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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1904
Page
2
A collage of wartime and crisis items: Greeks fight Bulgarians with 20 dead. Gordon Alabama burned leaving 40 homeless. unrest in Russia. British and American rail and industrial subjects. fires in Oakwood Texas. weather and fog hindering troop movements near Mukden. ships race for two large collier orders. relations with Canada and Chile Bolivia peace. money orders record high. Manchurian battles, casualties, and troop totals.
Fragmentary OCR references Taft and a canal commission tag within a WRL document. The readable text hints at a discussion or label but provides no clear event, date, or named entities beyond Taft and the canal commission.
New York October 22 A World special reports the canal commission feud with Panama and intraoffice friction. Secretary Taft will be sent with plenary power to investigate commissioners and decide who must resign after the election amid fears of revolt and armed tension.
New Orleans reports a labor shortage impacting forty nine state and district levee contracts under way outside federal work. Contractors seek laborers and agents are in town to recruit as the steamer Liguria brings over 1500 Italian migrants. Planting interests plan to strike deals with arriving workers. The influx correlates with a continued shift of country Negroes toward the city, signaling the labor squeeze.
A Chefoo special to the Daily News cites a camp-follower saying Japan’s army at Port Arthur has suffered about 60 000 dead as Mikado’s forces repeatedly assault strong positions. The report notes Kuessan machine guns mowing down troops and suggests talk of an attempt to take the inner fortress this month.
Bay City dispatch notes that a War Department order designates San Francisco as the central supply hub for the western United States and territories. All western depots to be abolished and 15,000 troops in the West Alaska and the Philippines to be housed from one city station with a year of provisions on hand.
Berlin October 22. The German Red Cross delegates report approval of a plan by the Red Cross Capital committees. The decision aims to expand relief work and support wounded soldiers amid ongoing European tensions.
About 200 armed men believed to be Panamanian dissidents were seen near Culebra threatening action against Panama. U S authorities dispatched Marines to determine their purpose as reports of a inland skirmish circulated without confirmation. The navy has 450 Marines on the Isthmus to handle potential difficulties.
In St Louis on Oct 24 a gun battle broke out when detectives attempted to arrest five men linked to a Centralia Illinois train robbery. Two detectives were killed and another died overnight. two suspects were wounded and hospitalized. Vaughn Jet and others were arrested after entering the house on Pine Street.
Washington reports a formal Japanese protest led by Minister Takahiri Fore citing Russian troops in Chinese clothing. The U S State Department forwarded the protest to Spencer Eddy in St Petersburg to present to the Russian government in Ambassador McCormick's absence. Chinese attire aided warmth after cold Manchuria weather exposed supply delays.
Berlin dispatch cites Tageblatt source at Kiel kertoo that the fleet will split for Madeira to coal. Large battleships and cruisers head to the Far East via the Cape of Good Hope, while smaller vessels sail through Suez. The fleet will reunite at the Sunda Islands then head to Vladivostok.
Teady fragment mentions medicine sendings and a note about an event in October. Details are incomplete. The text references a name and location initials but lacks clear actions or outcomes.
In St Petersburg on October 20 crowds cheered a Russian victory as General Kuropatkin renewed the offensive. Despite rain, illuminations for the czarevitch's nameday brightened the evening while newsboys hawked extras and crowds discussed war fortunes with cautious optimism. The emperor marked the day by naming the heir chief of the cadet corps and issuing pensions and promotions related to the Turkish Russian war.
Russian forces advance as rain hinders movement. Rivers are flooded and fords impassable. No bridges delaying supplies. Japanese left flank said driven back with heavy losses and retreat cut off. Russian regiment rushed to contain rout with fighting reported along the Mandarin road.
The Standard reports a Vienna dispatch claiming a Cunard liner carrying 2200 emigrants left Fiume and sank near the Spanish coast. London officials say no corroborating news exists, and Liverpool offices have received nothing beyond the Standard’s uncommented rumor.
Denver reports the coal miners strike in district 15 of the United Mineworkers of America is virtually closed. Commissaries are shut, tents down, and workers seek new jobs. All strikers up to October 12 receive union clearance cards and transportation to other fields is uncertain. District leaders William Howells and John Simpson will not seek reelection. Robert Smith leads in the race with Harry Douthwaite for the presidency.
In St Louis on Alaska day at the world fair the 77th anniversary of Alaska’s transfer to the United States was marked with the unveiling in the Alaska pavilion of a bust of William H Seward the secretary of state.
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