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VOL. XXXII, NO. 115. EDEY DIAMONDS ARE RECOVERED FOUND BURIED IN GROUNDS OF HOTEL RAYMOND trS THREE BELL BOYS ARRESTED Chief Freeman and Capt Austin of /Pasadena Police Department Con* :; fldent They Have Perpetrat. ors of Big 'Robbery " fi Burled at the roots of a pepper tree ln s the grounds of the Raymond hotel, the' (20,000 worth of diamonds stolen Friday from the room of Mrs. William &";■' Edey at the Hotel Maryland were uncovered at 5 o'clock yesterday after noon by Chief of Police W. W. Free man and Captain W. C. Austin of the Pasadena police department j At 12 o'clock last night daston, the head' bellboy at the Maryland hotel;" Carl 'Wilson, a bellboy at the same ho tel, and John Morgan, a bellboy at the Raymond hotel, sat in the office of Chief Freeman, confessing, fact by fact, under a heavy crossfire of questions, Itheir; parts In the largest and most cleverly planned diamond robery ever committed in Southern California. ■ Wilson was arrested yesterday morning at the Hotel Maryland and Morgan was arrested yesterday after noon in Pasadena, where he had gone from ': Los Anjreles to procure legal counsel for his friends. Turned State's Evidence (H Chief Freeman says that the facts In the case have been wormed, little by little.'from the three men they have in custody, but it is believed that one of them" has turned state's evidence, and the 'sweating process which went on I until early this morning is for the pur pose of drawing a confession from the other two of their own accord. Mlt is said by the police that Morgan is -.wanted by the police in San Fran cisco and that the name Is an assumed one.' • ,Who Wilson Is they refuse to say, but it is believed that he also has ias record. ''5", Chief . Freeman believes that he has captured ;three of. a gang of hotel "thieves operating on the Pacific coast, arid that within a few days the stolen Jewelry would have, been dug up and ,sent east, to be disposed of there.': * At -"5:30 ! o'clotk ' yesterday '" afternoon ;jlr.': Edey. was notified of the dlscov-' I cry : of | his wife's ' property, ' and after examining the contents of the box', that not only was there , nothing missing, but there were several valu able trinkets which his wife did not know had been stolen. \ Wilson Committed Robbery ■ .■) The police say Carl Wilson Is the one who robbed the casket, Gaston or Doyle was the one' who planned the robbery and gave Wilson the oppor tunity to do the work, while Morgan is the man who received the valuables.* after they had been stolen and secreted them under the pepper tree, where they were found yesterday afternoon. ;;"At every opportunity," said Chief of Police Freeman last night, "Gaston sent Wilson to the rooms occupied by the Edeys. In five or six days, Wil son, managed to make impressions of the keyes which unlock the trunk which . contained the diamonds and i Friday afternoon, between 4 and 5 o'clock, when Mrs. Edey was in Los Angeles, Wilson brought the plan of theft to a successful culmination. He I handed over the stolen property to Doyle. Doyle placed ■ the diamonds in a? cigar .'box, filled with tissue paper ; to. keep I them from rattling. He then the box in paper and, an hour 'after the theft, addressed the package to 'Harry Kellam Black, Monrovia,' and placed it in the postofflce as third - ; class . matter. ;!y "Wilson, with the hope of throwing ; the blame on others, when he left the \ room, I dropped an embroidered hand ; kerchief, a button-hook and a photo graph of a young woman, and after the police had started to work on the case both he and Doyle sought to in criminate those with whom they were working. \ • Morgan Receives Jewels Morgan was well able to take care of himself. ■ '"Early Saturday morning he called for the package at Monrovia and re ceived it from the postmaster. .From Monrovia he went to Los Angeles and thence to the Rotel Raymond. The stolen property he burled early Sunday morning a quarter of a mile from the' hotel and to mark the place placed an empty orange box over the spot. ;."We have traced his every movement from 'the* time he received the package •t:Monrovla and In that way we have arrived, at the place where the dia monds were concealed. When Captain Außtln kicked aside the box we saw that the earth under it had been lately disturbed and after digging a hole ten inches deep we came upon the cigar ''""•"•'.^BBk Secured Job at the Maryland Morgan came to Los Angeles with Doyle and roomed with him at the L>e land hotel in L,os Angeles before either ft 'them had found work in the hotels t y Pasadena; After Doyle obtained thesposltlon of head bell boy at the Hotel Maryland by giving false creden tials und representing himself to be V. A. Gaston of, Bowie, Ky,, Morgan pro ICimJlnurf c= Pu«e Two.) I Los Angeles Herald. WORKMEN HURLED FROM SCAFFOLD FORM CRASHES THROUGH THE ROOF OF DRUG STORE CUSTOMERS PANIC STRIKEN Victims of Accident Lie Crushed and Bleeding Until Ambulance Ar. rives— lnjuries May Prove Fetal By the breaking of a scaffold, swung near the top of the new Manon build ing at the corner of Fourth street and Broadway, two painters employed by the Zohm Contracting company were hurled downward to almost certain death yesterday afternoon. They were William Wells, aged 26 years, living at Rivera, and FranK Woolford, aged 48 years, of Los An geles. Both are severely if not fatally injured. . ..•■: Wells dropped about fifty feet to the roof of the Inner court, sustaining in juries which. are dangerous. Woolford, being at the other end of the scaffold, in falling crashed through the glass skylight above the Homeopathic drug store at 404 South Broadway. This checked the fall and probably saved him from Instant death. His body broke through the skylight and struck the top'ofthe prescription case Inside the . drug store,; ricocheted and de molished a display of bottled olive oil. Prescription Clerk Peebles was standr Ing at the counter when the man's body came crashing through, headforemost, scattering bottles, glass and fluid drugs in every direction. People in the drug store were thrown into ■ consternation. Several women fled, screaming, from the soda fountain. An old man, feeble and unable to run, was while and speechless.; Woolford was removed to the receiv ing hospital In an ambulance. From the nature and location of his wounds it was evident he fell headforemost.' His shoulder was dislocated and his face was severely and gashed. There is a possible,' change of his re covery. Wells was taken into Dr. Maloney's office, ln the' building. His injuries are considered dangerous, be ing internal. He also bustained a com pound I fracture |of the left leg.. v After being attended he was sent to the home of his sister at Rivera.'',' Woolford was removed last night to the California hospital. It is said that a' crack was noticed In the scaffold or ladder and that the men's attention was called to It. They wrapped the broken part, using a piece of wood as a splice, but the wire which they depended on to hold It Intact broke. Woolford fell about seventy feet, while Wells fell only fifty feet. M'KINLEY'S AGED UNCLE 1 : REDUCED TO LOWER PLACE After Years of Service Is Given Sub. ■ordinate Position in San Fran, cisco Postoffice By Associated Frcsa. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.—Benja min F. McKinley, uncle of the late President William McKinley, has been removed from his position as assistant postmaster at San Francisco by Post master Arthur G. Fisk. Tomorrow it is understood, General Superintendent Hull McClaughry will take McKinley's place and McKinley, . who has spent seven out of twenty-three years' ser vice in the local postoffice as assistant postmaster, will be offered and will ac cept a subordinate place in the money order, department. Benjamin F. McKinley is now in his seventy-fifth year and has been an em ploye of the postoffice since May, 1883. SUICIDE OF CASHIER CAUSES RUN ON BANK Depositors of a Columbus, 0., Savings Institution Become Alarmed at Tragedy By Aasoclated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 23.— Alarmed by the suicide today of Charles H, Houseman, cashier of the Kast Side Savings bank, a run was started on the bank. The directors say the bank la solvent and that they will pay all de positors. The suicide of the cashier who shot himself Is Bald to be due to business worry. Upon application of the directors a receiver, has been appointed. The run has practically stopped and the doors of the bank have been closed. The aßsets are given by Attorney Howard at $250,000; liabilities $423,600. of which $384,400 are individual deposits NO PENNSYLVANIA STRIKE By Associated Pr«ss. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 23. — The strike situation on the Pennsylvania railroad has been amicably settled. There will be no strike. This an nouncement was made today after & conference of less than an hour's dura tion this morning between General Manager Atterbury of the Pennsylva nia railroad and Grand Master Morris uey, Vice Grand Master Lee and tht» board of adjustment of the Urotherhood of Railway, Trainmen. ' LOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY a 4,a 4 , 1905. ALL RUSSIA IN THROES OF REVOLT! WORKMEN MASSING FOR STRUGGLE! £$FORCE;OF COSSACKS CHARGING; ON THE !RUBSIANy POPULACE IN ST. PETERSBURG CHOOSE MEN FOR PROVISIONAL RULE REFORM' XEADERS ORGANIZE ! RUSSIA'S GOVERNMENT . These Are"; Now Waiting for the~Turn ; of Events Which Shall Lead > ■ j .. ' Them to Power "or . to Death • :/.; .- By Associated Fresa. j LONDON, Jan. 24.— The Daily; Tel egraph's St. Petersburg correspondent reports thafas the"' outcome of, the meeting of the' reform party .of Gorky. Annensky, Arsenieff . and others; and their .adherents "Saturday " night' and Sunday a body of men has been con stituted who regard themselves as the future provisional government of Rus sia. . .-' •...■' . ' As yet, ' the correspondent says, they are political ciphers,' but: they hope some sudden stroke of luck will ena ble them to Overturn the ' existing leglme, and at the same time 'they recognize the fact ■ that .non-success may lead them to Siberia or the tomb. The correspondent adds: . ; .'"I am not- permitted to reveal their identity. They are "not: adventurers, but men of slanding,' whose names are widely known ; and ■' deeply here and abroad.. They have request ed me ' to state" that their flnaneial policy will be to respect ■ all Russian loans and obligations, entered Into.be fore January 22, but to repudiate any foreign loans contracted In- the future. "They have decided, in conjunction with . the strike leaders, to appeal to English speaking peoples throughout the world for financial assistance to enable them to continue the struggle for freedom." ■•.„-■■ . GERMAN OFFICIALS SAY '\ V; REBELS LACK SUFFICIENT . LEADERSHIP TO SUCCEED By Associated Preas.' BERLIN, Jan. 23.— Emporer William and the members of his entourage sat UP late last night receiving press and private telegrams from St. Petersburg. While the outbreak Is looked upon as one which , proceeded from the hearts of the people, the foreign office does not believe that it presages a revolu tion, 'because It lacks efficient leader ship and Is without adequate support among the bulk of the people through out the empire. Government control of the telegraph lines and railroads makes co-operation of the rest of the empire impossible. ' The official view is that although any friends of Russia must j be sorrowful over the Internal situation, the Russian government dare not drop the reins or j the horses will run away. ,The gov ernment, to avoid anarchy, must act stringently. POPE PRAYB THAT PEACE MAY BE RESTORED IN. ' DOMAINS OF THE CZAR By AinocltUd !'i'«s«. j itUMH, Jan, 23.— The pope received today in private audience O. M. Nary* I'hkin", the Hew Kuhmluu mlntater ac credited to t the .Vatican, With his wife and daughters, ./rhe pop« Is ardently praying fur ' the i>;u ItUuUun of Kusaiu. Workmen of Moscow, Frenzied by Massacre, Join the Revolutionists Manufacturing District, Induing Others to ? v ": ~" iToiir'Theni^Serioiis Events JFearecT ; Epeclat to The lieral']. j MOSCOW, Jan." 23— An. "invitation from the' workmen of St; Petersburg' to join in • a- .■'general strike ' has ; been ' ac cepted here. . , , ' ■ '.'".: i Five thousand employes of the: Brom ley; Iron works met during the J noon hour today |_ and adopted a resolution declaring it 'wiis Imposible to continue working in the face of the appeal from their 'co-workers; in 'the capital. ' -'..K Men then paraded through the manu facturing ' district and' called upon others to join them. A majority imme diately responded and' joined, the paraders. ' Several' works have been closed, In cluding'the printing works of M. Sy ten, a millionaire, whose place is the largest of its kind in Moscow. ' j A general strike will be formally de clared Thursday next, when a ' demon stration is expected. It Is rumored that militury preparations have 'already been made for handling It. ' ' The artillery -will be used. There Is considerable" anxiety In "the "city. ■ It Is' known that the. workmen"- gen-, erally are provided with firearms, des pite' the regulations forbidding them having, them.' .-,- : . ■ , •,• , .'„• Moscow's Greatest Menace ! Moscow has more workmen and lefts troops than St. Petersburg,' and be sides Is just now the heart of the Llb^ eral /movement, • and the danger, of bloddier' occurrences, here than, have been : witnessed' there are proportion ately greater. A rising at Moscow Is also more ' likely to have greater re mits Industrially ' and politically than that of St. Petersburg. ; According to private reports, the ■ivorkinen In several other big cities, notably Kharkoff, where large loco motive works are located, already have completed ! plans for a general sus pension ' of work. Moreover, reports are current that the workmen, who otherwise i would soon be forced back into the shops or starve, have received assurances of financial support from 'the sources which' hitherto have' iurniJhed thn ginews of war to the Liberal and revolutionary agitation, but have not before, been In touch with the labor movement. If the strike becomes gen eral all over. Russia, and especially. If the railroads/are drawn' ln, it might immediately force the nation to make peace with Japan. Situation Everywhere Grave The situation appears : grave from every stnadpolnt,' but the authorities, although apparently somewhat be wildered, declare their purpose . to stand firm, maintaining that it la their first duty to preserve order, ■ scouting the idea of 'actual revolution. Seem ingly, the ministers are - most con cerned over the effect of the : present situation . abroad, where, they . declare, exaggerated reports .create . a, false Impression.'- .;' , : What If any steps have been taken to relieve th-o general situation;, however, hits nut been yet disclosed,; but, there are -extremely.' significant : reports* to night'that-'Erhperor Nicholas,, in mak ing: the -decision jat the' extraordinary meeting of' the council of the empire, at Tsarskoe-Selo ' today, vto declare J St. Petersburg to be In a, state of siege, announced that he had resolved to issue a manifesto to- the -people : wltlr a view of calming them, promising to create a mixed commission of workmen and of ficials- to .investigate and' decide the questions of the demands of the strik ers,' especially • the one affecting hours of labor, which 'Russian law. fixes at eleven.' The representatives of the workmen, according to this report, are not to be appointed by the laboring men themselvea ' This would be the first concession to the representative principle.-- ■ ■ ■ ' • • ' AGED GENERAL DRAGGED . , , FROM SLEIGH BY MOB, . AND BEATEN TO DEATH By Associated Press. ..,-.■ ST. PETERSBURG, Jani ,23.— Among the authenticated horrors of yesterday Is the case of an aged general, whose sledge' was stopped 'by . the Infuriated people as he was driving in the direc tion of the troops. . V . ■ - , ■ "Are you going, to order them to fire on. us?" yelled the crowd. . , •• . The general ordered his coachman to drive on, when he was instantly struck on .the head by a well-dressed individ util In a sable fur coat. The general was then thrown out of the sledge, beaten and trampled to death. RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER . .: EDITORS BAY THEY WILL DEFY THE CENSORSHIP By Assocliitsd- Press. . , "."I,'fi >'..' : ST. . PETE RSBUKG, Jan. 23.— The editors of four newspapers, the Runs, the VledomoHti, • the Novostl and th« Graahdanln, declare their Intention as soon as the printers return to work, and they are able to resume publica tion, openly -to defy, the censorship in the matter of strike news and Sunday's affair. . . ; j,' ( : ' ..: ;,■_ .. It Is reported that a number of mills and factories will start up tomorrow. Some of. the industrial managers be lieve that the worst Is over here. Father Gopon's message to his fol lowers tonight was: ■ .. | "The czar does not' exist. No longer pray for liberty." . ',\ ■.[:,.'.,'■' ADMIRALTY WORKS AT ," , SEVASTOPOL BURNED r ,-:•:. . BY INCENDIARIES Bjr AmocUlert Pr*l» SEVASTOPOL, Jan. 23.— The', vast admiralty works here are ablaze. The' lire broke out immediately after the signal for beginning work at 7 a. m. The flames burst simultaneously from different parts of the works, and the whole building was so quickly,in volved that men. 'ln 'the I modeling . de partment barely escaped . by > Jumping out of . the windows. : Knergetlo | meas ures prevented the names extending. to the docks. The: tire was under control at 1:40. p. m. tBBBT PRICE:. DAILY, BY CARRIER, 65 CTS. PER MONTH GOPON AND WITTE ONCE SWINEHERDS COINCIDENCE:; IN 1: LIVES OF 'PRIEST AND STATESMAN Leader of Russian Populace Possesses -. Remarkably Magnetic Personal ' ! 'Ity — Born of' Peasant Pa. ■ rents in Poltava - Special to The Herald. • ' NEW YORK; Jan. 23.— Christian Brinton, an -art' critic, who has spent many years in Russia as a student and observer • of •, social . conditions, gave an Interesting account today of Father Gopon, whom | he. has , frequently \ seen and heard ' speak. Brinton said he never met, a more magnetic personality than Gopon, and continued: "The early career; of this priest Is shrouded more or less in a mystery. He was born in Poltava in 1839 and is a son of a poor peasant family. When he was able to toddle about he was assigned to the care of pigs and geese. It may be a coincidence, . but Father Gopon and Witte began life herding pigs and geese. Each is .an admirer of the other, though differing on many material points of view. "As a youth Gopon 'exhibited Buch promise that his friends determined to send him into the priesthood. All the while he' was j stdylng socialism and discussed the social conditions of his country. " I "While studying for the priesthood at a' seminary he gave voice to such radical views that he was expelled be fore being graduated. He finally man aged to be admitted to the priesthood under general limitations which did not permit him to have a general pas torate."' LAWYERS REFUSE TO :,.,. PRACTICE; COURT OF ■' ,■■■/;, '. JUSTICE IS CLOSED By Associated Press. ST. , PETERSBURG, Jan. 23.— The fourth civil department of the court of Justice has suspended Its sitting owlns to the lawyers refusing to practice. The police have closed all the gun smiths' shops and fire arms and other weapons have been removed from the windows and locked up in the cellars. The city Is filled, as. on yesterday, with sensational rumors, among them that the Grand Dukes Alexis and Ser glus are already on their way to the frontier, . ' M. Poblfldonstzoff, procurer general of the Holy Synod, Is seriously ill. Interior Minister Svlatopolk-Mirsky, at 11 o'clock this mornlng.jelegraphed orders to close the headquarters of the Workmens'. union. This was done by the workmen themselves without police interference. 1 . , Davldoff, • the captain, and Kurzeff, the senior officer of the, battery from which the, loaded shell was fired on January 19, striking the Imperial pa vilion .and other buildings, have been arrested. American. Born Countess Dead By Associated .Frwa. , NlCß,' France, Jan. 23.— The Count ens HiuliouwUen, : nee McKnlght of UurUentown, N. J., died here today. Strikers Will Eepty to Massacre With Dynamite AWFUL BLOODSHED IS ANTICIPATED Bombs Already Playing I Grewsome Part in devolution Special to The Herald. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 24, 9 I. nil — Three small riot.-, occurred , In dlf . ferent parts of the city this (Tues day) morning, but were promptly sup. pressed by 'the police and, soldiers; with very little bloodshed, although many arrests were made. , It Is reported that Father Gopon has been arrested. It Is known that the strikers have obtained great quan tities of arms, and It Is feared If fur ther outbreaks occur the slaughter on both sides will be terrible. REVOLUTIONISTS MEET MASSACRE WITH DYNAMITE Special Cable to The Herald. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 24, 6 a. m. — If ' widespread ' and- united perpetra tion of violence against the government constitutes revolution, ' then revolution has begun in Russia: • This has -been a fearful night. s The ! tramp and clatter of 'soldiers, 'who. armed" to ',the teeth,' patrolled streets, have mingled with the ' sound of occasional shots and the detonation of deeper and more 'sinister explosions. For revolution,"- challenged with mas sacre, ■ has ' replied ': with ''': dynamite. Everywhere in the suburbs where there are ' soldiers or ; government ■ buildings bombs j are > being , thrown. V , A , state \of siege prevails and the people, have been warned that ' they leave their < houses at the risk of being ishot. ■ ; r^'.' v . '•'. - ~'J. P e 9P' e Horrors ._i_l r 'VMany 1 frightened' inhabitants are fly ing from'worse horrors that |mpend!or are barricading ' themselves' '• In '•■'■ their houses. Others are marooned in hotels. Armed bodies of -men' are marching hither from various-quarters. Twelve thousand strikers ' are ■' on : their way from 'the Caplloff works/ They J have beaten ' back a : detachment |of troops told off to deal with them and are ad vancing on St.' Petersburg. A bomb was thrown among a regi ment of Cossacks near, the Winter pal ace and killed ' several troopers. ' . The revolutionists hourly grow bolder.' There seems every prospect of a revo lution throughout the empire, and. this unhappy- city Is ' threatened with a reign of terror that may equal that of the French revolution.' The dynasty's one hope is in the troops, who are still staunch. . ■ Soldiers Killed by Bombs . A bomb was thrown among a group of soldiers at . the corner of , Sadovaia and Vosnercensky streets at half past 7 last evening | and | several soldiers were killed. The temper of the popu lace Is such that it is dangerous for THE DAY'S NEWS FORECAST Southern California: Increasing cloudiness Tuesday; light, east winds. . Maximum temperature In Los Angeles yesterday, 78 degrees; minimum, 50 degrees. „ '/ I— Revolution in Russia. , . 2— Fight expected on Yosemlte bill. 3 — Arrow's motor near perfection. 4— Editorial. s— City news. 6 — Classified advertisements. 7 — Medium owns to milkmaid's past B—Sports.8 — Sports. 9— Markets. 10 — Diseases cured by mind. EASTERN Senator Smml nfutn to testify rfrsrdlnf the endowment oaih. BUI Introduced In congress proposing to : re duce annual Installments to b* paid on lrtigtv tlon projects. Ben*te Juggles statehood bill during after noon Maslon. FOREIGN ;. ... French students, excited by report* from Rua •la, attempt to make demonstration. ■.»"*-. J"i*'!j( German offlclalas aay Russian revolutionists lack the necessary leadership to succeed. M. Rouvler acc«pta mission and I announces ' formation ot new i cabinet (or French govern ment. COAST Lively debate expected In slate aenate ever proposal to recede Yoaemlte valley to federal Senate passes bill providing that banks may , be established with 110,000 capital.. -. . v- .. McKlnley'a hk«l unole reduced to subordinate position la Ban Francisco postofnee. LOCAL Police find Eddy diamonds. Old man robbud of his savings, amounting to Water oongrwa assured for Un " Angela*. J Two painters . plunge seventy test to ■ the ground through the breaking of. a scaffold on the new Masmi building at Fourth and rt.mth Hroodway. Both may live, although aeriuuely Injured. • ,£»«*•»•*»•****»*•■ ' , BUth ward resident! ask (or more ga* mains. flood water* lUrealtu foundations oX «lly JUaU.