Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-17
A TOTTERING THRONE.


. !. A. feeling Of gloom prevails at St.
Petersburg. Rigorous police regulations
respecting the watching OF houses and
be made still more stringent. After
nine O'Clock in the evening nobody will
be at liberty to show himself ia the
street without a certificate. upon (which
must be written and attested the place
from which gtte bearer comes and to
which heis going. .31l.i =. s..srco
Gen. Gourko, governor general, PLAN
ned this ordinance. Soon it will not be
necessary to light q cand before half
past nine yet every one must be indoors,
and alter ten. as in barracks, every light
must be out. Notwithstanding this the
insecurity in ST. Petersburg increases
every day. rGrsnades are exploded In
the street. The intention OF the Nihil-
lists is believed to be to keep the police
ina state of constant excitement and
tire them out. or lull them to sleep with
| the idea of the danger being exagger-
ated.
| They also reckon on harsh measures
and arrests producing discomfort among
many people who, when the time comes
Tor q grand attack on the government,
would Join the revolutionists. Qnenight
recent y seditious placards were stuck
up in the VIC nifty of the theatres and at
the corners of the busiest streets, and
although the city police and detectives at
once burned up and tore down the man.
l ifestoes. they nevertheless appeared
anew. In this one night upwardsof $50
i persons were arrested and among all
tthese the police failed to find scrap of
paper which appeared to have ANYTHING
TO do with the proclamation.
The secret bill-sticker. on the other
hand, went on with his work. The po-
licemen were unable to discover him.
The alarm at last became SO great that
two companies under Col. Debery were
lposted at the entrances to q number of
houses and in the streets, but when the
guard had Its attention called to the
right, bills were posted on the left, and
after they had been torn down on the
, left, they reappeared on the right.
Since The attempt on the lite of the
; Gar, troops have been held in readiness
) day and night. In every regiment two
companies in marching order, equipped
with ball cartridge, are kept constantly
under arms. Batteries stand ready.
horses harvested and mounted in bsrrack
yards A squadron of every cavalry
. regiment stands in constant readiness to
!. mount. and day and night divisions Of
: Cossacks patrol the streets. On the 10th
l u peasant was arrested in whose pocket
were found depositions of revolutionary
(, troops. According to this document.
I. active operations were to commence on
the night between the 10th ands 18th
J., Instantly the government made the most
: extensive preparations for defense
The Grand Duke Nicholas took up his
It quarters, with his entire staff. in the OH.
d ces of the general staff opposite the
winter palace. In the riding school o
I. the guard regiment Of hussars of tn,
= guards was quartered, while the barrackl
IS ot Pavalof and Preo-bragneskis regi
ments were crammed full Of troops, ,ant
il the whole artillery OF the guards re
y ceived orders to hold itself in readines
Tor Immediate action. The troops con
l. tinued several days and nights in tn
ts places assigned them.