Various World News Snippets From 1904 Telegrams
A compact digest notes cold in Mukden. Henry Watterson in Paris for his grandson’s schooling. Roosevelt may call an October extra session. St Petersburg anti-government protest dispersed by police. Hepburn attacks civil service. railroads grant 1 cent per mile for Denver encampment. Also: Illinois senate-house contest. Newton Penn’s death. Secretary Wilson’s possible retention. Sevastopol torpedo claim. Osterhaus retirement bill. interstate cattle rates. Mergenthaler dividents. Meadow Grove store theft. Elkins circuit court plan. 500 Porto Ricans in destitution. holiday trade. Denver vote Denver precinct vote issue. Koch to South Africa. Ithaca mosquitoes. Metcalf land fraud hints. Victoria's jubilee shipments. NY six-day riders penalized. Cassie Chadwick package found empty. tall man highwayman arrested. Depew NY candidacy. Tolstoi’s son awards cross. Chisholm bank robbery. Curtis on coeducation growth. coal transport bids to Manila. PA rail steel rail orders. Dixie sails with J F Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Henry Watterson
Paris
Roosevelt
Congress
St. Petersburg
Hepburn
Civil Service
Grand Army
Denver
Senate
House
General Assembly
Ilinois
Newton L. Penn
William Penn
Hartford
Conn
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Sevastopol
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Mercantile
W. McDonald
Meadow Grove
Elkins
Circuit Court of Interstate Commerce
Hawaii
San Francisco
Colorado Supreme Court
Robert Koch
Berlin
South Africa
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Metcalf
Express
New York City
St. Louis
England
New York
National Cycling Association
Ir Reynolds
Cassie II
Chadwick
Cleveland
John Orme
Chicago
Peoria National Bank
Peoria
Senator Depew
Is Friends
Count Tolstoi
Andre
Sobelofft
Sixth Army Corps
Chisholm
Minn
William E. Curtis
Commissioner of Education
Washington
Atlantic
Manila Bay
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
United States
Dixie
Colon
J. F. Wallace
Report of General Stoessel on Port Arthur assaults
General Stoessel's dispatches to the emperor describe multiple Japanese assaults on Port Arthur from November 20 to 28. They claim heavy Japanese losses, several named officers praised, and continued bombardment with forts changing hands and trenches held or retaken by Russian forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Stoesgel
Krondratenko
Nikitin
Pigeon Bay
Panlung
Visokala
Great Fire at Minneapolis Destroys Blocks Citywide
A blaze in downtown Minneapolis killed three people including a citizen electrocuted by a live wire. The fire burned from 10 PM until 2 AM, destroying Boutell Bros furniture, O H Peck, Powers department store, and several other buildings with losses estimated between 3.3 and 4 million dollars. Two sleeping blocks gutted and flames confined to three structures by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Powers Department Store
Boutell Bros
O. H. Peck
International Waterway Commission to be appointed
Ottawa reports a joint United States Canadian commission will study waters along the boundary to regulate transit through channels on both sides. The commission aims to reach an understanding amid complaints of waters being diverted in Minnesota and to oversee activities in adjacent waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
International Waterway Commission
United States
Minnesota
Board of Health Denies West Coast Sinaloa Starvation Reports
Mexico City officials deny sensational wires about starvation and disease on the west coast of Sinaloa. They say no excess deaths from malaria or starvation beyond those from bubonic plague and only a few yellow fever cases remain in the republic.
Philippine civil bill passes senate amid amendments
Washington reported the Senate approved the Philippine civil bill 44 to 23 after extensive debate and multiple amendments. A key change lowered railroad bond interest to 4 percent, and the measure authorizes Philippine and Porto Rican bonds, local indebtedness limits, and immigration administration, while granting the civil governor the title of governor general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McCumber
Philippines
Baker to Have a Hearing on New Mexico Judge Case
Washington reports a Roosevelt Baker hearing is expected after a discussion with Senator Millard and Representative Hinshaw. The judge of the Second district of New Mexico would rebut evidence leading to removal. Roosevelt stressed every man has a right to his day in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
B. S. Baker
New Mexico
Millard
Hinshaw
Baker
EXPECT BIG STOCK EXHIBIT AT PORTLAND FAIR
Port lands plans to enlarge the live stock section at the Lewis and Clark fairgrounds after the International Live Stock Association meeting in Chicago spurred breeders nationwide to enter top herds. Officials have raised premiums from 40000 to 55000 and may expand display space to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsland
Ore
North Pacific Coast
State
International Live
Poor Place of Americans on Guam Report
Washington reports Commander G Dyer Guam governor says vast work remains to modernize administration. Islanders are poor ignorant dirty yet gentle and religious. Dyer doubts Americans will live there permanently but believes island revenues can fund schools roads. He favors paternalism and guided steps toward higher living and culture by Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guam
Orton
Dyer
Mass meeting urges prompt ratification of arbitration treaties
A New York mass meeting at Carnegie Hall urged prompt Senate approval of arbitration treaties with major powers. Speakers praised arbitration, while the crowd clashed briefly with a heckler. Resolutions called for U.S. support and prompt Senate action, with copies to the president and New York senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Department
Carnegie Hall
John Crosby Brown
Andrew Carnegie
George B. McCellan
M. Linn Bruce
Ieland
Ireland
Grover Cleveland
Carl Schurz
John Mitchell
Nelson A. Milea
Henry C. Potter
Rabbi Silberman
Permanent
The
Hague
United States
International Court
Pacific
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Newlands Announces Frances Engaged to German Lieutenant
Washington Senator Newlands reveals his youngest daughter Frances is engaged to Leopoldo von Bedow of the German army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newlands
Nevada
Frances
Leopoldo von Bredow
Health of Troops Excellent in Luzon Report
Brigadier General Kannall reports the health of U S troops in the Luzon department as excellent, cholera absent, due to new posts, distilled water, and abstinence from native fruits. He urges two year term limits to prevent nervous breakdowns among white troops in the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kannall
Department of Luzon
Philippine Islands
War Department
Philippines
Islands
President Invited South
Congressmen Las ter of Georgia extended an invitation to the president to visit Savannah on his southern trip next spring. The president said he would not make a general tour of the South that spring and planned to go directly to San Antonio, Texas, via Louisville, with a later possibility of visiting Georgia and other southern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Laster
Georgia
Savannah
President Roosevelt Addresses Grace Reformed Church
President Roosevelt attended a Grace Reformed Church service and gave an address stressing brotherhood and social duty. He urged employer and worker to care for others, saying only mutual concern can reduce labor troubles and uphold civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Grace Reformed Church
J. M. Shick
Port Arthur Under Siege and Naval Bombardment
Dispatches report Japanese forces shell Port Arthur as four Russian battleships and other ships lie disabled in harbor. Interior bombardment damaged Poltava and Amur while fire reached the arsenal. Russian infantry and artillery skirmished near Pettaitozu Yaotun Tang chiapaotzu Butzsaowa and Hun river areas with casualties on the Russian side. Japanese losses not cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fokio
Port Arthur
Poltava
Amur
Golden Hill
Manchuria
Pettaitozu
Manpao Mountain
Yaotun
Tangchiapaotzu
da Mountain
Butzsaowa
Welther
Mamachesh
Hun River
Roosevelt to lead rough riders guard of honor for inauguration
President Roosevelt plans a guard of honor from the Rough Riders for the March inauguration. Colonel A. O. Brodie will select 30 to 50 men from the regiment for the escort. Brodie and Major W. H. Llewellyn met the president to arrange details, with the reunion at San Antonio in late March and a possible hunting trip afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Guard of Honor
Rough Riders
First
United States Volunteer Cavalry
A. O. Brodie
Arizona
W. H. Llewellyn
Brodie
San Antonio
Lileweilyn
President Roosevelt And Jamestown Exposition Leader Talk
General Ritzbugh Lee, head of the Jamestown Exposition Company, confers with President Roosevelt. He thanks the president for his interest and acknowledges his message regarding the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ritzbugh Lee
Roosevelt
Attraction of Affinities
Believers in affinities argue that like minds irresistibly attract, with thought acting as a force that draws people together. They claim thoughts travel through space like electric messages and can influence others we contemplate.
Man admires hotel cashier in quirky overheard remark
The Kansas City Times records a bemused quote from a man in a hotel lobby who stares at a cashier through her window. He muses about painting her image, then jokes that he has had too much to drink as he moves away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Times
Power In the Wifely Smile
A man who finds his wife smiling when he returns home at night will tend to stay. If he leaves, memories of the smile may make him feel she does not care and drive him back to restore her regard.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Called Great Work In Missouri
Florisant Missouri reports say Dodd's Kidney Pills cure severe kidney disease and also prevent early cases. Mrs Peter Barteau claims relief after three years of back and knee pains. Local residents report similar improvements, touting the remedy as saving lives and reducing long term suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florisant
Dodd
Bright
Peter Barteau
Missouri
Defiance Cold Water Starch Promises Easy Ironing
The notice extols Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use claiming it never sticks to the iron and contains 16 oz per package, double the typical 1 lb of competitors, at the same 10 cent price. It warns grocers may push smaller 12 oz packages to clear stock and urges customers to demand Defiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stoetssel
Lewis and Clark
Athens
Clark County
Peage
Miss Newslands
Fellowship of Man
Inauguraton
Tee
God
Wa O
Vanburen, Ind
Kline
B. BL
Kure, Ltd
Arch Street
Philadelphia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!