The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-23
DOWN IN STREETS

vince them that they were wrong to
shoot their brothers.
A mill owner in an interview said
he felt no apprehension for the safety
of his property
Many men stationed outside the
Putilom works We're drawing the bal
ance of their pay, there0y seVering all
connection with the works.
The depots and railroads are guard
ed BY regiments brought from Reval
and PskoT.
The News in Paris.
Paris, Jan. 23.=The tragedy in St
Petersburg continues to absorb at
tentiOn here. The students of the law
school attempted to make q demon
stration this morning The course OF
studies was interrupted by mingled
cries and Kisses and latter the students
paraded without serious incident
Dispatches from Marseilles an
nOunce that the presence there of a
number of revolutionists and anarch-
lists has been reported to the Russian
embassy here. Special dispatches
from St Petersburg to the Paris news
papers give supplementary details of
Yesterdays fighting. NJ. Buzancy teie-
graphs TO the Petit Journal that he
was an eye witness of a fight in the
VassiliOstroff district The soldiers, he
said. fired vOlley after volleY and then
dred strikers lying on the ground
there Other French eye witnesses
declare they saw women and children
among those who were shot down.
One child of s was terribly disfigured
by a rush of soldiery. The official re-
ports are meager.
Police Close Gun Shops
St. Petersburg, jan 23.-The police
have closed all the gunsmith shops and
firearms and weapons have been re-
moved from the windows and locked up
in the cellars. The city is filed as on
yesterday with sensational rumoTs.
among them being one that Grand
Dukes Alexis and Sergius are already
on their way to the frontier
NJ. PObedonOstseff, procurer general
OF the holy synod, is seriously ILL.,
Excitement Ileaches Moscow.
Moscow, Jan. 23.-The people of
Moscow are greatly excited over the
news from St Petersburg which was
received over the telephone from pri-
vate sources and spread like wilddre
through the city. Last night it was
the only topic of conversation The
wOrkmen here are greatly aroused
and the social democrats are resolved
to make the best of the opportunity.
The factory and mill owners are also
excited, as 4 general suspension of
work is expected January 26. The
owners and the authorities are con-
ferring in regard to the measure to
meet disturbances Many shop own
ers are purchasing arms to protect
their property.
I1ttAllDlGu OGaHA3.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 23.-Among
the authenticated horrors of yester-
day is the case of an aged general
whose sledge vas stopped by the in
furiated people as he was driving in
the direction of the troops
Are you going to order them to fire
on us2 yelled the crowd
The general ordered his coachman
to drive on. when he was instantly
struck on the head by a well dressed
individual in a sable fur coat The
was then thrown out of the
sleoge, beaten and trampIed to death.
No Clashes Today.
St Petersburg. Jan. 23.=6.25 p. m.
No clashes between the strikers and
the troops occurred during the after
noon There was a report of troops
firing on the crowds in the Nevsky
but it turned out TO be in
correct.
It is reported that Emperor Mich |
olas viii issue a. manifesto tomorrow
declaring St. Petersburg in a state of
siege
The fourth civil department of the
court Of justice has suspended its
sitting owing to the lawyers refusing
to practice.