The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-23
Against the Repeated Attacks
Of the Police.
IL DEAD; so WOUNDED
Today and Casualties of Yester-
day Number $50.
Half of Baltic Provinces Are in
Hands Of Rebels.

London, Dec. ga dispatch to a news
agency from st. Petersburg says that
baTicades have been erected on Tverskia
street, the chief thoTOughfare of Mos
cow; that the revolutonists are holding
them bravely and that they are making
repeated attacks on the police Cossacks
and dragons whenever the latter at
tempt to convey prisoners to Jail. The
patrols of troops are accompanied by
machine guns which are unhesitatingly
used against the revOlutonists.
Controlled by AutOnomists.
Riga, Livonia, Dec. 23.-Quite half the
Baltic provinces are apparently in con-
troll of the autonomists whose commit
tees which include in each locality some
OF the most influential persons are estab-
fishing provisional administrations and
preparing for the election of assemblies
to arrange the taxes and legitmatize the
apportiOning of the government lands.
Russian garrisous occupy the larger
towns and detachments of troops are
operating eDergetically against the
smaller centers Of the insurrectlon. The
aims of the insurgents are to establish
an autonomous state under Russian
suzerainty.
Casualties $50.
St. Petersburg. Dec. 23.-EIeven men
were killed and so were wounded by vol
leys fired by the troops al the worlzmen
defending a barricade on Tverslzia
street, Moscow. today.
The total casualties al Moscow yester-
day are estimated at $50.
No Universal Suffrage.
st. Petersburg. Dec. 23-The emperor
and his cabinet reached a final decision
regarding the electoral law, deciding
against universal and equal suffrage
and in favor Of the extension of the law
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in addition, the small land owners in
the country, the WorkTnen and the edu-
Gated classes, the small rent payers in
the cities.
School House BOmbarded.
Moscow. Dec. 23.=Troops surrounded
q school house where wOrkingmen were
= meeting here yesterday evening and
summoned the men to surrender Blank
shots We're fred to intimidate the work
men who replied with revolver shots
and bombs. Artillery was then brought
up and the school house was lombard
ed until the survivors Of the workmen
surrendered.
Traffic Opened by Troops.
Moscow, Dec 23-Tran1c has been
opened here with the assistance of the
troops and the railway battalion. The
lines to Nizhni, NOVgOrod, ArOslaVl,
Kazan and the Nicholas roads to St.
Petersburg are working normally. In
coming trains only are running on the
Windau and VorOnez lines. The tie up
IS complete on the Ural and Kursk
lines.
The Gar Asserts Himself
New York. Dec. ga cable disDatch
to the Herald from St Petersburg da-
ted December %, says:
At a meeting at TsarkOe-S -Salo, the
monarch expressed himself in very
heated terms with reference to the want
Of ability OF the ministers to meet the
situation and gave them three hours to
come to some decision. Failing this, the
emperor said if they had so lost their
heads he would take the reins into his
own hands Immediately and call a
meeting OF his military council to con-
slider the adVisab bility of declaring the
whole of Russia in a state of siege. The
of mind
All Wires Cut.
Riga. Livonia, Thursday, Dec 21.-By
messenger to Eydtkuhnen, Prussia. Dec.
23.-AlthOugh more than 100 post and
telegraph employees have resumed work
here, all the telegraph lines running out
of Riga have been cut presumably by
the insurgents.
The Russian cavalry have found the
approaches to places held by the fnsur-
gents set with entanglements made Of
telegraph wires.
Trains are running today but the or
der to strike is expected at any hour
All German and Austro-H Hungarian
subjects residing in Courland and
LivOnia have been notified by the con-
sulates that steamers are arriving here
to take them to their respective coun-
tries. The consul urges them to leave
the country before Duna river freezes.
A German warship will cruise off the
mouth of the Duna as long as it is free
Of ice. 1t is understood that all the Bal
tic garrisOns are being largely rein
forced
Provisional Government Proclaimed.
Kursk, Russia, Dec. 23-The striking
railway men of this city have proclaim
ed provisional government and have
issued an appeal for support in setting
Up Russian republic.
Police Headquarters Blown Up.
Paris, Dec. 23-5:35 p. ma dis
patch to the Temps from St. Peters
burg says that the prefecture of police
at Moscow has been demolished by the
explosion of bombs. Several persons
We're killed, but the project who was
at the Kremlin escaped.
The dispatch adds that ARRAYS have
occurred at the neighbOring barrac cks
In which the soldiers were victorious
and 5 revoludOnists We're wounded.
Electric Lights for Alma.
Alma, Kan. Dec. 23.-Mayor J. B.
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