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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
BY Harry 6. Farmer.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 23. -
Russia, severed from her bureau
cracy, is suffering from lack of
leadership. There are none that
can be counted on to guide her
forward on a straight course to the
field of freedom. In the marvellous
revolutionary stage through which
the country is passing, and will
continue to pass for months 20
come, nothing stands out more pre-
eminently in the list of unprece-
denied insurectionist forces than
the absence of leadership.
No one man or company of men
was responsible for the universal
strike that has stealthily under
mined bureaucracy by abstention.
Had there been any formal organ
ization and direction of that vast
movement, the man responsible
for it would now be at the head of
the Russian nation, Washington
and Napoleon in one, replacing the
car as the leader of the Slav en-
pire. But there was no leader of
the strike. The strike spread as a
prairie fire spreads, because of a
dropped match and parched field.
In st. Petersburg there is an or
ganization called The Union of
Unions" similar TO the American
Federation Of Labor, but the strike
had begun and spread from Fin
iand to the Caucasus almost before
the directors of "The Union of
Unions" knew il was upon them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

Litegi. The rubber received from
her village was one basket short
of So The sentry told his follow
ers they must shoot somebody.
They saw this poor woman catch
ing fish in a stream, seized her,
tied her to a tree and shot her.
Horrors of the kongo.
Another case was that of Eali, a
native villager. A sentry thought
he would like to take Eali's wife to
his own tent, so sent to him a boy
with a cartridge and the message,
"Your wife is mine at once, or this
cartridge is yours tomorrow" The
villager was not even short in rub
Der.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

The bureaucracy, too, has been
as lacking in leadership as the
strikers. Had the car been able
to summon to his help anyone OF
great executive force, the strike
would have died out with the grant
ing of few reforms. But there
was no one among the bureaucracy
to whom the car could turn.
AS the reactionaries beseeched
the czar not to give way, Nicholas
turned to them one after another,
saying, will you undertake to re-
store peace if l give you free
hand?" All without exception made
some excuse and backed out.
Vladimir could give advice as to
the diamond settings most Likely
to please a chorus girl, but he had
no policy for stopping the cries OF
the people; Pobiedonotsetts could
excommunicate whole nation If
necessary, but If the nation laugh
ed at communication, he was at
the end of his resources; Trepoh
could order his soldiers to fire, but
reconstruction, not destruction, was
necessary.
So beth sides being without lead
ers. it became a question of which
had the greater aggregate of moral
courage, and the immoral bureau
cracy collapsed before the moral
force of the Russian nation.
Now affairs are In the hands OF
Count Witte, who is disliked by the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
CUBAN RECORDS
ARE DISPOSED OF
(Scripps News Association. }


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. g.
After having carefully stored for
years the official records of the oc.
cupation of Cuba, and having paid
$500 year for such storage, the
government today turned over TIE
entire mass of documents to The
waste paper man. From these rec
ords many costly, If not valuable.
volumes have been compiled ana
printed at public expense. and the
general opinion was that the orig
inal records were worthy of pre-.
servation. If for nothing more.
they would be valuable in that they
present the exact facts regarding
Gen. Leonard Woods expensive
regime in that island. According
to the results OF the congressional
investigation, that regime was also
worth all 1t cost.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

Another sentry named llangala,
of Bolima, wanted more antelope
meat than he received from a Ger.
tain village, so he tied the chief to
tree and got someone else to
shoot him. llangala the while sit
ting In deck chair and coolly look
ing on.
Murder and Plumber.
Another chief, fearing he would
die If his rubber supply was not
complete at a certain time, tried to
escape. His name was lsekalombo,
Sentries tracked him into the for.
est and murdered him under in
structions,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
BY Mrs. John n. Harris.

Persons unfamiliar with the Kon-
go district have asked how it is all
in dispute, hwether mutilations OF
natives are part of the atrocities
committed in the administration Of
the rubber industry. Well, in the
| first place, as to actual mutila tons,
| you must remember that hundreds
die from thier injuries. Cutting off
persons arm, or leg, foot or hand,
or rather hacking it off, without
the least attempt to save the life
afterwards, cannot but result fatal
ly in most instances.
have seen footless, handess
and sightIess natives; natives with
broken limbs; women and children
who have been subjected to the
most horrible and unspeakable afro.
cities simply because they, or their
relatives, failed to bring in, at a
stated period, certain supply of
rubber for the agents of the big
rubber companies.
These agents, as a rule. are ap-
pointed at the headquarters Of the
rubber companies in the various
European capitals. They are usual
ly men of questionable character
disgraced military officers, men
who have undergone terms of i'm.
prisonment. and other desperadoes.
A. former bus driver of Antwerp
was required to administer" a
large tract of rubber country. The
sole instruction issued to these men
Is to get rubber at any price. The
supply is becoming short and con-
sequently they resort to the great
est pressure to extract rubber from
the natives.
The white agents employ black
so-called 'sentries," dhose duty it
is to compel certain native villagers
and chiefs to bring in every two
weeks certain quantities of rubber.
The rubber should be extracted
from the rubber vines ;*but such is
the terror of the natives that they
cut down the vines and thus the
forests are becoming denuded of
rubber and the natives have to go
miles into the country In order to
obtain their supply. If one basket
is short 1t often results in the
death of the one responsible for the
shortage.
The natives, therefore, have a
proverb. "Botofe DO lie iwa," mean
ing RUBBER is DEATH"
These sentries are armed with
modern firearms. and hence they
not only demand rubber, but help
themselves to anything their vi
cious appetites fix upon. THEY
ROB HUSBANDS OF THEIR
WIVES, BRAIN THEIR LITTLE
CHILDREN WITH THE BUTTS
OF THEIR GUNS If WOMEN
HESITATE TO SUBMIT TO
THEM, and extract from the coun,
try anything they wish.
! | remember a woman named
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
Grass Huts Of Colony OF samoans
Are Unique Reminders of
Past Regime.

HONOLULU, Nov. 23-With the
passing of the old Hawaiian life,
the only grass huts remaining in
the entire group, with the excep'
ton Of a few on the island of Ha-
wall 'RSelf, are in the old village
of Lanain5 on Maui. These huts
are a part of the deserted colony
of Samoans, who were brought
there 10 years before to work on
the sugar plantation and were re-
turned last year at the instance of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

court party and distrusted by the
people. But in all Russia he is the
only available leader. He has come
into power because there is abso-
lutely no one else. Both sides re
gard him as a compromise. He is
the Alexander Hamilton of Russia
If with him were a coterie of men
like Jefferson, Madison and John
Adams. to counterbalance his sus-
picion of democracy on the one
hand and his overfondness for OPP
portunism on the other, Russia
would travel more easily along the
way to liberty.
1t will be many months. perhaps
several years, before Russia is sew
cred finally from her bureaucracy.
The task of forming a new nation
as America was formed, is almost
infantile compared with the work
of changing a country for centur-
les run by a bureaucracy, into a
democracy The Russians simply
know in a general way what they
want. They do not know how to
get it, as the American people
knew when they made their consti-
tuition 120 years ago.
Russia must experiment. There
must be a long series of exploring
steps taken in directions entirely
new for the Slavs, and there are
certain to be many initial mistakes
some of them perhaps approach
ing to disasters.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
IF YOU HAVE DYSPEPSIA.
READ THIS,

The old wav of taking pepsin, bis
muth. etc. to cure dyspepsia, is
wrong. The object is to create arti-
fetal digestion. but this does not
cure. Stop taking the pepsin, you
have your dyspepsia back again The
only Common Sense Method is to
drive out of the system the cause of
dyspepsia. by cleansing the stomach
and bowels, at the same time use a
medicine that will act on the liver
DR. Gums Improved Liver Pills cure
by this method and the cure is per-
manent. One pill for dose ESQ
box atd ruggists or by mail. Sam
pies free. Write Dr. Bosanko Co,
Philadelphia, Pa. For sale by all
druggists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
STUMpAGE TIMBER
SALE BEGINS TODAY
(Scripps News Association

DULUTH, Mimi, Nov. %. - The
annual stumpage timber sale Of
this district began here today and
will continue tomorrow. The bulk
of the timber offered is cedar, tam.
arack and spruce. The cedar is
suitable for poles, the tamarack
for railroad ties and the spruce for
pulp wood. There is also some
pine, but not in great lots. In
spite Of the fact that under the new
ruling the purchasers have to pay
the full amount of their purchases
cash down, insteatd of merely %
per cent as in former years, the
number of purchasers is quite large
and the bidding spirited.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

SENTRIES KILLED AND ATE
HIS YEAR OLD CHILD. Anoth-
er young native who was short a
trifle in his rubber was knocked
down by sentries and his hand
cut off in his own home. These
by the black sentries to PROVE
THAT THEY HAVE USED
THEIR CARTRIDGES TO GOOD
PURPOSE.
My husband one day compelled a
white agent TO look at some hands
that had been hacked off by SEN
tries. This Official, instead of re-
GREETING what he saw. flew into a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
NOTICE TO
SUBSCRIBERS

Should your copy OF The Press fail
ming. please do us the favor to call
up our main office (Main 375) be-
tween and Z o'clock. and we win
send you a copy at once. If you
should miss 1t more than once. please
telephone us every time you miss IT,
In this way we can be certain OF
giving our subscribers a perfect serv-
tce--and Il is the only way.
THE SPOKANE PRES6
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
BOXING FOR GEMS

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23.-The
45th boxing tournament under the
auspices of the Athletic club of
Philadelphia will oe held in the
gymnasium of the club house this
evening. The weights will range
from lis pounds 10 las pounds.
The first prize is a diamond ring,
the second a watch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

more disgusting as it aged. 1t
was not christened anything, let
alone Miss Alice Roosevelt And
that is the reason why Miss Alice
cannot be thankful for namesake
among the flowers, for, at least,
another year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

This is Correspondent Farmers
second article from St. Petersburg
on the problems which the Russian
people are confronted with as they
start out on the road to constItu-
tionaI liberty. Mr.. Farmer here
tells of the disheartening lack of
leaders at this critical moment on
the side of either democracy or the
aristocracy.-Editor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
BAR FIXTURES AND SUPPLIES

FOR SALE-New and secono
hand billiard and pool tables and
bowling alleys. We lead the world
in cheap bar fixtures. Easy pay
ments. Send for catalogue. The
Bruins wick- Balke-Collender Co., 6O4
Front avenue, Spokane, Wash. If.
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EDUCATIoNAL.

Learn teleghaphy and railroad ac-
counting: $50 to $100 a month salary
assured our graduates under bond.
Our six schools the largest in Ameri-
ca and endorsed by all railroads.
Write for catalogue. Morse School
of Telegraphy. Cincinnati. O., Buff
falo, N. Y, Atlanta, Ga, Lacrosse.
Wis. Texarkana, Tex. San Francisco
Cal
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
RELIEF fund
Is GROWING

The relief fund for the aid of the
suffering and outraged Russian
Jews continues to grow and up to
the present time $500 has been
raised locally. The Jews of the
city are trying to increas the
amount to $500.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
BREVlTlIS

Ladies play billiards and pool
every day and evening at Pfster
billiard parlor.
Did you ever consider that 10
mills make l cent, 10 cents make
! dime, 10 dimes make 81? and
81 will open a saving account with
this bank and start you on the
road to independence.
The per cent interest allowed
in our checking department will
amount to $4,000 by December /,
making a total of over $500 cred
tied the past year. Let us enroll
you for the ensuing year.
Spokane & Eastern Trust Co.
Phone n. s76-Prsss--25o pe,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
couNrERrErrINa THE GENUINE

Foley a Co, ChlCacgO, OrIgInated
Honey and Tar as a throat ana lang
remedy. and on account of the great
merit and popularity OF Foley's
Honey and Tar many limitations are
offered for the genuine. Ask for
any substitute offered. as no other
Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse
preparation will give the same salts
faction. 1t Is mildly laxative. 1t
contains no opiates and is safest for
children and delicate persons. For
hale by Chas. McNah.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

LOST.

The girl who was seen picking
up a little black purse, containing
some rings and some change, Sat
urday afternoon on Sprague avenue
between Madison and Lincoln. bet
ter return same to Model bakery
and receive reward; no questions
asked.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
RUSSIA, CAPTA|NLESSSA|LS
OUT into UNKNOWN SEA

IN THE MARVELLOUS REVOLT.
TlONARY STAGE THROUGH
WHICH SHE IS PASSING
THERE ARE NO LEADERS TO
MARK A STRAIGHT COURSE
TO CONSTITUTIONAL FREE.
DOM - WlTTE A COMPRO'
MISE, WHO Is DisLikED BY
THE OLD REGIME AND DIS.
TRUSTED BY THE PEOPLE.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

Standard Fuel & Ice Co.. E401
Front. Tel. sos. Carbondale, Rock
Springs and Summit coal. Martin
Dolan, manager.
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SITUATION WANTEp-FEMALE

WANTED-Boy over Is years OF
age. Western Union Telegraph
company.
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We are stil1 retailing at wholesale
prices: Fir flooring, $40 and UP.
Clear fir ceiling, $1,000.
Clear fir drop siding. $500.
Five cross panel No. ! doors. $1.bo.
Door and window frames complete.
800 to $1.25.
Jenkins Luellwitz Lumber Co..
North End Division st. bridge
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

Double corner in Union Park. t6oe;
cash $50 and balance easy.
Inside lot in Union Park. 5000: easy
terms.
Double corner In Lidgerwood Park.
$3.50; $40 cash.
JAMES y. GRAY,
TOE First Avenue. Main 80.
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Positively highest prices paid for
cast off clothing. N223 Stevens. M.
I'LL.
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SECOND HAND GOODS.

Highest price paid for second hand
furniture. Tel. NJ. 800. PA River
side. sos
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Not a cent wanted, unless you
are cured. If you are sick and all.
ing take HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. A great blessing to the
human family. Makes you we'll
keeps you well.
Tablets. VV
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L. X. MONFORT e. CO.,

$500-Three-room house, barn
and chicken house, good lot; $500
cash, $40 per month, no interest or
taxes until paid for.
$2000-New four-room modern
cottage, electric lights. with tx
lures. lawn, barn, both streets
graded, sidewalk on street In front
of house, all assessments paid to
date; $50 cash, SIS per month, In.
Guiding interest.
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81 opens a checking account. The
Peoples Bank, 112 Mill. Long hours.
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HoRsEsHoEIN0.

Charles Staley. 219 Pacific avenue,
South of N. +. depot. 1886
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23
HER CAMERA PROVES RUBBER
MEANS HORROR IN THE CONGO

passion, and told my husband that
it was his instruction for more
rubber and better rubber that had
been the cause of the tragedy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

100 acres all in winter wheat.
The Geo. X. Stocker company, 215-
16 Mohawk.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

Partisan Dyeing & Cleaning Works
and Dress Pleating Factory. L. A.
Leahmann, proprietor. has moved to
sos First avenue. near Howard.
Phone 2137. No solicitors.
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$1500-Four rooms. modern. close
in, fine little home. Terms.
$3.50 Five rooms, modern,
school section. VIII rent for SIS
per month.
$1100-Four room, Pleasant Val.
ley. Terms.
LIGHTLY q CO..
"a Jameson Block. Tel. 1874
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-23

Give us a chance to please you.
English Cleaning & Dyeing COM
pany. We sponge and press suits
for 35c, four suits for 81; repair
ing, dyeing, steam or dry French
cleaning at low prices. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed. S14 Monroe.
Phone 2597.
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The Steam Clothes Pressing COM
pany will French dry clean and press
for 15c; only to 10 minutes re-
CURED; good dressing rooms: alter
ations and repairing. $40 Second
avenue. Phone 2252.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

Loans on furniture. pianos. horses,
etc. private: no delay. A. A. Bar
nett sass The Rookery ESQ
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Phone NJ s76-Prsss-25o Der
month.
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PACIFIC TRANsrER co.

Freight. furniture. baggage and
parcel delivery. Tel. S92. 1900
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Loans on long or short time.
Daniel Bros. SGT Hyde block. 66-o
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Do you want the best lots In tho
city for the money? See US today:
we will show you. Fine lots, on car
line. SITS and $3.50: $40 down ana
IS a month. for a few days only.
Northern Investment Co, $50 River.
side avenue. Phone 1232.
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The Press delivered AT your dooa
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III you want loan. 60 to r. Bick-
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Arizona republican., 1905-06-05
Why Baltic Fleet Sailed
 Into the East
CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
But Escaped Officers Say That Jap- anese Attack Was so Sudden, FerO- cious and Overwhelming That They Were Unable to Get Into Action.

Manila, June 4.-Rear Admiral Train has appointed the following board to investigate the condition of the Rus sian warships, which arrived here yes terday, and said to be in an unseawor- thy, condition: Commander CalkiHs. Lieutenant Commander McElroy and the Ohio's carpenter, Harding
 The board will begin the investiga . tfon of the warships immediately Rear Admiral Train has offered the Russian ships the necessary coal in lieu of fourteen days stay here, but there is a question whether the Rus siahs will be able to carry such a quantity of coal on account of their damaged hulls.
 Deaths today aboard the Russian ships now bring the total of killed UT to seventy one. There are seven addi tionaI cases in the hospital. American navy surgeons are assisting the Rus sian surgeons in their work of caring for the wounded. Rear Admiral En- quist now claims that he lost his flag ship in the naval fight, then transferr- ed: his flag to the Aurora and left the fight on Saturday night. He said he did not Know tie fight was ntfffuet on Sunday. He declared that the la panese attack was so sudden and so fe- rocious that his section was complete Iy5 overwhelmed. The ships of his see tion, while attempting to reach Nladi- Vostok, were at the same time looking for a fight with the Japanese. anC when they encountered their oppon. ents they fought gallantly.
Arizona republican., 1905-06-05
The Last Disaster Has
 Taught Russia Nothing
VANISHED LIBERAL HOPE
That the Defeat and Destruction Of the Baltic Fleet Would Hasten Ia- ternal Reforms-There Is no Pres ent Hope of Peace.

St. Petersburg, June. 5.-The Russian government has shown that 1t has not weakened in this hour of disaster. In stead of yielding to the stormy de- mands which the radicals hoped Ro- jcstvensky's defeat would force the government to grant. tn esmperor is- sued a ukase on Sunday conferring greatly increased powers on Governor General Trepoff. making him assistant minister Of the interior in place 0G Major General Rydezefsky. who IS made a senator. also chief of the de- partment of police and commander of the corps of the gendarmerie- Gener- al TrepOf is given the right by the ukase to close all assemblies and cou- gresses, to suspend indefinitely all so- cieties, leagues and other bodies man ifesting pernicious activity. and to take all other steps necessary to preserve order so as to prevent interference with the established regime and to suppress the revolutionary propaganda
 The document is of the deepest tm- portance in the present state Of Rus sia and indicates that the government while steadily proceeding in its plans for the fullfilment of the imparial promises contained in the rescript os March 3. is determined not to be swsrv- ed from the purpose by pressure of military and naval disasters. but in it's own time and as speedily as possible to give the nation a legislative body on which the Bouligan commission has been working It may perhaps also be regarded as an intimation that the war will continue and that the ques- tion of peace will not be submitted tO a Zemsky Sobor.