Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-04
IS CENSORSHIP is ABOLISHED
yFUL CONDITIONS IN INTERIOR CITIES
QUIET PREVAILS At ST, PETERSBURG

CossacIS Patrols Are Everywhere and
Many Houses Are Barricaded-
Newspapers VIII Appear
To-day.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 3.-Tho amnesty
manifesto was signed this afternoon. The
censorship throughout Russia was abol-
ished, not only the newspapers, but also
In the case OF private kilograms. The
minister of the interior has notified the
editors that the regulations for the con
troll Of the press are no longer in force.
Count Witte is having trouble In forming
cabinet on account of the lack Of liberal
support. Senator Koni has refused the
portfolio of justice and Prince Eugene Trou-
betskoy. brother of the late rector Of the
Moscow university. is said to have not
even replied to the tender OF the ministry
of education.
II p. Mall is quiet here. There is no
attempt at holding professions and the
Cossack patrols are everywhere. Shops
have been barricaded and communication
with the frontier has not been restored by
railway. The newspapers will appear to-
morrow and the electric lighting plant here
has been again put in operation.
Today Count Witte and Prince Obolensky
received the leaders of the progressive
constltutionalist party. including prominent
members Of the municipality.
Anti-Jewish disorders are reported from
Theodosia where a number Of Jews and
others were burned to death. In revolu-
tionary outbreak in Kostroma many were
killed and wounded Rioting and anti
Jewish outrages occurred at Saratoff, where
many shops were plundered. bomb was
thrown during the conflicts between rioters
and soldiers and several were killed or
wounded
A dispatch from Bostoff-on-Don gives
the official figures Of Wednesdays rioting
as thirty-four killed and 159 severely in
iured
The decision Of the strikers to call of the
strike at noon was received with Joy by
all classes of the population. as the absence
of newspapers. electric light and other
conveniences of life is severely felt, The
railroad men, however, resolved to continue
the strike, which entails continuance OF
the high prices of provisions
A great demonstration is promised for
Sunday when the bodies of the Victims Of
the conflicts of Tuesday Will be Inferred.
The strike committee sent deputation to
Count Witte today and informed him that
the workmen would preserve order at the
funerals.
Manifesto to People.
All the regulations heretofore issued to
the newspapers by circular for their gov
erance have been Withdrawn and the chief
OF the press administration has been pro-
] hibited from further issuing such regu-
lations. Another appeal to the people I'm
the shape of an official note was published
this morning It says:
After the manifesto OF October 30 had
lald an unShakable foundation for the de-
! velopment Of Russian life on the basis Of
| legality and justice. participation in street
demhonstrIstions lemon ~ a. has Significance alto
! previously. 1t can only encourage disorder
and the presence of pupils Of the middle
and lower educational establishments
among the demonstrants Is muchs to be
/ condemned If only on moral grounds Un.
less the attention of society be now directed
/ 70 this fact the state Is threatened with
/ dangerous increase in the number OF people
whose respect for authority and order Is
/ being radically shaken while thew are still
| in the school room. The government
| therefore calls upon all citizens to exercise
| selt-Sontrol and to devote themselves
| quietly to their avocations.
Anniversary of Emperor's Accession.
The national holiday in celebration OF the
anniversary Of the emperor's accession 10
| the throne was marked by the formal rails
ing Of the general strike In st. Petersburg.
! While the railroad strike has not yet been
declared off many Of the railroad men are
returning to work and trains are being got
ten through. The populace IS calmer.
Deplorable roting in the provinces is still
in progress and especially In the south
! The most horrible stories of massacre and
pillage by mobs and attacks upon Jews
continue to pour in. The news from Odessa
is Ineagre, but enough has been received
to show that the city for a time was prae-
tically in the hands OF a mob. The num-
bers killed or wounded are not definitely
established, but the London report that
5000 were killed or wounded Is undoubtedly
a very great eXaggeration. The situation
at Kieff is also grave.
The spasm Of lawlessness and revolution
AIRY manifestations which everywhere sig
nalized the promulgation of the constitu-
ton played into the hands of Count Witte 4
enemies at court, who. momeptarily over
thrown, are again beginning TO talk of the
| necessity for the sternsr measures of re-
preston TO prevent the whole country from
being drawn into vortex OF a revolution.
Queen n ReactiOnary.
There is no truth in the Tumor circulated
in certain quarters that the empress has
fed abroad. According TO reports the reac-
tionaries have a powerful ally in the en-
press, who desires the autocratic power of
the Romanoffs 10 be handed down unln-
paired 10 her son. The ST. Petersburg mu.
nicipality has sent the following to the
emperor;
The city council greets with delight the
welcome freedom granted to the nation and
firmly believes In a great and bright future
for our beloved country. Long live the en-
peror Of the free Russian nation.
situation Continues serious.
| LONDON, Nov. 4.--All Russian dispatches
stu are suffering considerable telegraph
delay. Still the ukase has not been gen
orally published. II viii probably be pub
lished today or Sunday. Many correspond
ents In Odessa and elsewhere report danger
and difficulty attending the dispatch OF
their reports and they are obliged 10 seek
the aid and protection Of the military Al
the dispatches received here go 10 confirm
the continued seriousness Of tho situation
throughout Russia, especially the anti
I Jewish cXcessss.
The Daily Mails Odessa correspondent
gives an unconhrmed report that Kischinef
has been absolutely destroyed by fre II,
saws that the three suburbs Of Odessa
i Persessyp. Zastava and Maldavanka~-hav,
been completely devastated.
The Kien correspondent Of the same
paper says that the British consulate hai