Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-31
and his Romanor ancestors for 30

and his Romanoff ancestors for 300 years.
 The municipal council of St. Peters burg at its sitting, after reading the imperial manifesto, sent the following message to the emperor:
 ''The council welcomes with delight the long uesired tidings of freedom, firmly relying on bright future for our dear fatherIand. Hurrah for the emperor of a free peopleT
 At Warsaw the streets last night were dark and deserted and patrolled by infantry. Nevertheless, the news that the emperor had signed con- stitution spread like wildfire, created a tremendous sensation and was re. ceived with great joy.
 The manifesto shows how complete Is the emperor's abdication of his auto. cratic power. The very style of the document is clear and direct and de- void of the verbose, vague and bom- bastic phraseology which heretofore has characterized his majesty's mani festoes. It not only betrays real author ship, but shows that the emperor at last has irrevocably bowed to the In. evitable. He does not even conceal the fact that the discontent and agitation of his subjects has driven him to take the step and practically yields every thing civil liberty, the inviolability of person and liberty of conscience, speech and assembly.
 The strike has ended on the Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Moscow and Kazan and the Moscow and Archangel railroads.
 J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., and George W. Perkins were with Finance Minis ter Kokovsoff when the latter received the news from M. Witte. It was dra- matic moment. The minister was called to the telephone, and when he returned he was greatly agitated and said:~~
 "Gentlemen, the old order of things has changed. Russia has a constitu- tion."
 The news spread like wildfre throughout the city. The revolutionists, and active agitators generally, declar- ed loudly that the governments prom ises would suffice and that the strike must end, but an hour after theS news became known the revolutionists took occasion to throw the first bomb in St. Petersburg used since the strike began. The incident occurred near the Polytechnic school, but there was no 
 The rejoicing populace are parading the streets, singing the national an them or making merry in the cafes.
 All classes, except the radicals and the Socialists, accept the manifesto as the herald of a new era for Russia.
 The Cossack patrS-s were utterly dis comfited and cSnfounded and were wholly at a less to understand the meaning of the demonstration or why the crowds were singing ''God Save the Emperor" Russia's magnificent nation al anthem, instead of the "Marsell- laise."
 The people displayed the utmost good humor toward the Cossacks. They sdr- rounded their horses and patted their riders on the boots, shouting: You can go home now. We no longer need you We have liberty"
 The foreign embassies were notifeds and official notifications will also be sent to the Russian ambassadors abroad.
 The effect throughout Russia Is ex- pected to be instantaneous.
 Count Witte insisted on cabinet on the British model with a selected pre- mier responsible to the imperial douma or parliament The emperor clung to of members of the cabinet on the American plan by the emperor as chief of state.
 Foreign Minister Lamsdorff has re- assured the ambassadors by formally the safety of foreign res idents. He announces that the govern ment is prepared to give them military protection in St. Petersburg and else where in the event of disorders.