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. He will
tomorroW be gazetted honorary president.
XEW TOPJC. Dec 4. William Hart, for
many years a well-known minstrel, died
of kidney trouble tonight, aged. 33 years.
Hart was known on the stage years ago
as Billy Black. Of late he has been In
vaudeville. Hart was a Californlan.
40 YEARSl
Witk medicines as "with, other tilings, the surest test of
worth, is the length of time they have the confidence of
the people. The efficacy of S. S. S. has been thoroughly
provenbyj experience, and so successful has it been that
today it is the best known and most widely used blood
remedy in the world. For diseases such as Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofula,
Skin Diseases, Sores and Ulcers, Contagions Blood Poison, and other troubles
due. to an impure and poisoned condition of the blood, no remedy acts so
promptly and thoroughly as does S. S. S., and thousands throughout the
country, cared xA such, diseases, are daily recommending it to others simi
larly afflicted. ITS FORTY YEARS OF EXISTENCE HAVE BEEN
FOKTY YEARS OF ClfRESm S. S. S. is a blood purifier of the highest
order, containing properties necessary to cure blood troubles of every character,
and which make itthegreatest of all tonics.. It goes into the blood and drives
out any and all impurities, and makes this stream of life strong and healthy,
and when this is done disease cannot remain. Being made entirely from roots,
herbs and barks, chosen for their healing1, purifying and buildii.g-up proper
ties, it does not injure any of the delicate organs or tissues of he body as do
thosemedidaes whici contain Potash, Mercury, Arsenic or other harmful mia
crals. but cures safely as well as permanently. S. S. S. reaches deep-seated,
and inherited cases on which, the ordinary Sarsaparillas. and tonics have no
effect. It is no experiment to use S. S. S.; it is a remedy with a record; it
has proven its worth and ability by its forty years of cures. If you need a
blood remedy begin the use of S. S. S.; write na about ycrar case and let otix
phystdass advise you and send book on the blood; no charge for either.
P SVftFT SPECIFIC CO, ATLANTA, QAi.