Baltic Provinces Turmoil Complies with Harsher Measures
The Baltic provinces remain critical as forces in Reval Mitau and Riga take severe steps. A station master who refused to dispatch a train at Orloff was hanged. Insurgents attempted to derail a military train between Libau and Masenforth. Arrests of extremists continue in St. Peters burg.
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ST. Petersburg
Baltic
Reval
Mitau
Riga
Orloff
Libau
Masenforth
Dragoons Attack by 300 Workmen in Riga Killing 11
In Riga Livonia Russia a detachment of dragoons was attacked by about 300 workmen while grooming horses. Eleven dragoons died and fourteen were wounded in the assault. Soldiers fired on the rebels, killing eight, and then surrounded the insurgents.
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Riga
Livonia
Russia
Moscow Casualty Toll Near Twenty Five Hundred
Final casualty figures in the Moscow area will approach 2500. Reports of vast heaps of dead in the Prezna district have proven to be untrue.
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Moscow
Prezna
Riots Erupt Over East Returnees At Cheliabinsk
Serious disorders among returning reserves from the far east are reported at Cheliabinsk in Orenburg government. The reserves aided revolutionaries to release several arrested agitators and then attacked a railroad station. Authorities could not repel the assault.
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Vienna
Kielce
Zamos
Ostrovice
Vistula
Wierzbnik
Lodz
Sosnovice
Dombrova
ST. Petersburg
Far East
Cheliabinsk
Orenburg
Railroad traffic resumes as counter revolution grows
Moscow reports indicate rail traffic in all directions is back to normal while a counter revolution expands in distant districts. Peasants are being summoned to defend the throne and the fatherland amid escalating unrest.
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Moscow
Moscow Revolt Repetition Declared Impossible
Governor General Doubassoff stated that a renewal of the Moscow revolt is improbable as Reds have alienated many liberals and recent events have filled them with horror.
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Moscow
Doubassoff
Peasants to Divide Stroganoff Lands in Russia
On January 2 in European Russia the peasants on Count Stroganoff’s vast estates met and agreed to divide the large tracts among themselves. The plan signals a major redistribution of land ownership as local tenants move to parcel out the property.
Damage to foreign property in Presna district reported
The Presna district suffered significant damage to foreign owned property on January 2. A five story brick building owned by naturalized American M. Stabroffsky is among the losses, with the owner filing a complaint with the government.
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Moscow
Presna
M. Stabroffsky
Midshipman Decatur Denies Hazing Charge
The defense in the court martial of Midshipman Decatur closed with his denial of hazing accusations. The case is set to finish tomorrow.
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Midshipman
Decatur
Annapolis
Emelie Grigsby Linked to Book About Her Life
New York January 2 Emelie Grigsby linked to a sensational memoir titled I a woman tells about herself The book features parallels to Charles Tyson Yerkes life and a romance with Ross Kimball a married railroad magnate The narrative centers on motive feelings and a mansion with a secret chamber among other dramatic details.
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Ross Kimball
Miss Grigsby
Riviera
Yerkes
Kimball
New York
Yerkes Will Grants Major Bequests to Public and Family
New York,date uncertain. In a will read by Clarence A Knight, Charles T Yerkes bequeaths 100000 in trust for the University of Chicago to support the Yerkes Observatory at Lake Geneva Wisconsin. The estate also allocates 750000 for an art gallery project and 800000 for a New York hospital. Widow receives 200000, son 200000 plus rights to 500000 by will, daughter 200000, and 100000 in trust for Ethel Link Yerkes. The will was read to family members who approved the provisions.
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New York
Clarence A. Knight
Charles T. Yerkes
University of Chicago
Yerkes
Lake Geneva
Wis
Ethel Link Yerkes
Clarence Yerkes
Provincetown Woman Prisoner in Arctic Ice
Mrs. Viola D. Cook of Provincetown is marooned on the Bowhead in Arctic ice near Herschel Island with half rations after 12 whaling ships are trapped. She has spent 27 months in the Arctic and hopes to return home for Thanksgiving to see her daughter and grandchildren.
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Arctic Ocean
Viola D. Cook
Provincetown
John A. Cook
Herschel Island
Arctic
Navarch
San Francisco
Honolulu
Norway
Cook
Viola D
Police Board Hearing For McMullen Tomorrow
Before Judge Emmons the Police Commission will hear Attorney Alpheus Sanford make a final plea on behalf of Officer McMullen of Station 5. McMullen is charged with battering a city employee named Griffin on the night of the Fourth of July. The board will decide whether police authorities take action in his behalf while awaiting trial.
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Emmons
Alpheus Sanford
McMullen
Station 5
Griffin
Police Board
Poison in well kills Mrs Seymour’s prize hens
In Great Barrington on January 2, Mrs James Seymour reports her famed prize hens poisoned with Paris green found in the family well. Police say the poisoning appears deliberate. no suspect named. The hens, noted for unusual eggs with M W marks and corrugated shells, attracted town attention as the roosters announced layings and sound of footsteps near the coop were reported.
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Paris
Seymour
Great Barrington
James Seymour
Paris Green
Thousands to Charity in Mrs Haven s Will
Mrs Isabella Haven of Stockbridge and former Boston resident leaves 40000 to the New London Library to establish two memorial funds of 20000 each in her name and in her husband Haven. Other bequests include 5000 to the House of Mercy in Pittsfield 6500 to St Paul s Church Stockbridge 6500 in trust to the Laurel Hill Association Stockbridge. Real estate valued at 30000 and personal property 50000.
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Great Barrington
Isabella Haven
Stockbridge
Boston
New London, Conn
Weiman
Haven
House of Mercy
Pittsfield
St. Paul’s Church
Laurel Hill Association
Malden Names Simeon B Harris as Police Chief
Malden selects Simeon B Harris of Lowell to head the police department replacing resigning chief John E Phipps Harris 55 has two years on Lowell force and ten years with the State Board of Pharmacy He is a member of the Middlesex Club and prominent in local affairs.
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Malden
Board of Aldermen
Simeon B. Harris
Lowell
John E. Phipps
Harris
State Board of Pharmacy
Middlesex Club
Father East Boston's Largest Family Fined
Felice Scandone father of 15 living children appeared in East Boston Court on a drunkenness charge and pleaded not guilty. He was fined five dollars. The Scandone family is reported as East Boston's largest, with observers noting his youth and capability to have fathered so many children.
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Kimball
Irving
Ross Kimball
Felice Scandone
East Boston
Scandone
Counterfeit Bills Passed in North End Arrests
Giuseppe Perichini and Giovanni Zocola, two North End Italians, were arraigned before U S Commissioner Hale on counterfeit money charges. Held for hearing, bail set at $1000 each. both denied knowledge of the fakes. Secret Service and patrolman Allen traced notes used in saloons and bars, with Perichini and Zocola linked to prior passes and a tearing of the counterfeit.
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Giuseppe Perichini
Giovanni Zocola
North End
United States
Hale
Secret Service
Murphy
Alien
Perichini
Zocola
Station 1
Allen
Didnt Steal From Mother Chelsea Courtroom Not Guilty
Ida Ebert of Chelsea was found not guilty of stealing $105 from her mother Annie Bluederman of 94 Fourth street. The mother testified the money was in a bureau drawer and the daughter knew of it. The daughter said she feared her mother and feared her brother's threats, and the judge ruled there was no evidence of theft and she had reasons to leave home.
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Ida Ebert
Chelsea
Annie Bluederman
Fourth Street
George M. Stearns
McNary Summoned as Grand Jury Seeks Fenway Answers
District Attorney Moran pressed ahead with Fenway inquiries and Grand Jury preparations. A summons aimed at Congressman William S. McNary to testify on the Fitzgerald charges had not yet been served, but Moran indicated readiness to present evidence when the panel convenes. Moran personally checked three named men and reviewed District Attorney French's Fenway report, with his second assistant keeping the jury in session late.
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William S. McNary
Grand Jury
Fitzgerald
McNary
Moran
Fenway
French
Mr. French
Grand Jury Room
Jawyer
3000 Dance for Charity at Symphony Hall in Boston
A grand charity ball by United Hebrew Clubs of Greater Boston drew nearly 3000 attendees at Symphony Hall last night. Jointly run by multiple clubs, the event marks a high point in Boston Hebrew social life.
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United Hebrew Clubs of
Greater Boston
Boston Hebrews
Jacob H. Hecht Association
Charitable Entertaining Circle
Alliance Club
Wiltse Literary Club
Fairmount Associates
Daniel Webster Association
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