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Show RIOT IN ST. PETERSBURG. Students nnd Tolico find Cavalry Clnsh, Jinny Tcrsons Injured, No rntnlltlcs Occurred. Bt. IVleishurB Much 16 .V slu. dents' riot hcic In which over Idono people engaged kept a luge forco of pollco nnd rnvnlrj busy Ihtouglinut tho dny. Prolnbly 100 nrrests wero innde, but tho represslvo measures were not so stilit us on tho corresponding Bun-da) Bun-da) of 1101, While miny persons wero Injured, no fjlnlltlen vveio icporloil. Tho students pl.ienide.l the clly lost night, nnnounclng lint they Intended In hold a grievance meeting, and tho nutliorllles, taking the hint, mado extensive ex-tensive reparation 'Ihe wholn police was t illed nut nnd the military wni hell icady fnr ninblllratlnn, eivnlry pitiols sitiipleuienllng Ihe innuiiieil i.-1 i.-1 to Additional K.nindrons of cuvalrv, light Inlletles of nrlllleiy and detai h nieniB of Infuntrj were packed In the. side strcetH. The ciowda increased In the miln tlinioughfaren until nnon, when tho tnvnlrv nlllier In loinmand of a squnilron In front of the Hotel llhiioie begged tho crowd thorn to disperse atd go homo. The demonsttn tors refused nnd the mounted troops begin slowly clearing tho M reels. At 12 10 p in. the students nttemptoj tn organize a procession In finnt of the hotel mentioned, sinking revolutionary songa and shouting "Free Itussla," "Down wllh the nulncrncy." The roll ro-ll nnd ravnlry then dinged but use I only their i.issnik whips nnd the lilt of their sables Mnny persona wero hurt, but only a few wero seriously Iniured The fighting continued during tho remnlndei of Ihe nflcrnnoii breaking nut In flesh plnces rnntlnunllj. One of the most severe lights of Iho dny was concluded only n few minutes befoie Iho tnrlna, In an open sleigh, passed Ihe spot whole it octuire.l Carriages of Iho nobility and members of tho Imperial household weio several limes mixed up In the melees Tho authorities authori-ties nin.lo errnrlH to prevent bloodshed, and lu thlH they wero remarkably hiio cessrul, ennsldiilng tho inognltudo of tho demonstration. |