The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-02
IT'S ALL over.
The Revolt in Moscow Has Been
Suppressed.
The City Is Again Settling Down
to Business.
RUINS STILL SMOKE.
and Armed Men Continue to
Patrol the Streets.
Loss of Property Is Estimated
at So, 100000.

Moscow. Monday Night, via St Pc
tersburg. Jan. Except for the NUM-
erous military patrols in the streets and
the pillars of smoke lazily floating
above the ruins of factories and houses
In the Presna district there is little to
recall the nightmare of the past ten
days. As if by magic in p hours the
appearance of the city has changed.
The stores everywhere have been re-
opened and the streets are crowded with
holiday shoppers making belated pur-
chases for the Russian Christmas which
according to the Julian calendar, falls
on Sunday. AS the early northern night
fell the guards were doubled but the
electric street lamps brilliantly lighted
the shop windows, reassuring the people
who fingered on merry making with the
careless indifference of the Russians to
the dramatic tragedy just ended.
The Presna district however, present
ed another picture. There people by
the hundreds who had been burned out
were exCftedlV searching the ruins or
bemOaning the loss of dear ones, While
the police and troops continued their
unceasing hunt for hidden revolution
lists.
a batch of druiinists surrounded in
sugar factory in the suburbs during the
night surrendered this morning when
they found that further resistance was
useless The only Warlike incident was
a rear attack made by a BODY OF dlu-
iinists upOn detachment of troops sta
toned at a bridge with instructions 10
cover the work OF the fremen The sol
diers when attacked turned right about
lace and fired q VOltey kullng Intee
students and WOunding several others
This was the coolest day of the WIN
ter, the thermometer registering 'Y ue-
grees below zero. The roaring nIes AT
which the piCkets are warming tnen-
selves gave touch of picturesdueness
to the streets. Two most important
captures were made tOday-VOlkO1 and
Malinoff. the chiefs Of the lighting or
ganiZatiOn and members OF the nallOHdi
revolutionary committees. The author
ties are promising amnesty for infor-
nation regarding the leaders and the
hiding places Of aims, but only a teW
are betraying their comrades. 1T Is un- /
derstOod that the --s~0~-~~ VIII be tried
by court martial and some OF the pa
pers say that those caught with arms
In their hands viii be given a snort
The list of the casualties and losses
to property are being compiled at
Governor General DOubassof's head
quarters and are promised tomorrow
At the bOurse today a prominent man
ufacturer estimated the damage done
in the burned district at $5,00O,000.
The American factories of which
the New York Air Brake company, the
Barry Boiler company and the Singer
Manufacturing company are the pr1n-
ciDal. have not suffered. The en-
pIOyes of the air brake company,
whose works are situated at Lubertzi,
attempted to seize the premises in or
der to get possession of the explosives,
but a squadron of Dragons was dis
Matched to the scene by Governor
General Doubassof and the troops
prevented the strikers from carrying
out their PLAN Their leader, who was
marching at the head of the men, was
shot down by the officer in command
of the Dragons which caused panic
and the strikers fled.
Although the strike is off some of
the factories decided that it is useless
to recommence work four days before
Christmas and have dismissed their
zvorkmen until January 21. Most OF
the other unchanged factories have
resumed work. The railway and tele-
graph lines are resuming business
slowly. The directors of the Kazan
line have dismissed every official or
other emDloye of the line and are en-
earing an entire new force, using as
nucleus a few trustworthy veterans.
other roads probably will follow their
government Feels safer.
St. Petersburg. Jan. ,, 8 p. m.-The
governments strongly worded an
DOuncement that it proposes to pursue
- tba bitter end the policy of putting
down the ''reds," following on the
heels of the crushing of the revolt at
MOSCOW. demonstrates the confidence
~ Premier Witte's government that
At has the ability to complete the task
At has undertaken The main cause
fbfs confidence is the fidelity dis
,laved by the troops. That the gov
eminent was uncertain of how far the
extensive propaganda conducted by
fIa revolutiOnists in the army had
shaken the loyalty of the troops is un-
Questioned. but the events of the last
fortnight it seems to believe have
Droved completely reassuring on this
Despite the rigorous. ruthless fash
ION in which the war against the
ssrads" i'm conducted. the government
is taking every opportunity by word
ard act to prove to the public that the
repression of the revolutonists does
not involve the abandonment of the
reforro programme, but on the con-
f9a7-v the suppression is necessary in
o~7ar- that the new regime may be
blfshed 1t was learned today by
fF7a Associated Press. through Premier
yvftte himself that last nights report
that he was urging the immediate
r,7or1t1lgatiOn of a constitution is in
lsrTntiI the douma meets" he said, "I
sts75 6rnaly on the manifesto of Oc-
fober so Not one step in advance
nor one step in the rear viii I go till
+5a donna assemblies. All the en-
sa@ratad to the work of making pos
efbfe convOcation of the representa-
lives of the nation at the earliest mo-
The hroIva (Russ) bitterly assaiIs
the government for its blind boastful-
ness i'm asserting that the revolution
fs crushed
sentenced for Life.
rri,,,asno1is. Mimi. Jan Mrs.