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IONDox, Feb. ie.-Provided With .
csblo dispatch Of introduction from
George Kennsn. the celebrated Siberian
traveller. Tie London agent Of the Asso.
ctatcd Press called on SerRius Stepniak,
tho cell known writer upon Russian
political aid social conditions. and asked
him whether he could give any informs.
ton In regard 70 the outrsges In the po
Ntical prison 81 Kara In Eastern siberia.
fumors Of which had recently reached
tho public prcss by way Of The Russiss
colony In Paeis.
Nj. stcpniak replied that the reports
already published gave only = hint Of
the horrible tragedy enacted st Kara.
rcriectIy trustworthy Information. no
sssd, he'd bcca received In cipher letters
that have succeeded in getting 20 Paris
and London from exilcs In Esstern 81.
beris. These letters. which were moth.
ing but mesges scrsps Of paper. told tho
story 81 tho recent horror only In ~
main outlines. but ono who know about
Inc Siberian prison life did not need .
circumstsntisl recital 70 understand tho
cruelty Of discipline and the agony Of
suffering Ut which this horror was the
elimination.
According 70 the latest information
Madame Sihida did NOT commit suicide,
~ The earliest reports stated. She died
from The effect Of . cruel nogeinR 70
which she wss subjected. The noeeinR
took place ON Wednesday. November q.
IL was continued till under the brutal
blows the unhappy victim lost conscious
ness . lay ~ ono dead. The pour
woman never revived from the terrible
shock. but continued 70 grow weaker
n weaker until Friday. when death
csnc 70 hor relief. The asws Of
her shocking ohlcial murder produced
widespread dismay among her fellow
prisoners and three u them, unable 70
longer besr their wrctchcd fats, com.
mittcd suicide by taking poison. How
they obtained tho poison Ia not known,
but probably they had long had u In their
possession and wcrc keeping u a. Q last
resort. The names OF the women were
Marie k~aluxhnaya, Maria PaoiOona
~ys S"U N90o2uOS Smlfnlts
sksys.
Marie Kalushnaya was arrested IN
1854. being then . girl Of eighteen. on .
charge OF d~isloyslty. Her father was q
merchant 1t Odessa. During her Inn.
prisonmcnt every means was tried in
vail To extort from her o confession i'm.
plicating her friends. At last Colonel
kstanski. o %gcndarme officer. brought
70 her . skillfully forged statement
purporting TO bo the confession Of her
fellow conspirators and promising i'm.
mNnity II she also confessed. Marie
fell Into tho trap, confessed and hcr con.
fession was used against her friends. who
were sentenced to penal scrvitudc.
When she learned that they had msdo
no confession, but had boon convicted a
her testimony alone, she procured . M.
vOlvcr. and ON August 81. called on Col.
incl Katanski and fred u him, wound.
Ing him slightly In one car. For this
attempted assassination shc was con.
demncd by court martial ct Odessa Sep.
tcmber 10. 1854, and sentenced : twenty
years penal servitudo.
Maria P~Aoloona K~aralciskays was Q
married LADY. about thirty-nvc years Of
age, daughter Of . we'll known landed
proprietor In tho south Of Russia, Paul
foroutsof, and sister Of Basil voroutsof,
n OF tho best known political econ.
omists In Russia. She joincd . secret
circle which was surprised and captured
by the police In February. 1870, and
sentenced 70 thirteen years. penal
scrvitudc, with exile 70 Siberia
for lifo and deprivation Of ell civil
riRhtA Her husband. though not pre-.
ent was aent Ivy administrative proccas
1000 miles from the mines 70 which abe
VA scnt Tho separation drove her
insane and she was put In . straight
Jacket In 1881 she WA allowed 70 Join
her husband In tho hope Of restoring
her rcaS0n. Shc recovered, but . new
Governor separated them again aud sho
~ returned 70 tho Kara mines.
Nsdcshda Smirnitskaya Wal thirty.
Shrce years old and . student In
w0man's college. She Wa asnt 70 the
Kara mines for Aiteen yesss with psasl
servitude.
Shortly altar che suicide Of the three
women . brother Of Mario K~alushnays,
also . political prisoner. died suddsely.
Itis aot dedaiteiy known - yst whesh.
er he. ton died BY poison. os whether
Ais dcatA was tho result of overpowvr.
Ing ertcf On learning Of the death oe
his sistsr.
Another exile named Bobokov con.
mtttsd suicide rather than submit - ~
cruel humiliation AID suffering Of Q Aoe.
gtag. Bebokov was Q uaivSuity stu.
deaf saA took pArt IN soWs public
demoNseeat iOas q the stHdesN whIch
wss dispaeAsias 70 the avtAesitieA 10
wss ~thcreupoa ordered 70 mako Ais
abode % Frtegs. . snail villaGs IL The
provtnce Of ANAsAgsl The HosSAesnuost
Of Naropeaa Raaais. Prom there hc ~
tempted - make his eseaps and tor tAis
oaeesc be wss eGiled ~ Ne utnss Of
Eastern Nb6f4A
The f..egtAg Of Nine. Sihida occurred
sDdee ordsrs tssuea By LSsstenaat<sss-
ssal basos Kos9, The 0ovcsAoe0essrul
Of 0hs peOvipce Of the Amour, In which
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