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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1904
Page
6
War dispatches describe Japanese offensives toward Port Arthur and nearby passes as Russian defenses hold and retreat. General staff assess risks to Verdant routes while refugees from Port Arthur report dwindling water supplies and renewed bombardment.
Grim dispatches from St Petersburg recount heavy fighting as Japanese forces press advances in Korea and Manchuria. Reports note dwindling food for garrison, fresh Japanese reinforcements arriving, and strategic stakes around Port Arthur and Mukden with large casualties among besieging troops.
Japanese troops push along the Tass region after seizing Da Tass, advancing on General Scroopatkin's left flank. Russians reportedly yielded Da Pags without strong resistance as several Japanese forces advance east of Bentsiaputze and near Mukdet. Keropatklu concentrates forces northwest, while sharp fighting 18 southeast of Malien signals further underway action.
A fragmentary report notes repeated defeats amid naval and military reorganizations in the Far East. It mentions Gen Grippenbers, Gen Kuropotkin, and potential command shifts within Manchurian forces, with hints of aggressive postures toward Japan and a looming leadership change involving Grant Dake Nicholas.
Judge Parker attacks Imperialism and argues for tariff reform and prudent executive limits. He urges pension legislation, criticizes canal route methods, and warns against foreign entanglements. The letter calls for cautious foreign policy, restrained intervention, and a return to peacetime governance.
A head on collision on the Southern Railway nineteen miles east of Knoxville results in sixty two dead and about 120 injured. The west bound engineer is believed responsible, crushed with his fireman in the wreck. The crash happened on a sharp curve as an east bound train of lighter cars was struck by the heavier train at speed. The disaster left engines and tenders mangled, coaches smashed, and passengers crushed, with many fatalities on both trains.
In a quarrel over a polo race Bergh Bayle killed Private Allen of the Tort Robinson Cavalry. President Hyde of Bathtata works gonouncel battles in Georgite would be launched Tuesday Ost After shooting Maddie McG y le Wounn communion, thrico In the head and wounded Claude Gardiner, John Spancs a colored malt deinic embalic acid and died in New York. Dupont Powder Company of Wilmington, Del. takes Chattanooga Powder Company property in a deal over 1,000,000. Lars Didrik Wollhelm, London general manager, killed instantly at Larehuwout, N. X., by a train, motive unknown. Steamer Longfellow sunk off Wilmington, Del, with a cargo of dynamite. crow saved.
Chief engineer of the Isthmian canal commission Wallace Praleca Con raditiona describes conditions in the Panama field from Chicago. He notes the climate is good, addresses prior bad sanitation, and details the sanitary corps work against malaria and yellow fever amid 1500 workers, with 500 in sanitation under Col. Gorgas and officials LeGarde Ross and Carter. Drainage improvements are reducing stagnant pools where mosquitoes breed.
A muddled excerpt recalls Washington's virgin soil origins and Indian history, then shifts to 2 million dollars for Friars' land purchases in the Philippines, payments via Bank of England, and delays from title disputes amid insular orders. It notes advertising for government positions, post office postage talks, pension rolls and costs, patents activity, and Panama Canal water supply plans with new engineering appointments.
Mount Vesuvius remains highly active with eruptions described as the strongest since 1872. Red hot ejecta reach up to 1600 feet, rocks fall around the mountain, and a deafening roar is reported. Naples sources note the eruption intensifying between late afternoon and evening with damage to trails and villages nearby. Some residents flee, while authorities restrict tourist access to the crater area.
Mexico plans a Pekin legation while August gold output reaches 812277 ormees. Germany to extensively use fuel oil on battleships. Britain avoids Tibet affairs. Reports of anti Jewish disturbances in southwest Russia. British Antarctic steamer Discovery arrives at Plymouth. Italian agitation in Bossaliate region grows into rebellion. Busse-Jap war cited. illing man in unearthed incident. Bubonic plague appears. Buenos Aires epidemic expands. Ash wireless stations in China. keel laid for new North German Lloyd vessel. Archbishop Chapelle received by Secretary of State May. Wariness over leaves at Washington university. clergy murders and attacks on Catholic mission. French sparkingman Paris inspection resumed. many injured.
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