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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
1
An Asia Minor asphalt lake is found and eyed for exploitation by a London firm. A Scottish study argues gravitation is electrical and linked to magnetism. Japan, Russia, and European affairs dominate, with peace moves and naval actions, while U S. politics focus on gas works, civil service resignations, and Roosevelt travel planning.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate international trade of shells tortoises and sponges with figures mentioning 575000 and 500000 dollars. United States reportedly took about 35 percent of sponge exports while Europe received the rest and France identified as a principal buyer.
The Japanese require all children to attend school from age six to fourteen. In the first four years students learn Japanese and Chinese, and in the last four years English is added. Upon graduation, they can read and speak English.
Frank H. Mason, United States consul general at Berlin, reports continuing decline in German meat imports, especially from the United States, due to the rigid meat inspection law enacted last year. He adds a notable rise in horseflesh consumption across the empire, with about 13,000 horses slaughtered for meat in Berlin last year.
Denver physicians report Harry J Meyers a printer has a leg that is growing after being amputated below the knee in 1901 following a wreck at Springfield Missouri. The leg was initially not amputated but later removed to prevent blood poisoning. Within a week several doctors have verified the claim of growth.
In Germany the government collaborates with citizens, businesses, chambers of commerce, and trade boards to exploit German goods abroad. It competes with England in shipping subsidies, runs government sponsored commercial museums in foreign trade centers, and dispatches experts and representatives to study overseas trade conditions.
Training at Cavite, the Wisconsin gun pointers fired four 13 inch guns at a rectangular target 17 by 21 feet, 1,600 yards away. Eight pointers each fired 11 shots and hit 11 in five minutes forty seconds, averaging 194 hits per gun per minute. Previous best was nine hits in ten shots in the same time. In London, Sir James Crichton Browne challenged incurable consumption claims and cited a drop in deaths from 1882 to 1902 despite population growth. Sir William Broadbent praised sanatoria as a primary cure method.
The 18-year-old daughter of Kang Yu Wei, Kan Tung Pih, gained attention as a loyal supporter of the reform government. She visited St. Louis for the World’s Fair last summer, studied in Hartford, and spoke to large audiences in defense of her people, following her father who heads the Chinese Empire Reform association.
The largest spider in Madagascar is the dog spider, nearly a pound in weight with legs longer than a cedar pencil. Its mandibles measure three quarters of an inch, and it hunts by scent, unlike net-spinning giants, tracking prey through weeds until the trail is found.
Washington June 6. President and Takahira of Japan hold third White House discussion on far eastern peace. French and British envoys met earlier as Japanese observers, while Cassini’s report from St Petersburg must be answered before any concrete progress can be made.
Secretary Taft directed Gov. Wright and Rear Adm. Train to warn Vice Adm. Enquist and his three cruisers to depart Manila within 24 hours or face internment. Enquist plans to sail after tending wounded and securing coal from a neutral, while Philippine officials refuse permission for repairs.
President Theodore Roosevelt received an equestrian statuette of himself as colonel of the Rough Riders. The piece by sculptor MacMonnies was presented at the White House by Miss Janet Scudder of New York. Attending were Mrs. Roosevelt, the Admiral of the Navy and Mrs. Dewey, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bonaparte.
A June 6 storm in Lower Michigan caused a tornado in the Thumb region, crossing Tuscola and Sanilac counties. It carved a half mile wide path of death and destruction, leveling homes and farms, killing several people and injuring many others. The tornado began northeast of Caro and moved northeast, leaving stock and crops damaged.
Whitelaw Reid, new American ambassador, had an audience with King Edward at Buckingham Palace and presented his credentials. Three royal carriages conveyed the ambassador and embassy members to the palace.
A Tokio correspondent reports total Russian casualties at 14 000 killed, 4 600 captured, and 3 000 escaped in the naval engagement. He notes a large share of prisoners suffer disease.
The chief surgeon at Sasebo naval hospital reports Adm. Rojestvensky's condition as favorable with normal pulse and temperature. No brain complications observed.
President Roosevelt creates Lassen Peak forest reserve in California spanning part of the Northern Sierra Nevada. The area covers just under 890000 acres, protecting a broad tract of mountain terrain and natural resources.
London dispatch reports Japanese forces captured hospital ships with passengers including Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's niece who asked permission to nurse her uncle, confirming the sighting of women aboard the vessels.
New York June 6. A call to prayer for peace between Russia and Japan was received at Salvation Army headquarters from W Bramwell Booth, chief of the international staff in London.
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