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VOLUME LVIV. 0. 95.
ASTORIA, 'OREGON. TUESDAY JANUARY 24. 1905.
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RUSSIA IMS
Authorities Were In Con-
I trol Last Night.
STRIKES WIDESPREAD
If Railroad Tie-Up Is Central
Russia Must Ask Japs
for Peace.
OOPON REPUDIATES THE CZAR
At Midnight th Street of the Capital
Wart Deserted Except far Patrol
ling Troop Imperial Prlncee
Ara Ouardad.
St. Petersburg, Jan, II, Th moat
startling feature In tba situation to
night la the newa that aeverat factories
of Moscow are clotted and tlio workmen
In tha old capital of Russia ara repeat
ing tba tactica of their fellow-workmen
at th new capital, marching from shop
to shop and mill, to mill demanding
that tha establishments be shut down.
. he whole city la reported to be In
aUta of great excitement over tha newa
of bloodshed which precipitated tha
atrlka scheduled for Wednesday, Mos
cow has more workman and less troops
than St. Petersburg, and besides, It is
Just now the heart of tha liberal move
ment, and the danger of bloodier oc
currence than have been witnessed
here are proportionately greater. The
rising at Moscow is also more likely
to have greater results Industrially and
politically than that In Hi. Petersburg.
According to private reports the
workmen In aeveral other cltlea, notab
by Kharkoff, where large locomotive
work are located, have already com
pleted pinna for general suspension of
work. Moreover, report are current
that workmen who otherwlaa would
soon b forced back Into the ahop or
starve, have received assurances of
financial support from saourcce which
have hitherto furnished the sinew of
war to liberal and revolutionary agi
tation, but have not before been In
touch with the labor movement.
May Make Peace,
If strikes become general all over
Russia, and especially If tha railroad
are drawn In, it might Immediately
force the nation to make peace with
Japan.
The aquation appear grave from
every standpoint; but the authorities,
although apparently somewhat bewild
ered, declare their purpose to stand
firm, maintaining their first duty to
preserve order, and scouting the Idea
"of actual revolution, Seemingly, the
ministers are moat concerned over the
effect of the present situation abroad,
where, they declare, exaggerated re
port create a false Impression. What,
if any, steps- will be taken to relieve
th general situation, however, I not
dlecloeed, but there are extremely sig
nificant reporta tonight that the em
peror, In making a decision at the ex
traordinary meeting of the council of
the empire at Tsarsko Selo today to
declare St. Petersburg In a state of
siege,, announced he had resolved to
issue a manifesto to the people with a
view to calming them, promising to
create a mixed commission of workmen
and officials, to Investigate and decide
on the demands of the striker. Rep
resentative of the workmen, accord
ing to the report, are not to be ap
pointed, but to be selected by tha la
boring men themsefvee. This will be
the flrsf concession to the representa
tive principle.
Condition Ominous.
Tension which was somewhat relaxed
In the morning, continued to increase
during the day. Condition appeared
ominous, when, shortly after dark, tie
workmen In two electrlo light planta
walked out, refusing triple pay to re
main, and plunging half tha city in
-darkness. Th water aupply was also
cut off, and a, veritable panio ensued.
Tale of dynamite in the poaaesslon
of strikers and their purpose to sack
and burn th t6wn have been In olr-
cuhitlou snd many people ara Urror
stricken, Resarv troops were called
out to guard tha darkened portion of
tba city. Tha people atllj In tha etreet.
axcept a few atrlkara and rougha, went
to their homee. Police officer vlaited
vary houaa and tor, ordering all not
to venture out and to turn out light
In front of window.' Shopkeeper and
even private house owner hoarded or
barred their window and door.
After about four hour soldier from
tha engineer corpa, with tha aid of Oar-
man engineer , from the factorial,
tarted tha plants. When tha light
were turned on, except tor th patroll
ing cavalry and infantry, th atreat
war doeerted. At midnight when life
In th Ruaalan capital I usually bright,
Ht. rterburg resembled a city of tha
dead Invaded by a hoatlle army. Fa
cade and building are black, and every
restaurant and place of amusement la
closed, ,
Teh only Bound heard waa tha dead
ened patter of th hoof of cavalry
horses and the tramp of marching men
over the snow as the emperor's legions
moved to and fro. The guards at tha
pnlnces of th grand Juke's ware espe
cially heavy, and over 20,009 troop ara
massed at Tsarskoa Selo.
Repudiatee Czar,
St. Petersburg, Jan. 23. It I report
ed a number of mill and factories will
start up tomorrow. Some Industrial
manager believe the worst Is over
her. .. .', .. ;.
Father Oopon'a message to his fol
lower tonight was; "Czar doe not ex
1st, No longer pray for liberty."
Moscow on Strike.
Moscow, Jan. 23. The employes of
the Browley metal works, numbering
1000, have refuse J to continue work
because their 8t Petersburg comrsdes
have asked them to strike. They
marched through tba streets and begged
their fellow-workmen In Industrial
establishments to Join the movement
and a majority compiled.
APPEAL TO OSCAR
Plight of Swedish Girl Is
iable.
Pit
NJURED AND HELD PERJURED
Ings Hanten'e Case Replete With 8en
sational Feature, Including 8erioua
Hurt, a Suit. Miraeulou Re-
eovery and , Arrett
Perjury.
for
Chicago, Jan. 23. King Oscar of
Sweden I to be appealed to to assist
Inga Hanson to cloar herself of the
charges of perjury brought against
her as a result of her suit for 50,000
damages against the Chicago City Rail
way Company,
The plea which will be sent to the
rulor of Sweden will allege that the
young woman, being poor and without
Influential friends ia unable to got jus
tlce and Is now In danger of being sent
to the penitentiary for a crime which
she did not commit. It -will declare
that' tha young woman was severely
Injured and still suffers from the ef
fecte of her injuries, and unless the
government of Sweden Interferes she
may have to suffer imprisonment as
well.
Tha case of Inga Hanson has been
replete with sensational features, In
volving first a civil trial, in which the
young woman, apparently blind, deaf,
dumb and paralysed, was carried into
th court' room on a cot dally, while
she sought to obtain a verdict against
the railway company, and then a crim
inal trial, In which she, after what she
claimed a , miraculous cure, was able
to appear in court to defend herself
against the charges of perjury. The
second case Is still pending.
Bryan Qrowa Sana.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 23. W. J.
Bryan was the speaker at a dollar
banquet tonight. Bryan explained the
reason for the democrat defeat last
campaign and' atated what seemed
signs that democrats may win next
Bryan complimented Roosevelt's
stand on th subject, of campaign con
tribution and the extension of the
power of th Interstate commerce com
mission - ' "
JEWS JOYOUS
Bunds Celebrate the First
Outbreaks.
WILL DONATE. MONEY
Socialists See the Dawn Breaking
for Their Creed In
Russia.
PARIS IS VERY SKEPTICAL
English Pspers Are Full ef Rumor
of Bloodshed and Arson and th
Csar la Reported to Have Fled
to Hie Yacht
New York, Jan. 23. "Dun J" of Rus
slan Jewa, whose avowed object Is tha
political liberation of their European
brethren were holding- their second an
nual convention In New Tork while
tha riot were going on In fit Peters
burg. Delegate were present from all
the big cities of the Atlantlo coast.
News of th trouble arrived early In
the afternoon and It produced the wild
est excitement Delegates stood on
their chairs to cheer. There waa an
other spasm of cheering when a sec
ond newspaper extra said that the mob
was holding firm. The delegates were
especially pleased with the report that
one detachment of soldiers refused to
fire on the mob, this was taken a a
hopeful algn.
Some of the revolutionary and s
claim members declared that the
movement at this time was no aur
prise. They said that the Russian
revolutionary papers published In Ge
neva and circulated secretly have btien
full of Intimations of an Uprising, set
to occur after the fall of Port Arthur,
They all believe the present outrage
waa carefully planned.
The following resoiatlons were
passed:
"We, the delegates of 26 Russian
Jewish bunds, express out full aym
pathy with our brothers and sisters
who made the first open assault on
Russian autocracy. - We see In this
struggle the beginning of tha end of
absolute monarchy and we pledge our
selves to Intensify our activity In be
half of th revolutionary force In Rus
sia in general and Jewish bunds In par
ticular." ' .
On the East Side news of the Hots
wa calmly received. Hebrew writ
er and professional men say that the
feelings of th Russian Jews domi
ciled there are divided. Naturally they
hate the emperor and his government,
but the memory of Kluhlneff presents
them from any excessive sympathy for
the mob. ' '
Paris Skeptical.
Paris, Jan. 23. The newspapers to
day are not disposed to accept the Rus
sian official report of th casualties
at St Petersburg Sunday. Special cor
respondents report ! difficulty In tele
graphing or confirming news on ac
count of police orders that no one may
go on the streets. Another correspond
ent says the emperor Is reported to
have gone on board the royal yacht
Standart.
LONDON'S STORIES.
Brittl With Arson, Pillage, Murder
and Escapes.
London, Jan.' 23. Special dispatches
from Russia to London pupers today
again bristle with sensational, state
ments; (- The Express correspondent at
Kleft asserts that the naval depots at
Sevastopol were destroyed in a revolu
tionary outbreak of sailors of. the
Black sea fleet, whose lives were un
bearable becaues of overwork, and the
obbery of corrupt officials, and gives
details of 8,000 men rising and attack
ing officers and firing and destroying
building while the troops summoned
to quell the revolt refused to Are.
There Is much curiosity as to the
Intentions of the Imperial family. Ru
mors have It they are going to Crimea,
Copenhagen or some other place, white
the storm has blown over. According
to the Telegraph's St. Petersburg cor
respondent the emperor yesterday went
to Datscblna.
CHICAGO POLES JOYOUS.
Passed Resolutions of Sympathy With
Revolutionists' Causa.
Chicago, Jan. 23. Th reading of a
dispatch from St Petersburg announc
ing that workingmen war barricading
the streets ha been received with wUd
peering by 200 socialist In a mass
meeting at a North Side hall. Many
Russians and Russian Jews were In the
crowd. The cheering continued, five
minutes, then William Mallly, national
secretary of the party, offered a reso
lution expressing tha sympathy of the
socialists with the Russian revo
lutionists, It was carried amid the
wildest expressions of Joy.
An anti-Russian mass meeting that
was to have been held In South Chicago
was postponed because its promoters,
Stephen Repata and Adam a Szlog-
aow, naa oeen arrested. Both were
distributing hand bills in violation of
a city ordinance.
"Attention," the bills read, 'There
will be a celebration of the 19th an
niversary of the murder of four men at
Warsaw by Russians because they
were socialists. The meeting will be
held by the Polish central committee
of the socialist party."
La Follette E looted.
Madison, Wis., Jaa 23. Gov. La
Follette was tonight, in republican
caucus,, chosen as senator to succeed
J. V. Quarlcs. The governor received
(3 Votes out of 107.
Strike Spreada. . , '
Brussels, Jan. 23. A strike of coal
miners has been declared in the Mons
district out of sympathy for the Ger
man strikers. It is feared the trouble
will extend to other districts."'
Claims Stoessel's Capitulatipn Was
Disgraceful.
PRAISES GEN. KONDRATENKO
Admits Bitter Friction Between
the
Army and Navy and Hinta at
Court-Martisl Warships Ara
. Damaged Beyond Repair.
Toklo, Jan. 23. A Russian admiral
from Port Arthur has given the Asso
elated Press an extended statement
covering the defense and surrender of
the fortress. He characterizes the sur
render a disgrace and bitterly criticises
Stoessel and lauds General Kondraten
ko, as the true hero of the defense of
Port 'Arthur. The admiral says Ad
mlral Makaroff dictated the policy of
naval inactivity on the ground that it
was hopeless, owing to the inferiority
of the Russian naval strength and un
wise to devlde the force by running
ships to Vladivlstok or neutral porta
He admits there was bitter friction
between the army and navy, and inti
mate the possibility of inquiry by a
court martial. He insists that the
Russians destroyed the warships be
yond the possibility of salvage by the
Japanese.
NO 8ENATOR YET.
Washington Legislators Still Unsbls
to Agree on a Man.
Olympla, Jan. 23. The seventh Joint
ballot for United States senator re
sulted; Foster 40, Plies 29, Sweeny 28,
Wilson 16, Janes 7, Moore 15, Graves t
Little but routine business was trans
troduced In the senate for 350,000 for
a school for feeble-minded youths. At
a Schools forN feeble-minded youths, at
Steilacoom. A bill was also Introduced
making it illegal to employ children
less than 14 years of age.
(Lvely Billiards.
Denver, Jan. 23. The committee
considering the Peabody-Adams gub
ernatorial contest today received re
ports from nine handwriting experts on
the ballots In 19 precincts examined
by them. Out of a total of 4079 votes,
the experts deemed 1436 fraudulent.
INDIGNANT
RUSSIAN
IT
Senate Confirms Him As
Postmaster. ;
SMOOT ROW IS OVER
End of the Week Will See the
Finish of the Mormon
V Trouble.
STATEHOOD BILL LANGUISHES
Beveridge Geta Up a Sweat Trying to
Gat the Senate to Vote en Hia Pat
Measure Marriage Licenses
Still S3 Par.
Washington, Jaa 23. Beveridge
made another ineffectual effort In the
senate today to nave the time, fixed
for voting on the statehood bllL Oppo
ing senators showed an unwillingness
to vote on the bill until the amend
ments are disposed of and Beveridge
would not consent to yote on them
without the agreement extending to
th bill itself.
.. Tha fortification appropriations bill
waa passed after reconsideration of
the amendment striking out provisions
for Insular fortifications.
The senate also confirmed the no ml
nation of John Hahn to be postmaster
at Astoria.
Smoot Row Over.
Washington, Jan. 23. The Smoot in
vestlgatlon will be concluded this week.
The cross-examination of Smoot re
suited in an absolute refusal to testify
In regard to endowment ceremonies.
He also asserted It was not in his busi
ness to call to account President Smith
of the Mormon church because Smith
admitted to the committee that he
living in violation of the laws of the
bind.
Three other witnesses refused to di
vulge the character of the endowment
ceremony.
Eccentric Mr. Baker.
Washington, Jan. 23. The 'session of
only affirmative vote recorded was that
to consideration of bills relating to the
District of Columbia. There was an
echo of the disturbances at St. Peters
burg yesterday, ,when .Baker of New
Tork moved an adjournment be taken
out of respect to those killed in the
clash with the Russian troops. The
only affirmatiev vote recorded was that
by Baker himself. A little later the
proceedings wer interrupted by Parce
of Maryland being seized by a nervous
convulsion, necessitating a brief recess.
He soon rallied and was conveyed to
his home. '" ' ' ,
The proposition to control railroads
In the matter of rates was dlscused by
Burgess of Texas, and, briefly by Hep
burn of Iowa. '
WILL SETTLE.
t
th
Building Trade Tired of
Long
Lock Out.
New Tork, Jaa 23. The National
Civic Federation has decided to at
tempt a settlement between the build
ing trades employers' association and
the 0000 locked out men in the build
ing trades.
The conciliation committee has been
ppealed to as a peace maker and will
proceed under the first commission of
the federation's new president, August
Belmont.
Several previous attempts to ' settle
the lock out have failed. It has been
in progress six months and many of
the men. principally carpenters, have
returned to work.
MURDEROUS COOK.
Ha Shoots His Employer' Wife and
Then Killa Himself.
Oakland, Cat, Jan. 23. Joshua Fer
guson, a colored cook In the employ of
J. T. Callender, also colored, In a fit of
rage, fired point blank at his master
UN
and mistress, killing Mrs. Callander
almost Instantly and only mlsalng her
husband by a fraction of an inch. After
the murder ha ran toward tha water
front, where he placed one. of his pis
tols against his head and fired.
Ferguson was captured and taken to
tha receiving hospital, where he died
from hemorrhage shortly after his
arrival ' " -- :;.
For Clataop Exhibit
The matter of making an exhibit at
the Lewis and Clark fair In Portland
wa discussed yesterday, but no defl
nit action taken.' In order to bring
th matter before the people th fol
lowing order wa issued: Th county
court having had the matter of Clatsop
county providing for making an exhibit
at the Lewis and Clark exposition be
fore it repeatedly, and the court hav
ing heretofore asked other bodies to
co-joperate or suggest some practical
way of making a creditable exhibit, but
up to the present time there appear to
be no plan agreed upon by the citizens
and the court having received another
letter, stating that space must b
asked for by February 1, the. court de
sire to state to the tax payers that
under the act of February 17, 1903, th
county court can provide for the sum
of 31000 for the purpose of advertising
the county's resources and desire to
say to the public that an answer will
returned to th secretary of tha ex
position by the end of January." f
Mrs. Jaeoby Dead. , '
Los Angeles, Jan. 23. Mrs. Margaret
Jacoby, once, it is said, a wealthy so
ciety leader in Milwaukee, has dltfd
suddenly In Santa Monica. She was In
poor circumstances. '
V Still Aliv. .
Madrid, Jan. 25. There Is no truth
In the report cabled to a news agency
in the United States that 32 persons
perished In a Ore of Incendiary origin
at Cetlna, near Saragoeaaon Friday...
ELDER IS GIVEN UP
Owners Turned Her Over to the
Underwriters.
LISTED HEAVILY AND FILLING
Effort to Close tha Hole Have Been
Futile and Moat of th Cargo la
Waterecaked Costa Rica Will
Go on tha Run.
Portland, Jan. 23. The latest advices
from Gable, the scene of the disaster
to the steamer Elder, on Saturday,
state that the water la rapidly rising
In her hull. She has a list of ten de
grees to starboard and haa swung v
around partly across the current, which
increases the danger of the vessel's
slipping off the ledge of rocks Into wa--ter
96 feet deep. Efforts to get a tar
paulin over the hold In order to pump
the water out were unsuccessful
Most of the cargo that escaped dam
age has been brought to tht city.
The, steamer has been turned over
to the underwriters by the Harrlman
Interests which prefer to accept the
Insurance rather than keep the wreck
and taek chances on raising it.
The crew has been paid off and tha
officers are going to San Francisco to
take charge of the steamer Costa Rica,
which will go otv the run.
Routine at 8alem.
Salem, Jar. 23. Both houses trans
acted a large .amount of routine busi
ness today. The house passed a Joint
resolution providing for an Investiga
tion of the expenses of attendants of
patients on the way to state institu
tions. A bill to Increase the price of
marriage licenses to 33 failed to pass
the house.
Fatal Italian Dual.
San Francisco, Jan. 23. Joseph Bro-
gardo, an Italian fisherman, waa ahot
and killed in a running fight between
himself and several other fishermen on
Vanderwater street. A companion
named Brazzlo, it Is alleged, fought a
running duel with Brogardo and it is
claimed that Brazzle's ahota were the
fatal ones. Brazsio Is under arrest.