06 May 1904
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1904
Page
1
Reports from East Asia describe Japanese forces landing on the east side of the Liao Tung peninsula near Pitsewo and on Kin-Chou bay. A naval engagement with the Vladivostok squadron near Gensan is noted, but details are scarce. Russian accounts claim a large Japanese reverse on the Yalu with substantial casualties. Forecasts warn fair weather and rising cloudiness, with separate notices on local events and legal matters in Georgia and beyond.
Chicago May 5 Hiding Anderson an employee at Miners Steel Company at Bobb Chicago slipped while walking the edge of a vast caldron of boiling metal. His feet burned off and he fell into the seething mass below where his body was consumed. A fellow workman fainted from horror at the sight.
Augusta Georgia May 5 Special Judge William L Gary prominent South Carolinian and Georgia citizen dies at 6 PM after a year's illness four months bedridden cancer of the stomach caused death Lawyers said he worked too hard to ease congested dockets He served as US district attorney and later judge of the Augusta circuit Married to Fannie Phinizy and survived by three sons and a daughter His funeral will be Saturday at 11 AM from his Summerville home Newspaperman note: a-era tribute to a renowned jurist and public servant
St Petersburg May 5 General Kuropatkin went to the front from Liao-Yang to inspect conditions personal troops are hurried from Liao-Yang and Mukden toward Feng-Wang-Cheng. Russians wounded sent to Liao-Yang. No decisive action expected without Japanese plan clarity and strength.
Reports from May 6 describe Japanese forces landing on the Liao Tung peninsula near Port Arthur. Transports with troops arrive at Pitsewo as rail lines connect Port Arthur to Mukden and Harbin. Russia braces for battle, expecting bombardment if landing succeeds, while authorities fear the approach of Japanese troops and ships along Kin-Chou and Niuchwang.
Persistent reports have Admiral Kamimura engaging Russian ships off Gensan with heavy cannonading heard near Gensan. News from Port Arthur is unconfirmed. Dispatched rumors connect Vladivostok and Kamimura forces with ongoing bombardment of Port Arthur forts, while rail lines and position along Liao Tung influence potential operations and siege prospects.
Telegrams from St Petersburg and Berlin recount rumors of a second Krulen-Cheng battle with claimed Russian losses of 7,000 and Japanese losses of 10,000, plus reports of Japanese retreat. Russian papers show cautious optimism, citing patience and potential danger from Chinese reaction. Other dispatches note doubled guards on the Siberian railway and a possible Japanese strike on eastern coast ships.
New York reports seven infant deaths in recent days from a disease doctors cannot diagnose. They suspect germs from old tenement walls, as lower floors are rebuilt into stores, contributing to the illness.
Olympia May 5 The Washington delegation to the Democratic national convention is selected with seven Hearst supporters and three opposed. Delegates are unpledged but under unit rule. Delegates caucused all night as resolutions favor a 1896 1900 platform, call for income tax inheritance tax and removal of tariff protections.
Texas reports say a tornado south of Moran caused multiple deaths and extensive destruction to property and livestock with roads blocked and relief efforts delayed. In Shackelford county Moreland saw fatalities, Parker county near Weatherford also reported losses as the storm damaged a wide area. Meanwhile tourists in Yellowstone Park endured a perilous fall on the Golden Gate road, a coach slipping over a cliff and entangling with brush before a dramatic rescue, horses killed and the vehicle destroyed.
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