on. VI EXISTS Polish Capital In a State of Anarchy. GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR TALKS Army Is Ready, as I Am, to Die For the Czar." MSKYZABOR MAY BE GRANTED aatantlon Thronglx nt Poland In crralnirlr Serlou, Wirun Mrerte nnrrlrndrd-rontlnnril Hlol and SI reft Fia;htlnsr Anierlrnn roniial W'lrr Mob 1'lllnKliiir Storm lien eral Strike On Three Hundred Dead. ST. PETERSBVIIG, Feb. 1. Thlnt ewt reports from Warsaw (It-plot the Bit notion throughout Poluud us lnoreas attgly serious. A condition of civil war exist in the Tollsh cnpltnl. The rebels luive eiwted karricfidea. Hundreds of shops hnve Been plundered. The rebels wrecked ttoe telephone exchniiKe. poured tons of fatroleutu In the streets and have set ix to it, and tt is said complete an awchy prevails. A womau posted on the balcony of her house larked oft the Cossacks who were trying to drive the strikers from ttie streets. A Cossack finally shot the nian, but his own life paid the pen GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR. y. The mob fell upon him, dragged tu from bis horse and beat and icked him to death. Fighting around die barricades continued during the Cht. In one section the rebels are masters at the situation. The police have fled, atugs placards have been posted an nouncing the establishment of a revo lutionary municipal retime. Minor collisions between the troops and police and the populace continue to veil the number of dead. Trade and industry are completely at a standstill, and the presence of thou sands of idle workmen, who have been ut of employment for months and are atarring and desperate, adds a factor of toe greatest danger, which Is not pres ent to the same extent In St. Peters burg, where the gorernment orders for war purposes hare kept the factories busy. At St. Petersburg last night the po lice surprised a meeting of strikers in a tavern and fired, killing a girl and Wounding four persons. It Is said that the responsibility for tbe Insertion of grape in front of the saluting charge, when grapeshots were llred at the czar, has been fixed upon Bogdanoff, a private of the Seventeenth battery of the First horse artillery of tbe guards, who was serving the gun. Bogdanoff, It is said, is a former stu dent and a member of a rerolutionary association. The American rice consul at War maw, Wltold Fouehns, telegraphs that many stores, chiefly Russian, hare been pillaged by mobs and that the shops and factories without exception are losed. A general strike is in effect. Those who are not willing to walk out are compelled to join the strike by threuts. Mr. Fouchas saw no improve ment in the situation and reported the receipt of bad news from Lodz aud 1U dojn. It Is conservatively estimated that the number of killed or wouuded at Warsaw Is about 800. The rioting in Poland will largely af fect the economic situation. The facto ries at Warsaw, Lodz, Petrokoff and ther industrial centers in Poland have been compelled to gradually reduce their output and decrease their work lug forces since the outbreak of the wnr, which has almost entirely closed the Siberian and Aianchurlan markets. The result has been that thousands tt workmen have been thrown out of employment for many months past, furnishing a horde of hungry, dlssatis lled, desperate men, among whom the news from St. Petersburg produced an outburst of a riotous and inceudlary pirlt. It is feared that a large propor tion of these thousands may be utilized by the revolutionary organizations In Poland, which Is the hotbed of Social lfliu. At St. Petersburg Grand Duke Vladi mir, uncle of Kmperor Nicholas and commander of He Imperial guard, granted an Interview this nioniln;; at the duke's palace l:i Quay le la four, adjoining the Winter palace. A cor respondent was received in the grand ukf'H private, study, Into which lie wits ushered by the grand duko's aid do rump, Prince Uelaselsky. "You must remember," said the grand duke in French (for, while he knows English perfectly, he prefers the Gallic tongue to any except his owu, "you must remember I am n grand duke and a subject of the emperor. As such I nm extremely loynl to him, and I am n Russian from the crown of my head to the tip of my toes," accom panying the wonls with a sweeping gesture. "What Information can I give you ?" '"lhe newspapers nbroid," suggested the correspondent, "have made many ntnteinents regarding the erents of Jan. 22." "I know. I have read accounts in the foreign press. I have stood aghast at the frightful stories of the butchery of Innocent people which they have printed. I know they say well inten t loncd patriots, with a priest at their head, coming peacefully to place their grievances before his majesty, were ruthlessly shot down In the streets, but we know tliat behind this peaceful pro cession was on anarchistic and Social istic plot of which the overwhelming majority of the workmen were merely Innocent tools? We know from exami nation of the dead and those arrested that some alleged priests were actually revolutionary agitators and students In disguise. We had to save the city from a mob. Unfortunately, to do so inno cent and guilty suffered alike. Hut suppose 140,000 men had reached the gates of the Winter palace. They would have sacked It as the mob sack ed Versailles. From the palace they would have gone elsewhere, and the whole alty would hare been delivered over tt anarchy, riot, bloodshed and tlames. Our duty was the duty of every government. "Tlie same situation has confronted cities In other countries. Why, because this occurred In Russia, should the whole world point the finger of scorn at us? In the midst of our difficulties, why should we be turned upon? Why should America especially misinterpret and think ill of us? We have always been friends friends of a century. rr lends when America needed friends. I remember when America was our great friend. Why has all this chang ed? What has Russia done to deserve it? What has Russia done to Ameri ca? Why should the foreign press, especially that of Great Britain, not hesitate before any calumny? No In vention seems too horrible for them to print. They do not explain that on Saturday every dead wall In St. Pe tersburg was placarded with warnings to the people not to assemble. No, but they tell that thousands of Innocent people were killed and other thousands wounded and paint the streets as run ning red with blood. They even say the dead were pushed under the Ice of the Neva at night. It is infamous. They say nothing of Isolated officers set upon by mobs in the streets and hammered into insensibility or of po licemen killed or wounded. As a mat ter of fact, complete returns show that exactly 120 are dead. Several hun dred were wounded. I can't give the precise figure of the wounded, but you shall have an opportunity to see the full reports." "They say that Gorky will be hang ed," suggested the correspondent "Nonsense!" replied the grand duke. "It Is asserted that some of the troops refused to obey commands," was the next suggestion. "There is no question of the loyalty of the troops," asserted the grand duke. "They did their duty. They are ready, as I am ready, to die In the streets for the emperor. "People speak of a constitution," said the grand duke. "A constitution would mean the end of Russia, as the state would be gone, anarchy would super vene, and when It ended the empire would be disintegrated. Finland, Po land and perhaps other frontier prov inces would have broken away. Russia is not ripe for a constitution. Go out among the peasants, who comprise the vast bulk of the empire's population. and try to explain to them government I by suffrage. The peasant knows noth ing of government. He does not even know what the word means. He knows his emperor for him the emperor is everything. Give the peasant a vote and nil would be anarchy. Still there is necessity for reforms, and they will be granted by the autocracy." "Maintaining the principles of autoc racy, then, the people will hare an op- , portunlty to be heard In the govern ment?" questioned the correspondent. "Yes," was the reply, "they can, and I am sire they will be given a voice. Of that I am certain," and he repeated the words emphatically, "I am cer tain," and continued ereu more deliber ately, "They will be given the means of presenting their needs and grievances direct to the sovereign." With these significant words, fore shadowing perhaps the Immediate granting of something in the nAture of the zemskyzabor (land parliament), tht heir presumptive to the throne of the Romanoffs ended the interview. He then turned to Prince KclnscUky, in structing him to give the correspondent every facility for Independent investi gation. A dispatch from Breslau says that a general strike is expected in the in dustrial towns of Russian Poland. Shippers in Sosnowltz have sent out circulars warning against sending goods to Warsaw or Lodz. A press dispatch from Lodz, the greatest manufacturing center of west Russia, says the town looks like a be sieged fortress. Soldiers In detach ments of fifty are patrolling the streets to preserve order. All the stores are closed and their windows boarded up. Hundreds of people are waiting before the bakeries for bread. At Grodno there have been disturb ances, In consequence of which troops were colled out. A mob of 2,()K) strik ers destroyed the postofllco aud tele graph Hues and looted the wine shops. THE COLUMBIAN, TWELVE WIVES DEAD Chicago Police Charge Many Murders to Hoch. "BLUEBEARD" WEDDED OYER ITCH Trtaoner C'nptnred by rvr York Po lice Takea Matter (oiillr figured la Minneapolis a 9r. llnrt and Mnrrled Girl There, CHICAGO, Feb. Whlef of Police O'Xeill has declared his belief that .to (in mi Adolph Hoch, alleged to have been married to more than a score of women, has murdered at least twelve of them. This statement was made by the chief In a letter written by him to Cap tain .lames J. Langan of the detective bureau of New York, In which he re quested the police department of that city to follow a clew given through an anonymous letter received by Inspector of Police Shlppy from n woman living at the Belvedere hotel, New York. In this letter It Is Intimated that Hoch married two New York women, whom he has abandoned. An attempt was made to have Hoch Indicted by the grand Jury on charges of wife abandonment and bigamy. The com plainants were Mrs. Amelia Angusta Flscher-Hoch, Mrs. Anna Hendrlck-son-Hrtch and Mrs. Marie Gocrk-lloeh. It was found, however, that In bigamy cases the wife cannot testify against the husband and that witnesses to the marriages must be secured before ac tion can be taken. As the marriages took place In various parts of the coun try, time will be required In which to secure witnesses to give testimony against Hoch sufficient to Indict him. At Minneapolis, Minn., it is said. Hoch attempted to murder Mrs. Mabel Lelchsman-Hart in June, 1003. Dr. G. L. Hart, who called Milwaukee, Wis., his home, married Miss Lelchsman of the Dewey theater, in that city, dur ing the first week in June, 1!K).'$. Three days after, while they occupied quar ters in the Allen hotel, he Is alleged to have tried to chloroform her as she lay in bed. The attempt was unsuccess ful, and Hurt disappeared. Indications are now that Hart and Hoch are iden tical. The prisoner, John Joseph Adolph Hoch, now held in New York, if re ports are true, had eighteen wives, nine of whom died suspiciously. He was ar raigned there yesterday and remanded until Feb. 2 as a fugitive from Justice. He Joked In court and said laughingly, "Walt till I get to Chicago and It will be different." When asked as to why he thought he had been arrested he replied: "I suppose it Is on account of selling some mortgaged property In Chicago, that Is all. I'm not afraid to go back there at any time, and when I do this whole matter will be cleared away." Hoch was brought down to police headquarters and kept there while the police attempted to get a confession out of him. But Hoch was not nearly as talkative about his past life as he Is said to have been to the widow, Mrs. Catharine Klmmerle, whom he desired, according to her story, to add to his number of wives. "I nerer had but two wives," he said. "One Is living and one was May Fischer, who died recently. But I hail nothing to do with her death. I, am a much abused man and am standing as scape goat for another man. I am willing to go back to Chicago and fa a trial." "This circular," said Detective Fogar ty, "says you had other wives when you married May Fischer and that you are guilty of bigamy." "I only had one other wife," said Hoch. Hoch's characteristic of proposing to every unattached woman he met re sulted In his capture by the New York police. Coroner Hoffman here hus reported that traces of poison hare been found in the stomach of Mrs. Marie Walcker Hoch through the chemical nnalysls. Verdict Favored Bootblack. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 1. A bootblack stand Is not a place of public accommo dation, according to a decision of the court of appeals In the action of George W. Burks agulnst Taul Bosso, both of Rochester. Bosso refused to shine the shoes of Burks, who Is a negro, nnd Burks brought an action to recover $500 for violation of the law. Ilrltlah Steamer Wrecked. AMSTERDAM, Feb. l.-Tho British steamer Alba, Captain Cox, from New port News for Amsterdam, Is ashore at Zandvoort, near Haarlem, on the North sea, and will be a total loss. Twelve members of her crew 'have been got ashore, but twenty-five are still on board. Lifeboats are In attendance. Mr. Gilbert Left 10,000. NEW YORK, Feb. 1, The will of Mrs. Anno Jane Gilbert, the aged ac tress who ended her long career by starring iu "Granny" up to a few days before her death, which occurred in Chicago on Dec. 2, was filed in tho sur rogate's court. Mrs. Gilbert left $10,000 personal property. Tried to Bribe Councllmen. TAUNTON, Mass., Feb. 1. William II. Greeley was arrested on a warrant charging him with bribery in connec tion with the recent municipal election. It is alleged that Greeley offered mon ey to certain counelluien if they would vote for a certain candidate for city treasurer, President Glrea to llnnna ( hair. WASHINGTON, Feb. l.-It was an nounced that President Roosevelt has made a substantial contribution to the llanna Memorial Chair association, which was organized for the purpose of establishing n chair at the f astern Re servo nnlverslry In Cleveland. BLOOMSBURO, PA. IN CONGRESS. Treatment of .TefTemnn nnrla by Mile lln-iillril. WASHINGTON. Feb. I.-The treat ment by General Nelson A. Miles of Jefferson Davis, president of the Con federacy, during the time he was a prisoner at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, was recalled in the house when Mr. Wil liams (Miss.), the minority lender, tried to secure the adoption of the senate amendment to the house provision re garding retired officers serving with the state militia. Messrs. Hull (la.) nnd Hay (Va.), both members of the military affairs rommlttee. Indorsed the house provi sion making It retroactive. The latter declared It was Democratic doctrine to save money and for that reason called upon the Democrats to stand by the committee. It was at this Juncture that Mr. Wil liams arose and spoke of the action of General Miles In placing shackles on the ankles of Jefferson Davis. He shared, he said, the opinion of south ern men as to that, but he did not think It was the time, the place nor the way to get even. Mr. Williams' motion to agree to the senate amendment, which does not make the law concerning re tired officers retroactive, was lost 71 to 171. The bill then was sent to con ference. FOUR RECORDS SMASHED. Paul Sartni-I, In Vandcrbllt Car, Won Fifty Mile Kvent. DAYTONA, Fla., Feb. 1. Four world's records were broken here in the automobile races on the Ormond-Day-tons conrso. The first was in the fifty mile Duy tonn handicap, won by Paul Sartorl, driving Alfred G. Vanderbllt's ninety horsepower Flat, who went the dis tance In 40 minutes 20 seconds. The best time was made by H. W. Fletcher in O. F. Thomas' eighty horsepower cor, who covered the distance In 38 minutes ol seconds. He did not win the race, being scratch man, but he es tablished a world's record. W. K. Van derbllt, Jr., held the previous record at 40 minutes 40 4-0 seconds. The second wus In the final for the Miller ten mile trophy, which was won by Arthur MacDonald in a ninety horsepower Napier in 0 minutes 15 sec onds. The previous record was 0 min utes 31 4-5 seconds, made last Saturday by E. It. Thomas. In the twenty mile open race for the E. It. Thomas trophy Arthur MacDon ald, In a ninety horsepower Napier, beat W. K. Vanderbllt, Jr.'s, record of 17 minutes 2 seconds. He went tbe dis tance in 15 minutes 23 seconds. H. L. Bowden In an attempt to beat the world's record covered a mile In 32 4-0 seconds, cutting down his previ ous record of 34 1-5 seconds. The fifty mile Daytona handicap was the chief event. There was much trou ble for the contestants, and only four of the ten cars that started crossed the finish line. Guy Vaughan and E. R. Thomas were forced out by clutch dif ficulties, Arthur MacDonald had a gear wheel drop out, and Walter Christie and William Wallace came to grief in tbe controls. Baywood Won In Ruaawtr Rare, NEW ORLEANS, Feb. l.-Baywood, who outbroke his field and made a run away race of tho first event on the card, aud Rapid Water, who far out classed his company and won pulled up, were the only successful favorites here. Favonlus took the second race solely through Domlnkk's careful handling. Had Vlperlne, favorite iu the third, been as well ridden she might have won. The fifth race fell to a long shot, Charlie Dickson. He was iu company with the favorite, Arch Old ham, from tho start, caught him tiring at tbe end aud won cleverly. Emperor of India at Ascot, LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Feb. l.-Em-peror of India ran in his best form at Ascot park, winning the mile and sev enty yards event In 1:44 from Waswlft and Arabo, There were but three start ers. Emperor of Iudla was the most popular victor of the day. Wee Girl, the two-year-old, had no trouble in beating her field with 115 pounds up in 0:48Vi for the half mile. Saia Won Oakland Handicap. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. -The handicap at Oakland resulted In an ex citing finish. It was a close race be tween Sals, Venator aud Ishluua up to twenty yards from the finish. Knapp, who rode Sals, lifted his mount in and won by a short bead from Venator. In a few more Jumps Ishluua's number would have been hung up. Memphlnn Came Home la Front. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. 1. With tho track at Essex park four or five seconds slow, the bettors made but a poor showlug at picking winners here. 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