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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1904
Page
2
Listed items report battles near Liao Yang with Kuropatkin pulling back to Haicheng and Japanese landings of 10 000 troops. Also noted are naval actions around Vladivostok and Gensan Corea plus casualties, loot, and ships sunk. Separate items cover rail orders, mine closures, labor deportations, and political appointments.
Delegates demanded a trust reform and strict justice for all capital and labor groups. Divorce law reform and polygamy prohibition were urged. Over 16,000 dollars was raised from floor pledges, with 11,000 in treasury to seed the campaign fund as Stewart and Tate were re elected national leaders. They stated readiness to mediate between Russia and Japan if belligerents show willingness.
In Indianapolis on July 5 the Prohibition party nominated Silas C. Swallow of Pennsylvania for president and George W. Carroll of Texas for vice president. The platform was adopted after a long deadlock and described as the broadest in the party’s history, advocating international arbitration, moral qualification based suffrage, uniform laws, popular election of senators, civil service extension, and the initiative and referendum.
Officials in Washington receive discreet inquiries about possible peace overtures between Russia and Japan after King Edward's visit. Neither belligerent desires terms nor welcomes third-party mediation at this time, while the State Department maintains a friendly stance.
The 1903 04 cereal year ended July 1 with a sharp fall in Oregon Washington and Idaho wheat output and a drop in exports. Shipments from Portland and Puget Sound declined from 1902 levels while more wheat went to flour for Orient demand and eastern markets. Analysts forecast a potential Pacific Northwest record harvest if rain returns, with 50 million bushels as a cautious upper bound.
Bonesteel South Dakota July 2 government orders three regular troop companies to aid local authorities during the Rosebud reservation opening. A cook named Kid English was fatally shot by Police Captain Ault after a dispute. Ault was arrested. About 6,000 people encamped with 85,000 expected during registration.
An excursion train carrying 1500 St. Francis de Sales Parish members from Oakland to Sunset Park wrecked near Alma. Two cars jumped the track and the engine overturned while 12 cars with women and children stayed on rails. Miraculously, no one was seriously injured.
The secretary of the interior today patented 21 029 acres of land in the Vancouver Seattle and Spokane land districts to the Northen Pacific railroad.
The Times correspondent reports a pact between the French legation and the sultan for Algerian police to be introduced into Tangier. Paris studies force numbers and other details as ships depart without effect, worsening tribesmen’s stance.
Rome dispatch reports Field Marshal Oyama presiding as war council decides after Port Arthur and Liao Yang falls General Oyama will demand Kuropatkin surrender. If refused the Japanese will annihilate Russian forces in Manchuria.
From Liao Yang on July 6 General Kuropatkin and General Kuroki push troops toward the Russian lines twenty miles from Liao Yang as rains hinder movement. Detachments totaling 1200 from Rennenkampff's Cossacks scout defiles and hills, hampering Japanese progress. An American is said to command the Japanese artillery and remains visible with the batteries.
Washington reports the Post Office Department refuses a special issue of stamps for the Lewis and Clark exposition. Major reasons include the policy against issuing expo stamps, high cost, and view of the event as local rather than national.
Washington inquiries on mediation show both powers unwilling to entertain overtures. The United States offers to help if acceptable but Russia rejects mediation and says peace only comes from direct proposals by Japan as reversals in arms strengthen Russia's stance.
St Petersburg July 6 reports say heavy rains around the theater of war led the general staff to suspend the Japanese advance on Haicheng. A war office note cites 15 minutes of rain flooding a valley near Kiachon with losses of men and horses. Official dispatches confirm heavy fighting near Port Arthur on June 26 and Russian withdrawal from Guinsansham after costly clashes.
The census bureau announced the final bulletin on the negro population. The total number of negroes in the United States including all states, Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico is 9,204,531, possibly the largest figure outside Africa.
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