Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-03-25
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gave orders that n porter should he
stationed day and night ut the door of
every house, whose duty it should be
to watch that no authorized placards
should be posted up anywhere, and
that no objects of a dangerous nature
should be placed in the streets. Gun
smiths were ordered to furnish full
lists of the goods in their warehouses to
the commandant of the city, and were
| forbidden to sell except to persons who
could present letters of authorization
from that officer. Private persons
possessing firearms must make the
police acquainted with the fact, and
must obtain permit from the COM
mandant of the city as condition Of
their keeping them. The order COM
manding guards to be stationed ut all
the houses was
FOUND 10 BE IMPRAcTICABLH,
and therefore not insisted upon. Reeu
lations of n similar character differing
only i'll details, We're made for all the
principle towns of the empire.
Several weeks elapsed before the dis
orders appeared to be at all quieted
even under the most rigorous enforce
ment of these regulations Bold at
tacks We're made on officers the gov
ernment and obnoxious persons in
broad daylight; residences and offices
of the police i'll some of the towns, as
at Rostov, We're plundered. The best
parts of the towns of Irbit and OrenhuIg
places to which the government was
accustomed 10 consign political offend
erS,
WERE BURNED DOWN;
fires were set at Uralsk, Petropolovski,
lrkutSh, and other places: and many
of the large towns We're thrown into 4
panic by notices that they would he
burned. During May I,130 contagra-
tions occurred in the empire. occasion
ing damage TO the amount of more
than 2,0OO,000 Of rublcS, and the loss
which has been inflicted on the country
during the past six months was
estimated on the 1st of June at
S0,OO0,oo0 rubles. june was like,
wise prolific of fires The number
occurring during the month is given
as $500, causing damage to the amount
of l2,000,0O0 rublcs. Only 900 of these
We're accounted for; the other 1900
We're attributed to public diSturbers.
Courts-martial were instituted at kiey
for the trial of the revolutioniSts. and
plot is said to have been discovered IL
BLOW UP THE COURTROOM
during the trial. The first group of
persons tried included three noblemen,
the daughter Of Privy Councilor, and
a Russian subject. A part of the mum
her We're found guilty of armed resis-
lance To the police, and sentenced To
death; others. who were convicted of
against the state and social
order, were sentenced To terms of penal
Explosions which were at
tributed to the revolutionists took place
III the police office ut Oursk, 1T Mini
and in Il powder magazine
near st. Petersburg. Numerous per
sons were arrested throughout the en-
pire for having explosives or forbidden
arms, or for being engaged in manu-
featuring explosives. On the night be-
tween the Goth and 9th of June
MORE THAN 40 PERSONS
were arrested ut Kiev, large stores Of
dangerous materials were found, and
secret press and revolutionary docu-
ments were discovered in near conncc-
ton with the ecclesiastical seminary
Michael Soloviefr who attempted to as
sassinate the ear in April, was tried III
June. found guilty of belonging to
criminal association, the object of
which was to overthrow by violence
the institutions of the state, and was
hanged on the 9TH of the month. Sev-
eral of his relatives were arrested and
An imperial order was
issued in July empowering the COVER
nors general to exercise their discretion
IN the eases Of political offenders
whether to send them for trial before
the military courts or before the ordi-
nary tribunals. The number of peg
sons who had been convicted or were
held under arrest exceeded anything
that was before known in the history
of the present reign, and reports be
came rife that
THE PRISONS WERE GREATLY OVER
CROWDED.
June 10, GOO convicts were dispatch
ed from Odessa in the ship Mimi
Novgorod for the Island Of Saghallen,
off Japan, where they were to serve
their terms Of punishment The friends
Of the government represented that
they We're for the most part persons
who were guilty Of common crimes,
but others asserted that by far the
largest part of them were revolution
lists. The vessel sailed by way of the
Suez canal and the Red Sea, and mr.
rived Mt Nagasaki August /. Reports
of their frightful suflerings were oflici
ally contradcted. In November the
of the interior sent out cir
cular to the governors of provinces, in
them To order the rural po-
lice not to interfere with the public
dances and amusements in the villages,
us such interference had caused dis
content among the rural population.
THE TRIAL OF LEON MIRsKY.
with seven persons charged with being
his accomplices, for the attempted as
OF Gen. Drenteln, chief of
the Gendarmeri, began in the military
court Mt St. Petersburg, Nov. q. All
the prisoners were a, FUSED Of belong
ing to secret society whose object was
to overturn the the existing govern
ment and to enforce change of the
social order Of the empire. Mirsky
was also accused specifically of the at
tempt to assassinate Gen. Dreuteln, of
resisting the officers who came to ar
rest him, Of fabricating false passports,
and Of melting his prisoners:
after they were arrested, to revolt.
The chief accusation against the other
prisoners was that Of concealing Mirsky
after his attempt against Gen. Drenteln.
Mirsky acknowledged the commission
of the offenses for which he was ar
raigned, and only pleaded that he had
committed them public, not for per-
sonal reasons, and asked not to be
hanged as IL common murderer A
sentence to death by hanging was i'm
posed upon him, but was commuted
10 one of hard labor in the mines.
Tury TarkhoG, his principal accom-
plice, was sentenced TO hard labor in
fortress for ten years.
THE MOSCOW ATTEMPT.
Another attempt upon the life Of the
Gar was made Dec. 2, when a mine
was exploded under the railroad, with
the intention Of blowing up the train
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