Russians Withdraw from Korea After Evacuations
Russians abandon Korea as evacuation of multiple posts completes. Fires burn in stores amid the withdrawal, with reports noting widespread disruption and lingering security concerns.
06 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1905
Page
1
Russians abandon Korea as evacuation of multiple posts completes. Fires burn in stores amid the withdrawal, with reports noting widespread disruption and lingering security concerns.
Russian forces entrench south of Mukden at Chang Tan and shell Japanese positions on Saturday and Sunday. Reports say Korean evacuation nears completion as posts are abandoned. Observers note Windivestock concentration as the withdrawal objective and general tension rises across both armies.
Mukden reports General Grippen berg relieved of command and en route to St. Petersburg. Japanese fortifications grow as Russia notes 300000 Japanese troops between Liao Yang and Mukden. A second Yalu railway is under construction and Port Arthur line now open with ten freight trains daily. In St Petersburg Kuropatkin says Japanese pushed from Santiatse after losing the town January 23 and 26.
From St. Petersburg on February 6 General Kuropatkin reports a third Russian general wounded and pauses at Sandiapu and Shakhe. Russians repulse a Japanese assault with heavy losses as bitter cold persists. Indications point to possible renewed action when weather moderates. The war office remains closed and no update on Kuropatkin’s command is available.
Tyrie Sneed Collard, son of Rev. J. H. Collard of El Paso and nephew of the late Texas Chief Justice, was killed in Telluride, Colorado, when struck by a live wire during mining work. The Collard family long resided in Austin and Houston before moving to Texas.
A trolley car carrying sixty six passengers to work jumped the track at Montvilla near Portland Oregon this morning. Three to six people are reported killed and every passenger was injured to some degree.
Jefferson City reports names sent to the senate include John Montgomery of Sedalia L C Murray of Holden and William Wainscott of Nevada for the board of managers of state hospital No 3 at Nevada indicated in the day’s nominations.
Bob Reed and Larry Pettigrew, believed wanted for a crime elsewhere, were placed in the custody of Fayetteville Arkansas Chief of Police Charles Tunstill and Frisco special agent N D Carr this morning. They left Sedalia for Fayetteville with the two officers after Carr arrived Saturday and Tunstill joined Sunday.
Henry D. Reaves a deaf mute suffered a strange accident in Los Angeles as he sleepwalked through a residence. He tumbled from a second story window to the ground fracturing his left arm in two places and dislocating the shoulder. The fall awoke the neighborhood.
Charles McCarty W J Roach and Charles Winfrey were arraigned before Justice N H Rogers on disturbing the peace charges after a Saturday alleyway fight and each received ten days in the county jail.
In a bold air raid, a force described as the White Czar of the Skies invades Sedalia, occupying the city and asserting control with their fleecy troops in swift action.
The fiercest Sunday assault of snow blankets streets and steam cars, halting worship as churches abandon services. Beginning Saturday evening, snow fell without stop until nearly noon Sunday, creating a grand, unbroken winter scene for Sedalia residents.
C T Beckwith president of the Citizens' National Bank of Oberlin died after two days of unconsciousness amid five federal indictments for violating national banking laws tied to Cassie Chadwick loans. His illness intensified after arrest and reports say death stemmed from heart trouble. The weather and storm chaos followed, crippling transit and church attendance while workers shoveled snow for pay.
It was stated that if the Chadwick litigation collapses due to the death of C. T. Beckwith, president of the defunct Citizens' National Bank of Oberlin Ohio, proceedings against Mrs Chadwick would begin in Massachusetts. The suit would relate to an alleged loan to Chadwick by Herbert D Newton of Brookline.
Vinita Oklahoma territory members of the Cherokee nation Thomas Daugherty and S S Clover died yesterday after drinking lemon extract believed to contain wood alcohol. Daugherty suffered convulsions during the night and Clover sought a physician but grew violently ill on his return. Both men were pioneer citizens who moved to the county with the Shawnees in 1871.
J. R. Cartwright and Ed Leftwich residents near Beaman shipped two carloads of stock Sunday to the St. Louis market.
Missouri voters failed to shift the senator balance on February 6 as Cockrell and Nielringhaus led with 49 and 106 votes respectively while Kerens Pettijohn Gardner and Finklenberg trailed, indicating no rel ative change in the deadlock.
The socialist convention nominated author Jack London for mayor of Oakland California. London, a noted newspaper correspondent in the Far East war era, rose to prominence by writing short stories after starting life as a New York City newsboy.
Rich Hill Missouri February 6. A sad case unfolds as nine Burkholder family members, German farmer Frank Burkholder and his wife and eight children, all fall ill with smallpox while only Mrs. Burkholder can care for them all.
Miss Margaret Hopkins died after a four year illness at 11 o clock last night at 518 West Broadway Sedalia. Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow at the residence with Rev. A D Johnson officiating and music led by Mrs C H Bard. Pallbearers are Dr F M Fulkerson R F Harris A E Poteet J B Maltby J T Montgomery and W S Sneed. Survived by three sisters Lucy Julia Bettie of Sedalia and brothers James Joshua Smith Spencer of various Missouri towns.
Chicago reports six inches of snow at noon with continued snowfall delaying traffic. The Goodrich steamer Iowa trapped in Lake Michigan ice for forty hours was freed today. all fifty five passengers unharmed.
The three weeks old child of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Osborn of 1010 East Twelfth Street died Sunday at 8 AM from pneumonia. Burial followed this afternoon at the city cemetery.
James C. Kennely foreman at Union Spring and Manufacturing in New Kensington shot Howard M. Ebner seven times on Sunday. Kennely surrendered and was jailed. his wife, Mrs. Kennedy, also arrested as an accessory.
On February 6 Washington reports that the British, Japanese, and Russian ambassadors separately asked to see Secretary Hay. Each denial stated the visit had no connection to peace rumors, though observers deem the meetings significant.
L. T. Wood was arrested on a charge of allowing minors to play pool at his establishment. He was arraigned before Justice D. Kinsey, fined $10 plus costs, and paid the amount.
Roosevelt refuses clemency for August Machen Dr Lorenz and the Groff brothers convicted of defrauding the government in a high profile fraud case reported by the Secripps-McRae Press Association from Washington on February 6.
A court judgment in favor of Third National Bank orders repayment from J. D. Franklin and co defendants. The ruling assigns liability and sets terms for settlement or collection. Authorities have not disclosed the exact monetary amount in this brief report.
The February term of the Pettis county circuit court opened with Judge Louis Hoffman presiding. Key case Third National Bank vs J D Franklin et al ended in favor of the bank, with Franklin and Imhauser owing $6,460.23 and Rissler $1,500 plus $3,500 on another count, costs to be split. Other docket entries include Wilson vs Burbank with a defendant verdict and Potter vs Lewis and Bradfield awarding $427.22 to the plaintiff.
Fred W. Busey of New York City, manager of the Danger to Working Girls company, appears at the Huckins as a guest. Busey is a former Sedalian and newspaper man who worked on the old Sedalia Bazoo.
Charles Osborn was arraigned before Police Magistrate Truxel this morning and fined five dollars on the charge of being drunk.
Mrs. Black wife of the Rev. R. D. Black former pastor of the First M. E. Church Sedalia died February 3 at Pawnee Oklahoma from heart trouble. Death was sudden. The Black family left Sedalia ten years ago and are remembered by locals. Remains to be interred at Madison Indiana, the couple’s old home.
Washington February 6 The house committee on rules decided today for the immediate consideration of the Fesch Townsend bill to regulate railways. The vote will be taken at 3 p m Thursday. No amendments will be allowed.
Two passenger trains derailed within ten miles of each other on the Rock Island main line from Chicago to Kansas City between Mabel and Winston Missouri. The California train derailed by a broken wheel flange and the Chicago Limited left the rails as they spread. One car turned over. Cr W Kellean suffered a back wrench. No serious injuries overall. The incidents halted traffic for about 15 hours.
The remains of William Shobe who died Sunday in Webb City Missouri arrived by Missouri Pacific train No 6 and were taken to his brother B Shobe’s home on West Ninth street. He was 52 and survived by his mother two brothers Bedford and Andy Shobe and sister Mrs Jeff DeJarnette. The body was interred later at the Shobe burying ground three miles west of the city after a short service.
Dr. J. A. Hull longtime Pettis county physician died this morning at his son in law A. J. Hughes home in Lamonte from a complication of diseases He was about 70 and survived by five children Harper Hull of New Mexico James Hull of Nevada Missouri Mrs A J Hughes Ora Hull and Joan Hull The funeral likely Tuesday
The Sedalia Ministerial Alliance met this morning and discussed issues to be referred to the state legislature. Rev. B F Martin read Life of Charles G Finney, and a committee including Revs S S Martin J M Rudy and B Martin was formed to draft resolutions on bucket shops and Sunday baseball.
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