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New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
CZAR CHANGES PLANS.
TO RECEIVE PARLIAMENT.
Viii Not Open Session-Murder Of
Canon Partly Confirmed.

St Petersburg, April 29.-The programme of
the opening of Parliament has been changed.
The Emperor Will not be present at the Taurfde
Palace as had been planned but VIII come 70
St Petersburg and receive the Members OF Par
lament and the Council OF the Empire at the
Winter Palace. IL is understood the programme
contemplates that members of Parliament take
The oath in the presence Of the Emperor.
A member of the fighting organization to-
day attempted TO assassinate Colonel Min, COM
mander of the seminovsky Guards. IN revenge
for the part taken by his regiment In putting
down the Moscow revolt. A young man in an
officers uniform had called several times at the
residence OF Colonel Min. The manner OF the
man excited suspicion ana he was arrested to-
day II was found that he was a revolutionist
He was armed with a revolver and dagger.
The -Novoe Vremya" to-day prints circum-
stantial story which tends 10 confirm the re-
ports that Father Gapon has been assassinated'
Canon Is represented as having entered into
relations with a group of the Terrorists. and In
order 10 test his loyalty one of the leaders. an
engineer named Gutenberg, under the alias Of
Martini, offered TO betray the secrets Of the or
ganiza1ion to the government. Gapon. accord
ing 10 the story, took the bait and offered TO
conduct the negotiations. Some haggling about
the price 10 be paid followed, Gutenberg de-
manding $4,000. Finally however, On ms
agreeing TO accept $12.5OO. Gapon went to
Odarld. small place beyond the Finnish
frontier, 10 meet Nuremberg and complete the
agreement He has not been seen since. A
Jewess named Holstein, member of a group of
revolutionists with which Gapons friends knew
he was in close consultation at that time, dis
appeared the following day.
The inference is, the paper says. that the revo-
lutionists. finding Gapon TO be q traitor. executed
him, and that Gapon's papers, which reached his
lawyer, Margolin, from Berlin few days ago,
were forwarded by the Holstein woman
The report that Father Gapon was living in
concealnent in an apartment that formerly was
the headquarters OF his organization was due to
The presence there Of priest similar in appear
ance TO Gapon.
The memoirs of General Kuropatkin, covering
the Russo-Japanese War. are being published
MOSCOW, under the supervision of its author.
The volumes defend Kuropatkin's strategy in all
the important battles and criticise freely the
lack OF support given the general in high quar-
ters in ST. Petersburg and the conduct of some
OF his subordinates that the author thought Sc
riously OF publishing the work pOsthumously.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
AID FRISCO REFUGEES.
Pittsburg Police Make Restaurant
Manager Feed Them.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Pittsburg. April 29.-Eight refugees from San
Francisco. on their way to New York, were
cared for by the police hero to-day, who ordered
the Pennsylvania Railroad restaurant manager
at the Union Station to feed them. after they had
been turned away because they were penniless.
In the party were Robert ]. Barkelle and his
sister Helena, of No. 10 East 11Sth street: Mr
and Mrs. Charles Wheeler and their five-year-
old son Harold, Of No. 24S Hart street, Brook
lyn; Miss Agnes Glover, of Bangor. Me-; William
Mcintyre. New York vaudeville performer, and
Charles Richardson, e New York bartender
Miss Barkelle lost $4,000 in the disaster The
Wheeler boy is blind as the result OF an explo-
sion during the fire. Miss Glover has two broken
ribs, a bad scalp wound and paralyzed vocal
chords. and all Of the others slightly injured
Superintendent Kennedy bought Pullman
sleeping car tickets for them all, and they start
ed east this evening.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
CABINET CRISIS IN AUSTRIA.
Poles Unwilling to Accept the Scheme of
General Suffrage.

Vienna, April GA Cabinet crisis IS regarded
as imminent, Premier Gautsch Won Frankenthurn's
efforts 10 arrange compromise among the par
liamentary groups having failed All parties except
the Poles willing 10 agree 10 the introduction
OF general suffrage and the establishment OF a par
hamentary Cabinet The Poles insist that general
suffrage must be coupled with reforms of the Aus
trian constitution giving greater autonomy to Ro-
henia and Poland. They therefore have rejected
the ministerial programme, and the Premier is re-
ported TO have rendered his resignation, as he is
unable 10 carry tho suffrage bill against the Poles
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30

Park, five miles from the centre Of the city.
They We're Joined there later by thousands more
who had remained in their homes until the last
possible moment. Others made for the Presidio
reservation and other open spaces which seemed
10 be beyond the danger line
All day Thursday the flames swept onward
through the Mission district on the south
through the very centre OF the city, toward Van
Ness avenue, and on the north through the ltal-
IAN quarter BY this time the ruins of the
burned business sections had cooled sufficiently
TO admit OF passage to the waterfront, and then
commenced the exodus 10 the sister cities across
the bay. Oakland Alameda and Berkeley.
Up to this time there had been absolutely no
communication with the outer world, the tele-
phone and telegraph offices having been de-
Stroyed and the wires being down in every direc
tion All sorts of rumOrs were bruited about.
and these. being mostly of an alarmist nature,
only served to add to the general distress
After desperate fight dynamiters checked the
flames at Van Ness avenue that night. and next
day. for the first time since the earthquake the
survivors breathed freely. The repairing of the
mains on the south gave the fremen an album
dance of water temporarily, ard the fire
stopped there. but on the north IL simply burned
itself out, after having destroyed Chinatown. the
Latin and Greek quarters. and. in fact all the
foreign settlements around the foot OF Telegraph
HILL
HELP READY AS SOON AS NEEDED.
Long before the majority of the homeless
thousands had recovered from their fright cooler
heads We're arranging 10 relieve the distress in
evitable after such general disaster Appeals
Tor aid We're responded to with alacrity by
neighboring cities. and the work Of succoring
the needy was organized and begun almost
simultaneously with the demand for II.
Every chimney In the city having been
wrecked by the earthquake. no fires were al
lowed within the houses which escaped the fire
put stoves were promptly moved into the road
ways when the Inhabitants had summoned cour-
age enough To re-enter their homes Tents We're
provided by the military authorities for as many
or the refugees as possible. and I'm an incredibly
short time relief camps We're established sun
plies were coming In from all over the country
and order was being restored from chaos
Those who had homes left took care Of ne
many OF their less fortunate fellows as thev
could, while thousands made their vaV across
the bay or started for the interior OF the state
IL was feared at first that famine and sick
ness were to be added to the horrors from,
which the survivors had escaped but such was
the generosity with which the country re-
sponded to the call for relief. and so perfect
was the organization OF the local and military
authorities, that both dangers We're averted
Io.uay nope has driven away despair and the
pepple OF san Francisco. as though moved by a
common impulse. are already planning To re-
sonstruct upon the ashes OF the old a new city
stroyed. ~ ~ 'oV'' uo-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30

Albert Pulitzer formerly proprietor ,-'srcan"
Morning Journal. nov The New 1orS - -, an tss
and brother OF Jos,ph Pulitzer astNs- ~ arsG
provence from Europe on Friday. THIS : So =. H
visit Of the journalist in number o. -. ,,,acr
was met by his ssn, Walter = thought ih1
Mr. Puiitzer may engage in some ne"
enterprise
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
MEXICAN RAILWAY EXTENSIONS

Mexico City, April 29-Engineers OF the Mexican
Central Railway win lay out line 10 connect
the port OF Tuxpam with the new short linz 70
Tampico. The Tuxpam Harbor Of the Gulf os
Mexico is 10 be improved by the federal GOVERN
nent The same road VIII, II is stated build beIt
me road around this city The National Railway
OF Mexico has engineers in the field looking over
the country between this city and C,,,.a,I...
The Tehuantepec Railway has announced de- "a
tellron OF greatly Increasing the equipment @ 'li-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
OFFERS MILLION FOR RELIEF.
Boston Unitarian Ready to Give That Sum
to San Francisco. Minister Hears.
az TeIegraph . The Tribune. ]

Oakland. Cal. April 29.-Fifteen thousand dol
lars VIII repair the damage done to the First
Unitarian Church. and that amount Unitarians of
the United States and England are ready to pro-
vide many times over. Word has come IN the
Rev. Mr.. Leavitt that Unitarian of Boston named
Burridge offers 70 contribute 81 900 to general
relief work in California ~
The convention of liberal churches in session
at oxford. England. has cabled its sympathy and
asked what help is needed. The Unitarian Associ-
alton has wired asking what Il will cost 10 main
tain the First Church of San Francisco for next
year " ~
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
BETTER vESUVIAN CONDITIONS.
Damage by Floods Heavy-British Sow
ereigns Unable to Visit Observatory.

Naples. April 2s-The weather in the region Of
Mount Vesuvius to-day was good. Reports show
that the damage done by the torrents OF mud
washed from the mountainside by the rainfall was
great The mud. with which oinders and basaltic
stones were mixed, killed many animals At pac-
ciano. town OF eight hundred inhabitants, people
were obliged 20 escape through the windows. The
Duchess OF Aosta to-day went 10 Ottajano.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra have been
unable 10 make their intended visit TO the ROYAL
Observatory on Nesfvtus.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
RICHARD BURKE TO LEAVE IRELAND.
Owner of San Francisco Property Will Su-
pervise Reconstruction.

London. April 29.-Richard Burke. master of the
Tpperary Hunt. who married Miss Donoghue an
American, viii give up hunting and sell his estab-
hshHent II is his intention 20 go to San Fran
cisco 10 supervise the reconstruction of his dam
aged property there. Mr. Burke is part owner in
many buildings IN San Francisco
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
FRISCO BENEFIT BALL GAME Aliowro

Fully eight thousand persons attended ,ho ...
played yesterday on the Jersey Citv bar gro,,nas
by the Montreal and Jersey City baseball cInhs tor
the benefit OF the San Francisco sufrerera go. ~
effort had been made TO the game bv mem,
'oeis Q, ,he west side Avenue Methodist Church
and others, Mayor Pagan said thu, ,ha s..D
came under the Jurisdiction the police ana c,,s
murphy decided that the game was sanoiinn "a S
oere. ''iu oeciined 10 inter-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
ALBERT Pulitzer HERE FROM AsSoN.. ~.

care. The total value q the property 's'''
was S50000.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
ASKS HELP FOR BURNED OUT CHINESE

me fresoyterian Board OF Foreign Missions got
= 'eiesram from the Rev j. II. Iaughln. In SAN
.ancsco, Yesterday. saying that all the Chinese
NH tiniseons In that city DESTROYED ana raoue.t
is tnat -" Do sent at to aid those under his
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
sERvIAN CABINET INcoMpLere

Belgrade, April 29.-With the exoent,o, 30 81,
appointment Of War Minister. which Is oaustr
serious difficulty new servian Cabinet has heaa
formed.
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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-13

From the Kansas city Star.
Stage folks who have never played
the Kerosene Circuit have missed ~
lot of fun and hardships, too. When u
theatrical goes out to play the
little towns and Villages they call II
playing the kerosene circuit because
the footlights in the halls and opera
houses in those country towns are ker"-
sene lamps.
Miss Grace Hayward, Of the Hay
ward Stock company. now playing ut
the Peoples thcater in the West SIDE,
has had varied experiences upon TN"
kerosene circuit. though she says sh"
has been stranded with her com
pany in a country town and has never
made u failure of any of her undei-
takings She began as n soubrette IN
Chicago, but soon had ambitions to UNI
dertake something for herself h
thought she could write her own plays,
stage them. write her own music foi'
the orchestra and act as stage man
ager and business agent. This is eX-
actly what she did and her iirst eX-
periences We're in Indiana.
Among my first experiences was tn"
organization of an amateur compunN, lin
a little town near Terre Haute. IND,
Miss Hayward said recently. William
Hamilton. now city attorney of Terre
Haute. and Frank Buckingham, the
present mayor, We're members of my
then. Their first experience
took away all their ambitions for the
stage. We arrived ut the little town of
about 400 inhabitants early n morn
ing in January. The weather was cold
and the town looked uninviting. There
had been no show there all winter and
there had not been a fire in the hall
used as an opera house. There was one
big wood stove in the center of the
hall and kerosene oil lamps on the
walls.
"Wasps had built nests in the cracks
in the ceiling and in the crevices around
the windows. They We're frozen stiff
from the extreme cold and were in win
ter quarters. When we built a fire IN
the old wood stove and the room began
to get warm those wasps thawed out
and began falling from the ceiling tc
the oor and crawling about the win
.dows. We swept mp Il water bucket
full or wasps and dumped them on the
+, ice outside. All the members of the
! company We're engaged in straighten'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-13
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rate. seemed to take this view, for she
answered with n smile that she would
be glad To have the Window slightly
lowered.
The hair is most oppressive today
observed their companion. AS ne re-
turned to his seat.
II beg your pardon. exclaimed
Maisie i'm genuine establishment. The
hair?"
Yes, miss-the hatmosphere. i ought
to say. perhaps
Oh returned the girl after II pause,
during which it was all she could do to
refrain from laughing outright.
Miss Haughton came to the rescue
just in time.
1t is progressively warm. sir" she re-
marked. In the country. however, it
will be rather pleasant"
An" was the reply. the country's
all very we'll in its WAY. but l prefer
the town. Most of my gentleman
friends agree with me. too" he went on
confidentially. You see. there's so lit
tie gayety To be had anywhere q II OF
%.ondon.
Just then. to the evident relief of
Miss Haughton, who felt that the stu
alton WAS becoming uncomfortably
strained, a gradual slackening of speed
warned the travellers hat they were
approaching a stopping place. A mo-
Ment ialef ana tne tTiIll drew up 'tiOlS
side the platform of a country station.
| AS it did so. the stranger glanced out
of the window.
Market Bevis,' he observed. Its
Il pity it amt dear old Margit. ] be-
lieve we stop here for five minutes or
st. Now. What do you two ladies say
to a little r~efreshment? Perhaps you'd
fancy a cup of tea, miss he added,
turning to Maisie.
Not for me, thank you" replied the
girl. a smile of amusement breaking
over her features.
Gould l get one for you. them he
inquired of Miss Haughton.
oh, l couldn't think of troubling
YOU
Don't name it," WAS the prompt re-
ply. Where the fair sex is concerned
I'm only 90 anxious TO oblige. III be-
back directly" he continued. as h'
stepped on to the platform.
AS the carriage door closed after hin
Maisie looked aucsiioningly at he
aunt.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-13
ON THE KEROSENE CIRCUIT

ing up the house. We thought we were
rid of tn" wasps. Tho people of the lit
tie town turned out To see the only
show of the season. ! came out on the
stag. In a low cut evening dress. EN-
cry few seconds could hear some
body III the audience slap AT some
thing and q woman cry out thai she
Was Stung. WAS getting n little I'm
easy. Ia The middle Of the first act
| felt something crawling ON my neck
and the exposed part OF my chest.
slapped at il just as the audience had
done. but was too late. Tho wasI,
stung No in Two places. As thc only
stage dress ! had was an evening dress
cur rather low | had To go through the
whole performance with two lid red
bumps ON my chest.
Making Up in View of the Audience.
In one OF our little companies We
mad eight people all told, and the sal
AIRY list OF the whole company was So
Il week. | had formerly played the lit
tie child page with Booth. Barrett and
Modjeska and WAS very ambitious. Our
little company arrived one morning i'll
Nincennes. Ind. The hall there was
poorly equipped. but we decided to
two drop curtains I'm the theater, and
one of those screened the roW of dress
ing room on the back part Of the stage
from the audience. There We're two
lffS OF dressing rooms. Inc men
dressed above and the women below.
OF course we had n green stage hand.
AT the close of the second act and
while the men and women We're in then.
dressing rooms the signal was given
to ring down the curtain. The order
was mistaken by the green stage hand
and instead he raised the back cur
tain. exposing the dressing rooms n
the people in them to the audience.
The audience shrieked while the ac-
tors sat in their rooms in full view.
%sinearing grease and paint over their
faces. They had their backs to the
audience.
Miss Hayward is receiving u great
encore one OF the men said. as he con-
tinued to smear grease over his face.
Finally they took a tumble sure
enough n the women scooted behind
cen and the men simply fell over
each other getting opl 81 those dress-
ing roms.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-13
IS AFlpsr. CLASS GARBAGE. SHE obSERYED SEVERELY

Well she remarked after i pausc.
Il don't think very much of Lady Ne
ville's friends if Lord Annesley is Il fair
specimen OF thcln.'
Really. Maisie." returned Miss
Iiaughton. severely. I'm sure that
Lord Annesley is Il most nbliging young
man. He is so genial. too. and quite
devoid of the aioofiiess that marks so
many people of good family nowadays"
HIM" was the reflective answer.
Not only is he devoid OF 'aloofncss.'
but he is equally devoid of aspirates.
Didn't you hear him speak of Oak
sholt All just now"
1T is excessively bad form of YOU
to discuss him in this way" returned
the other. You must remember that
Lord Annesley has Travelled abroad Il
conceivable that he should have picked
up-well, II foreign manner of speak
ing. At any rate. | trust that. while
we are at Oaksholt. you will remember
! what is due to his rank"
'Oh. that will he all right" answered
the girl calmly. Il don't suppose
shall see very much of him. He'll have
to a haste" she continued, "or he
won't get back in time. The train Will
be off in a moment"
.Oh, DEAR exclaimed Miss HauGh-
ton. glancing out of the window. Il do
believe the guard is going to put an
other man in this carriage. It's one
of those Wallets or footinen of whom
Lord Annesley spoke, ] am sure
Here you are, sir!" exclaimed a
porter, hastily opening the door of heir
carriage as they glided out of the sta
ton and ushering in a stranger. .Plen-
ty OF room in here"
AS the newcomer settled himself In
seat occupied by their late travel
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-13

Miss Jane H%aughton was in excellent
spirits. Together with her niece. Mai
sic Bingham, she had been asked to go
and spend Il week at Oaksholt Hall in
Derbyshire.
Dear Sir Humphrey and Lady Ne
ville-my cousin, you know-were so
pressing h carefully informed all
aer ac%quaintances. lin their invitation
that l felt bound to accept it,"
The Intelligence. as she intended,
eoused such feelings of envy In the
minds of her hearers that she could
not help letting her triumph be seen.
TO Maisie, however, the matter APP
veared in a different light, and, much
10 her auntS CONSERVATION. she frank
~ CAV it as her opinion that they had
only been asked to take the places of
some other previously invited guests.
The next thing to do was to secure
two unoccupied seats in a first class
carriage. for Miss Haughton considered
1t upon her to travel in
this manner TO her niece, however,
1t appeared a piece of unnecessary ex-
travagance. and as such she expressed
her opinion of 1t.
1T Is due 10 Lady Neville was the
aignified reply. that we make the
journey in a suitable fashion. Be
sides, my dea Maisie, for all we know.
other guests may be going down To
Oaksholt in the same train. and ii
would never do If we travelled in Il car
riage with their Wallets M maids"
Il don't suppose we'd come to much
harm by ii If we did" returned the
girl quietly. Still. il you'd rather not.
we ont. Let me see she added, look
ing through the window of a first class
compartment, there's room in here for
us. | think
As soon as Miss Haughton and her
niece had seated themselves they took
stock of their SurrOundtnXS
HIM. we're evidently to have "A tray
cling companions" observed the girl
pointing TO n bag which was occupy
ing Il corner seat.
Dear me. o annoying!" exclaimed
Miss Haughton, sharply. Il do so dis
like going in a carriage with strangers
They always try to get into convelsa-
tion with one"
I'm afraid we haven't time to change
now. auntie besides. the man will not
necessarily prove Objectionable. Fol
all we know. too, he might be going
TO Oaksholt as we'll as us.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-13

I'm quite sure he will be nothing of
the sort" was the discontented reJoln-
der. In all probability he will be some
vulgar shop person with q; name like
on the handle. and tell me what it is
Drawing the bag towards her. Maisie
glanced careleSSly at the name on the
label fastened to it. Az soon as she
had done so. she gave a little cry of
surprise.
well. what is it," inquired Miss
thing like that. l suppose"
NO. returned the girl quietly. The
name on the label is Lord Annesley-
Passenger to Oaksholt.'
Dear me- exclaimed the elder lady
excitedly. This is most interesting.
Now / come to think OF 1t. Lady Ne
VILE told me that she a asked Lord
Annesley down to Oaksholt this sum-
MGR. What ii pity we don't know him
it would make The journey so much
~pleasanter If we did. Never mind.
though. his surprise will be all the
greater when he finds that our destina-
ton is the same as his. Oh. here ne
comes"
AS she spoke the door was thrown
Open by a porter. and n stranger
sprang quickly into the carriage.
"Only just in time. LADIES'" he re-
marked affably. as he removed the bag
from the seat which 1t had been &C.
cupying and settled himself in the
CORNER.
window OPEN" the stranger asked.
Maisie started slightly. 1t was very
remarkable. but she was almost sure
the man had said .winder." Perhaps
however. she reflected, 1t was merely
u specimen Of the slang in which the
smart world spoke. Her aun