The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-12

(Nev.) Chronicle.
AlAirs In Russia-Alleged Exagger.
ated Reports.
TIE London Nvnees of NAV % p,:b.
fishes q letter from st. Petersburg
which says:
"The statements published abroad
as to the situation are exaggerated, be-
cause the censorship of kilograms and
the tampering with letters are bar to
any efficient service by the special cor.
respondents Of foreign papers. Conse-
quently reports which circulate from
mouth to mouth, and pass the frontier
in distorted-and exaggerated shape,
are printed by the German newspapers
as true picture of the condition of af-
fairs in Russia; and from Germany they
are circulated over Europe. The Rus
slams, however, are themselves the fab
ricat0rs of the falsehoods. At all times,
and more especially now, should the
stories which entertain Russian society
be accepted with great reserve and
with all consideration for the inordi-
nate Imagination of . talkative public,
R Pre- from occupying it, itself With
that the regime Of military law has got
into something like working order, it
may be possible to give some idea of
the aspect which things really wear
under this temporary system. So much
sxAggerntion entered into the first ac-
counts that there are many people who,
not finding themselves arrested, a.
they expected, begin to look upon
things here all couleur de rose, and
there is danger that the foreign public
may now 60 to the opposite extreme,
and believe there is nothing the mat
ter in Russia after all. There have
been many notifications of and
additions to the, Imperial ukase
of April II, providing for the
maintenance of order. The minor dis
positions and orders to the police are
endless. Little confidence is felt in the
army. The cases of INSTRUMENTATION
and breaches of discipline brought be-
fore courts-martial are numerous. Most
Of the police orders concern the dvor-
niks, or house-door porters. who seem
to be the only persons the Government
has any faith in. They number about
$4,000, and are selected principally
from the peasant or mechanic class,
and their withdrawal from regular pur-
suits renders it difficult to procure
workmen, thus interfering with trade.
The dvorniks now hold sway in every
house and street of st. Petersburg, and
of every other large town. They. are
Ill ticketed with the name of the street
and number of the house to which they
belong, and are being still further
brought into order and efficiency by .
special commission appointed for the
purpose. There are vague rumors that
many Of them have been talking among
themselves of leaving ST. Petersburg In
. body. At any rate, there is reason
to suppose the authorities see the inutil-
ity of forcing the householders to MAIN
tain such . mass Of idle men, and are
thinking of abolishing the system, or
Of reducing it to normal limits, in favor
Of IN increased police force. Dealers
in gunpowder and firearms are SUBJ
jected to great Inconvenience / know
. merchant who has been forbid
den to receive . consignment Of
powder now on its way here.
Very detailed and stringent rules
regulate the private gunpowder
factories throughout Russia. The po-
lice offices are full of arms taken from
the inhabitants. 1t was found there
were about two revolvers to each res
ident of st. Petersburg. Still, with all
the pressure Of military law and the
police, and the dvornik regime, with
all the opportunities it gives to extra
employees to make hay while the sun
Shines very large number Of the
people are not troubled at all. The
strict enforcement Of the passport sys-
tenn in the Provinces has been pro-
ductive, perhaps, Of more trouble than
anything else, and of NO little dis
treas. Some of the factories are de-
prived Of half their workmen, and
these workmen of the means of SUBJ
sistence, by being obliged to travel if
Of their district in order to take out
the necessary passport. Even the
women and children, who formerly
were not obliged to have special pass
%, are now compelled to submit to the
same rule. Beside this, we hear Of .
nocturnal census of the population Of
Perm, Kharkoff and Kieff, causing, no
doubt, great deal of annoyance. Al
together, the living under exclusively
military law here is, perhaps, worse
than it was in Bulgaria during actual
war; but although this state Of things
does not sit lightly on many persons,
thsre are still plenty who can find it in
their hearts to enjoy themselves, and
make merry at the opening Of the sum-
mer season. Il is not reign Of terror
nor . state Of siege. It is only state
Of military law, where one-half Of the
population is set to watch the other.
A state Of siege is step further, and
We have not come to that yet"
"THE general trade in leather. " says
the Boston Advertiser, SHOWS an i'm
provement, and for certain descrip-
tons there has been . good demand.
There IL no speculative feeling in fin
ished stock, but - manufacturers OBJ
tain orders for boots they are disposed
10 buy stock enough to cover contracts,
and no one seems to believe that al0w-
or range Of prices win prevail on any
grade, while ON some descriptions the
tendency Of the market II in favor OF
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