Telegraphic News
Of The Wee!k
St. Petersburg, July 20—(The
commission appointed to investi
gate tlie eurreutlor *f Port Art bur
have reoonlmendcd that General
fStoessel sliall he sentenced to
•death, General Fock, cenunjmder
of the Fast Siberian forces at 'Pert
Arthur, to twenty years in the
•galleys, oral Roues to be ex
pelled from the .army, and Admiral
Alexieff be reprimanded.
Washington, July 20—Roosevelt
has directed that eight hours shall
constitute a day on all public work.
Ten to twelve hours ha6 horeUifore
been the rule.
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St. Petersburg, July 20—Parlia
ment has adopted an address to the
people, explaining the reasons for
the delay on agrarian legislation,
and exhorting the peasants to re
frain from excesses until a decision
has been reached. Many of tlie
peasant members of the Domna
have refused to vote ■mi tlie hill
because several of the revolution
ary paragraphs have been stricken
out. The government predict* that
the document will only incite the
revolutionists to further activity.
Washington, July 20—Acting
Attorney.General Russell has de
livered an4>iunion that the hiving]
■of two rooms at Juneau and the
removal of tlie capital from Sitka
•thereto by Governor Iioggatt, is
•within the authority of the gover
nor. Acting Secretary of the in-,
terior Ilvan has officially declared
Juneau the Capital of Alaska.
Hartford, July £0—Before the
pure food convention attorney
Frank Thurhor, of New York, se
verely criticized the publicity given
■the report on the packing houses.
The convention unanimously
i
passed a resolution upholding the
course of the president.
Paris, July 20—A celebration
<was held c t the toiuh of Emile Zola
yesterday to commemorate the ae
•quittol of Captain Dreyfus. The
' latter attended and, being recog
nized, was cheered for several min
utes. Zola was one of the letters
strongest •defenders, and it was
•largely due to his efforts that Drey
jus was released from Devil Island
•and granted a new trial, which has
■resulted in lire vindication.
'Warm Springs. July '20—Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, of New
York, in an addness to tlie Georgia
Bar Association, bitterly ;atlacked
President Roosevelt for criticising
the decisions of the United -States
Courts for Illinois in the matter of
•the trust investigations. He said
the president was not -a lawyer,
and should fcawe left the oritici m
to those familiar with the law. He
said that .the decision was unpopu
lar and vhat Roosevelt was cater
ing to public sentiment in making
his criticism.
Seattle, July 21—The steamer
of tlie A. W. S. S. Co., will here
after stop at Catalla.
Oyster Bay- July 21—The presi
dent has been advised that Guta
iinila, San Salvador and Hon
duras have signed a peace treaty
aboard tlie Marblehead, hut no
details were given.
Laredo, July 21 - Circulars tan Vo
been .posted throughout Mexico
warning fosoignoTw- to leaive the
•wwuntrv, pnrrtieolarfy Americans.
3’betury .isMexico for Mexicans.”
The government ranticipat.ee a gi
gantic IwIiwt demonstration.
Ht. Peterslm-rg. July '21 TIk>
passage-of the address to the peo
ple on the agrarian •question was a
death blew to tie' constitutionalists,
who tried to defeat it. Tins dem
onstrates to the government that
4. hey ase mot wo strong in the
Deuma as believed, and the offer
t« the constitutionalists to form
the mew iministry has 'been -with
drawn. [The Domna is hopelessly
•split out: ;a crisis ds rapidly ap
proaching. The Gear and his
miiwstrr >• hold a conference -at
midnight, and troqps luive been
arriving.all might to reinforce the
troqps already here. Alarm is
felt •everywhere, as it is believed
that .the Huieaucracy intend to
spare no means to maintain su
premacy.
Portland, July 21—Perry Mitch
ell, brother of George Mitchell,
and who was with him at the time
he was shot, declares that he will
stand by iiis sister Esther, who did
the shooting.
Tokio, July 21—Japan i* shocked
that Stoessel should have been
sentenced to-death. Army officers
who were engaged in the siege of
Port Arthur, and know the facts,
declare him to he a hero. A num
ber of Japanese officers offered to
testify before the court martial in
•his behalf, hut theii services were
refused.
Seattle, July 21—At ten o'clock
this morning temporary chairman
W. iH. Orr called the delegates
from the direct primary leagues
throughout the state to order pre
paratory to forming.a state league.
This evening the convention will
he addressed by prominent persons
all over the state. A direct primary
hill lias been drafted. It compels
t lie .filing by candidates.of a state
ment of their total .expenses, pun
ishment for bribery of voters, and
will tend to coaifine voters sto .their
own party.
Tekiu, July 21—Yokohama is
being swept by fire, which broke
out yesterday. Thousands of
houses have been destroyed, and
all efforts to stay the flames have
been futile. The inhabitants are
panic striken, and the list of .cas
ualties is large.
Washington, July —■>—The
American Federation of Labor, in
convention here, has decided to
enter politics, and have issued an
address to all unions tliroughout
the country to work to strengthen
their influence and to strive for
labor legislation.
Tokio, General Baron Kodama.
chief of staff before Fort Arthur,
and successor to General Oyama,
died yesterday.
New York. July 23—Russel
Sage died this morning at his sum
mer home at Lawrence, L. I., of
heart disease. He was iil only a
few hours. He was ninety years
of age. His death has had no
'effect as yet .on the stock market.
Wikidel’s
"Restaurant
{Old o3tO ffice "Building.)
"Regular T>inner_35c.
Private Apartments Open Da^ and Might
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Vancouver. .Inly 2d Captain
(iriffin, of the stenmnr Princess
Victoria, was arrested this morn
ing on a warrant sworn out hy <R.
II. Brvve. whose wife was lost,
charged with manslaughter. The
numher of persons drowned in the
disaster was nine.
Manila, July 2d—-Six hundred
iPulajnnes ambushed >the consta
bulary on the dale of Leyte, Kill
ing Lieutenant Wurswiek, .Scout
McBride and twelve privates, and
driving hack the constabulary.
There are two thousand .Pulajanes
in the field. Reinforcements have
been sent in pursuit.
&t. iPetersburg. July 2d—The
crisis has at last been reached.
The Gxar yesterday issued a ukase
dissolving parliament and estab
lishing martial law extending
throughout tlie provinces, caus
ing a panic among the peasants.
The whole nation is in a fighting
mood and it is only a matter of a
(lay or two before the country will
be engaged in civil war. This morn
ing the Czar issued an order doub
ling the troops here, and St. Peters
burg is now an armed camp. The
Douxna members have withdrawn
to Viborg, .Finland, whore the out
law parliament will issue an ad
dress to tlie people, urging them to
act. They are holding their ses
sions in a hotel dining room. The
different factions of the Douma are
now cemented, and an armed up
rising of the people jvill surely fol
low the issuratu-e of the Domna’s
address, The situation depends
wholly upon the troops, and the
Domna believes that fullv half of
them will come over to their cause,
ami that blood will flow in every
providence of Russia within the
week. The troops here are occupy
ing every street railway station
and bridge. The perfect of police
and governor have been given
absolute authority, and are arrest
ing every known revolutionist,
sentencing many of them to death
without trial. All newspapers
have been ordered to suspend pub
lication, and all .private meetings
have been forbidden. -General -Von
i Sellwanebach, controller of the em
pire, in an interview stated that
he believed the capital to be safe,
hut not the southern provinces,
i This morning the O/.ar ordered;
Stolvpin to assume the .premier
ship, displacing Goremykin. The
parliament buildings diave been
ciosed and are closely guarded by
police. The>Czar is in strict se
clusion at Peterhoff.
'"Warsaw, Julv 24—‘Leaflets are
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being distributed broadcast urging
an ujirising against the Jews. It
I is reported that the peasants «re
, being armed for the -slaughter of
Jews throughout the whole of Rus
sia on July-28. Itiis believed that
j a general strike will be called for
the first of next week, which will
’ be the lirst step toward civil war.
Spokane, Julv 24—A westbound
passenger train on the great North
ern road left the rails at C-andeii
lake, about thirty miles from here,
and the engine and smoker plunged
down a sixty foot embankment in
to the lake. Nine .peoole in the
: smoker and the engine crew were
drowned. The known dead are
Ed. Munson, Spokane, engineer;
Hell, fireman; Charles Danner,
mail clerk; George Curtis, lumber
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man of Spokane;.T. J. Holbow,
I Spokane; Ed. Newcomb, Spokane.
Move than twenty others were in
jured. The accident was caused
bv spreading rails.
Seattle, July 24—Attorney \V.
11. Thomson has been appointed
referee to hear testimony against
I Assay Officer thief Adams.
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TACOMA
Is tin* natural outlet hn«l*‘he be*t m«r
l:et lor the .prod iirUs of Alaska.
T!fT\( o \; * HMn/FKIt*"duc«* more
ores of gold, silver, lend and eopjvr
than any other Mnetter*on the Pacific
* TonM.
The West roast Grocery Company of
Tacoma re'-eives on e«»»sign«i>ent and
-sell* at public sale the largest share of
Maska furs ha nil 1*1 »ljy any single
house.
The fisheries of Tacoma ship millions
of pounds of Alaska Itsh—fresh, frozen,
cured, dried, smoked and pickled—to
the markets of the l*fitted States and
Europe
Tiu-oma wholesalers and Jobbers sup
ply a large nnd constantly Increasing
trade-in Alaska,
Tacoma is the western headquarters
and chief Pacific Toast terminus of the
Northern Hallway and the headquari
.ers and western terminus of the Tacoma
•Eastern Railroad.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and Kt. Paul
Railway, the PH Ion and Southern Paei
tie Mini the Great Northern are now
huilding to Tacoma.
The population of Tacoma lias In
creased from iff,714 ill IWM to 8.YO0U in
PMS -
IWeatna real estate is , the safest and
surest investment on the Pacific, poiwt.
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Watch Grow!;
kV.r.further information and deserip
ti tv 1 i tera tu re,.add res*—
Secretary of Tacoma .Chamber of
Commeree ami Board of Trade.
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Seattle, duly 24—In a twenty!
round bout between Guns and
Holly lost night Gans got the de-1
cision. The bout.was an interest-;
ing one all the way through. A
large crowd was present, and being
tillable to get seats tore out the
-eide of the building. The seats
collapsed, but no one was seriously
injured.
St. Petersburg, July 24—The
Czar lias declared Finland in a
state ef siege. The members of
the Douma have been warned that
they will he arrested if they at
tempt to hold another meeting.
The address to the people, which
had been handed to the news
napers, will not be published, as
police have been stationed in all
printing establishments and no
papers are to he allowed to be
given to the public until the mat
iter is passed upon by the state
censor. The manifesto issued by
the Douma urges the Russian peo
ple to remain steadfast. It states
that the Czar has no right to col
lect taxes or drat soldiers, and
i urges the repudiation • of all loans
negotiated by the government. It
urges the people to stand up for
their rights, stating tliatithey have
in their own hands the means of
acquiring them. A majority of the
; members of the Douma returned to
the city tonight, and were unmo
lested by the police. Policemen
have been posted, however, in the
homes of several members who
have bean charged with seditious
acts since the dissolution of parlH
; meat. Several of theradical mem
! hers liaye expressed their willing
, ness to die in a fight for the liberty
of the people. The entire issue of
the Rech *-as been confiscated be
cause it stated in an article that,
the blood of the mar tvs was not on
the bead of the parliament. Squads
of soldiers, in everv quarter of the
city are marching hundreds of
revolutionists to prison. Jt is said
that over ten thousand were ar
rested yesterday, many being exe
cuted without, trial. Many are
being banished. The whole city
| is panic stricken, the people fear
j ing to venture on the streets.
St. Petersburg, July 2o—Premier
! Stolypin has wired the governors
; and prefects throughout Russia,
and the viceroy of the Saucasus to
' strike, and to spare no efforts to
1 crush the enemies of society and
I preserve order. War has been de
clared upon the revolutionists, as
shown by the wholesale arrests of
not only the revolutionists, but
socialists and tlie educated liberal
and landed classes of the constitu
tional democrats are included in
orders most oppressive. All the
•leading generals of the army are
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Y OU write a letter *to Jones
enclosing a statement of his
account. The letter should tbeiin
purple copying ink,the statement
in black record, the.credits intred.
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The Smith Premier Tyfewrusp I^owpany
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being si, in mo neil to Petorhoff. -\1!
democratic clubs have been closed,
and the c.’iisor hat refused to al
low anv reports <*f disorders to In j
published. All radical papers him '
suspended. Half of the members
of parliament who returned iron
Vihorg have been imprisoned as i
precaution against their stirrin
up disorders. Hcforo leaving
Vihorg the parliament arrange!
with underground revolutionar
channels for the distribution of th
address to the people, passed l>
that body, throughout the coming
Hundreds of thousands of copit
have been -surreptitiously priir <,
and distributed, which denim
stiates that parliament has mad .
aivopen alliance with the revolt!
tionists. ‘Open rebellion will firs
break out in the south, and m
order for a general strike will b.«
issued until news of the outbrea.
has reached St. Petersburg.
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