The Lamar register., 1896-06-06

me uiNaNter ufNurrei between i've and
six O'Clock this maruing. IL was intended
the hanqnet should cUlnmeRee before
noon. hut the immcns.s ihruns which had
gathered around the sheds whctc Inc
mugs were 70 be presented aud the f,s.i
distributed became 20 dense thar The AZ.
tendanfs we're 0srrIspwgred and thrown
10 the ground In the mad struggles wh.ch
commenced for ford and the ss..s. and
many % those attendants being numbered
among the dead The police made De-
perate effortS TO control the people. bur
an their attempts proved eutlis. ana men
wouen and children wsus srampl.si trrs5n
by thousands. Ihs shrlek- aud graaps n
the vicr,ms being heard frsin asar For
tinic iis officials 10 charge ~ the hano,ssi
i1=t their heads CnFirely. The crowds
s'-smed 20 have gone mad with rasc aaI
s=ss.teislent. shouting. eursIns aaa yelils-
as they pressed onward over 4 rnfh
sSrewn with dead and dylnE human b.,
inEs Eventually. however. Stme show of
onicr was rtsrortzI by Tie iro1ps and
tircnle1 were hastily suinmanei. aud than
III latter began the work of exrraatfur
the dead and lnjgne-i ranging them =,
the ground In ErauTs q ten. twcniy ard
tlir5y Al every 100 yards or -. ansi ,lis-
TatchinE 10 the city as speedily a. pss.
sible. 10 the military trans,,or7 wagon,
furniture vans, fssd Warutss. etc shc in
jured, giving prvfcEence at nrsf TO the
women and ciIiidrn
II : sAId now the nataIitse- win au,aunt
~ between two aud iirce thaa.and. hut
Il i impossible A. W 20 learn exactly ,hs
extent - the disaster An Official s.ats-
ment his morning piac- ih,i number II
dead rvc1vered Al l-,Eis and ihs seriously
or ranllly injurci AZ nj But. 10 esu,ras,
with shis official -ia,emsnt, there are
i-2s2 c1rits,-s iyisg iliis afternoon az the
evneJery. besides the many dad and
dying thar arr known u have been re-
moved fr1m the Inflated nsld hy friends
TEiss-urorninS tise farcr- AZ Nurk On the
Iiiain dlse1yers-l The mouth ~ 4 disusai
wsu IN she middle q ihc ael,i M plank
covering II Nhaea had given way IN lhe
mad rush q yesterday morning IN The
wen there wrre thirty dsad bs,iles, and
wesigs-d IN among them AMI beld dg,vn by
their weight were found tWo men. alive
and evidently uninjnn-l phy-Scaily. But
the terrnr and hs,ieufis surroundings "
rllc nirht had proved 100 srcai strain on
their minds ard thcy were Favins
Han.acs
Various versions ~ % ths origin of the
stampede and crush arr current but The
account 70 which the most cresienca i at
iaehed : that The wagons laden With 5co,.
600 souvenirs which were 70 be dissrsb-
used am0ng the p.-0ple wrre proce,>iIEs
to the Kboditnskoie plain. followed by
muirinde oS eager peasants. when the al.
tsudauts with a vi.w to pleasing the peo-
pie. threw number Of the souvenirs
among the crowd There was a Wild
scramble towards the point where they
fell, and the news spread Ike Wild are
up and down the throngs Of expecran,
PEASANTS that the distribution had CON
merced. This resulted In hesdlong. Pell-
mel rush for the booths where the distri-
button Of souvenirs was 10 have been
made later The Arrangements which 4
was Intended to make to keep the crowd
in order during the distribution had not
been completed AT that early hour. and
the force ON hand WIS pOweriesS 10 stern
the tide Of the criish OF humanity. What
added greatly to the disaster was the fact
these booths were surrounded by bitches.
The foremost persons in the Incoming
crowds fell pr,nsfratts in these bitches and