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ST.PETERBURO REVOLUTION
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8t Petersburg, Jan. 22.—This has been a day of unspeakable horror In
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St. Petersburg. The strikers of yesterday, goaded to desperat on by a day of
violence, fury and bloodshed, are In a state of open insurrection agams e
A condition almost bordering on civil war exists in the terror ^
The city Is under martial law, with Prince Vasil- (
Wild Scenes Around the Palace—Thousands
of Workmen and Families Try To
Hold a Meeting Sunday-*Wanted
Czar to Come and Hear.
government.
stricken Russian capital,
chikoff as commander of over 5000 of the emperor's crack guards. Troops
bivoucking the streets tonight and at various places on the Nevsky pros
are
pect, the main thoroughfare of the city.
On the island of Vasiliostrow and in the out sections infuriated men have
has
thrown up barricades, which they are holding. The empress dowager
hastily sought safety at the Tsarskoe-Selo, where Emperor Nicholas II. Is
living.
Minister of the Interior Sviatopolk-MIrsky presented to his majesty last
night the Invitation of the workmen to appear at the winter palace this af
ternoon and receive the petition, but the emperor's advisers had already
reached a decision to show a firm and resolute front, and the emperor's an
te the 100,000 workmen trying to make their way to the palace square
swer
today was a solid array of troops, who met them with rifle, bayonet and
saber. The priest, Gopon, the leader and idol of the men, In his golden vest
ments, holding aloft the cross and marching at the head of thousands of
workmen, through the Narva gate, miraculously escaped a volley which laid
low half a hundred persons.
Although the troops had been wounding and killing strikers in their at
tempts to disperse them, few onlookers expected the horrible butchery
which was destined this morning to stain the corner of the Admiralty gar
dens with human blood. The crowd there persisted in refusing to move on,
clamoring for the emperor and continually hurling abuse at the troops,
but attempted no violence. Two companies of the Proebranjensky guards,
of which Emperor Nicholas himself was formerly commander, formed and
marched at double quick toward the fatal corner. Events followed with
awful swiftness. The commanding officer shouted, "Disperse, disperse, dis
perset" three times. Many turned to flee, but too late.
A bugle sounded and the men in the front ranks sank to their knees and
both companies fired three volleys, the first two with blank cartridges and
the last with ball. A hundred corpses strewed the sidewalk. Many women
were pierced through the back as they were trying to escape. The Asso
ciated Press correspondent, standing behind the troops, saw mangled corpses
of persons of all ages and both sexes strewn on the ground. One boy of 13
had his skull pierced and rent by bullets. Great splashes and streams of
blood stained the snow.
Only a few of the victims remained alive, for the fatal volley was fired
at a distance of not more than 20 paces, and so the ambulances had little
work to do. The police recruited a large number of droskles (sleighs) to car
ry off the dead. Heartrending scenes were witnessed as wives, husbands and
mothers came up to claim their dead ones and were carried off with them
in the sleighs.
The blood which crimsoned the enow has fired the brains and passions of
the strikers, and turned women, as well as men, into wild beasts, and the
-cry of the Infuriated populace Is tor vengeance. The sympathy of the mid
dle classes is with the workmen.
Into the last hours of Sunday and much beloved priest of the Greek or
the first of Monday were crowded tbodox church, who has been much
some of tbe momentous ami frightful among the strikers and exposed him
events which will ever be recorded In self to many dangers in his attempt
the pages of Russia's history. Within to prevent bloodshed. His death gave
one hour from the time this dispatch rise to the first report' that Father
is written is to begin, according to the Gopon had been killed,
strike leaders, the great struggle for
freedom. This Is the program of the
strikers as outlined and decided upon
at the meetings held late Sunday night, the emperor, who was found alone was
Riot has given way to revolution. The
labor troubles which gave rise to the
awful outbreak are forgotten. The
mobs are led by political agitators
"Down with the monarchy!" Is the slo
gan of the hour and the red flag flies New York Papers' Estimate of Killed,
over every body of rebels.
St, Petersburg today is in the throes
of a revolution which la spreading with
every minute. There are those In of
ficialdom who believe that the throne t * le bt ' * etersburg butchery of Sunday.
The Journal special says 2000 were
killed and 5000 wounded.
Twenty-two hundred dead and 3500
wounded are estimates of the World.
Royalty Retreated.
Every officer wearing the uniform of
mobbed.
A general was killed on the
Nicholas bridge and a dozen officers
were seized, stripped of their equalets
and deprived of their swords.
New York, Jan. 23.—The morning
papers print appalling estimates of the
total number of dead and wounded in
is in danger. The horrors of Sunday
evening were exceeded by far by those
of the night and early morning.
Father Sergius Reported Dead.
Among the dead is Father Sergius, a 21 Oo dead and 3900 wounded.
In the Sun are printed estimates of
NEW LINER MINNESOTA GOES
Carnes Largest Cargo Ever 'Carried
by a Ship.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 25.—With 20,
000 tons of frieght, the largest cargo
ever carried by a ship, and 141 pas
sengers, the Great Northern Steamship
company's new oriental liner Minne
sota cleared from lier berth at this prot
at 4:30 this afternoon, and started on
her initial trip to Manila aud oriental
ports. A large crowd gathered to
watch the departure of the huge ship,
and she was given round after round of
applause as she backed away from her
dock and headed down the sound.
Cotton comprises the greatest ship
ment of any single article of the
vessel's cargo, which is made up of :
general merchandise, structural iron '■
and steel, machinery aud 76 flatcars
for use on an oriental railroad. !
The Minnesota will make regular
trips between this city and the orient,
running on a schedule. She will reach
here on her return trip on April 2.
Pays Dividend.
Wallace, Idaho, Jan. 22.—Dividend
No. 19 of 1 cent per share, amounting
to $10,000, has been distributed by the
Hecla Mining company. This is the
regular monthly dividend of the com
pany, and brings the total paid np to
$320,000. The mine is at Burke, and
is a silver-lead producer.
Roosevelt Will Hunt.
8L Louis, Jan. 25.—The Republic
will say tomorrow: President Roose
velt has arranged to hunt jackrabbits
in Texas some time between March 25
aud April 5.
Earthquake in Cuba.
Santiago, Cuba. Jan. 25.—There have
been three distinct earthquakes of In
creasing force within the last 24 hours,
causing much excitement. No serious
damage was done, but there are fears
of more shocks.
Most criticism is censure.
BRAINS SHOT OUT; YET LIVES.
"°" e -
wal ted * or the fluttering to stop, but
today the lieart actiou became normal
and the . child ««»ined consciousness.
Physicians say the recovery will be
ocmplete. If so. the case will bo one
of tbe most remarkable in medical an
nals.
Five-Year-Old Child About to be Buried
Recovers.
Macon, Ga.—Although the brains
of James MoGribb, a 5 year old boy,
were shot out aud he had been placed
in the coffin as dead, he has revived,
and the physicians say he will recover.
The boy was shot during the Christ
mas celebration by his brother's bullet.
The bullet entered the child's head
and his brains oozed out. The child
was believed to be dead, and the brains
were put back in the hole made by
the bullet.
The body waa prepared for
burial aud put in a coffin
grave a fluttering of the heart was
noticed aud the child was taken
For three weeks the family
At the
Deuel Body Found.
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 25.
A man
aud woman registering as "£. 8.
Terry and wife, Chicago" engaged
quarters at the Blatz hotel here recent
ly. Today Mrs. Terry s dead body was
found in their room. Terry is missing.
It is believed that a double suicide had
been planned and that Trery lost his
nerve. Mrs. Terry was apparently
about 20 years of age.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Upon the application of Attorney
Dawley in the criminal court, Judge
Neff fixed the bail of Mrs. Chadwick
at $20,000 for her release from jail
pending trial on thteo indictment«
found agaiust her by the graud jury.
In order to secure her freedom she
must furnish security to the total
am °nnt of $40,000.
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Seven of the world's 24 greatest
mountains have never been climbed.
8000 Russian
Sailors Mutinied
do
to
Kieff, Jan. 25.—Details of the burn
of the admiralty yards at Sevasto
have arrived here showing that it
the result of a mutiny of 8000
sailors, such as never occurred before
Russia.
Shortly after the noon hour Monday
doors of barracks were thrown
and several thousand sailors
forced their way out into the streets.
a band of savages they threw
themselves upon everything in tbe
vicinity that could be turned into
weapons, fell into line and advanced
the office quarters and in the twink
of an eye the building was prac
tically demolished.
Several officers tried to check the
advance of the sailors. It was in vain,
those who stood in the way of the
mob weie borne down and trampled
under foot. One squad of mutineers
^ ^ ^ ^ a oap , ailJ whQ u
^ |,ave been particularly disliked.
e 0 fn 0er Wll8 thrown to the floor.
They beat his skull until his face was
mangled beyond recognition, and then
they wrecked his rooms and took every
weapon they could find.
Meanwhile those on the outside had
fire to the builidng, which was old
and mainly constructed of wood, was
burned to the ground. Prom there the
mutineers rushed wildly through the
streets, setting up the cry of "The
revolution has begun I" In their march
through the city they were joined by
hundreds of workmen and roughs, who
took up the slogan.
A body of infantry and the rioting
sailors met in the vicinity of naval
headquarters. The officer in charge of
the soldiers gave the order to fire.
Every man in the squad raised his rifle
and fired into the air. Immeditaely
the men were ordered back to the bar
racks and placed under arrest, but they
resisted their superiors and a riot fol
lowed. Little is Known of the result
of this occurrence, but it is rumored
that a number of the soldiers were shot
down and that several officers lost their
lives.
Czar and Family
Go to Copenhagen
Libau, Russia, Jan. 25.—The im
perial yacht Standart is expected here
to convey the czar and his family to
Copenhagen. Reports from St. Peters
burg say that the actual gorvernment
is no longer in the hands of the czar.
This statement is made with deilbera
tion and with a full knowledge of the
day's doings.
The grand ducal oorterie, always
powerul, but until very recently held
in check by the people's pathetic faith
in the power of the "little white
father," is in absolute command.
Grand Dukc Vladimir commands the
troops, and eviey order, whether it be
one of leniency or stern rerpession, is
issued by him. Graud Duke Serigu
is stated to be in control of the inter
national situation.
From an excellent source comes the
information that the czar has issued
no orders, has given no commands and
has made no suggestions until today.
He reoieved minute reports of the
night and day happenings. Beyond
that the informant says his majesty
has not exercised his supreme author
ity.
The utmost secrecy is maintained as
to the czar's present whereabouts.
Some have him at Tsarkoe Selo,
others at Pet erhoff, still others insist
that he has been at the winter palace
rihgt along. All questions put to men
in authority on that score are met with
the very oorteous reply that they know
as little as the interrogator.
BIG RUSSIAN ARMY IN BATTLE.
Heavily Intrenched and Waiting for
Jap Onslaught,
Tokio, Jan. 32.—In well informed
quarters here it is said the Russian
army at Mnkden was recently rein
forced by four divisoins. Its present
strength is estimated at nine army
corps, or 300,900 men of all arms.
General Knropatkin's headquarters
are at Fong mountain, in close touch
with the Mukden Fushur, line. The
Russians lately have been heavily
strengthening their wings. At present
two and a half divisions are facing
General Oku, two corps are before
General Nodzu aud the greater
strength of these corps confronts Gen
eral Kuroki, aud guards the coal mines
in the vicinity of the Fushnn valley.
Between the opposing armies is a
network of trenches. Kuroki's out
posts are within 500 yards of the Rus
sian eutreuheed along the lino ridges
near Kwautalieu mountain.
Cannonading and ritte firing are con
stantly taking place, but owing to the
intense cold there seems to be no im
mediate likelihood of a great battle.
HEADS PACIFIC AND NATIONAL.
W. D. Rishel of Salt Lake Is Chosen
President.
Butte, Mont.. Jan. 23.—The delibera
tions of the directors of the Pacific
National league are finished. The meet
ing did not change the situation to any
extent, and save for the action In elect
ing William D. Rishel, a Salt Lake
sporting writer, as president of the
league, nothing was done towards
clearing up the baseball situation in
this territory.
The constitution was gone over care
fully and revised to an extent that will
give the directors more power and re
lieve the president of the league from
assuming the autocratic powers it is
said Mr. Lucas has been fond of exer
cising heretofore.
Too Much Suspicion on Walpole.
Washington.—The postoffice depart
ment has withheld the Issuance of the
commission of N. S. Walpole, whose
nomination as postmaster of Pueblo,
Col., was confirmed some time ago,
and against whom 32 indictments nave
been returned in connection with elec
tion frauds.
One hundred million bushels of grain
are sent every year to the mills of Du
loth aud Minneapolis.
Andrew White on
Situation in Russia
Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 25.—Andrew D.
White, fotmer ambassador to Russia,
one of the best informed Ameri
cans on Russian affairs, gives the fol
lowing statement in regard to the sit
uation in St. Petersburg:
"The main difficulty in the whole
is that the emperor is supposed to
all the thinking for 140,000,000
people, scattered over the largest terri
tlory possessed by any government in
world, with all sorts of different
races, religions and ideas, and this one
man can not do, and least of all in a
time like this.
"The simple fact is that the evils of
old system hare now become abso
lutely intolerable. And when you add
that fact the sending off of immense
numbers of the best young men in the
country to an ntterbly useless and
wicked war, and the pressure of taxa
tion which grinds the people to the
dust, you have a situation which none
bfnt the very strongest rulers in all
human history can cope with. The
czar has no strength of character, no
proper education, ana is hopelessly un
to grapple with the situation.
"No donbt the worst of the features
the situation have been kept from
him."
Anarchy
Is the Word
St. Petersburg, Jan. 24, 12:30 a. m.
—Toe city of St. Petersburg is in a
state of anarchy. While the principal
streets are quiet at this hour, barring
minor clashes and outbreaks, " hell "
has broken loose in tbe suburbs.
Hoodlums have taken np the work
left undone by the strikers and are
wrecking and pillaging all shops
which they find without the protection
of barricades.
Between 9 o'clock last night and this
hour bombs have been thrown, soldiers
and strikers have torn limb from limb
by dynamite charges, and, according
to reports which it is impossible to
verify at this time, one regiment at
least has mutinied and fired upon an
other which remained loyal to the
czar.
Sraall sized riots have occurred with
in the last few hours in the neighbor
hood of the palace square, but they
wore mainly due to unrnliuess of small
hands of roughs, who are being quickly
suppressed as they come out in the
open, and whose doings cannot in any
way be identified with the strike move
ment. The most dramatic scene of the
night occurred between 9 and 11
o'clock, when a squad of soldiers met
a crowd at two street corners and or
dered them to move on. They refused
to do so and an officer with a batalion
of infantry appeared to enforce the
command. Suddenly a round object
came flying through the air and,falling
to the ground in the very midst of the
soldiers, exploded witli a deafening re
port. »
When the dense smoke which fol
lowed the explosion had cleared away
more than 10 soldiers were lying in
their own blood mangled in a horrible
manner. Nearly by lay the bodies of
several strikers who had paid the pen
alty of the crime. The report that
wormen from outlying provinces are
marching upon the city has thrown the
aristocratic element into a state of
panic. Soldiers are on their way in all
directions to meet these advancing
bodeis, it is reported, and it is likely
that serious clashes have alerady oc
curred. All train service between Mos
cow and St. Petersburg has been sus
pended and every train which reaches
the city from and direction is guarded
"by armed troops.
News has raohed here from Moscow
and other cities that the spirit of in
surrection has already spread and
seems in a fair way to engulf the em
pire.
A report has gained currency that
the strikers intend to storm the market
in Vassiliostroff and seize the provis
ions there.
At Kolpiuo, 12 miles np the river,
body of workmen, who ha4 started for
St.Petersbng to join the strikers, were
stopped and fired upon by the soldiers.
Accounts as to the number killed or
wounded conflict.
The general strike in Moscow is pro
ceeding on exactly the same lines as
the St. Petersburg strike The procla
mation aud methods ae identical. The
deputy prefect has issued a proclama
tion warning the bublio, in view of the
strike, to avoid assemblings and pro
cessions, otherwise the same severe
measures will be folowed as at St.
Petersburg.
National Bricklayers Union.
San Fransisco, Jan. 22.—The Brick
layers aud Mason's International|uuion
elected the following officers: Wil
liam J. Bowen, New York, president;
Thomas R. Preece. Chicago, first vice
president; George T. Thornton, Wash
ington, D. C., second vice president;
E. J. Brandon. San Francisco, third
vice president; Thomas Izzard, Toron
to, fourth vice prseideut;William Dob
sou, North Adams, Mass., secretary;
Patrick Murray, Albany, N. Y., treas
urer. Editor of official journal, Bert
Childs, St. Louis.
Perish in Farmhouse Fire.
Iron River, Wis., Jan. 23.—The resi
dence of George Barnes, one of the
best known farmers in northern Wis
consin, was burned Sunday. Four per
sons perished. The dead; Mrs. Geo.
Barnes, Jennie May Barnes, aged 7;
Margina Barnes, aged 4; Miss Elsie
Meister of Washburn, Wis., a school
teacher.
Kansas Farmer's Awful Deed.
McPherson, Kan., Jan. 24.—Charles
Tuxhorn. a farmer living 14 miles
southwest of here, last night killed
his two sons, young boys, aged 6 and
10 years, burned his house and barn
with all of their contents, aud then
shot and killed himself.
mm [AIE NEWS KOTES
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres'
During the Past Week National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Told. [
The New Ulm Minn., jury in the
case uf Dr (i. H.' Koch charged with
,
Delegate Randall of yoming. who |
charged President^ Mitchell with hav
ing sold out the Colorado miners, has )
been expelled from the L nited Mine
workers' union. I
It has been proposed to dam Port |
Arthur harbor at the entrance and
pump out the water preparatory to
Hay and Minister Unp of Sweden '
and Norway have signed an arbitration i
treaty between this country and Nor
way and Sweden. It is patterned after ,
the French treaty now before the sen- i
afce I
the murder of Dr. L. A. Gebhardt, on
November 1, disagreed.
salving tbe Russian warships.
John Kenneth Mackenzie, a mining
engineer, and Dr. Robert C. Coy,
dentist , both of Chicago were killed
recen ly by Ind.ans.B6 miles from Her
mosillo, honora, Mexico, according to
a 1
report.
I
ian conservative party, who was de
feated in the general election last Nov
ember, has been provided with a seat
in parliament by the resignation of
Edward Kidd, M. P., of Carleton, Ont. j
General Stoessel and the large uum
ber of paroled officers have left Shaug
hai for Marseilles. |
R. L. Borden, leader of the Canad
i
George Gerber, a Laramie, Wyo.,
merchant, was found dead in his store
with his skull crushed and his throat
'
out. Robbery was the motive.
■
Charles Chaffin, sou of a well known
cement contractor, committed suicide
at Redlands, Calif., by taking strych
nine, while despondent over a love
affair.
Diplomatic negotiations have been
broken off between Minister Bowen at
Caracas and President Castro by the
departure of Senor Castro from tbe
capital. Mr. Bowen notified the state
department that he had rejected Cas
tie's proposition to refer the asphalt
dispute to a court of arbitration,
whereupon Castro left Caracas.
The plant of the Terre Haute, lud.,
Traction and Light company was dam
aged bv fire recently to the extent of
$ 100 , 000 .
The odinm that long has rested on
South Dakota as an "easy" divorce
state is likely to be lifted. A reform
bill soon will be presented in the legis
lature to abate the evil.
former
James Samuel McCne, a
mayor of Charlottesville, Va., was
hanged in the county jail recently for
the murder of his wife.
Governor Lafollette of Wisconsin
was chosen Monday night by the joint
session republican caucus as senator to
succeed Queries.
A high official at Pekin of the Chin
ese foreign office said in an interview
recently that the neutrality of China
was assured now as hitherto.
It is stated that there are 18,556 sick
and wounded Russian prisoners at Port
Arthur, of these. 367 are connected
with the navy.
It is proposed that the Minnesota
educational exhibit, which won the
grand prize at the St. Louis fair, be
sent to the Lewis and Clark exposition
at Portland, Oregon.
A number of persons wore injured,
four seriously, by the wrecking of the
Sunrise express on the Boston & Maine
railroad near Durham, N. H.
John Martin Speyer, a circus per
former, formerly of New Orleans, who
killed his young sou while showing in
Kansas city two years ago, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree.
The graud jury, which has for two
months been investigating the election
frauds in Pueblo county, Colorado, has
reported to the court and then dis
charged. One hundred new indict
ments were returned.
At Wilson, Kansas, recently, City
Marshal Tillman shot and killed Sam
Hutchinson, the postmaster and editor
of a paper, and then committed sui
cide. Several days ago Tillman whip
ped Hutchinson's boy and the latter
scored the marshal in bis paper.
Most of the business men of Spokane
look to the Canadian Pacific connec
tion with Spokane, through D. C. Cor
bin's proposed Spokane International
'railroad, as the solution of the freight
rate problem for the Inland Empire.
The senate has passed a bill appro
priating $100,000 for the state exhibit
at the Lewis and Clark fair and creat
ing a fair commission to spend tbe the
money and arrange the exhibit.
In the annual report for 1904 of the
Spokane postal division, including Spo
kane, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland,
Butte and Helena, Spokane shows the
heaviest percentage increase in busi
ness.
NEGOTIATIONS AT AN END.
United States and Venezuela Are at
Outs.
Washington, Jan. 21.—The informa
tion respecting the situation at Caracas
received by the state department from
Minister Bowen in a cablegram dated
yesterday is to the effect that President
Castro made a proposition for the set
tlement of the asphalt and other issues
between the United States and Vene
zuela of a nature that makes it impos
sible of acceptance by our government,
aud, being notified of that fact aud
haviug left the capital for an indefinite
period, he has terminated the negotia
tions, at least fur the time being.
The effect of this actiou is to place
the relations between the United States
aud Venezuela under a decided strain.
Togo Joins Squadron.
London.—The Morning Post's Shang
hai correspondent reports that Ad
mirai Toga, Vice Admiral Kamimura
and Vice Admiral Kalo Wat leave
Tokio Monday to rejoin the squadron,
To Burn
St.Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Jan. 28.—Panic ex- 1
ists Id the darkened portion of the city.
The correspondent of the Associated !
Press has just returned from a trip!
through the Nevsky Prospect as far as
tbe Moscow station.
All tbe stores and houses are closed
Rn< ^ the windows and doors are barred,
but flu " cu crowds of strikers continne
the streets. The whole appearance
the district is sinister and an ex- ^
plosion might occur at any moment. |
The police are going from bouse to
^ouse warning the people to remain in
oorf , t an injunction which the terror
str j c [; eu inhabitants sitting in their
darkened homes, are glad to obey. |
The greatest fear is that the water I
8U pp[ y mwill be out off and the city [
burned. The military authorities are :
trying to find workmen to start up the
electric plant.
The troops had not fired on the peo
pie U P this hour.
It w rumored that Emperor Nicholas
will issue a manifesto tomorrow de
daring St. Petersburg to be in a state
of seige.
This afternoonthe city again resem
bled an armed camp. Strikers continue
and
0omMkt and ^lice J e having
^ difflcul in keepiug the crowd8
moving.
Emperor Nicholas is prostrated by
Rrief _ He is reported to be almost in
a 8tate 0 f co ll a pae over the situation,
j n t j )e meantime everything awaits
Wg dec i 8 i on .All the schools are closed.
Every ..indow in Grand Duke Ser
gius' palace was broken by a mob dur
ing the night.
The vast admirality worKs here are
ablaze.
The police have closed all the, sun
smith shops and firearms 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, maong them
one that the Grand Dukes Alexis and
Sergius are already ou their way to the
frontier M. Pobiedenostzeff, procur
ar ,. r g eu ,. r al of the holy synod, is ser
jonsly ill.
time being. Camp fires are burning in
, t ii the streets where detachments of
soldiers are stationed. The palace
square when the darkness fell
bled a vast bivouac, the glare of camp
The authorities feel aesier for the
resem
fires being reflected against the nig red
P" 1 " oes aud surrounding ministries.
It is now officially denied that a sin
K le regiment refused to obey orders yes
terday, and the war office expresses not
jho slightest donbt of the loyalty of the
troops.
Mooeow are greatly excited over the
Moscow, Jan. 23. — The people of
nows from St. Petersburg, which was
received veer the telephone from pri
vate sources and spread like wild file
through the city. Last night it was
then only topic of conversation.
The workmen here are gieatly arous
ed and the social democrats are resolv
ed to make the best of the opportunity.
The factory and mill owners are also
excited, as a general suspention of
work is expected January 26.
The owners and the authorities are
conferring in regard to the measures
to meet disturbances,
owners are purchasing arms to protect
their property.
Many shop
DOWIE LEADERS STRICKEN.
Strange Malady Affects People of Zion
City.
Chicago, Jan. 23.—Sickness has
stricken the leaders of "Elijah" Djw
ie's Zion, the prophet himself being a
vcitim of stomach trouble which has
become practically chronic and which
prevents the untiring expenditure of
energy which it was his wont to make
in addressing his andienoe. Among
the afflicted are Dr. Dowie, Mrs.
Dowie, Carl Stern, Chief of police, and
Mrs. Speicher, wife of the
Besides these one fifth of the residents
of Zion are said to be suffering from
a strange malady which shows symp
toms similar to grip. It is strange to
the sufferers at least, aud there is not
a physician theie to make a diagnosis.
Chief of Police Setrn is so desperate
ly ill that he was carried on a cot to
the station at Zion City and there put
in a special car and started for a life
and death trip to Nassua, Bahama is
lands. While the police chief lay in
the car, the under shepherds of Dowie
stood by the cot aud offered prayer.
Regarding the reports of a revolt
against the Dowie, a good authority
says Dowie has shocked many of his
older followers. His "apostleship" is
too much for them. Many of them
keeping np their membership only until
they can dispose of their holdings in
Zion.
overseer.
are
BRYAN VISITS ROOSEVELT.
Is Given Hearty Welcome—Has Short
Interview.
Washington.—W.J. Bryan called on
President Roosevelt at the W hite House
Saturday.
He was cordially greeted by Mr.
Roosevelt, as well as by a number of
republican senators and representatives
who happened to be in the executive
office at the time of his visit.
Mr. Bryan was ushered into the cab
inet room which was filled with peo
ple. The president was engaged in
an adjoining room with Senator Proc
tor, but as soon as he learned that the
noted democrat was iu the cabiuet
room, weut to him and grasped his
hand cordially.
"Come iu here," said the president,
who piloted Mr. Bryan into his private
room, where, joined by former Senator
Jones of Arkansas, they remained for
over 10 minutes.
asked,
Bryan,
of any policy that is good regardless of
what party is supporting it. '
At the conclusion of the interview,
Mr. Bryan said to newspaper men
that his talk with the president had
been cordial and satisfactory, aud that
they had discussed several matters.
"It was a pleasure to commend his
attention on some things," said Mr.
Bryan.
"Not on all things," then?" he was
"No, of course not," said Mr.
"I believe in speaking well
SPOKANE FLYER ON O. R. & N.
HELD UP NEAR PORTLAND.
Four Masked Men Command Occu
pants of Sleeping Car to Hold Up
Their Hands—Secured Jewelry and
Money Amounting to Several Hun
dred Dollars.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 2. — What is
80 |,posed to have been a plan to hold
p the O.R. & N. company's eastbound
train No. 4, known as the Spokane
pi yer) W as partially accomplished just
after the train left the East Portland
station Saturday night shortly after B
o'clock. Four masked men boarded
the rear platform of the last car,
known as the "Walla Walla sleeper,"
at the east side depot.
The tracks enter a dark ravine a few
hundred feet south of the depot, known
as Sullivan's gulch. As the train
turned into the gulch the four men en
tered the smoking compartment and
commanded the occupants to throw up
their hands,
Two of the number passed on Into
the sleeper while the other two remain
ed in the smoker and relieved the oc
cupants of several watches, some jew
elery. $ 150 in money and a draft for
$750. The occupants of the smoker
were Ben L. Noiden, Dan J. Goman,
Edward Duffy, all of Portland; R. B.
Siunott of the Dalles and J. Nicholson
of Chicago. The two who went into
the main part of the car met Pullman
Conductor John Hayes, whom they re
lieved of $76 in money and forced to
go into the smoking compartment with
their other victims.
The robbers did not molest the other
passengers in the oar, probably because
their nerve failed them. Instead, stop
ping the train, they jumped off and,
firing a few shots for the purpose of
intimidation, disappeared into the
heavy undergrowth along the sides of
the gulch under the East Twenty
eighth street bridge.
IDAHO ITEMS.
A bill has been introduced In the
house by Fuld of Blaine for the cre
ation of a state school of mines to be
located at Halley. The measure pro
vides for a scientific school similar to
those in adjacent states where mining
is the leading industry, in which the
tuition shall be entirely free to resi
dents of Idaho. Fifty thousand acres
of state lands are set apart for the
benefit of the school. In order to get
the school established a bond issue of
$50,000 Is authorized.
Considerable feeling is aroused in
Wardner over the reports, which have
been verified, that several lumbermen
from down the river are visiting tim
ber claims on the North Fork and cut
ting the timber from them, running the
same down the river to men who con
tract for the supply.
By the upsetting of a canoe, Ben Jar
vey of Enaville, A, L. Smith of Kings
ton and A. P. Powell of Harrison, had
a narrow escape from drowning re
cently in the Coeur d'Alene river. The
men are engaged in the logging busi
ness near Kingston, and were crossing
tbe river in a small canoe.
Ous Nelson, an old time miner and
prospector of the Coeur d'Alene vi
cinity, who has resided around Ward
ner for the past 16 years, died re
cently of a complication of diseases.
Commencing Ferbuary 1. Burke,
Gem, Mace and Black Bear will use
Pacific time, as does Wallace and
Wardner.
the Canyon mines use mountain time,
which is an hour faster than the Paci
fic time, which is in effect at Wallace
and Wardner.
Navigation of the Coeur d'Alene
river has been resnmed after a suspen
tion of two weeks on account of ice.
Norman Jackson, who for the past
two years has been chief clerk of the
state land board, has resigned his posi
tion and the board has accepted it.
Charles MoConnel will fill the position
pending a permanent appointment.
A shakeup in the Ladd Metals com
pany of Portland resulted in the resig
nation of General Manager G. W. Mc
Dowell. His probable successor will
be Dr. S. Peacock of Chicago. The
affairs of the Ladd Metal company
have not gone smoothly. The smelters
at Mineral and Lamlore have never
been operated successfully.
Arthur Ferguson, a 14 year old boy,
while out hunting about three miles
from East Hope, was mistaken for a
cougar by Minnes Miller and Instantly
killed with a rifle ball.
At the present time all
WASHINGTON NEWS.
A basket ball league has been form
ed In Spokane.
A new Northern Pacific bridge is to
be built over the Columbia at Pasco.
A cheese weighing 511 pounds was
received In Spokane recently from a
St. Louis exhibit.
Governor Mead has signed the bill
repealing the libel law. The bill car
ried an emergency clause and is in
effect now.
The Northern Pacific has ordered
its train crews vaccinated because of
the smallpox In many of the districts
along the railroad.
The president has assured Represen
tative Humphrey of the early reap
pointment of George M. Stewart as
postmaster at Seattle.
Andrew Jensen, a tool sharpener,
was instantly killed and Will Fisher, a
laborer, was severely injured by
cidental discharge of giant powder at
the Mineral Hill mines, near Conoon
nnly.
an ac
William Nettleton, a pioneer of Spo
kane, met a tragic death last Friday
morning by falling from the high
bridge of the Great Northern railway
in the west end of the city.
The protected cruiser Washington
will be launched at the Ship Building
company's yards, Camden. N. J..
March 11. Arrangements are now
b$ing made to secure the presence cf
Governor Mead, and as many others
from the state as may be induoed to bo
present.
Benjamin B. Alleu, an employe of
the United
Seattle, is dead at the age of 59.
States assay office in