The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-06-06
now REvoLUrIoNIsrs WORK.
The Revelations During the Last POlics
Raids in ST. Petersburg.

Isl Petersburg Letter In ". n. SUM-
Nowadays this city of st. Petersburg is
the capital of the Nihilists rather than
of the Gar, and His Majesty tacitly ad
nits the fact by keeping away from here.
The Nihilist trial, like the former ones
had. its romance. Last year, Michael
Graehevsky, Terrorist, was ordered by
the EXECUTIVE, Committee TO establish
archaeological school wherein NihiliSts
could be tanght to manufacture explO-
sives and make bombs. He persuaded a
successful veterinary surgeon, Alexan-
der Pribyleff, and his intended bride,
Miss Raissa GrOSsman, to rent sepa-
rate house for him. In order to accom-
mOdate the Nihilists the surgeon and his
bride hurried up their wedding. IL,
theirnew house they received from their
friends many queer wedding presents,
such as nltrO-glycerine, boxes of dyna-
mite, electric batteries and the like. The
committee sent them the daughter of a
priest, Mary YoushkOff, as an "experi-
enced cook" Besides attending to the
gastTOnOmic needs of the family, she
had to wash nitro glyeerine. Thus the
PrfbyletfS began their married life.
They had a small circle of selected
friends, among whom were Prof. GTach-
evsky, who delivered lectures in their
house on explosives, mines and bombs,
with demonstrations" Lieutenant of
the Imperial Navy Alexander ButzeVitch
a specialist on mines; Michael Kilmen-
kO, Terrorist, who ran away from the
Siberian mines; Miss Christine Grin
berg and Mrs. Anna KOrba, who proved
successful students in the chemistry of
dynamite.
When the house of the Pribyleffs was
entered by the police, a laboratory was
discovered in perfect working order.
There was an ample supply of glycerine,
sulphuric acid, prOXiline, three demi
johns full of nitTO-glycerine, &c. But
the attention of the Cars detectives
was directed to some queer looking tin
boxes, which proved TO be bombs ready
for use. They were found to be a deci-
ded improvement on the one by which
the late CZar was killed. They were
made i'll the shape of square fiat boxes
with cover, and were said to be very
convenient to carry concealed in the
clothing. The former Nihilist bombs
could not be conveniently carried about
the person, and had to be- carried in the
hands wrapped in a handkerchief or pa
per.
Gracheyslly and the daughter of a
priest, PrascOvia IVanOVsky, were aTres
ted under the assumed names of Burg
her Prishibin and wife. In their rooms
were lOunu nine Jars nlIeu WIN Dlack
dynamite, several bombs of the old style,
a grenade charged with gunpOwder and
grapeshOt, pistols, daggers and pOisOns
and printing press.
In view of the fact that every year all
classes of people become more and more
contaminated with the 'Nihilistic pOis-
on" the Government has raised an i'm
pOrtant question:: who shall guard the
morals of the people at large?" "The
cleTgymen," replies the Chief PrOcuTer
of the Holy Synod. But the Cars tutor
and adviser OYerlOOks the fact that sons
and daughters of clergymen constitute
at least a third of the entire number of
Nihilists. For instance, amOGg these
seventeen prisoners there are three
daughters and one son of priests, and
the son of a deacon. If Russian clergy
men can not save their own children
from the Nihilistic poison, still less can
they influence the children of other peO-
pie.
The increase in the number of Mill
lists among the officers of the army and
navy induced the Czar to issue an order
directing the officers to denOunce their
own comrades whom they suspected of
being guilty of Nihiism. This order
engTaged the officers, for the Russian
officer knows no meaner Offense than to
turn infOrmer againsta cOmrade. EhaVe
heard that an officer said, hOtly: My
life Is at your (the Czar's) command, hut
don't touch my honor; that's mine"