THE .MORNING . TUESDAY, JAOTA1RY 24,
SWEENY HIS KEK
Spokane Man Is Very
., Willing to Wait. ,
HAS EVERYTHING TO GAIN
Dash for the Prize When His
Opponents Weaken.
WILSON ASKED TO DRAW OUT
Should Attempt Be Made to. Give
ex-Senator's Strength to Furth,
Foster'.-. Forces Will Flock to
the Millionaire's Camp.
BALLOT TAKEN' YESTERDAY.
Foster '...40
Piles 1
Sweeny 28
-Wilson 10
Jones - 1
Moore 5
IV. G. Craves X
Absent W
Total ISO
OLYMPIA. "Wash., Jan. 23. (Special.)
The third -week of the legislative session
opens with the Senatorial situation still
presenting wholesale opportunities for
speculation as to what may happen in the
big contest and a decided lack of actual
happenings which might have much of a
bearing on the final result. But one bal
lot was taken today and there were ten
absentees. The result gave Foster 40,
Plies 29, Sweeny 28, Wilson 1G, Jones 7,
Moore 5, Graves L
There were no changes of consequence
In the line-up. Blackmore, who has been
voting for Piles today voted for Foster,
and Keyes, one of Piles' original voters
after a short stay In the Foster camp,
returned to the King County candidate.
Blackmore explained his change of front
as due to the receipt of a petition from
the Vancouver business men requesting
him to vote for Foster. The petition
came in response to an Invitation from
the Foster managers. The lumbermen
In the Legislature have also been receiv
ing similar Invitations from their con
stituents, but this method of campaigning
has lost Its force.
Talk of Switch to Piles.
While there Is a general air of expect
ancy around the respective headquarters
of the leading candidates, nothing tangi
ble has developed since last week. Some'
day this week. It Is believed that an ef
fort will be made to switch the Piles
strength to John L. Wilson. This Is said
to be contingent on John L.'s showing
up with an outside strength in excess of
SO votes.
A few of the members of the Seattle
delegation are undoubtedly sincere in
their desire to pick up Wilson after they
decide to drop Piles, but there Is another
clement In the King County delegation
who are not so friendly to the ex-Senator,
and will consent to his becoming a lega
tee of the Piles strength only because
they believe he cannot be elected.
The King County delegation held a
meeting in Seattle Saturday night and
Wilson was again urged to withdraw from
the race. tAs it is Wilson's belief that
he cannot turn his outside following over
to Piles, he declines to stand aside so
this new movement may be tried to force
him out 'of the fight by demonstrating
that he cannot be elected even with the
support of King County.
Plan of Furth's Friends.
There Is an anti-Wilson clement in the
King County delegation that is desirous
of having the Piles strength fail o'noJih
L. Wilson, in order that the two forces
may be amalgamated and passed o'n to
Jacob Furth, who this session, as last,
is the preferred candidate with a large
number of the King County members.
But there Is danger in this, proceeding,
and this flocking to Furth over the
busted Wilson boom may be a Journey
not unlike 'that which Henry Wtterson
once described as a "march J trough a
slaughter-house to an open grave," for
"while all of this talk of a, dicker which
will give Seattle a Senator' ! filling the
air. the Foster following Is gYowing rest
ive undfer.h"' collar" anS ?ftf not at all
jBjlxious to be left In the mud when the
tide goes out 1
The moment that the Xing County
strength is handed over to John"tL. WUson.
even for temporary use. there will be a
sharp break to Sweeny from, theFoster
forces, and the fight of tbelrllVes wlU be
on between Wilson and Sweeny,- with the
odds In favor of the Spokane mi in.
Mr. Furth is as much of a Mlsseurian
as he was two years ago, and he will
need to be "shown" before The Is dragged
into the game. If he should decline to
adopt the strength of the Piles-Wilson
forces after tho amalgamation takes
place, the only gain King CounyCwUl have
secured from the coup-wlUbe the knowl
edge that her failure wHlibe"& little more
spectacular than it wou4""'hveh n had
the colors been struck whlle Piles was
still in command.
One Way to Defeat Sweeny.
If we consider only the present con
testants in the fight, nothing but a com
bination of the Piles and Foster forces
"will prevent the election of Sweeny, or at
least deprive him of the power to name
the successful candidate. Almost equally
true Is It that nothing but a miracle will
bring about a combination of the two
leading contestants on a candidate from
either King or Pierce Counties. There is
always a possibility where ""lines are
drawn tight, that there will be a break
to a dark horse, but there will be noth
ing of this kind here until there has been
a further testing of strength.
Meanwhile Sweeny "holds the key to
the situation and has more to gain by a
waiting policy than .any of the other
candidates, and Is showing no disposition
to force matters. When the struggle
.has weakened his principal opponents he
will probably call In his reserve strength
and make a dash for the prise. His
camnahm Is in the hands of very shrewd
politicians .and thus far even their an-v
tagonists give them credit lor having:
made no mistakes.
So far as can he determined tonight
there will be no changes of consequence
In tomorrow's vote. There may be some
flopping around for the sake of diversion,
but no permanent changes are expected.
C W. W.
SESSION IS BRIEF.
Olympla House Are Very Quickly
Adjourned.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 23. Special.)
The business of today's session was
transacted In the Senate in 15 minutes
and. in the House in a half hour. The
lower branch passed J. B. Llndsley's
House bill No. 8. requiring service of wit
ness fees and other cost disbursements on
the opposite part in civil actions yeas, S3;
absent and not voting, 9.
Two bills providing for fish hatcheries
on tributaries of the Columbia were intro
duced, one on Toutle and the other on the
Upper Methow.
In the Senate Bronson introduced a bill
which changes the name of the School
of "Defective Youth, located at Vancouver,
to the State School for Deaf, Dumb and
Blind. The bill provides for the locating
of a new school for Imbecile youth at
StiUacoom at a cost of $50,000.
Davis presented a blU prohibiting the
employment of children under 14.
-A local option bUi appeared In the
House. JU A. Johnson, who Is a preacher
by occupation. Is the author. It is under
stood that this is the bill which the Anti
Saloon League has prepared and indorsed.
It provides for the calling of elections In
counties to determine the question of pro
hibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors
upon petition of 15 per cent of the quali
fied voters.
Levin Introduced a bill which requires
savings banks and associations paying in
terest on deposits to furnish yearly to the
Secretary of State lists of deposits that
have been idle for ten years. Failure to
report is made a misdemeanor.
A bill regulating the sale of drugs and
which prohibits the sale of opiates, ex
cept upon prescription of a physician, and
which also prohibits the refilling of pre
scriptions containing opiates except upon
Instructions of a physician, was Intro
duced by J. B. Llndsley.
There was no afternoon session.
In accordance with the resolutions
adopted by both houses Saturday, a meet
ing of the railroad committees has been
called for tomorrow evening. Owing to
the short notice given. It Is probable that
a later date will be set lor listening to any
arguments oil the several bills now before
the Legislature relating to the railway
commission.
FIGHT OVER STATE PRINTING.
Trouble Started in Committee WIU Be
Carried Before the Senate.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Jan. 23. (Special.)
A contest precipitated in the meetings of
the printing committees of the House and
Senate today is likely to be carried Into
the Senate tomorrow. The committees
met In Joint session this evening and re
ceived a report from a joint, subcommit
tee in regard to the Joint printing. Fol
lowing, this the Senate committee met
and took up the matter of Senate print
ing. As a result of the action taken it is ap
parent that If the reports of the commit
tees are adopted the bill printing of the
Senate and all the Joint printing will go
to the Vaughan-Morrill Company, of Ta
coma. to the exclusion of Olympla print
ers. Bids by two Olympla firms, the Cap
ital Printing Company and Blankenshlp
& Satterlee, in addition to the bid of the
Tacoma firm, were submitted. When tab
ulated it was apparent that the bid of the
Tacoma concern was $38 per 100 on four
page bills lower than the Capital Print
ing Company, the next highest.
There are many who argue- that there
Is a necessity on account of the emer
gency of the bill-printing and the danger
of loss of original copies, for, doing the
work in Olympla, notwithstanding the
extra cost. It Is on this argument that
the fight In the Senate Is expected to
morrow, the committee "having recom
mended that the work should go to the
lowest bidder. The joint subcommittee
recommends ' that all the joint printing
go to the Vaughan-Morrill Company. If
adopted by the House and Senate this
will give the Tacoma company the Joint
bills as well as the Senate bills and the
Legislative manual.
The Capital Printing Company will ap
parently get the printing of 5000 copies
of the Governor's message and the Sen
ate letterhead work. The House has al
ready awarded Its printing to the Capital
Printing Company. The latter company
is generally referred to as, "the combine,"
being composed of firms in Seattle, Ta
coma and Spokane, who have leased the
old state printing plant in Olympla.
Will Be Reported Favorably.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 23. (Special.)
At a meeting of the Senate judiciary com
mittee tonight It was decided to report
favorably tomorrow H. B. 31. by Rands,
relating to the use of stenographic reports
of testimony in civil actions when new
trials are granted and witnesses in the
meantime have died or left the state-.
S. B. 19, by Hutson, will also be recom
mended favorably. The bill provides for
the selection of Jurors by two Jury Com
missioners in each county in the first to
the fifteenth classes, inclusive. The com
mittee took up an Important bill by
Christian, providing that one corporation
may acquire and hold stock In other cor
porations. It was apparently the opinion
of the committee that the bills should be
amended so as not to- apply to banking
companies or public service corporations.
The bill will be taken up later for further
discussion.
The House judiciary committee tonight
decided to report for passage H. B. 28, by
Relter, providing that the state, counties
and cities shall pay the premiums on sure
ty bonds required of public officers.
T. A. Noble, the englneer-ln-charge of
the Government Irrigation work In
Washington, Is in Olympla to appear be
fore the irrigation committees of House
and Senate in regard to the proposed Ir
rigation code. M. H. Maxwell, head of
the Government's irrigation projects In
the West, Is on his way to Olympla for
the same purpose, and will probably meet
the committees some day this week.
NO RESTRICTIONS ON JAPANESE
Third British Columbia BUI Vetoed by
Dominion Government.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Jan. 22. For the
third time a bill passed by the British
Columbia Legislature Imposing an educa
tional test on Japanese entering British
Columbia has been vetoed by the Domin
ion government, on the ground that the
Legislature Infringed on federal rights In
passing it-
The Japanese may now enter without
hindrance. It is probable that when the
Provincial Legislature meets again In a
few days the act restricting Japanese Im
migration will be passed a fourth time.
In that event another year must elapse
before the Dominion government could
again disallow it.
Suicide of a Traveling Man.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 23. Al Barnes, a
well-known traveling man, committed sui
cide here this afternoon by shooting him
self in the head. Insanity is said to have
been the cause. Last September he be
came ill In Portland while calling upon
some customers of a drug company of this
city. For four months he was In a pri
vate sanitarium. He was but recently dis
charged and returned here.
William Thomas Osburn.
ENGENE, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.)
William Thomas Osburn. an early pioneer
of the state, died at his home here Satur
day night, at the advanced age of SL
FAIR BILL PASSES
California Senate Unanimous
for $70,000 Appropriation.
HOUSE SURE TO GiVE ASSENT
Total Amount of $90,000 Will Prob
ably Be Available in Ten Days
for the Lewis and Clark
Exposition. '
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) A bill appropriating $70,000 for
a California exhibit at the Lewis and
Clark Fair passed the State Senate
today by unanimous vote. It now goes
to the Assembly, where its passage Is
practically assured. A special day will
be set. putting It ahead of the mass of
Legislature bills, and it will probably
pass without a dissenting vote.
The sum appropriated is in addition
to the $23,000 appropriated two years
ago and to whatever may be saved out
of the exhibit at St. Louis suitable
for use at Portland. A design for a Cal
ifornia building at Portland has al
ready been made. It Is to be in the
mission style of architecture and In all
ways a handsome and commodious
structure. Its precise measurements
have not yet been determined upon.
Probably the whole sum to be de
voted to the California exhibit. $90,000
In all. will be available -within ten
days from this time.
FIGHT FOR A NEW COUNTY.
Idaho Senate Committee Hears Argu
ments. BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 22. (Special.) A
meeting of the Senate committee on coun
ties and county boundaries was held this
afternoon, to consider Senator Taylor's
bill for the creation of Clark County from
the northern half of Kootenai. The full
committee was in attendance.
C. L. Heltman and Edwin McBee, of
Rathdrum, appeared before the commit
tee In opposition to the creation of the
county, consuming the time until the close
of the session. The committee will meet
again, when It is expected that State Au
ditor Bragaw and Representatives Ashley
and Sage will appear as opponents of the
new county, and Messrs. A. Fllson and M.
R, Rutherford, of Sand Point, together
with Senator Taylor, will present the side
of the petitioners for the county.
The arguments of the opponents of
county creation cover many points of ob
jection. It Is opposed principally because
there Is no actual demand for the new
county except that of town-lot and county-seat
boomers of Sand Point, according
to Messrs. Heltman and McBee. Letters
were presented from citizens In 21 of the
different precincts of the county in oppo
sition and 25 opposing petitions with 1327
signatures were filed, together with a re
monstrance from all of the county officers
except the County Attorney.
It was argued that to create Clark
County would cut off one-third of the
population of Kootenai and half the tax
able wealth, that the county now has a
debt of over $200,003, and If a new county
was made taxes would necessarily have
to be largely Increased.
The allegation was made that not a sin
gle old resident of Kootenai County out
side of Sand Point was In favor of county
division and that tho property-owners in
Coeur d'Alene City and other towns were
all In opposition.
School Bills in Idaho House.
BOISE, Idaho. Jan. 23. (Special.) Speak
er Hunt was called home last night by the
serious illness of his brother, and C. C
Moore, of Fremont, was today elected
Speaker pro tem.
Bills were presented In the House to
authorize bond Issues for three of the
state educational institutions. The total
Indebtedness authorized by the three bills
Is $155,000, divided between the Academy
of Idaho, located at Pocatello, and the
Lewlston and Albion State Normal
Schools.
Representative Belcher, of Baftnock
County, presented the bill providing for
the needs of the Pocatello Academy. That
institution desires $78,000 for permanent
Improvements.
Each of the Normal Schools asks for an
Issue of $40,003 in bonds. A bill by Sweet
ser of Cassia provides for the construc
tion and furnishing of a new dormitory
for the Albion School.
Thomas of Nez Perces Introduced S. B.
63 for the Lewlston Normal. The funds
derived from the sale of bonds are pro
posed to be spent for the establishment
of an eighth-grade training school, and
the furnishing of accommodations for the
departments of science, manual training
and physical training.
SENSATIONAL DIVORCE SUIT.
Women at Oregon City See Seamann
Family Skeleton Laid Bare.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) Evidence sensational In the ex
treme and criminal In Its character
was offered in the divorce suit of Dr.
Clayton S. Seamann against Mrs.
Blanche Seamann In the Circuit Court
here today. The courtroom whs filled
with spectators, fully one-third of
whom were women. The case was
submitted without argument at 5
o'clock. Judge McBride announced that
he -would render a decision Wednesday
morning.
Dr. Seamann, the plaintiff, is a prac
ticing physician in this city. The de
fendant. Mrs. Seamann. was formerly
Miss Blanche Byland. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. H. Byland. now of Vale.
Eastern Oregon. They were married In
1900 on the 17th birthday of Miss By
land. About two years later they went
to San Francisco, where they were as
sociated for a time with a dramatic
company, returning to Oregon City
about IS months ago, when Dr. Sea
mann resumed his medical practice.
December 22. last, the husband ab
ruptly filed suit for divorce against
Mrs. Seamann. with whom he lived up
to the day on which the case was in
stituted. In his complaint. Dr. Sea
mann charged his wife with consort
ing with other men. principal among
them being W. L. Page, of the A. B.
Manley Co.. of Portland. An answer
was filed by Mrs. 'Seamann, through
her attorneys that rivalled the com
plaint in the making of sensational al
legations. S. S. Mohler, an amateur photo
grapher, testified that on one occa
sion he saw Mrs. Seamann In the com
pany of an unknown man, wandering
libout the bluff In South Oregon City.
Following the couple the 'witness de
clared that he observed them In a com
promising, position. On cross-examination.
Mohler admitted that he made a
practice of shadowing couples whom
he found strolling about in that sec
tion of the city, usually catching
snap-shot pictures to confirm his
charges of irr-gulrtr conduct.
Mrs. Seamann related that Seamann.
while in San Francisco In 1903, he hav
ing preceded her to California, wrote
her a letter, which she produced In
evidence. In which he proposed to her
that they secure a divorce by mutual
arrangement. As a reason for this he
explained that he desired Mrs. Sea
mann to enter a hospital and prepare
herself as a professional nurse la
order that she might be. associated
with hm In a jjne of malpractice that
he proposed to follow-. The reason ad
vanced for securing the divorce, he
explained, was because a married
woman was net "admitted to the hos
pital as a nurse.
Mrs. Seaman n also testified that beJ
husband left her In destitute clrcumT
stances when he went to California In
the Fall 'of 1903. She swore that Sea
mann. was Impotent and diseased. This
testimony was corrpborated In part by
Seamann's former wife, Mrs. Lydia
Seamann of East Portland. A number
of witnesses testified to Mrs. Sea
mann's good character.
Wanda Hanevan. aged 14. a former
charge of the Boys and Girls Aid So
ciety, for some months employed as a
domestic in the- Seamann household,
related that on ono occasion Seamann
attempted to assault her but she
fought him off. Cross-examination did
not shake her story.
LIMIT ON EXECUTIONS.
Brownell's Judgment Bill Has Strong
Opposition.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
Strong opposition has developed
against the passage of S. B. 79, Intro
duced by Senator Brownell by request.
Several prominent business men aver
that the bill, if passed, would place a
limit of six months upon the time
within which execution may be Issued
upon Judgments." Through,, tails' was
probably not the Intention of the 'bill,
several lawyers who have examined it
say that its language would admit of
an interpretation which would make
It difficult to collect judgments after
the expiration of six months. Brown
ell's bill Is as follows:
Sec 241. If at any time after the entry of
Judgment a period of 10 consecutive years .hall
haveelap8ed. no execution shall thereafter Is
sue thereon, and such Judgment anil every part
thereof shall be conclusively deemed fully
paid and satisfied. Provided, that In any case
where execution might have issued had not
this act been passed, the Judgment creditor
or his asslcnee may have leave to Issue exe-
.cution within six months after thli act foca
Into effect, and not otherwise.
This section, as It now stands, reads
as follows:
If at any time after the entry of Judgment a
period of 10 consecutive years shall have
elapsed without an execution being issned on
such Judgment during such period, no execu
tion shall thereafter Issue on such Judgment,
and such Judgment shall thereafter be con
clusively presumed- to be paid and satisfied,
unlets as execution be issued thereon jrlthln
one year from, the passage of this act.
The questionable clause of the pro
posed law is that portion succeeding
the word "Provided." It is. asserted
that under the strict construction of
that clause. If a man had a Judgment
one year old. which could therefore be
.collected now, he must issue execution
within six months and not otherwise.
Senator Brownell says that the pur
pose of the bill Is to relieve men of the
annoyance of Judgments against them
if the Judgments have not been col
lected within ten years. The man who
prepared -the bUl, he says. Is an emi
nent lawyer and, while he admits the
language of the provision is not quite
as definite as It might be, he thinks
It would not require the collection of
all judgments within six months.
Rush of Water Carries Out Dam.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 23. (SpecIaL)
Owing to the action of several compa
nies in precipitating a fall of surplus
water out of the dams above the dam
owned by the C E. Burrows Company on
Big Creek, a branch of the Humptulips
River, the C E. 'Burrows Company met
with a loss of $3000 on account of their
dam going out today. The dam was dam
aged about six weeks ago. and repairs
had just been completed. The dam was
broken open, and the loss Is considered
total.
Several valuable rafts were set afloat
last night as the result of the high tide.
Several Hoquiam firms were among the
losers, and Cliff Weatb?rwax is out today
looking after a raft which was carried
away, bnt will likely be saved.
John Peter MespIIe.
THE DALLES. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
John Peter Mesplle, a resident of The
Dalles since 185, died at his home on
Mill Creek, near this city yesterday at
the age of 95 years. Mr. Mesplle was a
native of France and came to America on
a sailing vessel from his native country
arriving at San Francisco in the Fall of
1S45 and coming at once to The Dalles.
Upon his arrival here he was given
charge of the old Catholic Mission, where
ho remained for several years. Seven
years later a brother, Theodore, joined him
and together. In 1S63. they purchased the
property on Mill Creek where they have
since resided. In 1S69 Mr. Mesplle was
married in this city to Adelaide Bongeau.
who survives him.
Expediting Saloon Cases.
ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
Judge McBride cannot come to Astoria
until next month to hear the cases
against John Harry and John Hendrlck
son, charged with conducting saloons In
Precinct No. 1 after the prohibition law
went Into effect. The attorneys for the
defendants have decided to apply for a
writ of habeas corpus, which will be ar
gued before the court at St. Helens. This
action Is taken In order to have the cases
decided as quickly as possible, so that
the defendants may know whether they
can continue their saloons or must seek
new locations.
John Byron.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special,)
John Byron, of Olalla. Douglas County,
an Oregon pioneer of 1S52, died at his
home there Sunday morning, aged 79
years. He was a native of Ireland and
came to America in 1E0- He Is survived
by his wife. He was the first settler in
the Olalla section of country. 13 miles
southwest of.Rcseburg. and was an In
dian War veteran and a very hlghtly es
teemed citizen-
Astoria Regatta In August.
ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 23. The Chamber
of Commerce tonight decided to bold the
annual regatta this year in August. The
affair will be on a scale not heretofore
attempted, on account of visitors ex
pected from the Lewis and Clark Fair at
Portland. The regatta will be financed
by the principal business men of Astoria,
instead of by miscellaneous contributions,
and success Is assured. The County Fair
may be held at the same time.
Objects to Change of Venue.
LA GRANDE. Or., Jan. 23. (Special.)
R. W. Haines, son of the founder of the
town of Haines, Judge I. O. Haines, de
ceased, has circulated a remonstrance in
that town against the petition circulated
there last week asking that the name of
the town be changed from Haines to Hot
Springs, on account of the sanitarium
that is to be erected there soon by capi
talists, who allege that the name "Hot
Springs" will be of more benefit to the
place generally.
Clatsop's Exhibit at the Fair.
ASTORIA, Or..-Jan. 23. (Special.) The
County Court at today's session discussed
the question of making a county exhibit
at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and
while no decisive action was taken, the
court made an order which brings the
matter directly to the attention of 'the cit
izens and indicates that the court win
decide positively during the present
month.
M. T. Curry.
CENTRALIA, Wash,, Jan. 23. (Special.)
M. T. Curry, an old soldier and pioneer,
died at the Soldiers Home in OrOng Sat
urday. His body was sent to Centralis.
Mr. Curry was one of the first 'school
teachers In Centralis.
IT IS A REVOLUTION
(Continued. from First .Page.)
port goes on. to say that the two regi
ments began to -fire on each other. The
number of casualties is not stated, nor le
the result of the alleged encounter. In
fact the officials deny that an encounter
took place.
Marching On the Capital.
Armed bodies of men are reported to be
marching to St. Petersburg from various
quarters. From the Capital works, IS
miles away, 20,000 strikers who started late
Sunday are on their way to the city. A
strong body of troops had been sent to
Intercept them, and It Is rumored among
the military officers here that the soldiers
have been beaten back, and that the strik
ers are at the very gates of St. Peters
burg. ,
The report that workmen 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
bodies, it is reported, and It is likely that
seriots clashes have already occurred. All
train service between Moscow and St. Pe
tersburg has been suspended, and every
train which reaches the city from either
direction Is guarded by armed troops.
News has reached here from Moscow
and other cities which told that the spirit
of insurrection has already spread and
seems In a fair way to engulf the empire.
The most momentous Information of this
character comes from Moscow, where a
general strike will be declared Thursday,
and It is doubtful If more than half of the
great factories of the old capital will open
their doors today.
Revolt in Finland.
Finnish reports are to the effect that the
revolution has already broken out
throughout the country. At the head of
the government are members of the lower
house and Parliament leaders of the bour
geoisie and the nobility. Helslngfors Is
In a state .of Insurrection.
From Sestorotsk, on the Finnish coast,
comes the report that 1S00 strikers have
raided the government rifle factory, car
rying off a large number of rifles. They
also destroyed the Sestorotsk Railroad
for a distance of five miles, and are mov
ing upon the waterworks.
LIKE A BESIEGED CITY.
Ruled by Soldiers, St. Petersburg Is
Victim. of Vague Terror.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 23. The fac
tory and mUl districts of the city were
practically deserted today. The strikers
had no plans for demonstrations, and no
special meeting points had been arranged.
The absence of any definite objective led
the strikers to drift toward the principal
thoroughfare, the Nevsky Prospect, which
has been the center, of today's thrilling
events. " As the afternoon wore on the
crowds In the Nevsky Prospect became
dense, and the authorities, possibly fear
ing that the cars might be converted Into
material for barricades, stopped street
railway traffic and reinforced the number
of cavalry patrols.
Toward 5 o'clock, driving up the Nevsky
Prospect, the Associated Press corre
spondent saw through the gathering
gloom the blaze of campflres in the Palace
Square, with the dark forms of troopers
sitting around them.
The Nevsky Prospect Itself was ablaze
with light. Strikers and curiosity-seekers
promenaded the two miles of sidewalk
between the Admiralty and the Nicholas
Station, and squadrons of Hussars and
cuirassiers rode up and down In endless
procession. The crowds seemed peaceful
enough, the watchword evidently being:
"Don't abuse the troops."
The only shouts heard were a few Iso
lated hurrahs.
Lights Are Out, Causing Terror.
Suddenly the electric lights in the upper
section, between the bazaar called Gos
tinny Dvor and the Nicholas Station, were
extinguished, and the thoroughfare wa3
plunged without warning Into utter
darkness. which was not relieved
even by the lights In the shop
windows, as aU the stores were closed.
The scene was weird and fearful. The
driver at first refused to move on, fearing
some hidden danger, but he finally was
persuaded to proceed, exclaiming with
Russian stoicism:
"One can die only once."
A deathly silence prevailed, heightened
by the rustle of hundreds of feet on the
snowclad sidewalk, the muffled tread of
looming squadrons and the lugubrious
hammering of shopkeepers taking pre
cautions against possible attack by bar
ring up the windows to their stores with
rough lumber. The curious hastily scur
ried Into adjoining streets, finding their
way home as best they could through the
Inky darkness. Only a fringe of sullen
.strikers and rough characters remained,
the police warning all to get home as soon
as possible. 'The only bright spot was a
blaze of light from the courtyard of the
Annitchkoff Palace, whence the Empress
Dowager yesterday fled to Tsarskoe-Selo.
Beyond stood the dark, grim palace of
Grand Duke Sergius.
Renewed Outbreak of Rioting.
The crowd was particularly dense
around the approaches to the Nicholas
Station. Here, In the darkness, maraud
ers attacked a few newsvenders stalls,
but a grim row of infantry around the
stationbuildings effectually discouraged
violence. Other disturbers broke numer
ous windows In the Gostlnny Dvor and
the kiosk at the corner of the Annitch
koff Palace garden. A bench torn from
the adjoining park was placed in the road
way. In the hope that It might trip up
cavalry. Some policemen were roughly
handled and disarmed In side streets, but
there was no firing.
As the Associated Press correspondent
drove down the Nevsky Prospect, troop
ers were clearing ther sidewalks of loiter
ers, using the flats of their sabers and
causing a stampede. This continued until
9 o'clock at night, when the. lights were
again turned on and revealed the Nevsky
Prospect almost deserted.
OUTBREAK IN THE CRIMEA.
London Paper Says Sailors Rebelled
and Soldiers' Refused to Shoot.
LONDON, Jan. 23. Special dispatches
from Russia to. the London papers today
again bristle with sensational statements.
The correspondent at Kleff of the Express
asserts that the naval depots at Sevasto
pol have been "destroyed by a revolution
ary outbreak of the sailors of the Black
Sea fleet, whose lives had been rendered
unbearable by overwork and robbery by
corrupt officials, and gives circumstantial
details of 000 of these men rising and at
tacking their officers and firing and de
stroying the buildings, while the troops
(according to the story) who were sum
moned to quell the revolt refused to fire
at all. or fired in the air.
Other dispatches report soldiers killed
'by bomb-tlarowing. raiding of Government
rifle factories, etc., none of which can be
coaflrmed In any responsible quarter-
There is much, curiosity, as to the In
tentions of the Imperial family. There
are rumors that it Is going to- the Crimea,
Copenhagen or some other place, till the
storm has blown over. According to the
Dally Telegraph's St. Petersburg corre
spondent. Emperor Nicholas yesterday
went to Gatschina.
READY TO TAKE CHARGE.
Reformers Choose Provisional Gov
ernment, Which Announces Policy.
LONDON,- Jan. 24. The Dally Tele
graph's St. Petersburg correspondent re
ports that, as the outcome of the meet
ing of the Reform party of Gorky, An
nensky. Arsenleff and others and their
adherents Saturday night and Sunday, a
body of men has been constituted who
regard themselves as the future provis
ional government of Russia. As yet, the
correspondent says, they are political
ciphers, but they hope- some sudden
stroke of luck will enable them to over
turn the existing regime 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 standing, whose names are wide
ly known and deeply respected here and
abroad. They have requested me to
state that their financial policy will be to
respect all Russian loans- and obligations
entered Into before 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 people through the world for
financial assistance to enable them to
continue the struggle for freedom."
STRIKE AGAINST CENSORSHIP.
Editors Declare Purpose to Print the
News in Defiance of It.
ST, PETERSBURG, Jan. 23. The edit
ors of four newspapers the Russ, the
VIedomostl. the Novostl and the Grasb
danln declare their Intention, as soon as
the printers return to work and they are
able, to resume publication, openly to defy
the censorship In the matter of strike
news and Sunday's affair. They drew up
a letter to the censor today, saying they
felt the gravity of the situation, demanded
that they print the facts without minimiz
ing or glossing them over.
The Novoe Vremya and other papers,
however, refused to join, and the letter
was not sent, but the editors of the four
papers named agreed to accept the course
Indicated.
It Is reported that a number of mills
and factories will start up tomorrow.
Some of the industrial managers believe
-that the worst is over here.
Father Gopon's message to his followers
tonight was:
"The Czar does not exist. No longer
pray for Uberty."
MOSCOW GOES ON STRIKE.
Employes of . One Factory -Quickly
Joined by Many Others.
MOSCOW, Jan. 23. Employes of the
Bromley Metal Works to the number of
1000 met at 2:30 this afternoon and de
clared that they refused to continue at
work, because their St. Petersburg com
rades had asked them to strike. They- Im
mediately left the works, formed a pro
cession, marched through the streets and
begged their fellow workmen In all In
dustrial establishments to Join In the
movement- A majority of those who
were thus requested to quit work com
plied. Afterward the strikers visited the Sytn
Printing Works, the largest establish
ment of the kind in Moscow, and belong
ing to the millionaire publisher Sytn. and
induced the men employed there to strike.
The works closed at 5 P. M.
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guard the darkened portion of the city.
The people still In the streets, except
a few strikers and roughs, went to
their homes. Police officers visited
every house and store, ordering all
not to venture out at their perU and to
turn out the .lights In their front win
dows. Shopkeepers and even private
houseowners, boarded and barred their
windows and doors.
Like a City of the Dead.
After about four hours, soldiers from
the engineer corps, with the aid of
German engineers from factories,
started, the plants. When the lights
were turned on. except for the patrol
ling cavalry and infantry, the streets
were deserted. At midnight, when life
In the Russian capital Is usually
bright, St. Petersburg resembled a city
of the dead invaded by a hostile army.
The facade of buildings were black,
and every restaurant and place of
amusement was closed. The only sound
to be heard was the deadened patter
of the hoofs of the cavalry horses, and
the tramp of marching men over the
snow, as the Emperor's legions moved
to and fro.
The guards at the palaces of the
Grand Dukes are especially heavy, and
over 20.000 troops are massed at
Tsarskoe-Selo.
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