Moscow Mutiny Seizes Arsenal and Gridirons Demands
Moscow garrison mutiny frees arrested men and seizes the Rostoff Grenadiers Arsenal with arms and munitions. A twenty man committee takes command as Astrakhan Regiment and Cossacks refrain from action. Telegraph workers strike expands across Russia with mutinies reported in Irkutsk and Serpoukhoff.
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Moscow
Rostoff
Astrakhan Regiment
Cossacks
Irkutsk
Russia
Serpoukhoff
Protestsdenounced manifesto triggers government crackdown
In St Petersburg a revolutionary manifesto declares the Treasury bankrupt and calls a tax refusal and gold payments. It blames the bureaucracy for ruin, urges abolition of autocracy by a constituent assembly, and warns of forthcoming reprisals as police seize papers and arrest organizers.
Governor Higgins details Harriman talks on Equitable matter
Albany December 16 Governor Higgins discussed his limited dealings with Mr Harriman. He recalled Harriman’s long distance call seeking updates on Equitable Life Assurance Society developments and said he would try to inform him. Higgins noted two meetings with Harriman and a hotel visit about the Stock Transfer Tax bill. He also mentioned Odell and uncertainty over the Speakership and stated no Washington trip or Roosevelt contact since leaving Albany.
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Albany
Harriman
Metropolitan Club
New York City
Hamilton Fish
New York
Pound
Court of Appeals
Herriman
Washington
Roosevelt
Harriman Clarifies Odell Link In Political Power Debate
Harriman says his remark about Odell's political influence arose from a facetious answer and was not meant seriously. He notes he would have denied the imputation if pressed and that the committee will not call Odell to testify. A friend asked Harriman the next day about the remark, and he replied he aimed to show political aid to business matters was unimportant.
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Odell
Harriman
Man High on Marlborough Hotel Window Threatens Jump
A crowd of 3000 on Broadway outside the Marlborough Hotel saw a man on the third floor sill shout that he would jump. Acting Inspector McCullagh urged him to wait as security blocked access. The man retreated inside after hotel staff intervened. identity remains unknown and he was described as intoxicated.
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Broadway
Marlborough Hotel
McCullagh
Saiad
Four Men Die After Lava Fire At Label Iron Works
Four men died after being trapped by molten lava dumped near shanties at the Label Iron Works. They were forced to walk over hot cinders to escape, with Joseph O'Herron and Thomas Alban among those fatally burned in the Steubenville incident.
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Tribune
Steubenville
Ohio
Label Iron Works
Joseph O'Herron
Thomas Alban
Prophet tarred and feathered near Wellington on Christmas Eve
George Huffman who claimed to be the True Prophet of Christ was tarred and feathered by a mob at Perth near Wellington Kansas. After punishment he walked overnight to Renfrew Ohio twenty miles away suffering from the cold. He is charged with inducing a farmer to surrender his property to him to regenerate the world.
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Tribune
Wellington
Kan
George Huffman
Christ
Perth
Here
Renfrew
Grant County
Ohio
Huffman
Morse Witness Tells His Story In Uncle Plot Trial
Charles W. Morse, ex-Mayor Van Wyck associate, testifies in the Humme trial accusing his uncle James Morse of hatching a conspiracy to keep Morse and his wife apart. He details meetings, alleged irregularities, and payments as prosecutors seek to prove a $70,000 scheme and related deception involving a sewing machine agent.
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Charles W. Morse
van Wyck
A. H. Humme
Morse-Dodge
Morse
Hummel
de Lancey Nicoll
Criminal Court
Mr. Morse
James T. Morse
Morses
Herbitch
Charles F. Dodge
William A. Sweetser
Sweetser
Clemence Dodge
Maine
Jim
Boston
Dodge
Sweetzer
Trouble in the Tepee Big Chiefs Clash
The article reports a clash between Murphy and McClellan over the appointment of Thomas Hassett as secretary of the Water Supply Board. It discusses Tammany power, potential future appointments, and the impact on Democratic politics across several counties as the city advances a costly water project.
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Murphy
McClellan
Thomas Hassett
Board of Water Supply
Charles F. Murphy
Water Supply Board
Hassett
Greene
Schoharie
Ulster County
Hudson
Croton
Westchester County
Tammany Hall
Westchester
Ulster
Tammany
Hill
Woodbury
McAvoy
Tammany Organization
Tammany General Committee
Hascett
Moonshine Raid Nets Frenchman In West 37th Street
Captain Ward and a police squad raided an illicit still on the fifth floor rear of 219 West 28th street. They found Peter Faurard, a Frenchman, owner of the still, four barrels of raw whiskey, twenty four bottles and demijohns. He will be turned over to federal authorities.
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Kentucky
Captain Ward
West 37Th-St
West 2&8Th-St
Peter Faurard
Faurard
West 37Th St
Bomb found on train carrying President Loubet
Paris reports an infernal machine was found on the train carrying President Loubet and his shooting party from Marly. A preserve can with a time fuse, now out, weighed about a pound. Railroad staffer saw it near St Nom la Bretèche as the engine was shunted. Authorities, including Versailles and Paris detectives, were alerted and an investigation begun. Public Prosecutor and examining magistrate planned to inspect the device with military engineers at St Nom.
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Workmen's Council
Pan-Russian Union
Social Democrats
Social Revolutionists
Poland
Russ
Sya
Ontech‘stva
Novia Shisn
Nasha Shisn
Nashalo
Svo Bodanarog
Yeefers
League of Leagues
M. Krustaloff
Premier Witte
Moscow Zemstvo Congress
Zemstvo
Council of Ministers
Count Witte
National Assembly
Loubet
Marly
St. Nom la
St. Nom
Five Die in Dupont Dynamite Plant Blast at Marquette
A Marquette dispatch reports five Dupont workers killed when 1400 pounds of nitro glycerine exploded in the mixing house at the dyanmite works three miles from Marquette. The blast wrecked parts of the plant and shattered windows across the town.
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Detroit
Marquette
Mich
Dupont Company
Mar
Rossland
B. C
War Eagle
Centre Star
John
Ingram
Thawer
Hold Up Men Strike City In Two Parts
Two simultaneous robberies targeted victims in distant city areas. Johan Schaffer was severely wounded after a fall of stairs near Fort Washington avenue and Broadway, prompting hospital treatment for a fractured skull. A Wells Fargo wagon robbery halted by police left driver James Earley unhurt, while suspect Paul Gosfarth was captured.
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West 151St St
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Paul Gosfarth
Wells, Fargo & Co
30Th St
7Th Ave
James Earley
Earley
Schaffer
Fort Washington Ave
Broadway
165Th St
Morgan Likely to Gain Control of Union Pacific
Wall Street circles report Morgan interests are buying large blocks of Union Pacific stock in Tinian Pacific dealings. Observers expect control of Union Pacific to shift from Harriman to J. Pierpont Morgan and partners in the Morgan Hill group, amid heavy activity and Morgan brokers leading purchases.
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Wall Street
Tinian Pacific
Morgan
Harriman
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan-Hill
Union Pacific
Northern Securities
Union
Southern Pacific
Strike at British Navy Yard Delays Dreadnaught Work
A strike began at Portsmouth dockyard over pay grievances as workers on the battleship Dreadnaught refused overtime. After Boss promises to recommend reforms, the men returned to labor, marking possibly the first strike at the royal dockyards.
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Portsmouth
England
Royal
President Nominates Old Guide for Aroostook Collector
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of W. W. Sewell of Island Falls Maine for collector of customs in Aroostook district. Sewell once guided President Roosevelt on Maine hunts and supervised the Roosevelt ranch in South Dakota. He has served as postmaster and held other district offices and challenged incumbent Thamas H. Phair.
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Washington
Senate
W. W. Sewell
Island Falls
Aroostook
William Wingate Sewell
Roosevelt
Maine Woods
Sewell
Roosevelt Ranch
South Dakota
Guise
Thamas H. Phair
Presque Isle
Icumbent
Ransford W. Shaw
Houston
Newsboy serenades Mrs Chadwick each fall morning
Ten year old Mickey Burns, a Cleveland newsboy, serenades Mrs Cassie I Chadwick in the fall every morning before she arises.
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the Tribune
Cleveland
Mickey Burns
Cassie I. Chadwick
Southern Ry Palm Limited resumes service January 1906
Georgia The Carolinas and Florida resorts advertised with top service via Southern Ry. Through Pullman and dining cars. New York daily at 3 25 p m and 12 10 a m. New York offices listed at 271 Broadway and 1 185 Broadway. Ad.
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Southern Ry
New York
Southern
Palm Limited
N. Y
Broadway
Senate Passes Panama Canal Emergency Appropriation Bill
The Senate approved the Panama Canal Emergency Appropriation bill after a long day of debate. Senators Bacon Allison Culberson Stone and Newlands argued over salaries, estimates, and the canal commission structure with Shonts Magoon and Bishop figures cited. a substitute requiring regular salary estimates was adopted and the bill sent to enactment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Bacon
Allison
Culberson
Bishop
Stone
Panama
Newlands
Geological Survey
Hale
Congress
Canal Commission
Shonts
Supreme Court
Commission
Department
Spooner
Georgia
Stevens
Magoon
Mr. Allison
Hate
Senate
Teller
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