The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-16
CARS NAME DAY
NEXT TUESDAY
Important Peasants Manifest Viii
Be Published.
ALSO AN ELECTION LAW
STRONG APPEAL TO PATRIOTIC
RUSSIANS.

s. Petersburg, Thursday. Dec. II
(morning) via Edytkuhueu. East Prussia.
Dec. l5.-The emperors name day, DEC.
49, will be signalized by an important
peasant manifesto and the publication OF
the election law.
Dmitrf Shipoff. president OF the Moscow
Zemstvo. the most commanding figure
among the moderate liberals, who, with
NJ. Gouchk0ff. a prominent member OF
the Moscow zcmstyo. Alexander Stake
Vich and others have been consulted m
the preparation of the election law, Is
out with strong appeal TO all who have
the welfare Of the country at heart, WITH
out regard to party affiliation. 10 unite
IN the restoration Of order and thus IN
sure peaceful elections and the COnVOCd-
ton Of the national assembly, which Is
the only legal place in which 10 settle
political differences. He further declares
that all classes of the population can join
in this imperative work except those who
do net believe in the following doctrines:
Ftrst-rhe development Of cOnstitu-
tional monarchy based on universal suft-
rage; and,
Second-Thc reform of Russia by peace
ful means through an imperial national
Under thA leadership Of the law and
order party an attempt j. making 10 OF
Ganize counter peasants party IN oppo-
sition 10 the Moscow peasants congress.
Strike Seems Lost.
The post telegraph congress at Moscow
! is still holding out insisting that the
btFilterS can DE victorious, although Un-
less a new development enters into the
situation their cause apparently is lost.
/ The ranks OF the strikers are being dc
serted and those returning TO work are
competed 10 sign u declaration to Inc
effect that they were enuccd into the
union under false prCtenSes and agreeing
10
Nevertheless. the strikers can cripple tho
postal service for an indefinite period.
and without the striking operators IT is
/ impossible for tho government to secure
/ a resumption of telegraphic communica-
/ ton.
There are no signs of a break on the
/ Siberian lines, and business men every
whore are IN despair at the outlook Runs
( on savings banks are reported AT MANI
places in the provinces. The desperate
( strikers here continue their attacks on
/ mail wagons and Jhe robbery OF letter
Cannot Collect Taxes.
| The provincial Zemstvos are complain
J ing that they are unable 10 collect the
J taxes without the aid of the federal gov
/ eminent, and they have been obliged O.
! close tho schools. ThTOug nOuJ the Nolsa
/ and Don regions the peasants continue "a
/ cut down the forests. The arrival OF
! General MaXimOvitch, the successor oi
! the late General Sakharoff as the en-
! perOr $ representative at SaTdtOf1. was
! sgnalZed ny an unfortunate incident The
[ peasants in the district Of BaiasChcft had
/ been rounded up" by the authorities.
with the aid of COssaCkS. I'm order to pei
suade them 10 return the wood and OtheI
property which they had stolen, wheH
I suddenly the commander of the Cossacks
w@s shot and fell dead from his horse,
/ WheTcupOn the Cossac ks fired on The
/ crowd. killing four and wOuuding ten per,
! sons General MaXimovitch, who arrived
| on the scene Immediately afterwards. wan
4 greatly distressed, and in the name oI
! the emperor promised to succor financial
/ ~ the families of the dead and wounded
! peasants.
! Confessed Her Identity.
/ The assassin Of General Sakharoef has
/ confessed her identity to the extent OF
/ admitting that her name is Amelia Pop
/ off She refuses, however. TO furnish any
other information to the authorities.
/ From Tver, central Russia, comes the
news that the estate OF Ivan FCtrUnke-
witch, president of the Moscow ASrtCu.-
| tUral society, and a prominent member 81
/ the Zemstvo. has been sacked and de-
strOyed by the peasants.
| The \OVosti says that SZdt, one of the
| leaders Of the ScbastopOl mutineers, has
| been hanged
| The announcement from St, Petersburg
| that the identity OF the assassin OF Cen
! eral Sakharoff has been established
would seem 10 dispose of the reports that
| the murderer was a man disguised as a
! uDU1au