The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-10
CAR ARRIVED
SHORTLY AFTER NOON
ST. Petersburg In Gala Attire.
Great Precautions Taken
to Insure That Quiet Will
Prevail. Palace Guarded.

st. Petersburg, May 10, $50 q. m.--
The city Is saily attired and the wealth
cr II fine for today's epoch-making cere-
mony OF the opening Of the first parlia-
ment in Russian history, All the shops
and other places Of business are closed
and the day II being observed as ma
tional holiday. In the early hours the
streets We're partly filed with people but
no crowds formed owing To strict or
ders issued to the police to prevent
street assenblages. About 1000 troops
are in the city but the government Off
cials are keeping them concealed in the
yards and public buildings. Practically
none are visible in the streets except
about the winter palace. Access 10
tile palace is surrounded and the quays
near the palace are barred by the Sem
cnoysky regiment which is keeping
guard with gums loaded with bail cart
Tldge.
The Gar Arrives.
The Gar arrived from Peterhoif on
the royal yacht about 1890 4 he yacht
locked at Nicholas bridge, where the
party disembsrked. The Czariua and
The dowaRef empress were drisea 10 tse
winter palace IN carriage along ttls
quay. The ezar proceeded 10 the palace
ii small cutter.
At IL o'clock lie Deums were sung IN
ell the churches, which were crowded
with worshippers. At f2.a0 members oi
the Dounia and of the bureaucracy be-
gan to arrive Mt the winter palace TO
take part in the ceremonies OF the open
ing OF the National Assembly.
emperor Nicholas personally greeted
the deputies and proclaimed the douma
IN session. He then read an address
from the throne. On the conclusion of
the ceremonies the deputies marched
through the streets to the 1aprida pal
ace, where the sessions of the douma
will be held.
The dread that some unfortunate
event might occur to mar the solcmnity
OF the great day Of Russia's new birtn
was largely dissipate1 last night, when
members OF the radical Revolutionary
parties Of st. Petersburg issued an am
nounccmeut disclaiming the intention
Of attempting demonstrations and call
ing upon their fellows to refrain from
displaying rel flags or singing the Mar,
seillaise, and to avoid ali conduct that
would tend to bring about conflict
with the police.
Slight to Emperor.
The yexed question Of tbs propriety
OF taking an oath tos"Emperor and An.
tocraty nas been settled BY tie caucus
of constitutional democrats. which nc
eepted, after n long discu-siou, tine his.
torical argument that tie title does not
signify "absolnte,p but owing 10 ale
gIance to any otaer sovereign. and hence
IL not incompatible with the ideas Of
the party regarding the constitutional
natuic OF the monarchy.
Alhougii the problem Of Tie oath has
been disposed oi small body OF recalci-
trants, mostly social revolutionary peas
ants elected iro.ll lue interior provinces,
have decisel as a mark CT dis aspect to
the emperor, not to attend the reception
at the winter palace, but TO join their
colleagues first al the Tauiide palace.
Other members OF the assembly decline
TO wear evening dress, which Is tic cor.
rect apparel Tor The ceremony, but will
appear In TIE high boots and coorci
smocks Of the national peasant costume.
That the peasant members will not
be allowed to play fast ana loose with
the wishes Of their constituents is in
dieated BY the arrival here OF 80 pea
sants sent by rural societies to watch
the activity Of their Representatives and
especially their attitude on tue agrarian
question and to see that thes DO not
succumb 70 the ailufements ot high po-
litical life.