VOL. XLV.- NO. 14,007.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
EMPIRE
IS
Czar Vacillates While
Revolution Grows.
CAPITAL FILLED WITH TROOPS
Discontent May Turn Them
Against the Emperor.
STRIKE CANNOT BE BROKEN
.Revolutionists Openly Dcclaro the
Government Has Ceased to Exist,
and Emperor Has Jib Gliolce
but to Abdicate.
Tim situation.
ST. PETERSBURG With this city in
absolute control of the strikers and
with even the Imperial Guard reported
mutinous, an undecided Czar, surround
ed by his family at Pcterhof, Is re
ported unauthentlcally to have granted
TVltte's demand for a constitutional as
wmblj4. Even If true, the concession
in probably too late, and even calm
thinkers fear that the rule of the
present regime Is tottering and that the
country tends toward anarchy. The
theaters will not open tomorrow.
ODESSA Comacks flre on workmen
and students who had barricaded street
corners. It Is reported that 27 persons
were killed and 00 wounded. Shots of
pistol and rifle are heard all over town.
TIFLIS Disorder Is complete. Pa
trols are flred on by concealed riflemen.
A number of Cossacks were killed by the
derailing of a military train, outside
of the city. The strike has tied up
everything.
MOSCOW In an encounter between
students and royalists, 19 men were
wounded and taken to the university
hospital. The city Is shut off completely
and food prices are mounting high.
WARSAW Manufacturers have left
the city, theaters are closed and news
papers have suspended. Workmen in
factories at Rudoxn, Klelceb and Kallsz
have struck.
GOMEL Two policemen killed by a
bomb.
RIGA Dragoons and mobs are fight,
ing.
HELSINQFORS A strike has been
proclaimed on the Finnish railroad.
KIEFF-Three regiments reported In
mutiny In the southern provinces.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 29. While
the day passed quietly without blood
shed In the Russian capital, and -while
the city Is outwardly calm, today's de
velopments all Indicate that a crisis
is Imminent. Although the streets are
filled with troops, and reinforcements
are now pouring in from Finland, the
government seems utterly powerless
to cope with the situation, and many
calm observers seem seriously to be
lieve that the present regime is tot
tering to its fall.
Differences have developed between
Count "Wltte and General Trepoff, and
while the precious moments pass, the
Emperor, surrounded by the imperial
family, remains shut up at Peterhof,
seemingly still hesitating as to what
course to pursue.
Grave doubts are expressed as to
whether even the Imperial Guard can
now be relied upon. Discontent is rife.
Early this morning the Fourteenth and
Eighteenth equipages of Sailors of the
Guard, who have been shut up like
prisoners in barracks on the Moska
Canal, demolished the windows and
furniture, and in the afternoon a de
tachment, consisting of four officials
of the guard, went to the lawyers' as
sembly and told the barristers that
many of the officers and a large part
of the troops were disgusted with the
government and were ready to enlist
in the movement for freedom., They
asked for aid toward effecting organ
ization, and said they had discussed
among- themselves the question of re
signing, but decided to show that per
sons in uniform could help to achieve
liberties.
Even the Cossack patrols are mov
ing in the streets today and seemed
careful to use their whips, and simply
drove the crowds along before their
advancing horses.
Demands on Municipal Council.
A meeting of the Municipal Council
was held this afternoon, at which a
deputation of 30 members of the
strikers' committee appeared. In an
impassioned speech the leader of the
deputation presented the following de
mands of the workmen and affiliated
organizations:
First A constitution and political liberty.
Second That the city furnish food to the
workmen.
Third That the city refuse further supplies
to the troops and the police. ,
Fourth That the troops be removed from the
waterworks or otherwise the .strikers would
cut the water suDDlr.
Fifth The Immunity of the deputation from
arrest.
The Council granted this last de
mand and promised to reply to the
other demands tomorrow. The Council
s.ent requests to both General Trepoff
and Minister of the Interior Boullgan
not to arrest the members of the depu
tation, but the police nevertheless took
thetn into custody. Upon urgent rep
f resentatlons, General Trepoff, an hour
later, released them.
The people are extremely nervous
and bordering on panic and are easy
RUSSIAN
WITHOUT A HUD
victims of every sensational rumor.
Among countless baseless reports
which received credence today were
that the Emperor had embarked on a
vessel and fled to Denmark; that Gen
eral Trepoff had been killed, by a
bomb and that Vice-Admiral BIrlleff
had been assassinated by mutineers in
the Black Sea.
Strike in the Postofflce.
"With a strike in the Government
Postofflce tonight, communication with
the interior practically ceased. Gov
ernment troops would be placed in the
government telegraph offices, but only
a few lines arc working. Many lines,
including the land lines to the conti
nent and to Libau, where they connect
with the cable, have been cut. At 10
o'clock, however, tho cable by way of
Nystad, Sweden, was still open. This
is now the only thread connecting Rus
sia with the outer world.
Admiral Darnovo, superintendent of
posts and telegraph, said this after
noon that he could not tell how long
cable communication with the Conti
nent would last
The foreign embassies have discuss
ed the situation, but have as yet takon
no steps regarding the safety of for
eign residents. As a precaution, the
State Department at Washington has
been requested to confer authority for
the charter oV vessels to hoist the
American flag as a refuge for Ameri
cans. J. Plerpont Morgan, Jr., and
George W. Perkins are negotiating
with the Hamburg-American Steam
ship Company for the dispatch of a
vessel to take them, off If necessary.
University Surrounded by Troops.
The University and Polytechnic Insti
tute were surrounded by troops, who
blocked all the adjacent streets, and the
students and professors were kept within
the confines of each Institution
Even the druggists have struck, and as
there Is much sickness, the populations
have divided the city into districts and
also have selected stations for the giving
of first aid to the injured in cases of col
lisions between the troops and the peo
ple. Such news as comes from the interior
shows no improvement in the situation.
The government everywhere seems pow
erless to break the present strike.
At Kharkoff order was restored only
after the Governor had formally Instruct
ed the troops not to fire, and upon the
demand of the "Blackheads." At Reval
the soldiers were sent out of that city
and the place left -In charge of a local
militia which had been organized by the
citizens.
Most Interesting by far, however, is the
news from Moscow, the real Russian cap
ital, where, according to private reports,
the Municipal Council and the committee
of public safety are sitting continuously,
and where a struggle Is momentarily ex
pected between the "League of Russian
Patriots," a reactionary organization, led
by the priests, and the newly-organized
militia and students. The Moscow Mu
nicipal Council is also reported to have
sent an ultimatum to the Emperor de
manding the promulgation of a consti
tution. Government Without a Head.
Although it is impossible officially to
confirm these reports, they seem to ad
mit of no doubt that the anti-government
forces have the upper hand. The govern
ment is no longer in communication with
the forces In the Far East except by
cable by way of China.
The situation cannot well be exagger
ated. With the present Indecision of the
Emperor, the government has neither a
head nor a policy to meet the crisis, and
things seem to be drifting toward an
archy. The revolutionists openly declare
that the government has ceased to exist
and that nothing remains to His Majesty
except to abdicate. With a firm hand at
the helm and a rational policy, however,
all might quickly bo changed.
The strikers apparently are without
funds and muBt soon be exhausted, as was
made evident by the action of the strike
committee here practically being forcca
to hold up the city for food.
Representatives of the Associated Press
drove through all sections of the cliv to
day. Troops were everywhere in evi
dence, as If to overawe the people, but
although there were many rumors of
bloody collisions, none of them could be
authenticated. There were great crowds
of workmen in the industrial quarter?,
but their behavior was orderly.
All military reserves are kept closely In
barracks under arms, and at the Hor&e
Guard Barracks, back of General Trep
offs chancellory, the horses are kept
constantly saddled ready to emerge at a
moment's notice.
Soldiers Patrol Darkened Streets.
The Russian 'capital is like a city in th
possession of a foreign army. Tonight
again the soldiers are bivouacking in the
darkened and otherwise deserted streets.
The Nevsky Prospect alone is flooded by
th great searchlights erected on the pier
of the Admiralty building. The curious
are drawn there like moths to a candle,
and the sidewalks are thronged, while the
government clerks scurry along the road
way, threading their way through the In
fantry and cavalry patrols. Even in the
Nevsky Prospect many windows of the
shops are boarded up.
Although electric lights have been re
stored in some sections," the streets are
dark, forbidding and deserted by all save
the patrols. Occasional fires are kindled
by janitors In the middle of the streets,
which gleam red and smoky in the deep
October darkness.
A train arrived tonight from Germany
In charge of a railroad battalion, having
been four days cohering the distance from
the frontier.
Many meetings were held tonight In
various quarters of the city, at which
the workmen, encouraged by the leaders
of the movement, were in a jubilant and
confident spirit. The better classes as a
rule are keeping closely to their houses.
The government and the Liberals are at
a loss to know whose is the contriving
brain behind the great strike. The help
ing hand Is Invisible, though its workings
are plainly exidentl It is thought the
strike may have been directed from Switz
erland or Germany, and executed here
through the Social" Democratic organiza
tions, in which representatives of the
workmen and the students are equally
active.
The organization Is able to sway the
student body through Its student members,-
and everywhere today the students
were seen mingling with the workmen
and took an active part in their xnove-jnent.
KING US
TO FIGHT GANG
Women of Philadelphia Are
Taking an Active Part in
Municipal Campaign.
SHOW GREAT SAGACITY
Rcgulnr Headquarters Established
Where Xo Plan's "Face Appears.
Society. Women Open
Dra wing-Rooms.
LOSS TO PHILADELPlilA.
Engineers of National reputation, af
ter close examination, report to Mayor
Weaver that the city has been robbed
of fG.330,000 la the nitration system
and two unfinished boulevards.
Contracting arms that received most
of the $18,000,000 expended include I.
TV. Durham, leader of the local Repub
lican ring; Senator J. P. McXIchol. a
leader of the ring; State Senator G.
A. Vare and his brother, E. H. "Vare.
Xo real publicity was permitted In
the publication of advertising the bids
for the nitration work.
W. M. C. Haddock. ex-Director of
Public Works; Peter E. Cost el I o, re
moved from Directorship, of Public
Works by Mayor Weaver, and J. W.
Hill, ex-chlef of the Bureau of Filtra
tion, are the officials held responsible.
PHILADELPHIA,. Oct. 29. (Special.)
A big banner is stretched across Broad
and Chestnut streets. It reads:
WOMEN'S CITY PARTY.
and is followed by the names of the
Anti-Gang candidates.
Philadelphia offers the most Impressive
exhibition of women in politics that has
PORTLAND MEN- QUICK TO SEE THAT STATE FACES A CRISIS
,
Secretary Tart's Failure to Recommend Appropriations and Lack of Funds to Carry on
Columbia River Improvements Leads to Concerted Action.
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TAFT WILL NOT RECOMMEND vPPROPRIATIONS.-Sccretary Taft. In his estimates this year, will not
recommend any appropriation for Cohlpletlng Jetty work at the mouth of the Columbia River, nor will he ask for an
appropriation to continue construction of The Dalles-Celllo canal.
Secretary Taft is not discriminating against the Columbia River In refusing to ask for an appropriation this
Winter, for he has decided to recommend no appropriations for river and harbor works. Those projects known as
continuing contracts will be cared for In the sundry civil bill without any recommendation on the part of the War
Department, but, unfortunately for the Columbia River, neither the bar project nor the Celllo caanl Is in this class
WITHOUT MONEY. RIVERIMPROVEMENTS MUST STOP.-Unless Congress makes an appropriation for
the Columbia River improvements, the work must stop. The last appropriation of JtOO.OOO, made March 5, 1905, for
the Columbia River bar improvement, has been used up. and the J3CO.0CO pledged In the sundry civil bill of the' ap
proaching session will carry on the work only through the Winter season. To complete the Jetty, more than 5SOO.00O Is
required The work on the Celllo canal has Just been started under the $200,000 appropriation Just granted. Unless
succeeding Congresses follow up this Initial appropriation, the work will lag for years, and the opening of the Upper
Columbia River postponed Indefinitely.
PROPOSED ACTION IN FACE OF CRISIS-Promlnent Portland men are unanimous in recognizing the fact
that the state faces a crisis; that Its development will be seriously handicapped unless Congress continues the Improve
ment of the Columbia River. The dispatch from The Oregonlan's Washington correspondent sounded the first note
of alarm, and the business men of the city were quick to sec that the situation must be faced bravely. A delegation
of Influential citizens will, no doubt, be sent to Washington to aid Senator Fulton In his single-handed fight for appro
priations, and a mammoth petition, signed by Oregon citizens, is suggested as a means of Influencing Congressional
action. Through The Oregonlan, the spirit of the city's public men Is already aroused, and concerted action by tho
commercial organizations will be immediately taken toward planning the Columbia River improvement campaign.
ever been seen outside of the few states
where they have the right to vote.
The Women's City party has a large
suite of rooms in the Real Estate Trust
Company. It is purely an Adamless po
litical headquarters, the managers, work
ers, clerks, stenographers and even the
doorkeepers being women.
Mrs. Rudolph Blankcnburg, Mrs. Thom
as KIrkbrlde, Mrs. J. Mumford and others
of equal social standing are at the head
of the unique organization. They have
plenty of money, although they are not
spending It foolishly, and are vigorously
pressing the campaign against the gang.
Miss Anna Davis is the campaign man
ager, and has already proven herself en
ergetic and capable For .years she was
one of the most energetic of the slum
workers who labored for the College Set-tlemcnt-
Arraylng Slums Against the Gang.
Miss Davis is directing most of her ef
forts toward arraying the slum vote
against the gang. During an Interval of
rest she gave an interview to a repre
sentative of The Oregonlan, and outlined
her -campaign plans.
"Women have figured In politics be
fore," she said. "There are ways to. get
votes, and ways not to get them.
"Many women believe that If a well
dressed society woman tours the slums In
a carriage, armed with a lorgnette and a
bundle of campaign documents, all she
needs to do Is to be condescending, treat
the voters as Inferiors, and the trick Is
done,
"So it is but for the other ticket.
"We are meeting the voters on their
own level, putting the facts to them In
'man-to-man' fashion, and arc meeting
with great success. Of course, during
my work with the College Settlement I
made many warm friends who are of
great use to me now.
Converts Used as Missionaries.
"We try as far as possible to convert
one woman first, and then use her as a
missionary among her' Immediate neigh
bors. "We Impress upon the people the fact
that extravagant city government Is paid
for directly by the poor, who do not own
their own homes.
"The tax rate goes up, but real estate
owners escape personal loss (by raising
the rents. That directly affects the house
holder. Butchers, grocers and all trades
people pay more to landlords, and even
It up by a raise In prices, while wages
remain at the same level.
"Philadelphia has tho worst lighting
system In the world, the poorest gas and
the highest bills In any city.
"The rate is nominally $t a thousand,
but monthly bills for small families run
from $12 to $15. The quality of the gas is
poor, wind is pumped Into the pines, and
tho meters notoriously err In the matter
of being excessively fast.
Photograplis of Gas Bills.
"We have made photographic copies of
average gas bills in New York, Boston
and Chicago, and have, traveled about
the downtown districts, using these bills
as exhibits.
"Every man or woman we see pays at
least double what they would in any other
city, and it is an argument that touches
the voters in their roost vulnerable spot
the pocket.
"We also use with great effect the ar
gument that a turn-down of the gang
means a purging of the dives which for
years have disgraced our city.
"Philadelphia is called the 'City of
Homes,' but conditions exist here which
would not be tolerated in New York for
a moment.
"The better class of Philadclphlahs are
thoroughly aroused to the necessity of
downing the gang. We are reaching out
for the voters who the gang thought they
had under control, and we are getting
them, too."
Women's Political Sagacity.
Mayor Weaver and his associates ad
mit that the women are doing a grand
work In the fight. Said Director of Public
Safety Potter today: "It is wonderful
the political sagacity they are display
ing. Why these women know more than
old-time politicians who have been In
the game -for years.
"The drawing-rooms of society have
been thrown open to the women for their
meetings. Mrs. Frank Miles Day, wife
of thefamous architect, has opened her
own home as a ward headquarters. Her
example has been followed by many.
There is nothing that shows the Intensity
of the struggle so much as does this lat
est surprising move."
There Is a startling resemblance be
tween Durham, boss ot Philadelphia, and
Murphy, boss of New York. Both have
gained vast sums through rich city con
tracts, but there the resemblance ends
for Durham has been "caught with the
'goods."
Both Durham's and Murphy's czardoms
of graft and corruption have been with
out the law but operated through offi
cers designated by the law. Offices have
been filled by creatures of the bosses and
the two great cities of New York and
Philadelphia have been ruled from "po
litical" clubhouses.
Durham was known to his band of ras
cals as the "Old Man." He was a silent
man, made no threats and gave few
promises, but kept such as he gave. All
Philadelphia knew before the filtration
plant scandal that he was a corrupt boss,
but had it not been for the careless ad
mission of a sub-contractor during that
investigation that Durham was a one
third profit-sharer in the J3.O00.O0O steal
planned In connection with the building
of the $27,000,000 filtration plant, tho boss
grafter of Pensylvanla. might have gone
to bis grave without this added shame to
his unsavory name.
The wrecking of the Enterprise Nation
al Bank at Pittsburg by men who belong
to the "gang" has been a terrible blow
to the machine pretensions for supremacy
at the polls. UnUed States Senator Boles
Penrose Is now pathetically discredited
and In a pitiable position before the great
commonwealth of Pennsylvania. His re
election to the Senate Is now deemed Im
possible of realization.
Boused Like Sleeping Giant.
The splendid strength of purposo and
untiring zeal with which the citizenship
of Philadelphia had been aroused, like
some sleeping giant, to cast off the
shackles of Its civic slavery was again
exemplified during the past week, when
an enormous audience 'greeted Governor
Folk, of Missouri, the grim terror of all
grafters, in his address at the Academy
of Music It was there made patent that'
the fight with the contracting combine As
to the death and that the decent and self
respecting citizens of this community
have determined to forever end tho gang
rule that has fed on tho fat of corruption
for years past.
The remarkable demonstration made by
2000 citizens at the conclusion of Gov
ernor Folk's speech, in which the homes
of Durham and McNlchol were stoned and
the cries of "Down with the grafters"
and "Hang the thieves," Is only a more
radical side of the reform movement that
has swept the city from end to end. and
presages the complete and Irretrievable
defeat of the discredited Durham-McNlch-ol-Tenrose
machine at the coming elec
tion. Bogus Names on Voting Lists.
The desperate attempts now being
made by Durham and his gang to avert
the inevitable on November 7 has re
sulted In an unprecedented number of
bogus names being placed on the voting
lists. More than 22.000 bogus votes have
becn Improperly placed; on it. and a new
scheme of list padding by the contract-
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ran faces
SERIQUS GRIS
Improvements to Columbia
River Are in Great
Danger.
UNITED ACTION NECESSARY
Unless Congress Makes Liberal Ap
propriations, .Deepening of Bar
nnd Opening of River Will
Be Delayed for Years.
WHAT CONGRESS HAS VOTED
FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
In the work so far done upon the Co
lumbia River, Congress has made the
appropriations set out In the follow
ing table. The expenditure of this large
sunt of public money will be In part
wasted by any delay In the speedy
completion of the Jetty. The appro
priations made are as follows:
July 5. 1SS4 S 100.000
August 5. 1SSQ 1S7.C0O
August 11. 1SSS C00.O0O
February 22. 1S00 75.000
September 10. 1S0O -175.000
July 13. 1832 350.000
August 18. 1834 M 33S.1S0
Sundry civil bill of June 6,
1900 250.000
June 18. 1002 00.000
Sundry civil bill of March 3.
1003 1.000.000
March 3, 1005 700,000
Of the appropriation of March. 1005.
f flOO.000 was granted for Immediate use.
while J 300,000 was pledged tobe voted
at the coming session of Congress. Act
ing on this pledge, the work covered
by the promised money will all have
been done by the clone of the Winter
season.
By the act of June 3. 1896. $30,000
was taken from the amount appropri
ated for use in work being done at
Tongue Point.
Portland's commerce faces a crisis. On
the one hand Is the bar of the Columbia
as an impediment to the great and rapid
progress and growth o"r trade, a barrier
which prevents the wheat of the North
west and the manufactures of the United
States from being poured through the har
bor of Portland into the markets of the
Orient. On the other is the declaration
of Secretary of War Taft that there will
be no appropriations at the coming Con
gress for the completion or prosecution of
the work on the Columbia River Jetty. To
make this condition all the more serious,
the entire amount of money given by Con
gress has been spent, while the $300,000
pledged In the civil sundry bill of the com
ing session has been used In anticipation
by the engineers in charge of the work,
and if weather conditions remain good,
the work on the mouth of the river will
of necessity cease with the new year for
lack of funds.
Between these two horns of the dilemma
the trade of Portland and of Oregon In
particular, and of the Northwest In gen
eral, stands uncertain, with but one cham
pion. Senator Fulton, who will be com
pelled to battle alone against the wishes
of the War Department and the plans of
the party leaders.
In addition to this bad news Is the fur
ther fact that the $300.0GO appropriation
made for the locks and canal at Celllo
has either been spent or contracted for,
and unless the Secretary goes back on his
statement, all work on the deepening and
opening of the Upper Columbia River will
soon be at a standstill. The Celllo Canal
Is important, and a great necessity in the
opening of the Columbia and consequent
regulation of rates.
Fulton Practically Alone.
What ought to be done or what plan
can be adopfed by which the work at the
mouth of the river may be pushed for
ward Is now the question agitating the
minds of those public-spirited men who
have the best Interests of the growing
Northwest at heart. Oregon Is crippled
In representation at Washington and
must of necessity rely In part at leaBt
upon the friendship and the friendly as
sistance of those men guarding the Inter
ests of sister states, which Interests In
many -Instances are practically Identical
with the welfare of Oregon. Senator Ful
ton, who alone represents Oregon at
Washington at the present time. Is un
der Jthe task of battling for the appro
priations due the state from Congress,
and he has to face the Columbia River
crisis practically alone at a- time when
the question is of paramount Importance,
not only to the state but to the entire
Northwest.
James-J. Hill, who has just decided to
build his Northern Pacific road along the
north bank of the Columbia Into Port
land as the chief terminal city of the
Western Coast, has stated in public that
If the harbor of Portland and the out
let to the sea will not receive and bear
out the deep-draught vessels used by the
Northern Pacific he will send those ves
sels to Puget Sound there to load their
cargoes for the Orient. Large vessels are
needed to carry ocean freight, and only
In "the recent past two of these were un
able to load to their full capacity In the
Portland harbor in order that they might
run no risk In crossing the bar.
For these reasons and for others too
numerous to mention the announcement
that Secretary Taft would make no rec
ommendations for appropriations fell like
a bomb among the shippers and those
who have the future Interest of Portland
at heart- Now the common thought and
the universal idea is that some plan must
be devised by which Congress may be
made to see the peculiar necessity of not
allowing the work at the mouth of the
river to rest or to lapse.
Oregon Is in a peculiar position, and
one that makes it vital that no halt be
called in the improvements now being
made at the mouth of the Columbia.
The question of a deep channel to the
sea "Is the most serious now before the
people of the Northwest," to quote the
language of a man well versed In public
matters, and no halt must be called In
the advance now being made.
Two Years to Complete Jetty.
According to the estimate of Major
Langfltt before he left Portland. $500,000
would be necessary to complete the
south jetty. Now according to the
statement of Major Roessler, the present
engineer, changing conditions will make
It necessary to spend far more than this
before the project will be done. Two
years of uninterrupted work under favor
able conditions will be required to finish
the task while the delay which would
result from no appropriation would work
untold damage to what has already been
done.
This is the situation which Oregon
men are called upon to face and combat
and from evidence of those who have ex
pressed, themselves upon the subject
there is one mind and one thought, and
that Is to make a great and earnest ef
fort to convince Congress that the con
ditions holding here are peculiar and re
quire especial consideration.
No one perhaps Is better able from a
technical and an authoritative standpoint
to discuss the deep-river subject In all
Its bearings than Major Roessler, engi
neer In charge of the river and harbor
work here, and he greatly deplores the
possibility that the work upon the jetty
wlll have to be abandoned even for a time.
In discussing the work upon the jetty.
Major Roessler Is uncertain of the time
which might be required to finish the
construction even If no interruption was
encountered. Weather counts more and
more as the jetty trestle creeps out
toward the sea. With fair weather condi
tions, however, and no outside Interrup
tions it would be possible, in the estima
tion of Major Roessler, to complete the
jetty In two years, but the chances would
be that a longer time would be required.
More Than $800,000 "Needed.
"In the estimate made by Major Lang
fltt," said Major Roessler yesterday, "It
(Concluded on page 2.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
t The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 55
deg.; minimum. 41 deg.
TODAY'S Partly cloudy; winds mostly north
to east. '
Russia.
M. "Wltto reported -vto have been appointed
Premier. Page 1.
Czar is said to have accepted the liberal pol
icy urged by his Minister. Page 1.
St. Petersburg Is full of troops, who patrol
darkened streets. Pace 1.
Reports from various sections show that army
and navy Is rjpe for rebellion. Page 1.
New Russian Ministry la confronted by mass
of work from the recent war. Page -4.
National.
"Wireless communication kept up with the
President off the "Florida coast. Page 2.
Army is little considered In time of peace,
says Major-General Alnsworth. Page 2.
Strong lobby will back President in move for
Government regulation of railroads. Page 3.
. Politics.
Women taking an active part in the municipal
campaign In Philadelphia. Page 1.
Engineers disclose fraud In building of Phila
delphia's filtration and boulevard systems.
Page 3.
Pacific Coast.
Big ranch In Chehalls County Is cut up Into
small farms. Page 4.
Foreign.
Catholic bishops In Philippines denied request
for money tor parochial schools. Page 3.
The Storthing discusses a constitution until
late at night. Page 2.
French Senate will pass bill separating church
and state. Page 3.
Spanish cruiser Cardinal Cesneros sinks In
SO feet of water. Page 2.
Domestic.
Dismembered body found in suitcases identified
as that of Susan Gear, chorus girl; secre
tary to show manager arrested. Page 3.
Theological student atumpts to rescue two
boys from burning orphanage. Page 2.
Five officials of Pennsylvania mine killed
while on trip of Investigation. Page 4.
Watermaln bursts In Chicago, causing three
deaths and much damage. Page 4.
Hall Calne declares the Kaiser Is a pagan as
a- sovereign. Page 2.
Sports.
Pacific Coast .scores: San Francisco 5-7. Port
land 1-0; Oakland 1-2, Tacoma 0-1; Seattle
1. Los Angeles 0. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland faces a crisis; united action needed
to get appropriations for Columbia River
Improvements. Page 1.
Washington wins many agricultural awards.
Page 0.
Rev. J. W. Brougher preaches on "Judge
Not." Page 0.
East Side citizens present arguments for
Southern Pacific depot. Page 8.
Dr. E. L, House says ethical pulpit and press
must overcome prevailing spirit of graft.
Page 8.
Leading Democrats say party representatives
in office must reform or get out. Page 8.
A. J. Miner, frontiersman and veteran of two
wars, subject of charity. Page 10.
Portland Automobile. Club starts organized
movement for good roads. Page 7.
Local meat trust responsible for dissatisfac
tion of stockmen with markets. Page 14.
Pilots make soundings on Columbia River bar
and find depth of 214 feet. Page 5.
WITTE TO SAVE'
CHITS THRONE
Reported to Have Been
Made Premier.
MARTIAL LAW IS TO GEASE
Legislative Powers Granted to
Representative Assembly.
ALL SECTIONS TO SHARE
Russian People to Manage Tlicir
Own Affairs, and Nicholas Is to
Be Emperor Hereafter in
"Siime Only.
LONDON. Oct. SO. The Daily Tele
graph's St. Petersburg correspondent tele
graphing Sunday night says:
"I am informed that the Emperor has
just accepted the liberal programme, ap
pointed Count Wltte Premier and given
legislative powers to the representative
assembly, allowing representatives from
all sections of the population to be elect
ed to It and abolishing martial law
throughout the empire. I am further in
formed that the Emperor will Issue a
manifesto to the people tomorrow."
In earlier dispatches the Dally Tele
graph's correspondent describes the auto
crats like a "bulb of mercury fallen from
a height and shivered Into little pieces."
and Russia as having become an "archi
pelago of political islands, each inde
pendent of the others, all dealing with
public affairs with hardly any reference
of the will of the once all-powerful mon
arch." "Anti-monarchlal sentiments," the cor
respondent goes on to say, "which would
have been a terrible crime two months
ago, are now in everybody's mouth. Th ,
Russian people, suddenly educated by
events and sobered by a sense of responsi
bility. Is able, willing and determined
henceforth to manage Its affairs in its
own way and without intercference from
above.
"My belief is that if the authorities ab
stain from violence the strike will termi
nate next week because the Socialists
are waiting till the end of tho year for
an armed Insurrection, when they will be
fully prepared."
COURT IS IX OPEX REVOLT
Reservists Sent Back to Finland Are
In Revolutionary Mood.
LONDON, Oct. 20. The correspondent of
the Daily Chronicle at St. Petersburg
send3 the following:
"The court is In revolt against the Em
peror, who Is vacillating between the
counsels of his Ministers to grant a con
stitution, with Count Wltte 'as Premier,
and the advice of the reactionaries to pro
claim a dictatorship under General Count
Alexis Ignatieff, a member of the Council
of the Empire.
"One of the most ominous factors in the
situation is the feeling among the Finns.
There are only 4000 troops In Finland, the
6000 Reservists sent there having been
brought back because they developed rev
olutionary tendenples. Should the Finns
revolt the government could not re-enforce
the garrisons, because every soldier
Is wanted here, and the navy is unrelia
ble." "Wltte Does Xot Know.
SPECIAL CABLE.
LONDON. Oct. CO. A telegram was sent
to Count Wltte at the palace at Peter
hof, Sunday afternoon, asking if. in his
opinion, there was danger of an Imme
diate serious outbreak which would en
danger ' the Russian government. At 5
o'clock the following reply was received:
"Am unable to answer the question con
tained in your telegram of today.
"WITTE.'
The general construction placed upon
this answer of Count Wltte Is that the
Cabinet, which has been In session in the
Peterhof since Saturday noon. Is still un
decided whether It should favor Witte'a
reform measures or follow out the an
cient custom and try to put down the re
bellion by force of arms.
COSSACKS FIRE OX THE CROWDS
Workmen and Students Have Barri
caded Streets of Odessa.
ODESSA. Oct- 29. (3:33 P. M.) Cossacks
have commenced firing on the crowds. of
workmen and students who had barri
caded street corners with street railway
poles and furniture.
' At one point a volley from the Cos
sacks killed one student, three workmen
ana a girl and wounded IS persons.
The Governor in a proclamation said
that the first stone thrown at the militia
would be the signal for the troops to fire.
The Governor asked St. Petersburg for
authority to proclaim martial law. but
has not received an answer. All the
streets and squares are full of Cossacks
and police.
Citizens have formed a committee for
public defense.