The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-05

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Turvened. % st. Petersburg. 4,'a ! %
better give 4 A. nearly e. pql4ols ~ -
ialormant's own words.
Gas vou know, ~. stasuieVitch, &
ifor ~ ire European Messenger, was the
dpleratc IL the furefal committee sent
~ the German frontier 70 receive Iur-
eenea-s remains When he reached
Weribelovo. che Russian frontier sta
t;a-, ~ Thursday and got out on The
,,Iseform \ rendarme officer at once
,,yss..nte3 himself and said that be bad
t,sa, instrncted to attend on him. II.
&, ss,,irrich ma the oflcef that he did
,,rt want him. but the officer replied
that. whether he wshted him or noE
snch wers his orders. 40 Stasuleyitch
- y. sv,h,oit to be saddled with the
,s-,asrwe. The train with the body
arrived Ia the evening. stasuieYiiSR
asked the gendarme when y Soo.n
start again for ST. Petersburg ana "es
blnntly told that he, the genaarme, nag
been further instructed TO detaln inc
BODY until Monday. What are you 60
inc to do with il them Put II INTO 9
.stable-shed near by. Put u INTO
shedp calculated Stasuleyitch, 'Wneh
there's q church in the village! Inc
pTiesE, responded the the gcndarme, ma
refused to have it. Well then, salo
NStasulevitch, perfectly astonished a.
this treatment Of the great auth9f
sFemainss, show me the shed. Inc
gendarme showed him the shed, and 70
his fnther amazement he tonnu the
dirty place full OF sheep ana pigs.
sWell. said Stasulevitch, II no better
place than this can be found TO shelter
TugeBeH's bones, | shall make my
bed here, too, by the side Of the conn.
Before the gendarmes could carry out
their plan, StasuIevitch found the priest
of the village church and learned that
what the gendarme officer had Sald was
a lie. The priest at once had the oody
removed with all due ceremony TO the
sanctuary, much 20 the disgust OF the
police, who were doing al they. could
to prevent crowds from collecting and
making any professions.
son Sunday morning early, when
the body was TO be sent on 70 st. feteSs'
burg, the gendaFmes went TO take !.
away to the train before any one wae
| about, 90 As 70 prevent any crowulnS
and fuss; but the priest had the KEYS
On the Nendarmes asking him for them,
1 the priest, who was q bold man, gave
uu the kyys at once and added that II tho
| body were taken away in that disgrace
/ ful manner he would Immediately tele'
i graph 70 the Metropolitan Arcnolshop
THAT they had committed sacreige oy
stealing the sactiied remains oil an
orthodox Christian from the sanctuary
al the church. The threat frightened
the rendarmes almost out OF their lives
and thew let the body alone. 1t was then
transported 70 the train in procession IN
the proper way. At the station hun,
dreds of kilograms had arrived from all
parts inquirfng the time of its arrival
hut by official instructions no answer,
J were returned until Stasulevitch sem
them ON his own account even tele
I graphing out of revenge 20 all kinds O
1laces that had not even asked Tor III
! ! formation You see what this everlast
inc opposition between public an'
9 offeiai interests leads to. All the wa.
= mn To st, Petersburg the stations Wer
J crowded day and night with cage
! watchers for the funeral train. Whel
A arrived they fell down on their knes
2 and kissed the coffin, which was IN
wagon that could be opened at the SD
( toward the platform. AZ many place
: the clergy performed service over 1t. "
: ali those occasions the gendarmcs com
9 nIetely lost their heads, They had bee'
ordered to prevent all demonstration
I, and they rang the departure bell IN u
= middle of the service 10 get the trai
9 away, but happily the conductor woui'
I, not blow his whistle while the priest
9 were playing, and so the train u
: mained. At one station in the deae I,
= night. Stasulevitch was much aiF.V
! that there would be accidents, as th
crowds of people pressed upon the ca
/ riage to kiss the bier, which COW!
J, scaTcely be seen in the darkness /,
9 bethought himself of good plan. y
! sbouted for a little girl u be hande
{ over to him from out of the crowd, whlc
2 was done. He then made the htt
& girl kiss the coffin, and presenting ~
u 70 she crowd, told them to be satisne
by kissing her, as the train could ne
wait any ionger."--St. Petersburg 20
London Times.