Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-03
Inoendisry COnfagratiOn Raging in Old
Capital Of Russia,
NEWS FROM ST. PETERSBURG STOPS
No Word from Metropolis Of Cars Domain
Since Saturday Morning.
MOSCOW BULLETIN VIA WARSAW
London Officials Una BILE to Explain Cause
Of Suspension.
ONE LINE TO hlLtf is WORKING
Berlin Telegraph omcisl Announces
This Is the Only Point In
MOSCOW BULLETIN VIA WARSAW
)NE LINE TO hlttf is WORKING
Berlin Telegraph OmciaI Announces
This Is the Only Point In
Russia that Can BE Reached
from Germany.


WARSAW. Nov. 2.--11:59 p. m.--The rail-
road telegraph operator at Moscow says
that great incendiary contiagration is
raging there.
The striking telegraphcrs threaten in
case reprisals are made against them, to
destroy the government lines. Owing to
the abolishment of martial law many po-
litical offenders have been released.
The emperors ukase repeating mar
tial Law in Russian Poland was
gazetted here today. The infantry
and cavalry patrols have disappeared from
the streets, but some Of the soldiery are
still concealed in court yards and police
stations. Military disturbances arc oc-
curing in the government OF LomZha. At
Zambroff the army reserve men have mu-
tinted. demanding to be returned home.
The others club was attacked and the
windows We're broken. Troops were sent
from Lonzha to quell the riot, but they
declare they will not shoot their COM
rades if ordered TO do so.
Serious disturbances have taken place
among the troops garrisoning the fortress
of Ossowiec.
st. Petersburg Is Isolated.
LONDON. Dec. 2.-Up to midnight Lon
don, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris and Stock
holm were completely shut off from tele-
graphic communication with ST. Petersburg.
Early this afternoon the Great Northern
( Telegraph company, which has two routes
to st. Petersburg, one by way of Copen-
hagen and Libau and the other by way
Of Finland, announced that communication
was completely severed, Copenhagen and
/ Nystad, the last named on the western
Finnish coast. being the most easterly
D ,iVnf= fvnVy 9.l
accept message. The Great Northern COM
pany further stated that the quickest
means of reaching the east Finnish coast
was via Nystad. and thence by letter to
Helsingfors and other points. The Asso-
! ciated Press is endeavoring to get into
communication with the capital from Hell
singfors, the nearest point to St Peters
burg, but finds that route impossible by
wire, and there is some doubt whether the
water is sufficiently free from ice to permit
Of kQats crossing 20 Helstngfors frana Rus
| sian ports.
The Associated Press and the Reuter-
Telegraph company as well as the English
newspapers, have sent urgent dispatches TO
their correspondents all over Russia, and
especially at frontier points to secure news
from st. Petersburg and the interior but
none of the cable companies in London
has received a word up to midnight Fur
thermore, the companies are unable to say
what prospects are for renewal Of com
munica tion.
Warsaw is the only point from which
any Russian news has been received since
early this morning; and this, with the OK
ception Of a private message over the rail-
road line briefly speaking of a cnnfagration
at Moscow, was principally confined to
events at Warsaw and Lodz.
BERLIN, Dec. 2-7:25 p. m.-The I'M
perial Telegraph department announces
that the only Russian point still accessible
by wire Is Kieff
Communication with st. Petersburg via
Copenhagen has been interrupted since this
morning. Messages via Eydtkuhlen con.
tinue to be forwarded from there by
mail.
Conditions at NIadivostok.
VLADIVOSTOK, via Che Foo, Dec l CDe.
layed in Transmission. )-Quiet was restored
two days following the initiation Of dis.
turbances. Representative business ner
- agree with officials that there Is no danger
of a reoccurrence. The damage is esti,
mated at 100000 roubles, mostly in build.
ings destroyed by fire. A small percentagc
of this sum represents the destruction ot
merchandise, of which immense quantities
were there. Thrty-ive steamers were
awaiting the discharge OF their cargoes a.
the time of the riots.
Undoubtedly. the riots were precipitateC
by the excited conditions OF the troops
and sailors. consequent upon the mas
. | meetings held by citizens 10 celebrate thu
emperor's liberty proclamation, the en-
/ thusiasm at mass meetings being accentu
! ated and taken advantage Of by the revo
lutionary elements TO incite the militar!
to acts of hoodlumism. resulting in riots
There is an unusual influx of representa-
tives OF American commercial interests Il
Vladivostok.
News at washington.
, WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The State de
partment advices from ST. Petersburg
. dated yesterday. are TO this effect:
The strikers and employers have effecte
a compromise with regard to wages an
promises have been made that new elec
, I tion law will be ordered tomorrow (SatuT
day) This law will probably provide 10
almost universal suffrage and it is CN
, pected that electors chosen directly by IN
people will in turn elect deputies to tn
next Parliament. AS a result OF thes
promises the situation has been yer
! much improved and II is believed tina
the danger OF another disastrous genera
! strike has been averted.
TOIstOi is Hopeful.
, BERLIN, Dec. 2-The Russian CORE
spondent Of the Tageblatt has interviewe
Z Count Tolstoi at the latter's home whenc
!, the correspondent telegraphed:
Count Tolstoi shows surprising optimisr
o I regarding the present condition of Russia
I He considers that II is not dangerous an
v thinks the industrial laborers in the fe'
large cities play no role as against III
d peasants, who constitute the majority &
n the Russian people.
7 The peasants care nothing about revolt
tion and Tolstoi regards the newspaper r.
. ports about peasant uprisings as exaggel
{ ated. He says II Is only small party {
l. revolutionary agitators who want TO r,
: verse the present order OF things. How
" ever, Tolstoi declines 70 make prediction
e saying II is impossible 70 know what wi
v happen. II is necessary In any case
i get rid Of the existing government, whC
- hitherto las rested upon force. and SUI
e plant Il with a government supported D
love, good will and Christian acts.
a Palace Stans Prepare 10 strike.
n PARIS Dec. S.-The Journal this mornir
n publishes a ST. Petersburg dispatch whlC
IS was carried to Eydtkuhuen. East Prussl
d by courier, which repeats the recent r