Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-12-09
ST. Petersburg
IS ISOLATED
TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION Is
CUT FROM OUTSIDE WORLD.
Rambling Volcano of Revolution May
Erupt Any Hour and OverWhelm
Nation-Batc a Danger Spot
Troops at Revel and Neighborhood
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 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:
J "The emperor's palace guard has
mutinied."
l According to reliable information
! the only foundation for these stories
Y is the arrest of the soldiers of the
g guard at Tsarskoe Selo Thursday.
e Nevertheless, in their excited state
:, the people gave ready credence to all
rumors, and this adds to the general
e alarm.
" The air is also filled with stories OF
Il the alleged revolution at the palace
IS Friday, in which Grand Duke Boris is
ID said to have attempted the life OF
is the emperor These stories, likewise
e. are untrue, but they prove that revo
p luton in the palace is considered pos
s. sible at any time.
as This situation has greatly increased
the dangers of a financial crash. Tit
TT people, even the commercial interests
at are withdrawing their money from thu
at banks, converting it into gold, hoard
er ing it or demanding foreign exchange
which the state bank is issuing upol
vn the foreign balances of the govern
nd ment. Exchange on London yesterda
ed rose to $50, over rouble above tn
normal.
of The American Press has jus
Ter learned from high authority that tn
Ct situation in the Baltic region ha
ed grown exceedingly grave, and tn
of troops at Reval and neighborhood al
for in open mutiny. This was the rel
gh cause of the extraordinary cabin'
ed meeting which was held at Tsarskc
Selo last night.
the All attempts to secure details of II
mt uprising have thus far failed. Accor
ne, ing to reports the attitude of Il
lay troops in the Baltic provinces is T
garded as the most dangerous fact
that has thus far developed.
A strike of the policemen and Il
nth house porters of st. Petersburg
ess scheduled for tomorrow Sunday.
So Count White continues to refuse
deal with the telegraphers, declari
err that for the government to yield wou
is be equivalent to it's abdication at the
has order. Nevertheless the surrender
late the government to their demand !
the dismissal of M. Durnovo, acti
was minister of the interior, is regarded
Ma inevitable.
of Instructions to the governors
der the local authorities are being Sc
his with great difficulty over the railrc
YER telegraph lines.