Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-15
NOTED WRITER PREDICTS BANKRUPT
ARRAY in Restaurant n Whioh Student Is
Killed 0auses Talk.
CASTS A GLOOM OVER SOCIAL FEATURE
Emperor and Empress Hold Recep-
ton at which Only Diplomatic
Corps and Few Mobiles Are
I'm Attendance.

ST PETERSBURG, Jan 14-The note
struck by the radical press in reviewing
the past year and commenting on the out
look for the new year is an extremely
pessimistic one. These newspapers gener-
ally see no prospect Of internal peace, but
they unite In expressing the hope that
1906 will not end as did 1905, with the
spirit of reaction strongly in the ascend
ant.
The Novoe vremya and the Slovo on the
contrary. look to the douma to put seal
on the peoples liberties and to restore
tranquility.
NJ Amfritof one of the most brilliant of
Russian journalists, who served a term of
exile for famous political feullieton in
which he arraigned the members of the
imperial family as public bandits and who
recently has been living in Rome, In an
article on Russla's future predicts that the
coming year will witness the political and
financial bankruptcy of the government.
The list of the New Year honors is nota-
BILE for the number of decorations on the
officials associated with the policy OF re-
preston. NJ Durnovo, who so Tar as the
proletariat organizations are concerned Is
the best hated man in public life. has been
promoted from acting minister OF the IN
terror to minister InuS luCItuSihB 'hO ~
nuence OF the bureaucratic hierarchy.
II IL significant that in the annual re-
newal OF appointments Count Solsky, presi-
dont ~ the council OF the empire, and the
heads OF departments in the council have
bean annointed until the reorganization
OF that body"
Emperor and Empress Receive.
The emperor and empress held New
in, tha OQlace at TSarSKOe
se,o today, to which the members OF the
diplomatic corps Travelled in a special train
fron, 81. Petersburg The reception was
n formal AFFAIR. to which only the court
functionaries, diplomats and few mobiles
were invited. II passed without notable
Incident The absence OF Count Witte
created some comment, but 1t was oncialiy
explained that the reception was specia'
ore for the representatives of the foreign
powers The only minister invited was
Count Lanlsdorfr, minister of foreign af-
fairs. The emperor looked wen and spoke
pleasantly to all his visitors. specially
singing out Mr.. Meyer. the American am
bassador, and Herr Won Schoen, the Ger
man ambassador. This being the first time
his majesty had met Mr.. Meyer since his
return from the United States he took
occasion to renew his expressions OF graft
tude FOR the part played by President
Roosevelt and the United States in bring
ing about peace with Japan.
Mr. Meyer presented Robert Woods Bliss
second secretary of the embassy; Major
William Gibson. the new military attache
Roy Campbell Smith. the naval attacht
at Paris and s.. Petersburg, and Basi
Miles of Philadelphia, the new diplomatic
SECRETARY.
Tragedy Talk of the Day.
The sangunary tragedy i'm the famous
restaurant "The Bear" at an early hou
this morning. in which the student, Da
vidoff, was shot and killed by Coun
Sherometeff and the count was badly bat
tered by friends O. the dead man, ha4
east Il shadow over the New Year fes
tivities. The custom Of making New Yea
calls obtains In Russia to a larger eNten
than in any other country OF the world
and at every reception today the anal
ut "The Bear" was a subject for converse
tion, IT being universally accepted by su
perstitious Russians an augury tina
blood. passion and violence will reign II
the empire I'm 1906 Strangely enough tn
Zeritel (Spectator) this morning printed
picture representing the spectre of dealt
interrupting and spreading consternatio
az a New Year feast.
General Injured by Bomb.
CIlERlGOFF. Russia. Jan H-Tw
bombs were hurled today at Genera
Khovostof. governor of this province, a
no was driving home from the cathedral
The governor was seriously and his wifi