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Milford chronicle., 1905-01-27

martial law, with Prince Vasilchikoff
as commander of over $4,000 Of the
emperor's crack guards. Troops are
bivOuacking in the streets and at vari-
Gus places on the Nevsl1y Prospect, the
main thOroughfare Of the city. On the
Island of Vassili Ostrov and in the in
dustrial sections infuriated men have
thrown up barricades, which they are
holding. The empress dowager has has
tily sought safety at Tsarkoe Selo,
where Emperor Nicholas II. is living.
Estimates of Dead and Injured.
The figures of the total number of
killed or wounded here, at the Moscow
gate at various bridges and islands
and at the winter palace vary. The
best estimate is 500, although there are
exaggerated figures placing the num-
Der as high as 5OOO Many men were
accompanied by their wives and emil
dren, and in the confusion, which left
no time for discrimination, the latter
shared the fate of the men. The troops,
with the exception of a single regi-
ment, which is reported to have thrown
down its arms, remained loyal and
obeyed orders. But the blood which
crimsoned the snow has fired the
brains and passions Of the strikers
and turned women as well as men into
wild beasts, and the cry of the infurl-
ated populace is for vengeance.
The sympathy of the middle classes |
is with the workmen.
If Father Gopon, the master mind |
of the movement, aimed at open revo- |
luton, he managed the affair like a |
genius to break the faith of the people |
in "the Little Father" who they were |
convinced and whom Father Gopon |
had taught to believe would right their
wrongs and redress their grievances.
Gorly, the Russian novelist. expresses
the opinion that yesterdays work will
break this faith of the people in the
emperor. He said:
Yesterday inaugurated a revolution
in Russia. The emperor's prestige will
be irrevocably shattered by the she'd
ding of innocent blood. He has alien
ated himself forever from his people.
Gopon taught the workmen to believe
that an appeal direct to the Little
Father" would be needed. They have
been undeceived. Gopon is now con-
vinced that peaceful means have failed
and that the only remedy is force. The
first blood has been shed, but more
will follow. It is now the people
against the oppressors, and the battle
will be fought to the bitter end"
Every officer wearing the uniform of
The emperor who was found alone was
nobbed. A general was killed on the
bridge, and dozen officers 1
we're seized, stripped Of theiTWepaulets
Ind deprived of their swords. 6
The most narrowing scenes occurred {
lround the palace square, back Of the 6
winter palace. The strikers manned {
Ind held a small edifce at the corner 6
II the gardens and poured out con- I
itant objurgations and reproaches at /
he troops. It was in vain that Off G
ers requested them to disperse. +
Livery time the troops moved the '
rowds Kissed them. Strikers also c
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Flnns JoIn pemonstratlon.

Helsingfors, Finland. Jan. 25. -
Thousands of workmen Joined in a
demonstration here. Assembling on
the huge steps of the Nicolai cathe-
dral. they paraded the streets till mid
night, waving red flags. The windows
of public houses, hotels, breweries and
a number of newspaper Offices were
broken. The police interfered rather
late, arresting so of the worl1men.
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Ofaes o.er FIrsL N.IIonal RaaA

a.CH % 81
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MOSCOW IN FERMENT
Workmen Aiming Themselves to At
tack the Troops.

Workmen Aiming Themselves to At
tack the Troops.
Moscow, Jan. 25.-Moscow practic-
ally is in the grip of a remorseless
strike. The news from st. Peters
burg has stirred the people to mad
ness. It is well known that the active
revolutionists have quite overcome the
last peaceful society and are assuming
the leadership.
The educated and well-to-do classes
are extending every encouragement to
the workers, who are hailed as the de-
liverers of Russia.
Streamers have been hung in the
principal streets bearing, CAN glory
to those who die for freedom" Ordin-
ary work has been suspended, the
shops are closing and hundi eds Of
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gathered at the en- n nCe to the Grand
Morskaia and OF the avenue leading
to the Moika Canal. The crowd at tie
latter place swelled to huge rropor-
tions, blocking the bridge across the
canal. The order came to clear them
or The troops drew their swords and
advanced at a quick trot. and then
broke into a gallop. heading straight
for the Moika, where they were lost
in a cloud of snow. Shrieks from the
wounded resounded. Then came
deadly silence, broken only by the gal
loping of ambulance horses.
/ Troops Fire Into Crowd.
The next 20 minutes passed without
incident. Nothing indicated the ap-
proach of the horrible butchery which
was destined to stain the corner of
the Admiralty Gardens with human
blood The crowd there persisted in
refusing to move on, clamoring for the
emperor, and continually hurting abuse
at the troops. but attempted no vio-
lence. Two companies of the Proebra-
/ jensky Guards, of which Emperor
Nicholas himself was formerly colonel,
which had been standing at case in
front of the palace, formed and march
ed at double quick towards the fatal
corner. Events followed with awful
swiftness. The commanding officer
shouted: "Disperse, disperse. dis
perse." Many in the crowd turned to
flee, but it was too late A bugle
sounded, and the men in the front
ranks sank to their knees and both
companies fired three volleys. the first
two with blank cartridges and The last
with ball. A hundred corpses strewed
the sidewalks Many women were
pierced through the back as they were
trying to escape.
Women and Children Among Dead.
The Associated Press correspondent
standing behind the troops, saw man
gled corpses of peasants of ali ages
and both sexes strewing the ground.
One boy of 13 had his skull pierced
and rent by bullets. Great splashes
and streams of blood stained the snow |
Only a few of the victims remained
alive, for the fatal volley was fired at
a distance of not more than 20 PAGES. !
and so the ambulances had little work |
to do. The police recruited n large
number of droshkys (sleighs) to carry |
off the dead. Heartrending scenes |
were witnessed as wives. husbands and /
mothers came up to claim their deai |
ones and were carried off with them in
the sleighs.
Meanwhile the crowd had driftcd .
up the Nevsky Prospect, yelling Muir /
derers! Murderers," and the square
resumed its calm aspect, the troops
returning to their stations.
It was now the turn for the crowd
stationed at the Morskaia entrance to
the square, where the Horse Guards
repeated the exploit with which they
had cleared the Moika, and drove the
people pell-mell down the thorough
fare. Men and women, infuriated to
frenzy by the loss Of loved ones,
cursed the soldiers while they retreat
ed. Men harangued the crowds. telling
them that the emperor had foiled them
and that the time had come to act
Men began to build barricades N the
Nevsky Prospect and at other points,
using any material that came to hand,
and even chopping down telegraph
poles.
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seene ResembIed a shambIes.

At the Putiloff works the scenes re-
sembled a shambles. There the work
men facing the troops when the order
was given to fire threw themselves
upon their faces on the ground. The
troops fired on them as they lay pros
trate.
Then the troopers moved OFF and
disappeared down the street the
crowds shrieking "murderous dogs"
but quickly vanishing before them A
few who were wounded were picked
up and conveyed to a drug store on the
opposite corner of the Grand Morskaia
and the Nevsky Prospect. No troops
were visible for as much as half an
hour. A crowd quickly formed outside
the drug store, and an orator was
found for the occasion. Standing on
the steps of the drug store, he ad-
dressed the impromptu meeting thus:
"Comrades-We came humbly and
peacefully to meet the emperor and lay
our grievances before him, but the en-
peror refuses to see us. and instead
soldiers were sent to shoot us down.
Then all I can say is he is nc en-
peror."
Down with the emperor" shouted
the crowd
1--WE hope for redress, but hope is no
longer possible; we can win our rights
only by fighting"
Down with the autocracy." yelled
the crowd.
"Our only chance Of redress is from
of the people,"
Long live the constitutional assem-
bly,"
Then all I have to say is to arms.
to arms"
"To arms" was the thupderous re-
5ponse.
At a big meeting last night the fol-
lowing message from M. Gorky, the
novelist, was read:
Beloved Associates-We have no
Innocent blood lies be-
.ween him and the people Now
1egins the peoples struggle for
reedom. May it prosper Ny blessing
lpon you all. Would I might be with
rOu; but I have much to do"
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A REIGN OF TERROR
Troops Shoot Down Defenseless Peo-
pie In Street.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 2S.-Yesterdqy
was a day of unspeakable horror in
st. Petersburg. The strikers. goaded
to desperation by a day of violence,
fury and bloodshed, are in a state Of
open insurrection against the govern
ment. A condition almost bordering on
civil war exists in the terror-stricken
Russian capital. The city is under
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MASSACRE AT
CARS PALACE
Hundreds of Men, Women and
Children Shot by Troops.
REVOLT RAPIDLY SPREADING
Uprising in Moscow and BloOdshed
Likely to Follow.
PLAN TO OVERTURN DYNASTY

Strikers Attempt to Petition czar Re-
suits In Wholesale Slaughter, Men,
Women and Children Being Shot
Down, Many While They Were Flee
Ing to Places Of safety-st. Peters
burg In State Of Siege.
the People.
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Dover, Del.
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.aefs 0FectC' ann mba'e'e
twenty years eX perleuce IN the aDON
usiness " tn the assistance Of my son, JOhE
Wilson enables me to guarantee satisfac
On Everything first class with moderate
harges. Black and white heal IS. B0dief
mbalmed or preserved by ths lse OF ice
fen's black suits Bnd robes; iaO. IS dresses
ma robes children's shr0wds always IN
dOck No extra charge made for my wife's
srvices when required. All styles OF cOffins
nd caskets constantly in stock.
telephone and telegraph cOmmunica
.romptly answered. No. extra charge fOi
distance. Five PEI cent discount on all bills
aid within thirty days.
We ask for an examination of our Furni
are Department when needing anything IN
mis- iinF
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Icetb extracted without pain. tiiu ia
"a plates made in very best manner und q.
-s--Onabia tesms Satisfuct i0n is alwaAf
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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-22
ONLY MOTHER KNOWS

Only a kiss on the baby's face,
Only a kiss with a mothers grace,
So simple thing that the sunbeams
laughed
And the bees ha-hahed from where they
quaffed.
Only a kiss, but the face was fair,
And nobody knew what love was
there
Nobody knew but mother.
Only word to mothers Joy,
Only a word to her parting boy,
And the changing light on the
window shone
AS her boy went out in the world
alone.
Only q word from a mother brave,
But nobody knew the love it gave
Nobody knew-but mother
Only a sigh for a hayward son,
Only a sigh, but hopeless one,
And the lights burned dimly and shone
with blur
Could a mother condemn? 'Tis human
to err.
Only sigh as she took his part,
But nobody knew what it cost her
heart
Tobody knew-but mother.
Only a sob as the tomb doors close,
Only a sob, but it upward rose,
And the lights in the window flickered
and died,
And with them her hope, her joy, her
pride,
Only a sob as she turned away,
But nobody knew as she knelt to
pray
Nobody knew-but mother.
Baltimore Sun.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-22
Uncle Joe's Hard Luck

Speaking of conscripts," said the
sailor, as he laid down a book on,
Russia, did ever tell you about my
Uncle Joe?
We'll, Uncle Joe. in the time of the
Civil war had friend name Hiram
Haines. Hiram was conscripted, but,
when he came to take the medical ex-
animation, he didn't pass. The DC
tors said he was no good for soldier.
They said he wasn't strong enough to
fight.
Hiram told Uncle Joe about this,
and Uncle Joe said, after thinking
little while:
"Look a-here, Hi, I'm conscripted,
too, and my examination is set for
next Thursday. What's the matter
with you taking it in my name I'd
pass sure, if look it myself, for I'm
as strong as an OK. But if you took
it for me, akin, you know, why I'd
get off,
But the risk says Uncle ice.
In these confused time, with the army
doctors examinin' thousands of con-
scripts a day, there amt no risk
whatever Come on, Hiram. Oblige
me. I'll give you 5000 if you do"
"Such a lump of money as that
brought Hiram to terms. He said he'd
take the examination in Uncle Joes
name, and sure enough, he done it,
first gettin his pay in advance. He
wasn't detected, either. But, by lingo,
this time the doctors passed him. This
time they declared him sound in wind
and limb, and the makins of a fust-
rate soldier.
"That is why Uncle Joe has been so
down on war all his life. He lost, you
see, 5000 and had to fight four years."
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pie can demand a referendum on any
such measure in which they are in
terested and so that their vote can
be made official and binding upon the
council.
In an able editorial, the Press Gays
that in the presence of the trust, the
aldermen are as soft as putty; that
in the presence Of the street railway
company, which, by the way, has a
perpetual franchise, they. tremble like
leaves in gale, but that when e-l-
fronted by angry taxpayers, "the peo-
pies servants assume the airs of mas
tiers and dictators. To the commands
of those opposing the real interests Ct
the city, they are obedient. To the
just demands of the taxpayers, they
are absolutely deaf"
And why should they not assume
the airs of masters? Masters they
are. We call them servants. But
this is pleasant fiction. Once in
Office, they are masters. Of course,
we may defeat them for reelection.
But, while in Office, we can only en-
treat, we cannot command them. This
is SO everywhere, save in cities like
Los Angeles, where the charter pro-
vides that by petition of five per
cent of the voters, the citizens can
force referendum on any question
and thereby set aside the acts of their
lawmakers.
The councilmen of Los Angeles are
in fact servants. The people have the
legal means of commanding them. In
Cincinnati, and Philadelphia, and Bing-
hamton, the councilmen for the time
| being are the masters. If they choose
to defy the public and serve the cor
porations, the people may resort to
mob rule, but they have no lawful and
peaceable redress. The initiative and
4 referendum is the restoration of popu-
lar sovereignty.
The preachers of Binghamton were
outspoken in favor of this form and,
as the trade unions have long favored
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-22
PREACHERS AND TRADE UNIONS
Series of Lectures on Economic Sub
iects Arranged at Binghampton


jects Arranged at Binghampton
Cincinnati, o., June 11.-At the
Vine Street Congregational church,
the pastor, Herbert S. Bigelow told
how the preachers and trade unionists
of Binghampton, N. Y, have gotten
together. Mr.. Bigelow said:
It is full of significance. A series
of economic lectures have been ar
ranged under the joint auspices OF
the churches and the labor unions.
The labor unions sell tickets and
make themselves responsible finan-
cially for the course. The lectures
are held in different churches and the
preachers attend and take part with
the unionists in the informal discus
sions which follow.
A coalition of church and trade
union organizations would be irwin
chile in a city like BinghamptOn and
in the first lecture of the series, it
was proposed that these powerful
bodies unite upon the initiative and
IClGItuUuul q III dStlCctl pAO5A GILL M
action.
Binghampton is exceptionally clean
politically, but even there the people
realize that the initiative and referen-
dunn is much-needed safeguard
against municipal corruption.
| AS in Cincinnati, so in Binghampton,
| the question of paving is one of up
permost interest. The exactions Of
the asphalt trust have driven the peo-
pie to rebellion. A newspaper, the
Binghamton Press, journal splendid
ly equipped and deservedly popular,
submitted to the taxpayers postal
card referendum, and the decision was
overwhelmingly for brick as sub
stitute for asphalt.
The Press is now sounding the
alarm that the aldermen are under the
spell of the trust and are about to
vote for asphalt in spite of the de-
clared wish of the people.
u This shows that the city charter
ought to be amended SO that the PEG
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it, there is no doubt that with the sup
port of so able and honest a journal
as the Press, this right of the people
to take a hand in making their own
laws may be speedily established.
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True Imperialism is for nation to
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Those who have predicted the down
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If Governor Folk sends troops to
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It will be pleasant departure from
Colorado's methods of using militia.
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In view of the threatened war
Americans have reason to rejoice that
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The tide of battle in the war be-
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Does he expect to find record OF re-
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Excitement over business is set
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New York in one week. This is the
natural accompaniment of "frenzied
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France insists on having peace if
she has to fight for it.
James Dalrymple fears the private
utility of public ownership in America.
1t is to be hoped that there is DR..
Jekyll side to the character of Mr..
Hyde.
In the battle for the dollars the
heaviest casualties are among the
virtues.
There is no man, however brilliant,
but can learn much from the humblest
Of men.
The Swedish Rig-i-dig-dig doesn't
know just what to do about that Nor
Wegian store-thing.
Those who have predicted the down
fall of the republic are startled by
the insistent cry, Back to the Peo-
pie"
True imperialism is for a nation to
elevate it's standard of civilization and
not to take away liberty from alien
races.
The tide of battle in the war be-
tween special privilege and justice
seems to be turning in favor of the
people.
If Governor Folk sends troops te
stop race track betting at st. Louis
It will be a pleasant departure from
Colorado's methods of using militia.
In view of the threatened wal
Americans have reason to rejoice tina
the Father of His Country laugh
them the great peril Of entangling ALI
ances.
Evcitement over business is Sc
own as the cause OF 125 deaths II
New York in one week. This is tn
natural accompaniment of "frenzie'
finance"
Paul Morton has employed account
ants to go over the Equitable books
Does he expect to find record OF re
hates such as were granted on tn
Santa Fe under his regime?
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France insists on having peace il
she has to fight for it.
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The Swedish Rigi-dig-dig doesn't
know just what to do about that Nor
Wegian store-thing.
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There is no man, however brilliant
but can learn much from the humblest
Of men.
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James Dalrymple fears the private
utility of public ownership in America
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1t is to be hoped that there is
Jekyll side to the character O
Hyde.
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In the battle for the dollars tn
heaviest casualties are among tn
virtues.
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-16
AS TO THE INDIANS.

Montezuma, an educated Apache, Ia
quoted as having taken exception to
some popular notions about the Indians.
He characterizes the alleged fighting
tendency" OF the race as a myth,
and denies that the educated Indian
does, MS rule, relapse into seml-sav-
agery on returning to the tribe. The
indian, he says, In general is a complex
being, not different fundamentally from
the white man. Therefore he believes
the younger generation should be dis
persed through the country and made
to become Independent and self-sus-
tanning as rapidly as possible
Similar views are held by students OF
Indian conditions, Prof. Farrand OF
the Columbia university. says the ev-
idence tends TO show that such mental
differences as occur between Indians
and whites are due to experience and
environment rather than to innate diff
ferences OF mental capacity" More
over, the few cases IN which an Indian
has been removed from his home at an
early age and educated amid civilized
surroundings show mo particular infer
iority in mental capacity" He be-
lieves that the destiny OF the Indian Is
70 be absorbed by the white race. and
this he does not regard as undesirable,
for the half-boods. he says, seem well
adapted to survive" Any deterioration
such as sometimes appears he attributes
to the unfortunate social environ
ment and not to the physiological
mixture OF blood.
The facts upon which this reasoning
is based must be considered as evil
dence Of the unity of origin of the Red
man and the White race. Were they
essentially different, this would appear
in mental capacity as we'll as in the
color OF the skin.