Russian Revolutionists Die as Barricades Hold
Reports say revolutionaries die by the dozen as they fight in streets and barricades. Force measures fail to quell the unrest and defiance remains at the heart of the confrontation.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
5
Revolt at Moscow threats and siege near city
At Petersburg reports describe revolutionaries closing on Moscow from all directions while defenders fortify the capital. About a thousand workers labor at barricades and trenches rise before defenses. A disaster at Bytin works left 6,000 workers surrounded by cave artillery and many killed. The revolutionaries reportedly possess automatic guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Moscow
Kiev
Sharhkof
Bytin
Werec
BE Tt
Moscow Uprising Reported Quieting Under Government Control
Dispatches from Moscow indicate the revolt is winding down as government forces tighten control. Troop reinforcements arrived from St. Petersburg and battles continue in key districts, with artillery and street fighting reported near rail lines and urban blocks. Destroyed Brest and other areas dim the city as officials seek to end the insurrection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thersbure
Concamith
Aman
Nuaety
St Abetershuce
Utlore Iron Works
Sertories
Zeto
Tver- Hasstreet
Nvernixei
Sadovia Arrials
Grenadier
St. Petersburg
Oynich
Brest Jore
Orkitien
Rirmen
Cits
Moscow
Universal suffrage law gazetted in Moscow amid protests
The new electoral law expands voting to real estate owners, license payers, lodging tenants, and government workers while maintaining an indirect system. Workmen gain representation through large electoral colleges, yet overall there is dissatisfaction as the proletariat gains a political tool but limited direct power. Separately, insurgents attack Kazan and Nicholai stations as strikes flare in Warsaw ending with workers returning to duties.
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HVS
Moscow
Capimet
National Assembly
St. Petersburg
Kazan
Nicholai
Perove
Marislaus
Nicholai Station
Liubertsy
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Post and Telegraph
Moscow A City of Color Not Cosmopolitan
Moscow on the central European plain blends east and west in a vast, irregular metropolis. The city features a mix of palaces, booths, and diverse architecture with domes, minarets, and towers, all set against bright roof colors. More than a million live there, with many lodged underground, while Mother Moscow embodies Russia’s history and adaptability.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Europe
Holland
Urals
Warsaw
Borisof
Beresina
Borodimo
Napoleon
Kutuzoff
Empire
Salutation Hill
Russia
Greece
Italy
Byzantium
North Provinces Face Widespread Famine Despair
An eye witness in Tokio reports catastrophic famine in the northwest provinces with thousands on the verge of starvation. Relief is urgently needed to avert further suffering.
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Tokio
Aged Jurist Walter Van Dyke Dies in California
Oakland December 26 Justice Walter Van Dyke of the California Supreme Court died yesterday after a brief illness. He was aged about 70 and had served on the court for many years. The passing removes a respected jurist noted for his balanced opinions and judicial service to the state.
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Cal
Walter van’ Dyke
Thg Supreme Court of California
Chicago
Ralph C. Stevens
Madison Avenue
Wahl Adding Machine Company
Hie
D. Stevens
Drexel State Bank
Santa Claus
Botton
Roosevelt awards genuine hero promotion for NC post office defense
Washington dispatch recalls Emma North Carolina post office raid four years earlier. Sentry Alexander, a small laborer, defended the post office against two burglars, killing one and wounding another. Four gang members were executed or given life terms after trial and commutations.
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Alexander
North Carolina
Tive
Roosevelt a Tyrant at Socialist Mass Meeting
A Philadelphia socialist mass meeting at the Casino theater turned turbulent as Ben Hanford denounced President Roosevelt with harsh comparisons to European tyrants. Policeman Colbert interrupted, threatening arrest if Hanford persisted amid calls to protest the Russian famine.
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Casino Theater
Roosevelt
Ben Hanford
Golbert
Hanford
Russia
President Roosevelt
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King Rockefeller
W. R. Hearst
Weaver
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Potemkin
Colbert
Avon basketball tragedy claims four skull fractures
In Freehold New Jersey on December 26 a Pennsylvania railroad freight train struck a coach carrying the Avon basketball team after a game. John Beneman was killed, two others fatally injured, and four players suffered skull fractures in the collision.
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Freehold
N. J
John Benneman
Avon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Corpse Calls For Pipe In Elginshire Coffin Incident
In Elginshire on the eve of a burial two witnesses saw a body in a coffin move and cry out for a pipe. The supposedly dead woman then sat up, declared her smoke was the best ever, and was placed back to bed.
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London
Elginshire
Fire Destroys Uniontown Hotel Forces 150 to Flee
A blaze at the Exchange Hotel in Uniontown started in the dining room at 8 this morning. About 150 guests fled in night clothes to the street amid heavy smoke. No lives appear lost though several near asphyxiations occurred, including members of a theatrical company and a Hungarian servant contingent. Attorney and Mrs Work were saved from the third floor by firemen.
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Uniontown
Exchange Hotel
Perincess Cchie’ Theatrical Company
G. G. Gans
Gans
CG. Work
Leopold II marries morganatic wife in private chapel
Brussels reports Wing Leopold married morganatically a year ago in Chateau Laeken private chapel with two royal aides officiating. Bride Vaughan nee Lacroix is a widow, daughter of Louvrain, niece of socialist M. Lamgendolek. She is named baroness and resides at Cap Werat near Nice, where she recently bore a son.
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Brussels
Reveil de Bruges
Wing
Leopold
Chateau Laeken
Mechlin
Vaughan
Chamber of Deputies
Cap Werat
Nice
Abolition of War and U S Plans for Hague Conference
Washington December 25 It discusses peace moves by world governments during the Yuletide and the U S role in organizing the second Hague conference. President Roosevelt selects Joseph Choate as chair and David Jayne Hill as member with naval and military experts to join. The aim is codifying international law to protect neutral rights private property at sea and prohibit bombardment of towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Russia
de Witte
Roosevelt
Joseph H.choate
Great Britain
David Jayne Hill
Netherlands
Admiral Dewey
Alfred T. Mahan
William Crozier
Army
Andrew D. White
United States
Root
Wedding Gift Drive for Miss Roosevelt in Oregon
Baker City Oregon December 28 citizens in eastern Oregon start a popular subscription to gift Miss Alice Roosevelt on her wedding to Congressman Longworth. Funds totaling about 800000 dollars will be collected via state treasurers and sent to Washington. Individual gifts are capped at one dollar.
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Baker City
Ore
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Oregon
Roosevelt
Eva Booth Robbed at Subway Station Crush
Commander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army had a chatelaine bag cut from her wrist in a subway crush. The bag contained memoranda papers and several dollars, but the greatest loss was a wedding ring passed down from her mother and later to her sister Booth Tucker who died in a railroad wreck.
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New York
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
I Booth-Tucker
Walter Scott Shot in Death Valley Mystery
A letter from Walter Scott the cowboy miner reported murdered in Death Valley reached a friend in Los Angeles stating Scott had been shot but not seriously hurt. The note updates the earlier death claim with a non fatal shooting account.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Scott
Death Valley
Scott
Notable Deaths and Odd News From Across the Nation
Reports from Towa City Appleton Paris Richmond Northampton and Chicago detail death by wagon accident a long walk for charity race plans a rock quarry nuisance fine a hospital case of self inflicted wounds a 100 year old widow a Russian Jewish English class program and a Santa Claus mishap.
Launch Miss Root's Play At Lyceum Theater
Harrisburg audiences enjoyed Miss Ivy Root's life based drama about the great composer at the Lyceum last evening. Howard Kyle starred with a strong company delivering a fine portrayal and a romantic thread highlighted by solid staging and warm audience response.
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Harrisburg
Mosgart
Ivy Root
Root
Lyceum
Howard Kyle
Bitter Strife Surrounds Santo Domingo Presidency Again
Advices from Monte Cristi and Santo Domingo report armed factions led by Generals Demetrio Rodriguez Barba Navarro Martinez and Alvares attack Santiago while Deschamps moves toward Puerto Plata. Troops pursue President Morales after a clash near the capital as Puerto Plata's governor barricades the town and the government declines intervention.
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Turk’s Island
Bahamas
Monte Cristo
San Domingo
Guayubin
Darobin
Lebanetla
Demetrio, Rodriguez
Joaqauin Barba
Navarro
Martinez
Pedro Alvares
Santiago
Perico Lasala
Lavega
Deschamps
Puerto Plats
Threat of Black Hand Letters Target Syracuse Millionaire
Charles My. Crouse, a Syracuse multi millionaire, received two Black Hand style notes demanding $2400 in cash in a curbside cigar box and threatening dynamite and harm to his family if the money is not delivered. police are examining the letters.
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N. Y
Charles My. Crouse
Black Hand
Crouse
78 Women Blacksmiths in New Hampshire Pump Trust Labor
State authorities will be asked to prosecute the international steam pump trust over labor conditions. About 800 women work at a New Hampshire foundry, many in harsh, manual roles from 7 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. earning under $1.25 daily as “caremakers.”
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New Hampshire
Pump Trust
Harrison
N. H
International Steam Pump Trust
Engineers’ Society of America
Trust
Seaboard Chief Attacks New York Financier in Control Battle
Baltimore December 28 John Skel ton Williams former president of the Seaboard Airline says he will renew his fight for control of the Seaboard amid a sale of 6000 shares by Baltimore stockholders. He estimates Ryan earned over 4 million in Seaboard profits and stockholders faced about 6 million in losses. Williams condemns what he calls moral depravity and recklessness in the deal.
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Seaboard
New York
Baltimore
John Skelton Williams
Seaboard Airline
Middendorf, Williams & Co
Baltimore Committee of
Williams
Ryan
PARDONED BY ROOSEVELT Frees Lt Paul H McDonald
President Roosevelt issued a pardon for Paul H. McDonald formerly first lieutenant Tenth Infantry after a court martial at Fort Lawton Washington. He was convicted about a year ago of obtaining money under false pretenses and sentenced to dismissal and two years in Fort Leavenworth military prison.
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P. H. McDonald
Tenth Infantry
Washington
Paul H. McDonald
Fort Lawton
Wash
McDonald
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Bloodshed in Kentucky Turks? No.
In a dispute over a turkey shooting in Big Fork Leslie county, John Duff and Jake Wilson killed Joseph Wilson, a prominent citizen, and Alexander Little killed Deputy Sheriff Roberts. Duff and Wilson were arrested. Little escaped.
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Big Fork
Leslie County
John Duff
Jake Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Alexander Little
Roberts
Duff
Wilson
Little
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