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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1904
Page
2
Readable portions indicate a rail timetable with names like Chicago and Sioux Valley, mentioning south and westbound departures, daily mails and express services, and connections at Redfield for points east. Details are incomplete and garbled.
General Kuropatkin states the Japanese advanced ten miles north of Haicheng and push from Pahuisai on Russia s east flank. Japanese forces concentrate near Pulongor with units at Houtsiatze and Sikseyan crossing the Taitse river right bank but repelled.
Chicago August parade of 40,000 unionists surrounds Packing Town in a peaceful march. Children in white lead with placards urging fair wages and home care, while police and bands provide color. Ten black strike breakers defect to the strikers and receive union buttons.
A Liaoyang dispatch reports a major engagement near Houtsiatze fourteen miles west of Liaoyang. Japanese losses are estimated at 10 000 to 13 000 with minimal Russian fatalities. Russians retreated to prepared positions after heavy artillery fire as Japanese feints failed.
A Port Arthur published dispatch recounts heavy July 25 to 27 fighting. Russian batteries faced intense Japanese bombardment led by 12 inch guns under Prince Tscheidse and Captain Skrydloff. The assault focused on Wolfs mountain as Russian left wing commander General Kondratenko withstood cannon and infantry pressure.
Washington reports that the Japanese commander in Manchuria prohibits foreign warships from entering or anchoring at Yinkow until order is restored. The Lower Liao river near Newchwang was mined by Russians during occupation, with notice given to the US and others.
Republican National Chairman George B Cortelyou leaves Washington for New York where he will oversee the campaign from the New York and Chicago offices. He plans a public campaign starting mid September with Vermont and Maine as exceptions and full swing by Sept 20. He met with President Roosevelt for a private discussion on personal campaign matters.
Reports from Northwest wheat fields say rust damage is limited to local pockets with most areas seeing little loss. Estimated shortages run about 10 percent in Minnesota, 15 to 20 percent in South Dakota, and around 6 percent in North Dakota, with no widening of the affected area.
About 100 young Filipinos arriving in St Louis will enter educational institutions across the United States as the school system opens this fall. They will undergo a four year course and spend six weeks at the St Louis fair before continuing.
Chicago August 8. Long line forms at the Drovers' Trust and Savings bank near the stock yards as about 156 people gather to withdraw deposits. Vice President W A ae with aenionneatho ed there won withdrawals by the morning rush.
Nagasaki dispatch claims Port Arthur captured by Japanese but authorities in St. Petersburg and New York doubt the report. Telegrams from Tokyo or Japanese legations lack confirmation, leaving the alleged fall unverified.
An editorial in Novoe Vremya commends U S restraint over neutral commerce and foodstuffs as contraband. It recalls rice was branded contraband during the Franco Chinese War and hopes a path may be found to satisfy American demands despite current difficulties.
Eyewitness Liaoyang account states Lieutenant General Count Keller died during a July 29 frontline inspection. He ignored warnings about his white uniform and walked to a battery as shrapnel struck, ending his life in a bold, risky act.
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