court actions. The story references running for office, a lecture against purchasing ships, tax records, and plans for Georgia building at St Louis exposition. It lists court sentences, political races, and regional weather and events with multiple named places and people.
An incoming freight train from Union Springs derailed two miles from the city this afternoon at about 2 pm. One car jumped the track causing eight others to collide and the track torn up over a hundred yards. Several goods cars scattered. no casualties reported. Engine and one car escaped injury.
Washington reports from February 12 13 describe Senator Hanna's perilous illness with a late afternoon chill and a sinking spell. Doctors say he rallied with oxygen and stimulants, aided by Miss Stary Phelps and Mrs Hanna, as relatives rushed to Washington. The prognosis remains guarded with recovery uncertain and further acute attacks possible. Continued on second page.
Che Foo February 11 reports the steamer Ping left Port Arthur and was fired on by Russians. Three Chinese crew members were wounded. Russians apologized later. The American steamer Pleiades is blocked from leaving Port Arthur per a U S report to Minister Conger. Also, the Austrian collier Java chartered by Russia ordered to leave Port Said by the Egyptian foreign ministry.
Tandon February 12. Baron Sayashi reports M Pavloff the Bur minister at Seoul and the Russian legation guard have left for China. Pavloff influenced Far East policy for seven years, showing strong pro Anglo behavior in Peking before his Seoul post. He held minister plenipotentiary rank and served as honorary court chamberlain.
The Washington Treasury Comptroller overruled the auditor in Minnie Cox’s case, denying $1,200 yearly salary while her post office at Indianola was closed. Cox, the colored postmaster, argued for the full salary based on the office’s status and salary law interpretations.
A report from Viceroy Alexieff states the Russian torpedo transport Yenisei struck a mine at Port Arthur, sank, with Captain Stepanoff, three officers and ninety-one men lost. The tragedy comes amid ongoing hostilities near the harbor.
Reports from London and Washington state that on February 1 two Russian warships shelled two Japanese merchant steamers off Hokkaido. One vessel the Nakanoura Maru sank while the Zensho Maru escaped to Fakoyama. An Imperial order in St Petersburg calls up Siberian troops as the war intensifies with Japan.
Raleigh February 12 Dr J B Mohr Jeff Asheville today for Washington then Colon in government service to furnish reports on sanitary conditions of the jetamus.
Berlin denies ships passed the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and Russia has not fifteen Baltic ships ready for the Far East. Military traffic on the Siberian railroad is suspended for troop and munitions movement. Britain rejects Russian charges about Welhaf base as false. official silence in Far East continues amid shellings and reports.
From Tientsin reports via Chin Wang Tao heavy firing at sea suggests another engagement. British government withholds information amid belief Japan will soon possess Port Arthur. Japanese leaders predict the war may end by July and fortifications at Masampho are viewed as securing Japan’s integrity.
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