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END OF AUTGCRACY Roosevelt's Peace Plan Liberates Russia. WITTE T0 AMERICAN PEOPLE Cr —— At Czar’s Word AN Strikes Are Declared Off. A CABINET ON BRITISH MODEI Witte Will Be Called Libermtor of the Hussian People—Peace Confer ence Brought Him Back to Power. His Word to Emperor Caused Fall of Romanof's iron Rule—Rejolclig Over All the Land, ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 81.-The antocracy of the Romanoffs and the old order of things has ceased to exist In Russia. Ewperor Nicholas has surrendered, and Count Witte comes Into power as minister president, with an Imperial mandate which will enable him to con vert a farcical national assembly luto 8 real legislative body, Count Witte bad a long interview with the emperor In Peterhof, going over a final draft of a manifesto to which be insisted that certain modifs cations be made. Before taking a tralp for St. Petersburg he teleplioned to a friend that the emperor had afMixed bis signature and that the mandate was In his pocket. Its conditions include freedom of the press, the right of assembly and lm munity of the person, including the right of habeas corpus. The following is the text of the im perial manifesto: “We, Nicholas II, by the grace of God emperor and autocrat of all the Russias, grand duke of Finland, etc, declare to all our faithful subjects that the troubles and agitation ln our capi tals and in numerous other places Ail our heart with excessive pain and sor row. “The happioess of the Russian sover eign is indissolubly bound up with the happiness of our people, aud the sorrow of our peaple Is the sorrow of the sov- ereign, “From the present disorders may arise great national disruption. The) menace the Integrity and unity of our empire. “We, therefore, direct our govern- ment to carry out our inflexible will in the following manner: “First.—To extend to the population the immutable foundations of civic lb- erty, based on the real iuviolabllity of person, freedom of conscience, speech, union and association. “Second. Without suspending the al- ready ordered clections to the state douma to invite to participation In the douma so far as\the limited time before the convocation of the donma will per- mit those classes of the population now completely deprived of electoral rights, leaving the ultimate development of the principle of the electoral right In general to the newly established legis lative order of things. “Third. —To establish as an unchange- able rule that no law shall be enforced without the approval of the state dou- wa and that it shall be possible for the elected of the people to exercise real participation lu the supervision of the legality of the acts of the authorities appointed by us. “We appeal to all faithful sons of Russia to remember their duty toward the fatheriand, to ald ln terminating these unprecedented troubles and to apply all thelr forces In co-operation with us to the restoration of calm and peace upon our natal soll. “Given at Peterbof Oct. 80, eleventh year of our reign.” “1 am sure the American people, who understand what freedom is, and the American press, which volces the wishes of the people, will rejoice with the friendly Russian nation at this moment, when the Russian people have received from his imperial majesty the promises and the guarantees of free dow and will join in the hope that the Russian people will wisely nid In the realization of those liberties by co operating with the government for their peaceful lutrodaction. Only thus will it be possible to secure the full benefits of the freedom couferred upon the people.” Count Witte, Russia's first premier, last night sent the above message to the American people through the press. He had just arrived at bis residence on Kammenioyroy prospect from Pe terhof, where, in the Alexander palace, the emperor bad given his final np- proval to a manifesto and to a pro gramme which will forever end the rule of absolutism exercised by him and his Romanoff ancestors for 300 years, The musicipal councll of St. Peters burg at its sitting after reading the imperial manifesto, seat the following message to the emperor; “The councll welcomes with delight the long desired tidings of freedom, ou a ‘bright future for in the A tremendous sensation and was re ceived with great joy. The manifesto shows how complete Is the emperor's abdication of his auto cratic power. The very style of the document is clear and direct and de vold of the verbose, vague and bom: bastic phraseology which heretofore has characterized his majesty's mani festoes. It not only betrays real author ship, but shows that the emperur at last has irrevocably bowed to the In evitable. He does not even conceal the fact that the discontent and agitation of his subjects hag driven him to take the step and practically ylelds every thing—civil liberty, the lnviolability of person and liberty of conscience speech and assembly. The strike bas ended on the Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Moscow and Kazan and the Moscow and Archangel railroads. J. Plerpont Morgan, Jr. and George W. Perkius were with Finance Minis ter Kokovsoff wheu the latter received the news from M. Witte. It was a dra matic moment. The minister was called to the telephone, and when he returned he was greatly agitated and said “Gentlemen, the old order of things has changed. Russia has a coostitu. tion.” The news spread like wildfire throughout the city. The revolutionists, and active agitators generally, declar ed loudly that the government's prom: ises would suffice and that the strike must end, but an hour after the news Decame known the revolutionists took occasion to throw the frst bomb in St. Petersburg used since the strike began. The incident occurred near the Polytechnic school, but there was no fatality The foreign embassies were notified, and official notifications will also be sent to the Russian ambassadors abroad. The effect throughout Russia Is ex pected to be Instantaneous The count already bas tentatively se lected tue members of his cabinet. He will himself hold no portfolle. All the present ministers except those of war, navy aod foreigu affairs will be re tired. Prince Alexis Obolensky, one-of the count's former assistants In the ministry of fluauce, will become mir Ister of Interior; M. Romanoff, anothe former assistant to the minister, wil take the finance portfolio; M. Koni, at present a senator and Russia's ablest Jurist, will be minister of justice; M Krosovsky, president of the St. Peters. burg municipal councll, will take the ministry of education, and M. Ziegler von Schaffhausen, chief of the rallroad department of the ministry of finance, will become minister of ways aud com- munications Count Witte insisted ou a cabinet on the British model with a selected pre miler responsible to the imperial douma or parliament. The emperor clung to appointment of wembers of the cabinet on the American plan by the emperor as chief of state. Foreign Minister Lamsdorf has re assured the ambassadors by formally guaranteeing the safety of foreign res- idents. He announces that the govern- ment is prepared to give them wilitary protection in St. Petersburg and else where Ia the event of disorders, At Riga collisions between the troops and the armed populace contibue, Many people bave been killed or wounded. The strikers used knives and revoly- ers and killed a pumber of police with cold steel, The German crulser Lubeck and ten torpedo boats of the third and Afth di- visions put to sea from Kiel for an no- known destination, Thelc departure gave rise to a rumor that they are bound for this port to bring the Russian empress and her children to be the guests of Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia, Eckstein Reimbursed Buffalo Bank. BUFFALO, Oct. 31. —At the Citizens’ bank here Nathap Eckstein of Seattle, Wash, paid to Vice President G. Fred Zeller what was announced to be a considerable sum of money, presumed to be between $45,000 and £50,000, The money paid Into the bank was just enough to take up all the paper of Mr Ecksteln’s brothers, Charles and Adolf, of the Whitney Eckstein Seed company of Buffalo, beld by the bank. Tue pa: per was transferred to Nathan Eck stein. Thus was settled without the loss of a dollar to the bank the indebt- edness believed to bave caused the young cashier, Henry J. Block, to blow out his brains near Utica on Friday night. Governor Granis Sherrie Reptleve, HARTFORD, Com, Oct. 31.— As the result of a conference lu the capitol between Governor Roberts, Nicholas Lodygensky, the Russian consul gen: eral at New York, and two Russian clergymen Governor Roberts granted a reprieve to Frank Sherrie, who was sentenced to be banged at the state prison at Wethersileld soon after mid night last night for the murder of Mrs. Ludwika Kulas In Somersville on Jan. 5 last. The prisoner is repriey. el until Jan. 9 1906 and in the mean: time his case will be argued before the board of pardons. New York Has 4,014.304 Population. ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 31. ~The popu: lation of Greater New York as connted by the state enumeration burean on Juné™l and donounced In 4,014.304.09 compared with 3437202 in 1900 and 2507414 In 1800. These figures show an inereage lu the population from 1000 to 1005 of 577.102, or 16.8 per cent, aml for the same area during the preceding | ten yours of 8 350,780, or 37.1 per cent. A CHINESE OUTRAGE Admiral Train and His Son Were Attacked. BEATEN BY VILLACERS NEAR NANKIN American Marines Landed and as Rescue Party Fire Twe Velleys Inte Mob, Whe Were Attempts ing to Plichfork Oficers. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.— A dispatch froma Shanghal says that Rear Ad miral Train, commander in chief of the American Aslatic squadron, and his son, Lieutenant Train, have been vie tims of a savege attack Ly Chinese outside of Nankin The American officers were pheasant shooting when the admiral accidentally shot a Chinese woman, slightly injur ing her. Hundreds of villagers thereupon sur rogidded the officers, took away thelr guns, knocked the admiral down In the mud and held Lieutguaut Train as a hostage Forty American marines landed as A rescue party were attacked by a mob REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES TRAIN. sitclifork “The marines were obliged the officers to fire twice The Chinese officials refused to re store the otficers’ guns and support the villagers. Napkin has been active in the move went for boycotting American goods and Is the center of activity on the part of Japanese students Ever sloce he has been in command of the American fleet in Asiatic waters Rear Admiral Tralu has been working back and forth between Ching and the Philippines. He was most active dur ing the naval batties between the Rus- slans and the Japanese. To him was left the work of seeing that the Amerl can government was not in any way &ubarrassed by either of the contest ants. His fleet now in the Chinese waters consists of the cruisers Balu: more, Raleigh and Clucinnati and the destroyers Balubridge, Barry and Dale and the gunboat Alva and the colller Saturn. At the state department it Is thought that fu view of the present straloed relations between the United States and China and particularly on account of the fact that Nankin is the center of the boycott movement of American goods the Incident Is regarded as se- rious. Naval officers state that such accl- dents as this are not infrequent In Chinn. It Is the custom of the naval officers of all nationalities, Lut par- ticularly British and Americans on the China station, to go fowling whenever opportunity offers among the Chinese rice fields, which at certain seasons abound with ducks and swalier birds feeding ou the rice One officgr recalled his shooting a Chinese babe on his mother's back, which was settled amicably by the payment of fifty Mexican dollars, with the result that many Chinamen were teropted to put themselves iu the way of shotguns Nickerson's Head Hlown ON. NEEDHAM, Mass, Oct. 31 —Joseph H. Nickerson of this town was accl dentally Kills! while bunting near here Nickerson was aloue at the time of the accident, but, judging from the posi tion Iu which the body was found, it Is believed that in crawlug through A barbed wire fence oue of the barrels of the gun was discharged The top of the man's head was blown off Nick erson was about sixty years of age He was formerly a produce dealer of Boston Chinese Army Maneuvers. PEKING. Oct. 31.-The army's ma neuvers, which have just been com pleted, greatly Impressed foreigners, especially those acquainted with the condition of Chinese troops five years ago. The opinion expressed on all sides Is that Chinon has accomplished an ab solutely marvelous feat in raising an army of 40,000 men to its present off clency. Fire at Union Hill Rife Range. UNION HILL, N. J, Oct. 31 ~The ri fle range snd two pavilions at Scheut zen park bere were destroyed Ly fire, involving a total loss of $100.000. The park wns the property of the Platt. deutsch volksverein of this city. The fire started from some noknown cause in a wooden pavilion sud spread rap: idly to the other bhulldings . New York Faster Gets Loving Cup. ST. PAUL, Minn, Oct. HT. Rev, A PINT OF NITROGLYCERIN. Irishman Made an I nlucky Find af Saybrook, Conn. BAYBROOK, Coun. Oct. 31. — This town was shaken as with an earth quake Ly the explosion of a pint of nitroglycerin In the railroad yards Windows were broken, houses were shaken on their foundations and people rushed out of their homes panic strick en. For a short time there was great excitewent In the community, and i is reported that the explosion was felt as far as Westbrook. a few miles away The bottle containing the was found under the Michael Murphy, a section foreman who went there to get his coat. He did not find Me coat where be had left it and looked under the house for it There he discovered thé package con taining the explosive and, not knowing what the bottle coutained, took It te Towerman E. 8. Burns Burns hurled it against the wheels of a freight car several yards away and (on an Instant there was a great report. The freight car, coal laden, went up in the air about three feet and came down off the tracks Four windows In the tower house dropped out, and the crash of glass could be beard from all points Several burglaries bave been com mitted around this part of the state during the past year, and it is believed that the explosive was left under the car house for future use by some of the cracksmen. Near the bottle was found a copper cap, also used by safe crackers explosive car house by RICHMOND HANDICAP. . Handsarra Won From Hace King at Jamalca. NEW YORK, Oct 31. —Handzarra, favorite, at 2 to 1, won the Richmond handicap, six furlongs, in a drive from Race King at Jamalea Hermitage, who fAnished third, went to the frout early and made the pace to the stretch, where Haundzarra took the lead and won by half a length Cataract, who was canled as a start. er In the last race, was withdrawn at the last minute, as he was pot regis tered with the Jockey club and nobody was able to identify the horse. Four favorites won. Summaries First Race —Druid, first; oud; Incantation, third Second Race - Samuel first; Antimony, second; ird Race hand, second; Fourth Race King, second; Fifth Race Ax, second; Sixth bler, second Zeala, sec H. Harris, Arsenal, third Reidmoore, first: Lone Vine, third Hamdzarra, Hermitage, third Curly Jim. first; Battle Meddling Daisy, third. loveroft first; Gam- T. J. Cox, third New York Scribes Won, NEW YORK, Oct. 31. ~The third an- nual contest between the New York Newspaper Golf club and the New England Press Golf association was played at the Fox Hills Golf club, the New Yorkers winulog for the second time by a score of 7 matches to 31. In the qualifying round for the individual newspaper championship of the east W. C. Freeman of the American, Jason Rogers of the New York Globe, W. W Harris of the New York Telegram and F. P. Sands of the Meriden (Conn) Journal stayed ln for the semifinal and final rounds first; Race ace English “Dumping” te He Tried. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, O