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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1904
Page
8
The Des Moines area recounts a sensational case surrounding a murder confession amid doubts. Officials including Policeman McGyath dispute the confession’s credibility, while parties in the case maintain that the true culprit remains elusive.
A Pacific war dispatch reports Russian casualties near Kasan and Chengsu on March 26 and 28 totaling about 1,500 with over 400 killed or wounded. Japanese losses are described as insignificant as Japanese forces advance toward Sengeheng on the Pekin road, fifty miles west of Chengsu. Russian patrols withdraw to the Pekin route as fighting shifts northwest.
A correspondent reports a chaotic night clash off Port Arthur as Admiral Logo attempts to block the port. Ships include Petropavlovsk, Komich, Bobr, Olyadny, Suni, Reskitelny, and Silni engaging Japanese destroyers amid darkness and searchlights.
Report notes ice on the alik broken up and the river to be crossed by junks or pontoon bridges.
A Japanese correspondent reports the entire plan of campaign was revealed as Russians were accused of treachery. The article notes a landing area was mined and secret details were guarded to protect national honor. Allegations include rewards up to 200,000 francs for information linked to the plans.
Fragmentary text hints at Japanese and Allied forces tense posturing in the Pacific theater. Mentions a bridge, fortifications, and a naval or coastwise action, with unclear names and dates due to garbled OCR.
Fragments describe a steamer approaching a center of a harbor where an explosion occurred on its side. The command leader of the SH reportedly fired a tarp and the crew was killed, leaving six men dead and the chief engineer in distress as danger loomed.
Dispatches report 10000 troops disembarked at Yorgnuipo and a naval action near Port Artin. Fighting lines shift as Allied forces in the Valin region report reinforcements and stalled advances. A submarine incident off Shans prompts cautious statements from authorities.
The general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City issues a formal manifesto forbidding all marriages in violation of the polygamy ban. Joseph F. Smith, president, declares any such marriages void and declares violators subject to church discipline and excommunication.
The Michigan Methodist Brotherhood session in Detroit heard a proposal to tie church work to a system of benefit insurance. The speaker warned against fraternals drawing members away with insurance features and urged a church aligned plan to support salvation work. party leaders and election coverage followed with mayoral and aldermanic results noted across states.
The Iowa Legislature debated a wide slate of measures including a constitutional amendment for an educational board of control over five institutions, broader reforms to the state prison system, and a major bill on primaries and voter registration. Debates covered suffrage, budget shifts, and calls for higher educational ideals while key leaders clashed over methods and scope.
Fragmented notes describe proposals to abolish oils towns clerks fees, oversee road and bridge projects, require animal reports, and boost supervision by Whittry trustees and Nimiry officials. It mentions amending divorce law, authorizing corporate incorporations, and appointing new commissioners with various fiscal and governance aims.
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