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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1904
Page
1
Rome dispatch reports Chinese minister warns neutrality may fail if Japan wins, hinting China could strike Manchurian lines to push Russia from the region. London summaries note Port Arthur damage as Japanese forces press near the fortress and Port Arthur.
Czar Nicholas of Huxstu announced war against Japan after years of attempting peace and negotiations. He stated Russia would revise survivable treaties, and that diplomatic relations have broken off. he orders arms and calls for unity with the people to defend the fatherland.
Savannah dispatch reports that American gunners and engineers whose US Navy terms expired are being transported to Japan in large numbers. The exodus has quietly progressed, enabling the Japanese navy to recruit many top gunners at high prices.
In the House of Commons on Wednesday Secretary Acker-Douglas said a council would meet Thursday to approve a proclamation of British neutrality in the Far Eastern empire region. The Japanese embassy received a Tokyo image Wednesday morning indicating.
On Tuesday evening the van cruiser Varlag and the Keretz were sunk by their own crews blowing them up. Officers and men from the sunken vessels fled to the French crater Payeal. No casualties were reported on the Japanese side. The Jans attacked the Russians near the Polynesian islands.
Washington reports Minister Griscom in Tokio says Japan sank the Russian ships Korietz and Variag and two Russian battleships at Port Arthur. In Washington, the Chinese minister told Secretary Hull he expects China to stay neutral for the duration of the war and commends Roosevelt's actions in preserving Chinese interests.
A Vladi vostok report from St. Petersburg dated February states Russian land forces have defeated Japanese troops and occupied Chemulo in Korea. The dispatch notes continuation on Page 2.
Dollar wheat was sold here on Wednesday marking the first sale in years. No 2 red heat fetched one dollar per bushel in Indianapolis amid renewed demand and market activity.
AORN Philip Wolfhaver was brought before police court on Wednesday for harboring a machine in his possession aimed at quiet purposes of gait. The court ordered confiscation of the machine. Hoffbauer claimed no ownership and denied operating it for gain, seeking release after money remained in the slots. He did not reveal the owner and promised to have them retrieve evidence.
The governor's message claims the state must take no responsibility for arresting James McDonald of Bedford and implicates Bedford authorities in the murder case of Miss Sarah Schafer. Durbin notified Supt Whittaker that state liability is denied, while Bedford officials face scrutiny.
A University of Elk held a meeting on Wednesday to consider plans for the college and a successor to President Butler. Though no decision was expected, the committee appeared inclined toward E. W. Garn as a candidate from St. Louis.
Mrs Metzheiser files divorce suit against Bile Metzheiser charging cruelty and neglect. The defendant, a saloon-keeper, has allegedly maintained rooms for immoral purposes and forced the plaintiff to provide entertainment for visitors. Judges McMaster recently refused a similar petition in a prior case.
Richmond Feb 10 Earlham College gets a bequest from a late Warne county farmer who left a valuable farm and a $5000 insurance policy to the college. New York Feb 10 Charles T Miller, former Indianapolis newsman and Shubert rep, escaped death when his building burned and firefighters saved him. Parsons Protest In Richmond Feb 10 Parsons defeated in Republican primaries protests alleged false counts in precincts. Jacksonville Fla Feb 1 Melo Williams Port found guilty of defrauding absent treatment scheme. others indicted. Ottawa Ont Feb 10 collision near Sand Point kills 14, injures 20. Toledo danger river ice threatens city area. Wulschner ad exrice horse feed noted. readers urged to watch The Sun for bargains.
News bulletin from Washington reports Senator Hannas temperature dropping but lingering complications. In Cripple Creek a Missouri congressman, John S.M. Glover, was acquitted on assault charges and then found guilty of simple assault in a related case, with possible lawsuits against the governor and officials. A cook in California was found unconscious after alcohol exposure, while concerns about sidewalk maintenance in Irvington prompt civic action. Manila reports a small uprising near Wigan as troops chase deserters. West Indianapolis residents urge stone bridges and Broadway paving, amid a backdrop of health and civic issues.
A post office at Orleans Indiana was dynamited at 1 a.m. Wednesday causing heavy losses in money and postage stamps. Robbers escaped on horses firing a few rounds as they fled. Sheriff Smith of Bedford pursued with a prisoner in custody for murder, prompting a townwide effort to track the dynamiters.
Supt Kruger outlines needs for Indianapolis police upgrades including four new substations, maintenance costs of 12 20 80 for year one, ongoing 66 187 4 yearly, fifty extra patrolmen at urgent need due to railroad and interurban crime, an additional patrol wagon at 41 762 50, and notes the demotion of Adolph Asche and appointment of Simon to bicycle patrol amid graveyard conspiracy cases.
In Chicago May wheat closed at 92 cents and July at 89 to 89 1/2 cents. In Muncie Indiana mayor Charles Bherritt issued a public statement urging residents to use force if needed to stop the Alliance Gas Light and Coke Company from removing gas meters. An injunction is being prepared to halt further meter removals as residents claim they have not used gas and thus should not pay. The council plans to repeal the company’s franchise.
Senator Beveridge returns from Washington and will speak at a Pythian jubilee dinner in honor of Lincoln's birthday, then attend a Columbia club function. Urgent certiories committee business delays his Washington departure. weather brings snow flurries and cold with subfreezing temperatures across Indiana. In Chicago, Gumav Mars confesses in court to involvement in the car-barn murders.
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