Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-03-28

st. Petersburg, March 25.-Thc pc
litical situation is so serious that Eau
peror Nicholas held a meeting of the
ministers yesterday to consider the
state of public affairs. Threatening
letters have been received by Lieut.
Kouropatkine, minister of war; NJ. n.
v. Mouravieff, minister of justice, aud
M. Sipiagnine, minister of the inle-
ri0r.
Saturday 500 workmen from the
Obuchower metal works paraded on
the Nevsky Prospekt. On the way
thither they demolished the state
brandy booths. Eight hundred Cos
sacks, with drawn swords, met The
workmen and sanguinary encounter
ehsued. The number Of killed and
wounded is kept secret. In the last
encounter at Narava gate 100 work.
men were killed or wounded by the
COssacks.
Renewed demonstrations on u great
scale are expected to-day. 1t is re-
ported that Prince Niazemsky has
been dsgraced for pctitioning the ear
to consider the grievances OF the stu
dents. lagowski, the provincial oil
cial, who last Friday ATTEMPTED to as
sassinate Privy Councillor Pobedon-
ostzctf, procurator general OF the holy
synod, is a disciple of Count Leo Tol-
stoi and he has asserted that the act
was one of revenge for the excommu-
nication of Tolstoi,
According to special dispatch to
the Rossya, the governor general OF
Keff. Gen. Dragomiroif, las published
q riot ordinance similar to that pub
lished by Gen. Klejgels in ST. Peters
burg and declaring TINT the military
will be called out unless the ordinance
Is strictly obeyed.
Yesterday passed quietly in st. Pc
tersburg. Some 10000 persons prone
naded about noon along the Ncvsky
Prospekt, particularly in front of the
Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Kaaan. The
crowd dwindled to normal proportions
when II became apparent that moth
ing would happen. The promenadcrs
were for the greater part curiosity
seekers.
There is no longer any attempt to
conceal the fact hat the most com
prehcnslye plot of the age has been
formed to assassnatc the ear and
his ministers. This brought the mid
night flight of the car in his armorcd
train from st. Petersburg to his coun-
dry palace at Gaischina, where thou
supds of soldiers guard him from nj
hilists. The imperial family accompa-
MED the ear who was removed So
,cretly after II had been given out as
n blind that he would visit the bar
racks and review some troops about
10 depart for China
AL the troops in the capital and in
thc principal cities are under arms,
and the state of affairs is such that
IN amy other country state OF re-
bellion would be proclaimed.
Outbreaks have occurred at many
points and nihilist agents sent out
from the central committee at Zurich,
Switzerland. are spreading q propa-
ganda OF assassination throughout the
empire, This propaganda is project
ed from Kieff and Odessa, the centers
OF nihilst activity, and places easily
reached by agents from European
cities in other states.
The secret police in Berlin and Paris
and the detectives here believe that
the recrudescnce Of nihilsm is due to
n league between the leaders of the
radical element in Russia and the an.
archists of Italy and France
The students organization commit
tee has issued a call inviting all in
telligent members of Russian society
to Join their ranks in the struggle
''for freedom"