The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-01-25

rom Moscow and other big centers,
where the troops are not of the same
tlass as the guards regiments of st.
/ Petersburg. A member of the EN-.
peror's household is quoted as saying
that this conflict will end the war
/ with Japan and that Russia will have
q constitution or Emperor Nicholas
will lose his head The Warsaw and
Baltic railroad is reported to have
been torn up for a mile and half
but the damage is said to have been
! repaired. There are rumors Of trouble
In Finland and disaffeetion OF the
troops.
Soldiers Spare Priest.
! There was very dramatic scene al
the Narva gate when Father Gopon
In golden vestments. bearing aloft an
ikon and flanked by two clergymen
carrying religious banners, ap-
preached at the head Of a procession
OF 5000 workmen. Troops were drawn
up across the entrance. Several times
an officer called upon the procession
to stop, but Father Gopon did not
falter. Then an order was given to
ire, first with bank cartridges. Two
| volleys rang out, but the line still did
not waver. Then with seeming reluct-
ance an officer gave the command to
load with ball, and the next volley
was followed by shrieks and cries of
the wounded. AS the Cossacks fol
lowed up the volley with a charge,
the workmen fed before them, leav-
Ing about 100 dead or wounded. 1t
was evident that the soldiers DELHI
erately spared Father Gopon. One
OF the clergymen by his side was
wounded, but he escaped untouched
and hid behind a wall until the Cos
sacks passed, and he was then spir-
tied away by workmen.
Every time the troops moved the
crowds Kissed them. Strikers also
gathered at the entrance of the Grand
Morskaiai and the avenue leading to
the Moika canal. The crowd at the
latter place swelled to huge proper
lions, seeking the bridge across the
canal. The order came to clear them
! off. The colonel commanding the
Horse guards uttered a short, sharp
command; the troopers drew their
swords and advanced at quick trot
and then broke into gallop, heading
| straight for the Moika, where they
were lost in a cloud of snow. Shrieks
from the wounded resounded. Then
came a deadly silence, broken only
by the galloping of ambulance horses.
Crowd CIamors for Gar.
The next twenty minutes passed
| without incident. Nothing indicated
the approach of the horrible butchery
which was destined to stain the cor
| ner of the Admiralty gardens with
human blood. The crowd there per
sisted in refusing to move on, clamor
ing for the emperor, and continually
hurting abuse at the troops, but at
tempted no violence. Two companies
of the Proebranjensky Guards, OF
which Emperor Nicholas himself was
formerly colonel, which had beer
standing at ease in front of the pal
ace, formed and marched at double
quick towards the fatal corner
Events followed with awful swiftness
The commanding officer shouted, "Dis
perse, dispense, dispense" Many il
the crowd turned to flee, but it was
too late. A bugle sounded and the
men in the front ranks sank to theil
knees and both companies fired three
volleys, the first two with blank car
tridges and the last with ball. A hun
dred corpses strewed the sidewalk
Many women were pierced through
the back as they were trying to es
cape. The Associated Press CORE
spondent, standing behind the troops
saw mangled corpses of persons of al
ages and both sexes strewing the
ground. One boy of thirteen had his
skull pierced and rent by bullets
Great splashes and streams of blood
stained the snow. Only few of the
victims remained alive, for the fata
volley was fired at a distance of moi
more than twenty PAGES, and so the
ambulances had little work to do. The
police recruited large number OF
sleighs to carry off the dead. Heart
rending scenes were witnesses as
wives, husbands and mothers came VI
to claim their dear ones and were
carried eff with them in the sleighs
\ Meanwhile the crowd had drifted
/ up the Nevsky Prospect, yelling, Muir
derers,' "Murderers," and the square
i resumed its calm aspect.
/ Officers Are Mobbed.
I The wilder element in the crowd
had now got the upper hand and pro
4 ceeded to attack every officer in sight
A general driving up the NevsEy
Il Prospect was mobbed with shouts OF
Murderer" His sword was cap
turned as a trophy. Another general
was nearly dragged from his sleigh
but clutched the driver desperately
and in escaping was tsruck on his bald
{ head by g glass bottle and stunned
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