The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-02-11
|LONG STEP TOWARD REFORM
INCREASED POWER FOR RUSSIAN
SENATE RECOMMENDED.
The Gear Receives a Deputation OF
Workmen, Hears Grievances
and Promises Aid.

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London, Feb. ga dispatch to news
agency from st. Petersburg says the re-
port of the committee of ministers APP
pointed to devise the best means OF
giving effect to the emperor's reform
ukase OF December rs makes many i'm
portant recommendations, especially In
regard to increasing the powers of the
senate over the ministers and safeguard
ing Its independence, urges that the
right already belonging to the senate OF
legislative initiative should be enlarged,
and favors the establishment OF lower
administrative tribunals connected with
the senate.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 2.-Personal as
surances OF his intention to ameliorate
insofar as they are economic which led
to the recent strike, were delivered by
Emperor Nicholas Wednesday to work.
ingmen representing all the leading
factories of st. Petersburg, who, at his
invitation, journeyed to Tsarskoe Selo
and were received in audience in the hall
of the Alexander palace, where he has
his winter residence. Emperor Nicholas
adopted the traditional fatherly tone in
his talk with the workmen. He chided
them for allowing themselves to be mis-
led into engaging in movement i'm
periling the internal order of Russia
and aiding the foreign foe and for at
tempting to demand by force what he
otherwise would be willing to do volun-
tarily. The workmen received the roy
al assurances of reform with cheers and
after lunch at the imperial table re-
turned to st. Petersburg in the best Of
humor to report to their fellows, as en-
Joined, the words of his majesty. No at
tempt was made by them to present
their desires, which already are suffl-
GENTLY evident
Grand Duke Vladimir, in the course OF
an interview, intimated that the people
of Russia would soon be given meas
ure of representative government, al
though he declared that anything like
general suffrage was not to be consid-
cred. The committee of ministers dis
cussing the proposed reforms has pub
lished a report with the purpose of
showing the people that the plans out
lined in the imperial decree of December
20 are being carefully considered
st. Petersburg, Feb 6.-The workmen
to the number of 1000 in the car shops
here have drawn up manifesto dis
claiming the delegates who were put
forward as representing them in the
deputation which visited Emperor Mich
olas at Tsarskoe Selo on Wednesday,
February 1. They assert that these men
were selected by the employers and
were not representatives of the work.
men. The employees of one or two other
factories may follow suit, but the work
men in general are inclined to stand by
the deputation.
Emperor Nicholas on Friday received
at Tsarskoe Selo deputation of five
workmen from the Star printing works.
He questioned each man closely regard
Ing the character of the work and hours
of employment, expressed satisfaction
with those who had conscientiously per-
formed their duty, and said he hoped to
visit the establishment in person. In
dismissing the delegation, he asked them
to convey thanks in his name to their
comrades, who had done good work in
the service of the state. He expressed
satisfaction with the hearing of the dele
gates.
Maxim Gorgy will be put on trial on
political charges, but whether before a
civil or military court has not been de-
termined. The assembly of the nobility
of the province of Moscow has voted to
memorabilia the throne for an elective
legislative body Gov. Gen. Trepoff re-
CARDS the situation in st. Petersburg as
very satisfactory.
London, Feb. 6.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Chronicle wires
that he is informed on good authority
that 5000 Russian reserves stationed at
Peterhoff have mutinied; that for the
last fortnight they have shown symp-
toms of sisaffection, which eliminated
in open insuborcc..nnation, and that the
men are all under arrest ind held as
prisoners in the barracks.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 6.-The strike
movement in POLAND mas spread to the
governments OF Warsaw, Petrikau, Kali
isz, Radon, Lublin and Suvalki. Mar
tial law has been declared in Kalisz,
Radon and Siedlec. Poland continues
to be the storm center of the disturb
ances. Though the strike has ceased in
some establishments, 1t has assumed a
more important phase by its extension
to the great coal mines and sugar fac
tories. Police and Cossacks have had
to break up number Of demonstra-
tons and Quell disorders. but as yet
there has been no repetition Of rioting
on the scale of the first collisions.
Strikes in Tiflis and other parts of the
Caucasus are frequent, and the pres
ent one does not attract much attention,
except as bearing on the general situa-