24 Aug 1904
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1904
Page
1
The upper image features the Salt Lake City Mormon temple while the lower shows the old Joseph Smith cottage in Nauvoo known as the Cradle of Mormonism. The text notes Smith and his followers were forced from Nauvoo and eventually settled in Utah.
At Atlantic City a "Jim Crow" order allegedly restricts colored bathers from the upper beach area while white bathers remain in the water. Police deny an official order but guards patrol the strand to arrest spooning and other perceived infractions as colored bathers voice defiance and plan a test of the policy.
Munroe completes public workouts and private schooling by McCoy ahead of Friday’s bout with Jeffries. Jeffries diets lightly and trains with a road sprint and gym work as the fight approaches. A bankruptcy petition is filed in Washington against Thomas Waggaman over a deed of trust favoring the Catholic University.
New York August 24 The board of conciliation of the anthracite strike met in New York to hear three grievances. Miners of Lehigh Valley Centralia seek equitable adjustment of powder price and 6 to 7 percent retention. Pennsylvania Coal Dunmore operators complain of underpayment for driving roadways. Northern Anthracite Bernece fields claim 10 percent sliding scale increase. umpire Wright will decide after advisement.
For 25 cents readers in Frederick can place a News want ad to seek a job or ask for a cook. The brief notice invites locals to publish a small classified seeking employment or kitchen help.
Aug 21 dispatches from Chefoo and Tai Pang Tse report Japanese forces capturing Chair Fort at Port Arthur and pressing the Russian center and right near Golden Hill. Chinese sources claim Japanese occupation of Tai Pang Tse and advances along the railway toward Stoessel's residence, with forts Antseshan and Etseshban reportedly captured and Port Arthur heavily damaged. A Russian battleship Sevastopol later struck a mine and was towed back into the harbor.
All Russia awaits Port Arthur fate as the czarevitch baptism is eclipsed by rumors of Japanese assaults. Reports from Port Arthur and Liao Yang fuel anxiety while military leaders weigh potential diversions to aid Port Arthur, with weather hinting at renewed action. Conservative rites offer little reassurance amid the crisis.
A front porch campaign forms at Rosemount with Lodge and gate at the entrance as Oyster Bay and Fsopus emerge as key stops. Judge Parker's Mosemount home is described as a Democratic Mecca, hosting and planning historical conferences tied to his courtroom work and ongoing public events.
The report notes that pace in the Russian drive is too fast to last and that Generaal Stoessel’s persistence risks widening Japanese strains over Liao Yong. Russian prospects from a grim Russian vantage are serious, with frontline news carrying shock but likely no surprise. Shanghai reports show the Askold and Grozovoi disarmament deadline passed uncomplied, with consuls meeting and no clear steps, while British officials delay action and a Japanese fleet looms offshore. A UK sea captain protests Smolensk’s paper checks near Cape Colony in Natal.
Nicholas II issues a manifesto on the birth of an heir detailing abolition of corporal punishment among rural classes and first offenses in sea and land forces, land debt remittance, a Finland landless fund, amnesty for emigrants, fines remitted for Finland and Jewish communities, general sentence reductions for common law offenses, and widespread political amnesty with murder exceptions. Also notes a Paris death, a bank president’s death, coal miners returning to work, and Georgia militia inquiry after a mob incident.
Postmaster General Henry C Payne was served with a subpoena in Chicago to testify in a case involving Chauncey M Depew. Payne refused to acknowledge the summons and told Constable John Simmons he would not appear in court, tossing the witness fee back and walking away.
Mrs Florence Maybrick, recently freed from a British prison, arrives in New York under disguise with attorney Samuel Hayden. She speaks of health recovery, thanks supporters, and plans travel to the Catskills before a voyage to Mobile and Norfolk. Officials note immigration and baggage procedures, while her suit for lands in Virginia continues.
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