Rebellion Crushed in Moscow as Insurgents Defeated
News from St Petersburg reports Emperor Nicholas and Count Witte receiving a Moscow governor general's dispatch that the uprising collapsed after four days of fighting. Troops crushed the rebels, thousands killed or wounded, and armed leaders captured. martial law enforced and fears of brutal reprisals rise amid reports of chaos and the exodus of workers to villages.
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St. Petersburg
Emperor Nicholas
Count Witte
Doubascoft
Moscow
Odessa
Associated Press
Workmen’s Council
Doubassoff
Strastner Square
Upper hand trend in Moscow insurrection clashes
In St. Petersburg on December 27 authorities report a slight improvement in outlook as strikers at Poulets iron works mostly walk out. Moscow fighting continues with troops hemming insurgents near Brest station while two grenadier regiments switch to government side. Fires at Brest station nearly extinguished. city danger subsides for now.
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St. Petersburg
Poulets
Moscow
Brest
St Petersburg
St Petersburg Leaders Split Over Immediate Conflict
Revolutionary leaders in St Ietersburg decided it was necessary to spark a diversion in favor of Moscow but deemed it murder to send the workers into the streets. They vote to continue the strike and prepare to act if Moscow succeeds, while claiming vast arms have been smuggled via Finland amid liberal parties seeking to avert civil war.
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St. Petersburg
Der
St. Ietersburg
Moscow
Finland
Constitutional Democrats
Moscow mutinies and casualties reported by Times dispatch
London reports state that Moscow suffered massive casualties with 15 000 dead or wounded, while Don Cossacks and Nesvizhi regiments mutinied and were confined to barracks. A good source cites 2,000 killed and 10,000 wounded. A Vilna express locomotive was blown up Tuesday night.
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London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Doubassoff
Moscow
Don Cossacks
Tver
Nesvizhi
Vilna
Warsaw Strikes and Preparations Amid Rising Insurrection
In Russian Poland on Dec 27 street railway workers walked out at night and steam railroad staff may join. Revolutionaries threaten an armed insurrection akin to Moscow. Military authorities mobilize. garrison readied, infantry detachments occupy railroad stations. Many unionists and revolutionaries arrested.
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Warsaw
Russian
Poland
Moscow
Important City Falls Into Hands of Revolutionaries
Paris dispatch reports Tver, a key Moscow–St Petersburg station, has fallen to revolutionaries. A French engineer from Baku says revolt grips Central and Southern Russia as starving peasants seize flour trains. In Lodz, coal miners threaten a strike and possible armed uprising with about 12,000 workers ready to fight troops.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Petit Parisian
Tver
Moscow
Mafin
Baku
Russia
Lodz
Russian
Poland
Odessa Strike Fails to Halt City Efforts
A dispatch from Odessa reports the general strike is only partially successful and likely to collapse. The strike committee threatens resort to arms as the situation unsettles the city of London.
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London
Odessa
Arma
Drowning tragedy of two children while skating near Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana on December 27 192? Robert McFarland reports Clarence Misner aged six and eight years drowned while skating near a river or lake. The incident occurred in early morning hours and witnesses describe hazardous conditions. The boys were locals known in the community and authorities investigated the accident.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Robert McFarland
Clarence Misner
Aere
Moon
U S Will Not Interfere In Dominican Trouble
The United States will refrain from intervening in Santo Domingo as long as American interests remain unharmed. If violence against Americans or the Dominican customs arises, the government will act to quell the unrest. Officials at the White House and State and War departments discussed the matter amid other talks. A conflicting report notes the Puerto Plata port captain was killed, the provincial governor barricaded his town, and Morales plans to move capital while opposing Jimenez and Horacio factions.
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Washington
United States
Santo Domingo
State Department
White House
Root
Taft
Bonaparte
Virginia
State
Navy
Puerto Plata
Dominican Customs Edwards
San Domingo
Morales
Jiminez
Horacio
San Juan
Hummel Rearrested on Habeas Writ in Dodge Case
Abraham E. Rummel, the lawyer convicted of conspiracy in the Dodge divorce case, was rearrested in New York on a writ of habeas corpus. He posted new bail, and the district attorney seeks to challenge the supreme court's authority to admit him to bail as his writ to show cause for a certificate of reasonable doubt remains pending. The matter will be argued next Saturday.
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New York
Abraham E. Rummel
Dodgehorse
Hummell
Hummel
Charles F. Dodge
C. W. Morse
Morse
Aijipowner
Supreme Court
Insanity Defense in Brennan Murder Trial
Minneapolis dispatch reports Stella Brennan's defense in the murder trial centers on maternity related insanity. The strategy argues the Nov 4 shooting in the Brennan home was carried out by a mysterious intruder, and, if Brennan acted, she was not mentally responsible due to illness.
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Minneapolis
Stella Brennan
Brennan
Destructive Fire Destroys Kansas Business District
Destructive fire in Herndon Kansas wipes out two drug stores a meat market a bank and three general stores with stocks and buildings. Only a hardware store and a general store remain. Loss estimate unavailable and insurance light. Wilsonville Nebraska reports the incident dated December 27.
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Wilsonville
Neb
Herndon
Kan
California Man to Be Governor General of the Philippines
Washington dispatch reports Luke Wright will not return as governor general. The administration plans to appoint James F. Smith, formerly of San Francisco and now a member of the commission, as Wrights successor in the Philippines.
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California
Philippines
Washington
Luke Wright
James F. Smith
San Francisco
Wright
Rescue of Condemned Killer Shocks El Paso Jail
El Paso, December 27. Howard Chenoweth, jailed under a fifty year sentence for killing City Marshal Kilburn in Silver City, New Mexico, was freed by masked men at night who overpowered the jailer and confined him in his own cell.
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el Paso
Tex
Howard Chenoweth
Kilburn
Silver City
N. M
Chenoweth
Dynamite Thaw Ends In Two Men Blown To Atoms
In Bluefields West Virginia on December 27 Ek Grested and Kenton W Atwell were killed when twelve cans of dynamite exploded at Cedar Bluff as they attempted to thaw the explosive. The blast tore through the area, destroying the men and scattering debris. Authorities described the accident as a tragic mishap during handling of dynamite.
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Bluefields
W. Va
Ek. Grested
Kenton W. Atwell
Cedar Bluff
Investigation Under Way at Newport Naval Station
A rigid investigation into the spinal meningitis outbreak at the Newport naval training station is under way. A board of medical officers began examining the detention building used for new apprentices, which was condemned as unsanitary months ago and recommended for destruction and debris removal at once.
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Newport
R. L
Naval Training Station
Medica
Hill and Harriman Fight at Crossing Legal Clash
A Oregon circuit court injunction orders Seattle railroad and Six Shields contractors to halt work on a railroad crossing near the Columbia River. The dispute involves Hill and Harriman interests contending for control of the crossing against Oregon Railroad Navigation Company line work in Portland.
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Portland
Ore
Seattle Railroad
Oregon Railroad Navigation Company
Columbia River
Mrke
Hill
Harriman
Labor Leader Wounded in Chicago Union Meeting
Thomas Kennedy a Painters and Decorators union delegate to the International Federation of Labor convention in Pittsburg was shot and fatally wounded at a union meeting by James McGuire, another member. Enmity over control of the union fueled the night’s dispute as business proceeded and McGuire shot Kennedy before escaping.
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Chicago
Thomas Kennedy
Painters and Decorators’ Union
International Federation of Labor
Pittsburg
James McGuire
McGuire
Kennedy
McGuire Aioe Kennedy
SCORE OF HORSES DROP DEAD IN WILLIAMSBURG
More than a score of horses in Williamsburg contracted spinal meningitis and most died before vets arrived. All veterinary surgeons were called and worked from daybreak to night trying to stem the outbreak. By 8 p m one vet had attended eighteen cases, most fatal, as hospitals filled with affected animals.
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New York
Williamsburg
Lamsburg
La Fontaine Dismissed as Extradition Commissioner
Montreal on December 27 reports Alice La Fontaine has been dismissed from the position as extradition commissioner by the Dominion government. La Fontaine authored rulings in many erased cases, including the non-Greene proceedings, during a time when political allies of the law firm representing American contractors influenced events.
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Montreal
Alice Lataine
Domip
la Fontaine
non-Greene
T la Fontaine
O'Brien Challenges Jeffries For Match
San Francisco December 27. Jack O'Brien the pugilist who recently defeated Robert Fitzsimmons has authorized issuing a challenge to James J Jeffries the retired weight champion Any terms Jeffries may demand will be accepted and a bout could be arranged once agreed upon
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San Francisco
Jack O’brien
Robert Fitzsimmons
James J. Jeffries
Jeffries
Tragic Shooting in Kentucky Border Dispute
In Owingsville Kentucky on December 27 a dispute during a card game near the Virginia border led to a fatal shooting. George M. fired and killed, while bystander Wes Denason and Mary Rainey were fatally wounded.
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Owingsville
Wice County
Virginia
Kentuck
George M
Wes Denason
Mary Rainey
Pervant
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