The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-29
GEAR AND KAISER OUT
Clash With Germany Over Uprising in
the Baltic Provinces.

the Baltic Provinces.
London, Dec. 29.-The ST.. Peters
burg correspondent of the; Times re-
STA and Germany are distinctly
strained and that there is a possibility
Of international complications arising
from the rebellion in the Baltic prov
inces. -
The Times prints dispatch from
Moscow, dated Dee. II, which says:
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and the troops would be obliged to
take refuge in the Kremlin, where the
governor general and other authorities
have already sought safety. Forum
aS!tely, the arsenal IS inside the Krem'
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
tionists in tie Pressnay quarter of
Moscow are. negotiating for. terms Of
surrender with the authorities.
How Police Chief Died.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph describes as fol
lows the execution of the chief of
NtThe revolutionists entered the
lodging of the chief Of police at mid
night and told him to bid farewell to
to S die. finding that 1T ES was son mo- ioEe
the chief expostulated, but to- no pur-
said farewell to to- his H"i family P and was as
hurried into the street and shot. His
body was left lying in a pool Of
, blood - p. -Gs S..1s =
| The same correspondent relates ais
follows the terrible operations of the
"vehmgerichte in Riga: @.% =.
"Persons disappeared mysteriously
and few days afterward their bodies
were found with identical marks-four
bullet wounds on the breast, four on the
back and the skull cloven in twain. Of
the many brought before the 'vehmger-
ichte' one escaped death, but in so doing
he was seriously wounded, probably
owing to some interruption Of his execu-
| TONERS. This person says that he was
seized and bound and hurried to the
room, in which the tribunal was sitting.
The proceedings were brief. He was
condemned to death, carried to the out
skirts of the town, laid fat on the
ground and shot.
Boy Assassin Fails.
Moscow, Dec. pa boy tried to as
sassinate Baron Modem, civil governor
Of the city yesterday, and failing, in.
stantly committed suicide.
| Wearing the Red Cross uniform, the
assassin gained admission to the baron
and, approaching him, drew a revolver
and fired three shots. All missed their
mark and the noise brought soldiers
out moment IS hesitation, before any
one could seize him, the young man
swallowed the liquid in small via
which he had hidden in his @clencheo
hand, fell unconscious and died in 8
few minutes.
Death warrants for Baron Modem anc
/ other state officials such as the terror
lists put forth were in the assassin :
pockets. s.4sa =. .ssa
All the members Of the social revolu
tionary committee have been arrested
and quantity Of bombs, internal ma
chimes and. correspondence seized.
At the medical bureau $50 wounded
and los killed have been registered, but
it is known that there are fully 1000
unidentified dead in the Loutchow quar-
ter alone.
/ Fighting Growing Less.
St.. Petersburg, Dec. 29.-Aecordine
to advices received by the government
is entering on it's final stage. The
same guerrilla warfare was continued
today, but on a smaller scale. Govern
or General Doubassoff is acting with
great energy and hundreds of members
of the "Drujina' are already behind
the bars. The strikers have lost heart
and the workmen s council is consider
ing the question Of calling off the
strike. =
| The principal danger now seems t.
be that the "Black Hand'' vii
complete the work begun by the troops
and end the revolt with horrible mas
sacre Of the reds" The lower classes
! are represented as enraged at the at
tempt of the revolutionaries to over
throw. the emperor, and even with the
best, intentions, it may be impossible
for the authorities to restrain the fury
Of these classes once the opportunity il
striking railroad men at wayside sta
+ tions sufficiently show the temper O.
!. the peasant class.
I, -Four thousand strikers marched OH
: of Moscow and completely DESTROYED
8, several miles of the railroad track be
: tween st. Petersburg and Moscow
], thirty miles outside of Moscow, in, or
& der to prevent the, arrival Of troo]
: trains bearing the Seminovsky bat
r talon Of the horse guard, and the train
!, backed twenty miles to Clyne, Whence
!. it is understood the troops will pro
I ceed on foot for their destination.
The .Bourse Gazette prints rumo
that Lieutenant General Mistchenko
while in the streets of Moscow, wa
wounded by stray bullet.
The paper also prints a rumor tina
! Count Vorentsoff- Daschkoff, viceroy o
!, the Caucasus, has been recalled on &C
: ). count of his failure to pacify the lieu
tenancy.