Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-04-12
The Gar Of All the Russians Takes
No Risks
THE IMPERIAL FAMILY LAY LOW
:0r the First, ; Time the 9Autoerat toe Of:
All the Russians Did Not Venture
to Attend thesAnnual Parade of His
Own Regiment, and Only the Young
er Grand Dukes Emerged From
Theft Palaces. S

st. Petersburg; By Cable-The annual.
parade Of the. Horse Guards, always
-heretofore one Of the most spectacular
military ceremonies, as we'll as social
functions, of the year, was chiefly not
able Friday by the absence Of Emperor
Nicholas dMthe- -imperia family. The,
Horse Guards is the Emperor's own
regiment, and never before has he fail
ed to attend it's annual parade. With
the Empress, Dowager Empress and the
entire court, the Emperor sremalned at
TsarskOe-Selo.
The only Grand Dukes who ventured
out Of their palaces were, Nicholas,
Boris and Alexander Michaeloyitch, the
first named representing the Emperor.
Even Grand Duke vladimir, COM.
mander of the military district, was not
present, sthe explanation being that he
was detained at the palace on account
Of sickness. The danger to the imperial
family was regarded as especially great,
at it happened that this was the festi--.
wal Of the Immaculate Conception, one
Of the strictest religious holidays. All
business was suspended. The entire
population was in the streets and the
fear of an untoward incident, in view
Of the activity of the terrorists, in
duced extraordinary precautions. The
police made "a number of arrests, but
both military displays, happily, passed
off without disturbances.
lnvate Cemeteries. .l.s
st. Petersburg. BY Cable-The efforts
Of the police to smother the political
agitation have led them even to invade
the cemeteries in their search for evi-
dence of treason. 1t has become the
practice of students to place on the
graves of comrades who were active or
who suffered in the cause Of freedom
wreaths bound with ribbons, on which
political sentiments are inscribed.
The other day harmless inscription
in Greek, simply. expressive OF SYM
pathy, was seized, and on Wednesday
red ribbon attached to wreath, al
though upon5the grave Of a well-known
official. being interpreted by the police
as a revolutionary emblem, was not
only cut off but created so much alarm
s that general order was sent out to
all vendors of mortuary wreaths, pro-
hibiting the sale of red ribbons.
81 Red Flags at Funeral. .
:5s ST: Petersburg, BY Cable-The work
men istae.Eilla age;
DEMONSTRATION $Frid
ing the burial Of !! an
Esahi SaSssskll
asfeWSd ago. Ssix
persons sassemb led early in the hnornS
! ing Id heayy snowstorm and awaited
s. the funeral procession. There were
red flags everywhere, iandsa wreath de.
positedS by Socialists on the coffin was
inscribed: "Died an innocent victim
in the struggle for victory"
81 The wreath was seized by the police
and military, which later arrived on
the scene.
Had 5000 Chinese Bandits.
st. Petersburg, BY Cable-Chief Of
Staff Karkevitch, in a dispatch to the
general staff. says: ~. ss -
yesterday our sharpshooters forced
the Japanese cavalry to retire from
Erdaheze and Tsulushu.
zone of our detachmentS, Oil arriy-
ing in the morning of April at the
Santslung, engaged the enemy, who
had 5000 Chinese bandits with them.
L have not received a report the re-
suit Of the battle"
Russians Resume Retreat.
Toxic, BY Cable.-The main force of
the Russians, which was recently de-
feated in the neighborhood of Chin
chiacheng. has deviated towards Shum-
iencheng. and a part of it has retired
along the Fenghua road. On the even.
ing of April 5 no Russians WerestoS Sbe
seen south Of HsinHtnn, eight miles $,
north Of hinchiatun small Iorce
of Russians issfoecnp TalisYo, s26
miles east Of Weiyuanpoa .9ssS3E ssss
4so Entor1beds BY Earthquake.
Lahore, India, BY Cable -Four W: hun: v !.
dred and seventy men, Of 5GtrkhasReg
iments, were buried alive esassa result "
of the earthquake at the hill station
of Dharrmsala, according to the latest
information from that place. The re-