Heppner Gazette
Issued Thursday of Fci Week
HEPPNER OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
A handbill is being circulated in St.
Petersburg threatening the czar's life.
The Chino-Japanese treaty, relating
to Manchurian affairs, has been signed.
Thousands in the northeast provinces
of Japan are said to be on the verge of
starvation.
Heavy snows in New Mexico have
blocked railway traffic and train sched
ules are badly demoralized.
The Corean consul general to Great
Britain has turned over his affairs to
the Japanese legation and retired.
Senor Don Felipe Pardo, brother to
the president of Peru, will represent
that country as minister to the United
States.
Herbert II. D. Pierce, third assist
ant eecretary of state, has been selected
by the president as the first American
minister to Norway.
A passenger train on the Illinois
Central was wrecked near Holly Srpings,
Miss., and one woman killed and six
other rerson injured.
John N. Irwin, ex-governor of Idaho,
is dead. He was former minister to
Portugal and aleo governor of Arizona.
He died at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
The California state mineralogist has
called the attention of government au
thorities to gigantic land frauds that
state. He says he will place evidence
in the hands of the United States dis
trict attorney that will involve many of
California s prominent people, and be
lieves that something must be crooked
with the general land office.
The Baltic coast is lighted by burn
ing mansions.
The czar has refused to grant uni
versal suffrage.
An attempt to assassinate President
Reyes, of Colombia, failed.
Dewey wants the Annapolis hazera
expelled without a chance of returning.
The Virginia and North Carolina
coasts have been swept by a heavy gale
A Los Angeles cottage was wrecked
by the wind and three personB injured,
two perhaps fatally.
A collapse of scaffolding in the New
York tunnel under East river injured
five men, three of them fatally.
Columbia university has positivley
forbidden football in the future. Oth
er leading colleges are expected to fol
low this lead.
MACKENZIE PROMISES AID.
Recommends Total Appropriation of
$1,400,000 for Jetty.
Washington, Dec. 20. Senators Ful
ton and Gearin today called on General
MacKenzie, chief of engineers, in re
gard to the needs of the Columbia river
jetty. General MacKenzie gave them
renewed assurance of his friendliness
and said he was doing everything in his
power to secure money to keep work in
progress.
He has recommended not only an
appropriation of $400,000 in cash, but
has urged that authority be granted for
the expenditure of an additional $1,
000,000. He explains that $400,000
is required for "rocking" the jetty as
far out as the end of the present tram
way, but will not be ample for any ex
tension. If authority can be secured
for the expenditure of $1,000,000 addi
tional, it will be possible next season
to push the jetty much farther sea
ward, and in fact approach the point
where it is expected to end.
Major Roessler, in his report, re
commended an appropriation of $1,
900,000 to complete the jetty. This is
a higher figure than the previous esti
mate, but his estimate is reduced ma
terially by the War department.
The Oregon senators will exert their
bejt efforts to secure the appropriation
recommended by General MacKenzie,
and will furthermore insist upon the
authorization of additional work to
the extent of $1,000,000. The other
Northwestern senators and representa
tives will work in accord with them.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
GUIDE TO ELECTIONS.
INVESTIGATES INSECT PESTS.
Government Solves Problems of Cot
ton and Wheatgrowers.
Washington, Dec. 26. According to
the annual report of L. C. Howard,
in charge of the Bureau of Entomology
of the Department of Agriculture, the
main work of the bureau for the past
fiscal year, ended June 30, 1905, was
in connection with the cotton boll wee
vil, the cottion boll worm, importation
of beneficial insects from abroad, in
vestigations of insects damaging forests
and deciduous fruit trees, work on in
sects injurious to vegetable crops and
effecting the great staple field crops,
and work in silk and bee culture.
The investigations into the cotton
boll worm were such that cotton plant
ers will, it is stated, be enabled to con
trol that injurious pest.
Experiments on a large scale, extend
ing over practically the whole of the
wheat g: owr'ng area, have been looking
toward the elucidation of certain as yet
unsolved problems in the propagation
of the Hessian fly and of the joint
worms of wheat, and also to determine
the best time to sow wheat in the au
tumn in ordr to ward off the autumn
attack of the fly. Investigations of the
same insect in the spring wheat re
gions have been begun, since only re
cently has the Hessian fly spread into
this new country.
IRRIGATE YAKIMA RESERVE.
Explanation of Complicated Primary
System by Secretary Dunbar.
Salem The adoption of the direct
primary law has given Oregon such
complicated system of elections that not
even the accomplished politician can
carry in his mind all the details of the
proceedings leading up to the general
election of state, district and county
officers. One of the most difficult
things to ascertain and remember is the
dates upon which the various Bteps in
the nomination and election of officers
must be taken. In fact, the ordinary
citizen cannot figure out the dates
he has the statute before him, for the
language varies and different methods
of computing time must be adopted.
The following list contains all the
dates of interest to the voter and the
candidate for offices as figured out by
Secretary of State Dunbar:
Registration
Registration books opened by county
clerks Tuesday, January 2.
Registration books closed tor primary
election April 10, 5 p. m.
Registration books opened after pri
mary election, April 25.
Registration books closed for general
election, May 15, 5 p. m.
Iniative petitions
Number of signers required to initiate
laws or amendments, 7,489.
Last day for filkug initiative peti
tions, February 3.
Last day for filing pamphlets oppos
ing measures, February 5.
Direct primary election
County clerks give notice of primary
election not later than March 21.
Last day for filing petitions for plaC'
ing names on ballot for state, congres
sional and district officers, March 30
Last dav for filing petitions for
county offices, April 4.
Date of primary election, April 30
Canvassing votes of primary election
for state offices, May 5.
General election
Last dav for filing certificates of
nomination for state offices by assembly
of electors, April 19.
Last day for filing nominating peti
tions for state offices, May 4.
Last dav for filing certificates of
nomination for county offices by assem
bly of electors, May 4.
Last day for filing nominating peti
tions for county offices, May 19.
General election, June 4.
It itiould be explained that petitions
for nominations for district offices, euch
as circuit judge, district attorney, joint
senator and joint representative must
be filed in the office of the secretary of
state, and not with county clerks.
ORGANIZE SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
An American who has just returned
from Japan says there is sure to be dis
tress in that country when all the
troops are returned from Manchuia.
The president has signed the canal
emergency appropriation bill carrying
$11,000,000. This is the first law cre
ated by the present session of congress.
Odell has attacked Roosevelt for al
leged political interference in New-
York. The president ii accused of
wrecking the party to gratify ambition,
but does not seem to worry ever the
charge.
Montenegro haa adopted a new con
stitution. Poland is again the scene of rioting
and troops cannot be spared to suppress
the trouble.
Denver has not yet disposed of all its
election fraud cases incident to the
preidential election.
Secretary Bonaparte has found that
he has not the power under the present
laws to dismiss the Annapolis hazers.
A DeB Moines, Iowa, baby show
broke up in a row because the first
prize was given to the baby of a
Jewess.
Hawaiian planters have completed
plans to bring 1,000 families of labor
ers from the Azores or some other
European source.
Governor LaFollette, of Wisconsin.
Las resigned to accept a eeat in the
United States senate. The resignation
takes effect the first of January.
Thorough reorganization of the man
agement aid methods of the Mutual
Life Insurance company is demanded
by its 30,000 British policy holders.
Admiral Rojestveneky has returned
home. He has not yet entirely re
covered from the wounds he received
during the battle of the Sea of Japan.
A bomb hurled through a window of
the Allied Iron association in New
York wrecked the room ueed for tele
phone purposes. The concern is non
union and this is given as the reason of
the outrage.
Balfour declares himself as a free
trader.
Martial law has again been pro
claimed throughout Poland.
Japan is angry because China delays
the new Manchurian treaty.
Insurance investigators are now at
work on the small companies.
A British fleet is to maneuver off the
coast of Morocco w hile the conferei.ee
is on.
Jones' Plan to Secure Water and Ad
mit White Settlers.
Washington, Dec. 26. As the first
Btep in the direction of adjusting con
flicting water rights on the Yakima In
dian reservation. Representative Jones
will introduce a bill, when congrees re
convenes, authorizing the Yakima In
dians to sell 60 acres of their respective
allotments, and directing the Becretary
of the interior to apply a portion of the
proceeds to the purchase of water rights
for the remaining 20 acres of each al
lotment.
The passage of this bill will perma
nently provide for the irrigation of In
dian lands and at tiie same time open
the way for the settlement of a large
portion of the Yakima reservation.
This Indian land has been selling for
from $40 to $50 per acre, and a large
surplus will be realized for the benefit
of the Indians.
Indian Commissioner Leupp ia in
lavor oi mis pian anu win lend nis
assistance to secure its favorable con
sideration by congress.
New York Traction Merger.
New York, Dec. 26. A consolida
tion of the subway, elevated and sur
face traction lines of Manhattan island
ia believed to be probable, aa a result
of the sale of the interesta of Thomaa
F. Ryan in the Metropolitan Street
Railway system to August Belmont.
The Metropolitan system includes
practically all of the surface roads on
the ieland, and Mr. Belmont is presi
dent of the Interborough Rapid Transit
company, which operates the elevated
roads and subway. The price paid
was not made public.
Irish Leade-s May Get Together.
Dublin, Dec. 26. William O'Brien
is making overtures to the parliament
ary party, led by John Redmond, for a
working agreement and the adoption c f
a common line of action in ttie forth
coming general elections. The over
tures have been received in a friendly
spirit, but so far there has been no in
terview between the leaders. Mr. Red
mond and John Dillon have issued an
announcement that nothing has yet re
eulted from Mr. O'Brien's action.
State Library Commission Passes an
Important Resolution.
Salem The State Library commis
sion, composed of Governor Chamber
Jain, W. B. Ayera, President Campbell,
of the State University; Miss Isom,
librarian of the Portland library, and
State Superintendent of Schools Acker
man, met in bi-monthy session last
week, and Miss Marvin, the secretary,
submitted an elaborate report dealing
with the work of the commission from
its organization to date, and with the
methods to be employed in the organ-
uation of local libraries.
With regard to school libraries, the
commission decided to ask for bids for
all school libraries to be submitted
next June. A rule was adopted by the
commission prohibiting senools from
purchasing dictionaries, sets of supple
mentary readerB and general encyclope
dias with money belonging to their li
brary funds.
Miss Marvin reports that several
cities in the state would soon employ
trained librarians to look after their li
braries. Buys Chittim Trees.
Eugene Realizing that, the supply
of chittim bark (Cascara Segradaj will
be exhausted in this part of the state
within a few year", Dr. L. W. Brown
recently contracted for 1,000 sprouts
of the chittim tree, which he will set
out on his farm southwest of tins city.
The sprouts, when planted, grow very
rapidly, and it will not be very many
years until they are large enough to
peel the bark from. The last load of
the young trees on the contract has
been delivered and in the early spring
he wili plant them.
SERVICE IMPROVED.
Southern Pacific Arranges New West
Side Time Card.
Portland Requests for better freight
service on the Southern Pacific between
Portland and Corvallis have been fruit
ful, for the company has arranged
supplementary timecard which will
give that territory a daily freight in
each direction instead of a tri-weekly
service.
Bimuuaneousiy witn tne inaugura
tion of the new train, the St. Joseph
Lafayette cut-off is opened, and this
means the eight and one-half miles of
track between Lafayette and Whiteson
on the lamhill division, will not be
used to any extent and may be abaud
oned entirely.
ine principal advantage in tne new
passenger time schedule will be that
residents of Dayton and Newberg can
ride into McMinnville, the county teat
and return home the same day, as the
trains will be operated via Dayton and
McMinnville.
There are no stations on the Yamhill
line between Lafayette and Whiteson
ana out two spurs, so it is figured no
particular harm will result if that por
tion of the road is torn up. The deter
mination of the Southern Pacific to
place a daily freight train on the route
pleases shippers, both in Portland and
along the West Side division. For
some time a strong effort has been
made by the shippers of McMinnville,
Dayton, Forest Grove and Hillsboro to
secure a better service, but this could
not be satisfactorily arranged until the
cut-off was completed, which cost $43,
647.
Good Library at Asylum.
Salem The lack of a supply of good
books for the prisoners at the state pen
itentiary formed the subject of comment
in the report of Secretary Cornelia Mar
vin to the Oregon Library commission
What is true of the prison is true also
of other state institutions, and Miss
Marvin is leading a movement to pro
vide the state's charges with good read'
ing matter. At tne insane asylum a
large library waB found, but it is used
by comparatively few patients. Miss
Marvin remarks upon the fact that the
insane asylum has a large library of
unusually good books without gieat
use, while across the way, at the prison,
there is nothing to be used and a great
demand.
Weyerhauser Road for Lumbtr.
Klamath Falls Following the defi
nite announcement that the Klamath
Lake railroad interests have been pur
chased by the Weyerhaeuser Lumber
company it is announced that the Wey
erhaeuser people do not contemplate
building to this city, but will only aim
to use the road as an outlet for the
large timber interest, they hold in this
part of the country. They will remodel
the roadbed, cutting out the switch
back in getting from the Klamath river
bottom to Pokegama, by driving a long
tunnel.
Alfonso Betrothed at Last.
Paris, Dec. 26. The Figaro this
morning declares that a definite agree
ment has been reached between the
British and Spanish governments re
garding the betrothal of King Alfonso
and Princess Ena of Battenberg, but
that the official announcement will not
be made for several weeks.
Weston Property 1 ransfers.
Weston J. B. Hart has purchase
82 acres of alfalfa and wheat land in
the Walla Walla valley near the state
line from R. O. Fitch for $5,000. The
place is located about two miles from
the ranch recently purchased by Traian
Tucker. Mr. Fitch will go to Allwrta.
Frank King, a prominent farmer form
erly of Helix, has purchased the Weav
er property in this city and will soon
become a resident of Weston. He has
been making extensive imrovf inents
Surveying Weed Road.
Klamath Falls Some excitement was
caused in Klamath tails recently by
the arrival of Engineer I). Ii. Griffiths
: u t - i .
nun i-rew oi a uozen railroad engin
eers and surveyors ami the announce-
ment went forth that they were the ad
vance guard of the California North
eastern Railroad company, successor to
the Weed Railroad company, which is
to receive a bonus of $100,000 to build
a rail read into the town.
Bank Takes Over Sawmill.
Weston The largest sawmill plant
in Umatilla county, 12 miles east Pf
Weatoii, was recently taken over by the
Farmers' bank of Weston, the Fletcher
company, which had become involved
with the bank, retiring. W. II.
Fletcher, manager of the company, has
been in the sawmill business for 16
years on Weston mountain. Included
with the property are 1,000 acres of
fine timber, which will be cut into
lumber.
CZAR IS WARNED.
Revolutionists Will Not Be Responsi
ble for His Safety.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 25. There is a
persistent rumor in circulation here,
a well known revolutionary leader be
ing the authority, that the czar has
been warned to leave Russia. This
communication was sent to the ruler in
three different ways in order to guar
antee its reaching him. The czar was
notified that the limit of patience had
been reached and that he had ceased to
be ruler of Russia, save in name only.
The czar was advised, for his own sake
aa well as for his family's, to leave the
country at once.
The communication is also said to
have stated:
"We Jo not want to harm any mem
ber of the imperial family, but we will
not be responsible for their safety in
the present critical time."
It is stated on high authority that
one copy of the warning was taken to
the czar's private apartments at Tsar
koe-Selo a few days ago.
The czar ia heavily guarded in the
palace, which is surrounded by a form
idable array of troops, while dozens of
maxims and large supplies of ammuni
tion are stored away. Few of the offi
cials have access to the czar.
MOSCOW REDS RAISE SIEGE.
Escape From Meeting Hall by Break
ing Through Railings.
Moscow, Dec. 25. The 12,000 per
sons who were besieged in the Aqua
rium since last night forced the rail
inga surrounding the building at 9
o clock tnis morning and escaped
through an adjacent Bchoolhouse. A
few were wounded in their attempts to
escape the military cordon.
Seventy of those attending the meet
ing were arrested, but they were subse
quently released. A few revolvers
were seized and many daggers' and re
volvers were left behind in the garden
surrounding the schoolhouse.
Demonstrations of the strikers were
continued all day, but in every case
they were dispersed by Cossacks and
dragoons. Several persons were in
jured, but no one was killed. During
the day wholesale arrests were made.
All business haa been Btopped. Sev
eral of the bakery shops have been
plundered.
The Btrikers are using the strongest
measures to enforce the complete cessa
tion of business, but notwithstanding
these measures the postal operations
continue.
At a meeting of bankers today it was
decided to open the banks tomorrow.
RAILROADS WILL
NOW SURRENDER
Ready to Promise Obedience to Com.
merce Laws.
Committee Seeks a Conference With
Commission All Big Roads of
One Mind Death Knell to Illegal
Practices Will Be Sounded in Very
Short Time.
BLAZE ON CROWDED FERRY.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
gray,
Wheat Club, 7172c; bluestem, 73
74c; red, 6768c; valley, 72c per
bushel)
Oats No. 1 white feed, $27;
$26.50 per ton.
Barley Feed, $2222.50 per ton;
brewing, $22.5023; rolled, $23(223.50.
Rye $1.50 per cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy,
$14.5015.50 per ton; valley timothy,
$1112; clover, $89;. cheat, $8.50
9.50; grain hay, $8(39.
Fruits Apples, $11.50 per box;
pears, $1.251.50 per box.
Vegetablea Beans, wax, 12c per
pound; cabbage, lljc per pound
Thousand Passengers Nearly Jump
Into Hudson in "Terror.
New York, Dec. 25. While the Del
aware, Lackawanna Western terry-
bpat Montclair was crowded from end
to end on a trip tonight from the foot
of Christopher street to Hoboken, fire
burst out beneath the midst of the
inner row oi seats in the men s cabin
on the starboard side. So sudden was
the outburst of flames that those sit
ing on the seats had narrow escapes
from burning.
The shouts of fire Bent the passengers
in a rush to the open ends of the boat,
men almost pushing one another into
the water. The panic spread to the
women's cabin, which was also crowd
ed, there being 1,000 passengers on the
boat. The Montclair was in midstream.
As quickly as they could make their
way to the fire extinguishers, the deck
hands took them down and played on
the fire, which quickly became only a
smudge of stifling smoke.
The boat was driven full speed, with
whistle shrieking, to the Hoboken
slip. The passengers rushed ashore
and the fire department put out what
remained of the blaze. It is supposed
that a smouldering cigar stub com
municated fire to rubbish and started
the blaze.
Chicago, Dec. 23. The railroad in
terests of the entire country have decid
ed to hold out the olive branch to the
government and join hands with the
Interstate Commerce commission to se
cure a rigid enforcement of law. To
this end two moves have been begun.
one embracing all the railroads east of
Chicago and St. Louis, and the other
taking in all railroads west of the same
points.
The Eastern movement was begun
several weens ago, and the commission
has been asked to meet a committee of
railway men in a conference regarding;
the situation in the East. The West
ern movement is of more recent date
and J. C. Stubbs, traffic mnager of the
Harriman lines, ia in charge of it.
Yesterday Mr. Stubbs wired the Inter
state Commerce commission asking f5r
an early conference between that body
and a committee representing everv
Western railroad, to discuss plans for a
joint effort to prevent further violations
of the law 3 governing transportation.
It is expected a date will be set before
the close of the year, and t he conference
is likely to take place in St. Paul next
Friday, when the commission haa a
hearing in that city.
The railroads insist they are in earn
est and that, if the commission is in
sympathy with the move, it means the
death knell of the freight rebate, the
secret rate or "midnight tariff" of pref
erential rates, of arrangements with in
dustrial railroads, of the payment of
unlawful commissions, and, in short,
the end of everything which comes
within the purview of the interstate
commerce act or the Elkins amendment.
ALL RAILROAD BIDS REJECTED.
Government Will Again Oft'erCon
cessions in Philippines.
Washington, Dec. 23. All the bids
for concesaionary contracts or grants for
the construction of railroads in the
Philippine islands, recently submitted
to the bureau of insular affairs, were
today rejected because of the departures
from the terms of the circular calling
for proposals. Secretary Taft, after a
number of conferences with Governor
Wright and Mr. Forbes, of the Philip
pine commission, and Colonel Edwards,
chief of the insular bureau, today de
cided to re-advertise the proposals, and
January 20, at 10 a. m., has been fixed
as the date for the opening of new bids.
The terms will be modified in some
particulars.
W here bidders propose to construct
the road without guarantee they will
be limited in their bids only by the
terms of the Philippine government,
railroads acts of 1902 and 1903. But
where bidders wish to take advantage
of a guarantee of a certain interest on
their investment, they can vary from
the original invitation to bid only in
point of time or on the coptof construc
tion per mile as affected by contractors
profits.
ALL RUSSIA PARALYZED,
Fruit Men Meet at La Grande.
La Grande The next annual meet
ing of the Northwestern Fruitgrowers'
association will be held in La Grande
January 3-5.
cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 45
75c per dozen; cucumbers, 5060c
a it
per dozen; peppers, tc per pound
pumpkins, c per pound; sprouts,
7c per pound; suash, ?4 leper pound;
turnips, 90c$l per sack-, carrots, 05
75c per sack; beets, 85c(S$l per sack.
Onions Oregon, $11.25 per sack.
Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanka,
6575c per Back; ordinary, 5560c per
sack; Merced sweets, sacks, $1.90;
crates, $2.15.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2730c
per pound.
jTjjga Oregon ranch, 30c per dozen
Poultry Average old liens, 10llc
per pound; young roosters, 9c; springs,
10llc; broilers, 1213c; dressed
chickens. 12Q13c: turkeys, live, 16
17c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 17
21c; geese, live, 910c; ducks, 15c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10
HJac; prime, i9;sc; medium, 8c;
olds, 57c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average best,
1621c; valley, 2426c; Jmohair,
eLoice, 30c per pound.
iieef Dressed bulls, l2c per
pound; 'cows, 34c; country steers,
4 & icl
Veal Dressed, 38c per pound.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 66Jcper
pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 7
7c.
Pork Dressed, 637c per pound.
Canada Quarantines American Hog.
Ottawa, Dec. 25. An order in coun
cil has been paseed providing that "all
swine imported must he accompanied
by a certificate signed by veterinarians
of the United States bureau of Animal
Industry, stating that neither swine
plague nor hog cholera has existed
within a radius of five miles of the
premises in which they have been kept
for a period of six months immediately
preceding the date of shipment, but
such swine shall nevertheless be in
spected, and shall be subject to a quar
antine of 30 days."
Heyburn Loaded for Bear,
Washington, Dec. 25. When the
senate reconvenes after the holidays,
Senator Heyburn intends to make a
speech on his lorest reserve bills. He
will air his difference with the presi
uem anu unioni rinchot, and urge
curtailment of the president's power to
create reserves. His bill haa not been
reported. A severe arraignment of the
administration is expected. The sen
ator will also speak in advocacy of his
national loard of corporations bill.
Traffic of Soo Canal.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Dec. 25.
The government report places the total
freight tonnage of the Soo canal for the
year at 44,J0,80 tona, an increase
over last year of 40 per cent.
Martial Law for Poland.
Warsaw, Dec. 25. A proclamation
of the governor general was gazetted
here today, establishing martial law in
all the 10 governments of Russian Pol
and and appointing ten temporary mil
itary governors general. I
Empire Tied Up by General Strike
and Food is Scarce.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 23. With the
strike in force throughout the entire
empire, conditions are again becomng
more and more alarming. While it is
certain that the strike leaders are ab
solutely opposed to violence, it begins
to look as though they would be unable
to control the forces. Famine is the
one thing to he feared, inasmuch as the
supplies of food within the city have
been heavily drawn upon during the
last 30 days, and now that all the out
put of the foodstuffs is at an end,
prices are beginning to advance and the
common people must certainly suffer.
French Ship on Voyage.
Paris, Dec. 23. A cruiser detached
from the French squadron at Saigon,
French Indo-China, is now proceeding
to Shanghai. The officials here say
this is a measure of precaution, as no
French interests have as yet leen dis
turbed. The recent disturbances oc
curred in the international concession.
which is separated from the French
concession. An official dispatch from
from Pekin today saya an imperial
edict just issued, following energetic
protests on the part of foreign minis
ters, promises to end the trouble.
Not a Wheel Turns in Moscow.
Moscow, Dec. 23. The town ia in
darkness and the theaters and clubs
are closed. The employes of the
municipality have abandoned their
work. Fifty thousand factory hands
are idle. The troops are confined to
the barracks and every possible pre
caution for eventualities haa Iteen
taken. The strikers' pickets are all
over the city persuading or threaten
ing those who are reluctant to join tl e
Btrike for freedom.
Troops to Suppress Revolt.
Paris, Dec. 23. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Petit Parisien. in
a dispatch dated yesterday, says that
th government is preparing to sup
press the revolt along the Baltic.