Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-08-09
DARKNESS HANGS
OVER THE CAPITAL
AND TURBULENCE PREVAILS ALL
OVER THE EMPIRE.
DICTATORSHIP AT HAND
Russia on the Verge of Events That
Will Lead to Reign of Military or
OF the observation-disclosures
Boarding up Their Shops to Avoid
Destruction.

81. petersburg. Aug. 4.-St. Peters
burg is in darkness. Employees of the
electric lighting plants, always the
earliest barometric record of political
conditions. ceased to work during tho
afternoon yesterday in obedience 70
call for a general strike. This call
already had been obeyed by 1000 fac
tory hands in the capital.
Up to 2 O'Clock this morning rail-
road men had not needed the call for
general strike, except in the case OF
small line running to resorts in the
vicinity of st. Petersburg.
In the meantime the fate of the
Stolypin cabinet sways in the balance
and Russia is upon the verge of dis
orders which may lead either to a
reign of military or of the proletariat.
1t can be stated definitely that the
| first step toward dictatorship may be
taken Sunday or Monday by the NOM
ination of Grand Duke Nicholas to The
chief command of all the troops In
Russia. This would virtually place
him in control of all disturbed dig
tricts where martial law has been pro
claimed.
Boarding Up the Shops.
Pickets of cavalry and infantry were
the most conspicuous features on the
streets of st. Petersburg last night
Business houses have genearlly board
ed up their windows as they did in
the days of the great October strike.
Practically all the street cars in tho
city have stopped running, and cab
drivers are threatening to cease work
today.
A dispatch received by the Associ-
ated Press from Sestrotetzk says
heavy achievements are being poured
in there, evidentisv in fear Of an at
tack upon the government cartridge
and small arm factory.
To Execute Ringleaders.
The admiralty announces that the
drumhead oourtmartial proceedings at
Cronstadt probably will be suspended
with the execution of the seven ring
leaders of the mutiny who were CON
demned to death Thursday. Other
mutineers will be subjected to trial by
regular courtmartial.
1t has been ascertained that the
death list on board the cruiser Pamyat
Azova included Captain Sasinsky, two
lieutenants, chief and junior engi-
neers, surgeon, a midshipman and
the chief petty officer. The captain
of the second class Mozyroff was
MORALLY wounded. A priest and two
lieutenants were slightly wounded.
About so sailors were killed or
wounded.
The Ruins at Helsingfors.
Helsingfors, Aug. 4.-The cor
respondent of the Associated Press
was permitted yesterday to look
over the fortress on the main island,
as well as all over the Notifications
overlooking the town. The bar
racks showed plainly the effects of
fighting. They are nothing more than
tottering ruins, upheld by iron
Orders.
Results of firing are seen on every
hand, fragments of shrapnel, chain
shot and shells httering all the walk
ways The fortress itself bore many
signs of the bombardment, great rents
in walls, holes in the roof and de-
s,royed windows telling their own
tales. The correspondent was not
permitted to examine in detail the
Notifications held by the rebels, as
these form part of the national de-
tense and are secret. There is no
question that until the warships
came up the government was power
less adequately to reply to the
mutineers and was simply able to
hold its positions. The commander
had scarcely fed from his headquar-
tiers, leaving them a heap of ruins,
when the warships crept up the coast
and opened fire. Taken unawares.
without leaders and with but little
food. the mutineers gave up.
Il now transpires that there were
two officers among the mutinous men,
Lieutenants Kohonsky and Emil
janoff. The latter was wounded.
Kohonsky gave himself up.
A special court is coming here
from st. Petersburg next week to
try the prisoners. One thousand
men are confined in Helsingfors and
Skatudden.
The total casualties are not yet
known. but $50 men are missing. 1t
is impossible to say how many were
wounded. Only FIVE officers were
killed.
Plan to liberate Prisoners
Kharkov, Aug. Fire broke out In
several large wood yards In the -vicin-
ity of the prison yesterday. This
ovfJart1y was device NJ ravofutInr-