Monarch Issues Aidnileslu Afcdicdlinq from Despotic Rule AVliich
the Ihrer.e has He'd !cr >00 tears Over Ail the liussias
and VSilte Becomes Minister-President With
Cabinet ol l!i< Own Clioiee.
Bv t able t » tt c l>atly Aiateway
St i \ »Vt. ::! •'t or’an . < :o!is that tin'
, ,*. ,i his l!i«' absolute* ni!«*
i- •;: , ■ • tv‘ — • ' i: s of r.mlisputot! sway,
v\i*tv |h»s! H.l uii t-* < *y wal' •*! *•lit* * "y ni:.*• 1!.
I 'oU'lt V ' ■ l»- M > >■ ‘t
vilij? ! M«* jjist t»i tie* 11KU'1 t*s! ».
hmntion grants inv ;'fy of *
flfitV fri'i'ilo: : < *t n‘!f< • !' *. s|»*
finally Un\ *i! > ’ * .n** ■
tllhor. :' ’: ■ " • »
All * !a>so> of ; v ■
tjmvvnn Mil *‘N *. ' * two
. t ho ana * J • ist.s, ’1 * la ft -r Inul
’’ary would o\ r-i row -11 jjowpnr
lleivaF *r tie* Utl* anti pbm* os
t't m is enjoyed i’V of >» r oonsftt:;'
t.it* jjft»vtvr:t:ii'*n’W 't"’> csdiim:*'
assoriat* - n ti ■ t*:-ar s i .nisfry,
S’. I *< ' ' -b . ' 1 1 ’■ ! ' <*
itself in w. lies o’ th wiUie-t «*n
men inarched tie- *• * ‘s " Hi! the,
whole popuiu' on »»f
He out 0f
\\ ' • prop -* - i; r. ■ - ' amnesty
f -to i- It. !>!■. p tru' I..!: i .c . this
■. ■’» :» 11:''. .• d* tai .* suiton w < t the
■■ forms which will he adou <d.
No effort is heinc nnui< to restrain
e,-{K»sition on t »c part ot tie peopf to
create at., ■ twfu! di-order. W ' •
-ay S it Wet. I he M a !»<*>- to toove add I*
fPinal iron - nj on *if city at this time.
Ir.d no m• • >d h '< ■ s» oc* - to
I^a-r i.iyht Sieiallst- ‘dashed
In tt : it ’ o troop- but
little da ti _• w;.- hot'. Several ted
flays w < e cot/Scute I.
Hel-i .yfot's. i’inittmi Nov. 1 A pro
clamation wh- i--ued h >>• unlay prom
!-iny ti.. r-'-toration «>f const auttonal
yo\fi'Mit' ;tt in Firhund with arbitrary
coadit.i ns. \ i was pr -eii; d
• > th .■ v< “t* of 'if province,
*vh:o Jo >ho» rt-ky. tleti amltny
m iinn edistt ■ ret it n o> the con-ii
rational n yime.
in reply the yovenior -aid that he
had thready, !>• •;> * • r»vt‘ d to ca.i ti
- --ion t. 1 v. F t.Isfi d < to i --
-hit Ion or ivemist ruct ion upon :>
«•• m-t out if a I lei si-.
V»ar v» Dr maids liberty
Warsaw. N*>c. i '■ • ril rejoicing'
* u : • • uf i ’< and «>;•• r I he promise
» const i it? ion lb* • has caused an
tiios ;ota ',;s|t 'ion of lnKlit ".
.Wv* rihea-ss ? fie <■-i-s say th*y will
rt main out • . h<* I’olish Ianruaife
ai.d rich1 ot sc f-_r.iverio. ant are offici
ary re-tored to tin people.
St. 1 V: efs! *;irg. Nm. 2 All is qnief
i . re and :it Moscow hut disorders ar*
rei>o’-. .i p m other parts of the em
oire. ••s|*eeiail\ in Smtliern Russia.
The most s- iious disturbances are at
t Kiessa. v. h* re imndn ds of people w re
killed vest'-r ia» i*i a riot resulting it* a
collision with :l • troops. Further
rioting is expected there, with a prob
ability of resulting in a repetition of
the slaughters jf last .1 uly.
Ant i-Je wish uprisings are re{»orted
Vom many localities, especially in
Southern Russia. Tlie {Mipular party
is venting its race hatred by sticking
the homes of Jews and then applying i
♦ he torch.
Crowds ar e no longer jHjrmitted *o
assemble in the capital, and p«-ace has
so far been preserved here.
Witte is much disappointed a not
; r. . uu t »?t v In* named
, • . . • !o t Ilf 1 !lStC(l Slllti'S
will In •reader In* a eon
. .!ii liberty. The proe
. . of every subject : and
• ’i a,fid . ti<m.
- w. s : iat t '/.ar Nicholas
> ■ as rampant in every
• ; ks undoubtedly
> • • Mown and looting con
'• • i. ,■ .!'. s?o was late in arriving,
ion went ahead.
iii ; over ilit1 change in
till I *.■ >i:rbou nobility and
♦he coa'tict v« all a 'ti>c
• d uthority.
r i • \vi!! earry no im-re power
>:i i; 11to:»arid's, lie will be in
;>a »; ■ actual executive head ol
In composed cliirdly ol lortuer
i •)' -.import of tin Liberal
• ifiy. T: i.-ath-rw ot t hat element arc
loltl • a : i"-t from flu* new ivahue,
vWt ■■ !!<u .n tiwoid. dig it. The Sociai
. >! •. :i f,i, , l j IV >, U.lt v l£t > I •' I I'O i*
"ii* \ ire.' tlm governim nt stampeded
:u:'.t wiif t <. i” all flu ir efforts toward
lit a.-.ill I,:- by tin* ca la>?lt ph,\ to the
throne. They art Imping and working
lot* tin t e;o.!;>h;nont of a sociali air
! t'D'lblic.
Smljud Seeks Independence
1 l. ’-iiigtors. Finland, Nov. 2 Pin*
:nov*met ? lor national ititl**p*‘*uh-:iv** i>
spreading. The -trikenf th* working
•inni c: earns unabated and th»■ men
are .Tl iii :ii* revolutionary party.
From a . • a* buildings tl ** i'inn'sh
nail.»t*:-.’ • 111!»1 • •'t is dying and red (lags
may be seen » \ . ry w here.
The . ?>;;)•* police *1* partment of
this ei'.v is- in tin* hands of the national
guar* of tie- liberal party, (ioverrim*
«>bol*‘nsk\ today informed the local
tiuthori’ es that a> a soldier he could
Hot deser-t his post, but lie promised to
re-ign imim dint* ly. No newspapers
are permit ted to be published, but the
popular ifeiiug is easily communieatetl.
Provision- are vary *dgh and famine
-eem- impending.
St Petersburg. Nov At ti council
\ of delegates from workingmen’s organi
zations it was decided last midnight to
i>sue a manift -to urging workers to
arm for a derisive struggle for a con
stituent assembly, universal suffrage
and a democratic republic. The coun
cil meeting < -cidcd to sustain tin*
poii’iea' -trike :ts a means of accom
plishing the reforms sought, and to re
sume it today it tlie demands were not
promptly granted.
It ba> been learned that the leader
of the strike movement her* is a young
university student.
(hm. Treport today issued a manifesto
informing th*' people that all the re
forms demanded cannot be introduced
m>, once, but promising that all will lie
given consideration as rapidly as pos
sible.
The czar's manifesto granted am
nesty to 1.‘Ml,OOP political prisoners con
iine*: in Uussion prisons. These will
be released at once and many of them
are likeiy to become disturbing factors.
< >rd* r> have been issued to increase
the military forces in the districts
where disorders continue. Riots and
attack- upon the .Jews in the southern
part of the empire are constantly re
jjorted.
(>des-a, Nov. :i The city i* compara
tively puiet today. All parties are
chiefly engaged in burying the thou
sands who were slain in the ivets of
yesterday.
! Grading Proceeds Steadily and Trains1
Will Soon Run to Tunnel
Camp on 49.
Alaska Central trains now run to the,
I till mile of the roa-l. Track was coin-j
i pleted this week |»a >t the bird mile-1
oust hut w.as stopped a little heyoild j
it h\ a patch oi rock work which will 1
not lie completed for ten days. I hen ;
mother two miles of rails will he laid
| to the lie \ t yradiny obstacle, w hieli is !
on tIk*summit, just beyond the end ol .
; mil,. In a little more than a month
| the track "ill l>c laid to the iit-t tun
tie), on mile i.*.
CiaditiL work proceed-, steadily.
' ceu-idcralde additions huviny been
; made fo the workiny force in the pa-t •
t \u weeks, atul the men tiow employeit
v, ill lie able to linisii the yrade a'’d lay
; tlie track to the tunnel before Ciirist
j ,u The yrad< rs u ill i hen be moved
on !leyoud the tunnels on mile •»- to
wot : upon ti e yrade between there
nai tin h» ad oi I urnavain Arm, on
: i; 1",. firm is.y is alt ea-ty in pro
y, --. on lho-e thirteen mile>. and a
most of it is not diOieult the yrade is
c .-ted to lie ready for th rails lie
lure tie tunnel horiny A complete.
|t. e:a Tm li’-ya'u Arm the railroad
i ha-. , .. mdesof rock w..rk. r- achiny
' to mile . ami from 7k to I'd lies the
' Umy stretch of rock work eo\ ered by
the U eleii eon' raet. < »n these forty
! miles a> many skilled j'oeK tin n a> can
i>e t uipioyetl will h. worked ail " inlet
anti muil the task is completed.
Meanwhile part i"s of local iny enyi
; are workiny far ahead, under
i lie direction ofCeu -ye A. Kyle, enyi
ue< i of surv -ys. Tne line has been
IK’l'iuaneutiy loeateu -oiiie distance in*
,. ; lH. st,i"ht tu;i V 11 !c , MS etl as t lie
branch line lip fhe Matanu-ka to the
coal !i« his. ’i'he local iny enyineet's
, will lie far into the interior l»y
spriny.
■fiie line is pract ically ioeateil t hrouyh
to Fairbanks. and the approximate
l distance from Seward is !•*. milt '. \\ .
it. Poland, yein'ral matiayer and ehief
| enyineor. said this week that 'future
"hnnyes in tin route as now proposed
would he sliylu. and not likely to de
viate more than a mile or two at any
place from tlu* iirojeet" 1 line. These
skylit clianys will he merely to ob
tain better y tides or curves.
Mr. Poland said he still hoped to
i have trains runniny to Knik Arm. 14
miles from Seward, before another
winter, and that the only possibility
.it disappointment lies in the difficulty
of yottiny enotiyh men to rush the
work at tin rate desired. \ yood
force is at work now as there has been
all summer, but there litis never been
! an hour since the present construction
; otticials took charye when they would
not have set several hundred more
i men at work it applications had been
; made.
'Phe demand for laborers on Puyet
Sound and throuyhout the Northwest
1 is so yreal that men can almost dictate
their own wayes anti terms of employ
ment It is reyarded as probable that
men will have to he souyht ;t yfeat
deal farther east than Puyet Sound, j
In Auyust 4o0 men were hrouyht here ,
fiom San Francisco because of the1
yreat demand for men tart her north on 1
the coast.
The railroad company expects to bo
runniny throuyh trains from Seward :
into Fairbanks within four years.
PORTLAND BRINGS LABORERS!
Has 100 Men Aboard to Work Here
on the Railroad
Steamer Portland, which sailed from
Seattle the evening of October -s. will
bring 1110 passengers, of whom 100 are
laborers for the Alaska < 'entral. She
should arrive here next Monday or j
Tuesday.
The Portland will bring ten days
mail. She is three days late and the
Kxcelsior is only four days behind her. ,
Nelson Rich Returns Home
Among the Santa Clara's passengers
for Seattle was Nelson Kieh. of Rich
& Harris, the contractors who are bor
ing the live railroad tunnels on mile oil.
Mr. Harris will remain here and super- i
intend the work.
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Willi 305 Men and Wives of Two Ships’ Captains a; d Only Sixty
Days' Provisions the Vessels Tie Near Month of Mac
kenzie Diver [scape Barred Inti! Sommer
txcept Over the land.
Tvv. |m- w haliny vessels with in *n and -up;-;'. . i' t I wo monlb>
cnl v are |e>ok<*el 111 an ice* park in the A ret :e sea m a r t In* nout h o'
(lie Mackenzie river. There i> no posstbi! -ty ot ’ ■i*,«r ye? t iny on'
before next summer and if they survive it must !>.* !.y supplement
in*1 their m e a ye r stock < * f supplies w 11 h V > * e , i. 11. a I 111 < < Hi*
iro.' a north, The wives of two ships’ captains are with them.
Tir* Olya and the Hattie Hanson intend* I to wild *r in the north
■ and have provisions sultici* *nt to last their s;\!y men luo,\eats. ! 11*•
others had barely enotiyh early in Septem '«* r to take them to S
praneisco. ‘Pin* stock on the two named divided up a mom..*.
th>*m all. supposiny them fo bo c*?ose cnouyh toy.*'h *r ’<> ;ed <*.
| other, will not sutiiee for the fleet halt' * it *u"h the winter on t! *■
short**st possihh* rat ions.
The news cam** to Seward yesterday on *h** ( orwin. which i
<viv**d the story at Di tch llarhor. A < duo me-saye had 1 »• •• oi h*lt
th *r<* l»v the revenue cutter D ar to b * sent 1 rom Seva; r< * to t i
Owners of tin* whaliny Hoot in San Praneisco. I i* ? •* ar picket*
1 this up somewhere in I leriny son from i n* st *a m< a A * > a in 1 »a \ * e >
of tin* same Meet, which with the Mont**l'ey es*-.tp-*d izom t!a* i<<*
pat k after they liati been bulleted by it Ie1, twenty-two daw
between the Mackenzie river and Point Harrow
rPlie Dayliss was loaded with iLhOOO y ilions oi‘ wind** oil a d wus
bound lor S;in Praneisco. Captain Hod lei i bid no' wsb to lose tit •*■
put tiny in to Nome to cable, so yavo tin* news t <» *1 n * 1 > 11. whit
' was to roioo to Seward with if. TJefore rearhiny Duteii 1 iarho '
; the Hear broke tin* crank pin of her shaft, ami he -' : . a ■nil word
; straight to San Praneisco, leaving the messay<‘ to?’ tl. • first boa?
! which miyht stop there.
rl he vessels which are locked in lor the lony Area* waller are
the I let vide re. (’apt. Pottle, the Alexander. (apt, .1 u.cs Teller,
the I low head. Papt. Cook and Mrs. Pook. tin* Parluk. Pap’
McPreyor. the .leannt'tfe, Papt. North, i ender Laura .Mad-*i .
]Capt. Cook, the Herman, Papt. Darnum. tin* Thrasher, Pap’.
! Hrackeubury. tin* Narwhal, the ( Mya. the Hattie Hanson and tir*
Haluya. masters unknown. The name of tin* other woman besides
Mrs. Pook is not reported.
The Monterey was the first to yet out from tin* ic.* pack. and si
Iprobabh supposed the others would be aide to escap *. as no r>
p irt has been made by her alony the Alaska eo: st. I he Dayliss
* saw lu*r ahead, an<l came out herself into comparative^' <d *•
water where she could make headway. S*>nf mi her All th**
others were behind and as tin* ice ww ehisiny in rapidly th*
master of the Dayliss reported to the Hoar that escape was im
possible for an;, of them. Dy flic narrowest chance he found an
I outlet throuyh tin* Moatiny ieehorys, which miyht at any tiinehav**
dosed upon his ship and crushed it. or at 1<*; s’ h Id i? last. rl ha’
the others are ice bound until next summer is as * • ream a - ii tin •
c ould bo si*c*n there.
As some* of the whalers had expected to winter in tee Arctic*,
biy three-masted schooner went up' in tin* summer to carry provi
sions to them. She was met by the ice Mo*-* and compelled tot tun
back. The ice pack formed earlier than usual and cauyht tie*
Meet as it was beach'd for the westward, int ndiny to reach Doriny
s**a. The scethiny, plunyiny walls of iee blocked their path
hundreds of miles east of Point Harrow, and only the Monterey
land Dayliss found a way throuyh.
The Dayliss was not only one of the fortunate two to escape but
was the* only lucky one in her catch. Her crew cauyht sixteen
whales, yielding 000 gallons. The Monterey brought out tin*
product of one, and the Karluk got one, whose* oil may aid in th**
| struggle of her crew for subsistence. Desides their siim stock ol
provisions the* ice-hound crews have only ’he ctenre c*l K.liiny an
i occasional walrus or polar bear to keep up their commissaries
! unless they can reach tradiny posts. The vessels are also short
| of coal.
Plan Belief Expedition
Washington. 1). ('.. Nov. Much
anxiety is felt in the treasury depart
men! concerning th** situation of the
whaling vessels which are ice-bound in
the Acetic. Twelve vessels are in the
fleet, which contain more than.KKi men i
and two women.
Lieut Munter of the revenue cutter
service at San Francisco, to 1 iv wired
to the dt partmem ottering to haul a re*,
lief expedition.
The latest report of the vessels was
brought by (’apt. Foley of the schooner j
Monterey of the same,fleet, one of the
two which escaped, that he left the
licet off Bailey islands. (>00 miles off the j
north Alaskan coast late in August.
Foley believes that the crews have
' aba l'loiiHi tin* \v*si !> ai. i will tuna
< sleds to he drawr. I»\ n*oule«*r. w hir:
i are numerous there. Gy that iu«*si::~
thev may h* aide to •■* :.eh a point ol
safet \
> V
May Get Supplies
(' K, Grown *avs that if the whalit
lice' c ieifht in tin* ice tloes of tin* Are
tie i-> not too far fyora thy Macken/*
civ »* flu* men can * * t supplies t• ith.• i
! at IPusehel island oy '"oni Fori M —
i Pherson. on tie' Pe ifHper si.yy mil*"
| up from the mouth y(f *he (Mj.eken/i«.
; 'Hte latter is a trad; post of the Hud
son Gay t ompanv. Otltef post" a*,
i located at interva’s along the Mackcn.
/.it* up to it" source in Great Sh»v
lake.