Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-27
ALL RUSSIANS TO VOTE.
Gar Has Granted Universal Suf-
irage, Says Report.
PLAGUE THREATENING.
Strike Is Not Successful Everywhere
but Movement Covers the
Whole Empire.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 22.-(4 p.
m.)-The final decision in regard to the
electoral law is expected to be taken at
Tsarskoe-Seio today. The minority in
the cabinet is understood to favor univer-
sal suffrage, but Premier White will pre-
sent both the majority and minority re-
ports to the Emperor.
LONDON, Dec. D., g p. MA dis
patch to news agency from ST. Peters
burg says it has been finally decided to
grant the Russian people universal suf-
frage.
PARIS, Dec. 22.-4 p. m.)-Russian
is concerned. In st. Petersburg itself
the days developments show that the
strike is not fulfilling the expectations
Of the labor leaders. Russian Poland is
under martial law.
Plague Epidemic Feared.
Slowly the danger of a plague epidemic
is advancing on Russia. A territory 100
by 300 miles has already been infected.
A dispatch to The Temps says the strike
area now covers all Of Russia. 1t is ex-
pected that the ministry will soon be
helpless. From Libau, however, it is re-
ported that order has been restored
among mutinous army reserves.
A dispatch to The Evening Standard
from Constantinople says that the Turk
ish consul at Batoum reports that the
ArmenianS are massacreing Tartars at
the rate of 500 daily.
Martial Law in Poland
WARSAW. Russian Poland, Dec. %.
Y Of tho
ernor general was gazetted here today
establishing martial law in all of the ten
governments of Russian Poland and APP
pointing ten temporary military govern
ors general.
Officials, owners Of estates, priests,
doctors and other of the better class are
arriving at Rigo under the escort of the
garrisons of their respective localities,
leaving all the government and private
properties in the hands of the reyolu.
tioniSts.
A committee Of Goldingen people has
compelled the district governor, Baron
Ropp. to send the troops away from
here. The town is now under the con-
troll Of the revolutiOnists.
Thorns for Strike Leaders.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dee. 22-3:40
a. m.-The failure of many of the rail-
road men Of st. Petersburg to obey the
strike order and the ability of M. Meme
chaieff, minister of communications, to
move trains on all roads except the Bal
tic roads are thorns in the sides of the
strike leaders.
The fat went forth at last nights
meeting of the workmen's council that
traffic must be interrupted at ali costs,
though this admittedly will be difficult
on the Nicholas road to Moscow. Trains
are running with their ordinary crews on
their line, but all the trains are heavily
guarded.
To Try Moral Suasion.
The delegates will try moral suasion
with the faithful employees, but it is
feared they will also resort to destroying
the bridges along the roads.
The government has succeeded in ar
resting practically all the members of the
strike and railroad committees.
Outside Of the industrial regions there
is little evidence of a strike. The city
pharmacies generally remain open. The
drug clerks who have just emerged from
protracted struggle disregarded the
summons Of their union to strike. The
mentos Of the revolutionists is a mystic
rious hand bill with which Tsarskoe-
Selo was flooded today. Processing to
allude to terrorist plot against the EN-
peror the handful says:
There will be a little puff Of smoke.
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the best thing possible for every body"
The police have been baffled in their
efforts to find the printers and dissem-
inators Of these bills.
Some of Lights Turned On.
During the night the authorities sue
ceeded in getting a sufficient number of
sailors from CrOnstadt to enable the
operation of all except one Of the electric
lighting plants which was also CALLING
to the strikers as the darkening of the
city and the stopping of the railroads
were the most effective means of making
the strike generally felt.
The workmen of two Of the three cleo
trio light plants struck yesterday even
ing and consequently the streets in the
major portion of the city were in dark
ness throughout the night, the inhabi-
tants being compelled to fall back on
candles and kerosene.
Searchlight Recalls October.
The searchlight mounted on the spire
Of the admiralty building again wildly
Illuminated the Nevsky prospect as it
did during the October strike; cavalry
and infantry patrols guarded every
block, and machine guns were stationed
at several points.
During a four of the city correspond
ent saw dozens of workmen between
marched off to prison.
A cache of arms and hand bombs was
seized on the Schlusselburg avenue yes
terday and a crowd of 1000 strikers of
the Nevsky works was charged and dis
persed by Cossacks, who used the fats
Of their swords and whips, but no one
was seriously injured.
News from the Interior,
Bulletins from the interior follow:
MINSK-The general strike has COM
menced here. All the stores are closed.
WARSAW-The failure Of the important
banking house Of Maurice Nelken was an.
nounced today. The difficulties of the
concern are attributed to the political situa-
ton.
KOSTROMA-The railroad employees here
struck today. All traffic has ceased.
YAROSLAV-Trafic on the railroad here
Is interrupted by the strike.
VORONEZOH-The employees of the
southwestern railway struck at 10 o'clock
this morning. The crews of passenger
trains h0ulpd the trains fO Ior roo touDo no