Port Arthur Fighting Rumors Stir World News
Reports from St. Petersburg and London claim Japanese forces threaten Port Arthur if 203 Metre Hill is taken. Dispatches note breaches and heavy forts, with claims of large losses and a push toward final assault within twenty one days as Russian and Japanese positions remain volatile.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Berlin
Tokio
Taglische Rundschau
Sungshu
Rihlung
Kekwan
Mukden
Kuroki
London
la Otie
Bennett Burleigh
Daily Telegraph
Che Foo
Burleigh
Pigeon Bay
la Porte Hill
Morning Post
Shanghai
Russia halts The Hague peace conference plan
Washington reports Russia will not join a second peace conference at The Hague until the war with Japan ends. Count Cassini delivered the reply to Secretary Hay, stating Russia accepts the invitation in principle but sees no moment to convene while the Far East war continues.
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Russia
Washington
Rusela
Hagues
Japan
Hay
Hague
Count Cassini
The
Joe Leicher Indicted In St Louis Case
St Louis reports indicate Joseph Leicher was indicted on three counts related to armed offenses under a recent statute. An attempt to serve a capias failed as case details linger and judges or officials may retire or step aside, with ongoing defense denials noted. Russia reportedly negotiating to purchase warships through Liverpool ports as Britain and allies monitor arms sales amid tensions.
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Joe” Leicher
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Duquoin
Kosey
Joseph
Leiter
Attakott
Jubien
Russia
London
Liverpool
Fort Arthur Siege Advances With Heavy Japanese Losses
London reports from Che Foo station that the 203 metre hill assault inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese first division. Ninth and Eleventh divisions threatened the Rihlung and Kekwan forts while Port Arthur siege plans aim for early capture by December 10. General Nogi’s telegram cheerfully confirms storming of 30 metre hills and portends victory though casualties mount.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Che
203 Metre Hill
Tthe Rihlung
Kekwan
Port Arthur
Tokio
Nogi
Oyama
Thuchiya
Nakamura
Venezuela in turmoil as Venezuela court decision awaited
Reports from Washington describe a chaotic Venezuela with political arrests and inflamed public opinion. The State Department monitors events and awaits the Venezuelan Supreme Court ruling on the American asphalt case to determine policy. Foreign embassies report troubles for foreigners and slow indemnity awards due to President Castro’s port openings. Admiral Davis to join Dogger Bank court of inquiry.
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Washington
State Department
Venezuela
Supreme Court of Venezuela
Castro
Admiral Davis
Charles H. Davis
Dogger Bank
Unknown fiend blamed for telegraph girl death
Cincinnati report states coroner's verdict on Alma Steinigeweb, a telephone operator found dead November 2 near Spring Grove Cemetery. Cause is skull fracture from a blow with a blunt instrument by an unknown assailant, contradicting the street car accident theory. Authorities still seek the murderer.
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Cincinnati
Alma Steinigeweb
Spring Grove
Hans
Colorado Justices Hear Contested Denver Election
In Denver the Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments on whether to void votes from precincts over watchers orders, a move that could alter the governor race and state senate control. Republicans seek widespread ballot voiding to erase Adams led gains and keep Peabody from office.
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Supreme Court of Colorado
Denver
St. Paul, Minn
Michael Dowd
Colo
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
F. Richardson
Dowd
Walter H. Sanford
Supreme Court
Denver Election Commission
Alva Adams
Adam
Peabody
State Senate
Peabody to quit race as Colorado governor Announces stepping down after January 1
Governor Peabody has withdrawn from the Colorado governor contest though not issuing a public statement. Dispatches from Canon City confirm the decision to abandon the race gradually. Bank employees report he plans to handle business in person after January 1.
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Colorado
Denver
Peabody
Canon City
Shaw Calls for Economy in coming Congress
Secretary Shaw plans to halt wholesale expenditures for the new session and will urge economy in his upcoming annual report. He has provided Treasury figures to House members and asks leaders to fund only absolutely necessary items and drop pork bills.
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Shaw
Washington
Congress
House
Treasury
Port Arthur Battles Report from Front Lines
Japanese forces seize 203 Meter hill at Port Arthur after repeated charges and a dawn bombardment on November 30. Russians suffer heavy losses as forts atop the hill fall, with five thousand killed reported in a two hour assault. Dispatches from London and St. Petersburg note renewed bombardment and Russian fundraising for defenders and families.
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Tokio
Imperial Army
Port Arthur
London
Daily Telegraph
Che Foo
St. Petersburg
Port. Arthur
Russia
Morning Post
Shanghai
Vladivostok
Sintsintin
Quiet at Mukden skirmish details and relief supplies
Mukden dispatch reports a minor skirmish on November 30 on General Rennen kampff front, weather warmer, and a hot clash November 29 between Chiantan and Syaokcheni where Russian troops held key village. Japanese forces attacked Russian communications at night but were repelled by border scouts, with ten rifles and several horses captured. Russian casualties were five killed or wounded. Japanese losses believed heavier.
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Mukden
Rennenkampff
Russian Red Cross Society
United States
China
Chiantan
Syaokcheni
Discharge Without Honor for Private Smith at Fort Mott
Acting Secretary Oliver ordered the dismissal without honor of Private John T. Smith, hospital corps, Fort Mott New Jersey, after reports he married a woman described as of bad character. General Grant had recommended the discharge in the Department of the East. The War Department released the statement detailing the case and the lack of lawful termination of the marriage.
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Washington
Oliver
John T. Smith
Fort Mott
N. J
General Grant
Department of the East
War Department
Smith
Balliet Begins Sentence in Red Oak Jail Term
Des Moines reports Letgon Balliet left with Marshal Christian to start a three month term in Montgomery county jail at Red Oak. He is to be berated in March 1905.
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Balliet
Des Moines
Letgon Balliet
Marshal Christian
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Shot Through the Window Assassination of Colonel Chaves
News from Albuquerque New Mexico reports the assassination of Colonel Francisco Chaves a Republican politician at Pines Wells in Terence county during supper. He was born in 1833 in New Mexico and served as a soldier in many Indian wars. the murder is blamed on a political enemy.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Francisco Chaves
Pines Wells
Terrence County
Chaves
Colene Chaves
New Mexico
New
Fleets of American Navy to be reorganized under Evans
Rear Admiral Evans will command the largest U S fleet in March succeeding Barker as Atlantic fleet commander The North Atlantic fleet includes nine battleships seven cruisers two monitors seven torpedo boats and five colliers The Pacific Asiatic and South Atlantic squadrons are detailed with captains and ships in service. Davis remains battleship squadron commander while Stirling leads the Asiatic battleship squadron and Train heads the Philippine squadron
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Evans
Albert S. Barker
Atlantic
Barker
Charles H. Davis
Sigsbee
Caribbean
James H. Sands
North Atlantic
Davis
T. I. Jewell
Harrison G. QO. Delby
Olympia
Cleveland
Des Moines
Panama
Caspar F. Goodrich
New York
Boston
Marblehead
Wyoming
New Monitor
Yates Stirling
Wisconsin
Oregon
Monadnock
Stirling
William M. Folger
Charles J. Train
South Atlantic
Brooklyn
Castine
Mar
Cure for Bright's Disease Claims by Prof Ayres
At the fifty fifth meeting of the American Medical association Prof Ayres of New York Post-Graduate hospital announced a potential cure for Bright's disease in early stages. He injects drugs into the kidneys and reports forty three cures with ninety three treated and only one failure. Some accounts suggest buttermilk as a self cure in early stages, though a noted case preferred death over three months of only buttermilk.
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Ayres
American Medical Association
New York Post-Graduate Hospital
Bright
Growth of a Free Spirit and the Fate of Empires
The author argues that world empires cannot endure as despotisms provoke rebellion and democracies cannot enslave without harming themselves. Despotism once ruled before popular sovereignty and may give way to disintegration rather than consolidation as people seek liberty. The British Empire survives now due to the belief its subjects are better off within it.
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Russia
Great Britain
Navy reorganizes Atlantic squadron leadership
Lettas now commands the Atlantic training squadron under Rear Admiral F E Chadwick with Capt Royal B Bradford elevated to rear admiral upon Jewell's retirement. Battleship Chito remains at San Francisco awaiting service while cruiser Chicago departed San Juan for the Straits of Magellan to assume flagship duties for the Pacific squadron. West Virginia and Pennsylvania near completion to join the North Atlantic fleet battleship squadron.
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Lettas
F. E. Chadwick
Atlantic
Royal B. Bradford
Jewell
Chito
San Francisco
Chicago
San Juan
Porto Rico
Straits of Magellan
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
North Atlantic
Growth of the English Tongue Expands Worldwide
The Kansas City Journal notes English now spoken by over 186 million people and has displaced French in diplomacy. It cites adoption across North America, Africa, Liberia, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Hawaii, Polynesia, and many small states, with expectations it will reach 10 million Filipinos. the Panama Canal may extend its influence in Central America.
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North America
South Africa
Liberia
Australia
New Zealand
Samoa
Hawaii
Polynesia
Panama Canal
Central America
Kansas City Journal
Rojestvensky as Society Man at London Court
A historical portrait recalls Admiral Rojestvensky as naval attaché in London thirty years past and a celebrated society figure. His charm, grace, and status drew the English aristocracy, with a noblewoman recalling she would have chosen him for marriage at a recent party.
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Rojestvensky
Admiral Rojestvensky
London
Queen Victoria
Governors Self Made Men in Two States
Bryant B. Brooks governor elect of Wyoming, born in Massachusetts, moved to Wyoming in 1881, worked as a cowboy near Cheyenne and built stock land and bank interests. William M O Dawson governor elect of West Virginia, age 50, began as a printer, became editor, now a lawyer.
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Bryant B. Brooks
Wyoming
Massachusetts
Cheyenne
William M. O. Dawson
West Virginia
Russian empire rests on force and self governance rights
The Indianapolis News notes that the Russian empire relies largely on coercion and forecasts increasing public assertion of the right to govern themselves. The remark frames a tension between centralized power and evolving demands for political autonomy.
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Indianapolis News
Carnegie Library Directors Debate Holiday Open Closings
Brooklyn public library directors, part of the Carnegie system, weigh whether to keep exact contract terms for holiday hours. They favor closing on Thanksgiving and Christmas as in the past, while extending holiday openings for Carnegie branches. No decisive action was taken.
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Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Brooklyn Public Library
Carnegie Library System
Carnegie Library
Brooklyn
Ministers Gather In Cafe For Parish Talks And Lager
Every Monday around 4 pm a group of Lutheran ministers meet in a quiet cafe near the New York post office to discuss parish affairs while sipping lager and possibly smoking cigars. Dr. Richter of St. Peter's German Evangelical Church in the Bronx attends, and says his six sons should become farmers rather than ministers due to little incentive for a religious career in this country.
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New York
Rider Haggard in South Africa and beyond
The article recalls Rider Haggard’s career in the Transvaal where he helped raise the British flag with Col Brooke, his fame as a hunter, and his later work researching England’s agriculture, highlighting his continued advocacy for the British farmer.
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Rider Haggard
South Africa
High Court
Transvaal
Col. Brooke
South African Republic
England
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