The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04
CARS CAPITAL
STILL CUT OFF
No Tidings from st. Petersburg
Since Saturday Dispatches
by Courier.
TELEGRAPHERs HOLD
CURTAIN ON RUSSIA
Demand from League of Leagues
Probably Delivered to Pre-
mier White.

AA@ASA " AtSSs :
London, Dec. $3.50 p.m-No dis
patches from St. Petersburg or else!
where in Russia, with the exception Oh
a brief message from Warsaw, have al.
rived in Lordon, since those dated Sat,
urday, which came in via Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia. during the night. Thu
latest messages received by the Russiar
embassy, also dated Saturday, came by
the same route. They contained nc
in regard TO the situation
The foreign office has heard nothing
burg, since communications were sew
cred. &. s... So.
A dispatch from Haparanda, Swe.
den, via Stockholm, says there are no
indications of the probable duration OF
the telegraphers' strike. No disturb
ances have occurred in Finland.
A news agency telegram from Liver
ceived there from Odessa, stating that
all was quiet and hoping that the teleg.
raphers' strike will end Dec. 4. The
date the dispatch was sent from Odes-
sa is not given.
The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
the Times in a dispatch dated Dec. 2,
says that reaction is rapidly gaining
the upper hand at Tsarskoe-Selo.
Troops are being drafted to st,
imminent, with Count Witte powerlesa
to stem the tide. The people are
hoping for miracle to avert the
cataclysm.
Plans for New Demands.
Warsaw, Dec. "A decisive meeting
of the League Of Leagues is expected
to be held today in ST. Petersburg.
where project for a constituent as.
sen se M be adPsd and nrssed dsa1o
Premier White. The league will wait
for an answer until Wednesday, and
in case the government refuses to grant
the demand the League Of Leagues is
resolved, it is understood, to act indie,
pendently in accordance with what it
declares to be the wishes of the pee-
Russ Stocks. Thrown over.
Berlin, Dec. 4.Prices on the bourse
today were very weak. Russians fell
sharply, but partly recovered. Anleri
cans were steady. Russian bonds had
Berlin bourse. Enormous quantities Of
government and railway securities were
thrown upon the market apparently at
whatever they would bring. A slight
improvement in the middle of the SEES
sion proved but temporary, and the
downward course was soon resumed with
greater intensity than ever.
The heaviest fall was state rentes Of
H184, which lost 5 per cent. The Rus
many fell; points. The drops in rail-
way securities were somewhat less
than in the case of government securi-
ties. Speculative selling of st. Peters
burg exchange assumed new dimen-
sions. December bills sold down to
213.25 and January down to 2101a.
Paris 216. Fear is expressed least the
sary to avail itself Of the reserves of
the Imperiau bank to such an extent as
to impair the gold standard.
Various rumOrs were circulated on
the bourse in regard to ostensible nego-
tiations Of the Mendelssohn bank with
German and other fnanciers to raise
money to meet Russia's interest pay
ments on her foreign debts, all Of which
are most probably false.
The Berlin market has grown exceed
ingly nervous about the Russian situa-
ton and holders of Russian bonds are
deeply concerned about the future de-
velopments. The Russian section Of the
ton today. Transactions in Russians
were effected with the wild roar Gus
tomary in Wall street on exciting days.
Outbreak Of Troops Feared.
st. PetDsr sa Pee MOST via Iydt
precautions have been taken against
a feared outbreak by the troops as q
result of the Sevastopol mutiny.
The naval battalions have been COM
pletely won over by the revolutionaTies
and are almost beyond control. They
have been deprived of their arms.
The striking telegraphists declare
they have ample funds and that they
| will not yield, even at the risk Of dis
missal.
Telegraph officials on the railroads
! refuse to forward government or pri-
vate dispatches, but are willing for
| the present to send and receive tele-
grams relating to the railroad service.
The banks here are having all ordi-
nary letters addressed to them for
warded from the postoffice at Edyt-
| ing the interruption Of communities
| tions.
| Military Outbreaks.
Reports have reached several Of the
embassies Of military outbreaks in the
Baltic provinces, particularly at Reval,
where the reservists are said to be in
open mutiny. Confirmation of these re-
ports cannot be obtained.
Citizens from Nikolaief, Ekaterinos-
Law and Odessa arrived today bringing
/ overwhelming evidence Of the con-
nivance and even the participation Of
the military and the police in anti
Jewish excuses. The members Of the
unions are greatly incensed at this and
speeches have been made at their meet
1 ings calling on the proletariat to erect
barricades.
/ It is expected that railway strike
4 will be declared either tomorrow or
Monday. Monday is a holiday, which
fact will enable the workmen to meet
and decide on a common plan Of action.
More Hopeful View.
st. Petersburg, Saturday Evening,
Dec. BY courier ito Edytkuhnen.
East Prussia, Dec. 3.-There is per-
4 ceptible a more confident feeling in
government circles tonight. It is be-
i Eeved that the danger of an immediate
general political strike and railroad
1 tieup is past and that the workmen 8
council will stand by compromise un-
der which governmental and private