Notable 1904 News Highlights From Across the Nation
Miss Christine Bradley wife of Dr. John Smith ties the knot at Lewisville as aviator Knabenshue showcases the California Arrow over St Louis World’s Fair. Reports span British Russia talks at North Sea, a Wyoming bank heist, miners’ deaths, a mine collapse, and political developments.
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Christine Bradley
Kentucky
Lewisville
John Smith
Frankfort
Aecronaut Knabenshue
St. Louis
Great Britain
Russia
N. M. Smith
Washington
Kas
S. H. Bonar
Bonar
Cody
Wyo
John Evans
Bud" Harrington
Evans
Thomas Baldwin
Keokuk
Cashier Middaugh
First National Bank
Wilkesbarre
Derby
Black Tickle
Newfoundland
Adana
New York
Calcutta
Dorothy
United States
Auchincloss
Nanticoke
Wynne
Nova Scotia
Baldwin
California
Henry Mildt
Fern Ridge
St. Louis County
London
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Middaugh
Hat Lands
Thermopali
Roosevelt
Parker
Cortelyou
A. D. Low
Palmyra
Wis
Andrew Carnegie
St. Andrew's University
Edinburgh
Scotland
Tifton
Cottonwood
Cal
Anx
Mississippi at the Fair honors from the World’s Fair
Mississippi Commissioner R N Henry reports Mississippi exhibits at St Louis World's Fair remain strong despite late season. He notes large Southern attendance, many prizes won including two grand prizes for cotton and timber, nine agriculture medals, ten education medals, five mineral medals, plus forestry and machinery honors.
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Mississippi
R. Nt. Henry
St. Louis
South
Register of the
State Bureau
Heauvolr
Rosedale
B. H. Strong
West Point
Charles Scott
W. B. Robb
Exwards
Red Snapper Sauce Co
Centerville
State of Mississippi
State of
Meridian Graded School
McComb City
Greenville Graded School
Rioting Over Italian Faculty at Innsbruck University
In Innsbruck rioting erupted after November 3 as Austria and Italy clash over instituting an Italian faculty at the Innsbruck University. Germans attacked Italians amid racial tensions while gendarmes and reinforcements suppressed the mob. The Italian note cites ongoing friction dating to Trieste and Austro German pressures.
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Rome
Gioltt
Italy
Austria
Signor Zanardelli
Signor Giotti
Abaxzia
Signor Totton
Count Goluchowsky
Trieste
Innsbruck
Innabruck
Prezzey
Perfest
Grell
Schalk
Maria Teresa
Berger
Stein
Vienna
Imperial Palace
Locate Monument Positions at Vicksburg Park Meeting
The Vicksburg National Military Park Commission, chaired by Gen. G. D. Lee, will host Gov. Durbin and Indiana officials on the 16th to determine monument sites for Indiana troops. Hattiesburg merchants oppose volunteer recruitment, urging a paid department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg National Military Park Commission
8. D. Lee
Gov. Durbin
Indiana
Vicksburg
Vicksburg Park
Hattiesburg
Ambitious Greenwood Promises Rail, Y M C A, New Factory
Greenwood plans a street railway funded by local capitalists and upgrades principal streets with vitrified brick. Sardis forms a Y M C A with plans for headquarters and active subscriptions. Greenville hears of a table and furniture factory and a push to locate the Delta Experimental Station near the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Sardis
Sily
Greenville
W. W. Stone
N. Goldstein
Josh Skinner
E. N. Thomas
Business League of Greenville
Delta
Negroes Ordered Out After Coal Creek Marshal Slaying
In Coal Creek Fremont county on November 7 Marshal Bates was killed in the line of duty while attempting to arrest two negroes Grant and Wesley Thompson for disturbing the peace. White residents warn all negroes to leave the camp with many already departed fearing bloodshed if any stay. Whites accuse the newcomers of numerous crimes since their arrival a year ago to fill quarry work.
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Coal Creek
Col
Marshal Bates
Fremont County
Grant
Wesley Thompson
Norfolk & Western Freight Wreck Kills Two Crewmembers
A westbound Norfolk and Western freight derailed near Radford Virginia after hitting a switch early Sunday. Engineer B. B. Lynch of Roanoke and Fireman H. L. Kipps of Blacksburg were killed. The accident leaves their families.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western
Radford
B. B. Lynch
H. L. Kipps
Blacksburg
Climax of Port Arthur Battle Shakes Fortifications
After days of bombardment at Port Arthur the Japanese assault the Keekwan and Sho Jusan forts, pushing to lower parapets and engaging in hand to hand fighting. Japanese losses exceed a thousand as shells and fires ravage the fortress while trenches collapse and attackers press the wedge into the Russian center.
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Kobe
Port Arthur
Bhojusan
Keekwan
Sho- Jusan
Russian forces threaten Japanese lines on Korea coast
A Herald dispatch from Genesan reports 15000 Russian troops south of the Tumen river with 2000 garrisons along the coast and 4000 cavalry in small detachments menacing Japanese railway routes. Russian forces occupy Hatukwan Pass. Japanese retreat toward Waksangung as both coast outposts await further developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Korea
The
Herald
Genesan
Tumen
Kyungsune
Pingyang
Wiiu
Hatukwan Pass
Waksangung
Jong
Hamehung
Conference stalls as Fall River strikers miss chance at work
In Fall River on November 7 representatives of the city’s cotton manufacturers and striking operatives met again but failed to reach an agreement to offer the strikers a path back to work under a 12 percent wage reduction amid the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Pall River Cotton Manufacturers
Balloon ascent thwarted by small rent in gas bag
A reduced inflating bag of the Fresch airship failed to lift off as a high wind and a minor leak halted the ascent. M Hippolyte Prancot and local officials announced the balloon was discovered to have a small rent that prevented the flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louie
M. Hippolyte Prancot
Cole
Cuban Congress Convenes Reviews Health and Rail Aid
The president cites Pratt law provisions to empower the government for sanitation and expands rural guards to four thousand. He notes no yellow fever in Eastern Cuba, Havana sanitation satisfactory, and a 21.80 per thousand national death rate vs 16.37 inland. Tuberculosis blamed on public ignorance. VanHorn railroad praised for aiding Cuba’s commerce.
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Ipon
Cuba
Havana
VanHorn
Dewey to Decline Dogger Bank Inquiry Mission
Washington officials say the navy will be asked to send a representative to the Anglo Russian inquiry into the Dogger Bank incident. Admiral Dewey is expected to refuse the assignment, with a high ranking officer chosen if he declines, though the Navy Department has received no formal request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dogger Bank
Dewey
Morton
Navy Department
Reserves Mobilized for Front Services in Far East
Reports from St. Petersburg on November 7 describe demobilization of officers from Kezou and the Caucasus to supply front needs. About 1,400 officers remain at Ling Yang and Mukden areas. General Kuropatkin focuses on keeping the Japanese army occupied near fortifications below the Shakhe river as heavier artillery units arrive for use.
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St. Petersburg
Ling Yang
Mukden
Far East
Kuropatkin Ia
Shakhe River
Strike Ends as Illinois Mine Engineers Ordered Back
Nov 7 report states the national United Mine Workers orders mine hoisting engineers in Illinois to return to work and consider amalgamation talks. Separately, London says Anglo Russian inquiry pact is nearly complete after cabinet meeting. Also notes Baptist Young Peoples Union convention in Columbus Mississippi November 15 with about 200 delegates. Included are obituaries and local incidents in Mississippi and Tennessee ports involving a ginner’s fatal injury and hospital beef contract awarded to Armour and Co. in Jackson Mississippi.
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Minois
Danville
Ill
Tinois
United Ming Workers of
Ilinois
Columbus
Miss
Mississippi Baptist Young Peoples’ Union
Arthur Flake
Winona
Jackson, Mise
Board of Aristees
The
Mississippi Insane Hospital
Armour & Co. of
Chicago
Engineers Accept Wage Cut and Return to Work
Illinois United Mine Workers report a large percentage of engineers have accepted a 6.55 percent wage reduction and will rejoin the miners’ association. Officials say a majority will return to work, with Spring Valley and La Salle fields voting to resume under the new scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers of America
Springfold
Om Melala
Illinois United Mine Workers
Mack Taylor
Danville
Engineers
United Mine Workers
Spring Valley
la Balle
Wilmington
Northern
La Salle Coal Miners End Strike Returns
The Dolating engineers hired by La Salle County Carbon Coal Co. will return to work Monday under individual contracts at a five percent wage reduction from the prior year. About 1,800 miners are expected to resume work in the Springfield vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
la Salle
la Salle County Carbon Coal Co
Salvage of the Maine Wreck Sold to Company
United States Battleship Maine salvage rights sold to Bal age Co of New York for 45000. A cofferdam will enclose the hulk in Havana harbor and raise the wreck. Seventy four unidentified sailors believed buried with honors in the United States or Havana if not handled by the navy. Machinery and armor to be sold. Havana visitors pay a small fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misaiasippi
Pricea
Mississippi
Mississippi Exposition Bureau
R. H. Henry
New York
United States
Maine Balage Co
Calan
Havana
Navy Department
Washington
Decorah Professor Arrested for First Degree Murder
Des Moines reports from Decorah Iowa that Professor T J Gifford a Decorah resident and church worker was arrested on a first degree murder charge after H A Bigelow died from a head injury inflicted with a hoe during a dispute over property. Bigelow a Winneshiek county pioneer died a few hours after the blow.
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Des Moines
Decorah
T. J. Gifford
H. A. Bigelow
Gifford
Bigelow
Higelow
Winneshiek County
Deaths and Disasters Reported Across Several States
Gen Jesse J Finley is dead at 92 in Lake City Florida a Confederate brigadier general and former congressman. In Chickasha Oklahoma J P Johnson and George A Richards killed while riding a motor car on the Rock Island Mangum branch. In Cheyenne Wyoming Bill Hatfield shoots wife then kills himself over jealousy. In Springfield Alabama J A Meyers found hanged on a farm near the city. In Macon Georgia a fire destroys Tip com blocks causing losses around 250000 with nine casualties.
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Lake City
Fla
Jesse J. Finley
Finley
Florida
Congress
Chickasha
J. T
George A. Richards
Rock Island Railroad
Mangum
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bill” Hatfield
Maud
MeeLetsee
Russians Making Their Final Stand at Port Arthur
Special dispatches from Che-Foo and Tientsin say Port Arthur defenders have fallen back to the Linti Wit line, entrenched with heavy guns as Japanese forces press forward. Reports note many Russians deserting or surrendering, while Mukden officials brace for a possible fall, with Japanese fortification and reinforcements shaping a winter campaign.
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London
Che-Foo
Tisutsta
Port
Linti Wit
Wantal Sili
Bennett Burleigh
Datty Telegraph
Che-Foue
Mikado
Port Arthur
Atone
Mukden
Bertie
Port Arther
Battles and skirmishes in the Russo Japanese Theater
Reports from General Kuroki and General Kuropatkin describe unchanged front lines as Russian bombardment targets the Japanese left. Weather grows harsh with snow while soldiers endure cold and sparse fires. In Mongolia, Lt. Col. Bogdenoff and party are killed or captured by Chinese bandits. punitive action is planned. A Japanese attack on Kuropatkin's right flank is repelled with six Russian deaths.
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Kuroki
Fu San
Olgt
Nes
Imo
Nem Simort
Shota
Viewrey Aleaten
Maplere Wengelia
St. Petersbure
Kare Platkin
Liegt-Col Bogden- Off
Alesioff
Mongolia
Dulabin Mountain
Lijent
Bogdenoff
Harbin
Kuropatkin
A Good Find in Kansas at McPherson Beds of Glass Sand
Reports of a new glass sand bed found 85 feet below the surface at McPherson County, Kansas. The bed extends 60 feet and is believed to underlie much of the western half of the county. Nearby notes mention a drowning incident in the Mississippi and a hospital treatment in New York.
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Topeka
Kas
McPherson
McPherson County
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ANU
Mississippi State News
West Pascagoula Crowsote
Mingis Sippi
George E. Ohler
Biloxi
Arundel Lithia
Meridian
Spree
Coopers Well Water
Raymond
Teanaportation
Alcora A. and
M. College
Wagons
Messrs. Money and Fennell
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Mobile & Ohio Railroa Company
Treasury
Jackson’s
Sardis Y. M. C
Ford
Een & Crescent System
Railroad Commission
Norfolk & Western Wreck
KilMox
Kingston
N. Y
Catskill Mountain
Fisher
England
Daily Telegraph
Sir John Fisher
International Commission
North Sea
Nustington Hall
Lowell
Huntington Hall
St Joseph
Oscar Schramm
Loula G. Stigers
Bt. Joseph
Gunter
John Benoit
Rnest Benolt
Willis Jones
George Ludwig
L. M. Moore
W. J. Tyner
Bac
Cuban Congress
N2eDko
Foreign Office
Natchez, Miss
Munt He McDaniel
West Tennessee
Little Rock
San Antonio
Tennessee
Jackson
Tenn
Fred Person
Tennessee Cotton O Co
Brazer
Nashville
Alfred Macer
Eckville
Ashland City
Uilinois
LA Bald
Maine
Decorah, In
Pound
J. A. Meyers
Thin City
J. A. Myers
Sedalia
Macon
Tipcom
Liati Hill
Bekden
Herlin State
Ita
Europe
Mukkden
Bogdevorp Kculle
Kansas
O'Fal
O'Fallon
Andrew Careegte Ans
Andrew ‘S
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