The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
Gay Rusaian Capital.

Tn spite of the absence of the court and the Czar, who have not cared to leave Czarskoe Selo, the Russian cap ital this winter has been more gay than ever.
 The general lack of employment, the wave of crimes of all kinds. the in- huenza and the conviction of General | Stoessel, hero of Port Arthur" seem | to have made no impression upon the | people of St. Petersburg. who say Ike the French King: "Apres nous le del- uge." St. Petersburg today Is a mod | ern Capua.
 | There are theatres. hundreds of them. and they are all crowded. There are restaurants. far more luxurious | than any in Paris where you have to | order table weeks ahead The most | famous, or rather notorious, the "Sa- markand." has. however. been forced | to close its dors by the police which 1 feared that 1t did more to create an- archists than any other institution in the empire. Scores. nay hundreds. of beautiful women have been ruined inside its walls by officers of the guards and prohigate nobles. and its "chRmbres spearees'' were veritable chambers of horrors
 It was mo unusual thing for a gay crowd from the Cars palace to in- wade the "Ssmarkand" and demand that the proprietor close it's doors to anyone else and the orgies which then took place defy all description. As a rule, there was not a whole mirror or undamaged piece of furniture left in the morning but as the proprietor al- ways got his own price for the damage done, he never objected. Now the "Samarkand" is a thing of the past. and the jeupesse d'oree must look for another place to spend their money.
 Then there are the clubs. which are almost as bad. and where gambling of the most reckless kind Is still going on in spite of the order of the CEar. which forbids 1t. and directs that ev- cry gambler. no matter how noble, De sent to jail.
 Isadore Duncan, the American bare- foot dancer. has been in St. Petersburg all winter and has given daily fare we'll" performances. and the divine Eleanore Duse. who has reaped for tune. There have been masquerades, costume balls and Ice carnivals with out number, and they are kept uF in spite of Lent.
 And walled up in his palace outside the city, a virtual prisoner, sits the Car, every day receiving reports which make him tremble with fear. for in spite of the apparent calm. sedition IS spreautnB LHTouSuOuL tiiO ShPAio'
 Grimes i'm Russia.
 Tn RybInsk, the town on the Volga between St. Petersburg and Moscow, twelve persons were arrested on Mon- day an charges of possessing treason able documents or arms. They in- cluded several school girls.
 At Yalta Gaol, Revolutionist, awaiting trial on the unimportant charge of illegally possessing weapons. determined to give the authorities an object lesson in contempt of life. and burned himself alive, pouring petro- leum on his clothes and then setting them on fire. The quantity of petro- leum was hardly adequate for the purpose, sc that the prisoners endur- ance was positively stoical. Tor ne made no noise whatever.
 In the prison of Elizabetgrad young Rev9lutionist. awaiting trial on a charge of killing two policemen, was suspected by his comrades of diVulg- inR the names of his confederates. and was strangled.
 The revolutionary propaganda Is making sensible progress througnout the country. because 1t Is carried on systematically and vigorously. and with selfiess fanatacism.
 At Kielce a band of terrortsts at tackled A mall train with bombs. The sxnlosion destroyed the mail car and killed and wounded several soldiers Sorm;ne the escort. The band seized q Eun of about 10000 rOubles and es- caned