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One Cent--Last Edition” She Seattle Star BEN, LINEVITCH'S ARIMY DING REVOLUTIONS To still exert thetr| Quarter of a Mittion of Sokdiers Involved With careat Loss of Caucasus Fighting Behind Street Barricades: Life---Trouble in the | 29.— Dispatches has tele BERLIN, Dec say that Gene’ Lineviten @rapbed (he government that halt/ of his army of 260,( n have} mutinied. He is powerless to pre-| Vent resulting excesses Workmen Won't Strike ST. PETERSBURG, Dec A nomber of factories are workiug here, the employes refusing to leave The government has the situation well In hand in this city The situation tn Moscow is unre Neved. Strong guards patrol the streets and machine guns remain ahotted and tn position : MOSCOW, Dec. 23.—Troops sur routed a school house where work-| meoting today and fired The workmen returned the Artillery thea forced them to sur render liberty These threats, together others imperiling h with many have made out of the a weak, trembling, inconsistent creat- | ure. In a stormy interview with Count Witte yesterday the czar up braided the latter for his failure to settle the strikes, and Witte an awered by hopelessly stating that he could not th ar, neither could he save ‘ nave Ru The grand dukes baleful influence over the vacillat | in mon h of Russia, and have ombined their efforts to compel] | Nicholas to return to the the old regime, Suffrage Is Denied ST, PETERSBURG, I 23.—No man can tell what will alt from the royal edict of last night, deny ing thé people both equal suffrage. A deadly calm prevalle ple are stunned by the actions the czar and .bis counselors. When the storm does burst sla will be beyond mortal aid. universal and the peo of Rue The douma will convene In March | next Strikers Weak in Capital The general strike, despite strongest efforts ¢ leaders, is not a su eees in WINTER AIN HALF GONE Small conflicts and arrests are ome aro Cannon Against Czar. AN of the artillery batteries mu- tinied today Barricades are erected in Tver skala street... The revolutionists are holding them while making repeated Gitacks on police, Cossacks and dragons. The troops are guns. us machine Rebels Invade Districts. ST, PETERSBURG, Dec It ts repor’ rat thousands Lithuntans invaded Vitebsk | cked and burned sb estates have expressed their determination to seize the St Petersbury & Warsaw railway, and to annex Refjitasa and Lutsin din- tricts to the Lithunian republic. ‘The seriousness of the situation in the Caucasus is confirmed official- General Maina succeeded in estab- Nehing armed quiet in Elizabeth pol Tiflis is reasonably quiet. Five hundred citizens were given arms and they aided in restoring order. Witte Calls for Help. Riots are frequent this afternoon. Many workmen were killed by Cos- sacks. Witte has invited the Zemstvos to elect a consultative committee to Steist him in restoring order. PARIS, Dec. 23.—A correspondent Wires that the headquarters of the GENERAL LINEVITCH, One-half of Whose Immense Army Has Rebetied. lice at Moscow were cestroyed by bs. Fierce fighting is raging in the adjacent barrac ODESSA, Dec. 23.—One thousand people left this city fight, guarded by 2.000 Cossacks| hing in the lead. The authort-| of this city can not rely upon @ police, and no one has the cour-| Age to predict what the end will be. Peasants Join Exodus Thousands of starving peasants fire joining the exodus from this tity, and scenes of terrible lawleas- are certain to occur within the hext 24 hours. Advices from American trading agents at Viadivostok state that the Tecent battle there between the mu-| tinows soldiers and sailor and the! forces of the czar destroyed almost) every commercial establishment tn the city, and wrought damages est!-| mated at $20,000,000. The troubles originally started between a number} of Chinese shopkeepers and a small detachment of Russian soldiers, and not until every trooper of the czar| Was driven from the city was order} once more restored. hundred | last Czar Told to Go ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 23. bold and confident have the revo 0 | iu- | of| JUSTICE MERCY CHEER UP! THE T OR POOR TENANT OF BALLARD DWELLING WITH STEALS $200 FROM OWNER TO BRATE CHRISTMAS, BUT OWNER REFUSES TO PROSECUTE BALLARD, Dee? 23.—Policeman | Kelly, of Seattle, yesterday arrested | the tenant of the house at “1108 | First av. on a charge of cutting | out the lead pipes of the plumbing system, and selling them in Seattle Kelly refuses to give the man's name, but it seems he is extremely poor, with a large family, and to get a little money for the Christmas festivities destroyed « couple of hundred dollars worth of pipes. The owner this morning telephoned over to the Seattle authorities that h would mot prosecute, so the man was released. The children’s entertainment, giv en at the Methodist church last visions received to be given to the poor were was a decided success. The will distributed to- A new saloon, under management of Jobnaton & Canty will be open- d tonight CAR CUTS OFF HEAD OF A SECOND VICTIM TACOMA, Dee 23. With head cut off and the trucks of the South Tacoma car resting on his mangled remains, Edwart Annot was found this morning at 6:30 o'clock under the same car that | crushed out the life of a man a week ago. | The car jumped the track at al curve and Annot was thrown unde thé wheels. His brother was stand- when the accident occurred | was dazed but made bis way home. hap- | He did know what had pened to Edwart Annot It was dark, and the body of the dead man was not discovered until not three hours later Citizens and officers are still searching for the man who assault a little girl here ‘day yeate tidnists become that they have warned the czar hiimself to leave| Despite the fact that it in the Russm an once, and to take the Im-/seanon « F rth, good Perial family with him, else Wl to men @wre King county diver | Would be sacrificed for the cause of mili is grinding usily. A grist —“p. ANTA CLAUS KNOCKS CUPID OUT | the pouch was on Its way east from! trol the system whenever she sees 17 uncontested divorce sults was! Centralia when It was secured by | fit. ured into the big hopper of the| robbers. The latter took everything Thé@ most important feature in in Judge Morris’ court this | of value and had a Obrist feast the treaty to the United States is ning, all but two of the plain. horrors of | the| hands of the re the part of the| the two cities after a hard and pro | this longed struggte. { you'D THIS FOR XMAS * * * WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.— * ae lent Roosevelt has writ- # |} * ten Secretary Wilson his ap- & |* proval of the regulations * his (ing on the front platform with him| * charging @ fee for grazing on & He | * forest reserves. {x wa rawcy {WALSH'S AFFAIRS ; tit omen evening, at which donations of pro- | Petitioner. WASHINGTON, SATURDAY FATHER GAPON, Returning to Russia from long ox- ile to save the people, Jelty, although in Moscow the stritc ers hold the upper hand with a strong grip. They attempted to abduct General Dubasoff, the mil itary commander, but failed But few trains are running in the j empire Rebels Are Victorious | Fred |inces and fekstad In the Baltic prov Kreutsberg are in the , who captured] Only SPEND tifte being women. Fifteen Christ- mee widows and twe Christmas| widowers were ground out by the} De Down stairs, at {min w in the co Cupid Hannah's} auditor's of- book was but not so for © sen were unty the marriage license kept busy the div marriage machine. lice STILL GLOOMY AKRON, ©, Dec. 2%.-—The Akron | Gas company, John K. Walsh prin- cipal owner, fell into the hands of a receiver this morning. A coal com- pany with a claim of $5,700 was the A. B. Bilbeck, manager of the gas plant, was named as the receiver. ‘The plant will continue to operate. CHICAGO, Dec. 23. N of Jobu R. Walsh's railroad properties will remain as at present, except to be under the joint management of | Walsh and the clearing house com mittee. All syndleate offers for the roads have been refused. This information was given out today at the Chicago National bank Walsh has begun the management of the railroad intercats. HRA *! 7 3 * ee ee ee ee ee STEAL MAIL empty The Jocal Northern Pacific trans fer clerk this afternoon received an mail sack that was stolen | and stripped of ite contents near Tacoma, Thursday. Loaded with Christmas presents, on part of the contents, S The hatchet which was recently buried out at the wrangling O'Brien _—— ny and taken into the Kent school dis- trict The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News aisle as the anxious mother was * frantically trying to find some «#| trace of her lost child. : and who, when queried by a mam coming down the strais to why jhe was running so fast ROR ROOK Rt ttm - * ® = PABIB. Ded, .23.—Tho Vene * * euelan difficult? is Hkely to be * y *® opebed because President Cas * * (ro Tefumes to re * * Frénch charge d'affaires, who # * wad expelled from this coun- %) ® try bome time ago. . 7 * ee Be i ie ie eee eee ee THE END TONIGHT ‘ This evening will witnew the clom of the poultry show. It hay in the sanitary war. Tsao te ras ond ie Craoe| arding Sanitary owners will pack thelr duds and] | girls are em-| Rend te taal seosective nawenns [stores tre'to'be mhde'ss «'rean| OORGHORS In po Reems Are Charley McAlister and Superin-/0f an investigation made this morn tendeut Hive vay they are more|lne by Health Ovricer Luviow ana) ppegtigated By Health Offic But then plowed with the spirit in which | Sanitary Inape ranch +4 ers poultry fanciers have come to the| The Investigation was made pur Pr T w F poultry fe cnt op eve Te Bo Ahest oundation Pi % eph »perator, Who r 1 to give} eee |her name, but made some rather }conditions prevailing ‘nant with diseane “ f 1 be expected Dr. Ludlow and Mr. Franch Mr. Frasch reeor ended t 1 une paid We |found the charges to be without} this be thoroughly cleaned and fu- | that ) the at eral. changes, for the could be] long distance oth te left open as s peaking made, Chief ‘willl be] much am possible, #o that pl of | tub h are used by the girla . ‘ | an Improve ventilation of | freah air could get in . od eve and each ae | 4 arya bop ' . — by the long Me ge ow of th fa «ir h pe ng tube. The preatd strived in Europe this} ests lett - . " , Ais, < porting. He refumed to talk, but] Inspection Thorough. pens to use the phone oe men A the entice Mune wave & written mtatement to the norily remain in the b t i and h shed with effect that he browght a detailed The city officiain we neocon nhaled by other M ee = 1Dng and Pxplictt statement from Hamil-|Panied by Dr. F, 8, Bourn, the! ovens that thie migiy z m6 . * ae Govering hia 10-year connection | Company's phyniclan; Manager Jen-| sitio meuny of tranmnitting dikease| with t pmpany | the company, and a Star re-| 0% | ansmitting Dr. Ludlow Talks. ' the he could not make it publié until It had been presented to| The building wan inspected from] 4.) BE gaagerge is a Sf Dr, Lude the gorminittec | garret to be t, and it was quite|, The chute in th « te mariiery ee apparent th pproved methods | tet ae & . is possible { sanitation and | 4 rake en ten toe om snaet- ry the company. ‘The kitchen and din. | en en ee ieto Ite location aaa ing rooms where the telephone fine|! vipesaieiseeaenentbsecemse ress eat luncheon, as well as the busy ex change room, were visited BAKPRSFIELD, Cal, Dec. 23. The city officials concluded that Chafies Bhier, who is at a hospital | the ventilation was about as per: | eutieling with wounds, probably| fect a* could be had. Mr -_ eelt-tefiteted, in not W. J. Davidson, | *"* of t op m that the wu ol | the Missing Kentucky official, as|°t air ae one of the methods of) Was suppOsed, but probably a fakir | Peetine ‘the building might be the | w fee that he heard informa-|CAuse of nome of the throat trouble | ‘@ tollet room at the Capital | ¥!th which eral of the girls hove tn wing from the warm dry air of the building to the damp air out na Far Fann Fg Wy ar | side might have an effect knows who asvas m istanch Booth. Mnaibt] Gesbel to wot bellowed here ae ae think he might.be W. J.) Upon opening one of the hot Daviiedn, former superintendent of | chutes on the firwt Moor a | SPEER EEE ESE HB) Shipped to him there. * pol fnetruction, who was closely | cumulation of dust * ®| County Clerk Otto Case received ibd ei. Pevere. Davidson | eign nubeta % .A chubby little tot wandered &| bis present yesterday afternoon, ® len Ketd coon after the tragedy and | * away from his mother in one of #| handsome and valuable repeating hae hewer been heard of since # the large down-town depart 4 shotgun. Chief Deputy Raine re- * He aesistant secretary o| * ment stores, where she was do- */ ceived a handsome set of dininge ailer Powers # ing some Christmas shopping. 2 room chairs. ree i citedieser- & this morning. Jostiel this way *| Al) over the courthouse the pock= Adolph Waker, the well known * and that by the surging crowd, *! ets of the clerks and deputies were chictien fancier who runs the Inter- ae ad * Pda wed was gradually *| early this morning bulging with . urbae chicken ranch at Motimer, on ® pushed down one of the big @) fat the interurban ear line, te 26] TACOMA, Dee. 23—Frank Roas!% Kivies until he found hie md be. Mn ow omy fmt! —- barred Piypouth Rock chickens to | today confirmed the report that he!» self beside one of the floor- #| eubeed all day jong at choicest the show at Germania hall, and re land bin assoc! *® walkers. Not afraid of the *| candies and sweetmeats, the treat of Setved 24 prines | 4° acres of land with the object!» strange man and unmindful of *| the heads of the various depart- Mei Maker Was three 1.000-exe in-! of establishing a terminal company |» his danger in being lost in so #| ments cubators, which are in ‘cdnstant bere for the accommodation of all)» pig a place, the child took t *) George Scanicn the efficient and une. transcontinental railroads. * man by the hand, raised on tip- *| willing telephone boy of the county *& toe and lisped out * | auditor's office, received a special *-: “Thay, Mr. Big Man, will you */ remembrance, a shining $10 gold- * telephone Senty ‘at I ‘ants a lil *| piece. This is the boy who, at the ® sieser fer Kismus *\ time of the Hi'debrand attempted *% The floorwalker, after aseur- #| jailbreak, established a record aa & ® ing the child he would notify « inter, leaping up the stairs from & the bringer of all good cheer of #/| the jail floor four stairs at a time # the request, led him down the *| while the shots were being firedy * * * * schoo) district, bas been dug up agaif, This time, however, it is dug by a different factign, for two Warring clans which formerly battled over the consolidation ques tion, bewe found a permanent set-) tlem@nt of their differences and are | at peace. } The new trouble comes from a/ section across the railroad = track tizens of which have risen w and Gemanded that al! their student Pp t, from the eighth grade up, | inclusive, be cut off from O'Brien} CHINESE AND JAPS AGREED FINAL ARRANGEMENTS AND JAPAN AS RESULT OF TREATY The O'Brien district, it is under- stood, does not particularly object to the {ransfer of the students, but has petitioned for a concession in the division of the taxab'e territory It asks for @ slice of ground which has no students, but will bring in a handsome share of schoot taxes. A preliminary bout was had be: fore the county school superintend ent this morning, but the matter reached no settlement, and after | the holidays, it is said, there will be an enthusiastic “mili.” MADE BETWEEN CHINA PORTSMOUTH PEKING, Deo, 23.—Signed by Barfén Komura and M. Uuchids, for Japa, and by Prince Ching and Vieetoy Yuan Shi Kal, for China. the final treaty between China dnd Japan wae ratified yesterday The terms of the treaty give to Japan the coveted Liaotung penin sula, at the south end of which is Port Arthur and Dainy. This ter ritory Was formerly Russian, but since the recent war between that couatry and Japan, it has been ceded by the former to tho latter, and the terms yesterday finally ar ranged with China. Part of the Russian -Siberian railway is cluded in this concession and gives Japan a great advantage over her late enemy, The right was also given Japan to build a rallroad to Mukden, China reserving the right to buy or con BARON KOMURA Representing Japan in Treaty Meet- ing Yesterday with China, churia, including the Russian port the ‘opening of 16 ports in Man- of Marble BObeeaceeusucses| Christmas has begun at the court house. Shortly. before noon there was a merry time in County Auditor Agnew's office, where the em of several departments prese the heads of departments Christmas remembrances Auditor Agnew received a $175) set of Haviland china, of beautiful | design. His chief deputy, Dr. BE. C Bryier, received a fine rifle and some pleces of silverware. County Treasurer Gormley was presented with @ splendid silver- | mounted camera. County Assessor Peter's present was a fine silver- mounted toilet set and his assistant, | Chester Eaton, had to call an ex press wagon to send home # luxur-| jous big Morris chair. There was something doing in! the luxurious chair line for Sheriff Lou Smith, also, but the sheriff has | not yet learned this. When he ar rives at his Auburn home this evening he will find that his depu ties have remembered him, for two splendid big leather chairs were! THE WN with IS FIERCE PLAT WHEEL CARS OPERATE CANNOT OBTAIN RELIEF at ertain city hall offictals are tied 1 way the oth t ule Electr cbmpany is the or ior Bob ar unsue y made to stor tric company from operating flat wheels on cars on certain streets of the clty Colonel Lindsay outlined his ex periences at the meeting of the Mu nicipa nership league night Five months ago he started out to put off the flat wheel cars that were run past his They made a ning people awake at night The n could be heard for five answered, _ “Because I can’t fly In the Hospitals. The convaleseing patients at the Providence hospital will have their usual Christmas dinner. The pa- tients at the Seattle General are going to be as happy as any of the ity's sick At the County hospital they are going to have an entertainment by the local church societies. Sailors Remembered, Today is the big one among. thé {seafaring meti employed by the dif- j ferent steamship companies operat- jing out of Seattle. This evening most of them received orders on the butcher for a big tarkey. The Alaska Steamship company gave out orders for more than®} turkeys, and the Pacific | Steamship company also gave out ers for one for each of its em4 es. Presents were also freely passed around the city hall. City Comp- troller Riplinger was presented with a solid silver service set. and im ara presented : each at 26 aan with a turkey. OISE se RIGHT ALONG AND VICTIMS miles,” declared Mr ‘ matter up with mpany. They were very, but they gave us no relief. They had the assurance to telh Ge that no flat wheel cars we allows ed to go out of the barn “ Then I took it up with the elty officials, and was referred to a epr= tain person in authority. First he did not have the authority, 1 pointed out the law, which plain to him, and he had to 1dmit that the city had ample power, Finally he told me that the Seattle Electric company had taken an ims portant part in securing his nomins ation, ‘That was enough. | Whale could you expect?” =