The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-05
CITY OF MOSCOW
HUNDREDSOF HOUSES BURN.
ED BY THE REDS.


Mutiny in Poland-Strike ST.
lences all Telegraph wires.
Other News.
Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 3.-A rail.
way telegraph dispatch just receiv-
ed here from Moscow states that a
great incendiary fire is raging there
and that already hundreds of build
ings have been destroyed.
A few seconds after this insorma.
lion had been received here, the
wire failed, so that no particulars
could be ascertained.
Berlin, Dec. 2.-The Imperial
Telegraph department announces
that the only Russian point still
accessible by wire is Kief. Com
munication with st. Petersburg via
Copenhagen has been interrupted
since this morning. Messages via
Eydtluhlen continue to be forward
ed from there by mail.
Paris, DEC. 3.-The Journal this
morning publishes St. Petersburg
dispatch, which was carried to
Eydtkuhnen eastern Prussia) by
courier, which repeats the recent
reports relative to a violent scene
in the palace at Tsarskoe-Selo.
The Journal says that the trouble
was between Emperor Nicholas
and Grand Duke Vladimir, and
was relative to Grand Duke Cyril.
The paper adds:
''It is certain that something ex.
traordinary occurred there besides
the disaffsction of the guard, and
that the whole domestic staff at the
palace is now preparing to strike" !"
Warsaw. Dec. 2.-As the effect
Of the czar's edict suspending mar
tial law throughout Poland, al. pa
trols.of troops have disappeared
f.om the streets, although dragons
are still in reserve in the oourtyards
and police stations. Here in War
saw conditions are very quiet on
the surface, although there Is no
certainty that they will long remain
so, as'the revolutionists are inclin-
ed to hold meetings, at which the
most incendiary speeches are made
and the people urged to rise against
the czar
Nearly every Russian establish
ment and public structure in South.
ern Poland has been damaged by
stones thrown through the windows
while town pictures of the czar have
been stolen and publicly burned by
the "reds."
The reservists at Sembro, in the
province of Lomza, revolted and de-
manded that they be returned to
their homes, declaring that they
would no longer act as police. The
battalions of infantry were sent to
suppress the trouble, but the officer
in command, after approaching the
barracks, marched his men back
and told the colonel of the regi-
ment that the men would not fire
on their comrades in the service.
Disorders are reported among, tie
i troops at the fortress at Ossowice,
but no details are available.
The fact that the. postal system
is demoralized and the operators
are on strike makes it impossible to
learn how matters are going outside
of the city. While the experts OF
the signal corps have been, detailed
to- take the places of the striking
telegraph operators, they refuse to
handle anything but official mes.
sages, and even these are refused
when they refer to rioting. a
It Is reported upon the best au-
thority that revolutionists are ship.
ping bombs into the country from
the Austrian frontier and are arm.
ipg.all of their members, SO they
will be ready for the struggle for a
"free Poland" when the signal il
given to strike.
Kansas City, Dec. 2.-Mrs. Ina