The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
THE SCENE WAS AWFUL.
Terrible Slaughter in the Palace
Square.

Square.
st. Petersburg, jan. 2i-The most har-
rowing scenes of the day occurred
around the palace square The enor-
nous place back of the winter palace
is surrounded by gardens fronting the
admiralty by a vast semicircular
building containing the offices of the
general staff, the ministry Of finance
and the foreign Office. In the center
of the block is cut on arched gateway,
surmounted by q bronze quadriga. The
gateway serves as an entrance to the
Grand Morskaiai, one of the most fash
ionable streets in the city, which cross
es the Nevsky prospect. Beyond the
se1nicurcular building is a wide space
leading to the Moikai. and beyond his
stands an enormous square building,
the headquarters OF the St. Petersburg
military district. From there Grand
Duke Vladimir had issued orders for
the whole military preparations. direct
ing the days operations. In the center
Of the square stands IN immense gran
tie statue OF Victory, concentrating
the defeat of the Napoleonic invasion.
al which q veteran in the uniform of
the period OF Alexander /. stands.
When the Associated Press CORE
sg.8ndent arrived at the palace square
early IN the morning he found a con-
siderable crowd Of demonstrators al
ready lining h railing OF the adj
1niTalty garden ard the boulevard. The
square itself presented the appearance
Of q military encampment. Several
companies OF the Daviovsky and Preo-
bra5eIsky guards had piled their arms,
while the men were sitting around
caTnpfres or stamping on the snow to
keep warm. Beyond the infantry stood
squadrons of the Cheyalier guards and
the horse guards without their lances,
euirasses or the usual gay trimmings.
The men carried carbines slung across
their shoulders, and their stirrups were
covered with felt or straw to keep off
the cold. All the soldiers Wore bash
likas, or hoods, to protect their ears
from the keen, searching wind. A field
kitchen steamed merrily, disseminating
the fragrant odor of land Many of
the men wrestled or boxed, cracking
jokes as rolled in the snow. A
whole row Of a~mbulances drawn up
near the palace served as a grim re-
minder of the stern business on hand.
Many brought their wives and chill
dren. You soldiers are our broth
iers: o cannot shoot these little
ones" they exclaimed. But as the
pickets and patrols continued driving
off the people the demonstrators began
to give way, and the bitterest insults
and oaths, in which the Russian vo.
cabulary is particularly rich, became
frequent.
w are not Japanese; why brutal.
ize us? Will you shame the mother
who bore YOU, who was a Russian like
ourseives2" We're some of the cries tina
were heard.
drels!!. ..Mercenaries!" "Dogs." ant
worse We're heard.
Every time the troops moved tn,
crowds Missed them. Strikers also gath
cred at the entrance of the Grand Nor
skaiai and h avenue leading to TIL
Moikai canal. The crowd at the latte
place swelled to huge proportions, seek
ing the bridge across h canal.
The order came at 1890 a.. M. t
clear them off. The colonel command
ing the horse guards uttered a shor
sharp command; the troopers drel
their swords inc ADVANCED at a quic
4Htrot and then broke into agallop, heat
ing straight for the Moikai, Where the
We're lost in a cloud of snow. Shrek
n from the wounded resounded. The
came a deadly silence.broken only Il
the gallpping 81 ambulance horses.
The next twenty minutes passe
without Incident. Nothing indicate
the approach ofthe horrible butcher
which was destined to stain the corn,
pf the admiralty gardens with hume
blood. The crowd there persisted
refusing to move ON, clamoring for Z.
emperor and continually hurting abu,
t the troops, but attempted no vi
J lence Two companies If the Proc
ranjensky guard. of which Emperi
Nicholas himself was formerly colon,
which had been standing at ease
!. from of the palace. formed a,
marched at double quick towards ii
fatal corner. Events followed wi
awful sWiftness. Tie commanding {
ficer shouted, .Disperse! Dispense. Dl
!, perse!. Many turned to flee, but it "
& too late, bugle sounded and ii
! naen IN the front ranks sank 70 the