Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-01
MOSCOW REVOLT QUELLED.
Continued from Page One.)

| by the inhabitants. who We're as indus
! trious i'll tearing them down as they
| had been il erecting them. AS the cor
| respondent proceeded he was several
| times searched by officers who were en-
deavorinS to discover revolutionary lit
! erature as the best means of IDENTIFY
ing the revolutionaries. The soldiers
We're considerably perpleXed by the
| strange language in which the notes i'll
| the pockets of the correspondent We're
| written. but in each case lie was re-
| leased
| In squads of five the soldiers pene-
| trated every house. searching for weap-
ons. Considering the intensity of yes
| terdd;'s bOmbardment. when as many
as five shots a minute were fired. be-
| sides the steady IOlieyS of the infan-
| try the losses are surprisingly small.
not more than 40 of the revOlutionaricS
or the inhabitants being killed and on
| ly about 100 being wounded in the dis
trict. The artillery yesterday was con-
centrated mainly against the factories
| fIinging the district but the revolution
aries usually decamped at the first shot.
| taking refuge in the cellars of neigh
| boring houses.
| III Ililt Dulicto ulu IlOt
penetrate beyond the outer walls and
| i'll only a few instances did the walls
| show complete penetration by the solid
| shot.
The correspondent visited the Proka-
| rolf. Manontoff and other factories
where. according to last nights reports.
over 1000 of the fighters had persisted
IN the ruins. He found fragments of
shrannel everywhere but no trace of
slaughter. He was informed by care
taker who stuck to his post through
out the fighting that only one person
was killed and Il dozen wounded.
Among the fighting rcvolutionaries
Were several girl students who stood by
their comrades until the last.
Inc only serious attempt at defence
was mace at Schmidt's furniture facto-
ny Wrere the losses were heavy, but it
IS impossible to give the number as the
factory was burned and the bodies were
hc'herated. The Manontoff factory in
"hlch an Enslshman named Bigby is
d partner, was also burned.
| ne losses to the troops We're slight
I'D tnls region. The Seminovsky regi-
meht. which performed most of the
WORK. mad one man killed and a score
wounded. the latter including Col. Ell
Ter who was shot through the neck.
The Presna quarter is {, scene of des-
oiatloH. This afternoon fugitives were
seeking new homes and the women were
pending under the weight of huge packs
or bedding. many of them dragging
their children along. Sledgcs were piled
flgh With all the worldly goods of MANY
families. The family ikou USUALLY
crowned the top of each Pile The poor
people made very SLOW progress with
their bundles and were subjected 10
continual search by the soldiers, who
sometimes delighted in throwing the
loads into the snow and making merry
at the sorry snectaclc
Ia addition to the fires in the bom
barded district. which are now under
control. q 'onnagration broke ont last
; night in the buildings adjoining st
Georges church which. it is believed
, We're set afr" by the revoutionarics as
means of divcrting the troops.
The buildings burned all night and
the firemcn had great difficulty i'm say
, ing the church. the srire of which is
, filled with Shrapnol fired earlier i'm the
, week against the insurgcnt sharp
shooters who picked off the soldiers by
rifle shooting from II.
The appearance of the center Of the
t city today is quite normal. The pco-
: pie who have been cooped up for a
, week are crowding the streets. through
: which pass gay sleighs and the mag
nlhcent turnOutS of the Moscow mer-
: chant prices Tonight the city is quiet
except for an occasional shot where a
revolutionist is trying to escape
The workmens council, or what is
lett of 1t outside prison, has formally
declared the strike off .. The revolu-
tlonar1es have managed to get out a
proclamation declaring that the pur-
poses Of the revolt have been fully ac-
complished and calling upon the pro-
ietarlat to prepare for a decisive battle
Jan. -. a great many of the work
men. however. are in an angry mood.
They claim that they have been de-
celved by the revolutionaries and that
thelr families are starving These are
threatening vengeance on the agitat tors
Some of the employers, like Mr. Barry
of the American Boiler Works. will
shorten the usual Christmas vacation
from Is to four days in order to ALLOW
the men to earn something.
1t is reported that band of revolu.
tlonarles yesterday attacked the poll.
t1cal prison but were beaten off will
severe loss
The casualties here have been great
~ over-cstimated. 1t is difficult to
OBTAIN reliable figures as tile maiorit,
OF losses are never reported but up tc
Friday night only 1871 were formally
reported as dead and 227 as wounded
GOV. Gen. Doubassoff has issued 2
proclamation forbdding well disposed
citizens to shelter rcvolutionarics, but
the former are powerless. as the rcvo-
lut1onaries appear at their houses with
revolvers in their hands
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| Gen. Bogdanovitch Is Dead.
London Jan. 1, 1sOs,--.A dispatch to d
news agency from st. Petersburg sa q