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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1904
Page
6
Reports from Port Arthur and Che Foo describe Japanese forces pressing the eastern forts and ridge lines as bombardment and night assaults continue. Analysts foresee a potential surrender before November 8 while reserves maneuver through trenches to weaken defenses.
An Associated Press despatch details the final stage of the assault on Port Arthur. Russians retired to fortifications as Japanese forces pressed along ridges and hills near the fortress belt, capturing key mountains and driving to break through defenses amid rain and rough terrain.
Despatches from Che Foo and St. Petersburg state Japanese forces abandoned Fort No. 3 at Port Arthur after six days of bombardment with enormous Russian losses. News notes Russian Baltic squadron sails and British straits patrols as reports of siege conditions continue.
The Tokyo government confirms the sinking of the battleship Yashima off Dalny after hitting a mine in June. The vessel, 12 800 tons, was among Japan's finest ships. exact death toll unknown but believed small. Japan now has four modern battleships.
Dispatches from St. Petersburg detail Russia’s defense of the Anglo Russian convention for a five nation inquiry into the North Sea incident. The Paris seated commission will include Russian British American and French members with a fifth chosen by those nations. Four points are presented: suspicious dual flag vessels, Kamchatka report of torpedo boats, lat long queries about the pond yon, and two torpedo boats near the line of battle. The inquiry aims for wide latitude and rejects arbitration.
Reports say bands of men hunting the killers of a First National Bank cashier have the robbers nearly surrounded in the Owcreak mountains foothills about fifty miles from Cody Wyoming. Reinforcements from Hole in the Wall area are en route as Buffalo Bill and Colonel Cody lead armed pursuers.
A literary note reviews Emerson Hough news and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward new works, with praise for The Law of the Land and Trixy. It highlights Hough as an Iowa author and Ward’s popular standing, plus other forthcoming titles and magazine features from The Century and The Youths Companion. It also notes Professor Moore’s international law articles and 1905 publishing plans.
Special dispatches report Port Arthur's garrison retreating to Lihoth hill fort with ten large guns, while Russians desert and surrender. Mukden reports quiet as Japanese entrench and prepare to advance, aiming to pin Russians and gain winter quarters. General Knuraki notes unchanged fronts with night bombardments and cold, sheltering troops in corn-stalk shelters.
A Rosalan Port Arthur letter dated October 27 describes the siege with haunting imagery. The writer recalls silent hellfire as mines explode and bodies fly, a nightmarish vision near the trenches and farm shelters.
A collage of ad blurbs and anecdotes about patent medicines and tonics. Claims tout kidney pills and cough cures, plus testimonials from users in Com cord North Carolina and Trinity Springs Indiana. The piece narrates a Pullman accident suit and a railway speed era overview, ending with assorted product pitches and light social observations.
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