Eureka Reporter | 1905-05-05 | Page 2 | Russian People Quake with Fear

t rp r p RUSSIAN PEOPLE QUAKE WITH FEAR expect that easter celebrations will be ushered in with rioting and bloodshed POLICE PREPARED FOR TROUBLE report Is widespread that off dais are inciting the masses against the intellectual classes st petersburg A feeling akin to consternation caused by the publication in the morning papers of renewed rumors of an impending popular outbreak it Is feared that the slightest event incidental to malego lence among the vast congregations which will attend the ct furches on sat arday night may cause a panic with appalling consequences the mayor Is being urged to convene the municipal council and take especial measures to cope with the situation and it Is vs pecked that the prefect of police will issue a reassuring proclamation but the alarm Is so great that it would have little effect the exodus at easter will be all the accommodation at the neighboring resorts has already been engaged reports from the provinces indicate similar fears there Is a somewhat widespread impression that the police are inciting the masses against the in el classes elaborate preparations to crush any 1 disorder in its plency have been taken and the chief of police has issued an order instituting the most stringent regulations for the pe between april 29 and may 8 the Dvor or house porters have been ordered to remain on duty through the twenty four hours and have been in strutted ted to search the stairways and courts of residents periodically keep the court gates closed and scrutinize with special strictness all persona en bering the buildings gatherings in the streets are prohibited and men under the influence of liquor will be sent to the police stations instead 0 as usual being ordered ord tred directly home house holders have been warned of the in advisability of leaving their houses un occupied during the easter holidays