Port Arthur Fort Capture and Destroyer Shelling Report
Shanghai dispatch cites a Chinese interpreter’s account of Japanese forces capturing a fort on a hill near Gulden Till between Sept 8 and 10, heavy shelling, tunneling plans, and Russian mine defenses. A destroyer in port was struck, seven sailors killed, engines damaged, and a shell that day demolished several engines. Russian fort defenses and stock shortages noted amid looming surrender risk at Port Arthur.
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Port Arthur in Distress and Forage Escape at Liaoyang
Report from Tokyo via Washington Post describes heavy forage loss and a major escape of forces after the battle of Liaoyang. Rosters claim many horses and several divisions disrupted. noncombatants reportedly killed in the aftermath.
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NEW ADMIRALTY HEAD
Rumor says Vice Admiral Doubasoff may replace Avellan as head of the admiralty in St Petersburg. If true, the shift follows the clash over contraband and British American protests. Doubasoff, a Turkish war hero, is famed for resolve and navy popularity. London reports Viceroy Alexieff has reached Mukden. China appoints envoy to Japan and Russia to arrange Manchuria retrocession.
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Pullman Car Shops Close
The Pullman car works in Chicago shut down affecting about 700 workers who were told to take their tools home, signaling an extended idle period. In St Louis, the German Catholic Central Verein elected officers led by John B. Deltera of Newark and Gustav S. Gostr of St Louis as second vice president.
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Italian Socialists Strike Across Italy
Rome reports the general strike to protest clashes between strikers and police. Two strikers, a Sardinian and a Sicilian, were killed, with conflicts near Genoa and several gendarmes wounded. The government halted telegrams and called troops as a peninsula wide strike spreads from Milan toward Rome.
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Poor Irish Weaver To Claim New York Million Estate
London dispatch says a sixty three year old Irish weaver in Fermanagh named Paddy MacNaughton has learned his brother John MacNaughton died in New York leaving about 250000 dollars to the heir. He plans to travel with a New York visitor to pursue the claim. Ironically the impoverished craftsman once wove Irish poplin for fashionable dresses, and Queen Alexandra helped spur a revival of the fabric among society women.
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Wall Street's New Sage Relatives and Rumors Stir City
A young man calling himself C Russell Sage & Co arrives in New York claiming kin to financier Russell Sage. Reporters find him in an Atlantic Building office with a stenographer and a man identified as Frank Andrews, a Detroit bank wrecking convict on parole. Andrews says he and Sage are not partners and pledges to deal only in railroad bonds, citing past losses and a desire to profit from rail road knowledge.
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Dawn of Hope Catarrhal Fonder advertised nationwide
The notice promotes Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Fonder as a universal remedy for catarrh and related ailments. It claims rapid relief within an hour and permanent recovery, listing Hay fever tonsillitis deafness and loss of smell as curable. Sold and guaranteed by Affleck's Drug Store District Agent 1429 Pa ave.
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Russia Defines Conditional Contraband In War Food Lines
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff verbally informed British Ambassador Hardinge that Russia views foodstuffs and fuel as conditionally contraband. The decision places the burden of proof on captors, reversing Vladivostok rulings, and aligns with American and British aims to limit neutral trade while allowing private shipments unless destined for belligerent forces. The interpretation becomes official for prize courts and naval command.
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Bone cabin quarry greatest find of extinct animals
Walter Granger of the American Museum expedition unearthed a fossil treasure in central Wyoming at the Bone-Cabin Quarry. A vast dinosaur bed yielded a six foot thigh bone from a Diplodocus hind limb, with fossils forming a natural skeleton. The site, found when a Mexican sheep herder used bones for a cabin foundation, sparked the legend of the Bone-cabin Quarry.
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Prince Humbert Named Heir to Italian Crown in Turin
Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel rejects Prince of Rome title for the heir and adopts Piedmont as the fixed designation. The birth is celebrated with amnesty for deserters, six months cut from certain sentences, and a $200,000 donation to an old age fund for workers. Messages of congratulations reach from Nicholas, William, Loubet, Edward, Francis Joseph. The infant will be christened Humbert by Cardinal Richeimy. Official notice to Washington follows a cable from the Turin consul.
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Army Offic ers Retirements and Assignments Move Ahead
Long list of Army personnel actions including Maj John Bigelow Jr retirement after 31 years and multiple leave of absence grants for officers. Promotions and reassignments announced for Lieuts Turnbull Gillmore and Pershing among others. Ward College detail selections and Navy shifts also noted as part of broader moves.
Marine Hospital Changes and Duty Adjustments
A weekly notice lists changes in station and duties for Public Health and Marine Hospital Service officers through September 14 1904. Highlights include extended leave for Assistant Surgeon General Georges Purviance and appointments to represent the service at the October 1904 Association of Military Surgeons meeting in St Louis, plus temporary assignments and leaves of absence for several other officers and staff. It also notes ship movements including arrivals at multiple ports, the Montgomery decommissioning, and the Navy Academy dismissal of Midshipman James H McCoul for repeated infractions. A report of a drowning incident near Woods Hole is included.
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