Port Arthur siege updates and Far East naval actions
Cablegram reports reveal Japanese forces cutting Russian supply bases behind Lisoushan and exploiting gains at Houyan Shakon Heights. Voluntary units cross Shakhe River, killing 100 Japanese, while Diet members sail to Port Arthur to observe progress. Kamimura leads a flying squadron toward Rodjestvensky as Togo’s fleet trails. 3,000,000 rounds seized in Tientsin bound for Port Arthur. Zemstvo reforms discussed in St Petersburg as the siege intensifies. General Kondratneko killed. General Fock wounded. Takahira notes Russian outpost dislodgments near our right, all falling into Japanese hands by the 25th.
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Maeden
Shakhe
Port Arthur
Tokio
London
Kamimura
Rodjestvensky
Togo
Houyan Shakon
Kondratneko
Fock
Seventh East Siberian Rifle Brigade
Fourth East
Miki Saito
Takahira
Washington
Saito
Honolulu
Labor needed in developing the territory
Governor Carter’s annual report chapter on Hawaii labor outlines the lack of indigenous field workers for sugar, the failed European and American immigration attempts, and the shift to recruiting Japanese and Chinese labor. It notes U S exclusion laws hindered European and Hawaiian labor supply, the success of Madeira Azores Portuguese, and that white workers have not endured tropical cane field labor.
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Carter
Secretary of the Interior
Hawaii
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Azores
Madeira
Portugal
Galicia
China
Japan
Porto Rico
United States
Kingdom
Republic of Hawaii
Europe
Hawaiian Islands
Vera Cruz
Manzanillo
Hongkong
Bombay
Burmah
Cuba
Formosa
Mexico City
Korea
Tropics
Alameda Fares Topic Prompts Oceanic Rate Debate
Honolulu merchants push for lower Honolulu coast fares to boost travel. A Merchants' Association member argues Alameda should reduce passage prices to attract more passengers and compete with larger Pacific Mail ships. He notes current rates deter tourism and urges Chamber of Commerce action.
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Honolulu
Merchants’ Association
Alameda
Pacific Mail
Chamber of Commerce
Suffering Boer Comes to Holloway in Patched Machinery Scam
Superintendent Holloway toys with a fake Porto Rico official claiming to build a press and tamp machine for a construction contract. The ex-deputy, known as Suffering Boer Lake, is an embezzler tied to earlier scandals and a disorderly-house arrest, stirring a costly farce over a nonexisting invention and dubious terms.
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Holloway
Public Works
Porto Rico
Lake
Reef
Queen Emma Hall
Palama
Transvaal
Andee Tuttle
Beardslee
Amweg
Pinkham
Death of Eminent English Scientist John Mackenzie Bacon
John Mackenzie Bacon, born 1846, renowned lecturer and scientist, was a founding scholar and rector engaged in acoustics and meteorology. He joined three British Astronomical Association eclipse expeditions, led the last two, and authored works on air and aviation. His residence was Cold Ash, Newbury.
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John Mackenzie Bacon
John Bacon
Gertrude Myers
C. J. Myers
Trinity College
Cambridge
Bacon's College
Bacon
Tie
British Astronomical Association
Vadso
Lapland
Buxar
India
Wadeshora
N. C
Coldash
Newbury
England
Daisy Lester Weds Duke of Suffolk in Washington
In Washington on December 26 Miss Daisy Lester married the Duke of Suffolk. The ceremony joined a prominent social figure with a British peer, marking a high society wedding reported from the nation’s capital.
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Washington
Daisy Lester
Duke of Suffolk
Troops Mobilized in Poland Amid Disorder
Owing to disorders in Poland, troops are being mobilized there as reported from St. Petersburg on December 27. The action signals heightened military measures and regional unrest during the period.
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ST. Petersburg
Poland
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Associated Press
Chefco
Tured
Lisoushan
Peking
Déé
Tientsin
Petersburg
Zemstvos
Land Council
Witte Commission
Mainland
Ewa
Oahu
Oceanic
J. M. Bacon
Daisy
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