Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-12-08
ST. Petersburg
IS ISOLATED
TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION Is
CUT FROM OUTSIDE WORLD.
Rambling Volcano of Revolution May
Erupt Any Hour and overwhelm
Nation-Baltic a Danger Spot
Troops at Revel and Nelshborhood
in Open Mutiny.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 4.-Intense
alarm prevails here. Communication
with the outside world by telegraph
ceased this morning, when the Fin
nish operators joined their Russian
comrades.
The embassies, legations and banks
are hastily organizing courier services
to both the Finnish and German from
tiers.
The population is almost in a state
of panic, fearing that the railroads
will stop running and that the In
| habitants will have no mode Of flight
in the event OF the cataclysm, which
they seem to fear is imminent. Stories
of the spread of the disaffection in the
guards regiments are in everybody's
mouth, and the revolutionaries con-
tinue to boast that the troops will no
[ longer fire on the people.
This morning newsboys were openly
hawking fysheets in the streets con-
tanning an account of an alleged re-
{ volt at Tsarskoe Selo, and crying out:
r 1.-THE emperors palace guard has
4 mutinied."
4 According to reliable information
the only foundation for these stories
q is the arrest of the soldiers OF the
I. guard at Tsarskoe Selo Thursday.
, Nevertheless, in their excited state
v the people gave ready credence to all
rumors, and this adds to the general
alarm.
:. The air is also filled with stories OF
the alleged revolution at the palace
E. Friday. in which Grand Duke Boris is
said to have attempted the life OF
the emperor. These stories, likewise,
are untrue, but they prove that revo-
luton in the palace is considered pos
sible at any time.
This situation has greatly increased
e. the dangers of a financial crash. The
Ia people, even the commercial interests
err are withdrawing their money from the
banks. converting it into gold, hoard
ing it or demanding foreign exchange
which the state bank is issuing upor
- the foreign balances of the govern
10 ment. Exchange on London yesterday
90 rose to $50, over a rouble above tn'
al normal.
Co The American Press has jus
90 learned from high authority that TIT
he situation in the Baltic region ha
ce grown exceedingly grave, and tn
90 troops at Reval and neighborhood ar
~. in open mutiny. This was the rea
10 cause of the extraordinary cabine
~ meeting which was held at Tsarsko
he Selo last night.
oo All attempts to secure details of tn
e. uprising have thus far failed. ACCORD
mt ing to reports the attitude OF tn
49, troops in the Baltic provinces Is r.
% garded as the most dangerous factc
that has thus far developed.
A strike of the policemen and II
house porters of st. Petersburg
ua scheduled for tomorrow Sunday.
zoo Count Witte continues to refuse
10 deal with the telegraphers, declarir
that for the government to yield wou
be equivalent to its abdication at the
order. Nevertheless the surrender
rst the government to their demand Il
NO. the dismissal Of M. Durnovo, actii
minister of the interior, is regarded
Who inevitable.
ion instructions to the governors al
Al. the local authorities are being Sc
low with great difficulty over the railro
yn A." telegraph lines.