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GENERAL STRIKE ON Workmen in Russian Capital Re sponding to Call, SIGNS POINT TO A DICTATORSHIP Grand Duke Nicholas to Load Fight on Reds Disturbances and Mutlnlen Continue. St. Pctoraburg, Aug. 4. St. Peters burg ia In darkness tonight. Tho em ployes ol the electric lighting plants, always the earl lee t barometric record ol political conditions, ceased work during tho afternoon in obedience, to tho call for a general strike. This call already has been obeyed by 20,000 factory hands in tho capital. It will be im possible, however, to predict tho suc cess of this universal political strike until Monday, as the workmen in St. Petersburg and the provinces havo two holidays Saturday, which is tho fete day of the dowager empress and n great religions feast, and their regular holi day of Sunday. Tho pickets of cavalry and infantry were tho most conspicuous features on the streets cf St. Petersburg last nlcht. Business houses generally have boarded up their windows as they did in the days of the great October strike. Prsc- ttcally all of the street cars in tho city have stopped running, and the cab driv ers are threatening to cease work. In the meantime the fate of the Stolypin cabinet sways in ths balance and Russia 1 upon the verge of disor ders which may lead to the reign of either the military or the proletariat. It can be stated definitely that the steps toward a dictatorship may be Uken Sunday or Monday by the nomination of Grand Duke Nicholas to the chief command of all the troops in Russia. This would virtually place him in con trol of all the disturbed districts of the empire where martial law has been proclaimed. Artillery In Open Revolt. Warsaw, Poland, Aug. 4. A portiou of the troops in the Summer Rembert off, near here, mntinied yesterday and a e in open revolt today. The artil lerymen have driven their officers out of their quarters. A squadron of Cos sacks sent to overpower the mutineers was received with grapeshot. Details are lacking, as extraordinary precau tions art) being taken to prevent the facts becoming public. Rebels Fire Big Woodyards. Ilarkov, Aug. 4 Fire broke out in several large woodyards in the vicinity of the prison today. This evidently was a device on the part of revolution ists, who hoped to freo political leaders during the confusion. The authorities are apprehensive ol a renewed effoit to the same end. PUT OUT OF BUSINESS. Insurance Commissioner Gives Body Blow to Two Companies. San Francitco, Aug. 4. Insurance Commissioner Wolf sent notice hday to the president and directors of the Fireman's Fund Insurance company and the Home Fire & Marine Insurance company, both of San Francisco, that unless they made good their deficiency in capital stock in fonr weeks he will request Attorney General Webb tc pro ceed to ascerUln why their licenses to do business in California revoked. Both companies have been known to be in financial trouble since the fire. The Home Fire & Marine has announc ed that it will do no more business. The Fireman's Fund has reinsured its risks to the amount of $372,584,760, carrying premiums amounting to $4, 471,117 with tho new Fireman's Fund corporation, which has been organized since the fire. Roth companies have thus confeised failure. Wolf's order, It is expected, will permanently close their doors." Subpenas for Standard Men. New York, Aug. 4. Forty or more subpenas for officers and employes of the Standard Oil company have been forwarded to New York from Chicago. Several of the officials of the Standard Oil would not ay whether they bad re ceived the subpenas from Illinois. In quiries were referred to M. F. Klliott, genoral counsel for the company, who eaid so far as he know no attempt had been made to serve any of the officials. Mr. Elliott would not sty what atti tude the officials would tike in case the aubpena servers put in an appearance. Stampede to Windy Arm. Seattle, Aug. 4. Rich strikes report ed in Southearstern Alaska have at tracted tho longshoremen of Skagway, Juneau and other towns. The men who work along the front havo stain poded to Windy Arm in such numbers that the sailora on the coaHwJse fleet iiave to onload their own boats. I DARK HOUR IN RUSSIA. New Mutinies Dronk Out as Fast as Others Aro Supprossod. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. Nearly 3, 000 eappeis, sailors, pioneers ami min ors at Cronstadt mutinied about 11 o'clock last night. They planned to ootze tho forts and thn brldgo leading to Fort Cronstadt, but their plans wero foiled by tho precautions taken by tho commander. Aftor a severe fight tho loyal troops opened tire on them with machine guns, and as they had no ar tlllory avallablo and the arsenal had been stripped before thoy could seise it, they had no alternative hut surrender. A court martial began sitting this morning, and is sentencing tho mutin eers to death by hundreds. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. Tho crew of the armored cruiser Pamyat Axova mu tinied off tho Esthonlan coast and is now in full possession of the ship, which has failed northward in tho di rection of tho Finnish gulf. Roval, Aug. 3. Tho cruiser Pamyat Azova has arrived In tho roadstead here in the possession of tho loyal portion of her cerw. One hundred and titty of the mutineers have been sent ashore and imprisoned. Tho mutineers were overpowered by the loyal sailors while the ship was at sea. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. Tho c"rew of tho Russian cruiser Asia, which was sent to Abo, has hoisted tho red Hag. The vessel has left in the direction ol Svraborg. The ministry of marine has confirmed the report that Admiral BIrlleff had gone to Ilelsingfois on board the school ship Alia, whose crew has mutinied. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. Military disorders have broken out at Reval. Details cannot bo obtained. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. Although tbe mutinies at Svtnborg have been ended and tho one at Cronstadt has been practically put down, tho outlook is still black. The revolutionists, whose bands were suddenly forced by tbe premature rising at Sveaborg, ap parently are undaunted at these Initial reverses and intend to persist in their program of calling a general striko on Saturday or Monday. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. On the heels of the other bad news comes the startl ing statement that the emperor has flatly refused to accept the conditions to which Premier Stolypin aggreed in his negotiations with Count Ileydon, Alexander Gucbkoff. Prince Nicholas Lvoff. Paul Vinogradoff and Senator Konl for tbe reorganization of the cab inet. There is an increasing apprehension that the emperor purposes to take tbe final itep of turning the country over to tbe military dictatorship of Grand Duke Nicholas. The Streets of St. Petersburg are again filled with patrols. ISLANDS' RICE IMPORTS SMALL. Ide Says They Produce More, Mer- chants They Eat Lets. Manila, Aug. 3. Governor Ide has received reports stating that during the fltcal year ending June 30 the importa tions of rica to the Philippines ilf creas ed 01,072,411 pounds, valued at $3, 084,783 in gold. Commenting on (he reports Governor Ide says: "From these reports It appears that the number of pounds of rice Imported into the Philippines during the flieal year of 1000 was something lets than three-sevenths of the importations of 1001, and the cish sent out from the islands for rice was less than four-elevenths of the sum sent In 1804. If the same ratio of decrease for a year or even a semester, no more rice will be import ed and in two yejus the Islands, besides supplying the home demand, ought to be exporting rice." The pub. icitlon of these, reports has cxuied a controversy. The local ship pers contend that the decrease of im portations is a result of the poverty of the people, who, It is alleged, are not buying rice, but are living on yams and other food. The shippers declare that the Philippines will never export rice. Catholics for Limited Divorce. Buffalo, Aug. 3. At today's meeting of thn American Federation of Catholics a resolution waa adopted defining the position of tho federation on tho ques tion of diverce. It recommends the enactment of laws granting a aeparat oi or limited divorce in those states which have no ouch laws, and in states which grant absolute divorces the federation asks that the applicant be allowed to ask for a limited dlvorcs on the same grounds under which an absoluto di voted la granted. Limited divorce in extreme cases la recommended. Wilson Will Surprise Packers, Washington, Aug. 3. S.cetary Wil son left today to pay a surprise visit of inspection to Bcveral slaughtering and packing houeea In the Hast. Upon leaving hla office the secretary gave in structions that to all inqulriea regard ing him the answer should bo that be ia rone away and it is not known when ho would return. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST I FOR EQUITABLE TAX. State Commission Proposos Rovlslon . of Presont Law. Salem- With a view to securing a more equitable assessment of property In tills state, tho Oregon Tax commis sion has recommended a revision of thu law governing tho equalization of as sessments by tho county lward. In this connection, tho commission gives Its Hat disapproval to thn plau olten agitated of huving tho assessment rolls published in tho newspapers In tho locality in which tho properly assessed Is located. Thu proposed revision of tho law re lating to equalization ol tho assess ment is largely based upon Incouslstcn cies in tho present law, hut also upon a laxity in the law by which wealthy property owners have been nbln to co erco county ourts into allowing an In equltablo assessment to stand. The commission proposes a law which seems to havo "teeth In it," and which will bo effective If county officers are dis posed to do their duty. Tho Inconsistency In tho present law Ilea in tho fact that thu county board of equalization is required to meet on tho last Monday in August, whllo tlio assessor is given until the first Monday In Set tember to file his roll, or until the first Monday in October if tho county court makes an order to that effect. At the same time thero is no authority of law (or an extension of the time ol meeting of tho county board ol equalization. Assessors usually take tho full tlmo to prepare their rolls, and very fre quently ask for and aro granted tho extension of time. Commenting upon this condition of tho lns, the commis sion says that "tho board of equaliza tion is thus requlro.1 to meet perhaps six weeks before the ascetanunt roll is completed, and as Its functions lapse when it has been in session a Meek, It mutt have passed out of legal existence at a date before the assessor Is required to have the assessment roll ready to equalize. "Under the present system wo have practically two boards of equalization," says the commission, "onn meeting after the other, and having full power to undo the work of Its piedecessor. The county board of equalization con tinues in session one week, and if it does not complete its work within the week, the county court, at its next reg ular session, completes the examina tion and correction of the roll. Tbe new taw ia to do away with this, making provision for the board meeting after the roll la completed. This proposed law contains several provlilona that seem to be an improve ment upon the existing law. In the first place, a taxpayer will not go before tbe county board of equalization nnless ho has a real grievance, for the court has power to raise his assessment, and his formal petition will serve to call the attention of his neighbors and the public generally to the representations he is making governing the value of his property, t'laclng the matter of equal ization entiioly in the hands of one board instead of two will centralizo the responsibilty and give time and oppor tunity for careful and well advised work. Flro Precautions at Asylum. Balem Lest frlenda and relatives of the 1,420 patients confined In tho In sane aaylnm may be unduly concerned as to their welfare on account of the recent fire at that institution, an otllelal of the asylum says that none ol the pa tients were in danger, and would not be even In case of a fire serious enough to destroy a considerable portion of the building. The facilities for getting patients out of the building are such that a disastrous fire need nntcaute the loss of a single lifo. In this particular the building could scarcely be improved. Umatilla Canal Contract Let. Wasbnlgton The secretary of the Interior has awarded thu contract to the Puget Hound Bridge & Dredging com. pany, of Heattle, for the construction of the storage feed canal of the Umatilla Irrigation project. The work of the contract involves the construction of 26 miles of canal from tho Umatilla river, near Echo, to Cold Springs reservoir, and consists of 700,000 cubic yards of earth excavation, 0,000 cubic yards of rock excavation, 2,300 cubic yarda of concrete and 2 COO cubic yarda of rip rap. The bid was $10J, 388. Wheat Yield About Normal. Pendleton The harvest in all parts of Umatilla county has commenced. The threshing up to this time has been too limited to make a very close esti mato of the yield, but from what has been threshed on tho reservation, and around Athena it Is thought tho yield In those districts will be about normal and had it not beon for tho hot winds the yield would havo been at least 26 per cent aboyo the average. Flour Mills Closed Down. La Grande Tbe flouring mills of La Grande, Island City and Union have closed down, having utilized all tbejjld, supply of wheat. LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Household Goods Not Entitled to Ex. omptlon, Says Supremo Court. Salem Hy holding, In a decision Just rendered, that the householder's tax exemption la unconstitutional, tho Ore gon Supreme court has declared void a itatuto that has been In force In this statu almost continuously slnco 1851). Householders' exemptions havo been allowed every year except 100 1, when thn exemption law had been repealed. It was ro-enactcd by tho special session of 1003, hut went Into effect too late to bo applicable to tlio assessment of 1004. Approximately $8,000,000 has Iwnn exempted front taxation in this statu from year to year, and IcKlslators, county officers ntd tho peoplu Kcuorally havo rncognlxud tlio exemption as valid. Now tho Supremo court has declared all these exemptions Invalid. This decision will make It necessary for county assessors In many counties to tiiako a reassessment of property In their counties for 1000, for It is the practicn of many assessors not to I let property that Is exempt. In some ami perhaps most of tho counties tho assess ors list tho exempt property and make the deductions afterward. Clackamas Farmers Are Happy. X)reson City There is an abundant yield of all hay and grain crops In Clackamas county this year that aur pasa tho avenge In quality. Kurly fruits and vegetables yielded heavily, while tho vineyard, field and orchard with maturing crops, give thn producer every assurance of Increased prosperity with tho harvest. In celebration of tho large and satisfactory crops, a number of harvest festivals havo been held ami others are being arranged. It has Ix-en years slnco Clackamas county farmers wero as prosperous and contented. Yields 00 Bushels an Acre. Weston A remarkably heavy yield of barley has Just been harvested on the farm of O. O Turner, two miles north of this place. Thu yield from 14 acres was o.v racks, or i.,w niisneis, an average of 00) buthela to thu aoro. lurner wo, wero expecting a yield, but did not look for more 70 bushels to tho acre, which la gooo than a big yield. Half Million to Clackamas Roll. Oregon City fly the decision of the Snpreme court on the tax exemption law, Aaiessor Nelson rettorts that there will bo added to the Clackamas county assessment lolls about 1400,000 addi tional on which next year's tax levy will be made. Revision will delay tho taak of completing the rolls which were received from the atate authorities ten weeks later than thn usual tlmo. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Clnb, 71c; bluestem, 7.1c; red, 00c; valley, 71c; new olttb, 70c ; new bluestem, 72c; valley, 71c. Oata No. 1 white feed, $30; gray, $20 p;r ton. . Barley Feed, $23 60 per ton; brew ing, $23.60 per ton; rolled, $24(424.60. Rye $1 60 per cwt. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $11(8 12.60 per ton; clover, 8.60U; cheat, 10.6007; grain hay, $7g8; alfalfa, $11. Fruits Apples, 11.60(92.26 per box; apricots, $1.26(9136; cherries, 0010c per pound; currants, 0010?; peach es, 76c$1.10 per box; plumi, $1,26; Logan berries, $1.3501.40 per urate; rasphsrrlea, $1.40 1.60; blackberries, 8c per pound; gooseberries, 8c. Vegetables Beans, 67c psr pound; cabbage, l02c; corn, 16 20c per dozsn; cucumbers, 40060c per dzn; eggplant, 10016c ner pound; lettuce, head, 25c ror dozen; onions, 100 12Kc; peas, 4 6c per pound; radish, ea, 10016c per dozen; rhubarb, 20 2J$cpe( pound; spinach, 203c; toma toes, $1.253 per box; parsley, 26r; squash, $1(31.26 par crate; turnips, UOc0$l per seek; carrots, $1(31.26 per sack; beets, $1.26 1.60 per sack. Onloru New, red, lifQlc per pound; new yellow, 1 ?4 02c per pound Potatoes Old Embanks, nominal; new potatoes, 76cfl$1.25, jJntter Fancy creamery, 20Q22c per pound. Kggo Oregon ranch, 21Q21 Ufc nei dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 13014c per pound; mixed chickens, 13013 kc: springs, 10 (9 17; roosters, 0 0 10c; dressed chickens, 140216c; turkeys. live, 16017c; turkeys, drused, choice. 2022c; geese, live, 800c; ducks, 11013c. Hops Oregon, 1005, 11012c; olds, 0c; 1000 contracts, 1231 Go per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average beat, 10020c pur pound, according to shrink, age; valley, 20022, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 2803Oo per pound. Veal Dressed, 6K8c per pound, Beef Dresned bulls, So per pound; cows, 4K6c; country steers, 606o. xtiuuon ureseeu lancy, ivsoo por pound; ordinary, D0uc; lambs, lancy, c. Pork Dressed, 78o per pound. LOPS UY DISASTER. Insuranco Companies Mako Returns In San Francisco. Albany, N, Y Ju!y 31. Statu Su perintendent of Iiisuraiiru Otto Knlsny tonight inailn ptibllo thu results of Ms Investigation as to thu losses of II to in- nuraucu companies in tnu haii rrnnciaiu disaster. All Joint stock tiro and Inland marine Itisuttiiicu companies transacting busi ness In thu statu wu o called on for a sworn statement as to their losses In California. Thu companies were asked for the Krossitimuiiit of liisiiraucu In volved In risks destroyed or damngod, thu deduction for amounts recovered by reinsurance, thn deduction for esti mated salvage, the total deduction ami thu net amount of loss as shown by the records June 30, 1000. The New York state companies, 47 Inn until r, how tho gross amount f ItiMirancu involved as 141,110,0011) the reinsurance to ho recovered, $10,831, 103, tho estimated salvage, $7,137,183, and ths net ii II amount of loss $23,138, 000. Returns from other Joint stock lire and tire mailnu insurance companies, 81 In number, show tho grors amount of Iniiiraticn 180,423,704 , rciiisuiaurx to bti recovered, $22,130,107; estimated salvage, l, 318, 28; actual amount ul los, 6I,0K3,U1. Thu foreign companies, 32 In tin tlher, made these returns: dross Insurance Involved, 1101,4302 633; reinsurance to ha recovered, $32,281,808; estimated salvage, $163,18,860; actual loss, $67, 701.H50. 1 he gross amount of insurance In volved by al! companies wan $222,83(1, 307; reinsurance, $06,24(1,771 ; salvage, $33,811,408, and actual loss. $132.. ! 8.'3,0I)7. TIE-UP IS NOW COMPLETE. Kruttschnltt Forbids Mora Fretful Cars In San Francisco. Han Francisco, July 31. The wnltar go of thu Hoiithcrn Pacific on lumber, limn and bay haa Ihmmi increased, and now Includes all articles from thn north. Not a KMtml ul freight can m shipped Into Haii Francisco from Portland or adjacent territory until the freight tie up at Kan Francisco has hen looocned. This la the latest edict of Julius Kruttschnltt, whu has been threatening to do tills lor some time unless the sit uation speedily cleared. It has Iron decided by the local authorities to take no lurlher chances hut to stop at cucn all shipments from the north, For thu embargo thero la only one remsdy--to clear up the congestion In thu frelirht yards. Efforts in this ill rectlon are being made by all thn freight agents, and thn inlrnlonary work among tho consignees la having a salutary effect. Tho unloading In the yards la going on at a faster rati-, hot not fast enough to suit Krntlschnitt, who haa taken the precaution to see that no morn ears arn added to the glut that la already crowding the traeks. Tho tie up Is walking -to the detri ment of tho city, as many merchants throughout tho statn am sending East for their goods ti.stead ol patronizing tho wholesalers of Hun Kraiielsvo, be lievlng that they can seeuto their stocks Just as quickly under present conditions. ARREST CAUSES MUTINY. Battalion of Russian Troops Attempts to Rescue Prisoners, Poltava, July 31 A gravo outbreak occurred yesterday In the Hnvsky real- muni owing to tho arrest of n private of the First battalion, who was discovered with somu other soldiers In a shod where, thu revolutlonlsta arn in the habit of holding meetings. After the arrest tho entlro First battalion. 11 com panled by a largu crowd, paraded the streets In defiance of tho military an thorltiea. Thu soldiers proceeded to tho artll lery barrack, wliero they seized several guns and marched with them to the prism, where tho political prisoners aro confined. At this atago all thu re nulndur of tho Poltava grailion v. as called out, Tho loyal troops fired on tho muti neers with machine guua as they wurn engaged in breaking nown tho gatu of he prison, fievoral men wero killed or wounded. TJiu outbreak was not supprcised until 2 o'clock this moinlng. Patent Office Behind, Washington, July 31 Patent inr. neys throughout tho country aro arratiu Ing to send a delegation o see I'resJ. dent Konsevolt at Oyster Bay and re quest him to cither removu Commis sioner Allen or cause such change In methods as will placu thu patent office on u satisfactory basis. Tho work of tho patent ofllco, attorneys deelaru, haa been running behind sincu tho ap pointment of Mr. Allen, flvo years ago Thorn are now 23,000 application for patentaunai led upon, besides nnainr. oils, copyrights, trade ma-ks, oto. Vlborg Manifesto Selzotl. Kharkov, July 31. Tho authorities havu tsulztfd copies of thu Viborg manl 'eatn Issued by thn outlawed nnrllnmnt the weight of 400 ponnda which mv een aurreptitously shipped into Khar-1 IOT. MAY EXPELJ1&TE. Paris l'.).cr Fears Soulli Ameri can Trade May Ho Lost. CALLS ON FRANCE TO WATCH ROOT The United States Already Dominate North America and May So- euro South America. Paris, Aug. 2. The Llhertn of Wed nesday night, under thu caption of "Victims of thu Monroe Doctrine," printed n long and vigorous article, on Hecrntary of Nlato Boot ami thu liin AiiHirh'rtti congiess. It taunt thu French press for grudgingly pi luting 11 paragraph about .Mr. Hoot's toasting Month America between a list of con testants In n recent swimming match and thn names of meritorious iignuiil tuilsts. It Ironically quotta an ulltor, who said that foreign politics arn not siilllcleiitly Parisian to Interest ihnulltn public and then twit t! n leaders of thu republic with making thn niiestlnu of conferring thn decoration of thn Legion of Honor on Karah Bernhaidt tho prin cipal affair of slain and tacitly asking why they ahotild worry oer Houlli Americana, who interest I'ntlsUns only In vaudeville. All this time, says the Liberie, Mr. Boot was pini'arlng, If ho had not al ready inailn tffectlvn, thn must redoubt ablo operation In xjitlcal economies, of which thn French will bo dupes and with them all other ljtln people, who, Imitating them, try to m Parisian. Thu result of ten years of IntrlitHn In Pan-America arn likely to bi effective soon. Europe has already I urn opell nd from North America, and slm j le ttxpslled from Houth America In lets than six years unless there Is energetic resistance Immediately. Continuing thn paper says that a few facta today am startllhgly clear. Among them la the fact that Kurnpo has no right to defend her financial ami commercial Interests in Ho nth Ainn-les, tlin United Ntale saying In effect that each nation Is master of lis own homo with thn I'nltrd Htates at home every, whern. Aitalnit 73,000,000 Latin hk. pin stood Hecrntary Boot and to that Yankee intruder enl favor and bene fits Ixs-atue he aloun spoke, (Uttered and menaced. He alone acted, while Latin Europo abstained. Already dl taut lands Jhavn slipped Into Yankee, hands, whlln at Constantinople, Ht, Petoisliurg, Tnklo and Algeclraa thn same Itool Intervened at hla conven ience) and Europe stupidly respected the Mnuron doctrine. Before thn conclu. alon of thn third Pan American rougreis it will havn cost thn Latin peoples a Olltlliellt they peopled and financed, MUTINY SPREADS TO FLEET. Ships Oo to Aid or Forts, Which May Havo Olven Up. Viborg, Aug. 2, it ia reported hem that thn Russian fleet, stationed at Mango, Finland, bat mutinied. Impris oned tho olllcer and sailed to thn as- sistantu of thu mullurcrs at Sveaborg, llelslngfors, Aug. 2. At 7 o'clock last availing thn battlcshlti Czarovllch and thu cruiser Bogutyr opened Urn on tun mutineers at a distance of 60 cabin Irnulhs. Thn mutineer mulled, hut their shots eeind to fall shoit. The firing ceased at 0 o'clock and thn boats weru then seen leaving thu Islands with wounded. Helslngfors, Aug, 2 ho latest news from thn fortress, lends to coiiflim a previous rcort that the mutineer have surrendered. Thu mutineers had thu tipper hand until thn battleships arrived and began to bombard them vtlth lulling effect. Tho men weru undoubtedly Jed to surrender beuaitsu of their lack of big guna, their need of provisions, which thuy had failed to souri, and thu ar rival of thu warships, Rulnfi,rconiciita have arrived hum and havu been hurried to iffentlvn positions. Jeers for Dr. Dovlno. Ban Francisco, Aug, 2. A banquet waa given to Dr. Dovlno, thu national Bed Cross representative who had charge of thu relief work hero after the lire unit who Is alwut to return to hla homo in thn East, A number of thu discontented pnrsona who aro living In the refugo camps Wuk advautagu of tho orcaalon to work up a demonstration against thu methods of thu relief com mission, and aa n result a throng of people gathered at Union sqtiaro In front of thu Ht. Francis hotel, where thu banquet waa hod. Rebels Steal Machlna Gun. Ht. Petersburg, Aug, 2. A maohlno nun was stolen last night from an arms factory in tho Vm all Ostrov district of this city. It is suspected that tho rob bery waa committed with r.ognlzanco of tho sontlnula on duty at - tho factory. U a secret meeting last night ol tho 1. ....... .U.HD llll covered and killed, futllof works Jimployea. a snv wat. dla-