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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1904
Page
5
Fishing boats fired on and sunk by Russian warships as they passed through the North Sea. The incident marks a bold naval action with multiple vessels reported to have been destroyed, heightening tensions in Baltic waters.
London reports urgent protests over the Russian attack on British fishing trawlers in the North Sea. Officials in London and St Petersburg discuss reparations, apologies, and diplomatic steps as investigators query casualties, mines, and the Russians’ behavior.
St. Petersburg reports lack of official details from Vice Admiral Rojestvensky and Russian sources about a squadron firing on British fishing boats in the North Sea. Authorities doubt press accounts as censor blocks foreign reports while Ambassador Hardinge awaits British instructions.
Norfolk reports a mob of fifty masked men lynched George W. Blount a black shop owner after he struck a Berkeley policeman with a lamp. Blount was beaten and shot at Hardy's field. Authorities fear further unrest as Norfolk regiments move to Berkeley and Berkeley mayor seeks state help.
Emperor Nicholas received a dispatch from General Kuropatkin dated Oct 23 reporting that on the night of Oct 22 23 a heavy fight occurred as volunteer sharpshooters harassed the enemy and the Japanese attempts to attack our outposts were repulsed.
A head on collision on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley line near Natchez left three men dead William Schesler Natchez engineer Emil Mackey Natchez fireman and John Allen a negro brakeman. Conductor R J Yearwood and freightengineer H W Hatchett were seriously injured. A Bloomingdale football game was forfeited 11 to 0 as the high school team failed to appear prompting Bloomingdales to seek matches with lighter city squads.
Kokomo Indiana October 24 Police identify a well dressed young man who took arsenic aboard the Lake Erie and Western railroad station and died. Verne Krall formerly of Zion City Illinois is named. His letter to a Chicago paper explains embezzlement charges and Dowie church troubles. He held a trusted Dowie Industries position and faced trial for alleged irregularities.
A. V. Ward, 73, famed confidence felon known as the man with 2 cough, is to be returned to Michigan City prison for parole violation after leaving the state. He fled to Memphis, then to Marion company agents, was exposed by Col. Burke, and later jailed in Nashville for one year. his sentence ends next Tuesday.
From Oct 22 4 pm to Oct 24, Oku's Japanese Left Army and Russian forces hold trench lines seven hundred yards apart. Advances halted, outposts in close contact, occasional light artillery duels continue. Japanese push cannons and rifles seized from Russians and receive ammo and reinforcements. Likely heavy fighting ahead as a forward move is anticipated.
Tokyo reports a Japanese general staff dispatch stating enemy dead totals 13,333 with 709 prisoners. Right army 5,200 found, left army 5,603, center army 2,530. The item summarizes updated casualty figures from the Shakhe river area.
San Francisco on October 24 reports Prince Aziz Hassan nephew of the sultan of Turkey and cousin by marriage to the Khedive of Egypt has arrived. He has toured the country and is preparing to sail from here to the orient.
The hand body of Mamie Stephenson, a white woman, was discovered in the Cumberland river in Nashville. Police incline to believe she was murdered and her body disposed of by throwing into the river.
New York Oct 24 hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the Hearst suit resumed with testimony expected on the legality of a proposed merger and its impact on competition. Officials prepared for further arguments and possible rulings in the case.
The mission on charges brought by William Randolph Hearst alleging collusion by coal carrying railroad companies to fix tidewater prices was resumed today in this city after an adjournment since May 27. Police awaited Edgerton's message about missing 13 year old Ethel Cheney and 20 year old Clayton Hickman who reportedly eloped. they did not appear in Fort Wayne.
Secretary Pleased. P. Cooper reports a letter from Secretary Butler of the board of state charities and corrections announcing the Indiana education and social economy exhibit at the world’s fair won a premium. Butler notes the exhibit was underfunded, and the state’s display did not do justice to its scope.
A nine year old boy, son of Orfeer Petur Junk of 1838 Forea Street, was struck by a rear wagon near Warsaw and DeWald Streets while returning from St. Peter's Catholic School. He suffered severe internal injuries and was taken to Peter Lill's residence. doctors fear for his life. His father serves in the night police.
Twelve viewers from Allen, Wells, Huntington, and Whitley counties travel with Surveyor Swisher of Marion to inspect the proposed reconstruction of the Little River ditch. The site affects lands across the four counties as officials begin the viewing.
Lansing Michigan October 24 on application of Be Bement's sons extensive manufacturers of store and farm implements the affairs of that corporation were placed in the hands of the Detroit Trust company as reorganization agents. The company is capitalized at 1 250 000.
The Haffner couple died in a murder suicide at Hattle Hyke's resort on Saturday. Seraphine Helfer Haffner was shot four times and Melanchthon F. Haffner killed himself with a Richard and Harrington revolver. Coroner Stuka conducted post mortems as the bodies were removed to local undertakers.
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