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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1904
Page
7
Reports from Liao Yang and Sintaintin say Japanese forces push toward Mukden to cut lines and threaten Kuropatkin. Formosan Japanese units, 19000 strong, were landed from Formosa as rain and flood risks loom over potential operations.
Aug 10 report states Japanese troops are being provisioned along the Shanghawi Kwing Yinkow line as they prepare an attack on Shimrntun about thirty miles west of Mukden.
A party of Moro and Igorot chiefs visiting the St. Louis exposition called on President Roosevelt in the White House. Interpreted by Antero, they expressed loyalty to the American government and presented carved pipes shields and a spear as gifts. They toured the executive offices before departing for St. Louis.
In Safe New York on August 1 a detective agency pursuing $200,000 worth of jewels belonging to Mrs Qaden Gowlet stated the stolen property was recovered in Gowlet’s cafe in the city.
In Pueblo Colorado on August 10 authorities and search parties recovered seven more bodies from the Eden wreck. A coroner's jury viewed the scene and issued a call for information while 73 bodies have been identified and 3 remain unidentified. A traveling man from Greenville Tennessee, William A Henry, survived after nine river miles, hospitalized in dangerous condition.
Four hundred delegates gather at the International Typothetic union session in St. Louis. Frederick Driscoll speaks as the representative of Typothetic. The law committee's report proposes repealing Section 96 banning foremen from designating days or limit on weekly hours, but the motion is defeated by a small margin. Other sections on six day work and foremen phalanxing are referred back for review.
The Times editorial calls the government to take swift measures to resist the Russian contraband of war doctrine. It warns delay could let British eastern trade fall into German hands and demands urgent policy to curb such losses.
Rafael Reyes assumed the presidency in Colombia as international observers monitor the shift. In other news an earthquake damaged numerous buildings in New Zealand and wheat options surged at Chicago. In Texas Kaufman county cotton suffers bollworm damage while a drowning incident occurs near Shawnee Oklahoma.
City of Mexico reports three yellow fever cases at Vera Cruz three at Coatzacoalcos and five at Tehuantepec with two deaths at Tehuantepec. Ardmore agents seize about 199 casks of so called mild beer. no arrest or warnings issued.
Chicago August 14 The stockyards strike loosened its grip with fewer toting disruptions. A wagon of meat was overturned by protestors but dispersed. Leaders continued pressuring retailers with a boycott, while some shops kept supplies by using own wagons.
A mob of 200 men and boys halted an incoming train at Riverside Kansas carrying strike breakers and sympathizers. They drove off non unionists with clubs, dumped bamcare into the Kaw river and set fire to a car, which police quickly extinguished. No arrests were reported.
In Mountain Lake Park Missouri on August 19 former West Virginia Senator Davis spoke for fifteen minutes on the value of Chautauqua programs for higher education. He called the event Hobson Day and ended with religious allusions to Lieutenant Hobson, whom he cited as a Santiago hero, while Hobson focused his remarks on educational topics.
The International and Great Northern Railway announces plans to convert the former electric line into key city terminals with car service to wholesale doors and a new track extending to the Alliance cotton yard, enhancing local transport and shipping.
A westbound Baltimore and Ohio local collided with a Chicago and Erie freight at the Brighton Park crossing. A mother Mrs. Co. C. Schwartz and three children from Garrett Indiana died. A number of passengers were seriously injured as Nagman attempted to signal the freight.
A Tuesday blaze at the Albion Tron pattern shop in Victoria British Columbia destroyed the northern portion of the building and valuable machinery. Sparks blown by a north east wind spread to about fifty nearby homes, mostly workers’ residences, burning out and causing an estimated loss over 160000 dollars.
The United States battleship squadron arrived at Gibraltar on Monday and dressed ship. On Tuesday the squadron fired a salute in honor of Coronation day, marking the second anniversary of King Edward's crowning. Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chichester welcomed the American force aboard the Immorrant.
Rev Luthor A Barbin pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart on the Texas side resigns after over a quarter century of service. Health problems including paralysis in the past three years cited as cause. Installed as pastor in 1899. Texarkana note dated August 10.
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