THE MOBXDiG H0KEGOXIA3T, TUESDAY, DJECEIBER 5, 1903. MEET THREATS WITH THRERTS Russian Operators Refuse to Work Until Demands Are Granted. LEAGUE DEFIES DURNOVO Issues Decrees Jjlkc Provisional. Gov ernment "Peasants Itcdnce South ern Russia to Anarchy Czar Prepared for night. PEASANTS BUnN AND JUI.T.. ST. PETERSBURG, (undated) via Eydtkuhnpn. Dec. 4. Tlie peasant re volt In Southern Russia Is still In full sirlnB. Band of moujiks are burn ing and looting (-Mates verywhorr, murdrrlnK the landlords and carrying off cattle and stores. They are cutting Hie throat of every beast, leaving the carcasses to rot Jn I the villages and fields, whero tho starving population Is cutting oft pieces for food, even after putrefac- tlon has set In. ST. PKTERSBURG. Sunday. Dec. 3. f9 P. XL) (Via Eydtkuhncn. East l'mssia. Dec. 4.) The city remains quiet, but extromc tansion prevails. Armed patrols of cavalry and infantry are in the streets, especially In the neighborhood of the telegraph office. The telegraph and postal tie up 're mains complete. Soldiers and employes of other deparments arc being used to deliver portions of the vast accumula tion of mail. The telegraph operators mt yester days threat to discharge rhem today unless they returned to work by re yolvinjf to prosecute the strike until their demands are satisfied. The League of Leagues, which Is issuing decrees like a veritable provisional govern ment: has openly defied the prefect's warning to walking delegates and agi tators that any attempts to persuade employes to leave their work would lead to their arrest and the imposition of a fine of "50 dubles, and is issuing a counter proclamation warning not only the Russian, but Danish operators to work at their peril. The authorities think the strike will be broken In a few days, but the basis of their opti mism Is not stated. Wittc Urges Concessions. Wltte is now convinced that the Em peror by acceding to the demand for universal suffrage may atlll find a common ground on which the govern ment and the moderate and the ex treme elements can stand. If this falls to stay the headlong march of events, the proclamation of a ready-made con stitution might be tried as the last card. Then nothing would remain ex cept the presentation of a dictatorship. Competent Judges of the situation Re lieve a dictatorship, while It might re strain the . rising flood . temporarily, would only increase the dimensions of the cataclysm and, when the dam goes, sweep the government and dynasty away to common ruin. Confers With Zcmstvoists. In order to convince the Zemstvos that the government is honestly trying to meet the wishes of the moderate and substan tial element?. Count Wltte has invited not only a deputation of the iloscow Con. gress. M. Petruenkewich, Kokoshkinc and Mouromsteff, but a number of other Zemstvoists. Prince Troubetskoy. Dmitri Shlpoff, M. Guchkoff. M. Kuzmlnkara and M. Vleff. to participate in the sessions o the Cabinet on the election law, which was continued last night and today. Count Witie appealed to the patriotism of the s&pmstvoihtp, saying It was their duty not to inflame the situation, but to to-operate in saving the country from complete anarchy. A decision was reached to grant practically universal, ecret and equal suffrage to males 23 years of age on the- basis of one repre sentative tor each 130.000 of the popula tion, but Itte refused to yield any suf frage to the country districts where there will be a double ct of electors. Unless the extremists are willing to accept this solution, the support 0f the moderates will not greatly Improve the situation, as the latter in the present crisis are almost a negligible quantity. Ptrhap. it If too much to hope that the Soclul Revolutionary leaders, drunk with the success achieved, can be induced to cease their efforts, which are now entire ly directed to winning over the army. Operators Will Strike On. The telegraph operators have replied to Cornt Witte's refusal to treat with them by an open letter declaring they will have nor negotiations with Minister Durnovo and must now continue the strike until, first, the abrogation of all government measures to prevent the organization and activity of thehlr congress, and second, the liberation and reinstatement of their allied comrades. The threatened strike of the police and public porters today did not materialize. The mutineers of Sevastopol will be tried by court-martial. GENERAL, DRAKE TOO EASY Man Who Dallied With Mutiny Re moved From Klcff. BERLIN. Dec. 4 A dispatch to the Lo-kal-Anrelger from Kieff, via Podwoloczy ska. December S. noon, says: One company of a pontoon battalion mutinied today, and. fully armed, marched through the streets trying to persuade other troops to Join it. Only an engineer corps did so. The mutineers, then 20M strong, continued their' inarch. Two hundred Cossacks were sent to prevent their advance, but General Drake, In or der to prevent bloodshed, subsequently withdrew the Cossacks and permitted the mutineers to rass. General Drake made repeated and kind ly efforts to persuade the mutineers to abandon their foolhardy course. A party of them had complied when Governor General Suchollmaff telephoned an order that energetic measures be taken against the mutineers and that the latter be fired upon at the first opportunity. The mutineers halted before the bar racks of an Azolf regiment, which was called upon to Join the marchers. During the demonstration at the barracks several mutineer fired, wounding an officer and two or three soldiers. The troops then fired upon the mutineers, who returned the fire and fled after several more volleys of tho troops. The casualties upon both sides were about 70 dead and 300 wounded. Two hun dred mutineers surrendered. General Drake has been given leave of absence and will be succeeded by Llou-tenapt-Gcneral Karganoff, an energetic, strict officer. A strike has broken out In the shops .of the Southwestern Railways, and la all the factories. The great mui meetings held in the Polytechnic Institute have caused the railways to close the latter. All the newspapers are subject to the strict censorship, and the radical publi cations consequently are not appearing. TROOPS MUTINY AT KISHEN'EFF Klcff Under Martial Law Telegraph Strikers Stand Firm. BERLIN. Dec. 4. A dispatch to the Lo kal Anzeiger from JCleff, via Podwoloc zyska, Austrian Galicia, filed at the lat ter place at 30:15 A. M.. says: "Martial law was declared at Kieff yes terday. The troops at KJiarkoff refuse to take the oath of fealty to the colors. "Great turbulence prevails at Kishlncff, The precise character of the events there is not yet known, but the Thirty-third Artillery Brigade is reported to have mu tinied. "The cause of the mutiny of the Kieff Engineering Corps is said to have been the maltreatment of several soldiers and one officer by the commander. "A strike has again broken out on the railway to Poltava, Moscow, and Voro nezh. tno Odessa correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger telfegraphs as follows: "The employes of the telegraph and postal departments continue on strike, which has led the central officers at Mow cow to stop work. The strikers expect all their demands to be satisfied. "Placards signed by Governor-General Kaulbars and General Gregorleff. the Prefect of Police, are posted In Odessa, saying that all measures have been taken to preserve order. Perfect order prevails. '"The Odessa University Council at an extra session has decided to Ignore as illegal the order of the Municipal Gover nor closing that institution and to reopen the University." GERMAN" SQUADRON AT JIAXD Causes Rumor That Romanoffs Arc Prepared to Klcc TS. PETERSBURG. Dec 2. via Hydt kuhnen. Dec 4. It is reported from CronstaTdt that a German .squadron has been sighted In the Baltic Sea near the Russian coast. Rumor attributes the ap pearance of the wjuadron preparations for the flight of the Russian ' imperial family. Agrarian and anU-Jewlsh outbreaks are reported to have occurred in the gov ernment of Chornlgoff, Terdk, Kursk and Kazan. REPUBLIC IS PROCLAIMED. People of Novargansk Abolish Both Czar and Deity. ST. PETERSBURG, via Eydtkunon, Dec 4. News which has a curious paral lel In the French Revolution comes from a little village on the borders of the Baltic where the people have organized the "Republic of Novargansk." They have issued a manifesto abolishing the rule not only of the Emperor, but of the deity, which has been read In the churches and. the popular assembly halls. NOBLES KILLED BY PEASANTS Mutilation Added to Crimes in the Baltic Provinces. KOENIGSBERG, East Prussia, Dec 4. The Oestpruesslsche JCeltung prints rer ports received from Llbau saying that .several of tho nobility, officials and oth er residents of Livanla and Courland have been attacked by peasants, killed and terribly, mutilated. Bands of several hun dred peasants are roving about, robbing and killing. 31UTINEERS BURN - PRISON. Recaptured After Exchange of Shots WIUi Soldiers. VERONE3H (undated), via Eydtkuhnon, Dec. 4. The local military prison in the suburb of Prldatscha was set on lire by the Imprisoned mutineers. A row of shops adjoining the prison was also burned. The mutineers then marched to the civil prison. They were stopped, however, by a body of soldiers. After an exchange of shots most of the escaping prisoners were recaptured only a small minority of them being able to elude the officers. ARMED GUARD FOR EMBASSY Meyer Authorized lo Hire 3Iany Ad ditional "Servant.' WASHINGTON, Dec 4. OpeciaU-Act-Ing on a request made by United States Ambassador Meyer at SU Petersburg, the Stata Department has authorized the employment at the United States Em bassy In 9L Petersburg of several addi tional "servants." The seriousness of the present situation in St. Petersburg led Mr. Meyer to ask for these "servants. who. as a matter of fact, will act as & guard for the Embassy. 'JEWS PARADE IN NEW YORK Great Demonstration of Mourning for Victims of Massacres. NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Onc hundred thousand Jews, each wearing a band of crepe on the left arm. marched under a myriad of black banners through the principal streets of the Eart; Side today, accompanied by bands playing dirges In memory of the Jews massacred In Rus sia, Hundreds of women and children Joined in singing and bands were scat tered throughout the long parade. The procession marched to tho plaza in Union Square, where It resolved Itself Into a mass? meeting to formulate resolu tions. Brief, terse resolutions wore read oy their leaders to the thousands of paraders. The voting was done orally, with a great shout. In which the resolutions wore adopted unanimously. After outlining the Russian atrocities, and calling upon the United States to interfere In behalf of the Jews, the resolutions continue: "To our overwhelming shame disap pointment and sorrow, we realize that eternal vigilance is the price of the Jews life, and wo urge our people to take up arms against their assailants, and, if needs be, to sell their lives mo.t dearly. Wo call Jews everywhere to aid the de fense of the Jewish people," PANIC ON PARIS BOURSE. Wild Rumors Send All the Russian Stocks Tumbling. PAKIS, Dec 4. Excitement during the early hours on the Bourse was of a fev erish nnture. Russian government securi ties and Russian Industrials being .sacri ficed. Russian bonds tumbled IS francs, but gradually recovered until the net loss for the day was 12 francs. One of the large. Russian Industrial stocks suffered a loss of 100 francs, while Sosnovlce and Brlansk (industrials) went off C francs. The entire absence of information in creased the apprehension and gave aa opportunity for the circulation of false, reports. One circular from a fictitious Russian agency stating that fire had de stroyed a large railway industry was con fiscated by the special police of the Bourse after the report had further de pressed industrials. Other rumors, which were quickly deciwd, were that the banks did not have the assoant necessary to meet tho Russian coupon. Financiers urge calBaaese, pointing out that the absence of advice from Russia does not warrant a paxicky disposition. The government I also lending its Influ ence to allay, the apprehension, and is se verely repressing falsa reports. TRYING TERRORIST PLOTTERS Evidence Shows Conspiracy to Kill Trcpoff and ScrgiHs. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec X via Eydt kubnen. Dec 4. The trial of Mme. Leon tie ft and a dozen others who are charged with being implicated In a terrorist plot to kill General Trcpoff. Is proceeding be hind closed doors. The evidence devel oped the existence of a big conspiracy, with ramifications at Moscow and else where, which bad for its purpose the as sassination of Grand Duke Sergius, al ready accomplished, and of General Trcp off and other tyrant. TREPOFF ANXIOUS TO SHOOT Wants to Restore Order by Arrests and Fusillades. PARTS. Dec. 4. (4:43 P. M.) A dlr?atch to the Temps from St, Petersburg, dated Sunday. December 3. via Eydkuhnc, East Prusria, today says: The strike of the -post and telegraph employes Is general, the Government re maining unyielding before the demands of the strikers. General Trcpoff Is said to be ready to return to the scene and re store order by a systcsn of arrests and fusillades. Interior MInlrter Durnovo Is In full accord with Trcpoff and Is gradu ally separating hlmrelf from Count Wittc. who Is now committed to take his policy from the Zcmstvoists of Moscow. There are a number of Indications that the elements of stern repression arc grad ually' sotting the upper hand." SOLDIERS LEFT TO STARVE Discharged From Service, They Threaten to Flundcr Odessa. VIENNA. Dec. 4. The Tagcblatt pub lishes a communication from Odessa which was conveyed by boat to Pod woloczyska. Galicia. and thence tele graphed, saying that 1000 Reservists havo suddenly been released from service and are hungry and homeless. They are parading the streets asking for food. Governor-General Kaulbers refuses to help them and they are threatening to steal and plunder. Many Russian and Polish families; the dispatch says, are fleeing from Kieff. where martial law has been de clared. REFUSE TO PLAY POLICE3CEN Soldiers at Riga and Sailors or Im perial. Guard Revolt. LONDON, Dec 4. The 8U Petersburg correspondent of the Times says that three regiments at Riga have refused to perform police duty. The Emperor has received In audience Fathor John of Cronstadt. Count Alvens lcben. German ex-Ambassador at St. Pe tersburg, has brought an autograph letter from Emperor William to Emperor Nich olas. The sailors of the Imperial guard have mutinied. Nearly All Returned Exiles. HELSING FORS. Sunday. Dec 3 (via Stockholm, Dec 4.) Five of the members of the new Senate, the constitution of which was announced yesterday. Includ ing Vice-President Dr. Mechlin, of Ny berg, were banished during Governor Bob rikoffs term of office and two others de prived of their posts by the central ad ministration. The new presodcat cf the Supreme Court was exiled to St. Peters burg in 19M. while Ave other member's now reappointed to the Supreme Court were dismissed. The papers attribute the ap pointment of the new Senate to the In fluence of the Dowager Empress. London Still In, the Dark. LONDON, Dec 4. No dispatches from St. Petersburg or elsewhere la Russia, with the exception of a brief message from Warsaw, have arrived in London to day up to this time since those dated Sat urday, which came in via east Prussia during the night. A news agency tele gram from Liverpool says a cable mess age has been received there from Odessa stating that ail was quiet, and hoping that the telegraphers' strike will end De cember 4. The date the dispatch was sent from Odessa was not given. Strikers Demand Constitution. MOSCOW. Dec 2 (via Eydtkuhnen East Prussia, Dec -t The congress of teleg raphers ha sadopted a resolution to con tinue the strike, declaring It Impossible to secure Justice until a regime of civil liberty is Introduced by a constituent as sembly. The house porters declared a strike to day. Their meeting was held In Red Place" under the walls of the J&emlln. The orators harangued the crowd from the block on which the Strclitzers were executed. The meeting was dispersed by dragoons. New Governor for Baltic Rebels. LONDON. Dec E. Tho correspondent of the Telegraph at St. Petersburg thinks the de&dlock will result In vio lence, but without serious loss of life. At the same time he is convinced that foreigners are in very llttlo danger. The correspondent says the govern ment will shortly create a Governor Generalship for the Baltic provinces, where the Esthonlans and other native races are armed In revolt against the German Barons. Socialists Make Bold Threats ST. PETERSBURG (undated), via, Eydt kuhneh. Dec 4. The &clal Democratic organ has declared that if the soldiers make an attempt to bring the vast ac cumulation of letters and packages from the sheds in the railway station, where they have been piled up since the strike of the postal employes, they will call for an armed uprising of the casscs in St. Petersburg. Memorial for Russian Victims. CHICAGO. Dec-- At all of the Jewish houses of worship In the city, memorial services were held today for the Jews killed In the massacres In Russia, Little business was done by the Jewish mer chants in any part of the city, and the synagogues were filled to overflowing all day long. New Railroad Strike In Finland. . HAPNARDA, Sweden, Dec. 4. A dis patch received here from Tornea. Kin land, reports that there has been a new railroad strike in Finland, caused by the nominations to the new Senate, and that an .Industrial strike may be expected. Only Military "Wires Work. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. X. (Via Berlin. Dec 4.) Only the military tel egraphs between Moscow, Viborg (Fin land) and Tsarskoe-Selo are working. Several factories arc again In opera tion. The streets are full of life and there haye been no excesses. The feel ing of depression is somewhat lessened" MN Dayton and Marquette Roads Put In His Hands. ORDER BY JUDGE LURTON GRAY HAIR QUICKLY KRSTOKXB To its natural eelor by tutsg AlfreAaaa's Egyptian Hean. 8-are, karssles. At first-das truss. Cincinnati Property Is Declared to Be Insolvent and the Oilier -Road Is Heavily Involved With It Now. CINCINNATI. Dec I. The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton ana Pierre Mar quette roads were ordered placed In the hands of a receiver by United States Circuit Judge Henry Lurton to night, and Judson Harmon. cx-United States Attorney-General, was appoint ed receiver, giving bond for a total of J200.030. The application was made by Attorney Lawrence Maxwell, Jr.. on be half of Walter B. Horn, of New York, a creditor of both roads, and was agreed to by the defendants. In answers admitting the principal charges of Insolvency. In the main application for a receiv er for the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day ton, which was first filed, it was de clared that Waller B. Horn, a resK dent of New York, was a creditor to the amount fo JS2.9S6 for money, lent, now due. and which the defendant has admitted his inability to ar.' Attorney Stevens at Net reenteVj, the answer of the cospr.!,exs4(niii'g that it was swora la by 'Ylee-PrrtWenl Brown el I. of the 'CiMlwatLjafosaJltOR & Dayton JUllreaiL wt-irfc authority of the board of AttfeC&rs. Jee-lvecy Is admitted; the tktewent f a deficit of more than SS,M.s44t with various suits threatened fcejinr. wade tn the answer. Ja4ge LurtM was reluctant, he said, to make the appointment, but under all the clrcumstaaecs he felt that It was for the Interest of all concerned. The suggestion of Judson Harmon was accompanied by attorneys for both plaintiff and defendant and was approved by Judge Lurton, who there upon named him as a receiver, fixing the bond at $100,003. An ancllliary application was then made by Mr. Maxwell on behalf of Walter B. Horn, of New York, a cred itor of the Pere Marquette, to. the extent of ;345.258, for the appointment of a receiver for that property, which was alleged to be Insolvent An answer similar to that filed in the first pro cedure was presented. The court thereupon ordered the placing of the Pere Marquette, inso far as it was covered,by the leases of the Cincinnati, Hamilton Sc. Dayton, in the hands of a receiver, and named Judson Harmon for that position also In connection with this road. His bond was fixed at 3100.000 In the case of the Pere Marquette The decree In both cases was filed Immediately. Mr. Harmon at once qualified, presenting a surety bond, which was approved. Royal Baking Powder is made of Grape Cream of Tartar. Absolutely Pure: Makes the food more Wholesome and Delicious. Perkins Chairman of Board. NEW TORK. Dec 4. At a meeting of the directors of the Cincinnati. Hamilton z Dayton Railroad. George W. Perkins was elected chairman of the board. Of the SO.OOO shares of the stock of the company outstanding. J. P. Morgan & Co. are said to own 75,000 shares, while the other 5000 shares are scattered. SOLDIER BY COMPULSION He Fell Asleep in San Francisco, Awoke in. Honolulu. Washington Star. Sleep overcame him In San Francisco. He awoke in Honolulu, a prisoner In a guardhouse, wearing the khaki fatigue uniform of a private in the United States Army. To say that he was much as tonished would bo to put it in Its mild est form. He bad not the least recollec tion of enlisting la his country's service His dazed, eyes looked out on a strange land. He had lost all trace of time. Even bis name had been changed. The man who had these weird experi ences is Frank J. Belyea In the Army rec ords. He lives in Grcenpoint. L. L. when he Is at home He admitted that Belyea is not bis right name He Is a graduate of a well-known Eastern university, and went West soon after taking his degree in engineering. . For some time he was employed as a civil engineer. Then he tried bis hand as a cowboy. He was a miner and pros pector with indifferent success. Decem ber, IK), found him in San Francisco. Christmas was only two days off. and tho bright lights of the city blinked a wicked temptation to him to begin tho celebra tion of the day thus early. The tempta tion was accentuated by the feel of a comfortable roll of bills in his pocket. His last venture bad been a little prosper ous speculation In the mountains of Cali fornia, The roll contained close to 5X0 and Christmas Just two days away! He met friends by the score Everybody seemed lo be his friend. He dimly re members of failing In at last with a f quad of merry-making sailors, privates from the Presidio. They took him to their arms and told him he was their long- lost friend. And now let Belyea himself take up this narrative. "When I awoke I had not tho slightest notion of my whereabouts. Everything was a blank to me I felt stiff and sore I spied a soldier in a khaki uniform and thought he must be one of the compan ions I had-bcen drinking with. He had a un on his shoulder and was marching up and down In front of my bunking place " 'Hello, matey, I called out. 'What's up. and where am I atT " 'You're In the guardhouse for assault ing everybody on board and a drum-head court-martial will be ready for you as soon as you get over the "D. T.s is what the soldier boy came back, at me with. " 'Guardhouse. It IsT says I. 'But what I really want to know Is what part of the map of the world It happens to be on.' The soldier told me that we were in Honolulu, in Camp McKlnley. with a regiment of United States soldiers on their way to the f hllipplncs. "All of my protests went for naught. I was bundled on board the transport Thomas with the regiment and sent to the Philippines. That was on February 12, IXC. and I had awakened from my long sleep on January 17. I had tried to establish the fact that I had never en listed, but It was no use. I was dropped into the brig, and had my berth with a crew of cut-throats from the regiment about all the way over to Manila. "What puzzled me most was that my identity had been lost completely. I knew wen "enough who I was. but ac cording to the ship's list I was Frank J. Belyea. and say home was at Devil's Lake N. D. "We landed at Manila on March 3. ahd I was sent with a detachisent of troops to the camp at Santa Mesa. Again I made a row about serving In the Army when I had "never enlisted, and was sent back to Manila, and clapped Into a guardhoase After four days of It I was sent to serve with I Company of the Secosd Iafaatry at Laguisaanoc about S miles wilk e Xaalbu There I was drilled for rereral weeks. "Sat wkca the Srst pay day caste around I fonml that I was not on the regular Army list. There was not a cent of pay for 'Private BcJyen.' That was In April. On June IS I got a five-day leave of absence from Lieutenant Archie Harris, In command of the post. I had tp.slip through a quarantine guard, and .after several days' wait stowed away on 'a Chinese Junk that was bound for Ma nllirOn arriving there five days later I reported to Colonel Greenough. In com--Kasd.at Manila. Y "Colonel Grecnough decided that I was a deserter and chucked me Into a guard house I was haled before a court-martial. I 'was convicted of absenting myself from ray regiment without leave and fined J3. The court ordered that I should return to my company and that the fine should be deducted from my pay. "September IS. 1C an order came from General Chaffee to send me back to the United States. I was placed on the Sher idan, which sailed from Manila on Oc tober 1. and dropped Into the brig like any deserter. As soon as we landed In San Francisco I was hustled off with tho other prisoners to the Presidio and there attached as a prisoner to the Ninth Cav alry camp. I lived In a tent, and for two months I worked about the reserva tion with the other prisoners. "Exactly a year to the dy December 22-rn order came from Washington to discharge me. as there was no record to (show that I had ever enlisted. I went to General Hughes, who was In com mand, and asked him how much pay I was to receive for the time I had been compelled to serve In the Army. He told me there was nothing coming to me" THINKS WITTE WILL WIN OUT Returned Exile Believes Strikes and 3Iu(inics Will Die WARSAW. Dec 4.-0:49 A. M. M. Libt ski. a prominent lawyer and editor, whom the Governor-General of Warsaw exiled to Archangel, and who was released at the request of the Zemstvo Congress, re turned here today from St, Petersburg, where he had a two-hours' interview with M. Wltte. He expressed confidence that the present agitation would not result In revolution, though he believes Russia will be Involved in 'anarchical disturbance for some time. He added, in an Interview, that the Russlsns were not prepared to organize a regular revolution. The strike was an epidemic and even now was dying, owing to the exhaustion of the working classes. M. Libtski further declared that the mil itary mutinies were not planned, but were merely sporadic outbursts resulting from the general ferment. He said Count Wltte was certain to overcome the difficulties with the military and the strikers, and would thus strengthen his own position. Forged Contracts Discovered. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec 3. (Via Eydtkuhnen. Dec. 4.) The Navy De partment has discovered that alleged contracts for the repatriation of pris oners at Vladivostok to which the forged signatures of Vice-Admiral Bi rileff. Minister of Marine, is attached, are being sold to foreign shipping firms. Including, the Massageries Maritime Steamship Company qf France. Sent Reller Messages Free. NEW YORK. Dec. 4. The prompt tc sposes to the appeal of the convention having charge of the fund for the relief of the Jews in Russia has been greatly aided by the courtesy of the Western Union Telegraph Company In giving free transmission of messages. Berlin Has No News. BERLIN. Dec 4. No news W3S re ceived here from St, Petersburg today. Sinking of Steamer Justified. ST. PETERSBURG, via ' Eydtkunene. Dec 4. The appeal of the owners of tho British steamer Knight Commander, sunk by the Russian Vladivostok squadron on May 3, ISO!, from the decision of the prizo court at Vladivostok has been dismissed by the Admiralty Court, which hoId3 the sinking of the vessel was Justified. Importing Arms to Finland. STOCKHOLM. Dec. 4. Quantities of arms and ammunition are being Im ported to Finland. Evxery steamer de parting for Finland from Sweden car rier 190 pounds of ammunition, tho limit allowed under Swedish law for passenger steamers. CENSURES MANY PRELATES (Continued Krera Page I.) for the suppression of some of these long existing abuses, as he feels that he has personally assumed the responsibility for the enforcement of ecclesiastical discipline In every diocese o fthe world, since he was elected to be the head of the 'church. Sophomore Orator From Idaho. HANOVER. lnd Dec. 4. John S. Burns, a sophomore of Lcwlston, Idaho, won first place in the Upper Voris oratorical contest at Hanover Collego tonight. His subject was "Aspirations and Ideals." Bums will represent Hanover at the state oratorical contest. Steel Company Loses a Million. CHICAGO. Dec. 4. Fire today de stroyed the pattern storage-house of the Illinois Steel Company, entailing a loss of $i.co.oa. Rcccl-cr Has 3Ioncy to Pay. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 4. The receiver of the People's United States Bank, who has Il.OCO.Cf.O on hand, has been authorized to pay la per cent of the claims against thp Institution. Excess of liabilities over as sets is estimated at fS7JSX7. Strathcona Retires From Bank. . MONTREAL. Dec X. At the annual zseclln of the Bank of Moatrael today the retirement was announced of Take Advantage of These Piano Bargains The store Is open evenings. You had. better come In early before the piano you want - Is. gone. If you live out of: Portland, write us or telephone us, and we will reserve a piano for you. As a matter of fact, you will make no mistake If you. buy one of these pianos on our "say so." without seeing the Instrument at all. Several pianos were bought that way during our "Gold Medal" salo by out-of-town people. Those people aro among our best-pleased custom ers. We take particular pains with out-of-town business. If yon have any idea of buy ing a piano, come in and look over the instruments in our "Exchanged Sale" list. They are selling for about half their real value. "We. will "make the terms so easy that you need not hesitate to buy. Even if you think you are not quite ready to buy, it will pay you -to change your mind and take advantage of this sale. Don't be afraid to ask .for "easy payments." The best people in Portland buy that way. Here is a partial list of the pianoSi Five Kimballs Kingsbury VVillard Cable (IHe 6atce) Linderman & Son These Kimball pianos arc prac tically new. They were all taken, in exchange for our cel ebrated Kingsbury. The regular agents for the Kimball ask $385. Our price less than half: All nice oak cases. . Another fine instrument. Is in line shape now. "Was pretty badly, scratched, but our finish er has worked in a piano factory- and he makes them every bit as good as new. Eegular price $300. Kcgular price $400. This is a beautiful piano with" a fine case and a splendid tone. Regular price $450. Wellington priced. Rice-Hinze Everett "We gof this piano in a trade with "Willamette University. Fischer Haines Taken in part payment on an Everett Grand piano. This magnificent instrument is .practically new. It is in per fect condition. Sells regularly ' for $500, and is worth every penny of the price. Taken in exchange on a Fischer Grand. This piano is in fine condition. It sells regularly for $325. Exchanged Sale Price $175 Exrhaagreil Sale Price $218 Exchanged Sale Price $190 Exchanged Sale Price $265 Exchanged Sale Price $290 Exchanged Sale Price $215 Exchanged Sale Price $100 Exchanged Sale Price $150 HarringtOn S Piano sells for $325. ette University on a ti-ade. KAnr Prnc This piano came from "Willam- Smith & Barnes Kingsbury Ellington Hinze Regular price $400. Almost new. Sells regularly for $375, and. is a piano bargain at that price. Piano is in fine condition. Reg ular price is $350i The regular agents for this pi ano price it at $300. EASY PAYMENTS. Exchanged SalePrice $275 Exchanged Sale Price $165 Exchanged Sale Price $235 Exchanged Sale Price $125 Exchanged Sale Price $272 Exchanged Sale Price $235 Exchanged Sale Price $225 Exchanged Sale Price $137 Allen & Gilbert-Ramaker Co. The Oldest. Largest and Strongest Piano and Organ House in the Pacific Northwest 6th and Morrison Iyrd Strathcona as president. 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