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BILLB CITIZEN ALL THE NEW8. , ; f the World u ; ALL THI TIME. ; ' . ' . THi WIATHCR . PARTLY CLOUD H VOL XXI NO 19 ASHBVEXB N. C TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 31 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS Absolute Monarchy Passes From Russian Empire for All Time nn ASH f f EIKROR NICHOLAS YIELDS TO THE DEMAND OF THE POPULACE AND THE SWORD AND AutOGratlG Powers of Romanoffs. Exercised Through a Century of Blood and Revolution, are Given up in the FaGe of the Last and Greatest pi Popular Demonstrations and the Dawn of Freedom is at Hand FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSEMBLY, PRESS AND PERSON ARE GRANTED Writ of Habeas Corpus is its Parliament the Common People are to DireGt the Affairs of State and Come Into Those Rights of WhiGh They Have Been - so Long Deprived. ST PETERSBURG. Oct. 30- 6: 05 p.m- Tonight the ail-' tocracy of the Romanoffs and the old order of things cease to exist In Russia. Emperor Nicholas has surren dered and Count Wltte comes Into power as minister president wltrtfmperial mandate which will enable him to convert the farcical national assembly Into a real leg islative body, elected by greatly extended sufferage and to confer upon the people fundamental civil liberties Including free speech. These welcome tldlnsjs readied St. Petersburg shortly beforj fi oYlock this evening. Count Wltte hail spent the day with the emperor at Peterhof, going over the final draft of the mani festo to which h insUtcd Miat cwtain minor modification be mad? and be fore taking a train to St. Petersburg he telephoned to a friend that the em peror had' affixed his signature and that imperial mandate comprising the conditions upon which he had agreed to accept office was in nls pocket. These include freed am of the press, the right of assembly, and the immunity of the person, including the right of hatbeaa corpus. Count Witte insisted on a cabinet on the British model with a selected pre mier responsible to the imperial dou ma, or parliament, .while '.ho emperor clung to the appointment of members of the cabinet on the American plan, toy the emperor as chief of wate. The etate department has instructed Charge D'Affaire Eddy in case of emergency to give American citizens asylum at the embassy a,nd if neces sary to charter a steamer. Foreign Minister Lamsdorff is reas suring the American ambassador by formally guaranteeing the safety of foreign residents. He announce ithat the government is prepared to afford them military protection in St. Peters burg and elsewhere in the event of disorder ' Text of Manifesto. The following is the text of tha Im perial manifesto: "We Nicholas, the second, ; by the grace of God, emperor and autocrat of all the Russlas, grand duke of Fin land, etc., declare Jo all our faithful subjects that the trouble and agita tion in our capitals and In numerous other places, fill our heart with ex cessive pain and sorrow. "The bapplnes of the Russian sov ereign is Indissolubly bound up with the happiness of our people art the sorrow of our people is r.he sorrow of the sovereign. "From the present disorders may artoe great national disruption. They menace the Integrity and unity of our empire. ' "The supreme duty imposed upon us by our sovereign office requires us to ffae ourselves and to use all the force and reason at our command to hasten m securing the unity and co ordination of he power of the central government and to assure the success of measures for pacification In all cir cles of public life, which are essen tial to the well being of our people. "We therefore direct our government to carry out our Inflexible will In the following manner: "First To extend to the population the imma able foundation of civic lib erty based on the real inviolability of pern, freedom of conscience, speech, union and association. "Seoond Without suspending the already ordered election to the state douma, to Invite the participation In the douma so far as the limited time before tin convocation of the douma THE BAYONET now a Reality and Through will permit, thosei classes of the popu lation now completely deprived of elec toral rights, leaving the ultimate de velopment of the principle ot thei elec toral right In general no the newly established legislative order of things. 'Thirds To establish as an un changeable rule that no law ehall be enforceable! without the approval of the state douma and that it shall he possible for the elected of the people o exercise real participation in. the supervision of the legality of the acts of the authorities appointed by us. "We appeal to aJl faithful sons of Russia to Temember their duty towards the fatherland, to aid in terminating these unprecedented troubles and to apply their forces In co-operation with it, to the restoration of calm and peace upon our natal soil. "Given at Peterhof, October 30, in the eleventh year of our reign. (Signed) "NICHOLAS." WITTE SENDS MESSAGE TO AMERICAN PEOPLE (By Associated Press.) ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 30. (Mid night.) "I am sure ;he American peo plo who understand what freedom is and the American press which voices the wishes of the people, will rejoice with the friendly Russian nation at this moment, when the Russian peo ple have received from his imperial majesty the promise and the guarantee of freedom, and will Join in the hope that tiha Russian people will wisely aid lnfh realization of those liberties by co-operating with the government for their peaceful Introduction. Only thus will it be possible to secure the full "benefits of the freedom conferred upon the people." CourvD Witte, Russia's first premier, tonight sent the above to the American people through the Associated Press. He had Just arrived at his residence on Kammmlovrov Prospect from Peter hof, where, in the Alexander palace, the emperor. two hours before had giv en his final approval to a manifesto and to a program which will forever end the rule of absolutism exercised by him and his Rofanoff ancestors for 300 years. J. Plerpont Morgan, Jr.. and George W. Perkins were with Finance Minis ter Kokovsoff when the latter received the news. It ."was a dramatic moment. Tha minister was colled to the tele phone and when he returned b was greatly excited, and said. "Gentlemen, the old order of things has changed. Russia has a constitu tion." The news spread like wildfire throughout the city. Tha revolution ists and active agitators generally de clared loudly that the government's promises would no longer suffice and that the fi'.rlke tnu?t be continued. In fact an hour after the news became known the revolutionists took occasion to throw the first bomb in St. Ptters- REIGN OF THE IS AT AN END r THE OISCAROEO PLAN. Russia is an absolute, hereditary monarchy, the csar being the. supreme legislator and ruler, and the final tribunal in all matters political and ec- clesiHcnJ. The administration is divided Into ten depart- merits iwdth a minister at the head of each, nominated by the emperor. Holding a distinct po- sitlon from thena are four great boards n councils. The first is the state council, which instl- itutes laws; the second Is the council of the ministers; the third lis the senate of the em- ptre, and the fourth is the holy synod, a body of high church dignatasiea. There is In' addi- tion a special imperial cabinet and tw(o private icablnets to which the rest of the) councils are subjec!. .. ' burg used since the strike began. The first Incident occurred near the Poly technic school, but there was no fa tality. Practically all classes, except the socialists and the extreme radicals, however, read the document with de light and amazement, declaring that It could not fall to rally the moderate to the support of Count Wltte. By the Irony of fate, while strikers are clamoring for a constitution it' has been Impossible to persuade the strik ing printers to resume work, and, therefore, not a single newspaper ex cept the Official Messenger, will print the momentous document for distri bution tomorrow, i. Arrangements however, have been made to placard the manltoetoon every dead walj In the city, and the text will be telegraphed tomorrow to every city, town and hamlet "with which there lw telegraphic communication. It also has been ordered read in ell the churches of the empire. The foreign embassies were notified and lights are burning laite tonight In the chancellories, where the news la be ing put into cypher. Official notifica tions will also be sent to the Russian ambassadors abroad. The effect throughout Russia is ex- oected to be instantaneous. Some per sons high in the government believe 't s' 111 will be necessary to use ball oartrldgcs to suppress the present novemcnt, but Count Wltte appears confident. The count has already ten- atlvely selected the members of his ablnet. He will himself hold no port folio. All the present ministers, ex cept those of war, navy and foreign tffalrs, will be retired. Prince Alexis DbolenBky, one of the count's former jusslstants In the mlnlstery of ffln tnce, will become minister of Interior: M. Romanoff, another former assistant toi nhe minister, will take the finance portfolio; M. Konl, at present a sena tor and Russia's ablest Jurist, will be minister of Justice; M. Krosovsky, president of the St. Petersburg mu nicipal council, will take the ministry if education, and M. Ziegler Von Sehaffhausen, rtilef of the railroad de partment of the ministry of finance, will become minister of ways and com munication. Late tonight, after the news got abroad, the crowds began marching up xnd down the Novsky Prospect, sing ing the national hymn, and hurrahing tor liberty. WELCOMES CHANGE. (By Associated Prses.) ST. PE7TERSBURO, Oct. 30. The municipal council at its sitting this evening, after reading thei imperial manifesto, decided to send the follow ing telegram to the emperor: "The council welcomes with delight the long desired tidings of freedom, firmly relying on a brief future for our dear fatherland. Hurrah for the em peror of a free people." JOY IN WARSAW. (By Associstsd Press.) WARSAW, loot. 10. (Nnght The streets are dark and deserted, and are patrolled by Infantry. Nevertheless the news that the emperor had signed a constitution spread like wildfire and created a tremendous sensation, caus ing a feeling of Joy, mingled with the fear that the news might be premature. STRIKE ENDS. (By Associated Press.') ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 21. (I a. m.) The strike has ended on Mos cow and St. Petersburg, the Moscow and Kasan and the Moscow and Arch angel railroads. FIRED ON CROWD. (By Associated Press.) TIHVAU Oct. JO. The troops fired two volleys on a crowd in the mar ket place today, killing cr wounding over a hundred persons. Crowds of peopi? ore parauing ine streets singing thei Marselalse. Fire last night destroyed the Hotel d France. THE LAST OF THE it -TV- -.' : , ; T;s.!tJi ,,:' ' ' ; '"m'T-sgg PRESIDENT TRIP ALONG ATLANTIC Nertheast Gale Forcesithe West Virginia to put to sea to Avoid Danger and Arrival In Washington will be Delayed In Consequence (By Associated Press.) NORFOJbK, .Va., Oct. 30. After fighting o, northeast gale up the coast for twenty-fofur hour!', the fierceness of the wind causing a wide divergence from the usual route, the armored cruiser West Virginia, bearing Presi dent Roosevelt, from New Orleans. passed In Cap Henry tonight, convoy ed by ths armored cruisers Maryland, Pennsylvania and Colorado. Owing to the choppy sea that pre vailed off Caps Henry, and in Lynn Haven Inlet, . he platir to trans-ship President Roosevelt from the Wiist Virginia to thfdtspatch boat Dolphin for the remainder of the Journey to Washington, was abandoned long be fore the souarinvn reniched :he cape, e Karly in tlw afternoon Admiral Brownson communicated with the Cape Henry station by wireless teleg raphy and Instructed that a pilot for the Maryland waters be ready to board the West Virginia off the rapf ail 7 o'clock tonight. The admiral ex pacted his squadron 'would reach the entrance to the Chesapeake by that time, but the heavy wind and sea pre vented the vessels from coming in un til half pust nine. Then It was an nounced by wireless that the presi dent would transfer to the Dolphin off Smith's Point at thi?i mouth of the Po tomac river. The Dolphin-had started up the bay for this point several hours before. About half past eight o'clock the searchlights of the appionchlng war ships could he seen on 'the horizon from the Cape Hnry observation sta tion and an hour later the) outlines of the cruisers were, dlscemable, All four ship were In column, but the ear HEALTH OFFICERS GET ASSIGNMENTS Will Leave New Orleans In a fewDayi Having Practi cally Wound up the Fight (By Associated Prsss.) NBW ORLEANS, Oot. 30. Rejort to 6 p. m. Monday: New cases 4 , Total cases 3,39,1 DeathH . ...none Total deaths 444 New foci ................. ...i 1 Cafes under treatment .". 25 Cases discharged ....2,82 The expected general orders ro organising and re-asslgning the marine hospital officers and forces, were is sued to Dr. White today and the exodus of regular officers Is expected to begin In a few days. The first officers to get orders from the sur geon general is Past Assistant Burgeon Gardner, who is granted & leave of absence. The others are expecting their orders tomorrow. All of the act ing assistant surgeous who have been duty in the wards have been re lieved. . ' Of the new cases one Is .located In Carrolton and constitutes s new case foci. General efforts are being made to trace this .case as that which ap peared In the vicinity of Josephine and Chirppawa streets, betause it Is believed no new affection has been brought Into tbe city. -.. The total number of cases for tbe past five days has been IS with S deaths, for the preceding five days the record was 2 cases and 4 deaths.- The five days before that 38 case and f deaths. The Record of 1ST3 for the five days ending Oct, 30, was 7 deaths, and to the I proceeding days 132 deaths. AUTOCATIC CZARS HAS ROUGH lier part of th day the Colorado had been separated from the other ships In the storm and efforts to reach her by wireless Wfre unesaiecessful for some time. No stop was made at Cap Hen ry. The vessels pns.'ed Into the bay and took the bay channel, which runs to the north from the cotrnso Into Hampton Ilmuls. All during the day the Wrst Virginia had (been in commu nication with the Capt Henry station, ibout fop.y m jyiges being exchanged. Pum" of Ui mere official dispatches 'n cypher, others personal message to the praildetvt und the officers of the squadron, while others directed the movements of the Dolphin and made trrangefents for the chanas In tha pro gram of the president's Transfer. Tha voyage of 'I he squadron from the South Carolina coast to tha capes was a rough one. The northeast gale pitch ed up a nasty sea off Jlatteraa, the waves were 'running dangerously high, but while no fears were entertained for vessels of the West Virginia's class, It was evidently deemed wiser to give the treacherous shoals In that vicinity i wider sweep and the cruisers weut out to sea. This caused the dclny of the presidential squadron in reaching the capes on schedule time. Rome Idea of the roughness of the waters around Cape Henry ami th Impracticability of the president trans-shipping there Is given by she fact that when a Mary land pilot was asked for by Admiral Browmon to take the West Virginia up the bay It was necessary for the pllotboat to go Into the sheltered wa ters of Hampton 'Roads, twenty miles Inland, to pick up a pilot, when there wore pilots nshore at Cai Henry who could not get out to the boat. SUPREME COURT CLEARS SWAYNE Holds That Action of Florida Judge was Proper and Just to all Persons Concerned. (By Associstsd Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. The case of United States Judge Charles Swayne of Florida, who was the subject of Im peachment proceedings by the Senate during the last session of Congress, was decided today by the Supreme courts, in connection with a decision in the case of Florida McCuire vs. William A. Blount, Involving the title to land near Pensocola, Fla, The opinion In the case was delivered by Justice Day and sustained the decision ot the court of appeals for the sixth circuit, which was favorable to brount Judge Swayne sat in the trial of this case and during its progress was re quested to recuss blmself jand not sit In the case, because, as was alleded In the petition, his wife owned an Interest In the property. In the course of his decision Justice Day said that no in terest by Mrs. Swayne had been shown In any competent manner, and that no adequate reason for Judge Bwayne'g retirement from the case had been giv en. NOT ADVANCED. (By Assooiatsd Press.) wiKWiN'OTOS. Oot. 30. The Su preme court of the L'nHed States today refusal to advance or Its docket the case of Warren B. Wilson vs. Leslie Shaw, secretary of the treasury, proceeding is an effort to enjoin the (mm cavlna- out money for the construe km of th Panama canal on the ground that an act or t-on-gress authoslslng the payment Is un constitutional. Mr. Wilson is Chica go attorney. WITTE GIVES CZAR PLAN OF GOVERNMENT Newly Appointed Minister- President Gives his Ideas on Liberty. SAYS DISCONTENT HAD A DEEP FOUNDATION Many Sweeping Changes Pro posed Which Would Rev olutionize Russia. (By Associated Press.) ST. PETEHSUURQ. Oct. 80. Count Wltte's report to the emperor, who Inscribed thereon "To be taken for guide" Is as follows: Your Majesty has deigned to Indl cate to me directions for a government In consideration of the actual state of Russia. "The agitation of human society la not the outcome of partial Imperfec Hons In the social and governmental regime or of actions organised by the extreme elements. Its roots are much deeper. It took birth in ths violation of the balance between the moral as pirations and the exterior forms of Kusslan society, , "Believing that Russia aspired to have laws based on Civil liberty, the chief problem of ths government con sists in making effective, even befors r.pproval by the stats douma, all ele ments of civil liberty In ths elaboration ot normal legislative measures giving quality before the laws to-sil Rus sians without distinction or race or re ligion. 'The problem ensuing consists In the stablishment ' of legislative forms seeming to guarantee the benefits of civil, political and economic liberty. hese benefits should be extended to he mass of the people, under the r- ves safeguarding the laws In all civ ilized countries. "It must be realised, then, that these objects cannot be maintained Immedl- tely, as no government could sudden ly prepare 135,000 men with a vast ad ministration for new liberties. It is therefore necessary to have the powers of a homogeneous government united in Its alms, taking care to put In practice the stimulating principles of liberty and to display sincerity and uprightness in Its Intentions. "Tee government should abstain Brom'any Interference with elections to the douma and keep in view my sin cere desire for the reallxatlon of the kase of December 25, 1904. It muBt maintain the prestige of the douma and have confidence in Its labors, and In ho way resist its decisions so long as they are not inconsistent with Rus sia's historic greatness. 'It Is necessary to respect the Ideals of the great majority of society and not the echoes of noisy groups and fao. tlons, too often unstable. It Is especial- y Important to secure the reform of the counrll of the empire on an elector al principle. I believe that In the exercise of tne executive ipower the following princi ples should be embodied: First Straightforwardness and sin- erlty in the confirmation of civil lib erty and in privilege guarantees for Its maintenance. "Second A tendency In the direction of the abolition of exclusive laws. Third The co-ordination of the activity of all organs of government. Fourth Avoidants of repressive measures In respect of proceedings w hich do not openly menace society or the state. Fifth Reslstence to acts which manifestly threaten society or the state, such reslstence being based upon law and moral unity. OLICE BELIEVE THAT HORRIBLE SUIT CASE CRIME WAS COMMITTED BY A WOMAN (By Associated Press.) - Pittsburg, Pa., Oct SO. It Is the firm conviction of everyone who is in touch with the case that, while a charge of murder has been lodged against Mor ris Nathan, secretary to Manager of the "Shepperd King" company. In con nection with the suit case mystery, he Is not tbe principal In the affair and Is held because it is believed he can throw more light on the crime than anyone else. That the police have a complete story from Nathan, telling all he knows and suspects. Is not denied, but aslds from a few statemennts that have leaked out concerning the examination, the au thorities refuse to disclose the Informa tion obtained until after the arrival of the Boston officers, whloh Is expect ed about S o'clock In the morning. It Is known that Nathan admitted that he was Intimate with Miss Geary and in his statement be Implicated a woman, who, he says, conducted a ma ternity home In Tremont street Bos ton. (Nathan stated to the police offi cer that he was not aware of the girl's condition. He declares they were TWELVE ARE KILLED IN A BAD SMASH UP Vestibule Train Derailed near Kansas City and Many Injured. V PASSENGERS IN DAY COACH SUFFERERS MIril Cers are Broken up on Rocks and Men and Women Beaten to Death. 1 (By Assooiatsd Prsss.) KANSAS CITY. Kas.. Oct SO. Twelve persons were killed and thirty Injured today In the wreck of onSv. of the fastest regular trains on ths AtchU son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, California Limited No. 10, which left Chicago at 10 o'clock last night for ths Far West. The train was ditched on mile east of Sheffield, Mo., six miles from the business center of Kansas ' City. . . : ' The wreck occurred in a cut while the train was running at ths rats of 50 miles an hour and was caused by spreading rails. The train was mads up of vestlbuled cars and while the vestibules prevented telescoping In a measure, the speed of ths train was so great that it 1 caused several of tha cars to pile up on top of each other, tearing out tbe connections. The wreck age was plied high and under It scores ot passengers and members of ths crew were burled. .. Relief trains carrying many physi- . clans were sent out from Kansas CKy shortly befors noon and preparations made to bring the dead and iijured to Kansas City. . . Josnph Seymour, one of ths killed. was ths cashier of the Ray county savings bank, at Richmond; Me. John McGregor, another of tihe killed. was an engineer on ths Santa Fe, who , bad been transferred to one of tha western divisions of the road and was on his way to Topeka to make his new run. ; - Most of the Injured were In the smok-. er. ; ;,,:. ' i ; The train consisted of one mall ear. one baggage car, one coach, one chair 1 car, four tourist sleeping cars, two ' standard Pullmans and one dining car. ' Ths passenger list was composed large ly of colonisation tourists. Nearly all the sleeping ears remained on , the tracks and the forward cars bore the " brunt ot the shock. .None of the pas sengers In the sleeping cars were hurt The day car In front of the chair car furnished the greater number of killed or Injured. . ' The great natural wall of rough atone Into which the cars were thrown tore . tbe sides off the day coaches and the passengers were ground against the wall and either killed or badly Injured. One of the first bodies removed was that of the dining car porter, Rudolph Richardson. He was passing through one of the. rear cars and had Just made the announcement "Last call for break fast." J. D. Whltmore, one of the in jured, was in the smoksr. which had an -old fashioned coal stove theater. Be was thrown in such a way that one leg was Jammed into the broken stove la contact with the live coals, He was so covered with the debris that he could not get out and his foot was burned until it must be amputated. ' H. a. Hurst, engineer of the wrecked train, and his fireman, William De Long, escaped Injury. The locomotive leaped from the rails and ran 300 feet on the ties, finally stopping upright. The wreck was caused by striking a loose rail. The locomotive was going so rapidly that It passed the rail in safety. The mall car Immediately (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) to have been married. He said he overheard a conversation between Miss Geary and two girl j, who were ap ipearinng at the Parks In Hartford, In whKh one of ths girls advised Miss Geary to go to ' the Tremont street house for treatment Nathan said he was not responsible for Miss Geary's go lung to a hospital. That the crime was done by a wo man Is the belief of the police officials. No hardened criminal, they say, would have disposed of the body by cutting It up, and packing tt in a suit case, and then allowing the case to float The authorities appear to believe that Nathan was unaware ot the murder of the girl and that 'he bad no part In the crime, but they seem to think he Is responsible for iier receiving treat ment Nathan is on the verge of cot lapse, and the police are doing every, thing to keep him as well as pogxlM... Nathan's story of having lust iwn the murdered girl St the subway st i tlon at Hoyleston and Tremrmt strv", floston, on the night of f.-i'lmber 9. Is borne out by several in. n l - rs ( the company.