The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-04-13

ST Petersburg Ry cahie-The annual
parade os the Horns Guards al~ars
heretofore one us the most apc~tacular
military ceremonies a. ~rli - soeIsi
functions ST the year. sAs chiefly sos-
able Friday By the absence ot kmpsrox
Nicholas and the imperial family Ths
Horse Guards Is the Empevos's o~a
regiment aud never before has be fall
ed To attend its annual parade. With
the Empress. ncwaEeF Emprvss and the
entire court the Emperor remained At
TsarEko.- Se3o.
The only Grand nQkes Who vcn;urej
out cf their palaces <eyr Nicholas.
Boris aud Alexander MiehaeloVitrh. the
first named representing the En peror
Even Grand Duke vladimir COM
mAnter of the military district. vas MT
present the explanation helng that he
w.s detained al the palace on account
CF sickness. The danger Ia the imperial
family vas regarded as especially great.
at IL happened taAt this sas tho fest
val Of the Immaculate Conception. enc
Of the striCtest religious hotiiays All
business vas suspended The entiTs
population Was In the streets aBi the
fear of an untowaii incident. in view
If the activity IF the tcrroTis;s. IN
ducsd extraordinary precautions. Tho
police made number of arrests. but
both military displays. happily. passed
of without disturbances.
inssie Cemeteries.
St Petersburg. BY Cable-The efforts
OF the police 10 smother the political
agitation have led them even to invade
the cemeteries in their search for evil
dence Of >ason- II has become tho
practice Of students To place on the
graves OF comrades who were active or
who suffered in &c cause ot freedom
wreaths bound with ribbons. on which
political sentiments are inscribed.
The other day a harmless inscription
in Greek. simply expressive # sym
pathy. was seized. and on Wednesday
red ribbon attached 10 a wreath. al
though upon the grave OF ~ell-known
officiai, being interpreted ~ .he paiiee
as revolutionary emblem. was not
! only cut cn but created SD much alarm
that n general order az, can't out TO
all vendors Of mortuary ereaiGA pc
hibiting the sale OF red ribbons.
Red Flags at Funeral.
st. Petersburg. BY cabie-The work.
men of the village OF Smolensk made o
demonstration Friday. the occasion be-
ing the burial OF 81 employe OF the
Pahl factory, who was killed by po-
! licemen a few days ago. Six THOUSAND
persons assembled early In the morn
ing IN a heavy enowstorm and awaited
the funeral procession. There were
red flags everywhere. and n wreath fe-
posted by Socialists on the cofin wan
inscribed: Died an innocent victim
N the struggle for victory"
The wreath was seized by the polic.
ana military, which later arrived On
the scene.
Had 5000 Chinese Bandisa
81. Petersburg. BY cable.-Chie. OF
staff Karkevitch. in a dispatch 10 tho
general stan. seys:
Yesterday our sharpshooters forced
the Japanese cavalry to retire from
Erdaheze and Tsulushu.
"One Of our detarhmenis. on arriv-
Ing In the morning OF April 4 at the
santglung. engaged the enemy. who
had 6 900 Chinese bandits With them.
have not received a report Of the r.
suit OF the battle"
Russians Resume Retreat.
Toxic. By Cabie.-Ths main force OF
the Russians. which vas recently de-
feated In the neighborhood of Chin
chiacheng. has deyjated towards Shum-
iencheng. and part Of IL has retired
along the Fenghua road. On the even
/ ing OF April no Russians were To b
| seen south OF Hsinlitun. eight miles
/ north os Chinchiatun. A small force
/ Of Russians IL occupying TalIsYo. ~
miles east OF Weiyuanpoamen.