Rebellion at Moscow Near End as Strikers Lose Heart
Reports from St. Petersburg state the Moscow rebellion has entered its final stage as guerrilla fighting continues on a smaller scale. Hundreds of Drajina members are jailed, Doubassoff acts decisively, and the Workmen's council weighs calling off the strike amid fears of a Black Hundreds massacre. Four thousand strikers damaged rail lines near Moscow to block troop trains, while rumors claim General Mistchenko was wounded by a stray bullet.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Doubassoff
Drajina
Horse Guard
Clyne
Hourse Gagette
Mistchenko
Relations Strain Between Russia and Germany Over Baltic Rebellion
London dispatch says relations between Russia and Germany are distinctly strained and international complications may arise from the Baltic provinces rebellion. The Times correspondent notes mounting tensions and possible wider impact on European diplomacy.
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London
St. Petersburg
the Times
Russia
Germany
Baltic
Moscow Revolt Virtually Ended After Heavy Casualties
Moscow reports indicate the revolt is nearly over with a strike to be called off Monday. Friday saw invasions of the secret police chief’s residence by 300 revolutionaries, resulting in his death. At the medical bureau 650 wounded and 105 killed are registered, with an estimated 1,000 unidentified dead in the Loutchow quarter.
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Moscow
Social Revolutionary Committee
Secret Police
Loutchow
Kremlin Arsenal Safeguards Soviet Rebels Guns Tale
The Times dispatch from Moscow reports that insurgents crave arms to win and force troops to retreat into the Kremlin where authorities have taken refuge. The Kremlin arsenal, it notes, remains inside the fortified complex.
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London
the Times
Moscow
Kremlin
General Baron Stalkenberg Reported Prisoner in Caucasus
Paris dispatch notes General Baron Brakelberg left St. Petersburg for the Caucasus with secret orders and a report claims he has been captured by insurgents. London sources report Moscow revolutionists in the Pressway district negotiating surrender terms with authorities.
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Paris
Journal
St. Petersburg
Baron Brakelberg
Caucasus
London
Daily Mail
Pressway
Moscow
Martial law proclaimed as Odessa strike nears end
Odessa reports martial law in effect with the strike nearly over and hundreds of arrests made. This terse dispatch notes citywide security measures while the labor action winds down.
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Odessa
Reform Football Movement Unites Many Colleges
A conference of sixty eight institutions moves to reform intercollegiate football to reduce player danger end mass formations and establish permanent officials. A rules committee was formed with eight members from various colleges and service academies to coordinate with Yale Princeton Harvard and others if they join. The meeting elected officers Captein Valmer FE. Pierce West Point as president and Dean W. D. Wild Williams as vice president with Louis Bevier Jr. Rutgers as secretary. The panel travels to Philadelphia to meet the existing rules committee as adjournment awaits the president's call.
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New York
Bec
Unl
America
Institutions of
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Annapolis
Chicago
Committee On
Ans
E. K. Hull
Dartmouth
Lieutenant Daly
West Point
J. Babbitt
Haverford College
K. D. Williams
University of Minnesot
C. W. Savage
Oberlin Colleg
James T. Lees
University of Nilaska
F. H. Curtis
Universit
Tias
Philadelphia
Captein Valmer FE. Pierce
W. D. Wild
Williams College
Louis Bevier, Jr
Rutgers College
MacCracken
New York University
Cornell President Praises Football As Vital Sport
President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University spoke before the Associated Academic principals of New York state and defended football. He opposed abolition, urged modifications to reduce hazards, and argued banning the game would remove the most popular sport of youth and the American people.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
New York
Schurman
Amundsen Navigated Northwest Passage and Pole Observations
Captain William Mogg reports Captain Amundsen completed locating the north magnetic pole observations and sailed the Northwest passage with jettisoned cargo to aid navigation. Depths noted are shallow, with nine feet six inches at Gioa ground, and possible open water exists where ice blocks passage.
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Seattle
Wash
William Mogg
Jefferson
Amundsen
North Magnetic Pole
Northwest Passage
Mogg
Royal Geographical Society of London
Norway
Sweden
Expert testimony in Brennan murder trial
In Minneapolis on December 29 defense witnesses testified that Mrs. Stella Brennan is in a delicate condition and would be insane if she committed the crime, but cross examination showed the doctors stating she is sane now and understands right from wrong.
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Minneapolis
Stella Brennan
A. G. Williams
J. Bartlett
E. J. Clark
Wreck at Wildron injures several on Big Four train
Fast mail train No. 87 derailed at Wildron four miles east of Kankakee Illinois during the day. Eleven passengers and crew are injured though none fatally. Authorities report the derailment is under investigation and rail service is disrupted.
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Kankakee
Ill
Big Four
Wildron
Here
Pass of Melfort Wreck Off Vancouver Island Claims 27 Lives
Victoria B C December 29 Twenty six men and one woman are believed drowned after the British bark Pass of Melfort foundered on rocks off Amphitrite point near Uncluelet Vancouver Island. Salvage steamer Salvor aided by Lloyds and the Canadian government patrolled the wreck site as bodies and wreckage washed ashore amid a fierce southwest gale. settlers from Uncluelet joined in searching for victims, with two bodies recovered and others reported. The wreck lies about fifty yards from shore amid jagged rocks and shifting seas.
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Victoria
B. C
Melfort
Amphitrite Point
Salvor
Dequimalt
Lloyd’s Agency
Uncluelet
Pass of Melfort
Wirnet
Vancouver Island
Morales Will Fight in Santo Domingo Split
In Cape Haytien on December 29 authorities report most of Northern Santo Domingo favors Gen Morales who left the capital to rally partisans. General Rodriguez governor of Monte Christi with followers heads north to meet Morales. Reports say Morales plans a new Monte Christi capital to quell the Caceres uprising. Censorship imposed at Monte Christi. further Santo Domingo news awaited.
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Cape Haytien
Hayti
Santo Domingo
Morales
Rodriguez
Monte Christi
Caceres
Sage's bold Wall Street visit nets $30 million loaned
New York financiers say Russell Sage, aged ninety, left his Fifth avenue home to return to his Wall Street office. Over three hours he loaned out about 30 million dollars to borrowers, at rates from five dollars to ninety percent. Interest rose to 125 after funds were exhausted, then eased to fifty percent.
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New York
Russell Sage
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
Sage
Governor Hanly Demands Secretary Storms Resign
Indianapolis Dec 29 The Star reports Governor Hanly has given Secretary of State Daniel R. Storms until next Tuesday to resign. If he fails to comply the attorney general will sue to remove him from office.
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Indianapolis
the Star
Hanly
Daniel RE. Storms
TWO OFFICERS WOUNDED IN TOLEDO CAR BARN RAID
Marshal Frank Thornton of Perrysburg was shot in the abdomen while trying to arrest five men suspected in last Sunday's car barn robbery in Perrysburg. Deputy William Scott was wounded in the foot. A large posse scoured the area as arrests were made, including Martin Kirby and two conductors, T B Pearsal and W E Rosewell, amid ongoing efforts to identify the gunmen.
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Toledo, O
Frank Thornton
Perrysburg
William Scott
Toledo
Scott
Here
Gank
Martin Kirby
Baltimore
T. B. Pearsal
W. E. Rosewell
Krauss
Thornton
Roosevelt Party Joins Hunt at Pine Knob in Virginia
President Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Surgeon General Rixey visit Pine Knob in Albemarle County Virginia during a December afternoon setback from heavy rain. They arrive with three beagle hounds and two setters as hunting plans start, while a second small house near the original cottage at Pine Knob is noted.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Rixey
Pine Knob
Charlottesville
Knob
Acee
Knobd
Efforts to arbitrate eight hour day fail in Philadelphia
Efforts by the Church Association for the Advancement of Interests of Labor to halt the printers strike by arbitration have failed. An arbitration panel from the Civic Federation was proposed. the Typothetae masters did not respond, while the Ty union accepted the proposal.
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Philadelphia
Church Association For the Advancement of Interests of Labor
Protestant Episcopal Church
The
Civic Federation
Ty Union
Typothetae
Embezzler Soule Arrested After Prison Term
Edwin C Soule former cashier of the Amana Falls bank embezzled eighty eight dollars three years ago. He finished his term at Anamosa penitentiary and was immediately arrested by Sheriff Mitterey on an indictment for embezzlement as bail. He posted bonds to appear at the January term of the Hardin county district court. Indictment found last October.
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Bildora
Edwin C. Soule
Ammane Falls Bank
Anamosa, Penitentiary
Mitterey
Soule
Lockwood
Hardin County District Court
Presbyterian union talks proceed with no danger seen
In St. Louis on December 29 Rev. Dr. W H Roberts of Philadelphia, leading the Northern Presbyterian committee, said there is no danger that a union with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church will occur before arrangements are finalized by a joint subcommittee of the two churches.
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St. Louis
Northern Presbyterian
W. MH. Roberts
Philadelphia
Northern Presbyterian Committee
Birmingham man shot at Elkmont encounter ends in pursuit
In Athens Alabama on December 1 McDonald a Birmingham man attempted to shoot Policeman Nichols at Elkmont. He was injured slightly and then pursued by about 100 people brought back to town with a rope around his neck and his body riddled by over 100 bullets.
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Athens
Ala
McDonald
Birmingham
Nichols
Elkmont
Injo
Batesville man on trial for killing at Hoxie office
In Hoxie Arkansas on December 29 Frank Brown ing of Batesville shot and killed T W Madkis at a local office where the latter worked. A dispute over telegram delivery led to the fatal shooting and Brown ing was arrested.
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Hoxie, Ark
Frank Browning
Batesville, Ark
T. W. Madkis
Nade
Shooting at Brooks Ga. Dance Kills Host. Wounds Three
A shooting affray at a dance near Tony Biles, southeast of Brooks Georgia, ends with the death of the host and three men wounded. Investigators seek motive and suspects. Authorities described the scene as chaotic with scattered attendees fleeing.
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Brooks, Ga
Tony Biles
Here
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