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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1904
Page
6
A lengthy Senate session pivots on a broad array of issues. Leaders spar over Indian allotments, canal matters, and public works while legislative plans advance including a new territorial statehood bill for Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Judge Allen Brooke Parker, longtime New York jurist born in Cortland in 1852, was instructed by the State Democratic convention to back Parker for the presidential nomination. The platform opposes trusts and combines, pledges state regulation of corporations, and calls for a "reasonable" revision of work rules without executive encroachment.
In Mississippi a wave of killings, mostly by black offenders against black victims, alarms communities near the Vinco Delta railroad belt. Officials warn of rising violence amid social unrest, with whites sometimes punished in crime incidents and debates over drug law enforcement intensifying as society grapples with murder.
United States Senate chaplain Edward Brecott Hall marked his eighty second birthday while promoting the nation’s push toward international arbitration as a path to lasting peace. Hall cites arbitration as a key element in postwar stability.
In New York, President Grover Cleveland reportedly attended a wedding event amid discussions on schooling and colonial ties. The brief note references Belgian attendees and the president's presence during a period of social and political activity.
The article recounts a disaster week for Russia in the Port Arthur theater. The Port Arthur fleet is reduced to two undamaged battleships and a few cruisers after sustained Japanese activity and the loss of the battle line, including Admiral Mukharif. It notes renewed Japanese bombardment and Russian plans to retreat to the harbor’s forts as the Arctic route is dismissed.
The Japanese, elated by early success, used mines and countermines to block the Russian harbor approach. Vice Admiral Togo directed a Snok attack with battleships and cruisers, while Rear Admiral Dewa lured Russian ships by night with armoredless cruisers as scouts. Weather aided the perilous minelaying and daring assault.
The report notes slow Allied movement due to poor roads in northwestern Torco and describes Japanese reinforcements at Yalu with limited aggression across the river. Analysts debate whether Japan should push toward Harbin or Mukden, while noting no attempts to storm Port Arthur. News wires warn foreign correspondents on wireless use.
U S Ambassador McCormick was instructed to make representations to the Russian government regarding anti Jewish demon acts. Details of the Mastertide denial were not provided in the available text.
Mr Qonger the American minister at Pekin has been invited by both edian authorities to participate in river discussions. The unnamed consul at Nowehwang is also involved, with officials stating the matter will be conducted through formal channels.
The imperial palace in Seoul was burned to the ground by incendiary means with the Emperor Yi Hi Young and Empress Om escaping to the American legation. The attack involved foreign legations aiding the defense, and officials blame recently banished guild members allied with pro Russian and pro Japanese factions. The palace cost about 260000 dollars to build, with contents value undetermined.
Report claims over 12 percent of troops suffer a malignant sickness described as a wasting condition. The note frames the illness as a specing of cherishers amid delays and strategic constraints affecting operations.
Branch stores support Rugatan troops as wartime economy expands. Military and society links emphasize supply networks, civilian morale, and sustained labor in wartime production. Local officials report steady demand for goods aiding troops and households.
One hundred years ago Denmark faced demands to exclude British ships from the Baltic and banish ports. A massacre of whites began at Cape Francois Hast. Reinforcements landed at the Spouiah colonies in Merida. Four frigates and ninety officers were sent to reinforce Commodore Preties Squadron in the Mediterranean. The King of Spain barred any French or English prizes from entering his ports. English troops destroyed Makey, two rebellions, Mniny settlement on Satura’s coast.
Seventy five years ago agriculture commerce and manufactures faced deep depression with French wine districts in distress. The House of Representatives rejected a national road bill from Buffalo to New Orleans. The Russian minister and staff faced assassination in Tehran. Britain sought German pledge for Rhine navigation. Indies dressmakers faced wide breast measurements. Catholic relief bill passed in British Parliament. Fifty years ago Newfoundland secured exclusive fifty year right to land a marine cable. San Francisco steamboat Secretary sank after boiler explosion. A Doxtota uprising led to the President’s arrest and proclamation of Gen. Midgett. Four hundred Chinese coolies arrived in Havana for plantation labor. Spain loaned 2 million with Philippinee security. Gold touched 187 in New York then fell on exchange rumor. Chicago Tribune exposed draft dodgers via exemption papers. London Rome Vienna Berlin and St. Petersburg recognized Maximilian if French throne moved to Mexico. New war tax proposed in Washington taxing whisky, salt, and tobacco.
A wave of actions sweeps the nation with forty eight siloon men indicted in Rock Island while Gov. Dexter moves to seize the empire building from Gov. Drools. Charges of heresy surface at a Chicago Presbytery meeting against Rev. Swing as Swiss plebiscite ponders constitutional revision. A lynching in Lyona Texas shocks, and dragout starvation affects Bonth Caroling and Stutek. Indiana Republicans back Blaine. Oglesby named governor candidate. funeral of Charles Reade held in Willesden.
Ten years ago Gor Roswell P. Plowdr of New York was nevowed of violating the civil service. An investigation began at the Institute of Gurl Schurz with President Clavaland presiding, amid growing gloom.
A detailed critique of Viceroy Alexieff amid Russian leadership failures in the Far East. It argues his diplomatic blunders sparked early war troubles, mishandled fleets at Shanghai, Chemulpo, Vladivostok, and Port Arthur, and ends with an assessment of his character and unfitness. Weather still delays crop.
Weather reports show unseasonably cold conditions across the Rockies and northern regions hindering germination while Missouri valley and southern Atlantic areas report favorable progress. In the upper lake states seedings lag with limited activity, and southern Mississippi Valley prospects remain uncertain.
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