Week in Brief Across The Russo Japanese War News
Reports say Port Arthur was abandoned and shelled as Japanese forces advance. Tokio welcomes Togo and Kamimura, while a Russian on the Sevastopol predicts Port Arthur's fall soon. Russian ships ordered home, and Rihlung fort’s fall breaks Port Arthur’s inner ring. Nogi reports 1000 casualties. Kondrachenko killed, Stoessel injured, Smirnoff wounded. Berlin notes potential talks influenced by French inquiry.
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Port Arthur
Togo
Kamimura
Tokio
Sevastopol
St. Petersburg
Rihlung
Nogi
Kondrachenko
Stoessel
Smirnoff
Russia
Berlin
France
Japan
Multiline storm toll and political shifts across the nation
A sweeping storm blasted the central and northwest states, causing four deaths in Chicago and stranding trains. The Colorado supreme court orders a full election-fraud probe, potentially changing the legislature and Gov. Peabody’s fate.
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Central
Northwest States
Chicago
John G. Hartigan
Northwestern
North Woods
Supreme Court of Colorado
Denver
Gov
Peabody
Bishop Talbot
Irvine
Huntingdon
Indiana Harbor
Union Traction Company
Treasury Department
Admiral Walker
Panama Canal
Gen. MacArthur
Pacific
Conneaut
Cassie L. Chadwick
United States
Zemstvos
Moscow
Arizona
Manitoba
B. Linklater
Ireland
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Fall River
Mass
China
Shanghai
Pike Opera House
Cincinnati
William Alvord
Bank of California
San Francisco
T. F. Lillis
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kan
Multiple Crises Roll Through Nation From Fires to Politics
A sweeping roundup reports arson in Hartford Arkansas with $125,000 loss, political shifts as Depew nears reelection, a Panama civil service board, and court actions. Fires kill in Richmond Indiana and Villa Ridge Illinois. Lincoln era figures and judges resign or face prosecutions.
Port Arthur Surrenders After Prolonged Siege
London and Tokyo reports confirm Port Arthur capitulation after Gen Stoessel offered terms to Gen Nogi. Surrender follows hours of council and the destruction of ships as officers faced futility. 18,000 sick and wounded strain hospitals as Japan contemplates peaceful end to the siege.
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London
Port Arthur
Stoessel
Kondratenko
Chefoo
Fock
Fourth East Siberian Rifle Brigade
Smirnoff
Nogi
Shushiying
Rihlung
Sungshu
Third Army
Shuishiying
Man charged with murder after shooting near church gathering
Mount Vernon Ohio January 3 John May was arrested on a murder charge in the death of Grant Jupiter. Police say May and others hid near a young lady's home after church and fired as the escort left. A stray bullet struck Jupiter in the head, killing him instantly.
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Mount Vernon
John May
Grant Jupiter
May
Jupiter
Death of a Jurist in Brookline Mass
Chief Justice Albert Mason of the Massachusetts superior court died at his Brookline home at 12:30 AM from pneumonia. He had been ill about ten days and had not attended a court session in three weeks. He was 68.
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Brookline
Mass
Albert Mason
Massachusetts Superior Court
Maude Gonne Seeks Aid for Irish Famine Victims
Maude Gonne Mac Brides appeals to America for famine relief for Ireland. She warns that without speedy aid hundreds may starve. She urges charitable contributions to relieve the distress in Ireland and support relief efforts.
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Ireland
New York
Siege of Port Arthur Ends in Capitulation After Prolonged Siege
The Port Arthur operations, sea clashes and land assaults define a brutal siege that left Russia’s fleet decimated in northern waters while Japan sustained heavy losses. From May 5 landing to Stoessel's capitulation on New Year’s Day, bombardments and desperate attacks marked the long campaign.
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Russia
Far East
Port Arthur
Chemulpo
Korea
Shantung Peninsula
Japan
Togo
Pitsewo
Stoessel
Kwantung Peninsula
Dalny
Stakelberg
Oku
Wafangkau
Telissa
Nogi
Accidentally Killed by Shotgun near Laverne
Henry Carstens Jr a 17 year old son of Henry Carstens a prominent local farmer was killed when a shotgun discharged while rabbit hunting near his home. The muzzle pressed against his side the entire charge passed through his body and he died instantly. He was with three friends at the time of the accident on Sunday afternoon near the bridge.
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Irvine
Huntingdon
Hartford
Ark
Odell
New York
Depew
Carter
Hawaii
Civil Service Board
Panama Canal Zone
Robert W. Taylor
Ohio
Judge Wing
Hiawatha
Kan
Constantine Miller
Perry
Decatur
Chicago Great Western
Melbourne
United States
Norman King
Minneapolis
Ames
Choate
Court of St. James
Roosevelt
John Shannon
Charles Droste
Richmond
Ind
Raymond Droste
Garden City Brewing Company
Chicago
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Denver
Nathan O’neall
Bloomfield
O’neall
Nora
James Robinson
Mobile
Ala
Walworth & Neville
Walville
Wash
Cora D. Gookins
James F. Gookins
Western Union Telegraph Company
Adams
Colorado Supreme Court
South
Juray Piper
Sheboygan
Wis
Moody
Paper Trust
Cecilia M. Moss
Lancaster
New York City
Cleveland
Cassie L. Chadwick
Howard W. French
Chattanooga
Tenn
Council Bluffs
Fuller & Johnson Shugart Company
Thomas E. Watson
Thomson, Ga
People's Party
Tom Watson
Francis J. Wing
Portland
Ore
S. P. Ormsby
William H. Davis
Albany
Loomis
Henry E. Young
George Sorenson
John Doe
Richard Roe
George Bearss
Abel Brown
Belville
Mich
Port Huron
Law
Marquette
Great Britain
Tonga Islands
Sam of Heary
Lfe
W. £. Mahony
Highth
Illinois
London
St. Paul
General Paper Company
Laverne, Minn
Henry Carstens
Opening Postponed for Mexican Permanent Exposition
Mexico City reports the Mexican permanent exposition opening delayed from January 1 to February 1. Exhibits are arriving late with stocks delayed and the English and Japanese sections leading in number and value of large displays.
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Mexico City
Death of Cardinal Benedict Langenieux in Rhiems
Cardinal Benedict Mary Langenieux archbishop of Rhiems has died at age 80. He was made a cardinal in 1886.
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Rhiems
Benedict Mary Langenieux
Oregon Senators, land official indicted for land fraud
United States Senator John H. Mitchell and Binger Hermann former land office official were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring in 1902 to defraud the government of public lands in Oregon. The indictment alleges forged affidavits and a $2,000 payoff to Mitchell.
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Portland
Ore
United States
John H. Mitchell
Oregon
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Washington
Congress
Federal
Grand Jury
Hall
Mitchell
Hermann
Federal Grand Jury
Inauguration Day Across States
The report lists governors sworn in across multiple states. Wisconsin’s Robert M. La Follette begins a third term with state officers also inaugurated. Michigan and New York inaugurations are noted along with Montana Wyoming Utah Utah governors and legislative convenings in California and Tennessee.
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Lansing
Mich
Warner
Representative Hall
John JT. Rich
Moore
Supreme Court
Madison
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
J. O. Davidson
Walter L. Houser
L. M. Sturdevant
John J. Kempf
Zeno M. Host
Chicago
Frank W. Higgins
New
Washington New Year Reception Brilliance At White House
Washington officials and residents greet the president and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House on New Year’s Monday. Col. Bramwell conducts introductions as the diplomatic corps, Supreme Court justices, cabinet members, and the public pass by the receiving line. The event ends at 2 27 with 7 718 callers, about a thousand more than last year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Charles S. Bramwell
Diplomatic Corps
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Danish steamer Callia brings Marpesia survivors to Bermuda
The Danish steamer Callia arrived in Hamilton Bermuda with survivors from the Norwegian bark Marpesia. Captain Jensen led the crew from New York bound for Cette when the vessel exploded its naptha cargo at sea, killing eleven crew members. Seven survivors reached Bermuda.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Hamburg
Savannah
Jensen
New York
Cette
Lynching Follows Assault Near Hope Arkansas
In Hope Arkansas on January 3 a farmer Nobbs was attacked by two Black men near Spring Hill ten miles south. White Jetton was taken from Constable Nelson Garner and lynched.
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Hope
Ark
Nobbs
Spring Hill
Nelson Garner
Founders' Day Banquet May Include President Roosevelt
Official notice says the Union League Founders' day banquet will be held Monday January 30 with President Roosevelt and cabinet members in attendance at Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
The
Union League
Roosevelt
Shipwright James Colvin Succumbs to Hydrophobia in Victoria
In Victoria B C on January 2 James Colvin a shipwright died from hydrophobia after being bitten on the hands and arm by a tame wolf in the custody of the Northwest Mounted Police. The incident occurred following an attack by the animal.
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Victoria
B. C
James Colvin
Northwest Mounted Police
Fatal Quarrel Ends in Slaying at Independence Dance
In Independence, Missouri, a dance ended in tragedy when Charles Beckner, 18, shot and killed Charles Brown after a quarrel over a girl. Beckner fled the scene and remains at large.
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Kansas City
Charles Brown
Charles Beckner
Independence
Beckner
The Field of Letters and Notable Literary Quotes
Milan publisher M Hoepli undertakes reproducing Vatican and Ambrosiana manuscripts. Maarten Maartens defends London as grand not ugly. Mme Mary von Ebner Eschenbach owns a 200 year old watch collection worth over 50 000 dollars. Kipling worked on an unfinished novel Mother Maturin described as a magnificent torso of 350 foolscap pages.
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M. Hoepli
Vatican
Ambrosiana
Milan
Maarten Maartens
London
Mme
Mary von Ebner-Eschenbach
Kipling
India
Animals Strike: Rabbits, Ants, Birds Refuse Work
A quirky read notes that in animal behavior some groups resist tasks. Rabbits, black and yellow ants, birds, and horses are described as striking, with stronger burrowers or workers leading pauses in work and even attacks or tantrums by others. The piece humorously muses on gender roles in bird households.
Breaking Coffee Chains with Postum Change
A reader from Indiana credits Postum with curing coffee related dyspepsia after years of illness. She details that quitting coffee for breakfast improved her health and eliminated stomach spells. The testimonial notes Postum is produced by Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and urges looking for The Road to Wellville in every package.
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Indiana
Elven
Postum Co
Battle Reel
Wellville
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