Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-07-31
The Revelation of Lawlessness.

/ III view Oh the peculiar ana auua.
cious crimes OF the time, contem.
porary is inclined to give in its ad.
hesion to the theory that, Antichrist,
the Man of sin which is to be reveal
ed" il not Popery, but the bloody.
handed monster represented in
| Nihilism, nternationalism Commun-
ism Molly-Maguireism, and Red Re-
pubhcanism, that is ready to make a
common cause against God and all
religions. Protestant as well as Pa
pal AT the recent celebration in
Bogonga. Italy, of the anniversary OF
the Commune, eighty Socialists, of
whom twenty were women, drank
toasts to the next revolution, which
will set all Europe in flames =
The chief Nihiist organ, which is
clandestinely distributed through
out Russia, is entitled 'Semla i
Swaboda" Country and L'berly)
and is printed in quarto form. 1t
claims to hold jurisdiction over
everybody. 1t warns, threatens
and pardons right aid left, and
gives prompt and accurate iDtorma-
ton respecting the carrying out
OF It's sentences, which are those of
the Revolutionary Com mittee. 1t is
found every here. 1t ia laid by un-
seen hands on the Masters table, is
unexpec' edly discovered among the
bankers register, and the Imperial
Counsellor is astonished To meet
with " among his papers 1t is
slipped furtiVely between the sheets
of conservative iournal' In word
it finds its way as if by enchantment
on the tables OF the cafes, and into
tn private houses Of the rich and
poor. II appears twice a month
and advertises fo9 subscribers. 1t
mentions the Nih'list pamphlets
which have appeared, and informs
the pubic that Others bearing
this or That til, are shortly TO be
published, the prices of which
are given, but the editor contents
himself with Designating the place
at which they can be bought % the
well known house
On the day after Gen. Mesentzeff
was murdered, the Semla Swaboda
appeared illustrated with a large
cartoon, in which the General was
represented as lying in state, the first
page being occupied with kind of
proclamation giving the reasons
which had decided the Committee
to pronounce sentence of death upon
him. Three days after the secret
printing offices in st. Petersburg
were discovered by the Russian pc
lice. man was assassinated at Nos
COW, but who he was and why he
had been murdered remained a mys-
terry till the Semla Swaboda pubs
lished the following notice:
'Oa the Q ! of March the traitor
Reir tein was executed in the Mos
cow Hotel at Moscow. Reinstern, o
Polish Jew, disclosed TO the police
the whereabouts Of two of the print
ing offices. We have therefore, kill
ed him. The Government need not
boast of having made any great dis
covery, 1t has found nothing of
any value. The EDITORS portfolio
being seized, has certainly caused us
some inconvenie nee but as we
rever sign any of our articles, the
affair has no futher importance. 1t
will be useless to offer gold traitors
will not be found in our ranks.
Reinstein.was only an agent-a news
paper distributor. We have at our
command such considerable sum OF
money, that we can resist all Attempts
at bribery. The execution of Me-
sentzeff cost 5000 rubles. Krapotkin
cost nearly as much. Nevertheless
we still possess 400, 900 rubles for
the accomplishment of our work.
The st. Petersburg correspon-
dent for the Paris Univers says that
the police are openly arresting
people By bstehes at all hours OF
the day, whereas apprAbe nsions
were hitherto made at night. On
the slightest suspicion against any
person his whole family are arrested
and d0mioiliary visits are paid TO all
their acquaintances, which leads to
luther apprehensions, on the most
frIvelaus grounds. Eighty, three fur
acknowledging keepers are in prison
for not reporting within twenty fonr
h0ars the latest arrivals NJ Jako.
vlsff. G 1vernmsnt official living i o
the Winter Palace, and his son, an
oniesr in he Gaards, are among
the persons 10 custody. Baron Bis
from. Deputy .Commandant of the