Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-30


persons arrested here in connection with the
robbery of 81, sss,s2 from Cashier Hermann
Of the custom house October p were tried
by court-martial and executed today.
Students Were Revolutionary.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
ST. PETERSBURG, October S0-The
University of st. Petersburg has been
closed until further orders by orders Of the
faculty, by reason of the fact that the stu
dents have been holding revolutionary
meetings in the building, in violation of the
stipulation under which the university was
reopened.
Order at the Capital.
ST. PETERSBURG, October 30.-The
morning of the first anniversary Of the
proclamation of the imperial manifesto
giving a constitution to Russia passed in
st. Petersburg without any disorder being
reported. TIE Deums were celebrated in the
cathedrals and churches, and only small
crowds of people were to be seen in the flag
decorated streets, many Of the residents de-
Gliding to stay indoors, owing to fear of be-
coming involved in troubles. Students in
uniform were conspicuously absent as the
result of warning issued at the meeting
held yesterday that bands of reactionary
rowdies had been formed to beat pedestrians
in student garb. The garrison of the city
was distributed in accordance with the
army regulations for preserving order.
Large forces Of infantry and cavalry were
concentrated in the vicinity of Kazan
Cathedral, whose portico was guarded by
soldiery, and large numbers of troops were
gathered in the neighborhood of the uni
versity, but the military were kept out of
sight, SO far as possible, in the interior of
courts and in buildings. Special guards
were stationed at all the railway stations.
Cut Fire Hose.
There was a conflict last night between a
detachment of troops and large crowd
which had gathered at a fire in the indus
trial district of. Schlusselburg Some row.
dies cut the fire hose, drove the fremen
away and began plundering. whereupon the
soldiers fired volley in the air and dis
persed the crowd without any casualties.
Otherwise the night passed quietly.
At noon a special edition of the Official
Gazette, containing the imperial ukase
granting full religious freedom to the "Old
Believers" was issued, the preamble of
which is as follows:
ITO guarantee to all Russian subjects lib
erty Of faith and public worship according
to the dictates of their conscience, we issued
a ukase April 80. 1905. In continuance of
this task of love and peace we deem 1t good
to establish rules and regulations govern
ing the internal organization of the Old Be-
levers and other dfssident sects Of the Holy
Orthodox Churcn charging the ministry OF
the interior at the same time to elaborate a
similr law for the sects issuing from other
Christian confessions. With trust in a
beneficent evidence we believe that these
measures will serve to strengthen the ties
of loyalty by which the Old Believers have
been bound for centuries to the throne and
fatherland, and enhance of the greatness
of our general mother, the Holy Orthodox
Church"
May Organize Churches.
According to the law any dissident sect
numbering fifty persons, whose aims are
not immoral or, having tenets like refusal to
do military service (the Dukhobors and
Standists are illegaD can apply for and shall
receive permission to organize churches,