Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
REMAINS IN PALACE ON occA-
SION OF GREAT MILITARY
DISPLAY.
DAY PASSES QUIETLY

Though Violence Was Feared Because
of Activity Of Terrorists, There Was
But Little Disturbance in st. Peters
bura-soIdiers' Families Destitute
Police Invade Cemeteries.
st. Petersburg, April THE annual
parade of the horse guards, always
HERETOFORE one of the most spectacular
ceremonies, as we'll as social func-
tions Of the year, was chiefly notable
today by the absence of the emperor
and the imperial family. With the en-
press, the dowager empress and the en-
tire court the emperor remained at
Tsarskoe-selo and the only grand dukes
who ventured out were Nicholas,
Boris and Alexander Michaelovitch,
the first named representing the en-
peror. Even Vladimir. commander Of
the military district, was not present,
the explanation being that he was de-
tained at the palace on account Of sick
1 ness.
Danger Was Regarded Serious.
The danger to the imperial family
was regarded as especially great today
as it happened that this was the fes-
tival Of the immaculate conception,
\ one Of the strictest Of all religious hol-
idays. All business was suspended and
the entire population was in the streets
and the fear of an untoward accident
in view of the activity of the terrorists
induced extraordinary precautions.
The police made number of arrests,
but the military display happily passed
\ off without disturbances.
Police Invade Cemeteries.
The efforts of the police to smother
the political agitation have led them
even to invade the Gem eteries in their
search for evidences of treason. 1t
has become the practice Of students to
place on the graves of comrades who
were active or who suffered in the
cause of freedom wreaths bound with
ribbons on which political sentiments
are inscribed. The police now make
nocturnal visits to cemeteries in
search of these reasonable notices,
which are promptly confiscated. But
being ignorant the policemen make
curious mistakes.
Soldiers Families Destitute.
Stories of sufferings on the part of
widows and families Of soldiers at the
! front are attracting general attention
and the public demands government
/ aid for the sufferers. Local charities
are no longer able to cope with the
n situation.
Press Censorship Strict.
Under the new press regulations the
papers are not permitted to publish
anything affecting the emperor and
imperial family without consent of the
court censor.
sIav Sharp Shooters Active.
st. Petersburg, April 7.-Linevitch' S
chief of staff in dispatch dated today
says: Yesterday our sharpshooters
forced the Japanese cavalry to retire
from Trdaheze to Tsulushu One of
the detachments on arriving on the
morning OF April at Tsinsatun en-.
gagged the enemy who had 5000 Chi.
nese bandits with them. Reports OF
the result of the battle have not been
received.
Russians Retire Northward.
Toxic, April 1.-THE main force OF
the Russians, which was recently de
feated in the neighborhood of Chinchi
\ atun, has deviated toward Shumien
/. cheng and part of it has retreated
along the Fenghua road. On Sunday
M evening no Russians were to be seen
"A south of Hsinlitun, eight miles north
Of Chinchiatun.
ad Indemnity Is Stumbling Block.
st. Petersburg, April THE Japan
4 ese insistence upon indemnity, the lat
\ est information indicates, wrecked the
recent attempt to bring the warrine
y powers into negotiations. Another eff
fort on different lines to bring Russia
and Japan together is believed to be
under way, the movers now being
French and English financial interests
with heavy connections in the two
countries
Republic Is the Aim.
Moscow, April 7. - The centra
committee of the social revolutionar.
party has drawn up document con
tanning the main points Of it's program
and hundreds of thousands of copie!
are being printed for circulation in al
parts of European Russia. The frs
and main point of the program is the
establishment Of democratic republi,
on the ruins of the autocracy.
Besides the usual points of socia
democratic doctrine it includes man,
arguments especially directed to Rus
sian conditions and designed to an
peal to the self interest of the Russian
"a proletariat. both agricultural and in
= drstrial. 1t voices phrases familia
to the American ear, such as ''initiativ,
and referendum" public ownership o
public utilities etc.
Wide Scope of Demands.
The program is divided under two
heads The first 'S the politico-lega