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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1904
Page
2
Fragments report a weather shift with rain ending in Huron and trains or travel moving east. Mentions a 6:00 a.m. vow or schedule and a stop at Beccensters Slows Vale Junction.
Dispatches from Chefoo and Tokio indicate a general naval and land assault on Port Arthur begun at dawn August 10 and followed by heavy fighting. Japanese forces reportedly seized Lianti hills and Sushigen with losses on both sides, and bombardment from Lang mountain continued on inner defenses.
Aug 10 Japanese forces attacked Taku and Siaohou mountains and advanced after long fighting. They repelled a major assault on the east front during heavy rain and pressed the fortress from the east for four days. The dispatch confirms repulse of the attack and renewal of hope Port Arthur may hold.
Vice Admiral Kamimura engaged the Vladivostok squadron at dawn near Tsu island in the straits of Korea. The Rurik sank after five hours of fighting. Japanese losses were two killed and seven wounded while rescuers saved 450 crew members. Survivors of the Rurik, about 600, reached Sasebo aboard ships.
The cruiser division of the Baltic squadron has received sailing orders from St. Petersburg. Some ships have left Cronstadt already and others including the Oleg will depart in a few days. The unit may round the cape to meet coal carriers while the battleship division waits on repairs.
Rear Admiral Jewell orders the Olympia Baltimore and Cleveland to depart Smyrna for Gibraltar under instruction from Minister Leishman. The Turkish school question is settled by granting American schools the same protections as other powers. Leishman also directs salute to land batteries before departure.
William Pfeiffer, intoxicated and ranting near West Fourteenth Street, fired on bystanders as friends tried to disarm him. James Cunningham suffered serious arm and knee wounds, while Leonard Biehler was hit in the abdomen and later died. Pfeiffer was captured after a struggle with police.
George Cox a teamster set fire to his Eastvale home and cut his wife’s throat with a razor Sunday. Police arrived to find Cox tied with a clothes line and neighbors ready to lynch him. The fire was put out after danger passed. Cox’s twelve year old son fired at him but missed. Mrs. Cox is fatally injured.
A terse report notes only one person saved after a perilous voyage off the Zululand coast. Four prior expeditions met disaster in the same area, with years of failed attempts and ongoing danger in the region.
Chinese bandits led by Kitsushan Tulisan and Folingo, each with about a thousand followers, gather in Sinminting district moving toward the railway. The groups, organized by Japan, are accompanied by about a hundred Japanese with mountain guns as they advance.
Patrick E. O'Reilly, 25, of Akron Iowa, died in a Sioux City hospital two weeks after breaking his back sliding into second base during a baseball game. He had endured severe pain before succumbed to his injuries.
The British torpedo boat destroyer Decoy sank off the Scilly islands following a collision with another destroyer. All crew members were rescued.
In St. Petersburg on August 16 the Baltic fleet shows activity as baggage for the new battleship Orel is moved aboard. Torpedo boats and destroyers of the Second division are ordered to coal to full capacity while awaiting further orders in Cronstadt roadstead.
Captain Lantry and four patrolmen intervened in a beef strike incident in New York on August 16. They were badly battered before subduing and arresting a man who attacked several non union workers employed by Schwarz Child and Sulzberger.
Consul Ruf fin reports from Ascuncion that Paraguay has martial law, following clashes between revolutionary and government forces. Widespread disorder accompanies the crackdown as the fighting continues.
A car carrying strike breakers to the Swift packing plant at South Omaha was attacked at Sheet station. Three inmates were injured, one unconscious, as shots were fired during the incident. Names of the injured were not provided.
One man was killed and another fatally injured in a ten story New York building elevator crash at 270 Mercer street. Sixteen others sustained severe scalp wounds as counter weights smashed the freight car. The elevator operator and the building superintendent were arrested.
Wheat prices rose 2 to 24 percent on the Chicago Board of Trade as reports of winter kill in Southwestern Ontario and rust damage in Minnesota and the Dakotas spread. The market opened nervous but strengthened, finishing near its high after persistent buying.
Surviving Civil War veterans gathered in Boston for the 38th annual encampment with subsidiary groups and mass displays. Massachusetts Sons of Veterans greeted delegations at rail terminals while flags bunting and civic designs celebrated Fraternity Charity Loyalty.
Aug 16 report from Liaoyang notes Chinese bandits blew a railroad segment ten miles south. Repair crews finished in hours. Twelve bandits were captured and brought to Liaoyang after firing on Russian scouts, wounding two dragoons. Weather cool with periodic rain. Russians morale dampened by lack of Port Arthur news.
Jones Watson of Missouri is under arrest charged with murder in the death of his wife who died July 5 after coroner's jury investigation. John J. Suter, father of Mrs. Watson, backed an affidavit. Dr. Watson held $30,000 life insurance. The couple’s alleged runaway ending with her being thrown from a buggy into Salt River near New London is noted.
Senator Thomas C Platt expressed support for Elihu Root as the Republican nominee for New York governor. Platt said Root could not refuse if nominated and predicted GOP victory in New York New Jersey Connecticut Indiana and for the national ticket.
Corry Pennsylvania August 16 a section of the Summer street sewer stem caved in at noon burying four Italians under rock and clay. A hundred men work desperately to reach them with life believed to be dwindling.
The United States gunboat Dubuque was successfully launched from the Gas Engine and Power company yard at Morris Heights. Miss Margaret Treadway of Dubuque christened the vessel at the ceremony.
Between 666 and 800 workers from the George A. Fuller company joined the building trades walkout in New York. The affected unions include marble and stonecutters and other crafts, escalating a widespread labor dispute as marches and picketing continued through mid August.
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