Russia Turmoil Escalates as Mutiny Suppressed and Plans Hint at Dictatorship
Reports from St. Petersburg via East Prussia describe a failed mutiny with 50 killed and 100 wounded rebels, a court martial threat and heavy military patrols. Germany claims Baltic sea incident linked to the imperial family's flight as agrarian unrest spreads to Chernigoff Terek Kurks and Kasen. Novargansk Republic proclaims abolition of emperor and deity amid chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nears
Avetig
Teachong
St. Petersburg
Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Chernigoff
Terek
Kurks
Kasen
Count Witte
Baltic
Novargansk
Multiple Local Notices From Gettysburg Area
Sunday noon telegram informs Mrs. Clayton Ickes that her father Mr. Van Horn of Washington DC died from a gun shot wound while duck hunting. A theft at Carlisle street used steel yard weights. correct weights to be returned by Mr. Gree. Congressman Lafean proposed federal and state appropriations for York and Gettysburg sites. Forty Years Devotion services at Church of the Immaculate Conception drawn large attendance through high masses and a grand procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Ickes
Gettysburg
van Horn
Washington, D. C
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Receivers Appointed for Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton and Pere Marquette
United States Circuit Judge Lurton ordered the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton and Pere Marquette railroads into receivership with Judson Harmon named receiver and bond set at 200000. Creditor Walter B. Horn sought the action asserting solvency prior to July 7 1904 when a change in control triggered large obligations including a 125000000 stock purchase and major terminal and bond arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Pere Marquette
Tlamilton & Dayton
United States Circuit
Lurton
Judson Harmon
Attorney Maxwell
Walter B. Horn
New York
Toledo
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railway
Tobacco Growers Protest Tariff Change in Philadelphia Region
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Association plans to send a representative to Washington to lobby against a proposed tariff reduction on Philippine tobacco. Petitions will also be sent to Pennsylvania members of Congress urging opposition to the Custis bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobacco Growers
Lancaster
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers’ Association
Washington
Pennsylvania
Congress
Drowned While Skating in Beloit River
Oria Morey age 25 of Rupert Vermont captain and pitcher of Beloit baseball team drowned in Rock River while skating. Miss Fannie Foster college senior with Morey was rescued unconscious.
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Beloit
Wis
Oria Morey
Rupert, Vt
Rock River
Fannie Foster
Morey
Peasants on Robbery and Murder Across Livonia
Reports from Libau describe bands of peasants attacking nobility officials and residents in Livonia and Courland, killing and mutilating many with Baron Campenhausen badly wounded. Insurrectional threats rise as hundreds roam, robbing and killing across East Prussia.
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Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Ostpreussische Zeitung
Libau
Livonia
Courland
Baron Campenhausen
Odessa Massacre Fears Prompt Jewish Plea to Civilized Nations
A dispatch from Odessa reports Jewish leaders warning of a planned massacre by local troops amid antisemitic rhetoric. They request international intervention to avert a catastrophe, noting the city is cut off from St. Petersburg and under local control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Podolocuyska
Galicia
Kaulbars
St. Petersburg
Plumb Bob Thrown At Roosevelt Train in Philadelphia
A mason’s iron plumb bob weighing about two and a half pounds was hurled through a window of the Salvius car as President Roosevelt’s train passed North Philadelphia from Princeton. Major Webb Hayes, son of the late President, narrowly escaped injury as glass fragments fell around him. No suspect was caught. officials expect a thorough investigation and blame is placed on possible juvenile mischief at the same location.
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North Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Princeton
Washington
Major Webb Hayes
President Hayes
Major Hayes
Salvius
Pennsylvania Railroad
Big Increase in Revenues for Internal Revenue Bureau
The 1905 internal revenue report shows receipts of 234,178,976 dollars, up 1,254,195 from 1904. Projected 1906 receipts total about 242,000,000 dollars, aided by higher spirits and tobacco taxes. leading states include Illinois New York Indiana Kentucky and Ohio.
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Washington
John W. Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Illinois
New York
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mutineers Attack Azoff Regiment in Russian Disorder
A mutinous sappers unit of about 1000 men moved on the Azoff artillery and infantry barracks after forcing loyal troops to join. Jewish musicians led the march and volleys fired as Azofis answered with three volleys. Loyal units repelled the attack amid street passages and failed defector recruitment.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Podwoloczyska
125Th Kursk
Parracks
Azofi
Doctor Charged With Wife's Murder in Poison Plot
Greensboro December 2 Dr J B Mathews a noted physician is arrested on a murder charge in the death of his wife after a prolonged agony. Coroner Dr J P Turner says she died from strychnine followed by morphine given by the husband despite the dying woman's request to summon another physician. Turner recounts a syringe found in her leg and Mathews prayer at the bedside. John Simonton reports his brother Samuel Simonton and family slain and robbed in Mexico. anarch details scarce and no confirmation yet.
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Greensboro
N. C
J. B. Mathews
J. P. Turner
Turner
Jie
Mathews
John Simonton
Mexico
Altoona
Samuel ‘. Simonton
Samuel Simonton
Morris Enyeart
Week's News Condensed Highlights and Tragic Incidents
A condensed weekly roundup notes George Ackerman’s 14 month prison term in New York for egal voting, Charles A. Stillings sworn in as public printer in Washington, and fires wiping out the Landis Shoe factory in Palmyra Pennsylvania for a $100,000 loss. Also reported are Sandy Hook fires of unknown origin, a suicide by John S. Carr in Philadelphia, and a San Francisco health board action condemning 4000 pounds of Eastern turkeys. The body of missing mining operator John N. Tinsdale was found in a river. Celia Tarbox, 165, arrested in Biddeford for jewelry theft. Burglars steal diamonds worth $9000 from Bauman Jewelry in Chicago as crowds fill the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ackerman
New York
Charles A. Stillings
Boston
Washington
Landis Shoe Company
Palmyra
United States Proving Grounds
Sandy Hook
N. J
John S. Carr
Philadelphia
Board of Health of
San Francisco
John N. Tinsdale
Celia Tarbox
Biddeford
Perth Amboy
Bauman Jewelry Company
Chicago
Henry M. Smith
St. Tite Quebec
Henry Gresham
Norfolk & Southern Railroad
Sarah M. Perkins
Ohio
Cleveland
Lineboro
York County
H. Masemore
Ellison G. Waite
Justice Waite
United States Supreme Court
Columbus
New York Central RapJdroad Company
Tragedy Reported As Woman Killed By Ram in Haghtown
The elderly resident Mrs. Ann Reed was killed crossing a field near two locks in Haghtown, Maine. A ram attacked her, breaking her skull. investigators found the body two hours later with injuries and blood on her face. Authorities note the animal’s horns caused the fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Reed
Stein i
Smoked In Bed and Died For It in West Chester
West Chester Pa Dec 4 Thomas Tyndale of Nortbrook died in Chester County Hospital after a bed fire caused by a lit pipe in his mouth. Neighbors pulled him from the blaze but his lower extremities were burned severely.
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West Chester
Thomas Tyndale
Nortbrook
Chester
Court Martial Finishes Meriwether Case Findings Forwarded
Annapolis Md Dec 2 The court martial in the case of Midshipman Meriwether Jr tried on the charge of manslaughter in the death of Midshipman James Branch Jr in a fistfight adjourned. No indication was given on the lineup of the court’s proceedings. the record will be forwarded to the Navy Department for revision and the verdict will be announced there.
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Meriwether
Navy Department
Annapolis
Midsii Nan Meriwether, Jr
Janeb Branch, Jr
Li. Nee
Navy Depar-Ment
Thare
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Mr. Gree
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York
Gettysburg Battlefield Park
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Lebanon
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