Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-28
RUSSIAN TROUBLES.

The news from there shows that tn
awful slaughter that started in yes
terday continues. No fewer than si
thousand persons have been kille
and double that number wounded sine
the massacres began.
The result OF the move on the par
OF the people to sieze the public build
Ing. the state banks and declare I
provisional government. the streets o
Moscow are piled high WITH horribl,
mutilated bodies. Men women. anf
children are shot down without mere,
by the cossacks. The wretched peo
pie have been made to believe the
soldiers had sympathized with them
but the cruel cossacks seem to vic
with one another to see who can write
the longest list of victims on the scroll
OF blood. Dispatches say that here
comes in the double crossing of the
Gar. that he deceived by letting il
appear his army was in sympathy
with people. leading the latter to
overact. which gave justification for
massacre, Here in this city, the
strikers seem to have the worst of It.
Though II will take a long time to
bring about anything like order. The
sorriest feature to the government is
that Russian finances are now at a
low ebb, and complete collapse is
lminent
Famine threatens TO add horror to
the commercial and industrial crisis.
LONDON. Dec. 26.-The Exchange
Telegraph Co.'S st. Petersburg dis.
patch says the Bourse and banks there
are closed. Desperate fighting con
tinues at Moscow.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. e6-Strlke
mere is practically ended in the the
strikers defeat. Thousands have rn-
turned to their jobs. The populace re-
fuses TO give the striker financial
aid. Over seven hundred leadcrs OF
the mal-contents are now under ar
rest. Socialists here claim that the
check is only of temporary duration.
Whites power has grown in strength
General Orion left with brigade TO
crush the revolt in the Baltic prov
tnces.
LONDON, Dec. 27.--There is very
little news from Russia today. Dis
patches indicate that the government
has the insurrection well In hand, al
though at a fearful cost of life. 1t
will be- some days before the exact
number of dead at Moscow will be
snda.s while thousands OF those ip,
jured will undoubtedly die.
II is believed there will be no fur
ther attempt at an armed uprising in
st. Petersburg.
Moscow. which the dispatches state
is reeking with the blood of thous-
ands, is the ancient city of the czars.
the old capital of the empire, and its
chief commercial and railway center
Situated in the heart OF the richest
section OF Lite Russia" in the
southern part OF the European en-
pire, 1t is now a city of magnificent
commercial buildings fine govern
ment palaces and splendid private res
licences Its chief interest, however,
lies in the Kremlin. vast group oi
buildings associated with the czars
from the time Of primitive Russia, and
its richly endowed churches and ca
thedrals. The Kremlin is the largest
and by all odds the most famous roy
al palace in the world. 1t is said tnat
the wealth contained within its walls.
in the shape of crowns, jeweled robes,
royal paintings, jeweled thrones and
relics of various forms, If converted
into money, would pay off the entire
Russian national debt. as great as that
is. The Kremlin is composed of royal
palaces, churches. treasure houses
built TO oppose almost any force bent
upon robbery; galleries of fine paint
ings and residences for the guests oi
royalty. II is all inclosed with high,
wide wall OF solid masonry, the whole
overlooking the river The vaults OF
one OF the churches Of the city con
tains the tombs of the Ruriks, and OF
all the Romanoffs, and another is the
place OF baptism and marriage of all
the czars. The University of Moscow.
founded In 1875, has library of over
100000 volumes and the books of the
museum number more than 100000
Moscow was founded in the twelfth
century, and four times has been
swept by fire, the latest and most IA
nous conhagration being in 1872,
when the inhabitants burned the city
to prevent Its falling into the hands OF
Napoleon and his army. The city
covers an area of forty square miles.
is the starting point Of nine trunk
railways and in 1902 had a population
OF I,173,000.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.-The seri-
ous outbreaks In Russia has caused
this government to take action to pro
,ect the lives of Americans In 81.
Petersburg and throughout the EN-
pire. Secretary Root requested the
navy department today to take pro
,octiva maosurps but the secretary