Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31

90. Tale of IA Girl Detective.
mad with rage and excitement. shouting.
cursing and yelling as they pressed onward
over a path strewn with dead and dying
human beings. Eventually, however, some
show of order was restored by the troops and
fremen, who were hastily summoned, and
then the latter began the work Of e~Xtrlcat-
ing the dead and injured, ranging them on
the ground in groups Of ten, twenty and
thirty at every 100 yards or SO, and dis
patching to the city as speedily as possible
in the military transport wagons, furniture
vans, feed wagons, etc, the injured, giving
preference at first to the women and chill
dren.
MANY SCENES OF ANGUISH.
Some terribly heartrending scenes were
witnessed among the survivors wLo were
seeking relatives among ne victims. Those
who were kiIled were mostly peasants aud
few Of them have as yet been iGerttied.
They were piled N heaps as thay had been
extricated, bl1)d stained AMI horribly dis
tcrted. Gray h. red mel and women le
alongside. Sturdy riea are crushed as If
beneath heavy r~o!ers, s9rne Il he BEADS
being trdmplel into a shapAlrss jelly. So
immense was the r0ncourse If people upon
the plain that nurdrels &c; thousands were
NOT aware for some time that Il disaster had
occurred, for there was noise caugel by the
celehr ations. by the music IN the oren the
aters. by the hands drawing crowds 70 other
amusements, ell the entertainments provided
for the people being in full swing and yet the
work of gathering up hundreds OF crushed
dead was in progress in another part Of the
plain and the work of tending many hundreds
of injured was being carried on by a large
force.
FIGURES THAT ARE OFFICIAL.
1t was not until nearly 10 o'clock tonight
that the first official statement of the disas-
ter was made public, some people claiming
this was done in order TO avoid putting a
sudden stop to the festivities on the plain,
which might have resulted in a panic and
still mere serious loss Of life. The people in
this city refuse to believe that the disaster
is as great as published. A bulletin says that
upward Of 313 bodies have been recovered
and that 40 persons have been injured. But
very shortly afterward, at IL O'Clock exactly,
an official notice was posted saying that the
list Of dead total up LBS persons, including
those who died from their injuries after
having been removed from the plain.
The czar has given orders that the sum
Of 1000 roubles be given to each bereaved
family and that the victims be buried at hia
expense.
The passages between various booths he
came the scene Of the widest struggles.
Here it was that the most were killed. De
spite the best efforts Of the Cossacks and Of
the police, who unfortunately arrived too
late to be Of great service, the crowd con-
stantly increased. II was a long time before
the plain could be cleared enough 10 eiioW
the work Ct rescue to proceed. Many OF the
injured were conveyed to the various hospi-
tails, which were soon filed to overlooking
Hundreds OF persons who were wounded were
removed to their own homes or taken TO
private residences. Most Of the victims were
women and children.
The police and military eventually
succeeding in restoring order, they took away
the dead and injured and preparations were
made to proceed with the banquet as If moth
ing unusual had happened.
As thls Is the first serious accident re-
ported since the festivities commenced, il
has attracted much attention AMI has cast
quite a COON over the city. The French am
b2ssador, Comte de Monticello, was sched-
uled to give Il ball at the French en-
bassy this evening, but this feature
OF the celebrations has been abandoned, al
though q very large sam Of money had been
spent upon the preparations, France being
greatly DESTROYS Of testifying 10 her friend
ship for Russia by making a display upon
this occasion which would pass into history.
The decorations for the embassy have cost
a fortune. Niles Of most valuable carpets
have been laid, fruits, flowers. fishes and
birds from all lands have been imported for
the supper, and nothing has been spared 70
make the French embassy ball one Of the
most striking features OF the coronation fetes.
CONTINUING THE FESTIVITIES.
There is a change in the program; the for
eign ENJOYS will be entertained at dinner
al Kremlin pa ace tomorrow and in the
evening Prince Liehenstein, the ambassador
OF Austria Hungary, will give a bail in
tended 10 rival If not eclipse that prepared
at the French embassy for this evening.
On Monday there will be a solemn service
in the Chudov (miracle) monastery in the
Kremlin, and on Monday evening the gov
ernor Of Moscow, the grand duke Zero s.
will give an elaborate ball. During Tues
day morning the car and c%zsrina, accom-
panied by the imperial court. will make a
pilgrimage 10 the Treitcourt monastery, stu
ated by rail about two and one-half miles
from this city. and on Tuesday evening the
nobility OF Moscow will give a ball in honor
Of their imperial msjesties, the car and
czsrina.
The car and ezsrina on Thursday viii
give a ball in the Alexander hall Of the
Krsm!in and Friday Prince Won Radolin, the
German ambas ador, viii give a grand con
cert at the German embassy. Saturday next.
June G, is the birthday Of the czaTina, and
she and her august husband viii proceed IN
state 10 the Cathedral Of the Assumption.
where q special birthday service Will b
aela. In the evening their majestes viii e.
terrain the diplomatic corps at dinner.