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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1904
Page
20
Japanese said to have taken all outlying positions but one as both sides suffer heavy losses in recent operations. Russian rear guard retreat from Ta-tche-kiao prompts renewed tension and possible new battle or retreat.
Copenhagen July 31 two Russian cruisers and two torpedo boats traversed the great belt heading northward. St. Petersburg Aug 1 indications suggest the Baltic squadron is on the eve of an important movement. Official details remain unavailable, but many officers have ascertained none.
Special London Fines cablegram from The Washington Post reports Gen Oku’s Japanese forces suffered 146 killed and 925 wounded, while Russian casualties reached at least 2,000. Russians defended Ta-tche-kiao with a strong hill line masking batteries giving them advantage. Night attack from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. forced passages at Tapingling. Kuropatkin and Sakharoff wounded. one Russian column breached defenses but could not hold against counterattack.
Portage Pennsylvania July 31 state authorities hunt three men suspected of killing Charles Hays a driver and possibly fatally wounding Patrick Campbell paymaster of Puritan Coal Co The men are believed wounded one is injured but able to flee 800 armed pursuers sweep Cedar Swamp seven miles from Portage with signals to trap fugitives as night search continues across Laurel thicket and nearby roads
Fire in Philadelphia destroys the Ornamental Terra Cotta Works complex at Wissahickon avenue and Bristol street. Four buildings valued at 150000 are a total loss, insured, with 200 workers affected and 500000 in orders on hand. Nearby notices list San Francisco fire losses, Harpers Ferry rail service, and a clothing sale by G Warfield Stimpson offering summer saltings at reduced prices.
Reports from Willemstad say German Minister Pelldram demanded immediate payment of interest on Venezuela’s 1903 protocol award. If unmet, he will leave Caracas August 4. The Hague accord had given Germany Italy and Britain priority in claims against Venezuela with 30 percent of La Guaira and Porto Cabello customs receipts set aside for payments. Unset-aside receipts and mismanagement at the two ports fuel speculation that Belgium may take charge of customs to settle claims.
Jackson H. Ralston of this city wraps up duties as umpire of the Italian Venezuelan commission. About 3650 claims totaling roughly six million dollars were filed, with the largest award to the Cordova heirs at over four million. The decisions covered double citizenship, blockades, expulsions, and misapplied taxes, with rulings denying some claims and granting others for damages and illegal payments.
The document discusses lying prescription and claims for damages not presented to Venezuela for thirty years after alleged occurrences. It notes 3 percent annual interest, applying from presentation to the Venezuelan government or the commission until January 1, 194. A complete report of Venezuelan commission decisions will be published soon.
Port of Spain July 31 The British Minister at Caracas protests on behalf of bondholders regarding Venezuela’s seizure of the Guanaco asphalt lake owned by the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company. State Department awaits Minister Bowen report before further action. Caracas’ jurisdiction cited as difficult to access.
Boston July 31 Special services marked the third annual Old Home Week in Massachusetts. About fifty towns observe the festival this year. the celebration, urged by the legislature, begins on the last Sunday of July. Amesbury will dedicate a monument next Wednesday. Greenwich marks the town’s 15th anniversary. In Boston Gov Yates Gov Garvin and ex Gov Rollins will attend a reception Thursday.
Wemr Federation miners face deportation aftermath as lawyers plan to seek an injunction in federal court to prevent interference with miners returning home. Officials move to reopen raided union stores in Cripple Creek and Victor, while Sheriff Bell cautions against reopening and deportees returning to avoid violence.
Gerard Caesar a Richmond tobacco manufacturer aged sixty eight was attacked after arriving in New York this afternoon. Police say he was drugged beaten and robbed following a Jersey City stopover where he left his clothing. He could not recall the events but reached the Imperial Hotel before being taken to New York Hospital with internal injuries.
Bellefonte Pennsylvania July 31 Jerry Condo prison turnkey died last night after brutal beating by five escaped prisoners from Center County jail. If the men are recaptured they face murder charges. A large search continues with no sightings of the escapees or their direction. A posse checked March Creek sixteen miles north for three suspicious men observed earlier today.
Enraged mob of about 250 men in Boswell Somerset County formed after allegations that Andrew Bulck, a foreigner, assaulted the five year old daughter of A Pack ern. Two or three men cut the rope and dragged Bulck to jail. Crowds lingered near the jail with threats to Bulck’s life. Also. Memphis resident W N Brown, 75, a retired cotton factor, was struck and killed by a streetcar on Poplar Boulevard. Pennsylvania Railroad to Buffalo to add cafe dining car service starting August 1 with meals a la carte on both routes.
Former Pennsylvania governor Robert E. Pattison lies critically ill at his Overbrook home due to pneumonia and a weak heart. Doctors reported sudden deterioration amid heat, with slight delirium and little hope of recovery overnight.
Special to The Washington Post from Knoxville Tennessee on July 31 describes ministers urging male church members to vote and stay to oversee counting in the county election. Merchants sign a pledge to close stores to prevent fraud as past bond votes are cited as evidence of corrupt practices.
New York July 31 Samuel L Dana a bank clerk wounded in Central Park last Friday admitted to Coroner Jackson the wound was self inflicted seeking personal safety He said he wanted to die and warned that Mrs B W Dignon the widow would not know anything about the case His father is en route from Fairfield Iowa expected tomorrow
New York on July 31 reports say a general lockout may be ordered by the Building Trades Employers' Association if striking subway unions do not settle. The Central Federated Union adopted a conciliatory tone and named a committee to amalgamate the Brotherhood of Painters and the Amalgamated Painters Society amid the ongoing dispute.
Mexico City July 21 Thomas N Ma cauley a New York financier in an interview with President Diaz suggested a Diaz US visit would boost American interest in Mexico. Diaz indicated a possible US visit during the coming winter signaling a planned relief from executive duties after Coral's installation as Vice President.
Twenty three persons were hurt in a rear end collision today between two large trolley cars on the shore line of the Cleveland Eastern and Painesville Railroad near Nottingham Ohio. Except Mrs John Heinrich of Harbor street who is said to be badly hurt the other passengers sustained only minor injuries.
Auxiliary Bishop Cusack and several priests confirmed a class of inmates at the Blackwell's Island penitentiary chapel in New York. Thirty five male and twenty five female convicts, all in prison garb, were confirmed. One non convict man and three children from favolites employed on the island also took part.
Chicago police and strikers clash near stock yards after two non union workers enter a saloon. A bar fight leads to a riot with police firing volleys to quell attackers. In a separate incident, Andrew Simms is fatally stabbed by John Davis during a quarrel over food at the Nelson Morris plant. Over 100 new workers join plants as byproducts are set to be rebuilt. Strike leaders publish a statement accusing packers and calling for continued walkout. In New York cattle slaughter continues despite orders to halt unless separate agreements are reached.
Ernst St Louis II reports that Deputy Louis Burke shot and killed William McLaughlin during an arrest amid strike tensions. A drifting group of unidentified Black workers, said to be Swift & Co replacements, opened gunfire injuring Otto Swartz and Bud McCandless. Deputies search for the shooters.
The issue lists multiple items including Russia pressure, Venezuelan threats, Chicago strike troubles, a Texas train robbery, Quaker vote politics, and notes on Roosevelt boys at the fair. It also mentions burial, campaigns, tobacco crop, and social items.
Judge Parker enjoyed a tranquil day in Esopus New York attending church in Kingston with his family. He remained away from politics as reporters visited, and his mother Mrs Mary Parker stayed at Rosemount ahead of notification ceremonies while Parker Hall and the Parker household returned by launch.
Indianapolis July 31 The Indiana Democratic convention targets Kern or Samuel Ralston for governor with Taggart backing Kern. Kern may accept if he returns from New York, promising to align with Taggart. Other candidates include Col. C. C. Matson and E. J. Fogarty while Lt. Governor might go to Warder Stevens. The party platforms avoid money questions, while a high-profile speaking effort looms with national figures slated to campaign in Indiana.
A Rock Island passenger train No 4 was held up near Logan Texas seventy miles west of Delhart by three masked men. They forced the engineer to move the train to the end of the switch, blew two charges of dynamite on the express safe but failed to enter it, wrecking the car. A posse led by Sheriff J W Webb rushed to the scene and, by nightfall, surrounded the robbers as authorities sought confirmation of the broader Santa Rosa to El Paso movable dispatch report.
A July 31 call for a delegates election to a national political labor party convention to be held in Chicago is issued. August 29 delegates from unions under the Chicago Federation of Labor back the movement. The call accuses both major parties of betraying workers and warns of political and industrial despotism feared even in Russia.
Boston July 31 Members of the Reciprocity League plan to form an independent party and field a ticket for principal state offices including governor and lieutenant governor Eugene N Foss is urged to run for governor while a candidate will oppose Senator Lodge. Every candidate for the legislature will be questioned on whether they favor profits or prefer to stand put and the league will govern its endorsements accordingly. Senator Lodge grows uneasy as the state campaign heats up.
Houston July 31 delegates fill the city for the Democratic State convention set to begin Tuesday Only one contest remains on the ticket with W C Wear of Hitlaboro expected to withdraw tomorrow paving the way for S V Davidson of Galveston to secure the attorney general nomination Prohibition in the platform draws keen attention among delegates.
George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the Republican National Committee, spends the day with Charles G. Dawes in Evanston and says he will publish the executive committee names within two or three days. A separate notice advertises a B&O excursion from Washington to Ningara Falls aboard standard coaches and parlor cars, leaving at 7 a.m. on August Route via Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley, with ten day tickets and return stopovers.
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