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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1904
Page
4
New and startling phase of the war is disclosed as Russian forces launch an offensive. Reports indicate intensified operations across multiple theaters with heightened activity and strategic movements by the opposing sides.
A Mukden dispatch reports Kuropatkin’s slow advance after northern Manchuria gains. Japan evacuates key forts including Bentslaputte as Russians drive back the front, with a major clash anticipated south of Mukden and Oyama's response pending.
Mukden dispatch reports the Russian army advancing toward Japanese positions with operations starting October 5 and proceeding under tight secrecy. The AP correspondent notes an initial Japanese setback of nine points in early skirmishes as the Russian advance unfolds.
Goldie Suttenfield Bi chaele received fifty cigars as a token after Judge Heaton granted her divorce on a technical appeal. The court thanked her but declined personal payment and arranged to distribute the cigars through court staff. The incident followed a merit-based divorce decision and a later delivery of the gift to the court.
St Petersburg reports General Kuropatkin personally directs a two column Russian advance along a forty five mile front from Kaoutou pass to Lino river. Cossack squadrons guard flanks as Japanese fortifications on the Taitsa river see heavy artillery use around Bentsiaputze.
The St Petersburg report says General Kuropatkin is ready to strike and that Oyama’s three army offensives have been underway since October 4. Crowds celebrate the Kuropatkin order and Russia expresses confidence in his leadership after months of setbacks. A Velitchko lecture audience at a Russian club greeted the news with enthusiasm.
The papers report Field Marshal Oyansa moving to meet the Russian advance near Liao Yang. Kuropatkin is poised for a strike, and Oyansa strengthens positions north of Liao Yang as estimates place total forces around 260,000 with about 150,000 between the Hun river and another frontline.
An order in the superior court Tuesday discharged Samuel L. Nelson as receiver for the Fort Wayne and Southwestern traction company. He resumes as general manager, after presenting a report on operations since last July. The action follows a long financial dispute with creditors and signals possible sale or merger with Wabash Valley traction.
The Gideon gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Karn Saturday featured prayer and song after a report on the Indianapolis Gideon convention. Guests included Mrs. W. C. Patterson and Mrs. Burt Patterson of St. Joseph and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Nelson of this city.
The Majestic theater on Hast Berry street will open October 24 with Woodland, a Chicago run musical fantasy, as the opening feature. Manager M. E. Rice announced the event and oversaw work to finish the theater for the season. Subscriptions for opening seats are available at Woodworth's drug store Ivins Elgar stand and the office of E. Grege Davis.
In about three days all eighty lots in the Archer Heirs addition sold at market pricing last week, bringing roughly $20,000. W. E. Doud managed the property sale. A fire caused about $200 in losses, starting in a clothes closet.
Acting jointly the Fort Wayne Commercial club committees on manufacturing and city interests met at the Commercial Club rooms to discuss securing new manufacturing institutions for Fort Wayne. They expect western manufacturers to relocate and will dispatch a committee to confer with owners to attract them, aiming for at least one or two new institutions of value to the city.
George W. Hartman, longtime Pellens & Lews pharmacist, has bought the Waltemath drug store at Clay and East Washington streets. He took possession Tuesday, plans to run the store himself, and is noted for his Philadelphia Pharmacy degree and active community involvement. A. Adams of Columbian City, Democratic district chairman, is in town.
A Missouri Pacific passenger train carrying World's Fair excursionists collided with a heavy westbound freight near Warrensburg on a curve known as Dead Man's Bend. Twenty seven people issued and about thirty injured, some fatally, with many passengers trapped and firefighters aiding survivors as relief trains arrived. The freight crew blamed for the wreck for forgetting orders to wait at Knob Woster.
Fort Wayne Coal company and Moderwell Coal company have upped security after repeated thefts. A thief was caught on Saturday night and named other men, prompting arrests to follow. Detectives and a Nickel Plate railroad officer will guard yards night and day. The firms plan strict prosecution of future thefts.
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