VOL- XXIV-NO- 50.
PORTLAXD, OREGON, SUNDAY 3IORXIXG, DECEMBER 17, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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WITTE ACGEPTS
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Defiant Manifesto" Re
sults in Arrests.
RUSSIAN CREDIT IS ASSAILED
Government and Revolution Are
Now at Death Grips.
MUTINY IN MANY GARRISONS
Army Officers Join Soldiers in Re
volt Riga Arms to Exterminate
Nobles Liberals Turn on
"Witte In Fury.
MUTINIES ox Ai.n SIDES.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 15. (Via
Berlin, Dec. 10.) Reports of mutinies
In regiments l;i various parts of Rus
sia, continue to pour In ceaselessly. At
Irkutsk practically the- entire Karrlson
of 4000 and many of the. officers voted
for the Immediate convocation of a
constituent assembly, and a battery
stationed at Serpukhoff presented a
series of political and military de
mands. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 15. (Via
Berlin. Dec. 10.) The news from Mos
cow is very bad. "Open mutiny has
broken out in the grenadier and
other regiments.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 35. via Ber
lin. The revolutionary manifesto creat
ed a tremendous sensation on publica
tion, and the govcrnmont accepted the
challenge contained in it and confiscated
the editions of all the newspapers print
ing It, including the Russ. Syn Ontf-ch-estva,
Novaia Zhizn, Kasha Shlsn, N as fl
air) and Svo Bodantrog. but only after
the papers had been circulated every
where. The government announced that Jt
would proceed legally agaln5t the editors
of thcje papers for violating the pres
ent Jaw. and It has also begun arrests
of members of the committees of the or
ganizations that signed the manifesto.
The gonoral impression is that this ac
1 tion on the part of the government will
precipitate events.
SAYS AUTOCRACY IS BANKRUPT
Rebel Leaders Issue Daring Mani
festo Which Staggers Nation.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 15. Friday
morning (via Eydtkuhnen. East Prus
sia, Dec 16). The proletariat organ
izations through the -invisible govern
ment" threw a bombshell through the
camp of the official government during
the night by issuing a manifesto, fol
lowing the form of the 'regular imperial
government, declaring the bankruptcy
of the treasury, ordering the prole
tariat army everywhere to refuse to
pay taxes of any description, to Insist
on the payment of wages in gold or
silver, and to withdraw all their de
posits from savings banks in gold.
The manifesto is a terrible indict
ment of the manner In which the bu
reaucracy has brought the country to
financial ruin, asserting that the gov
ernment has squandered not only the
country's Income, but the proceeds of
the foreign loans on railroads, the
army and the fleet, leaving the people
without schools or roads, yet It Is de
clared there is no money to feed the
soldiers, and everywhere there are In
surrections of the beggared and
starved troops and sailors. The mani
festo even charges the government
with using the deposits In the govern
ment savings banks to speculate on
the bourse and with covering up Its
chronic deficits In the Interest of the
immense debt by the proceeds of the
foreign loans, which are at last ex
hausted. .Must Overthrow Autocracy.
The rich, it is further declared, have
already taken warning and are -converting
their property In J securities
and gold and are sending them abroad.
The only salvation for the country, ac
cording to the manifesto, is the over
throw of the autocracy by a constit
uent assembly, and the sooner the gov
ernment falls the better. Therefore,
the last source of the existence of the
old regime Its financial revenue
must be stopped.
The document Is signed by the mem
bers of the Workmen's Council, the
committee of the Pan-Russian Union
and the central committees of the So
cial Democrats. Social Revolutionists
and Socialists of Poland.
The manifesto will surely figure as
a historical document. It Is stamped
with the official seal of the Workmen's
Alliance, and means purely and simply
that the government will have to pro
ceed to measures of force or give way
entirely. It reads in part thus:
Bankruptcy and Anarchy.
The Government la on the Men road, to
bankruptcy. It has destroyed the father
land, sown it with corpses, starved the peas
ants, who are unable to pay another koc
In taxes. Trade Is at a standstill, and cls
orgaalxed. Factories are closing and no
work is forthcoming.
Those who have grown accustomed to en
rich themselves nt the expense of the Gov
ernment do not know what to do, and are
hurrying to close up the Government bureaus
and workshops. Bankruptcies arc falling
upon bankruptcies. The basks are totterteg.
while the trade turnover Is reduced to noth
ingness. This ertruggle between the Government and.
the revolutionaries la causing nothing be
yond continued agitation and suspense. For
elgn capital is being rapidly withdrawn.
Wealthy people are hurriedly disposing of
their property and are taking refuge abroad.
Robber' is rampant. No man's life and
property are safe. The Government former
ly expended unlimited wmrs on the army and
navy and nothing on education, or on roads
and other means of communication, leaving
the state in a nopeless condition.
Notwithstanding all this, the treasury does
not possess the means to find the humble
fare necessary for the soldier and sailor. All
over the country hungry and dimatlsfied
troops are mutinying. The railroads are com.
pletely disorganised, their money being ap
propriated by the Government. To place
them on a proper basis requires many hun
dred millions.
Financial Status Rotten.
The gold reserve In the Imperial Bank Is
quite Insufficient to meet the Government
obligations and its general economic position.
The result would be something awful If the
Government were called to meet Its obliga
tion In gold. Taking advantage of Its Irre
sponsibility, the Government has been accus
tomed to obtain loans infinitely above the
power of the country to meet, making new
loans for the purpose of meeting calls for
Interest on old obligations.
From year to year the government Is per
petrating shameful deceptions, drawing up
budgets in which expenses are shown pur
posely diminished and In some Increased. To
undo these terrible facta and all this con
tinued speculation the only possible medium
Is an effective assembly. That body must,
as Ks first act. take In hand a strict. Investi
gation Into the finances of the country and
show the people an honest picture fit the
position In all Its horrors.
The terrible enigma before the National
Assembly is now to straighten out the ex
isting financial chaos. One way out of this
is to vanquish the coxernment and to take
from it the last shred of power it Is neces
sary to knock from under Its last support,
namely. Its income. This Is necessary not
only on account of the economic position of
the country, but in order to enable us to hold
up our heads before other civilised countries.
We have, therefore, resolved to refuse to
meet any form of government taxation, and
demand that the government shall pay for
everything in specie, even for small sums,
insisting upon receiving coins, not paper
money; to withdraw everything from the im
perial savings banks only In gold, and to
demand the abrogation of the autocracy'
which never had the authority of the peo
ple 16 Incur such heavy financial commit
ments. At the present moment the government be
haves to Us subjects as though It were a
conquering power. Therefore, we have re
solved not to allow the repayment of such
loans as the imperial government has con
tracted while carrying on an open warfare
with the people.
Rebel Leaders Expect Arrest.
This great step of the revolutionary
party, which throws down the gage of
battle to the government, was prepared
with such secrecy that the authorities
were taken off their guard and did not
even attempt to prevent Its publication in
the newspapers. The revolutionary lead
ers expect It will be followed by reprisals
and arrests. But all this has been fore
seen. The leaders laid their plans deeply
before Issuing the manifesto. New com
mittees of the various organizations have
been elected In the third and fourth de
gree. If one set of committees Is put
behind the bars another will take Its place
and carry on the work.
The League of Leagues was not asked
to join In the manifesto, bcis . regarded
with some Jealousy by the proletariat or
ganizations which claim to be bearing
the brunt of the revolution, and to be en
titled to the fruits thereof. The prole
lariat leaders claim to have absolute
knowledge that the government has just
issued $125,000,000 in paper money.
Under the provisions of the press, law.
the editor of every paper which printed
the manifesto rendered himself liable to
eight months' Imprisonment and $15(0 fine.
Now must come the test of the govern
ment's power.
It develops that among the papers of
M. Krustaleff. the president of the ex
ecutive committee of the Workmen's
Council seized at the time of his arrest,
were documents which furnish evidence
of a well-planned conspiracy to seize and
carry off Premier Wlttc.
ALL IN BLAZE OP REBELLION
Livonia and Courland Held by Reb
els Germans Flee for Lives.
BERLIN. Dec. 17. The Lokal Anxel
ger's Konigsburg. Ea?t Prussia, corre
spondent, siys the revolutionists are In
full control of all of Courland and Li
vonia and the neighboring government of
Kovno Is also in a blaze of rebellion.
ST. PETERSBURG, undated.
via
ship
Eydtkuhnen. Dec, 10. The battleship
been despatched to Riga. j
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Armed bands, he says, are burning every
thing. Mitau and Riga arc In flames and
Llbau Is seriously threatened.
The lives of all Germans are In great
est danger. Everything l In an uproar
from Krcutberg on the Duna to Kovno,
and rescue parties to save the Germans
are Imperatively needed. Two gentle
men from the Baltic "provinces. Baron
Korff and M. von Rosenbach, who were
about to take a train for Kovno, were
seized by Insurgents and slain.
MUTINY OF THE GRENADIERS
They Stag Marseillaise, Gain Re
cruits and Hold Barracks.
MOSCOW. Dec. 15. (Delayed In trans
mission.) Serious disorders have broken
out among the troops of the Moscow gar
rison, and the authorities have been
forced to disarm several battalions. The
grenadiers of the Nesvlthk regiment are
now at the barracks of the Rostof reg
iment. The mutiny commenced in the Nes
vlthk regiment, the members of which
marched to their barracks singing the
"Marseillaise" and asked their com
rades to Join them In their Insistence
on liberty wrested from the people.
They secured acquisitions from several
regiments. Finally they were met by
dragoons, who fired a blank volley,
and thereupon they retreated to their
barracks, locked themselves in and
sent a deputation to the Colonel and
forced him to surrender the colors of
the regiment, which are now In their
hands.
No attempt has been made to force
the surrender of the grenadier. It Is
believed they have promises of sup
port from the artillery and from some
of the Cossacks, as the garrison Is
small, the commander evidently fears
to risk a division of the troops.
According to reports, a column of
Cossacks was sent to 'punish workmen
and several volleys were exchanged
before the workmen finally fled. Many
persons on both jtldes were killed or
-wounded.
WON CIS
E
Admits He Will "Go Broke"
Unless Stock Market
Changes.
HIS POOL LOSES HEAVILY
He Predicts Crai.h In Copper Mar
ket and Says If It Does Not
Come Soon He Will Be
Bankrupt.
BOSTON. Dec. 16. OpcciaL) While ad
mitting that he has Just "clinched a mort
gage" for $550,000 on his real estate. In
addition to' the recent mortgage for 1255.
00). Thomas W. Lawson today smilingly
denied that he is "broke. He did con
fess, that for several months ho has
been headed in that direction at a rapid
pace, and that, unless the market changes,
he will reach the goal.
"There's no use In denying It." he said,
when the direct question was asked of
him. "Those who are most Interested to
know already know. They know that I
have been on the wrong end of the mar
ket. I've played my hand right out In the
open. I said I had Information that a
certain condition existed, and that a cer
tain consequence might be predicted. This
consequence hasn't yet arrived, but It's
as sure as Christmas to come or I'm
broke.
"Oh, I've heard all that before." he In
terrupted at the suggestion that many
thought his actions were exactly In the
opposite direction from his words as set
forth In his advertisements, and that he
was "long" of "the system's" pet stocks.
Instead of "short" of them. "That's the'
sort of a yarn that any little fellow on
the curb can start."
Pool Has Lost $2,800,000.
"I did set forth In my advertisement
that the 530,000,000 pool which I was han
dling had suffered a loss of J3.6Q9.000. That
was the fact, although. If you subtract
the 8 per cent dividend that I previously
paid to members of that pool, the loss Is
28 per cent Instead of 86 per cent. You
may say, howe-er. that this pool was
made up only of Lawson and a few as
sociates. I and my close associates sub
scribed slxr tenths of the first pool. The
balance was made up by rich men
throughout the country, who believed In
me and who could afford to lose If they
had to. The best evidence of this belief Is
the fact that, when I gave notice of a
Ions of t3,GOO,000 and that they could with
draw their balance, not one did so. On
the contrary, some of them took pan. In
the additional subscription of J5.0.OMi.
Can't Predict Copper Market.
Mr. Lawson pointed to proof that the
price of copper metal Is being held up In
the face of the fact that some copper
stocks are not worth much more now than
when copper was away down.
"Doesn't that Instantly kill the ficti
tious nature of the whole performance?"
he asked.
Mr. Lawson smiled when asked what his
pool was going to do. "In general I might
say that we were going to do substan
tially as we have done. That Isn't a very
specific answer, but 1 can't bo more spe
cific I would not care to show my hand,
even If I had the cards all fixed, but this
Is such a crazy market that I am treat
ing you frankly when I say that I really
don't know.
"The situation as It stands defies all the
laws of gravity and compensation. There
must be a fall and a reckoning. It's
bound to come. I've, been saying this for
a good many days, and perhaps It sounds
a little bit stale, but there's a limit. Just
as there Is a limit to the distance upward
you can go In the elevator of the Wash
ington monument.
Copper Metal Must Crash Or
"That's about the position of this mar
ket. It's gpt on a lot of steam and It's
running wild, but that will only bring the
crash a little quicker than It would other
wise come.
"I repeat that I know that copper metal
is going to have a crash from legitimate
causes. If I don't know anything about
the business. I should go broke, and I
will go broke."
The engagement was made known today
of Arnold Lawson, elder son of Thomas
W. Lawson, to Mrs. Lucie Mitchell, step
daughter of Thomas A. Mclntyrc, a New
York banker.
DOWIE CANNOT SLEEP.
"Will Appoint Apostles to Guide Zion
and Then Rest.
CHICAGO. Dec lfi.-(Spccial.-The an
nouncement by John Alexander Dowle,
head of the Christian Catholic Church
that his health Is in such a precarious
condition that he must lay side for &
time all worldly cares and appoint a
number of "apostles" to take charge of.
the affairs of Zion has created a great
stir among the followers of the so
called prophet- On his return from Mex
ico a short time since. Dowle announced
that he had practically recovered from
the slight stroke of paralysis he had sus
tained, but he stated today In his of
ficial publication:
"Great discomfort has come to me this
week through the swelling of ray limbs
and impeded circulation of my blood. All
the hemorrhages have apparently passed
away from my bronchial tubes, but the
Inconvenience and pressure upon the
heart and the lungs has been such that
sleep has been denied me except for a
few fitful hours. This and other com
plaints have made It clear to me that I
must go apart and rest awhile."
The fear Is general In Zion City that
Dowle Sa approaching his end. The over
seers and possibly other followers of
Dowle are to be made "apostles" of the
Christian Catholic Church, and this act.
says Dowle. will make the reorganlsa
tioa ot t&e caarca cma-plcie and is "aa
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act of the greatest ecclesiastical import
ance, since the ordinatloa of the first 12
apostles."
The overseers who are expected to be
come "apostles" are John C Speicber.
overseer of Zion City; John O. Kxcell. eo
cleslatlcal secretary of the world; IT. J.
Bracefleld. overseer of educational in
stitutions: William Piper, overseer of
Chicago: George R. Mason, overs etr of
China; Daniel Bryant, overseer of South
Africa; Wilbur Dollva, overseer of Aus
tralia; Harry A. Kan tel. overseer of the
United Kingdom; Paul Heeler, overseer
of Continental Europe.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
A- W. Chcvcr, "Writer on Farming
DEDHAM, Mass., Dec 16. (Special.)
Alonzo W. Cbever, the well-known
agricultural writer, who has written
for nearly every farming paper In the
United States, and was was assistant
editor of the New England Farmer,
died here, today. He was born In 1831
and began to write for agricultural pa
pers In 1350. and had been engaged In
that vocation ever since. He bad been
associate editor of the Farmer for 30
years.
Medical Inspector D. O. Lewis.
HONOLULU. Dec. IS. Medical Inspector
David Oldham Lewis, fleet surgeon of the
United States Pacific squadron, who ar
rived here on the- cruiser Chicago, died
this morning of apoplexy.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
. Tho Weather.
TE5TRDATS Maximum temperature. 52
dec; minimum, ST. Precipitation. 0.3T of
an Inch.
TODAY'S Cloudy with occaIonal rain. Cool
er. Getty toutberly winds.
RatUa.
Defiant manifesto of revolutionists met by
arrest of leaders and publUhers. Pace 1.
Troops mutiny In all parts of Russia. Page 1.
Livonia and Cocrland under control of reb
els. Pase 1.
Plan of rebels to bankrupt government by
stopping taxes and refusing paper money.
Pare 1.
Witte alienates Liberals by reply to Zemstvo.
itts and they propose Independent elec
tion. Pace 1. t
Foreign. ,
King Edward plans to make Cermany power
less by surrounding her with bis allies.
Pare 3.
Danger of friction la Morocco conference.
Pare Z.
British political campaign begins this week.
Pare 3.
National.
Senate paste Panama Canal bill after vig
orous Democratic attacks on Commission.
Pace 2.
House continues debate on insurance. Pare Z.
House commute hears tobacco men on Phil
ippine tariff. Pat;e 1.
Pine Islanders gather money, arms and re
cruits, preparing to fight. Pare 15.
Genera Mackenzie strongly recommends Co
lumbia Jetty appropriation. Par 2.
Proposed Connrwlonal Investigation of has
!ar at Annapolis. Pare IS. , "
Domestic
Corey's story of how Anna Held entertained
Pittsburg millionaire. Pare 1.
Lawson rives 11.000.000 mortrares and ad
mits he may go bankrupt. Par 1.
Testimony In Hummel case reveals Dodge
Morre conspiracy. Page 2.
Value or Miss Roosevelt's Oriental sifts.
Pare 2.
Prominent Kanssns Indicted" for fixing Gov
ernment official. Pare IS.
Omaha orranist Imprltoned for wife deser
tion. Pare 10.
One of Carnegie former partner sued for
breach of promlre. Pare IS.
Sport.
Multnomah and Eeattle play tie game. Pace
lft.
McCredle buy Interm of Ely in. baseball
club. Pare 10.
Bravest fighters often lose their nerve. Pg
1C
Rugby rame of football advocated a sub
stitute for Intercollegiate sport. Pare 1C
Percy K. Megarrers automobile trip. Fage
17.
Captains of athletic teams chosen. Pare 17.
Los Angeles wins the pennant. Para 17.
Rod and gun news. Pare 17.
Pacific Coat.
Northern Pacific North Coast Limited, west
bound, held up near North Taklma. Wash.
Pare L
Ton of heavy eiploslve creates havoc at
Rofaland. B. C: one man killed. Page 5.
Sweeping boundary claims or Washington at
the mouth of the Columeta. Page -I.
R. E. Moss, of Chicago, buncoed by land
fraud conspirators out of 1 1 S.000. Pare -I.
Toung woman plays Santa Clans at Berkeley
and Is frightfully burned. Page 4.
Representative Blnger Hermann recovering
from severe Illness. Page 5.
Judge WIckersham will investigate Seattle
Assay Offic affair. Page 5.
Commercial sad Mariae.
Predictions as to future of hop market
Page 35.
Heavy selling weakens wheat at Chlcaro.
Pare 35.
California dried fruits firm. Page 35.
Stock market U rich' men's game. Page 35.
New York bank statement favorable. Pare
35.
Four large steamers are in the Portland har
bor to carry Sour to Japanese ports. Pare
15.
Toung bookkeeper takes dally ptunre In Wil
lamette River to win a wager. Page 15.
Portland asd Vicinity.
Bruin plays the spy while criminals go free.
Page 21.
Victim of robbers in hold-up of Centennial
bar dies. Page 10.
Mayor Lane axes Civil Service. Commission
to insure Bruin's appointment. Page J.
Great activity In Portland realty. Page 34.
Grange adopts resolution asking for continu
ance of .work on the Columbia River.
Page II.
Great growth of Portland's business shown
by clearances. Page 11.
Report that Southern Pacific Is about to
place its lands In Southern Oregon on the
market. Pago 10.
Tax title contest ends In favor of original
owner ot property. Page 9.
Portland shut out by War Department Is
favor of Sound cities for bids In supply
lag fir lumber. Page 1L
Woman who makes serious charges against
man attacked him with brass knuckles
and Is censured by court. Page 24.
W. D. Fentan Is elected president of the
Oregon Historical Society. Page 14.
Featares sad Departaeats.
Editorial. Page C
Church announcements. Pare 22.
Classified advertisements. Pages 18-23.
Incidents In Jesus life reproduced today.
Page 3S.
Benjamin Franklin's contributions to Amer
ican lUe. Page 40.
New toys In Portland shops. Paga 39.
One myth that will not down. Page 431
Christmas out-of-docr sports. Page 39.
A Christmas calico cat. Page 48.
Odd little happenings during the year.
Page 41.
Judge Williams' recollections. Paga 41.
Portland peasimst In Europe. Page 45.
Dr. HUUs sermon. Page -(S.
Frederic Haskln'a letter. Page 44.
Book reviews. -Page 47.
Social Pages 26-27.
Dramatic. Pages 2S-29.
MusIcaL Page 31. '
Household and Xasfeions. Pages 4M3.
Tooth departsseat. Page 44.
Catholic Churcfe prospers la Oregon. Page 3t.
Library ts a feeW ts cfc'Mrea. Pare 3S.
Do club wsees hate the stwrk? Pare 32.
Tall Imitators prelected ok tepper Wasfcteg
tea rKrt. Pax 34,
IS
ALL WOULD PLAY
Pittsburg Steel Kings Scare
Pretty French Song
stress Badly.
HENRY C. FR1CK BLUSHES
Miss Held Houses Great Enthusiasm
at 3IIlIIonalrcs Clan Dinner
and Loses Slipper In
Making Her Escape.
PITTSBURG. Dec IS. (Special.)
The threat of W. EL Corey to tell what
he knows of the dinner given In honor
of Anna Held by Pittsburg's group of
millionaire ateelmen. unless the Pitts
burgers let up on him In his present
divorce fcandnl. Is not causing the sen
sation that Corey evidently thought It
would, for the reason that It has been
told so often here that It Is an old
story. The name of Anna Held Is never
mentioned In Pittsburg, however, with
out bringing to mind the week of
Christmas. ISSS, and the furious din
ner. Evans and Hoey appeared at the
Grand Opera-House In "The Parlor
Match. and along with them came
Miss Held, milk bath and all.
Harry Davis, manager of the theater,
conceived the Idea that It would help
the show and Incidentally the poor of
the city if Hiss Held would go out on
Christmas day and sing for the benefit
of. the poor. AH the prominent club3
of the city were visited and when the
Duqueane was reached the embryo
Monte Cristos were there In force.
"Won't You- Come and Play Wtz Me?"
sang tKe'demure Anna, and tho howling
assent lhat went forth almost took
the roof from the building. It was with
difficulty that iilss Held was rescued,
so anxious were the millionaires to In
dulge In the game, whatever It might
be. that she proposed.
Wanted to Learn Game.
One glance at the pretty little Frenca
woman at close range was what start
ed all the trouble. So It was arranged
that Miss Held should come to the club
after she had finished her performance
on the following nlghtSuid tell the-rall-llonalrcs
more about the game that she
had proposed they play. H. C. Frlck
made the arrangements and most of
the club members, which Included all
the swells of Pittsburg, were present.
Miss Held was to receive 5300 for her
appearance In the club.
The members assembled earjy and by
the time Miss Held arrived there was
much hilarity as a result of the fre
quent corks that nad been extracted
from long-necked bottles. Miss Held
was accompanied to the club by Flor
ence Zlcgfeld. her manager, and the
press agent of the theater.
Usually In the theater when Miss Held
sang her "Play With Me" song she direct
ed all br gestures to the fellows who
play the bass fiddle, but on the occasion
there was no orchestra and consequently
no bass fiddler. She Justtad to pick out
some one. and as she cast her pretty orbs
around the room when she .began the
song, they alighted upon a handsome and
benign-looking gentleman with a silken
beard. It was Henry C. Frlck. Her
tapering little fingers beckoned, as she
leaned over the edge of the Improvised
stage. Her loose hair fell all over her
forehead, her rosebud Hps parted, dis
playing her pearly teeth, and then, "Oh.
won't you come and play wlz me?"
Henry Frlck Blushes.
Mr. Frlck In his embarrassment blushed
to the roots of the hair.
"An' play wlz mc, an play wiz me?''
By this" time she was directing the ap
peal to everybody In the room.
"Ob. won't you come an play wlz me,
all the day long?"
A yell like that imitated by a band of
Comanche Indians on the warpath filled
the room. It came from a hundred dif
ferent throats.
"Will we! I guess we will! In a min
ute!" Half the tables In the room and three
tiroes as many chairs were overturned In
the mad scramble. They all wanted to be
first. One man who sat nearest to the
little stage grabbed the singer by the
ankle' and Anna's slipper came off. He
proudly flourished the trophy In the air
and yelled:
"Come on, boys: ain't you going to ac
cept the Invitation?" '
For five minutes pandemonium reigned.
Florence Zelgfeld and Miss Held, Doth
greatly alarmed, looked about for a place
of retreat. They knew they could not
get out, the front way through that
shrieking mob. and so they espied a door
leading out Into an alleyway. They made
a dash through the door. By taking a
roundabout way they finally reached
their carriage, and Miss Held, without
her wraps and hat. was driven to the
shelter of a newspaper men's club, away
from the bowling millionaires. When It
was safe, a messenger was dispatched .to
the Duquesne Club and Miss H eld's wraps
and hat were secured. Then she was
driven to her hotel, still ramus one slip
per, but with JSOO In her manager's pocket.
"Ugh! Zay mus be crazee!" was ail
that Miss Held could say.
GRAND OPERA HER GOAL.
I
Ma belle Gilman Wo Hid Try Voice
With Celebrated Singers.
' ROMS. Dec (Special.) Mabelle Gil
man today wrote a letter to the corre
spondent of a New York paper. la which
stie intimates that sfce aspires, to stag !
grand opera. It Is In th nature of a fare
well message before her return to Pari.
Cjrare & wil) to m tfcrsw is xammkmg
E
N ANNA GAL
her" Interrupted vocal studies with Jean
de Reszke. In her note. Miss Gilman
makes no mention of the stories concern
ing her friendship for Corey. She has
remained profoundly silent on that sub
ject during her stay at the Hotel Quirlnal.
although receiving Interviewers graciously
and professing great willingness to dis
cuss other matters with them. In Paris
Miss Gilman will rejoin her mother, who
committed her to the care of Mr. and
Mrs. Riggs for the journey to Italy. Mrs.
RIggs is a sister of Corey. It Is evident
that Miss Gilman does not contemplate
returning to the United States for the
present at least.
CARXEGIE CALLS COREY DOWN
Honest Scott Tries to Show Magnate
Error of AVay.
NEW YORK. Dec 16. (Special.) During
Andrew Carnegie's annual dinner to his
former business associates tonight at ills
home on Fifth avenue, It leaked out that
Carnegie had had a personal controversy
which became almost a quarrel last Tues
day evening with William FJHs Corey,
president of the United States Steel Cor
poration. The subject-matter was Corey's
association with Mabelle Gilman. tho act
ress; and his castlng-off of his wife. It
was a dramatic meeting. If the stories
told this evening of what took place there,
are accurate. It Is declared that Carnegie
used all the influence he possessed to In
duce Corey to throw over Miss Gilman
and become reconciled with Mrs. Corey.
The conference lasted nearly two hours.
Corey was obdurate to all pleadings,
and finally, when all of Carnegie's argu
ments ns to the expediency and justice
of sending for Mrs. Corey and effecting a
reconciliation proved futile, he Is reported
to have exclaimed: "Then. Corey. If you
persist in this course. I tell you I will
exert all the Influence 1 possess to have
you ousted from the steel trust. This Is
a matter that concerns more than you
and your family."
To which Corey, so goes the report
goes, retorted In substance: "This Is
none of your affair. I shall do as I like
In my personal life. The stories you
hear are not all true."
The parting of the men was not of the
most friendly character.
DINNER WAS HOT STUFF.
Anna Held Tells of Her Experience
at Friek's Feast.
NEW YORK. Dec. 16. (Special.) A spe
cial to the Journal from Paris says:
Anna Held, when told today that Will
lam E. Corey, president of the American
steel trust, had threatened to make a
revelation Involving the actions by prom
inent Pittsburg men which took place
at a banquet at which Miss. Held sang,
unless these men ceased criticizing Corey,
spoke freely of her experience on that
occasion. She said:
"rcfnCreTwaif a dinner given by Frlck
at the Duquesne Club, at which 1 was
asked to sing "and consented. When I
arrived there, which was late In the even
ing, many of the guests were drunk.
They were excessively noisy. I sang.
Won't You Come and Play With Me."
One man removed his coat and shouted:
'Certainly!' I left the dinner. Before I
got away my clpthing was slightly torn.
I cannot remember the name of the man
who took oft his coat. Frlck was there;
I saw him. The dinner was hot stuff."
MASSACRE AT KISHINEFF
Letters From Victims Tell of Miser
able Condition of Jews.
NEW YORK. Dec 16. A letter esti
mating the number of killed and
wounded at Klshineff and the amount
of damage done to property In recent
Russian riots was received today by
State Bank of this city. The letter
says:
The damage In our city amounts to from
50O.C0O to 600.000 roubles (about 0.000 to
Arnold Kohn. vice-president ot the
ICOO.000). and 30 persons killed and 60
wounded. In our nearest neighborhood.
Ketlasash and Ismael bad to stand the
worst, the damage amounting to millions
of roubles. In Ketlasash. 400 families have
been robbed. 60 or io persons have been
killed and about 100 wounded. Fifty or
60 persons who could not be found are
being looked for In order to bury them In
the Jewish cemetery. In Ismael there
were no casualties.
These cities, the letter adds, are
within two or three hours' ride of
Klshineff. It states also that prac
tically nothing can be done to relieve
the need of Klshineff, since that clty
has not had time even to recover from
the damages of the riot of 1903.
From Zhitomir. Russia. Mr. Kohn to
day received another letter reading as
follows:
The atrocities committed are indescrib
able. Parents have been murdered before
the eyes of their children, children killed
in the presence of their parents, babies
tom from their cradles and thrown out
of the windows, girls and women mal
treated, stores and houses totally ruined,
as the police and the military were help
ing the murderers and preventing the peo
ple from defending themselves.
In these days of terror thousands of
Jewish families have been driven to pov
erty and left without shelter. People who
were rich yesterday are now starving.
Immense sums are needed In order to re
lieve the sufferers.
Total Keller Fund $1,172,639.
NEW YORK, Dec 16. Contributions
to the relief fund for Russian sufferers
today reached a total of Jl. 172,639.
Squadron on Way to Riga.
NEW YORK. Dec. 16. A cable dispatch
to a morning paper, dated St. Peters
burg. December 15. says: Warships have
been sent to Riga from Llbau to quell
the rebellion there and recapture the
town. This action was taken in response
to an urgent dispatch from the Governor,
who asked for a cruiser and two torpedo
boats, besides troops. He declared it was
Imperative that strong reinforcements be
sent speedily. They can be sent by sea.
Communication by land Is Interrupted.
Would Make Penalty Severe.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. The Secre
tary of the Interior has sent to Congress
a draft of a bill fixing a maximum pen
alty of $HWJ fine or 19 years' imprison
ment, or both, for fraudulent attempts
to obtain title to public lands.
Wholesale Hoase Barns.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Dec. IS. The
wheteinle grocery-hoase of C- W. Adams
Sc Soon Company, of Main street between
Seventh aad Blgfeth. was destroyed ay
Art tttisat- Less UMMl
HOLD UP NORTH
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TwoMaskedMenCrack
Safes and Escape.
EXPRESS GAR IS DYNAMITED
Passengers Not Disturbed and
No One Is Hurt.
NEAR TO NORTH YAKIMA
Robbery Takes Place at 7 o'clock ir
Evening:, and the Sheriffs of
. Two Counties? Start in Pur
suit of Men.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec lS.-North
Coast Limited Express No. 1. on tho
Northern Pacitic. was held up and robbed
lo miles west of North Yakima. Wash., at
7 o'clock tonight. Two masked men com
pelled the engineer to stop the train, and
run the locomotive, mail and express cars
half a mile west of the balance of the
train. They dynamited the express car.
shattered the through and local safes and
decamped with the contents.
The amount of plunder obtained is un
known. The contents of the through saf
are known only to the terminal points,
the messenger not being in possession of
the information. No report was received
tonight as to the contents of the local
safe, but It Is declared to have been light,
as the train does comparatively little
local business.
Sheriffs Take Up the Trail.
The Sheriffs of Yakima and Kittitas
Counties have posses in pursuit of tho
bandits. The passengers, were not mo
lested and n0 one was injured. No report
was received as to shots being fired.
No. 1 limited passed Spokane at noon
today op the way to Portland. Engineer
George W. Howe was in charge of th
locomotive west of Spokane, with Conduc-"
tor Jesse Huxtable In charge of the train.
At Hillside station. 13 miles west of North,
Yakima, two men climbed over the ten
der of the engine Into the cab and pre
sented guns at the heads of the engineer
and firemen.
The train was stopped at the command
of the robbers. Then the engine, tender,
express and mail cars were cut off, run
down the track and stopped. One man
stood guard over the train crew, while
the second attached explosives to the ex
press car doors. Both were blotvn from
their fastenings.
Two Sares Blown Open.
The bandits attacked both safes in the
express car. One is known as the
"through" safe and is built Into the car
at the shops. Its contents are locked up
at the point of departure, and only re
moved at the terminal. The strong box
was shattered and Its contents removed.
The nature and extent of the plunder se
cured In the through safe is not known
to the local officials of the Northern Pa
cific The local safe, to which the messenger
has a key, was then shattered and sucft
valuables as It contained were taken. It
is stated that these were of trifling value.
Reports received at the general offices
of the Northern Pacific state that both
men were masked and heavily armed.
They were of medium height. Inclined to
be slight In build, and wore black hats
ij n rtuta anil hint nvpm He flno m!iTi
overalls were badly torn. On releasing
tne irainmen. do in roooers went in ine
direction of North Yakima.
After the hold-up the train was taken
to EHensburg. The Sheriffs' posses have
bloodhounds with them.
CALVE FIGHTING DISEASE
Weary of Inaction, She Delivers
Tirade at All Around Her.
CHICAGO. Dec. 16. (Special.) In tha
hands of an osteopath and "a regular phy
sician. Madame Emma Calve is lingering
In Chicago, making desperate efforts to
get the rheumatism out of her muscles,
so that she may go south In comfort, to
complete her recovery from the indisposi
tion that caused hjer to cancel concert
engagements In Milwaukee. Chicago and
Minneapolis. With two visits from each
every day. she Is able to repose In reas
onable comfort. In view of the fact that
she Icees J6000 every week she Is 111.
The continued quiet, enforced now for
nearly a fortnight, Is trying on her nerves
and today she broke out into a nervous
tirade at her managers, the public, her
physician? and the world In general. She
hopes to be able to appear In this city
January 1.
TOBACCO INTERESTS PLEAD
Discuss 'Philippine Tariff Revision
on Tobacco and Sugar.
WASHINGTON. Dec 16. Tobacco In
terests were represented today at the
ways and means committee hearing on
the Philippine tariff. AH Efie speakers
said the Philippines are beginning to pro
duce excellent light wrappers which com
pared favorably with Sumatra wrappers,
and threaten to be dangerous competition
for American wrappers.
Estaban da Lamar, a prominent Philip
pine planter and merchant, made a plea
for a reduction of tariff, and reviewed the
arguments advanced against tariff
changes. He said the predictions of un
limited production of sugar in the Phillp
pfciese are the work of dreamers who do
set consider the limited amount of land '
suitable for sHgar-growing and the inabil
ity of the Filipinos to adopt modem meth
ods because of lack of capital and edoea-tie
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