The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-21
DONNA DISSOLVED;
RUSSIANS TRANQUIL
WORKMEN OF ST. PETERSBURG
MAY ENGAGE IN RIoToUS
DEMONSTRATIONS.
Government Is Confident and the Capt.
tai Well Protected by Troops
Nine of the Indicted Deputies Are
Taken Into Custody.

st. Petersburg, June 17.-An inn
perial ukase was issued Sunday pro-
,roguing the council of the empire
until November Is.
The dissolution of the second douma
Saturday night was received through
out st. Petersburg with perfect tran
guilty, thanks to the precautionary
measures, and in no place in Russia,
SO far as is known, were there any
serious disturbances.
Demonstrations among st. Peters
burg workmen are anticipated Mon
day, but the authorities are not
alarmed. They profess to be chiefly
apprehensive over the possibility of
rioting and racial excuses in Odessa
and Kiev and other cities where party
feeling runs high. An outbreak of
agrarian disorders in several regions
of the empire is anticipated later,
when the peasantry learn of the disso-
luton, but spirit of quiet confidence
in the ability of the government to
handle the situation prevails in ad-
ministrative circles.
Show Contempt for Manifesto.
News of the dissolution reached
the st. Petersburg papers too late for
their last editions, but the public was
quickly informed through extras and
great posters sent out by the police at
all street corners, containing the
ukase announcing the dissolution, and
the imperial manifesto.
Little knots of readers clustered
around these the whole day, atten-
lively perusing the manifesto, the
phrasing of which was calculated to
appeal to the patriotism of the lower
classes. Little enthusiasm or eX-
element, however, was evoked, and
many of the readers, as they turned
away, spat silently upon the ground
as sign of their deepest contempt.
City Is Well Guarded.
Though Gen. Dracheffsky, project
of police, was nominally in charge,
the provisions for public safety were
virtually in the hands of Gen. Hazen-
kampf, the aide to Grand Duke Mich
olas Nicholaievitch, who returned
from Krasnoye Selo to assume com
mand of the combined garrison, in.
Guiding the guard corps, the Thirty.
force of cavalry and Cossacks and
several machine gun detachments.
The military was chiefly disposed in
the industrial section, but aa strong
force occupied the Tauride palace
vicinity.
Nobody, not even douma officials,
was allowed to enter the precincts of
the palace. A laconic notice was
posted on the gates announcing that
former deputies" would receive their
salaries upon application to the chan
cellory of. the empire.
Nine Deputies Arrested.
During the night nine of the 16
social democratic leaders, specifically
named in the government indictment,
including Prince Tzertzereteli and M.
DZhaparidge, were taken into GUS
tody. The seven others succeeded in
eluding the elaborate provisions made
for their arrest. Two secret service
officers, with signed warrants, had
been assigned to follow each deputy
and serve the warrants as soon as the
ukase was promulgated. They were
instructed to follow their men to the
frontier if necessary, but, the deputies
succeeded in making their escape.
Among those who have not yet been
arrested are NJ Ozel and M. Alexins-
ky, who have not returned to Russia.
Donna Is Defiant.
ST. Petersburg, June 15-The dis
solution of the lower house of the Rus
sian parliament appeared Friday to
be question of only few hours or
at most of day or two.
With only $50 opposing votes the
lower house Friday night rejected
Premier Stolypin's ultimatum for the
immediate suspension of 55 deputies
for membership in the social demo-
cratic party, and referred the subject
to committee. Although the COM
mittee has been instructed to report
Saturday evening, it is known in ad-
vance that the decision on the main
question will be adverse, and that the
douma will accept the recommends
ton.