23 Jul 1906
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1906
Page
1
With the imperial ukase dissolving parliament issued early this morning the nation faces a final act in the Russian revolution. The people and the government confront each other and the army holds the decisive power shaping the immediate outcome.
The article describes the government’s hard line after displacing the men praised as the best in Russia two months earlier. The capital is described as militarized, with troops filling the streets and the city resembling an armed camp amid looming nationwide unrest.
On Saturday night additional troops arrived under prearranged plans. Four infantry regiments of the Chevalier guard Hussars mounted renadiera and a machine gun battery were deployed. They occupied railroad stations bridges and canal crossings while police and gendarme patrols were doubled across the area.
Immediate roundups followed the ukase declaring St. Petersburg under extraordinary security with hundreds detained before daylight, signaling a swift crackdown on revolutionary agitators.
The prefect and provincial governor wield near dictators’ powers enabling searches and arrests without law, suspension of papers, deportations, bans on meetings, and trials by military court with summary execution. The sole distinction from martial law is the civil rather than military authority.
News of parliament’s dispersal spread rapidly among organizations while the general public remains largely unaware. Expectation grows that peasants will rise en masse in reaction to the final blow to their leaders.
The constitutional democrats express blank amazement at the government action rumored for days. Keven Saturday’s caucus doubts the government will dare act and ponders a response to minister Toly Pin in parliament. Opposition factions had considered gathering at Tauride Palace if dissolution loomed, to push for a firm constitution.
In a hurried secret conference this morning the Parliament decided to meet in Pinland to avoid disruption or arrest. The group planned to send email groups by train this afternoon and evening, with Viborg or Helsingfors possibilities uncertain. The text hints Finland may enter Russian history alongside the Teonis Court. Count Heyden and other right members reportedly departed.
An imperial manifesto urges millions of mujiks to back the emperor against the revolution promising land. It summons the faithful sons of Russia to aid the emperor and is seen by liberals as inciting the black hundreds.
In Sadovia crowds hurled stones with police on the run until a squadron of Cossacks arrived and dispersed the mob with their whips. Night rumors spoke of heavier clashes at the Narva gate where Father Gapon’s followers were massacred eighteen months earlier, with reports of multiple fatalities.
Rumor says Emperor William delayed dissolving parliament until he consulted Berlin by direct telegraph. A German embassy member allegedly wired for a dispatch to Nicholas, then the ukase was signed. The tale implies William as an evil adviser, but such roundabout methods seem unlikely given direct wires at Peterhof.
Late tonight disturbances erupted on Nicholevsky and Pushkin streets. At Seminovsky barracks a crowd broke windows with stones, a cavalry detachment charged and dispersed the crowd with swords, and a number of persons were badly cut.
General von Schwanebach, a minister in the empire, tells the Associated Press the move is not a return to autocracy but a path to representative government. He insists the emperor still aims for popular representation while arguing the parliament was elected under abnormal conditions. Chicago report says George W. Bryson dead from lockjaw after a fireworks accident on July 4. tetanus developed after a cut hand.
The schooner Czarina arrives from Alaska with news of three deaths at Company harbor. The fishing schooner Marion from San Francisco wrecked last April. two white men and an Indian drowned when a dory capsized while saving stores. Nugent survived the voyage but died ashore hours later.
Chicago reports the first potential face to face meeting of William J. Bryan and Grover Cleveland since Bryan's 1896 presidential bid. Edgar L. Masters, head of the Jefferson club, will invite Bryan to a London banquet after his European trip. Cleveland plans a western visit to James H. Eckles, the currency comptroller, who has not aligned with Bryan backers. Leaders expect a public declaration from both camps.
Buffalo will host the American Federation of Catholic Societies annual convention starting Thursday for a three day session. Several thousand visitors are expected to attend as delegates assemble for the gathering in the city.
St. Petersburg July 22 An imperial ukase removes M Goremykin from the premiership and names Stolypin premier while he keeps the interior portfolio. Stolypin’s rise alongside troop mobilization signals possible dictatorship and an imminent armed conflict as world attention focuses on Russia’s political crisis.
President Roosevelt will lunch with Speaker Cannon and Republican leaders at Sagamore Hill to outline the fall congressional campaign. Key speakers and campaign arguments will be decided, shaping strategy for the upcoming elections.
Berlin July 22 The social democratic instructors in private gymnastic clubs are accused of trying to influence pupils. Minister Von Stadt recalls 1834 and 1839 ministerial rules requiring only morally qualified persons to provide mental and physical training. The minister asserts current social democracy members lack these qualifications.
The passage states that social democrats were barred from teaching in schools to ensure children learn state laws, respect religion, and love the fatherland and royal family, with no social democrat allowed to instruct.
Concord reports 186 of 408 prepared food samples adulterated or below standard including canned meats jellies and sauces. State board blames lack of national food law for shipments from elsewhere and vows ongoing enforcement while mutiny disrupts troops in Lisbon awaiting departure.
Special to the Morning Journal Phoenix July 22 a fire destroying two homes owned by C J Peauvais caused $3006 in losses and left Rita Borques a 12 year old Mexican orphan dead from severe burns suffered while she attempted to build a coal oil fire. A rescuer saved a seven month old baby. The article also reports no meat exports to England and a condemned wheat car in Texas.
Geneva announces final text of a proposed Red Cross convention setting new rules for care of sick wounded and dead in war. Key provisions require humane treatment of enemy wounded and hospital personnel and mandate protection and identification of buried or incinerated bodies with prisoner exchange considerations.
A Sunday baseball game at Lightning Strikes Baseball Park ended in tragedy as a violent lightning strike caused multiple fatalities and injuries among spectators. Emergency crews treated dozens of stunned fans as the stadium evacuated under safety orders.
A Seaboard Air Line crash in North Carolina and Wisconsin sparks kill five dead and twenty injured after a lightning storm hits a grandstand. Victims include Albert Skuher 28 Irvine Woelert 20 Walther Hands 18 Anton Karke 14 William Knautsen 16. Eight teams and spectators faced the storm during a Plymouth game delay.
Seaboard Air Line passenger train No 44 collided with an extra freight train near Hamlett, killing engineer Loomis fireman Hill and about eighteen passengers, most of them Black, with scores injured. Wreck blamed on misunderstanding of orders.
Tokio reports General Baron Kodama, hailed as the genius of the Japanese army, died this morning after a period of illness.
Russell Sage died suddenly at Cedarcroft Lawrence L I aged ninety upcoming August 4. Heart failure from age related illness caused collapse at noon and death at 4 30 PM. Funeral at West Presbyterian Church West Forty second Street with interment in Troy Thursday. Executors named Mrs Sage and her brother Colonel Slocum.
Russell Sage born August 4 1816 in Verona New York rose from grocery clerk to wholesaler then investor in railroads. He helped form the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul system and became VP as he expanded into Wall Street with Jay Gould and pioneered options trading in puts and calls.
Ashland Wisconsin July 22 A second explosion struck the Atlantic Dynamite company plant seven miles from Ashland but caused no injuries or deaths The blast followed a grass fire that reached a powder heap sending debris and machinery parts two thousand feet into the air the prior Tuesday blast had left burning debris and casualties description mentions Mr Sade as an officer and director in twenty railroad and telegraph corporations with a colossal scale of activity
The Portuguese steamer Silva Americano sank at the entrance of the Kwanza river in Portuguese West Africa while en route from Lisbon to Dona on the left bank. Nineteen passengers aboard were drowned.
Rio Janeiro congress opens with delegates from Mexico and the United States. Venezuela is a prominent exception as talks aim to align South and Central American republics on a basis of comity to lessen war risks.
Gallup New Mexico July 22 sheriff Coddington of McKinley county was found guilty before Justice Reese Beddow of assault on John Watkins a market employee after a dispute over watering a horse Watkins swore out a warrant and the sheriff was fined and will appeal Also Dan Miller sold liquor to Indians was fined 38 dollars and jailed previously for the offense A countywide effort to end the practice is underway
A joint meeting of the Institute of Mining Engineers and the British Steel Institute will be held in London July 24 to 26 with addresses by Fr A Hadfield and Robert W Hunt. A tour of York Newcastle upon Tyne and Edinburgh follows the conference.
Constantinople report says the Porte has sent a note to ambassadors confirming the three per cent increase in outstanding customs duties.
The National convention of the Order of Good Templars will begin its sessions in Boston on Thursday. Longworths Tour Paris Rheims July 22 Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth arrived in Rheims from Paris by automobile then to Luxemburg and Baden Baden with Mr and Mrs Charles Carroll of Paris and New York. Witte Going Home Moscow July 22 a dispatch said Count Witte and M Dunneve met in Geneva and plan to travel to St Petersburg.
Houston voters will elect nominees at the democratic primaries on Saturday July 28. gubernatorial contenders include T M Campbell O B Colquitt K K Hell and M M Brooks. Ten of sixteen sitting congressmen face no opposition within the party.
The American Federation of Labor executive council urges organized labor and allies to back politicians favorable to labor rights. It condemns partisan tactics and calls for action to secure legislation benefiting workers while preventing political slavery and ensuring unity at the polls.
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