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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1905
Page
1
A dramatic note reports the czar is prostrated amid a state of collapse signaling upheaval and possible political instability. The phrase suggests a tense imperial crisis with leadership weakness and social turmoil.
Reports from St Petersburg describe rioters advancing toward the palace square as the Czar mourns in grief. Schools are closed and palace windows are shattered while Cossacks struggle to control crowds. The defense resumed this afternoon with the threat of troops firing on protesters.
Report from St. Petersburg describes a day of violent labor unrest with martial law, barricades, and a brutal crackdown. Estimates place dead and wounded from hundreds to possibly thousands as troops fire on protesters while Empress Dowager seeks safety. The priest Gopon led marchers, but many civilians were casualties amid chaos.
In the city center calm masks unrest in outer districts where nightly house to house checks warn residents rioters seek to split into groups and sack the town. The Official Messenger reports 76 killed and 233 wounded through last night with precautionary measures still in effect and the Interior Minister ordering the workmen's union headquarters closed by workers themselves.
Sevastopol reports that the vast admiralty works are closed. This brief dispatch notes a halt in major naval facilities at Sevastopol as of January 23.
Moscow during midday on January 23 is calm with no notable events reported. The dispatch notes a tranquil atmosphere and offers no further details beyond the quiet conditions at noon.
Washington January 23. The United States Senate will act as a court of justice this week to hear the impeachment charges against Judge Charles Swayne of Florida. Preparations begin today, the court will be properly constituted tomorrow, with the week focused on preliminary proceedings and arraignments.
A large group of tramps gathers near Wooley's coal mine in Boonville Indiana causing alarm among residents. Many arrive from the St Louis World's Fair with authorities urged to take precautions against robberies and hold ups.
A former Miss Roosevelt Scovel, now Countess Fabbricotti by marriage to Count Riccardo Fabbricotti, is described as a second cousin of the president with ties to Paris, Florence, and Rome. Her father Chevallier Scovel was a noted singer and she is said to possess a high merit in music.
A crash left Croker with fractures to his right knee and left arm, several ligaments torn, and fatal injuries to a rider. Reports say he lay on a road at a high speed before service. In Iron River a house fire killed four, including Mrs George Barnes and two children, plus a schoolteacher Elsie Metater from Washburn.
The senate discussed a late centennial statue from Kansas in Statuary Hall while an impeachment case against Judge Swayne moves forward in the House. An executive session followed as tribute was paid to John J. Ingalls of Kansas amid the Kansas appropriations and impeachment proceedings. In Bedford Iowa a murder case against Frank Evans and Elmer Browning involving Sarah Schafer continued with fifty witnesses subpoenaed and fifty more subpoenas issued for Thursday.
Russian upheaval erupts as crowds clash with troops in St Petersburg. Soldiers seal bridges and canals while mobs build barricades on Nevsky Prospect. a general is killed on Nicholas Bridge and officers are stripped of insignia amid chaotic street fighting.
Four U S citizens and a Mexican were killed near Cohachi Sonora on Jan 19 as Yaqui Indians attacked their two vehicles. Victims include Dr K R Coy and John K Mackenzie of Chicago Merrill A Call of Toledo Walter Stubinger of Kewanee and H H Miller of Chicago plus A W Tolerton of Salem. Two Mexicans escaped with the party later reporting troops ordered to the scene.
Chicago markets show receipts and prices with hogs up to five higher in light to heavy grades. Cattle and sheep mostly steady to lower as weekly totals and official figures publish ongoing trends for hogs 4 40 to 4 75 and cattle steady-to-slightly lower.
The report claims M Witte may be named dictator amid a dynastic crisis and mass unrest. Authorities respond with restraint as Russia faces possible constitutional change or imperial downfall after yesterday's events.
Frank Croker, son of New York magnate Richard Croker, was fatally injured when his racing car collided with a motor chair cycle on Daytona Beach. The chauffeur Raoul was thrown forty feet, died on impact, and the chair driver suffered both legs broken.
January 23 report from Ormond Florida recounts Booker T Washington riding a Franco Line sleeping car from Kansas City to Birmingham. Local southerners debated ejecting him despite tickets, while Washington’s secretary aided his continued ride amid threats. Predicts death cited by a Tennessee man.
A Register report says Booker T. Washington has optioned 150 acres about five miles from Montgomery to create a school farm or experiment station for negroes. White locals, including many prominent citizens, have signed a petition asking him not to complete the purchase. The petition was sent to Washington.
An explosion in the basement of Rockwell's tailoring establishment in Fargo badly burns Albert Johnson and William McGillis. The blast wrecked the store front and ruined the stock. McGillis is in serious condition. his wife lives in Davenport Iowa.
Senator Patterson offered an amendment to the joint statehood bill striking out the word male as a voter qualification for delegates in the constitutional conventions of the proposed states. The change would grant territorial women equal voting rights with men in that election.
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