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Show , m. . I. J ' " " GIRL BRUTALLY PUNISHED FOR TAUNTING SOLDIERS Is Brutally Whipped for Remarking That Russians Were as Gay as If They Had Captured Port Arthur. St. Petersburg. Intonso popular indignation in-dignation has been created here by tho brutnl treatment of Mile. Smirnoff, n refined young woman, nt the hands of tho crack chevalier guards. Whllo a squadron of theso guardsmen was passing along the Ncvsky Prospect Mile. Smirnoff, who wns accompanied by another young woman, remarked: "They aro as gay as If they had captured cap-tured Port Arthur." Pedestrians hearing tho remark repented re-pented It, and quite a crowd collected nnd Joined In tho Jeering. Tho commander com-mander of tho cavalrymen suddenly wheeled his squadron nnd gavo the command to chnrgo with drawn whips. Tho troopers then chnrged tho crowd, laying nbout them right and left. Mllo Smirnoff nnd her companion, who In tho mcnntlmo had passed down a side street, wero pursued. They tried to cscnpo Into a doorway but were caught. Under tho direction of an of- ( flcor they were forced to enter a cab nnd wore driven to tho guards' barracks, bar-racks, whero they wero taken beforo Colonol Stcnbcckorformer. Tho latter was disposed to turn Mllo. Smirnoff over to tho pollco, but othor officers interfered nnd the girl was finally taken tak-en to tho courtyard, whero troopers, In tho presence of two officers, administered adminis-tered to her twenty-soven lashes with their whips. Tho girl's clothing was cut ns If by knives by tho wire throngs of tlio whips nnd her flesh Is terribly lacerated. |