Show RUSSIA HAS THROWN OFF THE autocracy of the Roma has ceased to exist and a premier president takes hold of the reins of government st petersburg oct 30 p m tonight the autocracy of the roman offs and the old order of things ceased 0 o exist in russia emperor nicholas has surrendered and count atte canies conies into power as minister president with an imperial mandate which nil enable him to convert the farcical national assembly into a real legislative bod elected by greatly extended sut frag aiLlo upon the people fundamental civil liberties including freo speech these welcome tidings reached st petersburg shortly before 6 this evening count witte had the day with the emperor at golub over the final draft ot the manifesto to which ho insisted certain minor be made ana before taking the train for st petersburg he telephoned to a friend that the emperor had affixed his signature and that tho imperial mandate comprising he conditions upon which he had agreed to accept office was in his pock et these included freedom 0 the press the right of assembly and tire immunity of the person including tho right to habeas corpus the official announcement issued this evening bays an imperial manifesto will tie issued this evening appointing count prime minister with special authority to co and unify the powers of the different branches of the army civic liberties are granted to the russian people and to the national assembly is given legislative power while the suffrage is enlarged count witte insisted on a cabinet british model with a selected premier responsible to the imperial douma or parliament wh alo the emperor clung to the appointment of the members of the cabinet on the amer lean plan by the emperor as chief of mate the state department has instructed charge DAf faires eddy ia case of emergency to give american citizens asylum at the embassy and if necessary tu charter a steamer foreign minister lamsdorff is reassuring the ambassadors by formally guaranteeing the safety of foreign residents he announces that the government is prepared to afford them military protection in st petersburg and elsewhere in the event of disorders COSSACKS SHOOT TO KILL odessa oct SO it is impossible to fix even approximately the number of yesterdays victims the official in charge of the hospitals cemeteries and lockups are strictly forbidden to give the slightest information the dead and wounded whose numbers must be very considerable have been removed by the police and hidden out of sight of inquirers the infantry of anos loyalty the authorities are doubtful are kept in barracks and the cossacks and wh show no disinclination cli nation koshoot to shoot don the people on tight are left to deal with the crowds at one barricades barricaded barrica ded corner yesterday student on the appearance of the cossacks mounted the barricade and appealed to them to join the people instead of killing their brothers who were struggling for the freedom of their common country the cossacks Cos sacka answered with four volleys hilling alne and wounding about 40 persons scenes similar are occurring everywhere the browda fleeing before the charging cossacks invade private houses and hide in garrets and on roofs many private apartments have been converted into private hospitals for the buccos of the wounded COSSACKS ARE FAITHFUL 81 petersburg oct 30 1255 p m the city continues outwardly baliu but there Is the most intense excitement beneath the surface the strike committee continues to restrain the people ahli being considered the best means ot attaining the ends in view but behind the scenes the members of the corn elltee are holding constant meetings with the leaders of the various group ind seem to be preparing for bold stroke at the opportune moment i the know that an open collision would force a show of hands the army they pay Is teang gradually won over to the people s cause only tho cossacks Cos who are referred to as emperor nicholas guard are absolutely faithful to the existing regime tho Ismal lovsky anard regiment which was reported to be dis affected during ahe troubles of lat winter la now reported to have refused to do guard duty and Is to be confined to barracks surrounded by cossack an investigation by the associated press however failed to confirm the report during tins night firing occurred at the polytechnic school where a number of stud nj are held as prisoners the cossacks surrounding the building dispersed he workmen with their whips and were denounced by the students from the windows the students anally fired un horsing two soldiers thereupon tho cossacks fired two volleys the result Is not known A policeman in tho district was found dead thia morning having been murdered on his beat many of the police are afraid of losing lives aad have refused to do patrol duty their places have been taken by foot sowers the city is filled with false and sensational sat ional reports set afloat by the revolutionists the news from the provinces indicates that the authorities are getting control of some sections but generally the situation is growing worse instead 0 improving in many places afao students and strikers are fighting the black hundred as the bands of boughs roughs are termed the demands of the people are increasing proportionately with the success of the demonstration the cry for a constituent assembly Is now almost universal but the reds mcclara that even that would not satisfy the people and argue that there must be some lamp post work on account of the food shortage even the first class restaurants have increased their prices the minister of finance has issued an order permitting meat importation by water the scare milk Is especially felt BANKERS TO LEAVE BY WATER st petersburg oct 30 the negotiations tiati ons for the new russian loan were definitely adjourned at a meeting ot the financiers today both sides agree that it would be inopportune to place a loan on the foreign the interior situation in russia has changed the parting of the foreign bankers and M the finance minister was entirely amicable the former expressing their willingness to return to st petersburg and resume the negotiations at the ministers in vi during the negotiations M Kol tOTS off told the bankers that it was the intention of the government to employ tho proceeds of the loan for the liquidation odthe war expenses the repatriation of the army etc and to generally restore the status quo antebellum there also is a tacit understanding to place orders for warships in the countries providing the loan the foreign bankers have arranged to leave st petersburg in a body on wednesday by water A steamer has been chartered tor this purpose prices on the bourse today were firmer SOLDIERS ARE WITH THE PEOPLE glodz russian poland oct 30 the situation here grows worse hourly the infantry when ordered to alre on the people are discharging their rifles in ohp air the shops are dosed and those chose owners refuse to shut up are destroyed crowds are busily tearing down russian flags which wera displayed by the order of the police bands of peasants in the government ot are destroying the government alcohol stores excitement CONTINUES warsaw russian poland oct 30 noon the excitement in the shows no signs of abating every now and then the crowds overturn a street car with the object of stopping traffic but no serious conflicts have thus far occurred the police are trying to induce the shop keepers to reopen their shops threatening to fine them it they do not do so but the merchants are between two fires since tha socialists promise to smash their windows it the shutters are taken down BEHIND MOVEMENT st petersburg oct 30 p m no papers except the official messenger appeared today it la circumstantially reported that rich jews are behind the strikers for the purpose of forcing the government to grant equal rights to core co re WAS A PERILOUS VOYAGE new york oct 20 after one ot the most perilous voyages any yacht of the new york yacht club has had in years commodore A C james brigantine brigant lne aloha an auxiliary craft sailed into port yesterday the aloha had been on a cruise along the coast of scotland and ireland and bad landed Commodo io james and hie guests at southampton and then started on the return trip on oct ath she had hardly been 24 hours out when she encountered auch a heavy gale that she was forced to lay to for four das about midnight oct 14 just after the starboard watch bad gone below tha vessel ran into a terrific squall chief officer jacobsen bent three men to furl the outer lib they had hardly ecart ed up when a heavy sea swept over the yacht striking it with such fury that andrew anderson a scandinavian was carried into the ocean anderson is a burly fellow and the boat swimmer of the crew he kept abreast of beas tor twenty minutes when the crew jumped into a lifeboat and hauled him aboard weak ant uninjured |