Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-28
INSPIRED STATEMENT IN THE
/ sLovo EXPRESSES coNFl-
1 DENcE OF GOVERNMENT
MORE TROOPS ON SCENE

Z
ments Have Been Rushed to Mo-
cow and the Officials Expect to En-
Disorders soon-Trouble at odess;
st. Petersburg, Dec. ,27. = Fol
lowing the example of the authori-
! ties at Moscow about half the po-
lice Of st. Petersburg are now
armed with bayonetted rifles.
News from the provinces today
shows an alarming extension of
the strike at Kovno, a fortress
town of Lithuanians having about
$4,000 inhabitants, seems abso-
lutely in the hands of the social
lists. q
At Kieff, serious collisions have
taken place and forty persons have
been killed or. wounded.
The situation is really far more
serious in the Baltic provinces,
Caucasia and other non-Russian
provinces where the entire popu-
lace is hostile.
A high official said today that
the government is perfectly conf
dent that it will be able to crush
the organization Of revolutionists
In Russia proper, as they repre-
sent only a fraction of the popu-
lation.
London, Dec. 27.-The st. Pet
ersburg correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says that letters
addressed in the same handwrit-a
ing to Count Witte, General Tre-
poff, and Interior Minister Dur
novo exploded while being care
fully opened in the general post
office.
Moscow, Dec. 81. -(3 p. ny
The cannonading continues and
the list of casualties is swelling.
The revolutionists are operating
In three sections with about 1000
men in each section. All are arm
ed with revolvers and rifles. Wo-
men are participating in the fight
ing and are guilty of the worst
cruelties.
st. Petersburg, Dec. ~. -(5 D.
ND A brief message from Mos
COW says that troops with artil-
lery are pouring into the city, but
that the situation is not greatly
3 changed. The revolutionists hold )
portions of the Moscow-Kazan
road and desultory firing is taking
place. Military patrols are engag-
ed IN guerilla warfare with the
revolutionists, who are seeking
refuge on the roofs of houses and
in narrow thoroughfares
st. Petersburg, Dec. 27.-An inspire
statement in the Slovo today says tn
government expects the revolt at Mos
COW to be crushed within four DAYS
The duration of the rising is explaine
by the small number of troops avail
able. Fresh troops have now arrived
Casualties Are FrightfuI.
From an Independent source th
Slovo declares that it has learned tina
The oloodshed at Moscow has bee
frightful, that the casualties will reac,
$4,000, and that about 100 Red Cros
have been dispatched from ST
Petersburg to aid in caring for tn
" lnded
The information Of the other paper
chat while admitting that the revc
Honists are showing signs of exhaus
don they do not regard the issue a
decided.
Troops and Strikers Fight.
Minor collisions between troops an
strikers, of whom there are almos
10000 still out, are taking place cor
'tantly in ST. Petersburg. Cossack pa
.rols are charging and dispensing tn
workmen whenever they collect.
E The most serious affairs occurred a
he Narva gate and on the Moika ca
lal, in which fifty persons were kille,
or wounded.
Automatic guns have been mounte,
on the bridge over the Fontanka ca
lal, from which they can sweep tin
Nevsky prospect in either directio,
md in also both ways of the canal.
Odessa, Dec. ~. - The actual out
ook is difficult to describe now tha
he train service is cut off beyor,
fhmerinka, st. Petersburg and Mos
,ow, and the frontiers are isolated.
The post and telegraph department
IRE working again but it is quite un
certain how long they will continue il
operation. since fresh strikes are de
Jared daily. However. popular sent
a1ent is for d speedy finish of th,
disorders. Already fewer rowdies ar
net with and apart from the nervou
ension the city has entirely resume,
ts normal aspect.
Business Stands Still.
The exodus from Odessa still con
inues. Nest of the families of th,
oreign residents have already lef
md business is at a standstill. A
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