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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1904
Page
3
Fragmentary report describes Japanese forces blowing up the north fort of Epstan Mountain, breaching defenses at 2 PM and launching a hand grenade assault. General Samejima led a nighttime push to capture the fort, with heavy enemy losses and claims of 40 to 80 dead.
The Interior Department seeks to authorize forest administration, placing practical control with Chief Forester Pinchot and the Bureau, while Agriculture nominally oversees. Secretary Wilson and Hitchcock are pressed by the committee as the bill delays pending action.
A hotel collapse in Polis Minnesota after a wall failure following a windstorm killed and injured many as tons of masonry buried guests on the third floor. Firefighters and rescuers fought through debris as the building burned and people were found dying amid the rubble.
John Wallace of the Isthmian canal commission testified aboard the Sumner in Colon. He outlined cost estimates for 60, 80, and sea level canal designs, with open and completion timelines ranging from 12 to 20 years. Excavation of the Culebra Cut remains the key factor driving schedules and expenses.
Moscow reports a noon to evening demonstration drawing about 5000 participants. Police fired blank volleys and charged with caders, dispersing crowds after many were wounded and several arrested. One policeman said fatally injured. Authorities had fortified Tverakala street with imperial guards and mounted gendarmes in courtyards.
In Cracow on December 21 a collaboration formed between Christian and Hebrew committees to aid Russian deserters. The joint effort reduces interference from authorities as the Jewish aid group alters its official name by dropping the phrase for the aid of Russian deserters.
Nine lives lost and $27,000 in property destroyed when the Starin Line steamer Glen Island burned off Greenwich Connecticut after leaving New York for New Haven. Crew courage and discipline saved many, while eight passengers perished as smoke and flames cut off escape. Twenty two aboard were rescued.
The Chinese envoy told the American Academy of Political and Social Science that China has pursued a two millennia peace policy under Confucian guidance. He noted deficits like lack of a modern army or battleships, but emphasized patience, industry, and thrift as enduring strengths.
Public land sale notices filed by Annie M. Loucke and Nubert Scott in Roseburg Oregon and Aberdeen Washington under the Timber Land Act of June 3 1878. Witnesses include Robert Scott BS Ward J W Gardner Annie Loucks and Annie M Loucks with November filing and hearings set before the Roseburg Register and Receiver.
Public land filings announce purchase claims in California Oregon Nevada and Washington Territory with witnesses named from Roy Washington and Oregon. Notices request proof that land is valuable for timber and stone, not agriculture, before the Roseburg Oregon register on fixed dates in October and November 1904.
Timber Land Act notice from Roseburg Oregon dated May 38 1904 announces public sale eligibility under the act for timber lands in California Oregon Nevada Washington. Lester D R French of Los Angeles filed sworn statement November 17 and will prove land is more valuable for timber than agriculture. Witnesses listed. adverse claimants to file by August 29 1904. T Bridges Register.
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