Washington County News
Wednesday, January 18.
Is s u e d B a c h W e e k
The house today adopte<l the 12 arti
cles of impeachment against Judge
FOREST GROVE.......... OREGON
Charles Swayne. The speaker was au
thorized to appoint members to present
the case to the senate and conduct the
iuqiearhiiient proceedings before that
body.
Senator Stone occupied considerable
time with his spetih asking an investi
gation of the campaigns of 1895 and
1904.
Clay spoke in opposition to the
statehood bill. He had no objection
to the consolidation of
Oklahoma
A Resume o f the Less Important but and Indian Territory.
Not Less Interesting Events
Thursday, January 19.
o f the Past Week.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
The Russian strike has spread to
nearly every town of importance in the
empire.
The Rogers Locomotive works, at
Paterson, N. J., have l>een sold to the
American Locomotive company.
Meetings throughout Germany de
nounced the coal mine owners, hut
they refuse to yield to the strikers.
Father lio|s)ii, leader of the St.
Petersburg strikers, has issued a proc
lamation absolving soldiers from oaths
of allegiance to the czar.
The hills providing dental surgeons
for the navy and to increase the effi
ciency of the navy hospital corps will
lie reported favorably to the house.
The house of representatives today
«■ompieted consideration of the army
appropriation bill and w ill vote on it
tomorrow.
A vigorous attack was
made on the army transport service
by Humphrey and offered an amend
ment alxdisliing it.
The house fixed
Friday, February 17, as the date for
holding appropriate exercises in Stat
uary hall accepting the statue of Fran
ces E. W illard. A bill was passed ex
tending the extradition laws of the
United States to the Philippines.
Consideration of the statehoo«l hill
was continued in the senate tixlay and
Stone spoke for two hours in opposition
to it. The hill for the remuneration of
American fur sealers who sufferd losses
lH*cause of their suppresssion, was also
debated at some length, hut no action
was taken.
1?. J. Yoakum, a director of the Rock
Island road, has Isnight the Colorado
Friday, Jan. 20.
Springs A Cripple Creek district rail
The stutehiKHl hill and the fur seal
road, which runs between Colorado
indemnity hill again divided the atten
Springs and Cripple Creek.
tion of the senate tixlay, and both went
A . (i. Chapslin, fireman, was killed, over without action. Fulton spoke in
and several passengers were injured in support of the indemnity hill, and Mc
a wreck of an Illinois Terminal railroad Creary and Bate in opposition to the
train near Aslton, 111.
A car contain statehood measure.
ing HO passengers turned over.
Immetliately after the senate was
The supreme courts of Hawaii has called to older President Pro Tem Frye
decided that six miles of the trans laid before it a telegram from the gov
pacific cable, which lies within the ernor of New Mexico, transmitting a
three-mile lim it lielow low water mark, memorial adopted by the legislature of
that territory protesting against the
is taxable, and values it at $10,000.
union of New Mexico and Arizona in
A new French cabinet has lieen one state, and urging the admission of
formed by Rouvier.
New Mexico as a state according to
A ll printing works in St. Petersburg present boundaries.
The house passed the army appro
are closed and no newspa|>ers are being
priation b ill. The Indian appropria
issued.
tion hill was considered for the re
Experts examining the Denver bal
mainder of the day, hut was not con-
lots ! declare one-tliird of them are
cludcd when the house ailjourne«! until
fraudulent.
tomorrow.
T . J. O'Brien, of Grand Rapids,
Mich., has accpeted an offer to become
Monday, January 23.
minister to Denmark.
The session of the house today was
The senate w ill confirm the nomina devoted entirely to the consideration of
tion of T. C. Powell, of Portland, to be hills relating to the District of Colum
marshal at Nome, Alaska.
bia. Severval efforts were made to take
The Oregon delegation is confident official notiee of the rioting in St.
of a small appropriation with which to Petersburg, but they were all turned
down.
begin work on the Celilo canal.
Beveridge made another ineffectual
A Russian admiral who was in Port effort in the senate to have a time fixed
Arthur when it surrendered denounces for voting on the statehood bill. The
f ieneral Htoessel as incapable and the fortifications appropriations hill was
surrender as a disgrace.
passed. A joint resolution appropiat-
Four publishers of large St. Peters ing $7,000 to pay the necessary ex-
burg pa|MTS declare their intention to peii8«*s of the inatigual ceremonies was
issue their pa(K?rs so soon as men can passed.
be secured, in defiance of the censor s
Tuesday, January 24.
orders.
The senate today organized as a high
The California legislator has appro
priated $70,000 for the lew is and Clark court to try tin* impeachment charges
fair. Already $20,000 has been given against Judge Swayne. Platt, of Con
ami with this last sum that state is necticut, was electe«l to preside at the
Further proceedings
sure of a fine show ing at Portland this trial sessions.
were post|xmed until Friday, when
year.
Judge Swayne is expected to appear be
It is now regarded as certain that fore the bar of the senate.
The P h il
there w ill I k * no strike of the employes ippine railroad hill was passed. Much
of the Pennsylvania railroad.
time was consumed in discussion of
various measure pending. One senator
Four Americans and one Mexican wanted to admit each of the four terri
were ambushed and killed by Yaqui tories included in the joint statehood
Indians 35 miles east of l.u Colorado,
hill as a state.
state of Honors, Mexico. Mexican cav
The District of Columbia appropria
alry has I k *»* ii ordered to the scene to
tion hill again occupied the attention
capture the Indians.
of the house today. An amendment to
It is claimed that the government increase the salaries of all school offi
officials investigating the Oregon land cials and teachers precipitated a long
frauds have unearthed a deal in which debate. It was finally rul«*d ont of
Mitchell, Hermann and Mays were im oilier and other amendments taken up.
plicate«! by which the government At 4:15, when the house ndjoumt*d,
would have l>oon robbed of 300,000 nothing had I k - c ii accomplished.
acres in Southwestern Oregon through
M AN Y L O S T IN FLO O D .
Middle Oregon.
The profits of the
deal would have been $500,000.
Report* From Arizona Deluge Only
The principal cause of the outbreak
Begin to Come In.
of Russian workingmen is the ruinous
monetary burdens borne by the p»*ople.
The main items are: National debt,
$3,500,000,000; annual interest on
debt, $80,000,000; expanded on SilK*ri-
an ami Manchurian roads, $1,500,000,-
000; taxes paid by peasants in 1000,
00,000,000; loss by industrial ileprea-
sion in three years, $300,000,000; war
loss to date, $400,000,000.
There are
100,000,000 Russian p«*asants and the
average daily earnings of each is H to 0
cents.
The City Savings Fund A Trust com
pany's liank, of latncaster, Pa., has
dosed down with <te|>oaita of about $!,-
000 , 000 .
Williams, of Mississippi, may resign
as IVmocrntic leailer in the hotiBe.
The Baltic th*et is not expected to
reach the seat of war for three months.
Senator Mitchell, it is said, will
come home and demand a speedy trial.
The United Htat«*a may use force
against Venetuela in the asphalt dis
pute.
The Japanese talk of pumping out
Port Arthur harbor to reach the sunken
•hips.
Father Gopon, the priest who is lead
ing the St. Petersburg strikers, has
been arrested.
A Pueblo grand jury says a great ma
jority of ballots in the November elec-
tion were illegal.
Despite the efforts of the police and
m ilitary many incendiary tires are re
ported throughout Russia.
P U T IN CHARGE.
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
Kl Paso, Tex., Jan. 20.— Information
eoiiies from Clifton, Ariz., that five
Ixxlies have been recovered since the
fiixxl there last week, and that others
are still entangled with the drift. But
two of the five l«xli«*s already ri'cnvered
have Ix'cn identified
They are John
Hunt and Jesus Romeo.
Persons are hourly ladiig r«*|x>rte«l
missing ami it is im|x>ssihle to deter
mine how many have jierisluxl in the
ffixxl.
Three Train* in a W reck.
I »niton, Jan. 21.— An alarming col
lision in which three trains were in
volved, including two Scotch expresses,
occurred on the Midland railway near
Barnsley today. Four passengers and
two railway men were killed, and a
score w ere injured, of which seven were
seriously hurt. The aivident ix-onrreil
in a fog. the thin! train crashing into
the wreckage resulting from the first
collision.
The cars of one of the
Scotch express«-* hurst into Haines,
and soon was ablaze from end to
end.
T o Include Swamp Land.
Washington, Jan. 21. — Representa
tive Bell, of California, tixlav intro-
dncixl a hill authorizing the secretary
of the interior to inclmle swamp ami
overflowed land in any irrigation pro
ject that may he undertaken umler the
national irrigatmn law, wherever it
may he deemeil practicable and ailvisa-
hie to do so. Such land, when retaim-
ed, shall be <liapoae<l of in the same
manner as other lamls lying under the
government irrigation projects.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
IN THE LEG ISLATU RE.
Salem, Jan. 18. — The right of the
people to exercise the referendum pow
er is to he protected by Governor
Chamberlain and notice to this effect
was today served upon the two houses
of the legislature.
In a special mes
sage the governor told the meinliers in
plain language that they are attaching
emergency clauses to many measures
which are not designed to meet real
emergencies and that he w ill feel
Ixiuml to disapprove such hills if passe«l
in that form.
Seventeen bills were passed by the
senate, all of minor importance except
ing to the localities directly interested,
being mostly changes in city charters.
Among the new measures introduce«!
were» To raise the salary of the assist
ant warden of the penitetiary from
$900 to $1,200; to amend general road
lawB; to make it unlawful to shoot
from or ii[xm any public road; to de
fine rights of riparian owners fronting
on the Columbia river; to provide for
forming of dyking districts.
The senate defeated the house joint
resolution asking congress to call a
constitutional convention for the pur-
)x>se of adopting an amendment provid
ing for election of United States sen
ators by direct vote of the people.
Three hills pass«*«! the house t«*day,
as follows; To extend the Bancroft
bonding act for sewer ami str«*et im
provements to all incorporated towns;
to empower corporations to act as a«l-
ministrators,
executors,
receivers,
guardians and trustees; to authorize
county courts to appropriate lands for
road purpses.
Twenty-seven new bills were read
for the first time in the house.
The first large appropriation b ill ap
peared in the house today carrying
$133,147.42, of which $47,000 is to
cover deficiencies, $50,000 the ex|>enses
of the present legislative session anil
$35,881.31 for meeting unpaiil scalp
bounties.
as its county seat, and Hot I-ake, with
Union as its county seat. A ll three
propos«?«! counties bail lobbies working
all week and were opposed by counter-
lobbies from Wasco, Crook and Union.
Five hills were passetl by the house.
One proviiied for an appropriation of
$15,000 for salmon hatcheries and an
other fixed the time for the Ia*wis and
Clark fair from June 1 to October 15,
1905.
Nine hills have l»een passe«! by both
houses, 33 by the senate only ami six
by the house only. In the senate 143
hills have lieen intixxlueed ami in the
house 227.
Both lioures a«ljuorne«l until Monday.
United States to Manage Finances o f
Santo Domingo Government.
Santo Domingo, Republic of Santo
Domingo, Jan. 25.— A protocol between
the Dominican government anil the
American minister, Mr. Dawson, and
Commamier A. C. Dillingham, C S.,
N., in behalf of the American govern
ment, was signed yesterday. The prin
cipal conditions are that the American
government guarantees the complete
integrity of the Dominican territory,
agrees to umlertake the adjustment of
all obligations of the Dominican gov
ernment, foreign and domestic, and
the conditions of payments; to adjust
unreasonable claims and to determine
the validity and amount of pending
claims. In the case of the appointment
of one or more commissions to reach
an adjustment the Dominican govern
ment shall lie represented in or«ler to
protect its responsibility.
The American government will take
charge of the existing customs houses
and those hereafter to be created, and
will name the employes necessary to
their management, the duties they will
exercise and their rights.
These will
he considered Dominicans and subject
to the laws of the republic.
The Do
minican government will have at each
custom house inspectors in behalf of its
interests, anti from and after the date
the contract tak«*s effect. The present
employes are to l«e considered as acting
under its provisions.
Out of the revenues collected at the
custom house of the republic, the
American government w ill deliver to
the Dominicans 45 per cent of the total
gross amount for the purpose of attend
ing to the necessities of the budget.
Out of the 55 [x*r cent, the American
government w ill pay the employes of
the custom house, and the interest on
the amortization of the foreign an<l do
mestic debts. The whole surplus may
remain and each fis«'a! year will I k ? de
livered to the Dominican government
and devoted to the payment of its debts.
Salem, Jan. 23. — Three charter
amenitment hills were passed by the
senate tixlay and a hill protecting wild
fow l.
Thirteen new measures were intro-
duceil. One of them was to provide for
the publication of special laws and an
other to provide a state board of con-
.trol.
It seems unlikely that any of the
normal sdnxils will lie disc-ontinued.
The appropriations asked for these in
stitutions ‘ w ill aggregate
$221,000.
This would I k * an enormous increase
over the appropriations of 1903, when
the total appropriations were hut $88,-
000
Five bills passeil the house tixlay—
one to regulate tin* sale of fertilizers,
one to provide a penalty for casting
sawdust and other waste lumber into
streams, one to require sheriffs to
keep a record of adilresses of taxpayers
on the stub of tax receipts, one to cure
defects in deeds and judicial sal«*s of
executors ami one to provide that title
shall not descend to the heirs of a de-
ceaseil trustee or executor.
A ll file
bills were passeil without opposition.
Among the 18 new bills was one to
amend c<xle on child labor, one to
create hoard of internal commerce com
missioners and making appropriation
O P P O S E D BY M ONDELL.
of $25,000 for improvement of W illam
Salem, Jan. 19. — Thirteen senate ette river, and one to provide tx*tter
He Will Prevent Passage o f Klamath
hills and two house bills were passe«! method of collecting poll tax.
Irrigation Bill if Possible.
by the house hxlay, among them were:
A
To establish a Third Eastern Oregon
Salem, Jan. 24. — Of the 24 hills
Washington, Jan. 25.— An effort will
District Agricultural society; to estab passed hv the host!«* tixlay only one en he made, w hen the opportunity presents
lish county and city boards of health; countered opposition— that for the cre itself, to secure passage through the
to require teachers in public schools ation of a state library commission. house of a hill recently passeil by the
to give 30 days’ notice of intention to The secretary of this commission is to senate |K*rinitting the s«*«-retary of the
quit; to fix the fees to lie cliargeil by receive $1,200 a year and traveling ex interior to utilize Lower Klamath, Tuie
county recorders.
penses.
The hill creating the Eighth anil Goose lakes anil all tributary waters
A hill was introduce«! to take the ( Baker county) and Tenth (Union and in connne«*tion with the Klamath or
appointment of fish warden from the Wallowa) judicial «listricts were among other irrigation works undertaken uniler
hoanl composed of the governor, secre those passed.
the national irrigation law.
There
tary of state and state teasurer and give
The senate helil only a very short w ill be opposition to this hill in the
it to the governor.
A similar bill w ill session hxlay, adjourning at 11:15 until house, however, which may I k ? able to
he introduced in the house tomorrow. tomorrow at 10. Besides disposing of prevent its passage. This was shown by
Among the other new measures were: all the senate business on hurnl, the an adverse report made on the hill by
To amend the code so as to change the senate received a few house bills and Chairman Mondell, of the irrigation
name of the State Reform school; for referred from that branch to till* vari committee.
state conventions of county school su- ous committees.
The senators sj>ent
The entire committee, with the ex
jierintendents; to comi>el attendance the afternoon on committee work.
ception of Mondell, is in favor of the
of children at school: requiring all en
II¿ If a dozen bills have been intro- passage of the bill and concur in a fav
trances t«l salixms to lie in the front or duced at this session for the creation of orable report inaile by Representative
most conspicuous place; to abolish all a mining bureau, hut it is doubtful Williamson. In his report Williamson
state normal schools except one; to- whether anf of them will become laws. quotes from a letter of the director of
provide for creation of bureau of mines;
The creation ol a la*wis and Clark the geologii'al survey, urging the pas
to protect railroad companies from county is a new proposal before the sage of the bill. Among other things
ticket scalping and requiring railroad legislature. The new county is to he the director says:
companies to m ieem unused tickets.
the northern half of Grant, except a
“ The feasibility of the Klamath irri
Twelve hills passed the house today, narrow strip along the eastern siiie, gation project, from an engineering
four of them municipal
charters. and make Long Creek tin* county seat. standpoint, is beyoml question, and it
Sevent«*en new hills were introduced, The intention is t«i eventually take in is also one of the cli«*ai«est projects that
among them being: Amending law as a strip of Baker also.
has tx*en found by the reclamation
to support of poor; to exempt certain
service.
mining corporations from Eildy license
“ The hill is intende«l to authorize
Wasco Farm Sells for $8,000.
tax; for holding agricultural institutes
the secretary of the interior tóso utilize
and appropriating money therefore.
The
Dalles— Thomas Leabo has these lakes as may I k * necessary for the
The hill raising the age of consent bought the Ed. Harrimau farm of 520 best development of the country under
from lfi to 18 years was brought up in acres on Eight Mile creek, south of The the reclamation act. This would not
the senate toilay and maile a special Dalles, for $8,000. The tract contains he possible without specific authority
onler for 11 o’chx'k tomorrow. Many about 150 acres of tillable land, the re- from «•<ingress, on account of their navi
The sale is gable capacity, which, while insignifi-
senators anil representatives favor the mainiler la-ing pasture.
mt*asure and it is believe«! it w ill pass eonsiilered one of the liest that lias lieen «•ant in value, is such as t«i bring them
both houses.
ma«le in the county for some time, and technically within the direct jurisdic-
is an evidence of the atlvance in the tion of congress.
Salem, Jan. 20.— Two hills designe«) prme of Wasco county lands.
“ The devlopment of this projei't for
to he in the interests of laborers were
the irrigation of 300,000 acres of land,
defeat«*«! in the senate tixlay by indefi
alMiut one-half of w hich is public lap«!
Briggs Find is Under Mortgage.
nite postponement.
One of these pro-
or at the disposition of the public, pre
Grants
Pass—
A
mortgage
for
$140,-
ixiseil extending to all oecupattions the
sents no physical ilifliculties of any im
000
has
lieen
given
on
the
famous
Briggs
provisions of the employers’ liability
portance. It may lie stated further
act, applying only to railroads. The claims, of Upper Sucker creek, the
that connected with this possible ilevel-
other was to raise from $5,000 to $10,- scene of the $40,000 strike last sum
opment is an opportunity to externl the
000 the maximum lim it of damages mer. The mortgage is given by David
The system to include some 90,000 ««-res of
that may lie recovered for injuries caus Briggs, (ow ner fo the claims.
mortgage
is
taken
by
E.
F.
Staples,
of irrigable land in the Kla>nath Indian
ing the «leath of any persons. Eight
reservation at some future time, when
bills were pass«*«! by the senate and Ashland. The two claims designat«*«! these lands may lie thrown open to set
seven new on**s ¡ntr<xlu«-<*il. One of the in the mortgage are the “ Wounded
The tlement.”
new measures appropriates $25,000 for Buck” and the “ Pay Streak.”
claims
are
locatetl
side
by
side,
and
the «qx*ration of the portage roail and
Tiflis in State o f Siege,
another is for the employment of con range directly on the contact of por
phyry and granite on which the rich
Victoria, B. C., Jan. 25.— Captain
vict labor on public roads.
Grlan Cullen, representative of the Im
The fiereest fights in the legislature surface strike was maile.
perial Marine association of Tokio, re-
will be wax«*«! over the propos«*«! cre
Material for System.
ceiveil a cablegram from Constantinople
ation of three new counties in Eastern
Union — Clarence Crawford, repre tonight to the effect that 1,500 Circas
Oregon. The new counties propos«*«!
are Cascade, with Ihxxl River ns its sentative of the Grand Romle Kleetri- sians had revolted and kille«l the Rus
county seat; Nesmith, with Antelope cal company, who was here a few days sian guar«!, numliering 200 at Slavini,
ago, sai«i all the material, excepting in the Caucasus, ami that Russians and
p«des and wires, had been ordere«! for Turks in large numbers were crossing
Willamette's Display at Fair.
the el«*ctric system that is to extend the frontier into the Caucasus to spread
W illam ette University, Salem— Dean
from Cove to Union, Hot l-ake, 1 » revolution in Tiflis province.
Tifiis
W. C. Hawley has !x*en given charge of
Grande and other valley points, and City is practically in a state of siege,
the arrang**ments for an exhibit of
that arrangements for construction were he sai«f, and communication is had
W illam ette university at the lew is ami
well umler wav. Contracts are to lie only by dispatch liearers.
Clark fair ami is arranging one along
let this w«*ek f«ir poles ami wires. The
novel lines, the iilea lieing graphically
main line poles are to be of cedar.
Women Trampled in Rush.
to illustrate the pioneer history of the
Chicago, Jan. 25.— Several women
school.
W illam ette is the oldest e«lu-
P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS .
were injured here tonight in a stam-
cational institution west of the Mis
|K*de of thousamls of excit«?«l Russian
souri river.
Professor Hawley visite«!
St. I»u is this summer and ma«ie a spe
Wheat — W alla Walla, 83c; blue- subjei'ts who claniore«! for ailmittance
to the W«*st Side auditorium to hear
cial study of the e«lucational exhibit at stem. 88c; valley, 87c.
the I»nisiana Purchase exposition in
Oat»— No. 1 white, $1.32 H <92.36, the news from St. Petersburg and to
listen to an address by Mine. Katherine
order to get ¡«leas.
gray, $1.35(41 .40 per cental.
Hav—Timothy, $14(3115 per ton; Breshkowsky, the Socialist worker.
Improving Eugene Yard*.
clover, $11 < 9 1 2 ; grain, $11(912; cheat, Before the doors of the aiulitorium
were require«! a detail of policemen to
Eugene — Extensive improvement* $120113.
Potatoes — Oregi m fancy, 85(9 95c; keep the crowd from stampeding and
have been coninieni-e«l U|xm the South
pushing those who struggled.
ern Pacific company's «fepot yards in coir, in on, 80(9 75c.
Apple»—
Baldwins.
11.25;
Spitzen-
Eugene. Uar|K*nters are n«>w «instruct
Cuban City Shaken Up.
ing new stockyanls. twice as large as bergs. $1.75(92 per box.
Santiago, Cuba. Jan. 25.— There
F.ggs— iOregon ranch, 27 (928c.
the old «*nes, and as soon as they are
have been three distinct slioeks of
Butter— Fancy creamery, 250)30c.
complete«! a turn table will he put in
and one of the main sidetracks w ill he | Hops— Choice, 28<a29c; prime, 27<* earthquake of increasing force within
th last 24 hours, causing mnch excite
lengthene«! 100 feet. The work is the per ponrnl.
W« k > 1 — Valley, 190120c; Ea»tern ment. No serious damage was done,
beginning of the general rearrangement
of the yards which has he«*n in con Oregon, 10<917c; moha.r, 250128c per hut there i* feared that there w ill fie
more shocke.
pound.
templation for three or four year*.
.
HIS POWER IS GONE
Czar Has Been Forced to Yield
to Grand Dukes.
VLADIMIR AND SERGIUS RULE
Rioting and Bloodshed
Spread to All
Parts o f Empire — Revolution
Under Full
Headway.
Libau, Russia, Jan. 24.— The imper
ial yacht Stain far« 1 is expecte«! here to
convey the czar and his family to Co
penhagen.
Reports from St. Petersburg say that
the actual government is no longer in
the hands of the czar. This statement
is made with deliberation anil with a
full knowledge of the day's doings.
The grand ducal coterie, always power
ful, hut until very recently held in
check by the people's pathetic faith
in the power of the “ Little W hite
Father,” is in absolute command.
Grand Duke Vladim ir commands the
troops, ami every oriler, whether it I k ?
one of leniency or stern repression, is
issue«! by him. Grand Duke Sergius is
state«) to be in control of the internal
situation.
The utmost secrecy is maintained as
to the czar's j resent whereabouts.
Some have him atTsarskoe-Selo, others
at Peterhoff, still others insist that he
has' been at the w inter palace right
along. A ll «piestions put to men in
authority on that score are met w ith
the very courteous reply that they
know as little as the interrogator.
M O S C O W IN T U R M O IL .
Workmen
Force Closing o f All the
Large Factories.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 24.— The most
startling feature in the situation to
night is the news that several factories
in Moscow have closed and that the
workmen in the old capital of Russia
are repeating the tactics of their fellow
workmen of the new «'apital, marching
from shop to shop and m ill to m ill, de
manding that the establishment shut
down.
The whole city is reported to
he in a state of great excitement over
the news of the bloodshed which has
precipitateil immediately the strike
that hail b«?en scheduled for Wednes
day.
The tension, which was somewhat
relaxed during the morning, continued
to increase during the day. Conditions
ap|>eareil to be omnious, when, shortly
after dark, the workmen in two ele«'tric
light plants walked out, refusing triple
pay to remain, and plunging half the
city into utter «larkness, including the
Nevsky Prospect.
The water supply
was also cut off, and a veritable panic
ensueil.
IT IS R E V O L U T IO N .
Sailors at Sevastopol Mutiny in Mass
and Destroy Buildings.
Kieff, Jan. 24.— Details of the burn
ing of the admiralty yarils at. Sevasto
pol have arriveif here, showing that it
was the result of a mutiny of 8,000
sailors, such as never la-fore ix-curre<l
in Russia.
All Saturday there bail been consid
erable talk all over the city that the
sailors in the Sevastopol barracks ha«l
grown restive and that numerous in
stances of insubordination
had oc
curred.
Shortly after the noon hour
Monday the doors of the barracks were
thrown open and several thousand sail
ors for«?«?d their way out into the street.
One squa«I of mutineers rush«*d to
the rooms of a captain, who is saidtto
have lieen particularly disliked. The
officer was seize«! and thrown to the
floor. They beat in his skull, and his
face was mangled beyond recognition,
and then they wrecked his rooms and
took every weapon they could find.
Meanwhile, those on the outside had
set fire to the building, which, lieing
old an«l mainly I’onstructed of wood,
was burned to the ground.
From there the mutineers rush«vl
w ildly through the streets, setting up
the cry of: “ The revolution has be
gun.”
One o f the H orror* o f Revolt.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 24.— Among the
authenticat«*«! horrors of yesterday is
the case of an aged general, whose
sleilge was stopjied by the infuriated
people as he was driving in the direc
tion of the troops.
“ Are you going to
order them t«i fire on us?” yelleil the
crowd. The general orilered his coach
man to drive on, when he was instantly
struck on the head by a well dress«*«!
imliviilual in a sable fur i*oat. The
general was then thrown out of the
sledge, brutally beaten and finally
rampled to «leath.
Ready to Take Charge.
Lomion, Jan. 24. — The Daily Tele
graph's St. Petersburg correspondent
reports that, as the outcome of the
meeting of the Refotm party of Gorky,
Annensky, Arsenieff and others and
their ailherents Saturday night anil
Sunday, a body of men has lieen consti-
tnteil who reganl themselves as the fu
ture provisional government o f Russia.
As yet. the correspondent says, they are
political ciphers: but they hope to
overturn the existing regime.
T o Loot fo r Provision*.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 24. — A report
has gain«*d currency that the strikers
intend to storm the market in Vassili
Osrtoff an«l seize the provisions there.