The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-01-27

knees AND bc,h computes ared thre,
voiteNs, the first t0u wssh hlsuk cart
riGsss a0d the last with .Sst. \ hun
ired SerpSsS StreWeA the sidewalk
Many women We're pierced through
their backs ~ they Were trying to eS
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~sponaeut, staining behind the troops
ages and both exc stiewins tn
ground. One boy OF Is had his skul
pierced and rent bN bullets. Grea
Spi9sheS and streams Of blood Staine,
the snow. Only u few of the Victim
remained alive, for TIE fatal Nolley Wa.
hred at Il distance vi not more tina,
twenty PAGES. and SO the ambulance.
rruited a large numb Y of droshky:
tsie.ghs) to carry Oft the dead. Hear
rendins scenes We're witnessed as
wives. husbands cnd motaers came III
10 claim their dead ones and Were car.
RED OFF with them in the sleighs.
the crowd had drifted W
the NevskS prospect. yelling Murder
eFS. Murderers." n the square re-
sufned its calm aspect. the troops re-
turning to their stations. A few who
We're wounded We're picked up and con-
Neyed to a drug store on the opposite
corner of the Grand Morskaiai and the
Nevsky prospect, No troops were Wis
IDLE for as much as half an hour.
y crowd quickly formed outside the
arug store n an orator was found
for the occasion. Standing on the
steps of the drug store he addressed
the ~impromptu thus:
Comrades: We cam humbly and
peacefully to meet the emperor and
lay our grievances before him. u the
emperor refuses to see us, and in
stead soldiers Ware sent to shoot us
down Then all l can say is he is no
emperor"
Down with the emperor shouted
The crowd. We have suffered under
the sway of the ~Chinovniks." Down
with the ChinoNniks!" I'VE hoped for
redress. but hope is no longer possible.
we d only win our right by fight
ing"
Down with the autocracy," yelled
The crowd. Our only chance of redress
is from representatives of the people.
Long live the constitutional assembly,"
Then all 1 have to say is, To arms.
comrades, to arms!" To arms!" was
the thunderous response.
The crowd. now in a frenzy at the
sight of the wounded. who We're being
nj out of the drug store and
placed in the ambulance, saluted them
as martyrs. Every head was uncov-
cred as the victims Were conveyed
away.
There was a very dramatic scene at the
Narva gate when Father Gopon in gold
en- Nestments, bearing aloft an ikon and
thanked by two clergymen carrying relig-
ious banners. approached at the head of
a procession of 5000 workmen. Troops
We're drawn up across the entrance. Sew
eral times an officer called upon the pro-
cession TO stop, but Father GoPoa did
not falter. Then AN order was given to
fire. first with blank cartridges. Two
Nolleys rang out, but the line did not
waver. Then. with seeming reluctance.
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 followed upon the volley with
a charge the workmen fled before them.
about 100 dead or wounded. 1t
evident that the soldiers deliberately
spared Father Gopon. One of the clergy
men by his side was wounded, but he es-
capped untouched, and hid behind a wall
until the Cossacks passed and he was
spirited away by workInen.
During the evening there We're more foot
passengers in the streets than might have
been expected. but nothing like the gayety
and hustle of an ordinary Sunday even
Comment OH the action of the troops
authorities is very bitter and sarcastic
'emarks are made that officers are BRAY
ar against the defenseless public than
igainst the japanese, and that ''ammuni-
ion may be scarce in the far east, but is
90 plentiful here
FN.urns from only three of the nurner-
'~usqaospitals give thi1ty-two dead and 123
Many of the wounded have
oeen taken TO their homesA
Broken windows and embedded bullets
ire found at long distances from the scene
If thC firing.
The rioters broke windows in the palace
If Grand Duke ALEXIS.
The workmen tonight We're arming with
very available weapon for "A renewal of
he struggle, They have few firearms, but
re improvising trade Implements into
Weapons
The following is the text of a letter adj
lressed by Father Gopon to Emperor
Nicholas last light:
Sovereign: L fear your minister's have
lot told you the full truth about the sit
latioli. The whole people, trusting in
'ou, have resolved 20 appear at the
winter palace at 2 p. m. in order TO in
orm you of their needs. If, vaciliating,
GU don't appear before the people, then
he moral bonds you and the people who
rust IN you Will disappear, because inno-
'ent blood will flow between you and the
Appear tomorrow before your
'eople and receive our address of devo-
ion in a courageous spirit. l and the
representatives. of labor and my brave
and comrades guarantee the
of Your position.