The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
More Details of Recent Up-
 rising in Russia
I SHORT-LIVED REPUBLIC
"North Caucasian Republic" Had a Thrilling Career for One Month. School Boys and Girls Capture
 Viadka Water Works.

St. Petersburg, January 2s.-The news papers publish interesting accounts re- ceived by mail of the disorders in the smaller cities during the period of armed revolt, many of which passed unnoticed at the time, owing to interruption of tele- graphic communication. In a number of instances the troops were defeated and driven out of the towns, or forced to surrender.
 At Sotss. in the Black sea, eighty Cos sacks of the garrison who attempted to dlsperse a gathering in the market place, were routed by the revolutionists and forced to flee to their barracks outside the towns where they were regularly be- sieged The insurgents brought up an old cannon from the port and bombarded the barracks for two days with such effect that the Cossacks were forced to sur render.
 The triumph of the revolutionists was short lived, however, for a torpedo boat destroyer arrived from Batoum and the population at the first threat of a bonn bardment hastened to hberate the prls- oaers and to deliver up their arms, as well as the funs of the city treasury, which had been taken to the mountains.
 "North Caucasian Republic"
 letter from Pyatigorsk. in Cis-Cau casa describes the rise and fall of the North Caucasian Republic" which had q short and thrilling history of month. After the revolt of the reserve battalion garrisoning Pyatgorsk, the soldiers were joined by the entire population of that and four neighboring cities. A constitu- ent assembly was summoned and rev olutonary army was formed, consisting of the mutinous soldiers. who were led by a renegade Cossack officer and several bands of the fighting branch of the revo- lutionary organizations and other irregu- lars.
 This army carried on a successful campaign against the troops guarding the railroad stations, who were driven back for some forty miles along the line with considerable loss. The revolution ists conceived the plan of marching to Rostof- Don, 250 miles away, and even talked of continuing on to Kharkoff to join hands with the supposed revolu- tionary army there. They were to stop on the way and attack the important arsenal at Georgievsk, where there are large stores of rifles, cannon and ma chine guns.
 Cossacks Defeated.
 The army was attacked by three companies of Cossacks, whom it defeated with heavy loss, most of the survivors being killed during their flight across the thin ice of a stream.
 Later the army encountered a col umn consisting of infantry, battery of artillery and several companies of Cos sacks. This column was too strong to hp fad ayV after nasty council of war fled.
 The republic" then came to an end.
 At Viadka, in the government of that name, a band largely composed of school boys and school girls, seized the water works, which they held for fifteen hours against a whole battalion of infantry. The troops were attacked in the rear by two companies of revolutonares, who were finally driven to a fortified house. This house was captured after a bom- bardment lasting two hours. Among the killed was the colonel commanding the troops.