The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-27
BAPTISM OF BLOOD
FOR RUSSIAN CITIES
Continued From First Page.
Wounded, when the remainder surren-

wounded, when the remainder ,surren-
dered.
/ Lieutenant General Mistchenko,
who commanded a Cossack brigade in
Manchuria during the Russo Japanese
war, has arrived at Moscow and may |
have taken over the. command Of the
from capture by the revolutionists at
st: Andrews monastery, on the. out
skirts of the city, where the railroad
track was blocked by barricades of
freight and passenger cars. The gen
eral and two members of his staff man.
aged to get sleigh and reach Mos
COW BY making. a wide detouTr, but fifty
who were left Behind, were captured
and forced to give up their arms. They
begged to be allowed to keep the gold
swords given them for bravery, but
| the revolutionists refused their request.
Clashes In Capital.
Minor collisions between the troops
fifty thousand, still are taking place
constantly in St. Petersburg Cossack
patrols are charging and dispensing
workmen whenever they collect. The
most serious affairs occurred at the
Narva gate and on the Moika canal, in
which fifty persons were killed or
wounded.
Automatic guns have been mounted
on the bridge over the Fontanka canal,
from which they can sweep the Nevsky
Prospect in either direction and also
both ways on the canal, The battery
is inclosed in "a collapsible shed i'll or
der not to attract too much attention.
Death Menace by Mail.
London, Dec. 27.-The ST.. Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph saws that letters. addressed in
the same handwriting to Count Witte,
General Trepof and Interior Minister
Durnovo a. exploded while being care
fully opened in the general postoffice.
The ST.. Petersburg correspondent OF
the Times, in a dispatch dated Dec. 26,
says: ~
graphing yesterday, reported that 49,
900 persons had been killed or wounded
| at Moscow. - T. 80.
| The latest news from Moscow says
that the first regiment. Of Don Cos
sacks, the Tver dragons and Nesvizhi
regiment of infantry mutinied and are
confined to their barracks.
/ I am Informed from a good source
900 wounded. The revolutionaries are
making. no Roadway, but they show no
signs Of exhaustion. .-
!, The locomotive Of an incoming ex-
press was blown up at Wilma Tuesday
night.
I Moscow Revolt Broken.
Nicholas and Count Witte have, re-
ceived a report from General Doubas-
sof, governor general of Moscow, say
ing that the revolt there has failed, that
the military have the situation in hand
and that whatever detection may have
existed among the troops has been over
come by attacks on them with bombs
subjected from the windows and roofs
of houses, and which have SO enraged
them that they can hardly be restrained.
90 Last Stand of Reds.
A correspondent Of the Associated
Press telephoned at O'Clock last night
, that the insurgents no longer have a
a last stand. He predicted that there
will be no further heavy fighting.
All the troops, he said, were fight
ing on thestside Of the government.
Altho rebellion may flare up imme-
, diately elsewhere, and altho there al
, heaval at Odessa, if the attempt at
armed rebellion in Moscow should be
crushed, the leaders Of the "reds'' will
receive blow from which they cannot
quickly recover .:-.-
i Prince Tcherbatoff' "Black Hun
+ dred' militia has been armed by Gov
ernor General Doubassof and terrible
reprisals on the revolutionists are ex.
pected if the rebellion is crushed.
Shortly before 8 o o'clock last might
r the correspondent of the Associated
Press at Moscow telephoned that there
seemed to be no longer doubt that the
instruction was collapsing.
Coup de Grace Is Deferred.
= The insurgents still held the quad
rangle in which the workmen's coun
Gil was sitting as revolutionary com
mittee, but only because Governor Gen
eral Doubassof was not ready to Civ
the coup de grace.
out rt the the d day. At $ o. CLOCK automati
k guns were being used in Strastne
e Square, but the insurgents were be
!. coming exhausted after their four days
q efforts and the fighting was rapid
n degenerating into guerrilla warfare.
The insurgents were defending. them
N selves with revolvers and bombs a
- they we're being hunted down fror
Ia house to house.
II The correspondent says that the er
- tire population of the city is terror
q q stricken, and that after dark the bac
n streets, present a weird and uncanny az
pearance. AS he drove to the telephon
t. station he saw only few civilians VIII
r. were Sinking along by the side Of tn
20 walls SO as to avoid the police and cay
8, airy patrols who fire without challens
1t ing. ID
t. The windows of the houses are stuffe
1T with mattresses and blankets, and n
ID light is showing. The police carry rifle
with bayonets fixed.
f. Rigid Martial Law.
le General Doubassof is enforcing tn
re most rigid martial law, and no perso
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