The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
REPUBLIC FORMED
In The CAUCASUS
Revolutionists Throw Off Yoke Of
Gear and Set Up a Gov
eminent.
RUSS CAPITAL NOW
FEARS A RED SUNDAY"
Manufacturers Close Plants and
Look Anxiously to the
Anniversary.
Journal Special Service.

London, Jan. 6.-Correspondents at
Odessa send stories daily of the orderly
progress of the North Caucasian repub-
lie, the name the successful revolution
lists of the Caucasus have bestowed upon
their the NEW new g@ g9miniat9at;o5 E i |. stated ;meSIt that
obeyed. Order is willingly maintained
by the civil guard. All citizens enjoy
peace and security. The imperial ex-
governor continues to be held a pris-
oner. He is CHARTERED in a railroad
car but is well treated. Twelve hun
dred Cossacks who were sent to crush
the rebellion, f~raternized with the In
been treated as guests, to Ekaterino.
slav. They were ordered thence to Pod
to repress the republican movement,
but refused to 60.
Fear in Russ Capital.
st. Petersburg, Jan. Gall the fae-
tories, mills and other industrial enter
prises closed today for the holidays.
The employers, at a general meeting,
decided not to- open their establish
ments, in view of the threats Of dis
order, until after Jan. 20, the anniver-
sary of cred Sunday
On account Of the serious condition
Of affairs on the Siberian railroads,
many stations of which are in a con-
dition of anarchy, seventeen districts,
thru which the line passes from the
Ural mountains to Lake Baikal, a dis
lance of 1900 miles, have been placed
under martial law.
The prefeet Of Restoff-on-Den, Count
Pillar Won Pilhau, has been dismissed.
General Drachoffski, who was retired
from the management of the Finnish
railroad on the demand of the Firms
when their reforms were granted, sue
ceeds Count Won Pilhau.
Train service IN all lines running out
Of Moscow has been re-established.
A priest named Kaganski, who was
treasurer Of the local strike committee,
has been arrested near Moscow.
Serious in the Baltic.
The Associated Press has been per-
mitted to inspect a report prepared for
the emperor regarding the situation in
the Baltic provinces. The report de-
clares that tho open revolt has been
| crushed In many parts of the prov
~inees, and tho the local authorities who
were deposed by the re%volutionists are
1.-The protection of the troops, the situa-
ton is still a very serious one.
. In the districts of Dorpat and Per-
nau, in Northwestern, 1ivonia, the
troops are unable to move except. in
:, heavy force. Abody of cavalry, which
made a forced light march from Walk,
surprised an insurgent band at Rueu,
but the peasants resisted until their
ranks had been torn and shattered,
!. when they surrendered their arms and
their leaders. There is a strong con-
Z centration of insurgents in the villages
9 of Meizekul and Lemcal, further to the
westward, which must be attacked and
g broken up. ...
Leaders Are Shot.
A band of insurgents attacked Gen
eral Orlof and his escort of a squadron
Of cavalry near Marienburg, but the at
tack was repulsed and the leaders cap
tured. The latter were Immediately
- tried by a drumhead court-martial and
. shot. "
:, The advices received by the govern.
ment report the capture of an important
n arsenal Of the revolutionists at Temer.
u mix, in Southern Russia, in which were
found not only rifles, bombs and ex.
- plosives, but also a small feldpiece
70 Another arsenal near Nakhitechevan
. caught fire and an explosion followed,
% resulting in the killing Of twelve per
" sons and the wounding of nine others.