Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-30
Real National Assembly
Provided for in
Manifesto
TO BE ISSUED TONIGHT
Veil of Censorship Drawn Upon
Horrors Enacted in
the Empire.

London, Oct. 3o.-An evening dis
patch to Reuters Telegram company
from st. Petersburg says an imperial
manifesto nominating Count Witte as
president of the ministry will be pub
lished this evening, with mandate to
form a cabinet. The manifesto, it is
added, will also grant civic liberty and
legislative authority to the national as
sembly and extension Of the electoral
rights.
AUTOCRACY GOES.
ST. Petersburg. Oct. 3o.-Tonight the
autocraey Of the Romanoffs and the
old order of things cease to exist in
Russia. Emperor Nicholas has surren-
dered and Count Witte comes into
power as minister-president with al
imperial mandate which will enable
him to convert the farcicaI national as
sembIy into a real legislative body
elected by greatly extended suffrage
and to confer upon the people funda-
mental civil liberties, including free
speech.
NEWS At CAPITAL.
These welcome tidinss reached ST.
Petersburg shortly before this even
ing. Witte had spent the day with the
emperor at Peterhof, going over the
final draft of the manifesto, to which he
insisted that certain minor modifica-
tions be made. and before taking train
for ST. Petersburg he teIephoned to a
friend that the emperor had affixed
his signature and that the imperial
mandate comprising conditions upon
which he had agreed to accept the Of
flee, was in his pocket.
PRESS UNHAMPERED.
These include freedom Of press,
right CT assembly and immunity of
person, including the right Of hsbeas
corpus.
Witte insisted on a cabinet on the
British model, with a selected premier
responsible to the imperial douma, or
parliament. while the emperor ciung to
the appointment of members of the
cabinet on the American plan by the
emperor as chief of staff.
OutwnrdIy Calm.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 30.-12:55 p.
m)-The city continues outwardly
calm, but there is most intense excite
ment beneath the surface. Strike com.
mittees continue TO restrain the people
from violence. Only Cossacks are alb
sOlutely faithful 10 the existing govern
ment.
Firing at school.
During the night firing occurred al
the polytechnic school where a num-
Der of students are held as prisoners
The result is not known. policeman
in the Vasili Ostrov district this morn.
ing was murdered on his beat. Many
police. afraid of losing their lives, re-
fuse To do patrol duty. News from the
provinces indicates the authorities are
getting control in some sections but
generally the condition is growing
worse.
Fight Roughs.
In many places students and strik-
ers are fighting the BLACK Hundred" :"
as bands of roughs are termed. De
mands of the people are increasing pro-
portionately with the success of the
demonstrations. The cry for a constit-
uent assembly is now almost univer-
sal
Excitement Not Abated.
Warsaw. Oct. 3O.-CNoon) Excite
ment in the streets shows no signs of
abaring but no serious conflicts have
occurred
Murdered Admiralsf
Odessa. Oct 3O.-5 p. m.-There are
persistent rumors in circulation here
today that crews OF the vessels com
posing the Black Sea fleet mutinied on