New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
BEAUTIES OF RUSSIAN CIVILizA TON

81 pstersburg Dc g. Dispatch 10 The London 7l,nsa
Tho other 1ay-iast Monday, beleve-the usual
student troubles again broke out here, result
Ing in the arrest of largo number Of young people
OF both sexes. A demonstration under the pretext
Of religious service was attempted at tho grave OF
a certain B0g0lnb0n once popular poet ami crltlc,
IN the Volko Cemetery, the outskirts Of the town
t appears t. have been on tho occasion of the twenty
NTH Anniversary OF Bogolnbons death some ooo
students endeavored to encr the church and cemetery
Many OF them carried flowers and wreaths. The gen
darmcs and Police surrounded the place and forbade
the meeting. General Grosser the Project was on the
spot stood before the gates for hour and half
trying to persuade the crowd to dsperse, but In vain
At last the Cossacks made their appearance, and
number OF arrests effected. Como of tho prison
ers were subsequently mleased.
have not yet heard of the ultimate fate OF the
captured young who participated In the affair."
though IL Is no doubt the usual one In such cases
expulsion deportation and police supervision; but
| have Just been Informed Of tho treatment OF the
women There were about 100 young women present
from tho higher female medical course. The day after
The event tho passports OF all the female medical
Students in tho academy wore tak0n from them so
that they could not run away, and then the real ar
rests began. Eighteen OF the girls who were ut the
cemetery havo already been sent OF out Of ST. Peters
burg by an adm nstntlve order without the least
notion whit err they to be taken what ia 10 be
ono OF them Many will probably be compelled to
I've in Out-of the way places, under the eyes OF the
olice, their lives embittered and carees ruined.
IL Las been suggested that the rest Of the 100 girls
compounded should 10 in deputat0n to the FrefectS
Who very amiable and popular, to protest against
lie Treatment of thor sister students As many OF
no not yet arrested belong TO well-hnown or we'll
to do families, ii thought that this might have
orrs effect; but in view OF the inexorbe determine
don OF Count TOlstol 10 continue his policy of alb
-olnte aud uRmtfgated suppression, this would be
>eless 1t would only DO another demonstration, and
more arrests would follow. The polite and temper
ate behavior of the ITefect General GrOsser Is cnch
slogen aud praised but tho harsh urpending char
acier of the Minister is known to be immovabie III
act It Is stated that General Orosser has even been
called % account by Count Toistoi for not having
icted moro Sc erely on tie spot.
The female meilral course in st. Petersburg has
lung been considered nursery OF klhll5t ana at
tennis have been made 10 close 1t altogether Tho
oIic-e ha, indeed for time past boon existing
on probation. A special official from the Minister,
naturally called by the young women spy. has for
.ome time been in attendance TO see whether they ap-
plied themselves assd uousy 20 their studies and left
poltcs and political agitation alone. The entrance OF
rcsh students had already been stopped, but as many
influential ladies, headed, believe, by the Empress,
IRE neatly interested in the establishment there was
comfortable hope Of its continuance. This unfor-
tunate incfient, however, IL fresh blow, and may
turn out TO lie death blow.