Moscow Blood Runs Through Streets in Insurgent Siege
Moscow December 23 midnight a brutal uprising grips the city as insurgents hold quarters and clash with troops. Barricades rise on Sadovia as shells and machine guns hammer the streets. casualties mount, including women and students. Bombs strike the prefecture. two policemen are killed and a fierce popular resistance continues through the night.
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Moscow
Sadovia
Soukarof
Tdwor
Insargenta
Fidler's School
Finnish Diet Restores Freedom As Old Ceremonial Ends
The Finnish Convocation marks the last appearance of the four estates in the parliament. A grand ceremony in Helsinki includes heralds, prayers in Swedish and Finnish, and a procession to the palace. Governor General G erhard restores the ancient privileges under Russian rule, with estates pledging loyalty and confident with a regime of legislative executive and judicial freedom.
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Helsingiors
Finland
St Petersburg
Gerhard
Russia
Alexander I
Orders to French Squadron in Readiness for Morocco
Paris reports the marine minister ordered the northern squadron commander to ready a cruiser division for immediate departure upon orders to an unknown destination. Crews on Christmas leave are recalled. division is expected to head to the Morocco coast during talks on Moroccan reforms.
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Paris
Minister of Marine
State of siege declared in ten Polish provinces amid unrest
In St Petersburg a state of siege was declared in ten Polish provinces by Warsaw under imperial ukase authority. Troops including Uhlans and the Empress’s regiment were dispatched as Riga reports two battalions of riflemen and a machine gun battery arrived. A bomb was aimed at a patrol but exploded, injuring a man. The stock market improved despite tensions and Finnish railway workers opted not to join the strike.
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St Petersburg
Nevsky
Moskala
Moscow
Hey
Phes
Lithuania
Poland
Warsaw
Ukase
Courtland
Riga
Schlugselburg Avenue
Ddasing
Nomaden
Semfannikopf Muliafter
McCall Returns From Europe Refusing to Testify
Andrew Hamilton statement obtained by John A McCall secretary of New York Life Insurance and son of the company head but McCall declines to disclose its contents publicly Hamilton had sent a health tied remark and a committee appearance not yet possible. McCall also reports Missouri policyholders list request denied by president McCall.
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Bnngs
Andrew Hamlton
New York
John C Metall
New York Life Insurance Company
John A McCall
Europe
la Lorraine
McCall
Pamis
Andrew Hamilton
Hamilton
United States
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
W D Vandiver
Missour
New York Life Insuranc Company
Missouri
John A. McCall
Killed by Wife Companion in Philadelphia Stabbing
Joseph Tate a 29 year old Philadelphia man was stabbed to death allegedly by a coal passer from the gunboat Terror after a night of drinking with his wife Pearl Wilson and Mary Summerfield. The wife identified William Hester Webster as her companion. Webster, from Sandusky Ohio, awaits authorities on the receiving ship Lancaster.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Tate
Tate
Pearl Wilson
Mary Summerfield
League Island Navy Yard
Wiliam Hester Webster
United States
Terror
Webster
Sandusky
Ohio
Fron
Lencaster
Banker’s Son a Thief Caught Entering Building
John H Bonnington former Brooklyn assemblyman and Democratic leader was assaulted in his office by William Seims, 20, son of a banker and real estate dealer. Bonnington hospitalized with scalp wounds but expected to recover. Seims confessed intent to rob. incident occurred after Seims climbed a skylight into the adjoining building. Police recovered Seims after a struggle. Bonnington a prominent Freemason figure in New York.
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Bonnington
Brooklyn
William Seims
Seus
New York
John H Bonnington
Borough of
Kings
Filam Seims
Seims
Remington
Selms
Bennington
Knights Templar
Stanislaus River Power Project Organized in Maine
Augusta Maine December notes the formation of the Stanislaus Water Power Company to develop the Stanislaus River for 20000 electrical horsepower for mining and milling. The Maine incorporation plans a 130 mile river control system with irrigation use and a $13000000 capitalization. Boston firm Tucker Anthony & Co and C C Cu ty er Morgan & Co and Knickerbocker Trust Co affiliates back the syndicate.
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Augusta
Dec
Stanislaus
San Francisco
Cal
Stanislaus Waterpower Company
Lawn of
Maine
Tucker, Anthony & Co
Boston
C C Cuyter
Million Dollar Property Deal Shifts in Providence
Papers filed at City Hall show the United Land Company taking control of about 1.1 million dollars in property including 100 acres in Georgia and land in Tennessee and Minole. The deal consolidates deeds and mortgages from Oxford Land Company and West Providence Land Company, transferring ownership to the newly organized Providence firm.
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Providence
United Land Company
Georgia
Minole
Tennessee
Oxford Land Com
West Providence Land Company
Indicted for Mail Fraud in Continental Finance Case
Chicago figures Henry Wulf former state treasurer and Juan W Loeb secretary were indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts. They allegedly mailed lottery advertisements with intent to defraud investors who lost about $190000. Wulf avoided prior proceedings by claiming nonexec status.
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Chicago
Dee “i
Henry Wulf
Federal Grand Jury
Continental Finance Company
Juan W Loeb
Concern
Alag
Wulit
Loeb
Wulff
Wulf
Ultimatum to Corey and Braddock Reconciliation Fails
Coreys in Braddock face a stalled reconciliation as Laura Corey demands more than money and insists on living as husband and wife. A. A. Corey's guards and watchers at Braddock compound the standoff while President Corey remains absent and silent. If no agreement is reached, divorce moves loom, triggering deeper family tensions and public scrutiny.
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Washington
Pittsburg
Corey
Braddock
A. A. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Corey
Laura Corey
Mabel Gilman
Mike
Braddock Corey
Belmont in Control Details in Morgan's Hands
Washington Post reports August Belmont acquired control of New York surface auction firms and Long Island Electric Railway, with a plan to create a holding company for elevated, subway, and surface lines. Belmont Ryan Morgan pledges equal participation for all Metropolitan stockholders with a dividend reduction from 7 to 5 percent.
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Peciata
Washington Post
New York
Long Island City
Pennsylvania
Belmont
Brooklyn Rapid Trammt
Mr Belmont
Mr Ryan
J Pterpont Morgan
Ryan
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Metropolitan Securities Company
Morgan
New York City Railway Company
Messrs Belmont
Metropolitan
New Jersey City Railway Company
Carnage In Streets of Moscow
Page item notes a massacre in Moscow streets dominating today’s issue. Other items include merger news from New York, a speakership fight, and assorted politics.
Mexicans Hold Americans Over Ranch Murder Dispute
Special to The Washington Post from El Paso Texas reports Americans in Santa Rosalia and Chihuahua react with indignation as Mexican officials detain relatives and suspects in a Diag Mexico ranch murder. O E Finstad remains jailed and Shorty Coughener confined in hospital with investigation ongoing. Mrs Rutherford, widow and key witness, faces pressure from officers seeking a statement.
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Washington Post
el Pago
Tex
Diag
Mexico
Santa Rosella
Robert Rutherford
E. Finstad
Coughener
Shorty
Chihuahua
C W McMurray
Finstad
Hodres
United States
United States State Department
Mra Rutherford
Eame
Americana
Rutherford
Santa Rosalia
Eight Men Killed in Mine Ore Fall at Ironwood
Eight men died when a thousand tons of iron ore tumbled from the 130 foot level of the Newport mine in Ironwood. Names listed include Joel Haryn, John Frank, Peter Demarer, James Blinch, Alexander Parenceare, Nic Cregorgil, Joseph Luckner, and Frank Tan. Recovery likely to take days due to drifting ore and broken timbers. the Gogebic iron range’s worst disaster aside from one other incident.
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Ironwood
Mich
Alsp
Newport
Joel Haryn
John Frank
Peter Demarer
James Blinch
Alexander Parenceare
Nic Cregorgil
Joseph Luckner
Frank Tan
SLAIN IN RAILROAD CAMP NEAR HILL STATION VA
In a December 2 incident at a South and Western Railroad construction camp No 7 near Hill station Virginia William F Gilliam of Scott County was shot and killed during a payday quarrel as workers lined up Gilliam drew a pistol and declared he would be first in line Harvey Carter fired killing Gilliam Policeman Jo an Queltin then shot Gilliam as he tried to fire Carter. Southern Railway offers Christmas rates to points south.
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South and Western Railroad
Hill Station
William F . Gilliam
Scott County
Gilliam
Harvey Carter
Gulliam
Carter
Joan Queltin
Stantly Gillam
Agnew Their Man But Manhattan Delegates For Wadsworth
New York Dec 23 Republicans in New York County Assemblypledge to back James Wadsworth for speaker while tentatively nominating Assemblyman George B Agnew as a county candidate. Agnew delays decision after consulting friends and testing county sentiment. Merritt presses for fair play, notes governor interference and calls for united support for Wadsworth.
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New York
James W Wadsworth, Jr
Assembly
New York County
George B Agnew
Twenty-adventa
Agnew
Stanley
Albany
Wadsworth
Merritt
Duwnnership
To-Pight
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
May Wadsworth
Repube
Macure
Hel
Wil
E. A. Merritt, Jr
New York State Assembly
Francis Hendricks
Frederick D Kilbourn
Charles W. Aldrich
St Lawrence County
Lancaster County
Asuzebula
Ohio
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