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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-23
SCENE OF RUSSIAN UPRISING.
st. Petersburg's Population Reported
Now About 100000.

st. Petersburg has been the capital of
Russia since 1t was founded for that pur-
pose by Peter the Great, in 1712. Its found
ing marked Russia's change from an orien-
tai to an occidental nation. and gave her
countries.
The population of st. Petersburg is now
about 100000 There. are many factories
and the city has large commercial and in
dustrial interests. A number of colleges
and universities are also situated there.
The city lies chiefly the left bank of
the Neva and on the islands formed by its
delta. 1t is built around and commanded
by the famous fortress of St Peter and st.
Paul This fortress is also used state
prison.
The main part of the city is regularly
laid out in modern European style. From
the admiralty. which stands in the center
of the city. radiate three long avenues, the
Neysky Prospect, the Voznessensky Pros
pect and Gorokhovaya street. =
On the Vastly Island are the exchange
and the most important educational instf-
buttons, Including the university. The
Petersburgsky Island is covered with resi-
dences. and the remainder. with the excep-
ton of the one crowned by the fortress, is
chiefly devoted to parks. About two thirds
of the population was born outside the city
and is largely of tie peasant class. About
80 per cent of the inhabitants are Russians
and there is a preponderance of 1866 per
cent of men in the city.
The ground on which the city stands was
won by Peter l from Sweden in 1893 and
was at once chosen by him as the site for
his new capital and he took energetic meas
ures to hasten its building. Thousands of
peasants were ordered from the rural dis
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THE ADMIRALTY PALACE.
FIRST STRIKERS DEMANDS.
Text of the Original Declarations Made
Bv Workmen.

First--The dismissal of the foreman who
is objected to by the union and the rein
statement of the men who were dismissed
for belonging to the union.
Second-Eight hours work per day.
Third-The valuation of work to be made
by joint committee of workmen and fore
men.
Fourth-The appointment of joint per-
manent committee of arbitration.
Fifth-A minimum wage of so cents per
day for unskilled male labor.
Sixth-Overtme work not to be obligatory
and to be paid for at double rate.
Seventh-The men not to bear the cost of
condemned work when not responsible for
it.
Eghth-A minimum wage of 80 cents per
day for unskilled female labor, and the es-
tablishment of creche for children.
Ninth-Improved medical attendance.
Tenth-1mproved sanitary conditions in
the workshops. especially in the smithes.
Overwhelmingly from punishment for
strikers.
TweIfth-The average rate of pay during
the strike.
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man friend, who was also a socialist, urged
him to seek to enter the priesthood, which
he did under limitations which did not per-
NIT him to have general passionate.
He wrote book on Christian socialism
which the government suppressed.
Gopon is only twenty-eight years old and
has boundless courage and enthusiasm. He
is the son of a moujik (peasant and one
time serf) of Poltava, in Little Russia, who
was noted for his independence amid race
of slaves.
Gopon initiated the first open-air meet
ing Russia has ever seen. His personality
is impressive. He has splendid voice, ana
IL of the arts of the platform orator are TO
him natural gifts He is affectionately
known among his supporters as "Batiushka
Khokhol,'' Little Father of the Little Rus
SanS
At the time of the Odessa strike fasco
suspicious were entertained that he was a
government agent provocateur. These have
long since been dispelled, and his influence
has mounted by leaps and bounds since the
beginning of the war, until now he stands
unrivaled.
Though an orthodox priest, he tolerates
no sectarian prejudices among his followers.
who include large bodies of Catholics and
Iutherans. He accepts money for his
services, lives like an anchorite and works
twenty hours a day, deeming no sacrifice of
time or labor enough in forcing on his prop
uganda He travels long distances in the
utter discomfort of the worst class of Rus
sian railroads and performs prodigious work
to keep his organization together.
Father Gopon warmly protested against
the accommodation of Tolstoi, for which
he was publicly cursed by priest of his
native village. He knows the criminal
classes of st. Petersburg better than any
detective, and absolutely excludes from his
clubs any man convicted for crime until
the crime is followed by proved repentance.
He occasionally makes a fiery speech,
abusing drink, immortality and gambling,
telling the workingmen that their abased
condition is largely their own fault.
He is an enemy to Whites system of pro-
lection, and to the various state monopolies
which, under the name of temperance re-
form, government railways. etc, We're in
troduced by that statesman with the object
of making the working classes directly de-
ment
He is as cautious as he lie wise. Lately
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-23
sTIRs THE RUSSIAN JEWS.
Views of a Noted Socialist in New
York CITY,

THE present demonstration in Russia,
says Abraham Cahan, revolutionary novel
ist editor and socialist. in New York, lis
supposed to be under the auspices of the
social democrats, not of the social revolu-
tionists. The two factions of revolutionary
workers in Russia proper are the social
democrats and the social revolutionaries
1.-THE present conflict is result of the
differences between capital and labor. The
working people hold the government partly
responsible for their economic condition.
1 do not look upon this as the beginning of
the end. Such occurrences were noticeable
in Russia a few years ago. A revolution
must not be pictured as a single event. 1t
is only one of series covering years. What
is going on in st. Petersburg is a link in
the chain which the future historian will
write of as forming the Russian revolution.
1.-THE theory of those who are now on
strike is this: The strife is really between
capital and labor as in western Europe.
but the government being the disturbing
element and arraying itself as it does on
the side of capital, trade unionism is po-
litical crime.
"To ask for advance in wages is, in the
eye of despotic law, an act of sedition.
One of the conspicuous planks of Russian
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To understand how the present situation
has arisen it is necessary to know some-
thing of Russia's industrial organization,
which is different from anything in the
world. The directing heads of the strike
prove to be chiefly factory inspectors whose
positions have arisen through the process
OF developing the country's internal indus
try by the government furnishing capital.
The government, through the minister OF
finance, bought all the shares of factories
formerly conducted by private firms or
companies. Thus the admiralty, the army,
the railway and postal departments own
shares in compa MES which manufacture
things which they utilize The ministry
of finance supervises this system. 1t ap-
points resident factory inspectors, who have
generally encouraged progressive methods.
In the meantime the friction between the
ministry of the interior, including the po-
lice department and the factory inspectors,
has increased The police had a share, APP
pointing a foreman against whom the work.
men felt the greatest bitterness.
Officials Elected Inspectors.
Recently the admiralty and war departs
ment elected the factory inspectors, de-
claring that the industrial laws did not
affect companies which they owned. This
happened at the Putiloff works, which are
owned by the war department.
1t also became the habit to send back
Immediately to the villages of their birth
all employees who lost employment This
the factory inspectors under the ministry
of finance failed to prevent, and the work-
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FAILURE Is DENIED.
Inquiry Into Origin Of Hog Cholera
Has Not Been COMPLETED.

Secretary Wilson of the Department OF
Agriculture denied this morning that the
department had failed in its efforts to
discover the origin of hog cholera and
remedy for the disease, as has been stated
in some newspapers.
There is no failure connected with our
work." he said to a Star reporter. The
work is not yet completed"
The department has been working,
through its experts, for several years to
rid the country of hog cholera, and a
large amount of money has already been
expended. 1t is hoped that when the exc
periments are completed the real origin
of the dread malady will have been
brought to light and an adequate remedy
applied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-23
PRESIDENT WILCOX HEARD.
Advises Committee to Go Slowly on
Railway Legislation.

David Wilcox, president of the Delaware
and Hudson Railroad Company appeared
before the House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce today and explained
that this road was engaged in the carry
ing trade and in mining coal. In reply to
Chairman Hepburn, he said that mining
constituted about 40 per cent of the COM
pany's business. He said he thought this
matter was forced on the committee by an
agitation on what he deemed to be mis-
apprehension. His advice would be for
the committee to proceed slowly, saying
that the owners of railroad property were
uniformly against experimenting or hasty
action.
II. L. Bond, jr., vice president and general
counsel of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
was again heard today. He did not think
the Cooper-Quarles bill, now under con-
sideration. woulG accomplish the purpose at
which 1t aimed.
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put to death by his own brothers decree.
The other faction called for the GROWING
of Catherine, the widow of Peter the Great.
The latter finally triumphed but her
reign was a brief one, for She died within
two years. Before her death she nominat-
ed Peter the son Of Alexis, to be her sue
cessor. In 1870 he was deposed and the
crown given to Anne of Courland, daughter
of Peter the Great and Catherine. Peter
II was in fact the last of the Romano Us,
for the male line became extinct with IS
death, but the name was preserved through
the accession of Anne of Courland, who
was the mother of the unfortunate Peter
Dethroned and Assassinated.
Peter III was dethroned and assassinated
in 1862 He was succeeded by his widow.
Catherine II. She reigned until 1885, On
her death in that year she was succeeded
by Paul, who became a maniac and was
assassinated in 1901. Alexander l was
crowned and his reign continued until his
death in 1925. The next in the line of ac-
cession was Nicholas l. For thirty years
he ruled over the Russias and saw one of
the stormiest of all periods of the coun-
try's history. He was succeeded by Alex
ander II in 1853
The reign of Alexander II was full of
vicissitudes. The nihilists had become en-
boldened by centuries Of misrule and ty-
ranny, and throughout his reign they were
plotting his death. In 1880 dynamite
bomb was exploded under the royal dining
room, and the only reason the car and all
the royal family were not killed was be-
cause they happened to be few minutes
later than usual for dinner
year later Alexander II was assas-
snated nihilist threw bomb under
his carriage, tearing him to pieces. His
successor, Alexander III, was marked by
tion but all of their plots failed. Many Of
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social democracy, therefore, is to work for
the removal of this obstacle. Social demo-
Gratis want free speech and the right to
assemble and to organize.
1.-The priest who is leading the revolt
and whose right name is Father Agathon,
or as the Russians here call it, Agafon, Is
either a time server or an emotional play
thing carried away by the great storm Of
excitement of the day. But the fact that
he leads the people under the flag OF social
democracy is striking sign of the times.
Before we of the Russian revolutionary
party in New York can hear what the un-
foreground press tells us of the real causes
we must wait two weeks. We hold our
souls In patience, therefore, until We know
the inner workings. Russia is on the very
verge Of great change. We here are all
looking forward to the time when we can
revisit our native land without the peril of
arrest, the disturbances of spying gen.
darmerie of the terrible vision of Siberia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-23
UP RISING POLITICAL.
Causes Leading to Present
Crisis in st. Petersburg.
DEM ANDS FOR REFORMS
PRIEST OF PEASANT ANCESTRY
LEADER OF REVOLT.
Original Declarations of the Striking
Workmen-How the News Stirs
the Russian Jews.
!! DEMANDS FOR REFORMS

The uprising in ST. Petersburg, although
II takes the form of strike. is labor
movement. This made clear by the
authorities themselves, who, when invited
to intervene at the outset, conveyed to
Father Gopon the reply that the conces.
sions asked could not be granted, owing TO
political obstacles
Thcreupon the people are reported 10
have cried: Away, then, with political OBJ.
stacles, and give us a constitutional rec
gime free from such Obstacles
Constitutional government is now the de-
mand of the popuface. and it is directed at
the only power which grant 1.-THE
emperor himself. Half of the population
of the capital says today: Give us some
measure of liberty, some form of popus
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BULLETS FOR ANSWER
Cars Troops Fire Upon and
Kill Workmen.
ST. OF REVOLUTION
OPEN ~ CORRECTION IN ST.
PETERSBURG YESTERDAY.
Heartless Reply of the Russian Gov
eminent to an Appeal From
the Masses.
ST. OF REVOLUTION

A cablegram from St. Petersburg last
night says: Many thousands were killed
or wounded in a conflict in the Palace
Square today between troops and the pop
ulace. The mob was infuriatcd and vowed
vengeance.
Not since the massacre of st. Bartholo-
news day has n civilized community wit
messed such massacre as stains the latest
page of Russian history. It's victims can
not yet be numbered. The official estimate
puts the number of dead at Zoo and the
wounded at 300.
The troops fired three volleys on the
Nevski Prospect
Women and children were among the kill
ed The rioters in the Vassiliostrof district
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LEADER OF THE REVOLT.
Priest Gopon Of Peasant Ancestry
Student and Author

The following are the antecedents of
George Gopon. the leader of the working
men. He was born In Poltaya in 1869 and
is the son of a peasant. In his boyhood
he herded geese and pigs. He showed phe-
nomenal mental ability, and friends Of the
family sent him to school and afterward to
a seminary, where he studied for the priest
hood.
When he was in the final class he was ex-
PEELED for insisting on discussing the ma
terial conditions of the peasantry. Then
he was q zemstvo clerk until a young wo-
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tore down telegraph poles and erected bar
ricades.
The revolt of the striking workmen result
ed in demonstrations of great strength in
various parts of the city. and there were
many conflicts between the strikers and the
troops. in one of which a detachment of
Uhlans fired into crowd. killing or wound
ing eighty persons. GopOn, the strike lead
er, was arrested. One of the most serious
developments of the day was that as the
strikers approached the Nicholas bridge the
infantry opposed to them laid down their
rifles and refused to fire on the workmen.
AS the strikers approached from Vassilio-
stroff they We're stopped by u strong force
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started by men working cannon, other
armament and warships
Another sign of the times was the letter
the president of the Moscow Zemstvo,
Prince Troubetskow, sent to the car, in
forming him that he himself would be en-
dangered. TroubetZkow knows what he is
saying, and the ear will have no one but
himself to blame if he is killed, being fore
warned.
political assassinations are so thorough
ly approved by public sentiment in Russia
that the court dared not condemn the as
sassin of Won Plehve to death, giving him
only fourteen years in prison, although,
heretofore assasSins have always been put
to death.
1.-THE car will make a mistake if he
thinks such concessions as putting a stop
to hogging of peasants for non-payment of
taxes will be accepted in place of a con-
stitution. There is universal demand for
freedom of the press, the right of public
meetings university gatherings popular
control OF the finances of the country and
equal rights for Jews, Armenians ana
Poes.''
The Reigning Family.
The reignng family of Russia dates back
to 1913 when Michael Fedorovitz. the first
of the house of the Romanoffs, assembled
the throne. For a span of seven centuries
the Russians had been under the rule of
the Ruric dynasty. Feodor l. the last OF
the Rurics, was assassinated, and that
gave the Romanoffs the chance they had
long sought.
Michael FedorovtZ reigned until his
death in 1852 and was succeeded by Ivan
and Peter /, who came to be known IN
history as Peter the Great. Seven vars
later Peter became the sole sovereign. At
the time of his death in 1725 the Russian
court was divided into two powerful par
ties The one demanded that the crown
should go to Peter, the son of Alexis,
brother of Peter the Great, who had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-23
Death Of Confederate Veteran.

Mr.. Joseph B. Reid Of Brentsville Va,
died at Providence Hospital Friday af-
ternoon. He was seventy-two years old and
was one of the best-known residents of
Prince William county During the war he
served in Company H. 18th Virginia Con-
federate Cavalry and represented his coun-
ty in the legislature some time after the
close of the war.
Funeral services were conducted at the
home of his son, Mr.. Henry w. Reid, No. 2
Massachusetts, avenue yesterday morning.
The remails will be Inferred at Manassas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-23
Epworth League Series.

The first entertainment in the Epworth
League series was given Friday evening at
Hamline M. E. Church, the attraction be-
ing Fosters entertainers. Miss Lane was
the soloist, Miss Palmer gave a good exc
hibition of whistling, and Miss Comes cap-
tivated her hearers with her recitations.
About six hundred persons were present.
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POSTMASTER poeuE DISMISSED.
The Postmaster Generals Reasons fol-
the Action Taken.

Postmaster General Wynne has advised
Representative Beall of Texas, who re-
Gently asked for the departments reasons
for removing Oscar Pogue as postmaster at
Hum, Tex, that Pogue had accepted the
position of president of the National Assoc
citation of Fourth Class Postmasters at
SALARY OF $1,000 a year. and he came to
washington last November and remained
here several weeks during the session OF
Congress, presumably in the interests OF
the association. The department therefore
felt it to be clear that he could not be at
tending to his duties as postmaster and APP
pointed his successor.
Mr.. Pogue remains at the head OF the
fourth-class postmasters' organization, al
though not himself q postmaster.
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he has been accompanied ev. Acre by a
score of Izvochiks and has not slept at
home for a week, lest he be arrested.
Father Gopon found the opportunity long
sought, in the strike at the Putiloff works.
The throne of the Romanoffs would be safer
today had these primary demands of the
strikers been granted.
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men regarded it as a final proof that the
police ordinances of the ministry of the inc
terror were above the law.
The inspectors then frequently conferred
with the workmen and began spreading
a propaganda which is akin to advanced
German socialism. Minister of Finance Ko-
kovtseff Is now continually comforting with
the more moderate inspectors and repre-.
sentatives of government owned factories.
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tricts. 4 scarcity of masons was met by
an order forbidding the erection of stone
buildings anywhere else in the empire, and
all owners of over 800 serfs were obliged to
spend the winter months in the city and to
build a home there
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of infantry. Uhlans and Cossacks. The
strike leaders appealed to the soldiers not to
fire on their brothers, and the infantry then
laid down their arms. but the Uhlans and
Cossacks. obeying orders, drove the crowd
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of all the Russias he welded Princess -Alx
of Hesse. Only few months ago a son
and heir was born to the reigning family
amid great popular rejoicing.
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How the Crisis Arose.

lar representation in public. affairs, or
will destroy the government
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-11
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL"

Nearly half century ago Paris introduced the inno'
vation of making city beautiful beyond comparison
in modern times But while the people of all other
leading cities of the world admired the work of Baron
Haussman under direction of Napoleon Ill the idea of
imitation very slow in taking root Paris stands
alone today, it did when Napoleon met his fate at
Sedan, pre-eminenty "tho city beautiful"
AT last the other great cities of Europe and of Amer
lea well fully alive to the importance of urban
beauty. London and New York, the largest two cities
in the world are showing their appreciation of the
example set by Paris At a cost OF $25,000000 London
just completed street socalled boulevard from
the Strand to Holborn Miles of buildings demo-
shed in order give the requisite width for the splendid
roadway
New York has been engaged for several years in
constructing such streets boulevards in the uptown
suburbs but ranscendent project of that kind is
announced The plan involves expenditure of $780,
100000 covering period of ten One feature Of
the plan provides for the widening of Fifth avenue the
famous residence street Of multimliouaires by
ing the imposing stoops and front and making the
house line flush with the sidewalk. That is only one of
many costly features intended make New York rival
of Paris in the claim the city beautiful" par
cellence.
The local application of this reference to the beaut
flying of great cities abroad is obvious, of Los
Angeles has long to before it becomes Paris,
London New York but it is moving forward the
lines of those cities with marvellous progress If the
greater cities had taken time by the foreock" in their
layout for magnificent they would long ago have
attained the object for which they striving and
by a saving of millions of dollars.
Before the children of today reach the present ages
of their parents Los Angeles will be of the greater
cities of the world and the golden opportunity for start
in making it "the city beautiful" is NOW.