The Red Cloud chief., 1905-01-27

they Sc ) rEfnse mavnnnas
Of the crisis w.th whththe dynasty
and the autocratyQ art cdfronted. ap.
parentiy are pafaNlyztd er the mo
ment.
Intense iadigra(o1 IS bound to be
aroused all ovs1 lRn STA, The work
men aud rovotIioniste expect news
fron, Mcs4oW t{e cher big centers,
where the troofsi are not of the same
class as The guards regiments Of st.
Petersburg. A merber of the I'm
peror's household is quoted IS saying
hat this conGi5t will end the war
with Japan and thar Russia will have
constitution or Emperor Nicholas
vii lose his head. The Warsaw aud
Baltic railroad is reported to have
been torn up for q mile and a half,
hut the damage is said to have been
repaired. There are rumors of trouble
F..r.and ana cisaffection of the
troops.
Ls'4 Soldiers Spare Priest.
There was a very dramatic scene at
the Narva gate when Father Gopon,
In golden vestmen;s, bearing aloft an
ykon and flanked by two ~clergyrhen
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
FIRE, 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 snrieks and cries Of
the wounded. AS the Cossacks fol-
lowed up THE volley with a charge.
the workteh fed before them, leav.
ing about 100 dead or wounded. 1t
was evident that the soldiers delib-
erately SPARED Father Gopon. One
Of the cfrgymen by his side was
w%oundedI brjt he escaped untouched
and hid behind a wall until the Cos
sacks passed., and The was then spir.
tied away BY woffmen.
EveryItin1e the troops moved the
crowds hissted them. Strikers also
gathered at {the entrance of the Grand
Morskaibi a(nd thi avenue leading to
the Moka lcanal The crowd at the
latter 4aceS swelfd to huge proper
lions. sfek,fng thI bridge across the
canal. FThek orderlcame to clear them
OF. The ttoloneI commanding the
Horse Guards uttered a short. sharp
commatd; 3he troopers drew their
swords and ladyslced at a quick trot
and then broke Att>.a gallop, heading
straight for the Moilka, where they
we're bst in q cloud Of snow. shrieks
from The wounded r4sounded. Then
camea deadly silenfe. broken only
BY the ~galloping of ambulance horses.
Barricades erected bn the island Of
vassiii Ostrov werS. destroyed by
troops almost immed lately. with the
loss Of thirty workman killed.
TrepoH Appointed Governor General.
st. Petersburg, JAN 25.--St, Peters.
burg will be declaiysd in a state Of
siege today. Genetal Trepbff, until
recently chief of dolice Of Moscow.
has been appointed governor general
Of st. Petersburg Ind has taken up
quarters in the winttr palace Strange
ly enough the only precedent is the
case OF General T1repof's father, dur
Ing the reign of nihilistf terrorism
under Alexander hI. Central Trepo6
is q man Of grdat enetgy, but the
measures he adopted at Moscow for
s%uppressing the stude1 demonstra-
ton in December last pfvoked much
resentment and the re*iutionists re-
Gently condemned him = death.
In the meantime theIpolice are &C
lively searching out the leaders.
Three WILL known Russian authors
and aspspninent editokk were arrested
anl - ysigeee.rArA(flle with agi.
taiDGh ~ ~loeon1ots thd student ora
- sgneaooRe3l may result In
S1egGf slns and} td3rorism. but the
S1ncsosN q o~DiniDnlis that the I'm
SodiAtof stqre acuonI Of the agitators
6epSnx3ia whak oceurs in Moscow
~ oetf isrgs cities Of Russia,
I6ktrO ~ workmen are beginning to
n atfka ptlr l19 900 men are out in
f1r9t1A2=0I sshe empisA-A-tele-
1Df 6AS ff4ssSge from MOSCOW reported
tat thee had been no disorder there
Is yet There will be a big demon.
stration y Moscow this afternoon and
Il is feaed it will be accompanied by
bloodshe.