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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1904
Page
4
Japanese forces under General Kuroki launch widespread attacks along the entire line in what observers deem a long awaited decisive battle. Intense fighting reported as troops press forward in shifting positions with heavy artillery and reinforcements.
Reports from St Petersburg and various fronts describe General Kuroki enveloping Russian positions and ordering a simultaneous advance on Hai Cheng and Liao Yang. Japanese forces attack along multiple fronts with heavy artillery as Kuropatkin’s troops face pressure and the scene shifts between Hai Cheng and surrounding towns.
Washington August 1 Carroll D Wright commissioner of labor said no strike of anthracite miners would result from the contention over check weighing bosses in collieries He spoke with President Roosevelt about wages and the anthracite award and noted he is the umpire for disputes Wright and President Baar of the Reading company both thought operators would abide by the award and decision.
At the St. Louis World’s Fair Headquarters a planned surprise for the Roosevelt boys failed as the youths slipped out a side exit. Harry Watcham, manager of the Inside Inn, faced a disappointed crowd and marveled at the boys’ clever escape while keeping details secret.
Governor Van Sant fixed Tuesday August 30 as the execution day for William Chounard of Cass Lake Minn the governor rejected the idea that hangings should always occur on Friday and stated the date after consideration in St Paul Minnesota.
Indianapolis Aug 1 The News will say the democratic state leaders favor John W Kern for governor at the state convention to meet Wednesday at 11. Warder W Stevens of Salem is named as running mate for lieutenant governor. Indications point to Kern and Stevens being nominated with Taggart's support influencing the slate.
President Roosevelt met Representative Hepburn in Washington to discuss a proposal for the interstate and foreign commerce committees to tour the Isthmus of Panama between election day and congressional reconvening in December. In Portage Pennsylvania a large search surrounds Codnar swamp where a highwayman gang who killed Driver Hays and wounded Paymaster Campbell are believed hid.
Fisopus N. Aug 13. Until after notification ceremonies on August 10 callers at Rosamont will be dice oar dead. Judge Parker is making few appointments. No one arrived on forenoon trains and no political visitors are expected today. Judge Parker's morning routine included supervising harvesting a rye field.
Senator G W Fairbanks Republican nominee for vice president returns to Indianapolis with his family from Mackinac. He reoccupies his Indianapolis home and arranges his official notification on Wednesday. He is in splendid health and says he ...
Nine teen states including the United States attend a conference in Berne to unify and simplify regulations governing industrial property. P G L Webb, chief clerk of the U S patent office in Washington, represents the United States at the opening session.
Robert B. Pattison, twice governor of Pennsylvania and longtime Democratic figure, died early today at his Overbrook home. Pneumonia with heart weakness caused his death at age 53 after a strenuous political career including the 1902 campaign and service on the Democratic convention resolutions committee. He had been in declining health since that campaign and collapsed after a brief improvement yesterday.
St Petersburg August 1 M Men shkoff the writer who accused Jews in America of causing the war now denounces the gigantic American trusts seeking new fields for exploitation in Asia as the primary responsibility. The government plans to loan funds to buyers of Russian built merchant ships to promote shipbuilding. Details of the Russo German commercial treaty are guarded and will be kept secret until promulgation. Russia is said to concede higher duties against Russian cereals, though this may cause trouble. Some papers welcome this as preferable to uncertainty. It is not believed the German agrarians will push the tariff before January 1 1906.
The Associated Press states on authority that the report of Von Pleven's assassin dying is untrue. the city of St Petersburg relays the update at 8 18 p m.
Chicago August 1 The strike is declared broken with a recruited workforce exceeding 1,000, many deserting the union. West yard shipments reach 915 cars carrying 25,000 cattle 35,000 hogs and 17,000 sheep as packers resume peak operations. State inspector Davies seeks warrants for Nelson Morris & Co official William Farris over employing under 16 children.
Senor Obal Gaia of Panama and his secretary Arosemena protested to Washington over canal strip post office locations and a new customs port near Panama City. They warned the Panamanian government would lose customs revenues and oppose the commission's assertions of jurisdiction.
Hiram Wells accused Mrs. Brown of detaining his fiancée Misa Lizzio to block their marriage. Wells filed affidavit with Justice Michael Tancey and testified he obtained a license Thursday and found the girl denied entry at her home. The hearing ended with an informal settlement as Mrs Brown withdrew objections and the case was adjourned.
Indianapolis Aug. The Japanese government through the American minister ordered the return of the passports given Fuller, the Indianapolis News special war correspondent who recently entered Port Arthur and left. Fuller sailed from Tokyo for San Francisco as authorities say he was in Russian territory and within Russian lines and could not remain on Japanese soil. He was under constant Japanese espionage from his return to Che Foo from Port Arthur.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters opened its annual convention in Cincinnati with 600 delegates representing over 100000 members. Reports were submitted to committees as the convention begins a ten day session. Delegates discuss sympathetic strikes at Chicago and other packing centers.
Chicago Aug. 1 Twelve hundred Pullman car works employees have been laid off since June 1 due to a lack of business. Half a dozen departments at the plant are idle. Vice President T J Wickes warned that without more orders the works may close temporarily after completing current contracts.
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