Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-04-19
ST. PETERSBURG LIKE CAMP.
State Of Siege in Narva Quarter-Sol
diers Guard Streets.

St. Petersburg, April 11.-Almost Il
state of siege exists in the Narva quar-
ter, owing to the suspension Of the Pu-
tiloff iron works. Soldiers are stationed
inside the works, and Cossacks and po-
lice swarm in the surrounding streets.
The district has the same appearance
as during the disturbances last January.
The tension yesterday was great, cs-
pecially when a policeman shot drunk
en- workman who had drawn Il revolver
on him, but there was no collision dur
ing the day.
The bodies of two workmen who were
accidentally killed at the iron works and
whose funerals their fellows had planned
to make a great political demonstration,
were inferred at day break in compliance
with police orders to avoid Il demonstra-
ton Several smalled demonstrations
had been planned for other parts OF the
city, but there We're no serious disorders.
Work for Constitution.
The constitutional conservative party,
formed by a number of members of the
council Of the empire senator's mobiles,
landowners and government officials, and
presided over by Count Bobrinsky, which
hitherto has met privately, convened an
important meeting for today to approve
a circular embodying its views and pro-
posals and arrange a great conference
held in St. Petersburg Il few weeks
hence. 1t is stated that the proposals in
clude an elected representative assembly.
The Son of the Fatherland, now the
leading exponent of conStitutiOnalism,
fiercely denounces the manner in which.
it alleges, the bureaucracy is trying to
defeat the war, which all Russia is wag
ing against it. 1t charges the bureau
cracy with inaugurating a systematic
campaign to gag public opinion, in
stancing the recent action against the
barristers' congress here and the prohi-
bitiOn of meetings Of other professional
bodies in Moscow and elsewhere, all OF
which, it declares, is in direct contraven-
ton Of the spirit of the imperial ukase Of
March 3, giving individuals and societies
the right to freely petition the throne on
the subject of the general welfare
Trying to Throttle Reform.
the bureaucracy with inspiring the local
authorities everywhere to fight the re-
form movement by setting one class Of
the population against the other, the Ar
menians against the ''intellectuals -
1T is" the article says, the
old game, dividi ct impera, which
served the autocracy so we'll in the past
but cannot longer succeed. All the eff
forts of the Bureaucracy to still public
opinion will be in vain; all the old tricks
win be unavailing. 1t has sown the
wind and Will reap the whirlwind."
The dismissal Of Rimsky Korsakoff
from his professorship in the st. Peters
burg conservatory continues to be an alb
sorbing topic in Russian musical circles
Nine. Essipoff. the famous woman plan
ist of whom Russia is justly proud, has
notified the conservatory that she will
resign unless NJ. Korsakof is reinstated.
To Develop Siberia.
St. Petersburg, April 17.-An imperial
rescript issued today orders Count Ku-
taissoff, governor Of Irkutsk, to elaborate
a scheme for the Introduction of zemst-
yos in Irkutsk. Tomsl and Tobolsk, in
accordance with the suggestions Of the
imperial ukase, adding that the develop
ment Of emigration to Siberia from Euro
pean Russia necessitates some form of
popular representation.
Finland Limits Payment.
Helsingfors, April 1.-THE Finnish
national parliament has agreed to pay
to the Russian treasury 100000 to-
wards the military requirements for the
year 1905 only. The proposal of the
Russian government was that this
amount should be payable annually from
1905 to 1908.