The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-16
RUSSIANS WAVE
BLOOD-REO FLAG
Big Anti-GOvernment Demons.ra-
ton in ST. Petersburg.
POLICE CHARGE The POPUtACE
Mounted Officers Rode az Full Gal
Iop Into the MRddcned ThronG,
LenVinG Bruised and Broken
Heads in Their WAKE.

/ ST. petersburg, dec. Ia popular
anti-goyernmcnt demonstration, The
participants In which included the ar
Euments OF students Of both sexes be-
gan sunday in the Nevsky prospect.
and lasted about two hours Hundreds
Of police and mounted gendarmes who
wer hidden in the court yard OF the
public buildings. emerged suddenly.
and charged the crowd az fun galop.
driving he demonstrators IN headlons
confusion and screaming with terror
upon the sidewalks and into adjacent
streets This led 10 serious encount-
crs, 90 persons ueing more or less
severely injured. Large numbers were
arrested
Not since the riots of 1901. when
Cossacks reached across the Nevski
prospect. from building 10 building and
charged down the boulevard from the
Moscow station 10 the Ncva. has the
Russian capital lived through such a
day OF excitement as this. The author
tiles Saturday night got wind of the
big ani-gOvernment demonstration
planned for Sunday by the social-dem-
Ocratic labor party TO demand an inn
mediate end OF the war and the cOnvo-
cation OF a national assembly. and
leading every paper, Sunday morning.
in black-faced type, was an explicit
warning TO the people, at their peril.
10 desist from congregating in the
Neysky prospect near the kGzan ca
thedral As the same time. extensive
preparations were made TO quell any
disturbance. The police on the Nevsky
prospect We're sextuped. and the dyor-
niks. or house porters. were mar
shaled in front of their respective
buildings. Half a dozen squadrons OF
mounted gendarmerie were massed in
the rear OF the Kazan cathedral. and
batallions OF reserved police We're sta
toned in several court yards out OF
sight
Warnings Not Needed.
The newspaper warnings. however. (
by giving notice TO those not apprised I
OF the prospect Of a demonstration de- (
feated the very object for which they .
We're designed. attracting seemingly. 4
the whole population Of this vast city
20 the broad thoroughfare. and long
before the hour fixed despite the
pleadings Of the police. who literally
lined The sidewalks. the throngs on the
pavements were so dense that move
ment was almost impossible. while the
snow-covered boulevard was black
with a tangled mass Of sleighs filed
mostly with the curious
Towards one o'clock the workmen
and students seemed 10 swarm to-
ward the corner of Hotel Europe. op-
posite the 1Iazan cathedral The po-
lice recognizing that the critical mo-
ment was approaching, tried in vain 70
keep back the human tide Then.
when there was not a single mounted
policeman ia sight. on the stroke OF
one. from the heart Of TIE thickly-
wedged crowd blood-red flag. like a
Jet of fame. suddenly shot up 1t was
the signal other flags appeared in
the crowd waving frantically over
head and they were greeted with a
loarse roar. Down with autocracy"
The students surged into the street.
singing the "Marsellaise. while in
nocent spectators. seeking TO extricate
themselves crowded into doorways
and Rugged walls.
Beat Back Police.
Dismounted police made a single at
tempt to force their way into the
crowd to wrest the flags from the
but the students and
workmen, armed with sticks. stood
g1n4s la,
Thcn. like q fash from behind the
Kazan cathedral came a squadron OF
The doors of adjoining
court yards We're thrown back. and
batallions of police came out. a dou-
bic squadron charged the flank OF
with drawn sabres.
Five other squadrons circled the mob,
cutting through the fringe Of specta-
tors, who gladly scurried to cover. The
main wedge OF the demonstrators stood
fast only a moment or two There
was sharp rattle Of cudges and sa-
bres, though the wounds showed the
police struck principally with the fiat
OF their sabres. The women were
fierce in their resistance.
Many We're struck and trampled. and
blood streamed down their faces.
In the meantime. those confined in
The court yards. who were recognized
as agitators were arrested. but others
we're allowed TO go quietly home the
wounded first having their injuries
dressed There were probably a hun
lred broken heads. and several we're
severely wounded though none fatal
~ so far as ascertainablc SO far there
nave been over 100 arrests.
oldest Unitarian Clergyman Dead.
New York. Dec. l2-Rev John w.
chadwick, aged 60. one Of the Oldest
lergymen in point Of service in the ,
Unitarian church and widely known
y writer, as well as a pastor. died
4 heart disease at his home in Brook
yn.
Col Alex =. Johnson Dead.