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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
2
Improved Farms advertises 76 000 acres of hardwood timber land near railroads markets and creameries with ready to move into houses 18 by 26 by 12 feet. Prices 5 to 15 dollars per acre with one fourth cash and five annual payments at six percent. Also invites small portable mills to buy timber and do custom sawing.
Newchwang February 28 A returning observer says Japan is shelling Mukden with eleven inch mortars causing great damage behind Russian lines Chinese reports note fighting along the entire front The strongest clashes are on the Japanese right as Kuropki advances northward threatening to crumple Russian positions along the railroad A special force moves from the south and east to cut Russian railroad communications with Vladivostok
The Senate acquits Waynes on all counts by a party line vote with Republicans largely supporting acquittal and Democrats opposing. The division details show a polarized outcome amid ongoing political tension.
A Kuropatkin dispatch dated February 26 describes Japanese forces turning flanks at Tsinkhetchen and Kantie pass while repulsing attacks at Tanga Beydaling and Boma padz, with Colonel Gorkey wounded. Separately in Washington the Senate acquitted Charles Swayne on all twelve articles of impeachment after a party-line vote.
The international inquiry commission announced its decision on the Dogger Bank incident. It says Rojestvensky acted under alarm and did not abuse his authority though opening fire was not justified, while praising his efforts to avoid harming trawlers and noting not reflecting on military valor.
In Cleveland on February 25 Mrs Cassie L Chadwick refused to state her name on the stand during bankruptcy proceedings before Referee Remington. After initial swearing she declined to answer most questions citing privilege and potential help to prosecutors. The examination ended with no substantial disclosures and a March 13 resumption planned if criminal cases are resolved.
News from St. Petersburg reports limited Japanese forces amid renewed attacks near Gau and Tsinkhetchen, with Russian troops retreating only to the general line. AP dispatches indicate heavy fighting on the left flank as Japanese reinforce for a broader engagement, while a correspondent notes Japanese numbers around six hundred and three thousand Chinese bandits in Mongolia.
Reports from Madyadani Manchuria dated February 28 say Russian forces, vastly outnumbered, defended Che and Da passes after intense hand to hand combat. Losses ran high with some units reporting up to seventy percent killed or wounded as reserves were rushed to the line. Japanese efforts at Gauto pass and Naogou and Vampudzi were repulsed with heavy Russian casualties.
Washington February 28 The Senate has acquitted Judge Charles Swayne of all counts. The House agenda opened with the message and no public reaction followed. Hemenway reported the deficiency appropriation bill as part of the final big supply measures, with District of Columbia issues addressed and the army conference report approved. Two Chinese subjects were admitted to West Point via suspension of rules.
Washington February 28 Senator Bailey introduced an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill proposing a bill to create one state of Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
The Japanese headquarters in Manchuria reported continued Russian bombardment on Saturday and Sunday. Weather is very cold and snow is falling.
In St. Petersburg on February 28, Russia ordered the Lena crew violators to return to San Francisco and reduced their rank as punishment, meeting U S demands and disciplining the youth aboard.
The Marion county grand jury under Judge Alford in the criminal court was instructed in special session to probe charges of bribery in the Indiana legislature. The session drew a large crowd as officials outlined the broad scope of the inquiry.
Washington February 28 Senator Carmack charged the president with an incurable propensity to interfere in other nations affairs and said other nations may conclude we are arming for aggression during a speech on the naval appropriation bill.
Washington says Minister Dawson cables that an attack on President Morales failed, five assailants captured, others fled. No details yet, with tensions tied to the financial agreement between the Dominican government and the United States.
In Antigo Wisconsin a boiler blast at Wunderlich Lumber destroys the planing mill and kills engineer Plagert. Debris injures nearby homes and narrowly misses the local high school where 600 students were present.
London officials welcomed the North Sea commission report with equanimity. The foreign office declined to offer an official opinion, saying the finding is final and that it would be inappropriate to show dissatisfaction.
A special Marion county grand jury session was called by Judge Alford of the criminal court to probe bribery charges raised by Representative Ananias Baker against ex-Senator A. Baker of Marion and related matters.
At Baku in Caucasia rampant street fighting on February 20 left thirty five dead or wounded, with a second day of clashes heightening Mussulman Armenian tensions. Further disturbances on February 22 and 24 saw plunder and fires as authorities called in five battalions of infantry and Cossacks to restore order. Public reconciliations followed brief clashes.
Reports from Batoum say the police prefect and several leading merchants were killed and many Ottoman citizens murdered by Georgian strikers. The Russian embassy pledged protection while revolutionary manifestos for a republic circulated. The unrest spreads beyond workers to peasants and agricultural classes across the Caucasus, with Jews and other groups aiding the strikers under a St Petersburg committee.
Washington February 27 The statehood bill and the canal zone government bill were sent to conference after Senator Morgan yielded his objection. Impeachment trial resumed at 10 with Thurston speaking for Judge Swayne’s defense as galleries filled and De Armond closed the prosecution argument.
The ninth annual meeting of the Minnesota Retail Hardware Dealers' Association closed in Duluth after three days. They named Minneapolis as the next meeting site and adopted resolutions opposing parcel post and urging Senators to back and vote for the Esch-Towner bill, which passed the House.
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