Cannon Boom in Mao low City Rages in Streets
Frenzied clashes erupt in Mao low as crowds clash with forces in the ancient capital. Rebels and authorities trade volleys amid smoke and noise raising fears of wider turmoil in the region.
24 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1905
Page
1
Frenzied clashes erupt in Mao low as crowds clash with forces in the ancient capital. Rebels and authorities trade volleys amid smoke and noise raising fears of wider turmoil in the region.
Reports from St Petersburg dated December 25 describe Moscow in near ruin as workers spark a full scale uprising. Troops and artillery encircle key avenues while barricades rise at the triumphal arch and Fidler school, with clashes at the prefecture and czarist landmarks.
Reports from Moscow dated December 23 describe an escalating armed revolt with insurgents controlling several city quarters. Fighting is heavy with barrages from cannons and machine guns and barricades along the Sandovia. Dead and wounded likely run into thousands as authorities isolate districts and civilians endure the siege.
The Russian governor general in Warsaw has declared a state of siege in ten Polish provinces under the imperial ukase. Uhlans and the Empress regiment were sent to Courtland as two battalions of riflemen and a battery of marine guns arrive from Riga. Rebels threaten to blow rail bridges and lines out of Saint Petersburg. A bomb attempt on Schusiberg avenue wounded a guard and a non union worker.
A letter from Ekaterinoslava recounts brutal anti Jewish massacres. Survivors hide in a stable for days without food while mobs dismember a child and terrify a mother as others are killed or crippled. The letter was received by Max Mandell of New Haven.
St Petersburg December 23 The Moscow bloodshed news creates a great sensation and heightens the gravest crisis for the proletariat Leaders claim troops fired on peaceful demonstrations to provoke general conflict They say gendarmerie and some troops refused to obey orders and artillery and Cossacks are involved in some reports
Late tonight after orders banning meetings the Cossacks and troops cleared Nevsky and Moska Prospects using knouts freely even on women. Authorities move toward declaring a state of siege in St Petersburg tomorrow.
The Illinois Central will debut the Cuban Special next Tuesday, the first express between the Great Lakes region and the Gulf of Mexico. The journey time drops nearly two hours. Chicago teachers and Mayor Dunne plus his family join as passengers, transferring in New Orleans to the steamship Prince Arthur for Havana arrival.
Helsinki and Turku listeners witnessed the Finnish Diet convocation marking restored liberties and the last European appearance of the four estates. Delegates in formal dress presented the imperial manifesto as Finland’s constitutional rights under Alexander I are recognized, while pledging loyalty under a liberal regime. Entire ceremony stirred public joy with broad civilian and noble participation.
National Fraternities Sanitarium association votes to accept 1600 acres of land and a building worth about 500000 from the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad at Las Vegas New Mexico. Las Vegas citizens offer several thousand additional acres as a bonus. Sanitarium to open early next spring for tuberculosis cases.
A passenger train struck a freight train at Otero station causing the engine to derail and overturn. The engine and tender overturned, the freight caboose burned, engineer Pat Boyle was injured but not fatally. Passengers escaped unharmed and blame or cause remained unsettled. In Chicago, rails rivals Santa Fe and Union Pacific abandoned amicable talks over transcontinental mail contracts and prepared a speed war to expedite service between Chicago and Los Angeles.
London reports Lt Col Hayes Sadler notes Uganda natives prefer American calico over Bass brand beer and British goods. Ugandese import French novels, cigarettes, and scents, with French books valued at 3,615 last year, while cycling and soap interest rise among the educated set.
The Alaska Commercial Steamer Port land is aground nine miles south of Ketchikan and leaking badly. Passengers were taken to Ketehtaun by small boats as the ship, en route from Valdez and Seward, may be a total loss after striking in fog.
The fate of a federal grand jury action against John R Walsh hinges on directives from Attorney General Moody and President Roosevelt. District Attorney Morrison says Washington orders will decide whether to proceed. Pearsons savors Walsh’s decline but trusts assets will recover. a separate complaint accuses west coast railways of discriminatory bicycle tire rates filed with the ICC.
Republican assemblymen from New York County formally adopt a resolution endorsing James W. Wadsworth Jr. for speaker with a possible backup for George Agnew. Agnew is not committed, while Merritt criticizes governor's protection of state officials amid intra party tensions. The piece also notes Littauer's metric weights bill and sugar tariff debates affecting Philippine sugar imports.
Secretary Hitchcock's investigators uncover more land frauds in the Monwell district. Tallmadge brothers of Chicago, indicted for perjury and conspiracy, tied to defrauding government lands. U S Attorney Llewellyn to act. Also an earthquake shock hit Bakersfield at 2 23 pm, lasting six seconds, with cracking observed in several buildings.
Paris December 23 report says Premier Rouvier gains strength as a dark horse in France’s coming presidential contest. The national assembly meets January 18 at Versailles to elect a successor to President Loubet. M F Pallieres leads, others named include Doumer Bouvier Bourgeois Brisson and more.
Mey er Halff head of the wholesale firm M Halff & Brother in San Antonio dies here on December 23 at age 70. He was a prominent Texas business figure and philanthropist with extensive local interests. The passing marks a notable loss in the city’s commercial community.
Mexico City December 23 reports that the Mexican Central railway has arranged for 5,000 Japanese laborers to be employed on the extension to Calima and Manzanillo.
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