Proclamation Urges Slay Autocracy and Unite Workers
A Russian Social Democratic Labor Party proclamation calls for universal suffrage direct secret ballot and abolition of privilege. It denounces autocracy and war demands liberation of prisoners and a constitutional assembly, urging armed defense of freedom and attacks on police and state buildings.
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Eople
Cause of Labor
Constituent Assembly of the Representatives of the People
Social Democratic Labor
Czar Orders 500 Machine Guns as Revolt Grows
Berlin report says Russia's Ludwig Loewe factory will rush 500 machine guns to the czarist government amid strikes in St Petersburg and rising revolutionary fervor. Authorities fear a bloodier period as workers arm with bombs and seek a constitution and shorter hours.
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Berlin
Ludwig Loewe Arma
St. Petersburg
Poland
Moscow
Vilna
Kovno
Russia
Social Democrats gain edge as unrest rises in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on January 24, deputies warn of violence while Father Gopon pleads for restraint. Revolutions plot bombs and provincial governance as authorities close clubs and arrest writers and officials. Moscow reports disorder and a tense quiet in the city amid no factory operation and workers unpaid.
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ST. Petersburg
Father Gopon
Social Democrats
Moscow
NERVE FAILED HIM WHEN IT CAW GIRL DIE
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Arthur Henry Milligan alias E S Terry alias Arthur Henry Smith alias Arthur Henry Brown was arrested in Racine after attempting suicide following Florence Groves death at Hotel Blatz. He claimed she eagerly planned to die with him and confessed forging a check used to flee to the West. He is also linked to forgery and larceny charges in Boston.
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Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Arthur Henry Milligan
E.S. Terry
Arthur Henry Smith
Arthur Henry Brown
Florence O. Groves
Blatz
Robert Barlow
Racine
Fred Pfister
Florence Groves
Minligan
Terry
Milli
Boston
Boston Journal
Boston Herald
West
Swayne Trial Preparations Are Perfected
The Senate completed the impeachment trial setup for U.S. Judge Charles Swayne of Florida. Senators swore in for trial, House managers presented articles of impeachment, and a summons to appear was accepted. Judge Platt was elected to preside, with proceedings adjourned to Friday for Swayne to respond.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate
United States
Charles Swayne
Florida
House
Mr. Platt
Connecticut
Swayne
Fuller
Supreme Court
Burning of Two Crazes Mother in Onawa Iowa
Two young children of Mrs. John Longworthy died in a house fire in Onawa Iowa today. The mother, reportedly driven to mania by the tragedy, locked the children inside as she left to wash and the blaze spread rapidly. The surviving son escaped but cannot explain the cause or sequence of events.
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Commercial Tribune
Onawa
Mich
John Longworthy
Hoch's Marriage Record and Poison Suspicions
Chicago police link Hoch to the H H Holmes case and suspect he used Holmes style ruses. Relatives say six of Hoch thirteen wives died by poison. list includes Marié Welker Hoch in 1905 and Mary Steinbecker 1894. A minister who once married Hoch reportedly recognized him in 1898.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Hoch
H. H. Holmes
Castle
Holmes
Shippy
Marié Welker Hoch
Mary Steinbecker
Mary Becker
St. Louis
Mary Schultz
Argus
Ind
Child
Lena Hoch
Milwaukee
Sophia Hoch
Wheeling
Three Die in Quarrel as Szolay Kills at Whiting
In Whiting Indiana today John Szolay a Standard Oil Company worker fatally shot three people Michael Silahy his wife and a boarder before attempting suicide The victims were involved in a quarrel with Szolay at the Silahy home Chicago dated Jan 24
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Whiting
Ind
John Szolay
Standard Qil’Company
Szolay
Michael Silahy
Silahy
Mrs Duke Arrested in New York on Texas Requisition
Alice Webb Duke wife of Brodie L Duke was arrested in Broad street New York on Texas requisition papers. She faced charges of filing false statements to induce a banker to endorse notes for twenty thousand dollars. Bail was set at three thousand dollars with parole pending securities search. Her arraignment and further hearing followed.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Alice Webb Duke
Brodie L. Duke
Broad Street
Texas
Tucker Guilty of Page Murder in Cambridge Trial
Charles L. Tucker of Auburndale was found guilty of first degree murder for stabbing Miss Mabel Page to death in her father's house on March 31. Tucker collapsed when the verdict was read and was led to the jail in an exhausted condition before reviving later in his cell.
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Commercial Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
Charles L. Tucker
Auburndale
Mabel Page
Tucker
Fears Hold Up Police Raid On Saloon Suspects
A large detective dragnet swept Bauer and Jones streets chasing alleged highwaymen after saloonkeeper Frank Hollbauer reported whispered plots. Harry Martin confessed to a shooting at Kroger’s store but claimed he was protecting someone else. several youths were detained for scrutiny.
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Frank Hollbauer
Bauer
Jones Streets
Hollbauer
Harry Martin
Henry Weil
Kroger
Cumminsville
Jackson
Sweeney
Houillion
Dwyer
Calnan
Bernhardt
Keatting
Wimsey
Harry Stadfeld
Wilstach Street
Ed Kullick
David
Frank Loeb
Linn
Wade
Harry Kuhn
West Liberty Street
George Wicklin
Bauer Avenue
Henry Martin
Weil
Martin
Revolt Ripples Through Radom Poland and Moscow
Rioting breaks out in Radom and Moscow as Czarist authorities declare siege. Troops clash with crowds. several officers killed and many wounded. Poland faces arson and bomb plans while foreign money rumors swirl as Radom guards the Mieczna river.
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Radom
Poland
Bloodshed Feared as Moscow Turmoil Spreads to St. Petersburg
St Petersburg will be placed under siege tomorrow as General Trepoff, ex Moscow police chief, becomes Governor General and quarters at the Winter Palace. His crackdown on December student protests drew resentment and revolutionaries have threatened him. Moscow's upheaval appears to ease with limited business reopening.
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ST. Petersburg
General Trepoff
Moscow
Winter Palace
Alexander III
Smal
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Brooklyn
Milligan
Orororo
Platt
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Rolmes
Sos
Weeteween
Poison Relief Firm
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Busi
Ness
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