Moscow Rebels Face Crushing Assault In Deadly Clash Titanside
General Doubasoff asserts control as troops press hard on Moscow insurgents. Fierce fighting persists in the capital amid a titanic battle over oil interests and strategic positions.
27 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
1
General Doubasoff asserts control as troops press hard on Moscow insurgents. Fierce fighting persists in the capital amid a titanic battle over oil interests and strategic positions.
Soviet forces in St. Petersburg seized leaders of the Fighting Revolutionary group during a meeting on plans for an armed uprising. Insurgents burned barricades and fired on troops while authorities aimed to stamp out the revolt amid ongoing street fighting and shelling in the city and nearby Odessa.
Moscow revolt nearly silenced says an Associated Press correspondent in St. Petersburg. Insurgents lack momentum as government troops seize key leaders, including a 47 member executive committee. Martial law tightens. fear of Black Hundreds abuses grows. At Moscow and nearby, casualties run high with thousands reported killed or wounded.
Patrol reports say armed raiders crossed the railroad line between Petersburg and Berlin at Redsiad failing to plunder estates and desecrate church relics before retreating eastward. Troops from St. Petersburg pursue them as government notes a slight improvement in the situation.
Assemblyman BE A Merritt Jr declares he will travel to Albany to open headquarters and persist in the battle for speaker. He critiques presidential and gubernatorial endorsements and accuses the president of seeking party control beyond New York while dismissing compromise.
As workmen reject the council’s decision to end the walkout, a third of Putilov Iron Works' staff and others in several factories abandon the strike. Reports from Moscow describe insurgent fortifications near the Brest station, gunfire, and rising troop deployment as authorities arrest union members and prepare for broader actions.
In El Paso Texas on December 26 masked men raided the jail, overpowered the jailer, and freed Howard Chenoweth who was serving a fifty year sentence for the murder of City Marshal Kilburn at Silver City New Mexico. The rescue follows a prior conviction and enacts a dramatic escape.
The Parsboro schooner Sakata wrecked near Tampa with at least seven crew dead. Mate John F. Williams of St Johns survived after four days without food, clutching the sinking vessel as Captain Lermond of the Helen Thom as reports. The schooner was bound for Havana from Galveston.
El Paso dispatch reports nine dead after a banquet in Torres Mexico. The attack, likely tied to factional politics, poisoned punch with rye nine. other party members who drank from the same bowl escaped.
New York reports a spring fever outbreak killing many horses in Williamsburg. Veterinary efforts were constant as more than a dozen cases appeared. hospitals overwhelmed with horses showing poor prognosis. In St Louis, Rock Island Frisco chiefs deny plans to extend to the South Atlantic seaboard and Missouri Kansas Texas lines.
Washington wires Consul Miller at Chihuahua to travel to Diag and investigate the slaying of Rutherford and McMurray. Ranch owner Finstad and cowboy "Shorty" are jailed on the charge, while Mills ensures they receive a fair hearing.
A cablegram from Constantinople reports a severe Harpoot Vilayet earthquake in eastern Turkey. It leaves many homes destroyed and residents homeless and destitute. The Harpoot region, a large Armenian population center, hosts Euphrates College and a major American board mission station.
Boxer Jack O'Brien, fresh off a win over Fitasitmons, announces challenging James J. Jeffries with terms to be accepted. He notes public doubt but compares the situation to Corbett versus Sullivan and expects a similar dramatic path to a title bout. A separate item reports a dividend of 87 cents per share on Anaconda Copper, linked to Amalgamated Copper influence. Also, Piery, sought on checks charges, is jailed in Santa Fe after New York arrest. he claims Oklahoma territorial court former judgeship and plans to prove it.
Officials at the justice department downplay charges against L F Parker Jr of Vinita newly named U S judge for the northern district of the Indiana Territory. They note the money involved is less than 2200 dollars and the matter concerns actions after Parker left Soper as assistant U S attorney.
On December 25 the Moorish laborers at the customs house and pier stopped work for the first time, after receiving no pay for over a fortnight.
Lou N Megargee a well known Philadelphia newspaper man and writer died at his Marberth home today aged 50 from procumenta. He was a familiar figure in local journalism and literary circles.
A major blaze at The Grand Hotel in Paris on December 26 gutted the building. Firefighters evacuated all 2060 guests without fatalities, with extensive damage reported to structural and interior sections. Investigations into the cause are expected to follow.
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