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Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
Freak Of society Women.

According to Sixth avenue dealer
n curios and antiques, New York So
ciety women have developed still an
other fad to employ their leisure mo-
ments and their pin money, says the
New York correspondent of the Pitts
burg Press. It is no less than making
D collection Of old clothes. OF course
the clothes must have some historic
value and been once worn by royalty
or other famous personages Il have a
customer said the dealer, ''who occu-
pies prominent position in New York
social circles, but whose name for OBJ
vious reasons l am not at liberty to
mention, who has commissioned me to
buy all the castoff corsets Of famous
women | can find Queer idea, isn't it?
She has given me practically free
hand in the matter as to price and Sc
lection. I have an agent in Europe
who is constantly on the lookout for
them, and every month or two he sends
me over an addition to the collection"
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
DAMAGE TO SHIPPING DURING
RECENT STORM ESTIMATED
AT OVER A MILLION.
EIGHT SHIPS KNOWN TO Be WRECKED
NUMBER OF OTHERS MISSING
AND FINAL RETURNS MAY
INCREASE LOSSES.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-The storm on the
Upper Lakes, which brought death to
eleven and wrought untold havoc
among the sailing craft, has subsided
and the work of rescue and relief tc
the numerous vessels left stranded On
the rocks is being carried on with the
utmost yigor.
Up to midnight eight vessels. rep
resenting a total cost of $S15,000, had
been reported as total wrecks without
any chance whatever of being saved
and there are still a dozen more the
whereabouts of which are unknown
and which may have to be classed
among the list of vessels destroyed
when finally located.
At least a score Of vessels have
been reported stranded, but since the
abatement of the hurricane it is be-
neved the majority of these boats will
be saved.
Up to the present time the total loss
to shipping caused by the storm is
estimated at $1,500,000. Additions are
bound to be made to this loss and
when the final returns are in the fig
ures will in all probability be at least
100000.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
FOREST RESERVE TEST.
How Black Hills Will Be Seeded
with

How Black Hills VIII Be Seeded
| With Pine Cones.
| The Black Hills forest reserve, one
Of the most important of all reserves
in the United States, is conducting a
line of experiments which are resulting
In one of the unique Industries Of the
| country, says a Deadwood Is. D. dis
patch.
1t is Captain Bullock's plan to
smooth over every burned spot in the
reserve by seeding broadcast in the
spring with pine cones. This expert
ment was made on thirty acres Of
ground last spring and yielded good re-
suits, producing one pine Seeding to
each square foot.
Captain Bullock has large army Of
helpers, composed of the small boys
Of the Black Hills. They are gathering
pine cones, for which they are paid
by the forestry department 25 cents a
bushel. AS this pay is not very large,
1t becomes necessary for the boys to
furnish large amount to make the
industry pay.
Under them in their efforts Is still
larger army-that Of the red squirrels.
The squirrels are the greatest cone
gatherers in the country, and so valua-
BILE are they that the bounty which
has been offered by the forestry de
partment for their pelts has been abol-
ished, and instead these little animals
are gathering some 1,200 bushels Of
cones, which will make about 1,500
pounds of seed.
The boys have already gathered 1,20O
bushels of cones, which will make
about 1,50O pounds of seed. They are
not allowed to pick them, but gather
them from the ground or from the
squirrels dens. AS high as nine bush
els of cones have been found in one
den, and several Of the holes of these
little forest rangers have yielded up at
Last six bushels.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
PLAGUE AT YOKOHAMA.
Quarantine Against Japanese Port
May Be Enforced.


Seattle, Wash, Dec. 1.-Bubonic
plague is raging in Yokohama, accord
ing to officers of the steamship Da.
kota, and possibly no more vessels
will be given a clean bill Of health
until the scourge is wiped out. -Four
deaths had resulted from this disease
before the steamer Dakota sailed and
many reports of sickness were re-
ceived. William H. Lopp, surgeon on
the steamer, stated that few if any
more vessels will be allowed to leave
Yokohama.
"The Japanese authorities are TAX.
ing every precaution to prevent the
spread of the dreaded disease" said
DR.. Lopp, "but in spite Of all they
can do many deaths will result There
Is little doubt but that the city will
be quarantined. In fact, it Is the only
way to stamp it out. The Japanese
physicians are among the finest in the
world. They go into everything thor
oughly and take elaborate precautions
to prevent the contagion from spread.
ing"
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02

stoutest upholders Of autocratic claims
and foe to all progress, civil and re-
hgious. When the czar issued pro-
nunciarnento declaring religious free
dom some months ago, by virtue Of
which many sects rejoiced in the pos
session Of greater liberties, it was An
tonius and his supporters who obtain
ed the reforms from the emperor
against the wishes of the procurator
general. Under the provisions of the
new decree it is believed that all sects
will enjoy greater freedom.
Under the new regime the emperor's
private cabinet will be supplanted by
a cabinet of ministers having relation
to the imperial assembly, or douma. At
the head of the cabinet will be its pres
ident, or premier and it is this officer
who in the present crisis, in the person
Of Count Witte, will exercise the great
est power in the realm.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
The Change In
Russia
What Rights the People Possessed and
What They Will Now Receive.
Downfall of Pobedonostzeff,
the Foe of Reform.

IN the czar's proclamation to the
people of Russia granting con-
stitutional regime, freedom of
conscience, liberty Of speech and
of person and other reforms he virtual
~ declared that he was no longer an
absolute monarch. He has made high
sounding proclamations couched in fair
words before, but has never until now
yielded to the contention that he should
surrender his claims as an autocratic
ruler. In the recent pronunciamento he
directed his government, of which
Count Witte is now the head, to "es-
tabllSh as an Interchangeable rule that no
law shall be enforceable without the
approval of the state douma and that it
shall be possible for the elected repre-
sentatives Of the people to exercise real
participation in the supervision Of the
legality of the acts of the authorities
appointed by u.s.
In this clause one finds the kernel of
the whole subject In former DEGREES
the Russian emperor carefully guard
ed against promising his subjects real
participation in their government and
reserved to himself sovereign power,
giving only advisory powers to repre-
sentatives Of the people.
Under the regime existing until
short time ago the emperor was an alb
solute ruler, having entire control of
the legislative, executive and judicial
functions of government and ire
sponsible for their exercise. Since the
time of Peter l. the car has been head
of the church. The administration of
the empire has for many years been
conducted under the control of the en-
peror's private cabinet by four great
councils. The first Of these bodies is
the caancil of the empire, established
in 1910 by Alexander l., purely coll
sultative body consisting of a presi-
dent and over eighty members. An
other council is the senate, which is
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
TORPEDO BOAT RAMS LAUNCH
ATTEMPT TO MURDER JAP PEACE
DELEGATION AND DESTROY
PORTSMOUTH TREATY.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 1.-The at
tempt to murder the peace delegation
and destroy the treaty between Japan
and Russia, which was drawn up by
the plenipotentiaries in Portsmouth
and was being sent to the emperor OF
Japan, was witnessed by officers and
passengers on the Dakota on the night
of her arrival at Yokohama.
DR.. William Lopp, surgeon of the
Dakota, in speaking of the incident,
said:
The whole thing happened the
night of our arrival at Yokohama. We
were lying in Mississippi bay, just
outside of the breakwater. All the
torpedo boats and war vessels which
escorted the peace commission were
drawn up in long line. The launch
containing the delegation and the
treaty left the Warship and started for
the landing. Suddenly one of the tor
pedo boats, anchored near the end of
the line Of battleships, slipped her
cable and started after the launch.
They made for her at right angle
course. The people on the launch
saw the torpedo boat leave the line of
crafts and they knew what was COM
ing. The launch was slow and the
torpedo boat rushed on like comet.
Like shot from a cannon she rushed
on and in minnie struck the launch
cutting her completely in two, and
raced on into the darkness. We could
see the men struggling in the water
and clinging to the pieces of the
wrecked boat. Launches from the bat
tleships were at once sent to their
rescue and saved all but one. The
treaty also was saved"
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
sHRINkAeE IN GOLD DUST.
Claims for 100000 Against Seattle
Assay Office.

Seattle, Dec. IA special to the
acknowledgement from Fairbanks,
Alaska, states that three banks of that
place will make claims against the
government for gold dust which they
shipped to the Seattle assay Office on
their own account and for miners in
that district. The aggregate Of these
claims, it is estimated, will amount to
approximately 100000. Of this sum
the Fairbanks Banking company has a
single claim for $4,000, representing
the shrinkage alleged to have been re-
ported on a series of large shipments
last spring.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
GENERAL STRIKE FEARED.
Greatest Anxiety Prevails Throughout
Poland.

Warsaw, Dec. 1.-The deadlock in
the postal and telegraphic services be-
tween Warsaw and the interior of
Russia is practically complete. The
latest information from Moscow is
that the soldiers of the telegraph bat
talon have refused to fill the places
of the striking telegraph operators
The greatest anxiety prevails here,
where it is feared that a general
strike involving the whole of Russian
Poland may break out at any moment.
The arrests of numbers of prominent
persons and their exile without trial
continue.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
ALL COMMUNICATION CEASES
Situation Throughout Russia Is Very
Alarming.

Alarming.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 1.-The situa-
ton is very alarming. Russia is a
complete blank so far as direct news
is concerned, all telegraphic communi-
cation with the interior having ceased.
The workmen's council has decreed
that the general postoffice in ST. Pc
tersburg shall close, when communica-
ton with the outside world may cease.
The most disquieting reports are in
circulation regarding the disaffection
OF the guard regiments, two of which,
the workmen boast, have definitely re-
solved not to fire on the people.
The government still manages, with
the aid of the administrative officers
along the line, to keep communication
open with Sebastopol The manager
of the Moscow Office is himself work
ing at key there. The contents of
the cipher dispatches received by the
enl-eror from Vice Admiral Birileff,
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02

not legislative assembly, but the high
court Of justice of the empire, con-
trolling all the legal tribunals. Next
comes the holy synod, established by
Peter l. in 1921 and having jurisdic-
ton over religious affairs. The fourth
administrative body is the council Of
ministers. Below these councils there
are numerous administrative institu-
tions, but as all have been subject to
the dictates Of the emperor or his i'm
mediate subordinates the whole sys-
tenn will be subject to change in the
new plan of constitutional government
One of the most important events
connected with the Russian crisis is
the resignation of Constantine Pobedo-
nostzeff, procurator general of the holy
synod. This body is composed OF sew
eral bishops and archbishops, but the
procurator general, though lag func-
tionary, has been accustomed, especial
ly since the time Of Pobedonostzeff, to
exercise more power than all the
clergy put together. The Russian Or
thodox church is a branch of the an
cient Greek church, and the holy synod
is comparatively modern institution
which has usurped powers formerly
exercised by the bishops 1t has often
been used by the monarchs to carry
out unworthy ends, thus bringing scan
dal on the church. There is a move
ment for reform within the Russian
church, and one Of it's objects is to
curb the powers of the procurator gen
eral and restore to the bishops their
former prerogatives This, it is hoped,
may prepare the way for the removal
of the obstacles which have prevented
the Russian church from keeping step
with progress in the world in general
One of the leaders of the movement is
Antonius, metropolitan of st. Peters
burg, a vigorous opponent of the for
mer procurator general. Pobedonosf-
zeff is one of the best hated men In
Russia for he has been one OF the
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
REBELS OPENED THE FIGHT
Fired on Loyal Warships, the Latter
Replying Promptly.

Warsaw, Dec. According to the
few details which have reached War
saw regarding the sea and land battle
at Sebastopol the rebel fleet, on the
evening of Nov. 2S, opened an attack
on three loyal Warships, the battleship
Rostislav, the torpedo gunboat Cap
tain Sacken and the armored cruiser
Samyat AZouv. The latter replied
briskly, damaging the rebel torpedo
boat destroyer Svirepy and sinking
torpedo boat. The coast batteries also
joined in and set fire to the cruiser
Otchakoff, commanded by the rebel
leader, Lieutenant Schmidt. The lat
ter, with his mutinous followers, tried
to escape in boats but were captured
by. loyal torpedo boats. At the same
time the Bielostok regiment attacked
the barrac-.s occupied by the mu-
tineers. Fifteen hundred of these,
with ten Maxim guns, surrendered
during the night.
The number of killed and wounded
Is not known.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
CHINA WILL RETALIATE.
Editor of San Francisco Chinese Daily
Sounds Alarm.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-The yellow peril
alarm was sounded by Chinaman, Ng
Poon Chew, managing editor of the
Chung Sal Yta Pc, a Chinese daily
paper of San Francisco, in talk at
the University of Chicago on the Chi
nese exclusion law.
After rehearsing the evils of the ex-
clusion law he concluded as follows:
"All these indignities heaped on
China will come back. China is grow
ing stronger every day. We are pre-
pairing to fight. In ten years we Will
have 100000 well armed men, well
trained, with every latest munition OF
war
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
CARRIED CREW OF TWELVE.
Little Hope for Safety Of Big Barge
Madeira,

s. Cleveland, Dec. 1.-The Pittsburg
Steamship company, owners OF the
big barge Madeira, had received no
tidings of the missing vessel up to
noon. The Madeira was in tow OF the
steamer Edenborn when the great
storm of Tuesday overlook the two
boats on Lake Superior and they be-
came separated The Edenborn went
ashore on Split Rock and it is be-
lieved that the Madeira foundered.
She carried a crew of twelve men
and was in command of Captain ]. Il.
Dissete of Buffalo. A number OF other
vessels belonging to the Pittsburg
Steamship company have not been
heard from since the storm began, but
officials of the company are inclined
to think they all weathered the gale
with the possible exception of the
MaG.aira. So far as known the Pitts
burg Steamship company has lost six
boats as a result of the recent storm.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
WIDOW LED RIOTERS.
Woman In Scarlet at Head of Mob In
Reval Killed by Soldiers.

Woman In Scarlet at Head of Mob In
Reval Killed by Soldiers.
William L. Stead, fresh from Russia
by way Of Finland and Copenhagen,
while in Hsrlin told his vivid impress
sions Of the things that he had seen
and heard and of the 'ghastly welter
into which Russian society has drift
ed" Mr.. Stead said:
strange things are happening. Think
of the incidents at Reval Some deter
mined persons marched down the
street to the town hall, followed by
crowd. There the mayor and council
situation. In came our determined
friends
"'We demand they said, we de-
mand liberty, universal suffrage and
the right to rule ourselves
But said the mayor, L cannot give
you these things. would gladly send
your petition to the emperor
"'Well,' continued the delegates, we
are delegates of a revolution, and if we
do not get what we want we have de-
cided to burn the city. Give us 1900.
rublesp
'"The mayor and his colleagues
thought it was better to pay the $500
ruble3 than have the city burned, SO
they raised the money, paid the dele
gates, and the latter went away, prom
Using to be very good, and they were
good But another crowd came and
said:
"'What about us? Pay US too
'@This the mayor would not do, and
they went away with threats of de-
structien.
''The Red Virgin of the French COM
mune was Louise Michel Well, in
Reval certain widow named Linde,
dressed in scarlet from top to toe and
with an ak over her shoulder, placed
herself at the head of the mob. All
night the revolutionists whetted them
selves up. In the meantime the gov
ernor had got out troops, and the mob
gathered in the morning, facing the
soldiers in the great square, The gov
ernor called on the mob to disperse and
said that If after fifteen minutes they
did not disperse he would order the
troops to fire. Five minutes went by,
and the Widow Linde, in red, climbed
a iamppost and cried out encourage
ment and exhorted steadfastness for
the revolution. The soldiers began to
call out to the people to go away, as if
they were ordered to fire they must do
so, and they did not want to kill any
body.
Kill him! Kill himr screamed the
Widow Linde, pointing to the governor.
Several revolver shots were fred
from the crowd, but no one was hit.
The governor, who waited to the end of
the fifteen minutes, then gave the COM
mand to fire, and the Widow Linde,
shot through the body, fell to the
ground as Baron Euxull, an eyewit-
ness told me, like sparrow fror, a
twig.'
Zone hundred and five dead persons
were picked up from the square and
thirty more died in the hospitals
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
NUMBER STILL MISSING.
List Of Wrecked Steamers May Not
Be Complete.

Be Complete.
Duluth, Dec. 1.-The net results OF
the great storm as far as known are
the total wrecks of the steamers Ma
taafa, Crescent City, Edenborn and
Lafayette, the sinking of the Elwood
In Duluth harbor, the stranding of the
barge Manila and the steamer w. B.
England, the stranding of the Brans
ford at Isle Royale and two barges
missing, the Madeira and Constitu.
ton.
A tug is now out searching for the
Madeira, one of the Steel corporation
boats not accounted for. She. was in
tow of the Edenborn, which is ashore
at Split Rock, and is undoubtedly lost
The big steamer w. e. Corey is now
the only Steel corporation boat unac
counted for. She was due at Two
Harborsp at midnight Tuesday, which
means that she must have been ex.
posed to the storm of Tuesday.
President Howard Coulby of the
Steel corporation feet is in consulta.
ton with several of the company's
officers and they are mapping out
plans for the saving of the wrecked
vessels.
Considerable fear is felt as to the
safety of scow and the tug Maxwell,
belonging to Whitney Bros, which
left here Sunday night bound for
Grand Marais, from thence to Port
Arthur. The scow carried six men.
1t is impossible to receive any word
from them, but there are strong hopes
that they are safe. They were in.
structed to keep as close to shelter as
possible and had time to get to some
of the rivers on the north shore.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
GET $1,000 IN PosToFFIcE.

Thieves Steal $3.50 Cash and 1856 in
Stamps and Get away.
Marshalltown, la, Dec. 1.-The
postoffice at Story City waa entered
and robbed of $15G cash and $3.50 in
stamps. The thieves forced the rear
door of the building, breaking the lock
of the safe and blew the door open
with explosives. There is no clue to
their identity.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
All Three Fatally Hurt.

Philadelphia, Dec. 1. - Edward
Palmer, a coal merchant of Lang
horne, and two women companions,
Mrs. Amber and Miss Powell, were
walking along the railroad tracks
when they were struck by an express
train. Both women were killed and
Mr.. Palmer was fatally injured.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
Serious Fire at Buenos Ayres.

Buenos Ayres, Dec. IA serious
fire broke out here during the day in
a warehouse containing infammable
merchandise, including 100000 cans
of petroleum. The fire is still burn
ing as this dispatch is filed. The loss
is already estimated at $1,00O,0O0.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02

Titewodd-I thought you said you
wouldn't charge me anything for the
little legal question asked you? Law
yer-I didn't. / charged you for the
answer Cleveland Leader.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
MAKES HIT WITH THE cURANs.
Roots Isle of Pines Document Read
to Cabinet.

Roots Isle of Pines Document Read
to Cabinet.
Havana, Dec. 1.-The letter of Sec
retary of State Root to Charles Ray
nard, president of the American club
of the Isle of Pines, defining the atti-
tude of the United States government
toward the proposed formation of a
territorial government for the Isle of
Pines, was eabled to Havana by the
Cuban minister at Washington, Mr..
Quesada, and read at a cabinet meet
ing.
The letter met with the warmest'
approval of the officials here, who be-
lieve that it will prevent any further
anti-Cuban developments in the Isle
of Pines. - ~ ~.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
DECIDES TO RESIGN.
End of the Bafour Cabinet Is Near
Mt Hand

London, Dec. lit is understood
on good authority that the Balfour
cabinet has decided to resign and
that the final steps will be arranged
at the next cabinet meeting.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02

In the month of August, 1905, 39O,811
dozen eggs were exported.
OF the American spinners' takings
during the season just closed 1882, ,145
bales went to northern mills and 2,163,-
5O5 bales to southern mills, making
total of 4,445,650 bales as against
8,946,219 bales in 10000.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
GREAT ALARM AT ODESSA.
People Dread Arrival of Mutinous
WarShipS.

"arSnIPS.
London, Dec. 1.-Private advices
received in London from Odessa tell
of most interesting situation there.
While there is no disturbance at
Odessa the inhabitants are in dread of
the arrival of one or more of the mu
tinous warships from Sebastopol and
are preparing to fee on sighting these
vessels. AS to the actual happenings
at Sebastopol the people of Odessa are
ignorant, but rumors of all kinds are
afloat. The English employees of the
British telegraph Office remain at their
keys, but as there is no way of de.
livering the kilograms received and
people are not permitted to approach
the telegraph Office to send dispatches
the operators have nothing to do. All
the Russian employees of the post,
office, in which the British teleg-
raphers are accommodated, are on
strike and the building is surrounded
by troops. The foreign operators pass
between the Office and their homes
unmolested, but the Russian admin
istration declines to receive or de-
liver kilograms.
Morris tribune., 1905-12-02
minister of marine, however. are care
fully guarded.
Effect Felt in United States.

New York, Dec 1.-The effect of
the strike of telegraphers in Russia
was first felt in this country during
the day, when cable companies an
nounced that messages for Russia in
Europe will be accepted only subject
70 delay.