Summons to General Strike Declares War in Russia
St Petersburg Dec 20 call for a general political strike from noon Thursday across Russia approved by major labor unions and councils in St Petersburg and Moscow. Rail and telegraph workers unanimity in Moscow. authorities attempt to halt orders but dispatches delayed. Government and proletariat move toward a potential nationwide shutdown, with heavy guard patrols, machine guns, and military display amid mounting tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Union of Unions
Union of Peasants
General Railway Union
Counsells
Moscow
Durnovo
Bate
Workmen’s Council
Railcad Union
Irket
Tsarskoe-Selo
St.Nicholas
FRED ws Chicago Banks Guarantee Payment to Depositors
Three large Chicago banks and the Equitable Trust, all linked to John R. Walsh, suspended operations. Walsh says deposits will be safeguarded and creditors paid in full. management changes and new allied bank backing aim to prevent a panic. Total assets are estimated at 29 million against 26 million in liabilities.
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Chicago
West
Chicago Natonal Bank
The
Home Savings Bank
Equitable Trust Company
John R. Walsh
Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Chicago National Bant
National Bank
C. H. Bosworth
Chicago Clearing House
Local Stock Exchange
National
National Biscuit Company
Waquitable Trust
Trust Company
Southern Indiana Railroad Company
Clearing House Committee
Railroads Agree to Enforce Interstate Law Compliance
Western railroad executives met in Chicago and formed a pact to strictly adhere to interstate commerce laws. Each road will notify the Interstate Commerce Commission of legal actions and a joint committee will monitor the situation, reporting violations as needed.
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Chicago
Fivery Road
Interstate Commerce Commission
Scotty Murder Mystery in Death Valley Hunt
In Los Angeles on December 22 authorities grow confident that Walter Scott the cowboy miner was murdered for his money in Death Valley. Scott rode from Beath Valley on December 1 with $1000, two rifles, and did not reach Bennet's Wells after his mule galloped riderless into camps on December 7. A bloodstained saddle blanket was found.
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Scotty
Desert
Los Angeles
Walter Scott
Yeath Valley
Beath Valley
Scott
Willam
Bennet’s Wells
Armenians Fire 300 Houses in Mussulman Quarter
Dispatch from Tiflis reports Armenians set fire to 300 houses in the Mussulman quarter of Constantinople, preventing residents from escaping and firing on firefighters. The casualties among Muslims are not fully known, with at least fifty-seven Turkish subjects confirmed dead.
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Tiflis
Dau
Caucasia
Constantinople
Mussulman
Martial Law Hint Grips Vast Russian Strikes
Reports from St Petersburg describe a sweeping strike uprising across Russia. Major works including Putiloff and Nobel suspend operations while insurgents seize state funds and troops occupy rail hubs. Martial law looms as civil power may yield to military rule, with widespread arson, mutinies, and feared devastation in Courland and the Baltic regions.
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St. Petersburg
Putiloff
Nobel
Tukum
Courland
Moscow
Doubasof
Ciyiil
Mishmoff
Constitutional Party
Baltic
Caucasus
Tiflig
Sevastopol
Kharoff
Riga
Rig
Reginsk
Pillago
Governor La Follette Resigns As Wisconsin Governor
Madison Wis December 20 Governor La Follette yesterday sent to the legislature his resignation as governor He resigns to accept the United States senatorship His message reads To the Honorable Legislature of Wisconsin I hereby resign the office of governor beginning the first Monday in January 1906 at 12 oclock noon of that day Signed Roberto M La Follette Governor The special session of the legislature after receiving the governors message adjourned sine die
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Madison
Wis
Dee
LaFolette
United States
Wisconsin
Roberto M. LaFollette
Safe Blowers Blast Baldwin Bank Robbery
Four robbers blew open Baldwin Illinois bank, fought citizens in the street, and escaped in a buggy. About $2,500 in pills torn by the blast and $1,000 in silver damaged. No injuries reported. Blood-hound posse pursues the robbers as officers search for stolen loot.
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St. Louis
Baldwin
Turn Strike Into Revolution Turns Bloodshed Fears In Russia
A St Petersburg dispatch reports Moscow workers including engineers and postal telegraph staff voting for armed revolt. Troops mobilized, courts watched, clashes feared. Baltic trains halted by insurgents. Vorpat disarmament. Ukum retaken by troops. Moscow dark, theaters closed, 50,000 idle, pickets roaming. Authorities arrest labor leaders as unrest spreads. League of Leagues calls for support amid hardship. Moscow cut off from St Petersburg and provinces.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Baltic
Vorpat
Ukum
Sis
St. Peter and
St. Paw
League of Leagues
St Petersburg
Riot Flares in Shanghai Amid Foreign Disturbances
A cable from Juon dhon reports antiforeign boycott disturbances in Shanghai ending after a strike sparked Jew consular clashes. Two foreigners killed, many wounded. police stations burned. Naval forces guard streets as two American cruisers head to Shanghai.
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London
Juondhon
Shanghai
Washington
State Department
Powers Blocking iKomura and Tokyo News
Tokio reports Baron Komura cannot seal Pekin negotiations with China begun after the Russo Japanese War. Some fear Japan’s concessions won’t meet Portsmouth treaty expectations. Also note: ten percent of last year’s lightning struck buildings were churches. A tramp recalls a silver ring he dropped, found by a boy who reveals the name Sterling Jad.
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iKomura
Tokio
Baron Komura
Pekin
Japan
Portsmouth
Sterling
Jad
Fall Out or Fall Outing Line Sparks Debate
A lighthearted quip weighs the choice between enjoying a fall outing and a quarrel, suggesting leisure over conflict in a playful tone. The remark captures seasonal mood and social humor without naming people or places.
Senate Debates Panama Canal Bill Amid Broad Critique
The Senate passed the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill after long debate with speeches by Bacon Allergon Gulberg en Stone and Newlands while the House held four hours of discussion on federal control of insurance and did little business beyond sending the canal bill to conference.
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Washington
Senate
Bacon
Canal Commission
Alligon
Gulbergen
Bishop
Stone
Panama
Newlands
Geological Survey
Senater
Snate
House
Frederick Landis
Inshima
Dee
Conference
Shonts
Paninmaeunal Commission
Toanse
Agricultural Department
Bowie
Alabama
Gearin
My Mitchell
Oregon
Talon
Father objects to Toole warden proposal in Iowa
The father of Willum Toole, serving a life sentence for wife murder, petitions Governor Cummins protesting the warden appointed for Toole. He contends Toole merits the punishment and urges the legislature to reject changes this winter.
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Parron
New Moines
Willum Toole
Lfe
Mindey
Gofrnor Cummins
Agalinst ‘Toole
Toole
Fragmented quote shows garbled dialogue about groceries
A garbled historical clipping presents a doctored exchange with a professor mentioning a grocer and ads, with phrases about milk in formaldehyde and a late comedic line about sharing a dollar. The entry ends with a note on a container size for water.
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Philadelphia
Notes on canal bill and political shifts in Washington
A Washington note summary reviews a bill by Representative Mann to abolish the Isthmian canal commission and place canal work under an executive department, with Panama railroad operations under the same. It also covers Maxwell’s appointment as receiver of public moneys at Lawton, recent party shifts, Lacey’s mining bureau proposal, impending committee changes, and cavalry and artillery postings at Fort Des Moines.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Mann
Ilinois
Panama Railroad
Roosevelt
A. W. Maxwil
Seymour
Moberly
Maxwell
Lawton
Oslo
Lacey
Bureau of Mines
House Committee of Mines and Mining
House
Department of Mines and Mining
Bureau Soen Aus
Millard
Nebraska
Interstate Commerce Committee
Crane
Massachusetts
Iims
Dolliver
Lodge
Firaly
Senate
Fort Des Moines
al Bates
Tinll
War Department
Waull
Congress
General Chaffee
Hull
Genereral Chaffee
Riot Kills Chinese Workers in Shanghai Cablegram Report
New York dispatch notes a serious riot among coolie laborers in Shanghai that killed twenty Chinese and injured several foreigners. The report cites a cable from Shanghai offices via Daniel & Co. The rest of the items discuss the Alhambra’s decay, Napoleon era notes on St Helena, and Suez Canal trade impacts. A cable foot of gold weighs 1,203 1-2 pounds avoirdupois.
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New York
Shanghai
China
Greaton, Daniel & Co
Elfty
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Srain
St. Helena
South Atlantic
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Fingland
Cape of Goon Hope
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