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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1904
Page
1
The article reports that he has withdrawn the majority of his fleet from Port Arthur, moving vessels out of the harbor and reducing shipping capacity in the area. Details on timing and destinations are limited.
Tokyo reports Admiral Togo orders withdrawal of most Fleet from Port Arthur as Japanese forces storm high ground at Huyung shukon and claim Russian casualties. Independent dispatch notes ongoing naval actions in the theater with decisive moves by Japanese forces.
Japanese forces storm Port Arthur and hold the Heights of East Iluyungshukon. Russian prisoners report General Mondnatenko and another officer killed and General Fock wounded.
Nan Patterson, widow of the late Caesar Young murder case, remains shattered at the Tombs after a deadlocked jury of six to six. The district attorney has not committed to retrying, while Patterson's counsel seeks bail and a new trial, hindered by her lack of funds and the absence of a key witness in St Louis.
In New York a man Abraham Chapkowsky suddenly insane at breakfast shot his brother Louis five times, wounding him likely fatally. Abraham, who had been treated for years, regained composure and begged forgiveness beside the wounded man, a Lispenard Street cloth importer.
A devastating blaze in Sioux City Iowa destroyed two city blocks of the retail district, including the Pelletier department store and the Massachusetts block. The $1,000,000 loss wiped out multiple banks, wholesalers, and the Western Union office, with fire spreading rapidly amid strong winds and communication cuts. Outside aid from Omaha arrived too late to prevent extensive damage. The Tribune building, Northwestern National Bank, and several prominent firms were consumed, with most occupants escaping.
Samuel Medbury, grandson of Lucetta R. Medbury, inherits a large estate but faces poverty and limited earnings. A judge weighs his capability to manage wealth, suggesting a trial period with funds to prove himself. Meanwhile, high society notices Henry Paget Howard’s planned marriage to Miss Markeuertte Hyde Leiter in December.
Dr. Jacques Loeb of the University of California reports experiments extending past species barriers in echinoderms. He claims to have crossed species within a family and even hybridized individuals from different zoological families, producing relationships once deemed scientifically impossible. In Brazil, Indiana, T H Davis sues to stop County Treasurer Bush from collecting about $11,000 in allegedly omitted taxes recently uncovered.
Engineer Skelton Ron a member of a recent Antarctic expedition captured photographs near Cape Crozier showing penguins and their behavior. The image depicts penguins in evening dresslike plumage standing upright and grouped, swimming and diving with speed, and nesting in burrows in the trees, with a barrier of ice and the edge of the tee barrier visible in the background.
Eight business houses in Mitchell Ville a Des Moines suburb were burned causing a large loss. Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm sends fiance Duchess Ceellin a pearl necklace chosen by his mother. Hugh McLaughlin longtime Brooklyn Democratic leader leaves estate valued at three million. Alaska governor John Brady reports white population about twenty six thousand five hundred. Cheyenne Wyoming hosts new company to pursue extensive experimental farming and artesian wells.
Edward T. Potter a well known New York architect and son of the late Bishop Alonzo Potter of Pennsylvania died at his home after a long illness. He was 73 and designed many large churches and colleges. Later he turned to music and composed sacred works.
Cleveland reports Dr. Leroy B. Chadwick and his wife Cassie Chadwick have been jointly indicted by the county grand jury for forging and uttering a five million dollar note signed Andrew Carnegie. Dr Chadwick is en route to New York from Paris.
In a year end report to Postmaster General Wynne, assistant attorney general for the post office department cites a sharp drop in fraudulent concerns due to vigorous enforcement of postal laws.
Carlyle Illinois reports Al bert Williams, Boulder Alabama, arrested by Norcross police on Illinois grid laws violation while en route to St. Louis. Trunk searched revealed 106 quail. Also note Dreyfus case in Paris with unofficial word that the attorney general may seek another trial before a court martial, pending cassation approval in February.
Plans describe enhanced public and private access to a new station area with connections from Forty-second Street Vanderbilt Depew Madison and Lexington avenues. Provisions anticipate future growth with a design that can double capacity without altering architecture or overall shape.
A new double automatic block system is installed on the Chicago Great Western line from St. Paul to South St. Paul. The system uses storage batteries at pole bases to control signals and allows engineers to confirm occupancy of the two ahead sections. Officials plan to equip the entire main line with the device soon.
In federal court at Indianapolis arguments began in the case of Edward H. Bonner of New York to enjoin the proposed merger of several lines entering the Vandalla system of the Pennsylvania railroad.
A courier from Alcazar reports tribesmen have surrounded the town sixteen miles northeast of Tangier and threaten to sack it unless the French consul and a British subject are handed over.
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