Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-01-27

festival of the Epiphany, the blessing OF
the waters. had just concluded al
o'clock P NJ, when, simultaneously
with the aslute fired from the St. rcter
and ST. Paul Fortress, a rain OF erdpc-
shot fired from a salutlng gun on the
bourse swept over the little chapei
built over the frozen Neva in front OF
the Winter Palace where Emperor Men
olas and every member of the Romanoit
family were participating in the SerV-
ice Some of the missiles struck the
chanel and others went high, entering
windows of the splendid row OF salons
along the water front, from when the
Fmnress. the ladies of the court ana
I the members of the diplomatic CORPS
including Ambassador McCormicK' Scc-
retary Eddy and Second Secretary biiSS
and all the high dignitaries OF the state
army and navy were witnessing inc
glittering spectacle below.
Fortunately, the bullets passed over
the heads of all present, striking the op-
nosite wall and Gathering down on the
poroueted floor of the white salon.
The first impression OF those "no
heard the crash was that it was que 10
falling CRYSTALS from the glass chande-
l;ers and caused by conclusion from
the booming guns Everybody had been
laborinq under more or less nervous
strain because of the strike situation
and when the truth was realized the
windows were hastily vacated and the
greatest excitement relgned WITHIN 'hT
palace. Lieutenant General Fulton. cnle'
If police of St. Petersburg, himself PICK
cd IN a missile in the white salon. Ii
was the size of birds egg. The ponce
chief was Immediately surrounded D'
officers of the guards, VINO exaliii'ie1
the bullet, and expressed their opiniof
that il had come from gun located OF
the Bourse Esplanade, and which repli &C.
. TO the salute of the St. Peter ana d
| Paul Fortress, explaining that gul
1 might have been charged with loade'
cartridge by mistake. :.
Such thing, however, it was admlt ,.t
was hard to conceive without oeilo
, crate plot. From the holes paSsin'
through the double windows it is Ger
tain that the bullets came from III
direction of the bourse. In the mean
: time there was no evidence outside
C what occurred
|, | The crowds of the people who torme
black lines along the quays, the paiac
bridge. the steps of the bourse an
t every point of vantage in the whi'
S arctic landscape did not betray IN
slightest excitement. Neither did tn
imperial party in the chapel oeloV
Although the actual ceremony was enc
: ed. the Emperor remained and accom-
n naned the Metropolitan and clergy Z
/ thew circled the pavilion around. tt
n. chapel to bless the gorgeous STANDARD
IS Of the famous guard regiments aSSen
d bled there. Then the procession move
IS back to the palace and the original Pr
" gram was carried out.
=. The Emperor displayed splendid nerV
a He did not show trace OF excitemer
e, He received the diplomats in his uSu
at cordial, gentle manner. reviewed u
$ Guard regiments on the square benii
g the palcace and subsequently had lunc
.h con served in the state dining room.
I'd When a correspondent, who was aoo
ne 10 90 down to the white salon when o
S Of the missiles flew right over his hea
tie left the palace he saw hole IN t
window of another salon and holes OF
a side in the stucco of the massive r
10 building.
ed This statement was obtained from
90 police: e
he with the second or third shot ire
nd the Bourse Battery, on Basil Island,
Id very large number Of shrapnel bull
ed struck the chapel of the palace: l.
entered the interior, where the Empel
les was standing. The bullets had a W
low velocity. The two which enter
of the chapel fell harmlessly to the no
IN, Several policemen about the cha
to were struck. With the exception OF
he man. named Romanoff, who was
ed, verely wounded, they all escaped W
hi COMMISSIONS. An inquiry is being c.
gs Quoted by the Grand Duke Serrg
Michaelovitch, inspector general OF
ses t;llery. 1t has not been establish
iii whether il was an accident or was
m to generalization.
The Otflcial account nidNo' 'iiN AZ
in FERROUS shooting appear to be all az
be dent, as follows:
of During the ceremony OF the DIG
m mos of the waters of the Neva,
Jon the presence of the Emperor, as
an usual salute was being fired an a
Ter dent happened A charge OF grape.
un- ,tead of a saluting charge. was II
hat from a gun belonging to one OF
hat batteries stationed near the bou
bod Some bullets struck the facade OF
1t Winter Palace, near the Quay Gard
-es- breaking four windows. A policer
the belonging to the St. Petersburg fc
was wounded. According to the
irm formation TO hand at present no Of
At accident occurred. Inquiry contlnu
and Later it was stated in official cir
the that the grape was fired from one OF
1als guns of the Seventeenth Battery OF
ates First Horse Artillery of the Guard,
ons. most aristocratic corps in the R1s
orm army. 1t seems that at gun practice
nts, Tuesday loaded shell was inadvert
S. ly left~ip the gum