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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1904
Page
7
Dispatches from Mukden on December 7 report Russian casualties at 25 killed and 128 wounded near Tsinkhetchen, with 17 Japanese prisoners. Rumors claim Rennenkampff chaos victory and twenty four captured Japanese guns. Port Arthur bombardment reveals one Russian battleship with a heavy list as fog limits visibility.
Russian forces intensify nightly assaults to retake the 203 metre hill overlooking Port Arthur as Japanese defenders reinforce and claim steady repulsion. Heavy losses estimated for Russia, with about 2000 men sacrificed. Besiegers report bombardment of Russian ships after Japanese capture.
Report from ukden dated December 8 states coal from the Fushun mines now yields sufficient output to meet army needs. The mines are being worked and provide fuel for half a million dugouts. Chinese bandits recently damaged a railroad between Pass and Harbin, while Cossacks are supported by bandit forces. Separately, a Republican poll indicates broad support for an extra congressional session to consider tariff reform, though some oppose it.
The map shows month by month progress in the Japanese investment of Port Arthur. Land isolation began May 27 with Nanshan, followed by southward and westward advances. Siege operations started August 7 after artillery was brought up, with Russian forces near 8,000 and Japanese around 60,000.
Washington December 9 President Roosevelt will call an extra session of Congress for tariff revision before next fall. Representative James Q. Watson says the president may send a tariff revision message in February while Watson favors informing the public during summer then meeting in October to frame the measure. Opponents fear sentiment may deter the plan. Senator Aldrich’s upcoming Europe trip is cited as delaying action until his return.
Handwriting experts reported to the supreme court that ballot boxes from Denver Precinct Six Ward Five show repeated ballots for both parties. Republican examiner George H. King noted 317 ballots with democratic headers written by eighteen people and twenty-two republican ballots by ten people. Democratic expert C F Reed found fifty three democratic ballots by eighteen persons and thirty republican ballots by thirteen persons.
Cold weather exacerbates Japanese difficulties at Port Arthur while bombardment continues. At Mukden on December 9, many Japanese prisoners are taken after night sorties. Siberians relish stalking and capturing sentries, yet inactivity depresses troops. Some prisoners withhold answers. food is ample but cold bites. Lieutenant General Linevitch narrowly escaped death near a Japanese battery.
Report from Port Arthur describes damage to Pobieda, Peresviet, Retvizan, Pallada, Bayan, and Sevastopol. Peresviet reportedly sunk by 12:30 pm while Pallada begins to list to port and bombardment intensifies on the Pallada.
H Frankel of Shanghai notes blockade runners grow rich transporting food and money to Russians at Port Arthur. A October shipment carried 300000 rifles and 85 head of cattle, earning $280000. Also reports contempt sentences for Denver election officials Krake Ray O Malia and Kofsky for violating a court injunction.
Reports from London and Tokyo detail Japanese gains at Port Arthur including the fall of Akaska hill and the sinking of ships such as the Peresviet and Pobieda. The Russian fleet sustains fires and damage while defense efforts under General Stoessel continue amid mounting Japanese bombardment.
Ontario government discusses uniform fishing regulations with Ohio Minnesota Michigan and New York. A Cleveland chamber of commerce committee backs an understanding for January presentation to the Ohio legislature. A joint conference with Ontario commissioners will occur soon.
Los Angeles man Hyans Roberts of the Wells Fargo company was shot by a train robber en route to Los Angeles on the Santa Fe near The Needles Monday morning and has died.
Bloomington Dec. 8 The drought in central Illinois grows more acute daily. Stockmen struggle to supply water for their stock as dust on roads becomes unusually pronounced for the season.
In Pawtucket Rhode Island on December 8 Mrs. George Morrison rose from a sickbed to reach a lamp. The lamp exploded causing severe burns from which she has little chance of recovery.
In Marseilles on December 8 a Norwegian steamer named Ole Bull suffered a deadly explosion. Several crew members are reported killed as rescuers search the vessel for survivors and assess damage.
Alexandria Indiana December 8 the entire Perkins family except the father was arrested over the burning of Nellie Maynard eight who died Tuesday evening Rosa Perkins aged fourteen John twelve and Kilda ten were taken into custody. Hogan an ex convict on parole from Michigan City and Mrs Perkins face trial for unlawful cohabitation with the children to follow for murder. Hampton Perkins husband arrived from Elwood to prosecute Hogan and Mrs Perkins.
Mary Fiala aged 21 dies and her father Joseph and sister Rose fall ill after eating raw chopped pork four weeks earlier. Trichinosis identified as the cause. the Fiala family of 1250 North Pierce Street faced initial typhoid misdiagnosis. Dr Beffel notes about 3 percent of pork may harbor these germs and insists thorough cooking is essential.
Westphalian bankers and mine owners in Frankfort form a syndicate to conserve their majority holding worth over $7.5 million in Hibernia Mining company. Aim is to block Prussian government nationalization and its indirect influence in the Rhenish Westphalian coal syndicate.
Boston on December 8 reports Thomas W Szawson planning to seek a receiver for the Amalgamated Copper company and to substantiate every statement he has published about the Rockefeller trust.
Warrants charging grand larceny in the second degree have been granted against former president Emory cashier Paul Werner and assistant cashier William P. Luedke of the German bank closed by the state banking department in Buffalo on December 8.
Richard A Canfield and David Bucklin proprietors of an exclusive gambling house pleaded guilty before Judge Cowing after being indicted on maintaining a gambling house in New York.
Meager details from Burnett mine about fifty miles from Tacoma report ten bodies recovered and five workers still trapped. Confirmation of fatalities and ongoing rescue efforts cited from Tacoma.
Terre Haute Indiana December Marshall Smith after serving eighteen years in prison for murder has returned to Edgar county and sued John Dalrymple for 5000 dollars for slander. Dalrymple alleged that Smith had committed theft.
Big Cement Concern based in Dover reports filing articles with the Delaware secretary of state to raise capital stock from two million to three million dollars. Incorprators are residents of Chicago.
Helena Montana December 8 Alexander Oviet and H H Metzger are in custody here and will be taken to White Sulphur Springs on a charge of murdering Homer J E Wardley Metzger has confused and exonerated Oviet
J Clement Shafer, a government contractor on river and harbor work in the James River area, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. His assets are listed at 360.
Berlin December 8 The Krupp company reports Bertha Krupp’s income at 2.4 million dollars as the firm declares a six percent dividend. The Krupp holdings account for nearly all of the 40 million capital of the company.
Tokyo reports Imperial headquarters plans a third squadron with battleships Pant T and Slava, five older battleships, five cruisers and forty torpedo destroyers to sail east within two months. London dispatch cites possible leaders Daubassouf or Choukain as commander. Port Arthur bombardment shows heavy ships in action and alarms of a broader Japanese offensive rise.
Tokyo reports from front line headquarters confirm the disabling of the Russian battleships Retvizan and Poltava, with the cruiser Bayan aground. It notes Japanese forces recaptured forts at 1 p.m. on December 6 and seized elevated positions near Suezh Kou and Sanncham, plus a five hour armistice for burial details after a flag of truce.
A Reuters AP correspondent reports the 203 metre hill near Port Arthur fell to Japanese forces after a brutal six day struggle. The crest and trenches were wrecked, debris filled slopes, and a trench section revealed over 200 Russian dead and wounded. Official dispatches note a brutal, costly assault.
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