The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-01
UNREST RIFE
THRU RUSSIA
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Speransky complained to the head jailOr
of his intrusion. The next morning the
same under inspector came into her cell
unexpectedly while she was dressing, and
she threw water over him. For this she
was imprisoned five days and nights in a
dark cellar, when the thermometer was 25
degrees below zero. The political pris-
oners protested by hunger strike" re-
fusing all food One of them, Garnitsgy,
was found on the third day unconscious
on the floor. The ordinary prisoners
found out what was going among the
''politicals,' and Joined in demanding that
Miss Speransky be restored to her cell.
AS they got no answer, they raised a
riot, broke the windows and their chairs,
| and filled the prison with shouts of Down
with injustice!' The soldiers were sent
for, the rioters were put in the prison eel
lar, and Miss Speransky was taken from
it and placed in the infirmary. She is Sc
riously i'll. Garnitsky was punished for
having protested most energetically."
Compulsory Patriotism. =.
Under color Of an appeal for free will
offerings" to help carry on the war, the
government is reported to be levying a
regular war tax. The Jews are subjected
to especial squeezing, but all classes are
put under forced contribution. Every
| merchant Is notified of the amount he
must give, and Is required also to keep
back a part Of the salary Of each Of his
CLOTHS dIlu lOI IL DIS b
Even day laborers have portion Of their
wages withheld. d :
At Odessa, the other day, in one of the
workshops of the Southern railroad, a
,, workman begged the company. to lessen
the amount of the "free-will Offering
thus locked from his wages. The COM
pany applied to st. Petersburg to know
| what to do. The answer was, Discharge
| Immediately every workman who does not
contribute the prescribed amount
Meanwhile the general suspicion as to
| what becomes of the money Is indicated
by the Reuter- telegram that 1.-THE rich
| classes at Moscow have consented to sub
scribe to the Red Cross only on condition
Of receiving satisfactory guarantees that
| the money will be under the strict super
vision Of M. Gouchkov, member Of the
Moscow mercantile community" Free
Russia says: "Gouchkov Is young mil
lionaire, energetic and trustworthy, who
organized the fund raised In Moscow to
aid the Beers"
kishinef Murderers Rebulxed.
An exciting incident happened at
the congress of technical instruc-
Two Of it's members were Messrs.
Stepanof and Pronine, whose I'M
savory part in the Kishinef massacre had
been brought out at the trial. At meet
ing of one of the sections Stepanof rose to
floor, saying, "a man with blood on his
hands has no right to speak in this meet
Ing Great excitement followed Pro-
nine slipped out, but Stepanof was forced
to appeal for protection to the committee
Of the section. One of them begged the
people to refrain from violence. The au-
dience let Stepanof depart unframed, but
they formed two rows, leaving a narrow
path thru which they made him pass
amid shouts Of Murder! Coward! Bloody
hands," which followed him clear to the
door. In consequence, this congress with
thirteen sections and 2,7OO members), was
Immediately dissolved by the st. Peters
burg authorities. -.. .-s & ..H
Repression Is Unhygienic.
At the recent medical congress held .ir
St. Petersburg, the section on hygiene
passed singularly bold resolutions, declar.
ing it to be impossible to spread hygienic
knowledge among the people under the
present regime; calling for the suppression
Of the censorship, which now, the doctors
assert, prevents them from teaching the
people either by speech or writing; de-
handing that any one shall be free to Or
, ganze committees Of public instruction
and urging that the present arbitrar,
, power Of government officials to suppress
anybody and anything be limited to tn
right to prosecute those who break tn
laws.
The sections of medicine and hygiene
in joint session, passed resolutions de
$ claring that Ito combat effectively tn
: alcoholism so prevalent in Russia, Their
: must be individual liberty, freedom o
the press and Of public meetings, in or
der to make known the dangers of drunk
enness and it's real causes; also that tn
compulsory concentration of the Jew
within the prescribed narrow limits is I'm
hygienic, and that they ought to be al
l lowed to circulate freely.
When the secretaries of these section
read the report of the adoption Of tn
1 resolutions, the president Of the congress
| in terror, ordered the band to drown thei
4 voices by playing the national hymn. TIL
1 audience retorted by singing the MAR
1 seillaise."
Other Significant Items.
l At the University of Moscow meetin
Of $50 students lately passed resolution
protesting against the war, and agains
the arbitrary acts Of the Russian govern
ment at home. There were only abou
forty dissentients.
Professor Iasnopolsky Of the Techno
Illogical institute at Kharkof has been dis
missed from his professorship and al
4 rested as a criminal for having lectured t
his students on the aggressive characte
Eof Russia's policy in the far east. Th
professor is much beloved by his student
400 of whom held a meeting and passe
liza unanimous resolution Of protest. TIL
4 chronological institute has been close
and fifteen students arrested.
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