Defeat for Rebels as Russian Government Crushes Insurrection
Moscow dispatch reports a comparatively easy government victory over the Reds in St. Petersburg, with insurgents subdued for some time. The populace stayed aloof, a general strike collapsed, and authorities expect no quick return to revolt though terror acts may follow. Focus shifts to Baltic suppression and agrarian unrest.
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St. Petersburg
Mos
Proletiarat
Baltic
Minsk
Russian Official Prepares to Surround Them
Riga and Livonia report no general strike breach as revolutionaries post placards in five languages calling to disarm police and barricade towns. Snow falls. new governor general with 32,000 troops aims to trap revolutionaries in Courland between Riga and Libau, sealing their fate.
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Riga
Livonia
Edytkuhnen
East Prussia
Ita
Courland
Libau
Restored electric light returns city to normal pace
In Moscow on December 30 the electric light system was restored by 3 pm and streets are returning to normal. Railways are expected to resume regular schedules soon. In Dvinsk martial law is proclaimed after a bomb explosion at a workers meeting killed eight and wounded twenty eight.
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Moscow
Dvinsk
West Russia
Four Miners Dead In Michigan Copper Mines
Four miners died underground in the Lake copper mines at Gelumet Michigan on December 30. William Phillips and Samuel Richards were killed in the Tri Mountain mines by a falling rock while seated. Alfred Westerburg died at Red Jacket shaft of Calumet and Hecla, likely heart failure. Lawrence Brings, 36, was killed at the 28th level No 2 shaft after a falling rock.
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Gelumet
Mich
Lake
William Phillips
Samuel Richards
Tri- Mountain
Alfred Westerburg
Lawrence Brings
Fatal gas deaths at Omaha lodginghouse room
Two unidentified men rented a room at the Aetna lodginghouse Thursday night and were found dead late that night from asphyxiation. The victims appear to have released the gas themselves, authorities said.
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Omaha
Aetna
Clemency Petition Leads Patrick Case to Governor Higgins
New York reports former President Cleveland heads a push for clemency in Albert T. Patrick’s death sentence for the William Marsh Rice murder. Albany confirms Dr Allen Hamilton urged clemency, citing doubt about Rice’s death causes and valet Jones’s testimony.Governor Higgins has not acted yet and has received additional letters from state supporters.
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New York
Cleveland
Higgins
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Albany
N. Y
Miggine
Pr. Allen McLane Hamilton
New York City
Bing Sing
Jones
Patrick
Yerkes Dies at Waldorf Astoria After Illness
Charles T. Yerkes, noted railway financier of Chicago and London, died at the Waldorf Astoria New York after a six week illness from complications of a severe cold. Family and physicians described a peaceful death as Speyer & Co. announced arrangements to carry on his vast enterprises.
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New York
Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago
London
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Mr. Yerkes
Boston Firm SUSPENDS After Copper Stock Rise
Boston firm H. R. Leighton & Co. suspended for creditors after copper stock gains. The assignee Charles E. Allen, a local lawyer, cites failure of a Boston Stock Exchange member to meet obligations and outstanding copper investments as reasons. The company operates about forty offices in New England plus Montreal Halifax and St Johns. Liabilities may reach $500000 with several hundred creditors.
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Boston
H. R. Leighton & Co
Stock Exchange
New England
Montreal
Halifax
Canada
Supreme court upholds inheritance tax law in Ramsey case
The Minnesota supreme court ruled the inheritance tax law constitutional in the Foot versus Bazille case. Bazille had held the law unconstitutional in Ferguson probate matters. The decision enables about $600,000 in inheritance taxes previously blocked, signaling a major victory for tax enforcement.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Supreme Court
Jesse Foot
Ramsey County
E. W. Bazille
Bazille
Paul D. Ferguson
Federal grand jury indicts Burlington railroad for rebates
Chicago December 30 federal grand jury indicted the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad Darius Miller first vice president and C G Burnham foreign freight agent for granting rebates to United States Steel Products Company of New York. Sixty charges involve shipments from Elwood Indiana Martins Ferry Cleveland Joliet to Vancouver with a joint tariff and a 30 percent rebate. Bonds set at 5000 each totaling 15000. Key evidence from US Steel Products president Alder Burlington official Moore and Great Northern agent Perry.
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Chicago
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Darius Miller
C. G Burnham
United States Steel Products Company of New York
United States Steel Company
Elwood
Ind
Martins Ferry
Pittsburg
Newcastle
Cleveland
Joliet,ll
Vancouver
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Steel Products Company
Bethea
United States Circuit Court
Burlington Road
T. P. Alder
New York
J. W L. Moore
R. W. Perry
Labor Leaders Convicted in Carriage and Wagonworkers Case
Chicago officials of the Carriage and Wagonworkers Union and two alleged hired thugs were found guilty of conspiracy after a trial. Charles Gilhooley led the group and received a penitentiary sentence plus 2000 dollars in fine. Other convicted officers included Henry Newman Charles Casey Edward Shields Charles Deutsch John Heiden and Marcus Looney. Frank Novak was acquitted. The case echoes a wave of similar Chicago prosecutions amid a fatal attack on a carrier worker following a strike.
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Chicago
Carriage and Wagonworkers
Gers
Charles Gilhooley
Henry Newman
Carriage and Wagonworkers’ Union O
Charles Casey
Oni
Edward Shields
Charles H. Deutsch
John Heiden
Marcus Looney
Frank Novak
Chris J. Carlstrom
Fominion Carriage
George Meller
Fatal fire in Minneapolis gutts old Higgins tenement block
An early morning blaze on Minnehaha avenue gutted the upper Higgins block, killing Ruth R. Bookless and burning Mary Foley and others. Fire started when kerosene lit a stove caused a flash as oil ignited. A. W. Wells rescued children and suffered a fractured arm. Investigation in New York of insurance firms follows.
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Minneapolis
Higgins
Minnehaha Avenue
Ruth R. Bookless
Mary Foley
A. W. Wells
Nordica Helps Quell Fire During Gotterdammerung Stunt
In New York at the Metropolitan Opera House Mme Lilian Nordica drew applause from a large matinee crowd as she calmly and quickly stamped out a blaze on stage near the footlights. The fire was dropped from a torch carried by a chorus woman during Gotterdammerung.
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New York
Mme
Lilian Nordica
Metropolitan Opera House
Amalgamation Deferred in Football Rules Talks
Old and New York conference football rules committees clash over authority to merge. After hours of discussion in Philadelphia the old committee refuses to amalgamate without university consent and invites a joint session. The New York conference group forms at the University Club with Dr H L Williams elected chair and Dr G A Babbitt secretary.
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New York
Legislative Committee On Insurance
United States Life Insurance Company
Manhattan Life Insurance Company
Stokes
Life Insurance Club of
Robert Wightman
Philadelphia
Iter
New York University
University Club For Organization
H. L. Williams
Minnesota University
G. A. Babbitt
Haverford College
Trial ends with verdict awaited in Mrs Brennan murder case
Minneapolis December 30 jurors in Hennepin county court near closing with no verdict after twelve days on trial of Mrs Stella Brennan accused of murder. The case centers on the November 4 shooting of three Brennan children with Elizabeth the eldest named in the indictment. Judge Dickinson charged the jury on first or second degree murder and they retired after 7 pm to consider.
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Minneapolis
Stella Brennan
Hennepin County
Elizabeth
Dickinson
Mayor McClellan Names New City Appointments
New York December 30 Mayor McClellan announced Brigadier General T A Bingham U S A retired as police commissioner succeeding Wi McAdoo who served through McClellan's first term Other appointees include Patrick Keenan John J Delaney Jen J Lantry John McGaw Woodbury Thomas Hington Edmund J Butler all long held office none of the selections are described as organization men and no Tammany leader is named among the picks.
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New York
McClellan
T A. Bingham
Flice
Wi McAdoo
City Chamberlain
Patrick Kequan
John J. Delaney
Jen J. Lantry
John McGaw Woodbury
Thomas, Ington
Edmund J. Butler
Tammany Dale
Minnesota Educational Association Adopts Football Stance
In St Paul the Minnesota Educational Association went on record favoring football while declaring the game is not properly managed in the country and exerts an unwholesome influence on youth. Officers elected include President A. W. Rankin, corresponding secretary W. F. Red Wing, treasurer C. g E. Long Prairie, and recording Miss Nora Sutton of Alexandria.
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St- Paul
Minnesot Educational Association
A. W. Rankin
W. F. Red Wing
C. G E. Long Prairie
Nora Sutton
Alexandria
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Mower County
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Michigan
C. T. Yerkes
PIRES
Chica
TON Railroad
Carriage and Wagonworkers’ Union
Singer
Old Football Committee
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