Fighting in St Petersburg Becomes Butchery by Atrocious Fire
Dispatches describe Sunday battles in St Petersburg as a merciless street struggle with machine guns cannister and grape shot. Cossacks, drunk on vodka, charged with lances amid barricades as artillery pounded houses. Authorities report 6,000 killed and 14,000 wounded in Moscow, with 80,000 troops near Orechotsneff. Fears of famine rise as provisions grow scarce and mobility is restricted.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Orechottsneff
London
Daily Telegraph
St Petersburg
Railroads Enter Into Agreement on Interstate Law
Western railroads held a meeting in Chicago on Tuesday and agreed to adhere strictly to interstate commerce laws. They formed a committee to represent western freight associations, report law violations, and keep in touch with developments as actions occur.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great plague threatens Russia in spread across vast area
German report from a St Peters burg correspondent dated Dec 23 notes a great plague epidemic advancing slowly and covering an area of 180 by 300 miles. The lack of doctors prevents isolation of the sick, hindering containment efforts.
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St. Petersburg
La Follette Elected Senator Without Expenditure
La Follette claims no money or property was contributed or expended by him or others in his senatorial campaign. Milwaukee reports on December 23 that he was elected without spending a cent, a claim described as historic by the era's newspapers.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
la Yollette
la Follette
Safe Blowers Rob Bank in Goldwin Stampede
Four robbers blew open a bank safe in Goldwin yesterday, fought with citizens, and fled in a buggy. No injuries reported. About 4500 in bills torn to shreds by the blast. some silver damaged. Robbers’ haul unknown. a posse with bloodhounds pursues. Citizens express moral outrage and resolve.
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St. Louis
Dee Yoo
Goldwin
State Board Considers Epileptic Colony Plan for Crowded Hospitals
Des Moines December reports the State Board of Control undecided on adding facilities for the mentally disabled. Options include a second institute or an epileptic colony to separate epileptics from insane and feeble minded patients. A planned colony aims to relieve 800 current patients and ease congestion while matching modern treatment thoughts. Superintendent Polglase notes small communities can mix groups, but large numbers require separation for better care.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Glenwood
Othrr
State Institution Superintendents
W. A. Polglase
Michigan State Institution
Anti-Saloon Forces Win In Census Fight
Atlantic records a court ruling by Judge Fudge A. Thornell setting aside 292 of 5 180 names in the 1900 census and barring publishing of those figures. The decision may leave Atlantic under the Mulet law threshold, potentially sealing a dry outcome if upheld.
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Atlantic
Cuvers
Fudge A. B. Thornell
District Court
O. W. Needles
Executive Council
Eesity
Needles
Toornell
N U Cramer
Miner Edwin Ellis Dies Under Four Tons of Slate
Edwin Ellis aged 35 was crushed to death at Colton mines in Oskatoosa yesterday when four tons of slate collapsed on him. He is the son of Linda Ellis state deputy of the Odd Fellows.
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Oskatoosa
Edwin Ellis
Colton
Linda Ellis
The
Odd Fellows
Boy Loses Both Legs After Freight Train Incident
A 16 year old boy named Harry Whit ted, AWanite, Dee, suffered crushed legs when a freight train backed onto him while he was carrying ice to a brakeman. Amputation of both legs above the knees became necessary. Despite severe blood loss, authorities believe he will survive.
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Awanite
Dee
Harry Whitted
Iowa Peat Fuel Beds Could Power Northern Counties
Des Moines reports a state geological survey bulletin estimates 22 to 36 million tons of dried peat fuel ready for development in nine northern Iowa counties. Deposits extend to Dickinson, Kossuth, Greene and Calhoun counties, with potential near Clear Lake to Ruthven. Little industrial use has occurred. current work includes small pilots at Lake Mills Ruthven Meservey and Dows using both cut and machine peat processes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Geological Survey
Dickinson
Kosauth
Greene
Calhoun
Nome
Geological Survey
Clear Lake
Lake Mills
Dows
Hansontown
Armstrong
Meservey
Scarville
Norman
Northwood
Forest City
Thompson
Duncan
Miller
Clarion
Ruthven
Dowsville
Meservay
Iowa Fel and ‘Brick Company
Will Look Into Check Kiting
Ties Movies Dec 23. Pleasantville banks tied to the Griswold and Es sex check operations will present the case to the Marion county grand jury at the January term. They seek a full investigation to determine if the transactions violated statutes. Interviewing Des Moines people who may testify before the Knoxville grand jury.
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Pleasantville
George R. Griswold
Steve Essex
Marion County Grand Jury
Des Moines
Knoxville
Anxious to be Taken to Prison
David T. Stubbs was taken to Fort Madison penitentiary after his sentence of eighteen months for embezzlement. He admitted defalcation of 1875 from Citizens' Gas and Electric as cashier. Despite friends' intercession, Judge Green refused nominal sentencing andwill not recommend parole.
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Stubbs
Cum Tains
Green
Child Killed in Runaway Near Pleasant Home
In Ottumwa on December 21 a 15 year old girl Olive Ross residing near Pleasant Home leaped from a runaway wagon and was instantly killed suffering a broken neck. In Sioux City on December 22 K Mueny a Mapleton farmer was trampled to death by a herd of cattle hungry for salt. His body was found two days after he left home to feed his cattle salt with a log and large sack. searchers found him in a gully crowd.
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Ottumwa
Olive Ross
Pleasant Home
Sioux City
K. Mueny
Mapleton
Mueng
Moscow Field of Big Battle Ends In Massive Casualties
Moscow reports detail a brutal clash as revolutionaries and czarist forces wage near nonstop fighting. Bombs strike police prefecture, many officers killed, hundreds arrested, heavy casualties likely in thousands as dragoons clear barricades and streets along Sadovia and Trabnois square.
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Moscow
Fideler School
Sadovia
Soukaroff
Karemnaia Street
Kazan
Governor La Follette Resigns to Seek Senate Seat
Madison states the Wisconsin governor Robert M La Follette resigned to join the United States Senate. He will leave office January first 1906 at noon. The legislature adjourned sine die after receiving the resignation. Great fire in Hankow China destroys thousands of houses and claims many lives. A playful classroom anecdote ends with a student calling a volcano look like hell. A note on oak wood weights discusses green versus seasoned timber.
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Madison
Wis
la Folette
United States
Wisconsin
Robert M. LaFeilette
Alne
Hankow
Victoria
B. C
Shanghai
China
China and Japan Agree on Treaty Open Door for Manchuria Trade
The treaty signed in Peking grants Japan lease of the L_heung peninsula including Port Arthur and Dalny, grants railway control north to Chang-Chin, permits a line from Antung to Mukden with eventual purchase by China, and opens sixteen Manchukuo ports and Elites including Harbin to world trade, seen as Open Door victory.
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Washington, DC
China
Japan
Peking
State Department
Lightung
Port Arthur
Dalny
Russia
Chang-Chin
Antung
Yalu
Mukden
Manchuria
Manchukiao
Harbin
United States
Desperate Moscow Fight Described by Telegraph
London reports describe the Moscow clash as rebels firing on troops at Fidler's, a flag of surrender twice exchanged, and heavy urban fighting across the city. Hospitals crowded, wounded in homes, and streets strewn with bivouac fires as peasants tighten the grip against anarchists and strikers. An ukase is promised within days to fix the elections timetable.
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School House
London
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Fidler
Tverskara
Russia
Yelna
Kiet
Voronezh
Fremier Witte
Nicolaieff
Fife
Armenians Secure Revenge in Constantinople
Latest dispatch from Tabli sy Cayengis reports Armenians set fire to 300 Mussulman houses in the Mussulman quarter. Inmates were barred from escape and firemen were shot at while attempting to extinguish the flames. Fifty seven Turks confirmed dead. total fatalities unknown. An odd note states the elephant avoids excess baggage charges for its trunk.
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Constantinople
Tifilsy
Cauengis
Mussulman
Turn Strike into Revolution in St Petersburg unrest
Dispatches report Moscow workers including engineers and postal employees favoring armed revolt. Troops mobilized, guns positioned. clashes with citizens noted as trains with troops halted, and insurrection spreads from St Petersburg to Baltic provinces. The League of Leagues calls for support while famine and cold threaten, dining rooms proposed.
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London
Dxrhange Telegraph Company
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Baltic
Dorpat
Tukum
Dle
St. Peter and St. Paul
League of Leagues
Petersburg
Rights of Suffrage Denied to Russians in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg the emperor and cabinet rejected universal suffrage, extending the Aug 19 law to include small landowners, workers, educated classes, and small city renters. The dogma will be convoked in March. authorities foresee a cooling of the general strike though revolutions resist. Strike activity remains limited with printers on strike and workers returning to work at Semipovsky Mile and Potilo Iron works. Ten percent of last year’s struck buildings were churches.
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Bt. Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Semipovsky Mile
Potilo Iron Works
Million Dollar Baby Is Born in San Mateo
San Francisco December 23 news reports the birth yesterday morning of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Charles W Clark of San Mateo The child’s grandfather Senator W A Clark of Montana announced an intended settlement of one million dollars upon her The note marks the continuation of his customary generosity as he previously gave nine hundred thousand at the birth of his great grandchild
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San Francisco
Cal
Charle W. Clark
San Mateo
W. 4
Clark
Montana
Senator Clark
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