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EVERY WIRE
IS SILENT
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN ST. PETERSBURG
AND EUROPE CEASES.
CAUSE UNKNOWN
All Efforts to Get in Touch With Rus
slan Capital Prove Fruitless-At
tempt to Reach Correspondents at
Frontier Places No More Successful
-Last Messages Received Yester
day Morning.
London, Dec. 2.-4:45 p. m.-Com
munication between London and St.
Petersburg via the Great Northern
telegraph was severed this afternoon.
Messages were received this morning,
but nothing has been received since
noon. The company's officials in Lon
don are unable to communicate with
t(heir office in St. Petersburg. They
have no information as to the cause
of the stoppage.
Up to midnight London, Berlin,
Copenhagen, Paris and Stockholm
were completely cut off from 'tele
graphic communication with St.
Petersburg.
Isolation Is Complete.
The Associated Press is endeavor
ing to get into communication with
the capital from Helsingfors, the near
est point to St. Petersburg, but finds
that route impossible by wire and
there is some doubt whether the water
is sufficiently free from ice to permit
of boats crossing to Helsingfors from
Russian ports.
The Associated Press and the Reu
ter Telegraph company, as well as the
English newspapers, have sent urgent
dispatches to their correspondents all
over Russia, especially at frontier
points, to secure news from St. Peters
burg and the interior, but none of the
cable companies in London had re
ceived a word up to -midnight. Furth
ermore the companies are unable to
say what prospects there are for a
renewal of communication.
Warsaw is the only point from
which any Russian news has been re
ceived since early this morning, and
thi., with the exception of a private
message over the railroad line briefly
speaking of a conflagration at Mos
cow, was practically confined to
events at Warsaw and Lodz.
STRIKE CAUSES BREAK.
Operators Assemble at Moscow and
Formulate Demands.
Berlin, Dec. 2.-A correspondent of
the Lokal Anzeiger reports from Kieff,
by way of Podwoloczyska, on the
Austrian frontier of Galicia, that the
Russian officials communicate with St.
Petersburg by the railway telegraph
and couriers.
Two hundred postal and telegraph
delegates have assembled at Moscow,
the correspondent adds, and demand
the recognition of the old Russian
league of postal and telegraph officials,
the removal of M. Durnovo, acting
minister of the interior, freedom of
the assembled delegates and the re
appointment of dismissed officials.
The Tageblatt's Kieff correspondent
anounces that the strike is dimini
announces that the strike is diminish
ing. Acting Minister of the Interior
Durnovo, he says, is supported by the
reactionists and his dismissal has
been postponed, as the government
will not make advances to the strik
ers.
STRIKE IN PALACE.
Paris, Dec. 2.-The Journal this
morning publishes a St. Petersburg
dispatch which was carried to Eydt
kuhn, East Prussia, by courier,
which repeats the recent reports rela,
tive to a violent scene in the palace
at Tsarskoe Selo. The Journal says
that the trouble was between Emperor
Nicholas and Grand Duke Vladimir
and was relative to Grand Duke Cyril.
The paper says:
"It is certain that something extra
ordinary occurred there besides the
disaffection of the guards and that the
whole domestic staff at the palace is,
now preparing to strike."
ALBANIANS IN REVOLT.
Salonica, European Turkey, Dec. 1.
-It is reported that the Albanians,
yesterday attacked the troops at
Liuma and captured several cannon1
and that Theusi Pasha has gone to
Liuma with troops. It is stated that
the Albanians are furious at the pros
pect of the European powers taking
over financial control of Macedonia.
KILLED BY POLICE.
Striking Wharf Laborers Compel Re
sort to Drastic Measures.
[By Associated Press]
Georgetown, Demerara, Dee. 1.-The
strike of wharf laborers which is in
progress here assumed a very serious
aspect this morning, when the police
were compelled to fire on a riotous
mob. It is reported that five of the
rioters were killed;
As the result of today's trouble all
business has been suspended.
Later in the day the rioters attack
ed the governor's house. The gover
nor and other officials are now be
sieged in the public buildings. The
arrival of warships is anxiously
awaited.
HIS COURSE APPROVED.
Cabinet and Premier of One Mind as
Regards Resignation.
[By Associated Press]
London, Dec. 1.-A cabinet meeting
was held this afternoon, lasting an
hour and a half. There is reason to
believe that the colleagues of Premier
Balfour approved his decision to re
sign, rather than to dissolve parlia
ment, but no official communication is
yet forthcoming.
Balfour is going to Gloucestershire
for the week end, so he will not see
King Edward before Monday, when
his majesty will arrive in London.
FRAUD IS CHARGED
Promoter of People's United States
Bank and Publisher Must Answer
for Using Mail to Defraud Public,
Also Conspiring to Cheat Govern
ment in Large Amount.
St. Louis, Dec. 1.-Two indictments
were returned today by the federal
grand jury against E. G. Lewis, presi
dent of the People's United States
bank and publisher of the Woman's
Magazine and Woman's Farm Journal.
One indictment charges a scheme
to defraud in using the mails to in
duce persons to subscribe for stock
and deposit money in the bank. The
other charges conspiracy to defraud
the government out of large sums of
money in postage on the two publica
tions of the Lewis Publishing com
pany. In the latter connection an in
dictment was also returned against
F. J. Cabot and a man named Miller,
who have been closely identified with
Lewis.
The grand jury's action followed a
three days' investigation into charges
made Tgainst Lewis by postoffice in
spectors who have been investigating
the banking and publishing company
for several months. It is stated that
four inspectors and several former
and present employes of Lewis testi
fled before the grand jury.
Some time ago, on the order of the
postmaster general, a fraud order was
issued against the bank's mail.
ENDED WITHOUT TROUBLE.
Scarcely Ripple of Excitement At
tends Election in Cuba.
Havana, Dec. 1.-The political agi
tation, which began six months ago
with the national convention of the
liberal party and which has dwindled
since the withdrawal of General Jose
Miguel Gomez, the presidential candi
date named by that convention, ended
today in an election that was so quiet
and uninteresting as to cause scarcely
a ripple of excitement. The vote cast
was light, this being due to the wholly
one-side election and the heavy
rains of Thursday night and today.
The withdrawal of the liberals from
all nominations, as a protest against
the alleged injustice of the govern
ment and the people in conducting the
primaries, left a clear field for the
moderates, and every moderate candi
date was elected, from President Pal
ma down. The only liberals in the
provincial council, which will open in
April, will be the hold-overs, and con
sequently only a third of the senate
and a fifth of the house will be com
posed of members of that party.
NO INDICTMENTS FOUND.
Parties Guilty of Young Pierson's
Death May Escape Punishment.
Mount Vernon, Ohio, Dec. 1.-The
Knox county grand jury today failed
to return any indictments against any
of the members of the Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity, or any members of
Kenyon college, in connection with
the death of Stewart Pierson, who met
a tragic death at Gambler while being
initiated into the society.
The jurors carefully examined all
the testimony given at the inquest of
Coroner Scarborough and were of the
same opinion as the coroner to the
effect that Stewart Pierson was either
tied on the tracks or placed in such
position that he could not extricate
himself, but the guilty parties have
not been determined.
ONE MORE
GOES DOWN
ANOTHER STEAMER CAUGHT IN
GREAT STORM IS REPORTED
LOST.
ITS CREW PERISHES
Nineteen Men Believed to Have
Drowned With Vessel Now Regard
ed as Having Foundered-Recovery
of Wreckage Identified as Coming
from Missing Craft Leaves Little
Doubt Concerning Her Fate.
Duluth, Minn., Dec. 1.-The steamer
Ira H. Owen has unquestionably gone
to the bottom, according to the best
advices received here tonight, and her
crew of 19 in all probability is lost.
The steamer William Siemens this
evening reported picking up wreckage,
including life perservers, of the Owen,
12 miles east of Michigan island. Cap
tain Kellar of the steamer Nye, which
reached Two Harbors yesterday, re
ports having seen .a boat in distress
flying signals of distress and of the
best of his belief it was the Owen.
The boat was loadea with barley and
left Duluth Monday afternoon fdr Buf
falo in command of Captain J. H. Hul
ligan. When the officers of the Nye
saw the boat supposed to be the Ira
Owen she was laboring in a great
head sea.
The feeling that the Owen may have
foundered had settled into a convic
tion and it is doubtful if any of her
crew was saved.
SEASON PROVES DESTRUCTIVE.
Great Loss of Lives and Property on
the Lakes.
Detr6it, Mich., Dec. 1.-The Journal
today says 149 lives have been sacri
ficed, over 70 ships were wrecked and
a loss of. $7,000,000 has been sustain
ed in the three big storms on the
great lakes this season. That this is
the most destructive season in the
history of the shipping on the lakes
is beyond doubt.
RECOUNT FAVORS HEARST
Seventeen Votes Gained by Municipal
Ownership Candidate in Four Elec
tion Districts.
New York, Dec. 1.-The opening of
four ballot boxes and the recounting
of ballots was finished before Justice
Amends today. The result was a net
gain of 17 votes in the four districts
for Hearst, all of these being gained
in three districts. One district was
found correct, as far as the accredited
votes for the three candidates was
concerned. The opening of the sixth
ballot box, that of the Second election
district of the Sixth assembly dis
trict, was put off with the consent of
counsel for several days.
Henry M. Clement, counsel for
Hearst, said tonight:
"The result thus far has shown that
*the inspectors miscounted the split
ballots to the gain of McClellan and
the loss of Hearst. We have reason
to believe that the fraudulent count
extended through the greater part
of the city of New York. If it con
tinues through the city as it has in
those examined today, Mr. Hearst is
elected on the recount."
CHARGED WITH EXTORTION.
Four New York Walkihg Delegates
in the Toils.
New York, Dec. 1.-Four walking
delegates were arrested tonight in a
saloon at One Hundred and Twenty
sixth street and Third avenue charged
with having extorted $250 from Morris
Jacobson. Upon its receipt, it is al
leged, they promised to call off a
strike declared last Saturday on three
fiat buildings being erected by Joseph
Jacobson, son of the complainant.
DIG UP THE HATCHET.
Meridia, Yucatan, Dec. 1.-Word has
reached this city of a flgth between a
party of rebel Indians and a troop of
soldiers and the employes of the Quin
tana Roo Development company in the
territory of Quintana Roo. Seven of
the Indians were killed and many are
thought to be wounded. The troops
had three privates killed and several
wounded.
This is the first time in many
months that any of the Maya Indians
have shown a disposition to commit
depredations.
ORDERS MISUNDERSTOOD.
Collision of Trains Results in Injuring
Several Persons.
Hammond, Ind., Dec. 1.-Five per
sons were badly injured today in "a
head-on collision between the east
bound double header passenger train
No. 16 and a freight train on the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad, east of this
city. Heavy timber and a sharp curve
shut the approaching freight train
from the view of the passenger engi
neers, who were speeding their train
up grade.
The collision, it is reported, was due
to a misinterpretation of orders.
PLATT'S MAN QUITS.
Olcott Withdraws as Candidate for
County Chairman.
New York, Dec. 1.-At a dinner at
the Republican club tonight given to
25 republican members of the national
house of representatives from New
York state, J. Van Vechten Olcott read
his statement of withdrawal from the
contest for the chairmanship of the
republican county committee of New
York county. Mr. Olcott was known
as Mr. Platt's candidate.
Herbert Parsons, who was endorsed
by a majority of the committee for
chairman, was also present.
MUCH DAMAGE BY FIRE.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 1.-Practically
the entire business portion of the town
of Arcadia, Fla., was destroyed by a
fire which started at an early hour
this morning, involving a loss of $250,
000.
INCLINED TO
BE VIOLENT
SOCIALISTS OF LONDON UNEM
PLOYED UNRULY.
London, Dec. 1.-An attempt on the
part of the socialistic element of the
unemployed workmen to hold a demon
stration in front of Guild hall today
was met with police opposition, result
ing in disturbances and the arrest of
five of the agitators.
A meeting of the central committee,
called to consider the question of the
allocation of the fund for the unem
ployed, was in progress in the hall at
the time and the demonstration of the
socialists was intended to impress the
committee. One of the leaders was
denouncing the governing classes and
railing against the fact that the unem
ployed were compelled to accept char
ity and had proposed that the work
men march to the west end, when he
was handed an official communication
commanding him to desist. The crowd
then became unruly and was dispersed
by policemen. Those resisting were
arlested.
The crowd scattered hooting and
crying "Down with our bulldog ty
rant" and giving evidence of its an
tagonistic attitude.
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Triple Crime Committed for Supposed
Purpose of Concealing Another
Equally Infamous.
Malone, N. Y., Dec. 2.-The lifeless
bodies of Henry McCaffrey, George
Carpenter, a laborer, and Miss Capi
tola Gilmet, a domestic, were found at
noon today in the home of McCaffrBy,
in Harrietston, four miles from Sa
rancimn. They had all been shot and
a gun was found lying near the body
of Carpenter from which it is inferred
that he shot the others and then com
mitted suicide.
The coroner is of the opinion that
Carpenter assaulted or attempted to
assault the girl and that he then killed
her, afterward killing McCaffrey, who
doubtless heard the disturbances, to
prevent the latter from exposing his
crime and then shot himself.
SQUATTERS THREATEN WAR.
Trouble May Follow Eviction of Tres
passers on State Land.
Utica, N. Y., Dec. 1.-A special from
Raquet Lake says that Chief Game
Protector Burnham went into that reg
ion with 15 men last night, with or
ders to tear down all buildings on
state lands that have been built since
the adoption of the constitutional
amendment. They number 30 or 40
and run from small cottages to struc
ters which cost from $10,000 to 18,00.
The squatters are up in arms and
threaten to shoot the state oflicials
if their places are touched. Several
of the finest buildings have been erect
ed by. prominent men and it is said
that if the order is carried out there
will be some startlipg developments.
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HE REPEATS
IS CHARGE
VANDIVER FILES REPLY TO NY
LIC PETITION.
ENTERS INTO DETAILS
Accuses McCall of Debauching Public
Morals, Corrupting Legislation,
Stealing Funds Belonging to Policy
Holders-Specific Accusation in Re
spect of Real Estate Transactions.
Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 2.-W. D.
Vandiver, state superintendent of in
surance, through his counsel, today fil
ed in the United States circuit court
his answer to the petition of the New
York Life Insurance company in the
injunction proceedings recently insti
tuted by the company restraining him
from revoking its license to do busi
ness in Missouri.
In the reply Mr. Vandiver accuses
President McCall of debauching pub
lic morals, corrupting legislation and
looting the funds of policy holders by
extravagant expenditures and reckless
speculations.
The answer fills 10 typewritten
pages. It contains direct and severe
attacks on President McCall, Vice
President Geo. W. Perkins and other
officers of the New York Life Insur
ance company.
It directs specific attention to the
charge that McCali and Perkins have
in bad and questionable real estate
investments lost $7,000,000 of the com
pany's money.
He maintains that the Missouri in
surance department has the right to
require insurance companies doing
business in the state to manage their
affairs in a proper manner and to in
sist on the election of new officers and
the adoption of methods that will in
sure the funds of the policy holders.
A MURDEROUS ASSAULT
Minneapolis Man Found Dying in Se
attle Hotel as Result of Wounds
Roommate Is Missing.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 2.-Fred Gag
non, who arrived at Seattle from the
east three days ago, is dying at the
Seattle general hospital as a result of
a murderous hssault made upon him
today in a local hotel.
A man named Bell, who shared the
room with Gagnon, has disappeared.
Gagnon's skull is fractured and he
has been unconscious from the time
he was found by a chambermaid.
The bedding was saturated with
blood. Among the man's effects the
police found a letter from his wife,
Mary Gagnon, dated Minneapolis. In
a "grip" were found two bank books,
one on the Duluth National bank,
showing a balance of $300, another on
the Old National bank of Spokane,
showing a balance of $499.
Gagnon's trunk contained h full out
fit for the Alaskan country and it is
believed that his destination was
Alaska.
UNFORTUNATE / HAVER
Northern Montana Town Is visited
Once More by Destructive Fire.
Havre, Mont., Dec. 1.-A fire here
early today destroyed about $150,000
worth of property. The new BroaB
water-Pepin block was destroyed. The
origin is unknown and there is a sus
picion of incendiarism.
A portion of the block was occupied
by the Northern hotel. The occupants
of the hotel were aroused in time to
escape, but lost nearly all their ef
fects.
The losses are fully covered by in
surance.
REDUCED BY DEATH.
Roll of Civil War Pensioners Reduc
ing Rapidly.
Washington, Dec. 1.-Death is now
diminishing the civil war pension rolls
at the rate of more than 30,000 a year.
A statement issued by Commissioner
Warner shows that during the month
of October 4,704 pensioners died. Of
these 2,915 were civil war veterans.
The average death rate of veterans
during the month was 94.
The reduction on the rolls would be
more apparent were it not for the al
lowance of new claims. While 2,915
veterans died during October, the ac
tual decrease in the number of old
soldiers drawing pensions was but 1,
837, as 1,028 names were added to the
list.
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KILLEb FOR A CENT.
Kentucklan Shot Dead When He -st!
fused to Pay.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 1.-At the coreo
ner's inquest, called to inquire into
the death of Preston Shelby, who was
shot and killed November 3, it de
veloped that William McGee asked
Shelby for a cent which he claimed
was due him and that Shelby denied
the obligation. McGee shot him. The
jury returned a verdict fixing the Te
sponsibility on McGee, who is in jaiL. :
BUSINESS BLOCK BURNS.
Winnipeg, Dec. 1.-The Brown block ,
in Main street was destroyed by fire,
shortly before midnight. The loss to
building and tenants is about $100,000.
FORCED TO SIGN.
Korean Emperor Had No Option Re
gardling Japanese Treaty.
Chefoo, Dec. 2.-Private letters from
Korea tend to confirm the recent re
ports from Pekin that the Korean em
peror was practically forced at the
point of a bayonet into an agreement
with the Japanese. * The emperor's
seal was affixed to the document by
others during a panic in the palace
and the suicide of some of the officials.
The palace has been under increas
ed Japanese surveillance for the last
two weeks.
WOMAN TERRORIZES TRAIN
Becoming Suddenly Insane Shoots
Holes Through Windows of Car and
Wounds Man.
Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 2.-Mrs. Ira
Berry, a passenger on a southbound
St. Louis & San Francisco train be.
comming suddenly insane at l)arling
ton, a station near hear, last' night,
terrorized a coach of passengers by
recklessly discharging a revolver,
shooting out several windows of the
car and wounding one man. The
coach was detached from the train at
Girard, Kas., and sidetracked.
Mrs. Berry held a large crowd at bay
during the day, all efforts to capture
her having proved unavailing. She
seems to have a good supply of ammu
nition, as she discharges her*revolver
at frequent intervals and allows no one
to approach near the car.
Under the cover of darkness tonight
an attempt will be made to inject
chloroform into the car and thus effect
her capture. The woman's home is in
Spokane, Washington.
Yellowstone
National
Bank BILLINGS
CAPITAL. - $60,000
SURPLUS - $40,000
A. L. BABCOCK, President
PBTER LARSON, Helena, Vice-Pres.
B. H. HOLLISTER, Gashier
L. C. BABCOCK, AsU't Cashler
DIRECTORS.
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Sell Exchange available in all the princi
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Accounts of firms and individuals solle.
ited on the most favorable terms consis
tent with safe and conservative banking.
BillingsState Bank
Capital Stock, $50,000.
OFFICERS:
Paul McCormick, President.
B. G. Shorey, Vice-Pres.
Charles Spear, Cashier.
Henry White, Teller
DIRECTORS:
H. C. Bostwick,
W. Haneard,
C. O. Gruwell,
Paul McCormick,
A. H. Barth,
B. G. Shorey,
Chas. Spear.
Transact a General Banking Business.
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