The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-30

taol them intdt custody. Upon urgent representat;ors General Trepoff an hour later raleased them.
 The naonIa are extremely nervous and borderinp3 sn panic. and are easy victims of every sensational rumOr Among coUTstless baseleSs reports which recsiye2 credence to-day were that tbe emnerAr embarked on a ves- sel and fled in i)enmark, that General Trepoff had been killed by bomb. and that Vice Admifal Birileff had been assassinated by mRtlneers m the Black sea.
 I With a strike inA the government postOffice tonight, communication with the interior. praolcally ceased. Government troops were placed in the telegraph office, but only, a few lines are working. Many lines, including the land lines to the continent and to Libau, where they connect with the ca ble, have been cut. At 10 o'clock, how ever, the cable by way of Nystad and Sweden was still open. This is now the only thread connecting Russia with the outer world. Admiral DurnOVO, superintendent of posts and te.egraphs, told the representatives of European power this afternoon that he could not tell how long cable communication with the continent would last. The foreign embassies have discussed the situation, but have as yet taken no steps regarding the safety of foreign residents. As a DrecautiOn the state department at Washington has been requested to confer authority for the charter of vessel and to hoist on it the American flag as q refuge iof Americans.
 The negotiations for LeW loan will be formally aIj1urned 't~-morrOW, as neither the government nfr the bank CTS are prepared to close the nesotia- tions while the present situation con- tinues.
 J, Pierpont. Morgan, jr., and George w. Perkins are negotiating with the Hamburg American Steamship com pany for the dispatch of a vessel to take them eff in case of necessity.
 The Russian capital is like city in the possession of foreign army. To- might again the soldiers are biyouack- ing in the darkened and otherwise de- serted streets. The Nevsky, Prospect Ialone is flooded by the glare of the great searchlight fixed on the spire of the admiralty building. The curious lare drawn there like moths 10 candle land the sidewalks are thronged, while the government clerks scuTry along the roadway, treading their way through the infantry and cavalry patrols. Even ] mot of the shops are boarded up. Although electric light has been restored in some sections, the streets are dark, t0rbld- ding and deserted by all save the pa Etrols. Occasional fires are kindied by Ijanitcrs in the middle cf the streets (which glenn red and smoky in the deep October darkness,
 A train arrived to-niEht firm Ger many in charge of railroad battalion having been four days covering the dis tance from the frontier.
 Many meetings were held tonight in various quarters of the city. at which the wnrlzmen, encouraged by the suc- cess of the movement, were in jubi- lant and confident spirit. The better classes, as rule, are keeping closely to their houses.
 The government and the liberals are at loss to G,new whose is the cnntriv- ing brain beoHna the great strike. Tho directing hand is invisible. though it's workings are plainly evident. It is thought the strike may have been di- rerted from Switzerland or Germany and executed here th ugh the social democratic organization in which rep resentatives of the workmen and the students are equally active. The or ganization is able to sway the great student body through its student mem bers. and everywhere to-day the stu Idents were seen mingling with the wcrkmen and taking an active part in their movement.