THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 12, 1906.
BULLETS AIMED
IIT CZAR'S UNCLE
Guard Regiment Shoots Ball
Instead of Blank
Cartridges.
STUDENT RECRUITS GUILTY
Haste to Fire Alone Prevents Fusil
lade From Proving Deadly.
Czar in Panic Takes Elab
orate Precautions.
ST. PETERSBURG, Auk. 11 Conster
. nation spread through the court this
morning when It became known that ball
cartridges had been fired at Grand Duke
Nicholas Nlcholaievitch, uncle of the
Czar, while he was reviewing the ma-'
neuvers of the guard at the guard camp
at Krasnoye-Selo. He was putting the
troops through blank-fire practice when
he heard bullets whistling over his head.
I'Ully 100 bullets were fired at the Grand
Duke as he sat on horseback, but, owing
to the long range, neither he por his
horse was injured. The circumstances
preclude all possibility of accident.
Student Volunteers Suspected.
A representative of the Associated Press
visited the guard camp at Krasnoye-Selo
and ascertained that, though several ar
rests had been made, responsibility for
the shots fired had not definitely been
brought home to any particular culprit.
It was only after a long investigation
that it was "determined that the ball cart
ridges were fired by the First Battalian
of Sharpshooters, one of the ejlte corps
of the Russian army.
Suspicion was directed toward the one
year volunteers, recruits who, In con
sideration of their educational qualifica
tions and social position, escaped With
only one year instead of four years' serv
ice. Many of these men are ex-students
at the universities and are the principal
- spreaders of the revolutionary propagan
da among the troops.
Vas 'Watching Mock Charge.
The officers of the regiments involved
are extremely reticent concerning the
affair, but from a member of the Grand
Ducal escort the Associated Press learned
that the incident occurred during a move
ment of the Ismallovsky Guard and the
Guard sharpshooters against a position
held by the Seminovsky Regiment. Grand
Duke Nicholas was sitting on his charger
and observing the maneuver from the
top of an intrenchment. The troops were
advancing by short rushes in open order
across a wide, level field, firing blank
volleys by squads as they came. A few
yards behind the Grand Duke was his
suite, including General Zarubaeff, second
in command of the guard corps, adju
tants and orderlies, and several civilians,
including Countess Nirod.
Bullets Sing Over His Head.
Suddenly, when the first echelon of '
the attacking party, consisting of sharp
shooters, was from 450 to 600 yards dis
tant, a bullet sang high overhead, fol
lowed by another and still another. The
cry was raised, "They are firing ball,"
and the group was thrown into great con
fusion. After frantic signalling, "cease
firing" was sounded, but the shots con
tinued for some time. Grand Duke Nich
olas remarked when he Joined his suites:
"It would be more realistic if the troops
always fired ball during maneuvers, but
this is unpardonable negligence."
The attack on the position held by the
Seminovsky Regiment was immediately
stopped. The troops were marched to
their quarters and an Investigation was
begun. How the conspirators obtained
ball cartridges had not been ascertained,
as ammunition is always called in after
the men return from patrol duty; but it
is conjectured that cartridges were se
cured after the dissolution of Parliament,
when supplies of service ammunition were
issued in anticipation of trouble, and
that the troops succeeded in holding them
out after the collapse of the strike.
Shot Too Soon to Hit.
The consensus of opinion is that the
attempt would have been successful had
not the soldiers Impatiently fired before
it was possible to secure the exact range
of the Grand Duke and his staff.
It is now reported that the Czar has
directed that the most extraordinary pre
cautions be taken to prevent attempts
on the life of any member of the imperial
family or of the high official class. Mem
bers of the secret police have been in
structed to kill all persons who are plot
ting assassinations.
PROGRAMME OF PROGRESSIVES
Octoberlst Party Will Adopt Plan of
Reform Tuesday.
MOSCOW, Aug. 11. At the session of the
central commutes of the Octoberists, to
morrow, at which the platform committee
will present a new programme, on which
" the party expects to appeal to the coun
try at the coming elections, the progres
sive drift of the country will be recog
nized by proposals for universal suffrage
direct in the cities and in two stages in
the country, and the enlargement of the
powers of Parliament to include a revision
of treaties as well as a discussion of
loans, taxes and concessions.
M. Shipoff, former Finance Minister,
will propose the reorganization of the
Council of the Empire or upper house,
as an advisory body with no progressive
powers. The platform will adopt a nega
tive attitude on the proposition for a gen
eral expropriation of land, mentioning
only a division of state, crown and church
lands, and an extension of the activity of
the local commissions. It will recommend
the abolition of the communal system,
and all special laws, in order to place
the peasantry on an equal footing with
the other classes; the amelioration of the
condition of the workmen, restricted au!
tonomy for non-Russians, and will declare
that the enactment of a measure provid
ing free education should be the first care
of Parliament.
HETDEN SHOAVS VP STOLYPIN
Premier Refuses to Tield Anything
for Liberal Aid.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11. The rev
elations made in open letters by
Count Heyden. Prince Nicholas Lvoff
and M. Shipoff regarding the cause ot
the breakdown of the negotiations look
ing to their entering the Cabinet, place
Premier Stolypin in a rather bad light.
The letters show that the government
utterly refused to yield anything in the
matter of principle, and only tried to
give the Cabinet an appearance of liber
ality by taking In two public men. Prince
Lvoff said it was absurd to aslr them to
become mere government clerks. They
had specially insisted upon getting the
portfolios of the Interior as vital to ob
taining confidence.
None of the liberal papers have yet
been allowed to resume publication. The
Novoe Vremya yesterday, which often
reflects the sentiments of the upper cir--u,
displays a constantly stronger tone
in favor of a rigorous suppression of the
revolutionary movement. Today it de
clares that every member of the out
lawed Parliament who signed the Vlborg
manifesto must be prosecuted. The cen
sorship continues to forbid the publica
tion of all foreign criticism of the gov
ernment's course.
A renewal of peasants' troubles on a
small scale is reported by Vladimir and
Kostroma Provinces. All the important
political captives are again being incar
cerated in the fortress of St. Peter and
St. Paul. The use of this fortress as a
political prison was discontinued after the
amnesty of last Fall.
The university professors of St. Peters
burg and other higher educational estab
lishments today adopted a resolution in
favor of the unrestricted admission of
Jews.
Another indication of the determination
of the administration to participate in the
electoral campaign is furnished by an or
der of the Minister of the Interior to the
police throughout the Empire to make re
ports as speedily as possible on all the
political parties in their districts, their
strength, organization, membership, ac
tivity and press organs.
Count Heyden -today contributes to the
controversy over the failure of himself
and his friends to enter the Ministry an
open letter, declaring that they insisted
on being given at least five places in the
Cabinet, in order to have a preponderance,
but that they were obliged to refuse the
two places finally offered, as this would
have made them a negative quantity.
XEW PARTY OF REGENERATION
Wants Constitutional Monarchy to
Destroy Old Order.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11. The man
ifesto signed by Count Heydon, Prince
Nicholas Lvoff and Michael Stakovlch,
and issued on behalf of the "party of
pacific regeneration," says:
The members of the late Parliament
who have held aloof from the aims of
the party of popular freedom have de
cided to unite on the basis of a common
programme, their main object being the
creation of a constitutional monarchical
state.
The regeneration of Russia is depend
ent upon a strong monarchical power,
popular representation and freedom based
on the rights and equality of all before
the law. All nationalities must enjoy
equal political rights and citizenship of
the highest power, and must form a
strong constitutional government, whicX
without arbitrariness but unswervingly
destroying the old order of things, must
carry into effect the liberties proclaimed
by the Emperor's manifesto of October
30, 1905.
Regarding the agrarian question this
party considers it necessary and will not
hesitate to demand compulsory expro
priation of an amount of private proper
ty necessary to create permanent peasant
holdings.
This parliamentary group styles itself
the party of regeneration. It is the ene
my of violence and arbitrariness where
soever they may emanate. Only through
the law can the people's needs be satis
fied. WILU TRY 2000 MUTINEERS
General Inquiry Into Mutiny Will
Cause Officers to Lose Heads.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11. After the
preliminary Investigations, the military
and naval prosecutors have decided to
try by court-martial no less than
2000 soldiers and sailors who participated
in the Cronstadt and Sveaborg mutinies.
The prospects of the men, however, have
been brightened by the decision of the
Emperor to appoint two extraordinary
commissions, headed respectively by Gen
erals Vodar and Guncheroff and Admirals
Mollas and Makaroff, to investigate the
causes of the outbreaks at Cronstadt and
Sveaborg, and to determine the. responsi
bility of the demoralization. War Min
ister Rudiger and Minister of Marine
Blrileff are said to be arriving at the
same conclusion as Admiral Skrydloff, the
commander of the Black Sea fleet, that
the officers are more to blame than the
men. The commissions will inquire into
the general conditions prevailing in the
navy and army, and it may result In a
very great shake-up, Including the whole
sale cashiering and retirement of com
manding officers.
A proposition to furlough indefinitely
the superfluous sailors of the Baltic Sta
tion is being seriously considered. It is
pointed out that there are no ships for
them and that they are merely a source
of demoralization.
TERRORISTS ARE MORE ACTIVE
Will Soon Remove a "High Person
age" Agrarian Riots Spread.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11. Dis
patches received during the present
week have shown that the widespread
agrarian disorders have extended Into
several more provinces of Central Rus
sia and are especially grave in Poltava.
The. police also report a portentous
increase in the activity of the terror
ists, which it is thought will hardly
fail "to remove some high personage."
The attempts made upon Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholalevitch and General
Kaulbars fortunately were frustrated,
but this was due more to the remiss
ness of the conspirators than to the
activity of the police. Barbara Prints
had actually succeeded in obtaining
an audience of General Kaulbars, Governor-General
of Odessa, and was on
her way to his palace when she acci-
dentally dropped the bomb with which
she Intended to assassinate him.
General Kaulbars today reported the
attempt upon his life to Emperor
Nicholas and received a message of
congratulation in return.
Reign of Terror In Poland.
WARSAW, Aug. 11. An incredible
state of affairs reigns at Warsaw and
Lodz. The inhabitants are at the mercy
of bandits and terrorists. Murders and
robberies, reports of which are not
published, occur dally. The authorities
apparently are powerless. At Lodz to
day six anarchists attacked a German
factory owner and his clerk, who were
returning from the bank, shot and
killed both and decamped with J700.
Red Guards Must Leave Finland.
HELSINGFORS, Aug. 11. The Fin
nish Senate has ordered the withdrawal
of the Red Guard from the country and
a petition to the Emperor is being
prepared in favor of the re-establishment
of the old Finnish army of eight
battalions for the purpose of restor
ing the authority of the new Finnish
Government among the masses.
Red Guard Commander Captured.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11. Cap
tain Kock, ex-commander of the Red
Guard of Finland, who was recently
captured near Helslngfors, was today
brought to St. Petersburg and incar
cerated in the fortress of St Peter and
St. Paul.
Plan to Rebuild Navy.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11. Accord
ing to the Bourse Gazette, the naval
construction programme of the Min
istry of Marine includes ironclads of
20,000 tons, capable of steaming 21 knots,
to be constructed in Russian yards.
General Strike in Reval. .
REVAL. Russia, Aug. 11. The work
men of all the factories here struck to
day in sympathy with the mutineer! of
the cruiser Pamyat Azova who are
about to be tried by court-martial.
Ktilroad Official Murdered.
TASHKENT. Asiatic "Russia- Alio- 11
The controller of the Central Asian
Railroad was murdered on the street
here yesterday.
PORTLAND LEADS THE UNITED STATES IN BUILDING
GAINS FOR JULY
Percentage of Gain Is 164, a Showing All the More Remark
able Because of Serious Decreases in Big Eastern Cities.
CHICAGO, Aug. 11 (Special.) The City of Portland leads the entire
United States in the matter of building gains for the month of July, with
the, remarkable total of 164 per cent. This is all the more remarkable in
the face of serious decreases in some of the big Eastern cities. It bears
out the prediction made by real estate and railroad men immediately fol
lowing the San Francisco Are that Portland was destined to become the
greatest Northwest city. Following are official figures from leading cities:
1906. 1905.
No. No. P. C.
Cities buildings. Cost. buildings. Cost. inc.
New York 321 $11.439.5.0 623 J21,4S3,4W 4B
Brooklyn 1.253 8,006,723 1,012 ' 6,872.822 16
Chicago 934 4.84B.BfiO 768 3,778.390 28
Philadelphia 1.528 4.065.410 1,491 2.790,155 45
St. Louis 876 3.358,779 764 2.374.395 41
Los Angeles 7C8 1.7S3.628 691 1,304.108 36
Minneapolis 474 1.600.820 491 881.975 81
Pittsburg 361 1.586.283 388 1,366.794 16
Detroit 475 1.062.000- 376 974.200 9
Buffalo 240 1,038,500 220 553.584 88
Washington 451 988,451 378 1,271,279 22
Louisville 304 937.575 206 408.805 129
Portland 2H 733,806 154 277.733 164
Kansas City 386 880.555 362 874.570 1
Milwaukee 427 709,154 357 714.961 1
Rochester 187 591,206 1 20 314.410 RS
Cincinnati 29S 545.340 262 777.225 29
St. Paul 2K3 510,570 256 456,910 11
Atlanta 335 472.KS6 2C2 284,798 66
Birmingham 64 432.500 68 169,000 156
Denver 178 432.310 179 356.438 21
New Orleans 405.617 ... 343,835 18
Omaha 123 352.850 73 1,045.650 66
Grand Rapids 144 308.857 115 163,862 88
Tacoma 138 283.090 119 162.352 61
Toledo 121 248,591 118 376,562 33
Duluth 90 183,715 80 113,855 66
Allegheny 69 165.735 69 198,770 18
Nashville 186 156.228 270 241.547 35
Davenport 23 43,185 32 143.020 - 70
Spokane 129 391,557 149 295,800 32
Totals..'. , 11,980 50.066,S93 , 10,949 $52,518,381 4
Indicates decrease. New Tork includes Manhattan and The Bronx.
It should not be forgotten that this is the dull season in building opera
tions; in fact, they have continued upon a much more active scale than
ever before. July was too late to begin construction for Fall occupancy
and too early for Spring renting. .Yet the totals of building continue to
grow, ample proof of whlchls to be found in the fact that 23 cities out of 32
included in the accompanying list shows handsome gains. For illustration,
Portland had a gain of 164 per cent; Birmingham, 156; Louisville, 129; Roch
ester, Buffalo and Grand Rapids, each, 88; Minneapolis, 81; Atlanta and
Duluth, 66; Tacoma, 61; Philadelphia, 45; St. Louis, 41; Los Angeles, 36; Spo
kane, 32; Seattle and Chicago, each 28; Denver, 21; Brooklyn and Pittsburg,
16; New Orleans, 18; Detroit, 9; St, Paul, 11; Kansas City, 1. The decreases,
however, were few Davenport, 70 per cent; Omaha, 66; New York City, 46;
Nashville, 35; Toledo, 33; Cincinnati, 29; Washington, 22; Allegheny, 18, and
Milwaukee, 1. It will be seen that the cities in which there were decreases
are so widely separated they have no bearing upon the general situation.
New York City is to blame for the decrease in the totals of building
operations for July. Permits were taken out during the month in 32 of the
leading cities for the construction of 11,980 buildings, involving a total cost
of $50,060,893, against 10,949 buildings, aggregating in cost $52,518,381, for the
corresponding month a year ago, an increase of 1031 buildings and a de
crease of $2,457,488, or 4 per cent. This is the first month of the year show
ing a decline as compared with the corresponding period a year ago. The
decrease is slight. and'New York City is responsible for it. The metropolis
shows a remarkable falling off as compared with the same figures a year
ago. Otherwise, there would be a handsome gain. In New York City per
mits were taken out during the month for 321 buildings, involving a total
cost of $11,439,550, against 523 buildings. Involving $21,453,460, a year ago, a
decrease of 202 buildings and $10,013,910. It is difficult to account for this
state of affairs in the metropolis. It is believed, however, that it is due to
the condition of the money market. It is believed that with a decline in
interest rates the metropolis would show renewed activity.
SCANDAL CHOPS UP
Britain Agitated Over Army
Supplies Contract.
WANT CULPRITS PUNISHED
Investigation Unearths Certain Mat
ters Involving Incompetency, If
Not Worse, Among Im
portant Personages.
LONDON, Aug. 11. (Special.) Britain Is
In much trouble about the condition of
her military establishment. The war
stores report, just issued by royal com
mand, does not tend to restore public
confidence. The commission makes some
striking and sensational disclosures re
garding the doings in South Africa, but
with the cusomary reticence of such
bodies in England, it deals very tenderly
with individuals, especially those in high
places, declaring that though there were
gross laxity and incompetence, there was
no actual proof of corruption except
among a few unimportant officials.
This expression of opinion has been re
ceived with a good deal of skepticism.
It seems rather hard to believe that the
extraordinary proceedings disclosed were
merely the result of stupidity or care
lessness and that the Incriminated officers
and the still more important personages
in the background were merely guilty of
negligence and folly. The public would
like to see punishment inflicted on some
body worth the powder and shot, but it
does not appear likely that strong meas
ures will be taken except against a few
noncommissioned officers and others of
no social standing.
Meanwhile the fact remains and It is
sufficiently disquieting that at least
1,000,000 of public money, and possibly
much more, was squandered through the
transaction of these incompetent "honor
able" gentlemen and the contractors of
certain firms.
Perhaps the most damaging fact made
known by the commission is that varied
official documents which might have
thrown further light upon the transac
tions are missing from, the War Office.
The whole story is a very bad one, and
in spite of the whitewashing character
of the official report it is possible that
Secretary of War Haldane may be com
pelled to take strong action. Mr. Haldane
came into office with the determination
to insist upon reforms in spite of favorit
ism and this is a good occasion to test
his mettle.
BRIXG IN STRANGE VERDICT
Jury Says Marquis Is Sane Phys
ically, but Otherwise Crazy.
LONDON, Aug. 11. What in legal
history will be considered a celebrated
case was concluded today when a jury
in the historic old hall of Lincoln's Inn,
inquiring, at the instance of the Offi
cial Solicitor, Into the mental condi
tion of the Marquis. Townshend, re
turned the curious verdict that his
lordship is capable of taking care of
himself physically, being dangerous
neither to himself nor others, but that
he is of unsound mind so far as man
aging his affairs are concerned.
The case, which has aroused great
public interest, developed some sen
sational as well as unpleasant testi
mony. It was marked today by an ex
traordinary Incident when the jury,
against the wish of the Judge, insisted
on hearing Townshend's testimony in
secret, even refusing the request of the
Marchioness for permission to be
present. Then, before the lawyer's clos
ing address had been concluded, the
members of the jury announced tit
they had made up their minds and
after the Judge's charge, were only out
10 minutes.
It was alleged that the Marquis was
unduly Influenced by one Bobbins,
whom he had known for 14 years, and
the Marchioness testified that Robbins'
influence over the Marquis had brought
about a separation between herself and
husband soon after their marriage.
It developed also that the young Mar
quis, finding his estate, .. heavily mort
gaged, was persuaded to seek a wealthy
alliance, and one witness testified that
his engagement to a rich American heir
ess bad 'been nearly concluded when he
became s.ffianced to Miss Sutherst, whose
father, a barrister, was an undischarged
bankrupt, but whom the Marquis and his
advisors, thought waa wealthy. A Som
erset House clerk named Dunne acted as
the marriage broker, Townshend signing
a contract to pay him 10 per cent out of
whatever -moneys were received from the
Sutherst family.
The Marquis settled $12,500 on his wife,
though his direct Income was only $3000,
and also signed a deed giving $3550 to
Robbins. After the marriage took place
the Marchioness and her father agreed
to advance or to procure the advance to
the Marquis of $135,000 with the Marquis"
life interest in the Townshefid family es
tates as security, and further agreed to
release the Marquis without charge if
there was male issue from the union
within a year.
Judge Bucknill severely condemned
what he termed the deceptions of the
Suthersts, especially as Mr. Sutherst was
a barrister. The case was notable for
flashes of wit and humorous incidents,
in which the Marchioness, who is a very
pretty woman, was prominent. In fact,
the Judge said if it were not so serious
the matter might be compared to a
comic opera, recalling the fact that the
Marquis wag once detained by order of
the lunacy commissioners and saying
that when he wanted to remain away
from his wife, as she had testified, she
locked him in a room, and that now,
when all he wanted to do was to stay at
borne with his wife, it was alleged he
was a lunatic.
The Marquis and the Marchioness were
most affectionate during the trial.. Her
testimony strongly favored his soundness
of mind, but was bitterly against the in
fluence of Robbins over him.
STAB WOMEN WITH BAYONETS
How Germans Carry Whit Man's
Burden In Africa.
BERLIN, Aug. 11. (Special.) The
Reinscher Zeltung publishes a letter from
a German soldier who is serving in South
Africa, in which he says:
"When scouting one evening our party,
consisting of 14 men and an officer, cap
tured five native women. It was not con
sidered advisable to shoot them, as there
were known to be 200 blacks In the neigh
borhood. At last a soldier suggested that
they be bayoneted. The officer forthwith
gave orders to that effect, and five of us
stood in front of the women and five be
hind them and stabbed them to death."
WOMEN STAKES OP GAMBLERS
Bavarian Court-Martial Discovers
Ball In the Alltogether.
BERLIN, ' Aug. 11 A gambling case in
the garrison town of Dienze, Loraine,
will come up before a' courtmartial on
August 17. This is the case in which a
number of Bavarian officers. Including the
son of Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria,
are Involved. Freeh facts have come to
light. Balls, for instance, were given by
the club at which the guests were prac
tically unclothed and at which. In cases
of last resort, women gamblers were the
stakes.
There Is great excitement over the ease
in military, art and theatrical circles In
South Germany.
Sultan Too III to Pray.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 11. The Sul
tan, who has been ill for three' weeks,
was unable to attend the Selamlik yes
terday. This Is unprecedented, the Sultan
never having failed to perform the Fri
day prayers during the 30 years of his
reign. It is believed that the inability
of the Sultan to attend the Selamlik was
due to the extreme pain he is suffering
and not to the fact that his condition is
grave. Professor Bergemann, the famous
German surgeon, has been summoned to
attend him, and it is presumed that a
slight operation is necessary.
GO TO OYSTER BAY
Longworths Arrive and Are
Met by Dispatch Boat.
ALICE MAKES GREAT HIT
"Will Know They Have Been in a
Fight," Comments the Con
gressman's Wife When Told
of the Opposition.
QUARANTINE, Staten Island. Aug. lL
(Special.) When the steamship St. Paul
arrived here she was met by the dispatch
boat Sylph, which had been sent by
President Roosevelt to meet his son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, who were passengers aboard.
returning from a triumphant visit abroad.
The Longworths on the return trip were
fully as much a feature as they were on
the outward voyage and were the center
of many merry parties, as they partici
pated in all the festivities on board.
They were permitted to leave the ship
as soon as she had been passed by the
quarantine officers and took off only the
more important of their baggage. They
are to remain at Oyster Bay a few days
and it is likely they will take up their
home in the Longworth mansion In Cin
cinnati before the latter part of this
week.
Apropos of this, some of the fellow
passengers of the young couple tell a
gooa story that indicates that the Roose
velt trait is prominent in young Mrs.
Longworth. who is a true Roosevelt In
this respect. There were a couple of
young women from Ohio who made it
their business as soon as they had met
airs. Longworth and properly gushed
over her, to tell her that an attempt
was to be made to beat Longworth for
re-election at the coming Fall election.
Mrs. Longworth's eyes snapped at the
information, but she quietly answered:
"O, is that so? Well, let me tell you
that if they beat Mr. Longworth, they
win Know mat mey nave been In a fight,"
According to what the Conrresama.n
told some of his fellow passengers, he is
going right back and will put up a hot
ngnt tor re-election. ie admitted, however,
that he would have to spend lots of
time In his home district, as by reason of
changed conditions in Cincinnati, where
the George B Cox rule is no longer abso.
lute, the Democrats are about to put up
a. nna.rj7 opposition.
CLEVER FRAUD BY. REBELS
AGITATOR DISGUISED AS OFFICER
LEARNS SECRETS.
With Forged Orders He Imposes oi
Commander of Ruaaian Garrisom
ad Borrows Freely.
KHARKOV, Russia, Aug. 11. There
have been frequent cases in the Cen
tral provinces of revolutionary agita
tors who wore the uniform of an aide-de-camp
of the Emperor going through
the country announcing to the ignor
ant peasantry that the Emperor has
decreed the distribution of all land,
but that the nobles and landlords were
preventing the news from reaching the
peasants, and Instructing them to take
what the Emperor had given. A still
bolder fraud has Just been exposed
here, which illustrates the deceptions
to which the revolutionists are resort
ing in order to penetrate the military
secrets of the Government and to open
up channels for their propaganda in
the army.
Some time ago a man appeared at
the headquarters of the commander of
the Kharkov garrison, representing
himself as Lieutenant Pojotsky, aide-de-camp
of General Sukhomlinoff, com
mander of the military district of
Kiev, in which Kharkov lies. He pre
sented what purported to be an official
document authorizing him to transmit
orders regarding the disposition of the
troops. The idea of questioning his
authority never seemed to have en
tered the mind of the commander of
the garrison, who received him with
the greatest attention and turned over
for his inspection all military docu
ments in his possession. For several
weeks "Lieutenant Pojotsky" was en
tertained by the officers, was a proml-
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Did you read the article published by The Ladies' Home Journal
In May 1904, attacking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription? Have
you seen the statement more recently made by Mr. Bok, the Editor of
that magazine that his company "has not paid a single penny to Dr.
R. V. Pierce's concern in settlement of any suit " ? We
wish you to know the truth. . The facts are these :
Four days after the article in" May 1904, appeared, Dr. Pierce'
company sued The Ladies' Home Journal publishers for libel. Th$
trial was had in April last. Dr. Pierce proved that the attack made by
The Ladies' Home Journal was false. He proved that Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription does not, and never did contain either alcohol or any
of the injurious drugs which The Ladies' Home Journal falsely stated
it did contain. This waa so conclusively shown that the attorneys for
The Ladies' Home Journal were forced to admit it. The jury rendered
a verdict against The Ladies' Home' Journal in favor of Dr. Pierce's
company for $16,000.00. This was a complete vindication of Doctor
Pierce and his " Favorite Prescription." It judicially established that
the libel was wholly false, and without any justification.
Dr. Pierce, however, believed that his company is justly entitled
to a verdict for a much larger sum. Through his attorneys he has,
therefore, applied to the court for a new trial of the case. For this
reason, and for this reason alone, has The Ladies' Home Journal not
yet paid "a single penny to Dr. R. V. Pierce's concern." Dr. Pierce
has simply chosen not to collect the judgment until the motion for a
new trial has been decided. ;
' In the light of these facts does not this boastful statement that it
"has not paid a single penny to Dr. R. V. Pierce's concern" look like
a cheap and common blun, a nan
Dnrinr th trial of the libel BUlt
against the above mentioned publishers,
Dr. Lee H. Smith, Vice-President of the
World's Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, 1 tated under oath that the ingredi
ents of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
tion were wholly extracted from the
following nativa.rootg; Golden Seal,
BUie Cohosh, Lady's Slipper Black
CiVKmh and UnicoriVhy means of pure
ghTwirioe of proper scingth. He was
asked how he knew, as asphysician and
experienced medical manhat the "Fa
vorite Prescription was aure for the
diseased pecVliar to' womcnuch as
catarrhal Vdraifcatjflbsus, etfWer
sion, irregular and painful periooa, aVd
other diseases of the womanly or
and he stated that he knew such w
the fact because of his professional ex
perience and the many thousands of
women whose ills, to his personal
knowledge, had been cured by this
"Prescription."
Thl experience of Dr. Smith was corrob
orated by the st&ndmrd Medical Authorities,
of the several schools of practice, endorsing
the various ingredients in the strongest
terms. Dr. Smith being asked to name some
of these authorities as to the curative value
of the above roots read from the standard
porks, such as the United States Dlnpensa
tory; The American Dispensatory; Organic
Medicines, by Grover Coe, M. D.; Materia
Medica. by Professor Flnley Elllngwood of the
Bennett Medical College, Chicago; "New
Remedies," by Prof. Edwin M. Hale, M. D of
Chicago; Text-Book of Therapeutics, by Dr.
Hobart A. Hare, Prof, in Univ. ot Penn'a;
Laurence Johnson. M. D Prof, in University
of New York; Prof. John King, Author of
"Woman and Her Diseases"; Professor John
M. Scudder. M. D., Author of a creatine on
."The Diseases of Women"; Horatio C. Wood.
M. D., Author of "Therapeutics"; Roberts
partholow, A. M., M. D., Professor of Materia
fcledica, Jefferson Medical College of Phils.
All these recognized and standard
authorities praise, in the strongest pos
sible terms, each and every ingredient
which enters into the n Favorite Pre
scription" of Dr. Pierce for the cure of
woman's peculiar weaknesses and ail-.
nent figure at the military reviews
and personally accompanied several
punitive' expeditions into the coun
try. When he left it was with full
military honors.
later, in the course of correspond
ence with General Sukhomlinoff, it
was discovered the man was an im
postor. In consequence of this the
commander of the garrison here has
received a scathing reprimand and
general orders have been issued from
the War Department, warning garri
son commanders throughout the Em
pire to beware of similar tricks of
the revolutionists.
In addition to the military informa
tion which" the revolutionary "lieu
tenant" secured, M. Kharitonienkao, a
rich landed proprietor, mourns the
loss of $8000, which he willingly loaned
to the dashing young "aide-de-camp of
General Sukhomlinoff.
SHAH'S GRANT OF REFORMS
Kef ugees Leave British Legation, and
Xation Is Rejoicing-.
TEHERAN. Aug. 11. The Shah has
granted the demands of the people for re
forms. Refugees who sought the protec
tion of the British Legation, with the ex
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Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is not
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women. It Is a powerful, yet gently act
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the break-down, whether it be from too
frequent bearingof children or from much
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ception of 200 who have personal claims,
have left the Legation, and the Mullahs,
who fled from Teheran, are returning. '
Illuminations in honor of the new oroter
of things have been ordered throughout
the country.
The reforms, which are announced in a
ukase signed by the 8hah and made pub
lic public today. Include the creation of
a Council of State with consultative
right, to consist of 60 members, partly
elected from all classes, including the
clergy 'but excluding the peasants. The
capital is quieter and the shops are re
opening. '
Unemployed Riots at Cape Town.
CAPE TOWN, Aug. 11. The authorities
here are alarmed at the persistence ot
the riots of the unemployed. There was
a further outbreak yesterday, but it was
quickly quelled. The bulk of the rioters
are colored men, so-called "Cape boys,"
whose Increasing numbers constitute a
serious menace to the whites.'
Cause of Persian Reforms.
LONDON, Aug. 11. A Persian official
here today said the granting of a consti
tution to Persia was one of the effects of
the Russian upheaval. The economlo dis
tress in Persia also played no small part
in creating the desire for some measure
of political freedom.
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