The Lamar register., 1896-06-06

sulting from the gTea, crush Of people q.
the popular feast here yesterday, in bousr
OF the coronation of ale ear. caused toe
ramplsns to death OF over 1000 people
In ANTICIPATION ~ the grand holiday aud
popular banquet on Theodynski plain,
tens Of thousands OF people began troop
ING towards the PeSrovsky palace. 10
fnant OF watch the plain : situated, dor
ing the earliest hours of the morning, In
fact, 80 much Interest was taken In ;he
open air bauque, thar thousands reached
the grounds the night before and csmpra
tber or In she immediate vicinity during
the night in order 10 make sure q obtain
Ing good positions. The majority OK tAesc
people came On foot. hut some came N the
oldest kind - vehicles country carts ana
turnonts of shp mesr primitive description,
and others trave,cd on horseback.
On Theeiynskl or Khodijlnskoje nla'a
o. Is written both waysi long lines -
rough tables f5ukrti by rausher benches.
had been erected In The distance ihes-.
lines of tables looked IKE Immovabie
regiments % soldiers on the trrncl.~ %
sumo extensive ssrltS of fertilization. Il,
was fiTs, arranged TO aceommoda,e 400.
GOO peopic. bun IN view 0f the imm.nss
crowds assembled IN and about the city az
the coronation fete extra Ables and
benches Wcrp hastily erectei and every ef-
f0rI was made to provide seating room
and a hearty meal Tor 500.oro people
Twice thar number WAS drsirDns ot taking
par1 In ths faas,. bur the auihoritiss decld-
ed that there nIt-t BE- a Limit to he mum
her and 50 the hgure WAS fixed a. s5Oo.-
600. To feed this mulaiud- an army Of
cooks and wdiipfs was gathered together,
the army l,ake hruss were faxed 70 tlssir
-iFpoSt clpacity and 100000 mug. each
hcaring T,oFtraits of the ear and czSriua,
were or,iert-i Cor presentation Tor the yl-o-
pie taking uart in ..he great hangDeL
Thousands or eai,Ie. train loads u pro-
visions and ship Nads ~ liquid pefrosh.
msnts were sani 10 ne plains during The
week and his morning al was IN readl-
ness for The gigantic nssl
In anticipation u the assemhl4-e Of IN
immense crowd and he possibility of dls.
order. strong forces - police were ds-
tailed FOR duty on ih, plain Which. Iks
the Peirgvslsy palace il frJg,s. : some
three mikes outside Df this e.fy and on iha
road to 81 Petersburg In addlti.n s.,y
eral deiaehments OF Infantry and cavalry
were stationed IN the vicinity In order 10
support the police, should such ssep be
necessary.
BY dawn to-day the mass Of peasants
alaou. Tho r7hl-s y,,ss really ar,,ru,7,,. -
they were an desperately hungry ~orne
Of them having fasiei, by choice OF nec,.s
s.ty. for nearly twenty four hours The
police did everything possible 70 keep
hack the crowd but suddenly the siasSes.
controlled by some lnexplggable IRpulse
or impatient to gel It The food. pressed
forward. swept everything before them
and overturned the tables and benches. a
Il made Of grass, trampllng hundreds un.
der foot and crushing the life ON Of
great number Of people. The oldest weak
naturally, suffered the most, and one poor
woman. who CAV. birth 10 chill during
the excitement. was rampled 10 death.
The fate OF the iufan, Is not known. but i
Is believed to have shared the fate OF i,s
mother
Ehe passages between various booths
became the scene OF the widest strnr-
giles. Here II was that me mpst were
Killed. Despite the best efforts Of the
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