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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1904
Page
3
Dispatches describe a June 10 sea battle between Japanese and Russian fleets near the coast, with accompanying ground actions at Pu Lan Tien and near Shang Mao. Russian troops are shown retreating while sustaining many wounded as the Japanese press their advance.
A prison uprising at the state penitentiary failed to secure escape as guards repelled inmates. Johnson Nagle Mormon Wade Richards and others led the plot. Richards was badly beaten while the others remained confined after the clash. Police revived a separate public whipping incident in Kentucky involving a white mob.
The piece explains how water damages roads by soaking foundations and creating ruts. It prescribes drainage, crowned surfaces, and prompt ditching plus timely repairs, urging state and national aid to foster a radical change in road construction across the United States.
Letters from correspondents in Siberia report severe suffering among natives and laborers around Lake Baikal due to the war. An epidemic has broken out and may affect troops moving to Manchuria. Unfortunate cases die within about forty eight hours after first symptoms, with no effective remedies yet identified.
J W Langer men, commissioner on the Moroccan question, arrived from Rai gull's camp and told the Associated Press he met Raisuli and his band, armed and suspicious, but the encounter ended smoothly after a tense few minutes.
Rear Admiral Togo reports on Teesdays as part of a sect related briefing. The note highlights naval context and mentions Teesdays as an element within the ongoing discussion.
Dr Greeff of Berlin finds radium offers no help to the blind. French engineer V Martinet doubts wave power viability. Milk homogenization processes by Gaulin Paris improve shelf life with pasteurization. Tests compare pulling power of horses, men, elephants revealing human and animal strength variances. Dr Gould notes right eye dominance in most people affecting skill tasks. Psychomechanics studies by Dr Fore show heat light and color influence work capacity. An English journal recounts sculptor Pomeroy’s Paisley statue commission and a Glasgow committee clash.
Rear Admiral Barker expects to sail from Lisbon June 16 with six modern battleships and cruiser squadrons. The fleet will remain at Gibraltar for Morocco dispute resolution and may move to Tangier if needed before heading to Pierraus and the Grecian archipelago, then Corfu and Treste for strategic purposes. Tokio dispatch notes Siu yon near Kaiking and Haichen as key routes for the Japanese advance toward Liao Vang and Mukden.
Four masked men attempted to rob Johnstown water company officials W. H. C. Ramsey and Frank Howard of about 8000 dollars as they moved funds to the Dalton Run dam site. Ramsey and Howard escaped after a brave chase, during which two horses were killed.
A military commission in Tokio reports the Kinchou Nanshan hill battle on May 26 buried all but 90 of the Russian dead. It records 10 officers and 664 soldiers buried, with 90 others buried by the outpost, totaling 704 killed.
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