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tui cues in 10ii peine Srants Them a Real Legis= lative Assembly sod Other Rights. ST. PETERSBURG QUIETER 'm imperialistic Party Under Fore# of l'res. ent CircamatanceA Kefraata X'rom Its Former Position of Afrognnce?Conut Wltte Olron Almost Complete Sway in the Forinat'oa or tits New Government ? Riotlnj; Continue* in Other Cities of tho Umpire. St. Petersburg, Russia. ? The autocracy of the Romanoffs and the olil or tpr of ibiogs will eoas'c to e~tbt in Russia. Emperor Nicholas has sarrcnanil Count Willi? comes into power as Minister-President, with an imperial mandate which will enable liiin to convert the farcical National Assembly into a real legislative body, elected by greatly extended suffrage, and to confer upon the people fundamental civil liberties, including free .speech. These "welcome tiding.-* readied St. Petersburg just before G o'clock in the evening. Count Witte bad spent tbe day with the Emperor at Peteriiof, going over the fiu;il draft of the manifesto to which he insisted that, certain minor modifications be mjide, and, before taking the twain for St. Petersburg, he telephoned to a friend that the Emperor had affixed his signature, and that the imperial mandate comprising the conditions upou which he had agreed to accept office was in his pocket. These include freedom of the press, the right of assembly and the immunity of the person, iuc-iuditig the right of habeas corpus, i The Czar's Charter of Liberty. "We, Nicholas II., by the grace of (Jod Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, Grand Duke of Finland, etc., declare to all our faithful subjects that that the troubles and agitatkuj in our capitals and in numerous other places liH our heart with excessive pain and s-orrow. "The happiness of the Russian sovereign is indis.solubly bound up with the happiness of our people and the sorrow of our people is the sorrow of the sovereign. "From the present disorders may arise great national disruption. They lUdKlltJ tliU ill IIqI XIV auu UlAilJ UL V/U*. empire. "The supremo duty imposed upon us by our sovereign office requires us to efface ourself and to use all- the force and reason at our command to hasten in securing the unity and co-ordination of the power of the Central-Government and to assure the success of measures for pacification in all circles of public life* which are essential to the well-being of our people. i "We. therefore, dirpct our Government to carry out our inflexible wili in the following manner: "First?'"o extend to the population the immutable foundation of civic liberty, based on the real inviolability of person, ireeaom 01 conscience, speecn, union anil association. "Second?Without suspendiog the already ordered elections to the State Douma, to invite to participation in the Douma, so far as the limited time before the convocation of the Douma will permit, those classes of the population now completely deprived of doctoral rights. leaving tln> ultimate development of the principle of the electoral right in general to the newly established legislative order of things. 'Third?To establish as an unchangeable rule that no law slull be enforceable without the approval of the State Douma, and thai it shall bo possible for the elected of the people to exercise real participation in the supervision of the legality of the acts of the authorities appointed by us. "We appeal to all faithful ?ons of Russia to remember their duiy toward the Fatl\erland, to aid in terminating these unprecedented troubles, and to apply all their forces, in co-operation .... with ns, to the restoration of calm and peace upon our natal soil. "Given at I'oterhof, October 30. in the eleventh year of our reign. 'NICHOLAS." Russia continued to sand stories of riot, bloodshed and revolutionist plottings. St. Petersburg wits described as outwardly calm, the strike committee restraining the populaco from violence while planning for a bold stroke at an opportune moment. The agitators throw suspicion on the loyalty of the Guard regimeuts, and say that the i. zar can only rely on tne cossacks. A St. Petprsburg street rumor said that General Rudiger, head of the Guard regiments, was preparing a hold stroke. Wealthy residents of Moscow are hastening to get out of (hat city. The mob there wrecked the Belt Line Railway. The worst news came from Odessa, where the Cossacks fired upon students and strikers, who had built barricades 1 Labor Troubles in Berlin. The labor difficulties in the Berlin oleclrleal industry thrwi toned to spread r- > ? io the entire metal industries of the rity and suburbs. Repairs to the Wyoming. Kepairs to cost ?-u,uuy are ucmg .made to the moiv' .r Wyoming at the Valiejo Nnv}' Yaru under rueJi orders. New Posloflice I'"or Chicago. Tue Chicago PostofTicc moved into iis new $6,0(X),000 building. Labor World. Holland has an independent union of ra , filters, which cot'jraces 2000 members. Thirty thousand coa! miners will be in the parade on .Mitchell Daj jn Seranton. Pa. James Duncan was the first VicePresident of the American Federation of Labor. Less than ISO first-class compositors are outside of the Typographical Union in Chicago, III. A new scale of theseeet metal work pis, of Washington, D. C., ?1 per day, .went inb effect. In the streets. The carnage in 1 p.'reets is alleged to be concealed by j police hiding tfi > dead and wound The icmtc cily was circulating a run of tin* mutiny ci' Mic 1-5ittfk Sen tli and tlie munlc" of Admirals and Ciuiknin l:v the mutineers. At f/jdy., Poland, where I here I been much rioiing, the troops were ; por.'ed to refuse to (ire upon 1 crowds, discharging their rides in t air. In Warsaw mobs overturn : strent cars, and the shopkeepers w< terrorized. Advices from I he provinces are t! the authorities are regaining control some sections, but that Hit* situati generally is growing worse, and t!ie ( mauds of the people arc increasing. I'olico Hitlo Head :\n<( ATacndetJ. Odessa.?It is impossibla to fix ev approximately'the number of vicliii when Cossacks fired on crowds workmen sihirtenfs who had erect barricades in tin? streets. The oflicii in charge of the hospitals, cemetcri anil lock-ups were strictly forbidd to Rive the slightest information. T dead and \vo*uuied, whose nurubf must he very considerable, have he removed by the police and huPden o of sight of inquirers. The infantry, \vhos3 loyalty the authorities we doubtful, were kept in barracks, ai the Cossacks and gendarmes, w' showed no disinclination u> shoot dov people on sight, were left to deal wi the crowds. At one barricaded corner, a sfudei on the appearance of the Cossacl mounted tiie barricade and appealed them to ;joirt the people instead of ki jug their brothers, who were strugglii for the freedom of their common con try. The Cossacks answered with fo volleys, killing nine and womidii about forty yersons. Simiiar scenes are taking place ever, where. The crouds lleeiitg before tl charging Cossacks, invade^ priva houses and hide in garrets and on tl roofs. Many private apartments lnr beeu converted into temporary host tals for the succor of wounded re ugees. The governor has issued a proclam tion announcing that he will not he.< tate to adopt the severest measures vrmrnvti fliehirlin nnnft ltailroad traffic is partially restore Two trains guarded by troops were di patched during the day and- one < them arrived at its destination. Tel graph communication witli St. Peter burg has been interrupted. Some of the striking establishment especially the drug stores, have bee converted into temporary hospitals f< the care of the wounded. A numhi of stores have reopened, but addition; factories have struck. The schools r main dosed, but it is hoped they wi reopen'next "week.* On the persists application of the City Council, tl t governor has liberated- 200 youthfi pupils who were ."rrested. The City Council has decided to gnu pensions to the families of the killc I !)nfl ivniinc!#*;! ;inri tr> attend flip fui [ orals of the victims. TctaffrapU OfScen Overworked. Berliu, Gfrmany.?The telegraph hn been working all the morning with S Petersburg the principal cities < Russia, except Moscow, which, fc some hours, was entirely cut off froi telegraphic connection. * 'JV.e telegraph offices are twelve t fourteen hours behind with their wor because of the extraordinary quant ties of dispatches being exchanged bi tween the Governments and their rcj reseutatives at St. Petersburg, tl masses of press telegrams and tL large amount of commercial busincs due to the desire of business..-conuei tions in Russia to arrange for tb future. Occasionally a line goes dowi but it is restored usually in two o three hours. All persons offering tel< grams are informed that they can onl he accepted without responsibility f( delivery and subject to indefinite rii lay. Telegraphic commnriication with S Petersburg has improved. A dispatr* received by the Wolff Bureau only too an hour and a half to transmit. The German malls are being sent. ~t Russia by way of Stockholm, Swede: A steamer leaves there four tlines week for Hango?* on the Finnish cons Travelers from Berlin are able to veac St. Petersburg in sixty hours, going b way of Stettin, Sassnitz, TreHebor; Stockholm ami Ilangoe, and thence t Viborg and St. Petersburg. The prices of meat in Germany a: sensibly affected by the disturbance j in Russia, principally because the in portation of geese lias been sloj>p<?< About 400,030 geese are importc I weekly from Russia and no fewer thn ! half a million destined for Germany ai I now laid up along Russian points. IRamorert Mutiny ot VJoct. Odessa.?There were persistent ri mors in circulation here that 1he crew of the vessels composing the Blar Sea fleet mutinied 0:1 arriving at San sun, ou the coast of Asia Minor, kilk Admirals Birileft and Chuknin, an sailed back to Sevastopol after hoistir the revolutionist llag. II was imposs ble to verify the rumor. The authorities are confiscating a i polltlcaf telegrams. New Australian Unions. Amalgamated Sov.ciV of Enginee ami the Federated P.akers' Union < Australia arc tlio latest unions regi tored under the Australian Federal A bitration Act. Mayor Opens Lighting Plant. Mayor McClcllan; of New York Cit pushed tlio switch for thft aity'a tic plant that lights the Williamsbui Bridge. Plan to Oust McOurdy. ? ?- * 1 ~ -P *W/v Mil tit JLTOmillPivt rriistCKa wi i"<-- ?* ?*?.? Life, in New York City, are plannii to oust President McCurdy and bis fc lowers. Honors tu War Veterans. Four hundred Civil War veterai who died in batllo Imvo been honon by a line shaft at Westminster. Mass. Falls From Train to Death. Falling: from a T.ake Shore train Porter, itid., John Kelly, Jr., of Roc ester, N. Y., was instantly killed. Hard to Puj\ About the hardest thins to buy New York is immediate service I'ro artisans. Citizens Tore Up Tracks. Citizens and police at Osdeu, Ufa tore ?p newly-Iuid tracks of the Tra tiou Company, claiming tbey were p down in deliance or the law. Japs Hurry Home From Here. Many Japanese residents of Southe California are hurrying homo 10 go in I he newly opened commercial liclds Manchuria and Korea. Shot His Wife. After fatally shooting his wifo I?" Riiey, a woodsman at Munsing, Mio shot and threw himself into the >vat< ::: ALL RUSSIA REJOICES!' jjj j E Jit Citizens Go Wild Over the Czars' ias Recent Grant. rev j * iio LICENSE AFTER DESPOTISM | p<i ! TP Troops Withdrawn From St. FeterAbnrc: Street* fuul Police Toltt to I,et the t 1 n rsu People Gtvo Vent to The.ir Feeling? V |0- Inflammatory Ilaranjjuefl Made to I Kiiormous Crowds. . R St. Petersburg, Russia.?The Russian 1 ou capital blossomed out willi flags and ^ is. bunting. All the troops were with- 1 drawn from the streets, and the city j. }s presented almost its normal appear- i; anee. The nervousness ?f the people i ca has suddenly disappeared. Workmen f l>y the thousands flocked hack to the shops and factories, without awaiting d ut the permission of thp strike committee. e of The aulhdrilies did all in their power 11 T? to encourage the spirit of rejoicing over ? !)U [1() th? newly granted liberties, it was liy ji .... order of General Ticpoff that, the res"-. a tll lafion decorations were hung out, the. |j troops were withdrawn to their bar- i , racks, and the police were instructed * to permit the people to vent their feel- v V * ings. . a Rpfnre noon tiie celebrations began. u j)~ and the city soon appeared to have 0 j" pone raad. Sueb semes liad never lie- js u~ fore been wiluessed in Russia. Un- p restrained by word or deed, the ? crowds did and said what they liked. fl Despotism seemed suddenly to have h been replaced Uy license. Red flags v were everywhere in evidence. In the n churches devout men and women, on s "i bended knees, rendered 1 hanks for the s )T. blessings of libxrl.v, while at the corners of the thronged streets orators e UHriuigueu iup [;wj)in;i? . 0 fl. Tiie people assembled principally on a !j. the Nevsky Prospect. I-Voni the Kazan ,1, Cathedral to the Town Hall, opposite ^ the Hotel dp I'l'V^-op?, trnfiic was ? j blocked. b'ullv ;>0.t)00 workmen were jj s' massed there, listening (o student oratory, who delivered imnassioned j, e. speeches from the steps of the Town a s. Ilall and Cathedral. Red flags showed ' above the .dense black. mass of cheer- s s iug humanity. The police kept in the c ' background. not even trying to keep ^ 3r the street open. Passing patrols, on 0 ?r their way to (lie barracks, would have ^ jjj been mobbed bad it not befcn for the ^ ' appeals of the cool-headed, who de- _ j[ dared, to the accompaniment of cheers. ^ ^ (hat the troops were'henceforth with ^ I(i the people. " Sl al A: UtonRter yroceoRion Witli Keil Flae*. The biggest demonstration was or- g !(1 ganized by students and workmen. A preat procession was formed. Starting s from the university 10.000 strong, it c increased in numbers as the demon- ?? strators marched across the river and p up the Xevsky Prospect as far as the y Kazan Cathedrnt, singing the "Marsel- g ? laise." A dozen red banners inscribed j] with the word ''Svoboda" (liberty), jsj were carried at the head of the parade. ol which stopped at the places where the rj troops fired on the people January 22, . and the paraders with bared heads ^ ? chanted funeral dirges. The crowds a in the streets uncovered their heads as jj "" the procession passed. " At the Kazan Cathedral the proces' siou counter-marched to the university, j)( ' where, from the balconies, students ? , harangued the crowds with fiery "" 'fcpceches;' urging thft people not to cease j j . the struggle until every right of man 0 * had been attained. In the midst of ? ^ the oratory intense enthusiasm was ? created by a student who scaled the % f roof of the university and attached a j,; ^ red flag to the cross over the entrance. t! t UNEARTH LAND FRAUDS. o h h Ic Colorado Officials Among Seven In- ti dieted?Others May Escape. o Denver, Col.?Gigantic land frauds Jr * In Washington, Morgan and Yuma :l ^ counties have been unearthed by the a TiVrinpnl (:f:in/7 .Tnrv and seven of the n ' most prominent men of Northeastern I J Colorado have been indicted, including jj ^ a former la net ofueial, a county treasu- | f, rcr and a court clorii. 'l'Jic statute of ; olimitations favors others inider suspi- i p ,s cion. j w I A 1 EX-STATE SENATOR SENTENCED, j (r< ,({ o< n former Caliloruia legislator Convicted I li e of Bribe Taking Cets Fi?e \ears. ^ ir Sacramento, Cat.?J. J>\ Emmons, for- C1 moi-Jy State Senator from Kern Coun- Si ty, convicted of receiving a bribe In connection with the building anil loan R 7J investigations, by *he legislative com- <j, ' mittee of which he was a member, was K; jjj sentenced, to live years' Imprisonment y ig in ttie peuitenliary at Sau Quentin. Cj If! Founds Farmers' College. Judge iCdward M. Paxson, who died I] at Bycot, Bucks County, Pa., left part of Itis $:J,000.000 fortune for the cn- f dowuient of a coilege of agriculture lor boys between twelve and eighteen. rs ' Ten Dairies Combine. ? >f R Ten of the largest dairies in St. f( "" Louis, Mo., controlling about eighty- a| fivo per cent, of the supply of milk, ,. have combined, with $3,000,000 capital. a] et Norway Wants Prince Charles. el v* The Norwegian Storthing, by a vote A of eigbty-Bine to twenty, has decided S| ? to invite Priace Cliarles of Denmark s< to become King of Norway. T- ? ? i ~..i. xxr!1,1 jjieuLiriiaui t*JAU uiunutsu. Falling from the revenue cutler Per- i y 1S ry at Seattle, Wash., Second Lleuien- ^ ' aut John V. Wild was drowned. ! p, Americans Killed in China. Five American missionaries ami one ;. child were reported tilled in J.ien- ai chou, China. j{ n Sick Soldiers Home. U x Fifty sick soldiers from the l'is.lji- a piaes reached San Francisco. C;;l.. on th'(Ttrauspi?Ti Logan. . * Killcil His Wife. n When Henry Hills offered his wife m Ihjjor an:l she threw it :? his face, he killed lier al llieir home in Kent, Ohio. 0* Alinor Mention. When the Mikado Is seen in public ho manifests no interest in his subIC" jects. v The new Williamsburg bridge, in Now Yoru, is lighted by a municipal 0 plant. An exhibition o" British manufnc- a . tures will ho he'd in Alexandria and ' Cairo between the months of Noveinber, 11)U0, and February, 11)07. 0 In consequence of the Japanese alii- 0 anee, the British btirma garrison, \ which has bitherlo guarded India's eastern frontiers, will bo materially ^ reduced. j( J nu. - - 3RiNCE LOUIS IN AMERICA iritish Ships Anchor With Our Fleet at Annapolis. leception to t.Tio Visiting Itcar Admiral anil Ilia Officers and Men at >"j?ral Academy. Annapolis, Md.?Prince I.ouis of Bat- | enberg and his fleet of crack British parships reached Annapolis. The Vince, bis officers, md cscort have et foot 011 American soil and have teen made io for?l at home. The fleet [ropped anchor at 10.20 o'clock in tbe norning. In the greeting wliicji was extended 0 tho representative of King Edward 7II. there was an element of sincerty which, strictly adhering lo regulaions as the ceremonies were, was unoistakable. Rear Admiral Evans, onimander of the North Atlantic fleet, 'own to tbe newest cadets, every oue lade a brilliant picture on the shore ne. Prince Louis stood on the bridge of is flag-hip at the front of the column nd gazed on the scene with evident leasure. Immediately ahead, [retched out across the bay 'to welome him. was the mainstay of the .merican Navy, the eight, battleships f the first and second divisions of tie North Atlantic fleet. The ships rere anchored in single column, 200 ards apart, the Maine at the head ying the pennant of Rear Admiral Ivans. The Missouri, Kentucky, Kear?arge. Alabama, Illinois,; Iowa and tassachnsetts, in order, laying spot ss white, their guns and brasses learning. Three mjles further toward the bore five smaller craft could be diserned from the bridge of the Drake, 'hey were the destroyer flotilla, the [opkins, MacDouo'ugh, Lawrence, Portion and Stewart. The backround of this picture was formed by ic massive granite buildings of the aval Academy, the great white dome f the chapel, still under construction, sing high along the skyline. Vlie armored cruiser squadron, coralanded by Hear Admiral Brownson, nchorcd shortly after noon outside le column of baftlesbips. As the Drake began tiring- the Naonal salute, the American flag was oisted at the main, its colors rain? ? UK 4-Uama i>~; + nil# pteiuijf wiui iiiwatr ui iuc um* ih flpgs. As the last shot rang out lere boomed from the Maine, flagship f the American commander, the first un of the return salute, and quickly n ensign was hoisted at the main, hen the Drake saluted Hear Admiral Ivaus with thirteen guns, and tbir?eu guns sent back compliments to ie British Rear Admiral. A saLute C thirteen guns next was exchanged etween the Drake aDd the shore staons. With little slackening of speed, the British squadron steamed past Adliral E vans'* squadron to plac? bout GOO yards inside and came to nchor in single column parallel with ie American battleships. Admiral Evans grasped the Prince's and heartily as lie came to the deck f the Maine and welcomed him in a raceful speech. From the Maine rince Lonis and his flag lieutenant -ent to the Alabama, flagship of Rear dmiral Davis. Then the Prince, acJinpanied by his flag lieutenant, slartI up the harbor for Annapolis to pay is respects to Admiral Sand3 and overnor War field. A company of larmes, drawn up at toe JNavai Acaamy lauding, rendered the prescribed llute. In (Governor Warficld's carriage the uest was taken to the Admiral's resirace and then to the Governor's ruanion. The Governor was. watting at le front door, and after tlio first offiial exchanges the visit was eomfor.thly informal. TWENTY SIX MEN DROWNED. oundering of a Swedish Steamer and Russian Bark After Collision. London, ERgland. ? The Swedish ieamer Johan of 1724 tons, and the .ussian hark Antares of 340 tons, both >undercd recently in the North Sea fter a collision. Twenty-six of the vo crews were drowned. The captain nd carpenter of the Johan were land1 at Helsingborg by a German steamwhile the captain and "cook of the ntares were landed at Stromhoss by a earn trawler, which picked them up ;on after the collisionDeficit is Lowered. Federal Treasury figures, issued at Washington, D. C, show a deficit 57,OOMOO less than that for the first jur months of the last fiscal year. Car Shortage. Car shortages are becoming more nute. the Pacific Coast now feeling leir influence, and grain, lumber, coal, I ike and ore shipments are delayed I lereby, with effects on retail trado nd collections Cannot Hold Roal Estate. ? Chicago papers are exploiting '!.* i kco very that Illinois law forbids i if r isurance companies to hold real csto in that commonwealth b:\voi:d dice buildings. Feminine Fancies. The German Hnipress iuvariably ,'rites Willi a swan qnill. Miss Kathrrine IC. Conway is the ilitor of the IJoston Pilot. Marie Corelli is a small, plump womn, with curly hair and a donble chin. The Empress Eugenie devotes most f her leisure time in writing her racrnirs. Mrs. Marion K. Baxter is at the head f the only free hospital in Seattle, Vash. Dr. Alice Weld Tallant has acccpted chair in the Woman's Medical Col?ge, of Philadelphia. ^j. ? ?. ntered eagerly iiUo tlio- work of givng the visitors a "good time." That night the British armored misers lay side by sid* with the ticked battleships and cruiscrs of the unerican Navy, making the most briliant spectacle ever seen in Annapolis toads. Annapolis in the evening was alive nth British and American officers, and t the officers' club were many rcnions, some between classmates, tliers between Americans and Britslicrs who have met before in other oris. Twenty-one guns from the Drake, agship of Prince Louis' squadron, ad announced the approach of the isitors up the Chesapeake Bay in the jorning, 'shortly after 'J o'clock. Sunbine poured on the leaden-colored ides as the vessels steamed"- swiftly ii single column. There ' was just nouzh crisnness in the air to rpake ne know it was the sunshine' of utuuin anil not of summer. A liglit reeze set every flag in motion and tii'reil the autumn foliage, which the interior, it is thought, are not in iny danger. The chatering of a vessel and the nationalizing of it hy hoisting an American flag, in order to provide a refuge for American?, is rather an unusual proceeding, and is not resorted to except in cases of extreme emergency, the State Department generally relying on the asylum afforded, by the embassies and legations. The officials here hope that soch a step will not be necessary. ' * Secretary Rcot declined to give out the text of Mr. Eddy's dispatch. In diplomatic circles the news from Russia during the .past few days has oatised a profound impression! Those conversant with conditions in Russia were prepared to hear at any time of disorders, hut they are amazed that these should have grown to soch magnitude. While members of the Diplomatic Corps are not disposed publicly to give any expression of their views, * it is evident that they view with deep concern the events iu the Czar's empire Baron rosen, the Russian Ambassa-, dor, would not discuss the news except to say that he thought the disorders would soon cease, and that the strike vroiild break tip gi-sdually. -? LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS UP. IT;ui Killed, One HnrIed300Fcet Alive, in Pennsylvania ltailroad Wrcck. New Brunswick, N. J.?With a roar that was heard fiv-e miles away, a locomotive that was drawing a heavy freight 011 the Pennsylvania Railroad blow up while going at top speed near Dean's Pond. The engineer, Charles Sterling, and his fireman, Harry EschelmaD, landed a few feet away from the wrecked cab. Eschelman died before medical aid arrived, but Sterling suffered a eeived a fractured skull, fractore of slight fracture of the skull. Charles Mervitje, an injured brafceman, reboth :\rms, and was badly burned. A1I? tlirfe men were from Philadelphia. Alt that remained of the locomotive v. is ihe trucks, (joinders and wheels. SIX KILLED IN A MINE. :".;;i?rintendent. Foreman- and Four Bosses the Victims. Monongaheht, Pa.?At an early hour six lives were lost jn a gas explosion In-.the Ilazel Kirk Mines, about four miles from this place. Every official connected with the hig mine, which was a short time ago sold for $1,000,000, was killed. The pariy had crow down on an exploring tour. The dead arc John I-Iornickel, Sfirri Superintendent, aged thirty-five; Daniel M. Griffith, mine foreman, aged forty; John Hunter, fire boss, aged thirty-five; Henry Clayborne, fire boss, * ** * - ' T-'? ? T " nAcC Qgtil L0rcy-l\vu; duim ju<m.-?,vf uu.i., aseil forty, and Andrew P.oder, machine Doss, a:jcd forty. I ??????? Robbed City of Philadelphia. That tlifi city of Philadelphia Jost over $11,000,000 in the contracts for filtration and boulevard contracts was PAve.alpd bv a report by special cx perts. Several politicians, including i Israol N. Durham, were involved. | Spauish Cabinet -tesign;*. Owing to continued divisions, the ' Spanish Cabinet at Madrid resigned. I lvtng Alfonso lias asked Seuor Montero I ltios, L'rirac Minister in the late C.'al:j iuel, to reconstruct the Ministry The Field of Sports. W. M. lilies is the new lawn tennis champion of Harvard, Si Seymour, the Cincinnati centre fielder, leads the batters. Brill, the bis tackle, is the best punter Harvard has tried this season. | The records show that Donlin wa? the west run ^eUer in the National League. 13. It Thomas and Sydney Basel have formed a partnership in a new racing stable. ynlonoy, of Chicago, and Devlin, oi Now York", are tied for Li est place in ease stealing. , GEITII01 Of RUSSIA" J. P. Korean, Jr., and G. W. Perkins Arranging- For a Ship. INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO EDDY v Citizens of This Country fail! Ue Allowed to Take ItefuKe In thn Kinliaany? Lop.n Negotiation* Off Ifo* tlie Preoent nt 2>a*t ? N?tt8 Keceivcd is of the Clraveat Nature. St. Petersburg, Russia.?.F. P. Morgan, Jr., and George W. Perkins, of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co.. are negofiating with-the Hamburg-American Lin? for the despatch of a vessel to St. Petersburg to take them from the city In case of necessity. They came here in connection with the negotiations for a new Russian loan. ' The State Department at Washington lias been requested to confer authority for the charter of a vessel and the hoisting on it of the American flag as a refuge for Americans. 4 The embassies have as yet taken 110 letual stops to guard foreign residents. The question, however, has bepn discussed between the representatives of the Powers. The negotiations for a new loan were formally aiijturrned. Neither the Rusj sian officials nor the foreign bankers | while the present situation continues. j Washington, D. C ? A dispatch re' ceiveil afe the State Department from Spencer Eddy, the American Charge at St. Petersburg, said the situation in l litissia was very alarming. The dispatch,was the subject of a long confer| ence between Secretary Root, who returned to this city from New.York, and Mr. Bacon, the First Assistant Secretary, who has been acting as the head i of the State Department during Mr. f loot's absence. , I Mr. Eddy asked the department for instructions to meet any eventualities which might arise out of the condition of affairs in St Petersburg, and late I in the evening these were cabled to him. | One feature of the instructions cov^ . ers the question of the protection of [Americans residing in St. Petersburg in case of a general uprising which might * endanger their lives. In the event ol an outbreak they will have the i protection of the American Embassy until further arrangements can be made for their accommodation. It is not believed by the State Department officials that any great nnmaer of Americans are now in St. Petersburg, as most of the tourists have left the country owing to the approach of nrititni* Mll/'h A 111 ori r-fl n? !\ S ITtMV Ilf> ill I % KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK California Flier on the Santa Fe Derailed Near Kansas City. Thirteen Ferson* Meet Death, While Over ? Scare Are Z>:uMy Injured in the Catastrophe. Kansas City, Mo.?Thirteen persons were killed and thirty injured in the wreck of a west-bound Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train. , known as the California Express, which, while running thir.ty-five miles an hour, struck a loose rail near the eastern limits of Kansas City, llo. , The wreck occurred at Rock Crerk Cut. oil a curve, ,whm jagged rock walls on each side of the tracks form a bluff almost 100 feet high. The locomotive was going' so rapidly that it passed the loose rail in safety. The mail car. immediate-*' '"hind, jumped the track and struck t.'.o side of the bluff, and the foue car- foIloMr.g plowed through tile wreckage and shot against the high stone wall. The sides of the coaches were crushed against the rough stone. The smoking car, -a 'hair car and a tourist sleeping oa>c ;inft two express cars left the rails. Three tourist sleeping cars, two standard Pullmans and the dining car remained on the track. The smoking car (split the baggage car ahead of it just below the floor line, and the baggage wr landed on top of the crashed smokmg caT. Those killed were: Kojr Stafford, 100 Hayden avenue, Cleveland, Ohio: Lee D. Montgomery, Liiineus, Mo.; James Seymour, Richmond, Mo.; John McGregor, Fort Madison, low.".; Max Schncidcr, New York City; J. F\ Capns, baggageman. Chicago. III.; Carl Eniil Tornlund, 254 St. Mark's avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dcnafo Depomazio. of Italy, and his sori.l'ou-K);. Adrian Pea ttent, Northing, Switzerland; Luther Iiichardson. colored-. waiver; William Harrison, colored, psrter. James Seymour \yj? cashier of the Ray County Savings Bank, at Richmond, Mo. John MacGregor, another of the killed, was an engineer on the Santa Fe, who had been tvansferred to one of the west* n divisi,pus of the road and was on v. ay to Topeka to take his new rnr. ic. J. IX Whltemore. of thf iajured, was in the smoker viiich had an oldfashioned coal ?toi lieater. He was thrown in such a \v, > that, one leg was .ianimed into the b. often stove in contact with the live oonls. ' He was so covered with delms'thafc he could not get out, and his foot vas burned until it must be amputated. H. G. Rust, engineer..of the.wrecked . train," and his fireman, Williim" De Long, escaped injury. The locomotive leaped from the rails and ran 300 feet on the ties, fina. y stopping u^ight. MANGLED BOX TIED TO* RAIL3. , *> i~d > 1UC1IV.O xuau vvi<vav tira Was Helpless Beforfe Train. Cincinnati, Ohio.?Coroner Scarborough, of Mount Vernon, cauie here t?> investigate the death of Stuart L. Pierson, killed on the railroad track at Kenyon College. He left convinced, he said, that young rierson had been tied to the track by students as part of iiis initiation into a college fraternity. With Detective Crim of the Icea! force, Coroner Scarborough visited the Pierson home and examined thg body. The officers found that the hand at the right wrist had been disjointed and that there was a dark bruise around- the wrfst as if made by a rope.( There were similar marks on the left' foot and ankle. Both officers believed these wounds had been made by the boy, who was very muscular, trying to break his bofids when he realized that the train was bearing down upon him. Detective Grim said he could not see how else, the injuries were inflicted. The only other wounds, the oues causing death, were on the head. '"Coroner Scarborough Raid Pierson's fellow students lmd been in the habit of playing similar pranks and that this time they had mUA-a!cu!ated the time of trains. He says the students were very care* in. oil frap?s of their mi i'j uuuuiuiu .... - reckless act, washing away the blood stains and carrying off the body before any one but themselves knew of the killing. They did not notify the Coroner until the next day. ADMIRAL TRAIN MOBBED. American Officers Savagely Attacked by Chinese?Marines to Rescue. London, England.?A dispatch to the Evening Standard from Shanghai says that Rear-Admiral Charles J. Train, commander-in-chief of the American Asiatic wjnadron,. and his son. Lieutenant Train, have been victims of a savage attack by Chinese outside of ! Nanking. The American officers were pheasant shooting villithe Admiral accidentally shot a Chinese woman, slightly injuring ber. Hundreds of villagers thereupon surrounded the officers, took away their gnns, knocked the Admiral down in tlie mud and held Lieutenant Train as a hostage. Forty American marines landed as'a rescue party were attacked by a mob of Chinamen, who tried to pitchfork the oftieers.* The marines wen? obliged J to fire twice. The (jiuuesc omciais refused to restore the officers' guns and supported the villagers. Niiiking has been active in the movement for boycotting American goods, nnil is the centre of activity on the part Of Japanese students. Many Lives L$st. Many lives were lost iu clashrs between citizens and the military in various Russian cities. Oil Well Blews Out. With an explosion that could be heard for miles and a shock that rocked .every derrick in the oil fields in Harris County. Texas. Hie Sltums well blew out. The earth opened into a crater 100 fftet iu diameter, the derrick and machinery disappearing. President at Home. The.President, after a fast trip by soa from New Orleans, I?a., arrived at Washington, 1). C.. . and at once plunged into work fit the'White House. Police Close Play. Commissioner McAdoo's tJircat of arrest caused Arnold Daly to abandon his play, "Mrs. Warren's Profession," at (he Garriek Theatre, Now York City. j?, More Equitable Troubles. Accountants engaged by President Morton are said to have found evils in the former management of the Equita* b.'e Life rot hithorlo known. Gratification in Franco. Official circles i:i Paris, Prance, ares highly gratifiod a': Emperor Nicholas, manifesto. * I ?L? a despajring_woivians. *7?ak, Nervous and Wretched From Wasting; Klitney Troubles. Mrs. Henry A. Reamer, Mala and Garst Sta, South Bend, Iud., says: ^ "When I began Tlffjfpi using Dona's Kirtnej Piils I was so weak 1 could . &A hardly drag tnyjSy ^ self across the I LS~ room. I was wretched atid nervous, and had backache, bearSS in<r-rtnwn nain. M&W headache, dizzl1I<?9S weak " ' eyes. Dropsy set In anil bloating of the chest choked me and threatened the heart. I had little hope, but to my untold surprise Doan's ICidney Pills broaghtme relief .and swcd my life. I shall never forget it." f Sord by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster*Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Whom th* Dor felt at Homo. ? Dr. John Brown, the much loved author of "Ital and His Friends," used to say that he was personally acquainted witb every deg in Kdinburgh. Once while out driving he stopped ill the middle of a sentence and looked out eagerly at the back of the carriage. "Is it some one you know?" asked tfie friend 'who was with him., "No," he replied. "It's a dog I don'f nrtVT " An aM nncrir?nnf a# 1> MU viu A WiU?.U U UJL UUUll/UlgU tells this story. A dog had recently beeu brought to the city ^rom Iceland, and for a long lime apparently suffered from all the pangs of homesickness. Dr. Brown became mtich Interested in the animal, and tried franuently to comfort it At last one day be came to the house pf his friend,*I)iv Peddle,, with a'smiling face, and^fd: "That dog is all right now. ^ He* went out last night and saw the pore star,, and that has made him feel quite at home here."?Buffalo Commercial. f Diaz at 8?Tenty-/!to. Diaz developed a sound mind 'in a vigorous, healthy body, and is now* at the age of seventy-five, a strong and remarkably well preserved man, who appears to be good for ten or fifteen years more of active work. Five yearsago, at the age o? seventy, he visited the gymnasium of. the National Mlli-' tary Academy of Chapultepec .one day, , and affer watching the, work of tbe /inrlAfa OAmA wtfK I?AAW ivi ovaic: uuic tvuu aucu mici" > est he swung on to a rope and climbed ..thirty feet or more hand overhand as: rpryjy as any of them. Sliding down easily, he said: "Now, boys, see to It that you so live that when you are my age you can do as well." He exercises daily, taking a morning horse-back ride and a walk later in the day. He loves horses and is a splendid horsemaA. He is fond of hunting and takes an interest in indoor and outdoor atbIctic sports of all kinds.?Public Qpiijr ion. No Paupers la Jap An. Witli all our high wages and boasted civilization, the fact remains that you will sse more wretchedly poor In any <k our great cities in a day than you will see in Japan in a lifetime. Ip otbwr words, you will see no dest? tction in Japan. Though some abe-very poor, yet :atl seem - to _ lie wei1; fed, clothed and boused and are Invariably cheerful, and what is more surprising*. invariably stTean. There, are ho paupers lu Japan and, therefore, no workhouses or poorhouses, though there are many hospitals where the sick are healed gratuitously. Practically every one .can earn a living. Would that we could wy the tame.?Pall JIal! Gazette. ? * " " 'j ' Japan'* Moral Code. Alfred Stead sums up tne moral code of Japan as follows: 1. Diligence In one's profession. 2. Love and loyalty between master and servants. 3. Decorum and propriety. 4. Gallantry and bravery.5. Truthfulness and, justice. C. Simplicity and frugality. 7. Contempt of meanness. Novel Dm of ltoentcen ltajk. Novel use of Itoeutgen raya, is made by a Berlin company manufacturing submarine cablea. The cables are tested by b^ing pased over two eye pulleys over an X-ray tube, the screen above showing any ,defect correctly and with the greater certainty than the resistance tests usually employed. , A Woman Kxplnrer. Mrs. French Sheldon, the famous woman explorer, beli-eves (hat her greatest triumph was her descent to the shores of Lake Chala, in Africa. The lake lies deep down in the crater of an extinct volcano. No less authority than Sir Harry Johnston declared that nobody, unless possessed of th.e holding capacity "of an ape or the wings of a bird, cculd ever descend the alxzigst perpendicular and smooth cliffs to the water far helow. But Mrs. French Sheldon got down to the lake, and sailed across and- arourfd it. FUNNY. . fl People Will DriitU Coffee When It "Do?J Sucli IHiinBJ." ' I began to use Possum because tin old kind of coffee had so poisoned* iuj wlioje system that I was on the .poin of breaking down, and the doctoi warned me that I must quit it. *My chief ailment was nervo'usuesi and heart trouble. 'Any unexpected noise woulit oaus< me tlie most painful palpitation, mak< me faint and weak. . "I had heard of Postum and bepai to drink it when I left off the old cof Pee. It began to help me just as sooi as the old effects of the-other kintfo; I'Offee passed away. It did not stimu late me tor a wfuie, ana rueu wave un weak and nervous as coffee used to do Instead of tiiat it built up my strengtl md supplL'-i ri constant vigor to m; system which 3 can always rely on It enables ri.e to do the biggest kind o a days worK witiiont getting tired All the heart trouble, etc., has passci i way. "I give it freely to all my chiblrer from the youngest io the oldest, and i ;<?rps them all healthy am! hearty. Name given by rostuin Co., Haiti Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Iiead the little hook "The Road t \VellviMev in pkgs.