Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-29
RUS GUARDS HIS GOLD.
Precautions Against Repetition
of Van Robbery.
POST OFFICE BARRlCADED
Street Closed While Registered Mail is
Unloaded.
ARREST OF THE SUSPECTS
Plans Found for More Daring Street
Robberies-SeverdB Bomb Labora-
tories Unearthed.
ARREST OF THE SUSPECTS

ST. PETERSBURG, October 0-EXtraor-
binary measures have been instituted to
prevent such affairs as the customs robbery
OF Saturday last. Cossacks have replaced
the gendarmes as escort OF money trans
ports, and the street in front of the central
post Office will in future be closed for half
an hour, at noon. while the registered mail
is unloaded. and Cossacks with carbines
ready to fire will keep pedestrians and car
riages at a distance.
Among the twenty-one persons arrested
yesterday on suspicion OF having been con-
cerned in Saturdays robbery are several
who have been identified as members Of the
band. and one of them. who is thought to
have been the leader. has been interned In
the fortress of st. Peter and Paul. instead
Of in an ordinary prison. SO as to preclude
any attempt at rescue. No trace. however.
has been found of the booty, the exact
amount of which was $188;82e. or Of the
men who carried the money away. Plans
for several similar robberies which the band
intended to execute were found in the
rooms occupied by one of the persons ar
rested, and during the investigation by the
police several bomb laboratories were dis
covered.
In addition to the cashier, M. Hermann,
who WAS robbed by the band. his two as
sistants and several other customs en-
ployes have been arrested on suspicion Of
completely in the plot.
Fete With Fixed Bayonets.
ST. PETERSBURG. October 29.-on the
eve Of the anniversary of the publication Of
the imperial manifesto giving constitution
to Russia. October 80. the project Of police
has caused the city to be placarded with
proclamations recalling the late Gen. Ire
poff's famous phrase. do not spare bull
let's" warning the public that in case of
n ~v~nNrn f4,,~ kk4
sembling Of crowds, armed force will be
used with all the vigor permissible under
the rules of extraordinary security
Patrols already are on duty in the suburbs
and the house porters this morning began q
two days special vigil. The official an
nouncements Of te deums in the cathedrals
and churches in honor Of the twofold an
niversary the escape OF the imperial fam
lily from the railroad wreck at Borki in 1888
and the issuance OF the imperial manifesto
places emphasis on the first event, and the
order to army officers instructing them to
attend the services does not even mention
the manifesto.
Apprehension in Warsaw.
WARSAW. October 29.-Fears that dis
turbances will occur tomorrow. the ami
versary of the publication of the imperial
manifesto giving a constitution to Russia,
have led to the adoption Of vigorous meas
ures by the authorities. Strong .detach-
the streets with orders, to suppress the
slightest attempts at making demonstra-
tions .7.,.5.. 49, = ia :
Friction With Japan.
ST. PETERSBURG. October 29.-The No
voc Vremya, In leading article today on
Japanese-American relations. declares that
Yesterdays friends have begun to quar-
REL" and asserts that IAN anti-Japanese
agitation has been started in the United
States in response to the arlti-Americanism
| in Japan. causing friction which may easily
develop into war"