Prison guard gravely injured in penitentiary clash
In Columbus Ohio five guards chased Franklin County prisoner Butler Stiles after he hid out during supper. Stiles faced guard William H Moorhead and struck him with an iron bar fracturing his skull. Surgeons say Moorhead will probably die. Stiles surrendered as guards opened fire.
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Columbus, O
Ohio Penitentiary
William H. Moorhead
Butler Stiles
Franklin County
Stiles
Moorhead
Colonel C W Johnson Dies in Minneapolis at 65
Colonel C W Johnson a longtime Minnesota figure in state and national politics died in Minneapolis at age sixty five. He served as Hennepin county treasurer and held roles including city clerk chief clerk of the U S Senate for twelve years secretary of the Minnesota state senate and secretary of the Hennepin County Republican central committee and state census enumerator in 1890 and 1900.
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Minneapolis
C. W Johnson
Minnesota
Hennepin
Johnson
United States Senate
Minnesota State Senate
Hempein County
Republican Central Committee
Russian capital lands in upheaval with mass troop deployments
Soldiers fill St. Petersburg streets and seize railroad hubs while wholesale arrests target workmen leaders. Reports describe fortress placements, councils replacing one another, and violent clashes in multiple towns as insurrections spread through Courland, Livonia, and Tukum in. Mingled casualty figures and heavy repression follow as Baltic estates burn.
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St. Petersburg
St. Peter and St. Paul
Gue of Leagues
Proletiariat
Vitebsk
Livonia
Kokunhusen
Tukum
Courland
Pite
Berlin
Opposed By The Czar In Tsarskoe Selo Vote
Daily Telegraph correspondent reports a council at Tsarskoe Selo where a majority favored universal suffrage but Emperor Nicholas II refused to accept the majority decision and declared against universal suffrage after considering all arguments.
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London
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe Selo
Liberal party ends congress deadlock with new attendance rule
Havana December 22 The Liberal party executive committee orders Liberal congressmen to attend all sessions of both houses of congress. The move ends months of near continuous deadlock and reshapes parliamentary proceedings.
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Havana
Liberal Party
Congress
Walsh to receive unhampered control of holdings
Chicago on December 22 reports that John R. Walsh will be assured unhampered control of all his interests except for his holdings in three suspended banks and assets he disposes of voluntarily, as determined by the clearinghouse committee amid today’s developments.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Clearinghouse Committee
Peasants Fire Upon Soldiers in Riga Revolt
Refugee land owners arrive in Riga Livonia as revolutionary peasants fire from houses at soldiers in Talsen Tuesday. Forty infantry and cavalrymen killed or wounded. Revolt at Tukum Courland began December twelve when local municipality pressed for civilian guard. Captain von Mueller withdrew patrols but failed to notify troops, sparking clashes.
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von Mueller
Choromichenko
Goldingen Talsen
Riga
Livonia
Talsen
Tukum
Courland
Insurgents seize towns in Courland rumored as turmoil grows
In Saint Petersburg a circulating rumor says insurgents have captured Windan Friedrichsstadt Pratzenburg Holdingen and other locales. A popular tribunal at Kopenhonsak purportedly executed officials while Moscow via a lone telegraph line reports clashes between troops and civilians. Secret papers encourage armed rebellion. Workers press mills to stop priests prayers for the emperor under boycott threats.
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St. Petersburg
Courland
Windan
Friedrichsstadt
Pratzenburg
Holdingen
Kopenhonsak
Moscow
Five wounded soldiers reach Mitau Courland
Five cars of wounded soldiers arrived at Mitau in Courland on December 22. Dragoon units report encountering a band of revolutionaries on the march, resulting in seven revolutionaries killed and eight wounded in the ensuing fighting.
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Hich
Tukum
Mitau
Courland
Moscow in Darkness as Municipal Workers Strike
Moscow reports a citywide shutdown with theaters and clubs closed. Municipal employees have abandoned work, leaving fifty thousand factory workers idle in a broadly disrupted urban economy.
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Moscow
Ex-Alderman Rudolph Sentenced in Milwaukee Correction Case
In Milwaukee on December 22 ex Alderman Robert L Rudolph was sentenced to one year in the house of correction after being found guilty of soliciting a $100 bribe from ex City Attorney Charles H Hamilton in 1901 to secure passage of an expense bill through the common council. A stay of execution was granted pending the supreme court ruling. Rudolph posted an $8,000 bail.
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Milwaukee
Robert L. Rudolph
Milwaukee House of Correction
Charles H. Hamilton
Common Council
Supreme Court
Rudolph
Jailbreak at Kearney: three prisoners escape with guns
Fred M. Gillette W B Warner and Fred Engle brecht confined in the county jail escape during the sheriff's absence. They overpowered the jailer and seized all firearms. A posse pursues them as authorities search for the trio.
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Kearney
Neb
Fred M. Gillette
W. B. Warner
Fred Englebrecht
McCurdys Transfer Property in Morristown News
Deeds show Richard A. McCurdy former Mutual Life Insurance president and family members transferred valuable Morristown property to Mrs. R. A. McCurdy in recent days.
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Morristown
N. J
Richard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
R. A. McCurdy
Revolt in Colombia Failed Against President Reyes
A plot to overthrow President Reyes in Colombia was thwarted after authorities uncovered the plan. Officials described a staged uprising with key suspects arrested and the government reaffirming control.
Prominent men arrested in Bogota plot against Reyes
Washington reports cable news from Bogota that an attempt to dispose of President Reyes led to many arrests for a plot to overturn the Colombian government. A former cabinet minister and five opposition leaders are in custody for trial by court martial. Colombian legation officials expressed surprise at the claim and noted Reyes’s popularity.
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Washington
State Department
Bogota
Reyes
Legation
Triana
Mendoza
New York
Traina
Campbell Bannerman Delivers First Speech at Albert Hall
London December 22 Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman spoke at Albert Hall in his first address after becoming prime minister. He avoided Ireland home rule, called the fiscal question the campaign’s prime issue, and announced halting coolie imports into South Africa until a South African parliament elected by the people decides. John Burns stood as a hero beside him, and the packed London audience responded with enthusiasm.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Albert Hall
Liberal Federation
John Burns
Ireland
Sir Henry
South Africa
House adjourns for holidays after brief session
Washington December 22 The house met briefly for a ten minute session before adjourning until January 4. Two speeches on government cotton crop estimates were to be delivered but only printed in the record. Mr Payne said our oratory seems to have been exhausted as the speaker declared adjournment.
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Washington
Payne
Oregon senator Gearin sworn in after short session
Washington December 22 The senate adjourned after a brief session until January 4 The main activity was the confirmation of credentials for Daniel W Gearin who succeeds Senator Mitchell as representative from Oregon The credentials were accepted and Gearin was sworn in, marking the orderly transition in the Oregon seat
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Washington
Senate
Gearin
Mitchell
Oregon
Winter Storm Delays Traffic Across Wisconsin and Minnesota
La Crosse Wisconsin reports 5.6 inches of snow with more falling and temperatures near freezing. Heavy snowfall disrupts travel across Southern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. In Clarksburg West Virginia a house fire kills two men, W M Davis aged 45 and his brother Jefferson 20, sons of Geary Davis, at Johnstown.
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la Crosse
Wis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Clarksburg
W. Va
W. M. Davis
Agd
Jefferson
Geary Davis
Johnstown
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