Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-11-27

| AhhAANDbh III. OF the country hav
been warned that they will be hel,
responsible for any manifestation o
political feeling against the govern
ment which may occur in the provinces
OF local administrations under then
control.
A careful watch has been placed
upon the students at the uniyersitie.
and at the higher schools and precau
tions have been taken to prevent them
from starting any disturbances The
tutors In the universities and higher
schools have been ordered to avoid the
society of the students and to have
nothing whatever 10 do with them
ontslde OF teaching them. They are
particularly warned against visiting
the students at their houses
inspectors IN the employ of the.gov-
eminent make searches Of the rooms
occupied by the students and also of
their Libraries. Every book that treats
OF social questions or which in the
slightest degree reflects on the govern
ment is seized
some surprise was expressed IN this
city upon the receipt of the dispatch
announcing the extraordinary activity
which was being displayed by the Rus.
ian government in connection with
The internal disturbances which are
known to exist in the empire. 1t was
thought at first that the governments
action was due to the troubles arising
from the scarcity of food in many dis.
trlcts OF Russia, as for some DAYS past
dispatches were received in this citv
depicting with minuteness the terrible
suherlngs OF the starving peasants.
Many acts OF lawlessness have been re-
m 4,
men rendered desperate by the panps
of hunger and the statement made
That the marshals of the nobility
would be held TO strict a .countabilitv
for any political disturbances In theiI
districts was taken to mean thai the
starving peasants and small farmers
we're assuming threatening attitude.
Inc watchfulness exercised IN con.
nection with students could not be ex-
planned on this hypothesis. but as that
class OF The car S subjects are con-
tlnually in trouble with the police it
was thought that they had again come
into collision with the authorities
through too freely expressing their
thoughts regarding the policy of the
government in connection with the
famine.
A dispatch was received. however
which puts all speculation to fight
and gives very sufficient reason Tor
the suspicious of the Russian central
government that there is something
wrong in the empire.
This dispatch states that a short
time ago it came to the knowledge of
the police that n conspiracy was under
way The authorities through the
sys.em OF espionage which prevails
throughout Russia were able to learn
who the conspirators were, their places
OF meeting, and in fact everything
connected with the plot. While
secretly pursuing their Investigations
In St Petersburg they found that the
conspirators in that city were only a
part of very numerous band. the
headquarters of which were located in
Moscow. They learned also that the
had been very active in
securing adherents to their plan and
that the conspiracy had ramification
which spread to all the principal cities
Of the empire.
The object of the conspiracy lust nm
unlike a majority of the plots
discovered in Russia, was not to kill
The car, but was the organization of
4 movement having for its end the
creation OF representative assembly
an object which has been the dream
Of many years
Sixty members of the nobility and
d the upper and middle classes who
ire charged with completely In the
have been arrested.
The discovery of the plot and the ar
'est OF so many prominent subjects
has caused a decided sensation in
Russia.