Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-08
MASSACRE OF EXILES.
GEORGE KBNNAN, THE LECTURER. MAKys
STARTLING DISCLOSURES.
he Tells the Details si the Siberian Slaughter -And
04ss to Prove His ChNgss in ST. Peters
burg-Sonss Told by Exlsa
Allowed 10 Live.

NhltAdOt ftDtualJ H. ocVibS
Kennan. now lecturing here on Siberis,
has given to the Associated Press re-
sumo Of q voluminous correspondence
lately received by him, relative to the mas
sscIe Of Russian administrative txiles at
Yakutsk, on April last, the occurrence VI
which has been hitherto strenuOusly denied
by the Russian government.
1T appears.n said Mr.. Kennsu, That
toward the latter part Of February last 33
political exiles on their way to Nerkhoy-
ausk aud SsIedni Yskuisk, were quartefed
temporarily al Yakutsk, the first named
pisces being distant from S. Petersburg
6 3ss and s.5ls milss respectively, 10 a
part o. Siberia 30
REMOTE FROM CIvILllATi0N
that Il is seldom, II ever, visited by hu.
man beings. Verkhoyansk Is the hrai VII
lass 10 which the survivors Of the Jsal.
n.tts came ai.sr they let The Lena Dc.ti.
Both pisces lay Close 20 the Arctic Crc.e
| Communication is maintained hliFeel
these two villages BY mtaas oi reindeer
sltdges.n
They write that the former gov .rnor of
the province OF Yakuhk. Gee Sgsi.rtski,
had doae al his power 10 ste Ga, ihe ss-
| lies 10 his charge were forwarded tr clm-
foT,ably - possible 20 tbs lnhospiiible re-
sion, bat he being promoted 90 Zee gov
eminent Of the Province Of lrkuisk. h.a
successor, Gen. Ostsshkin. who assumed
the cflice temporarily 10 March last gave
great dissatisfaction 10 tho tKiles hg the
anne uncemen OF certain
CRUEL AND ARBITRARY RULE
which prevented their proper equipment
Tor their Journey, one rule bsing 10 man
if.stly impracticable IN its application 10
the conysyancs Of txiles TO their desiinA'
tion a. TO draw forth psronal remon-
slrances from one Of the largest post con-
tractors in the province. Arother rule
curt allied the amount Of baggage by one
half, which Al exile was permitted 20
carry into the country. though no cup
plies OF any kind could be purchased
there. Two months subsistence money
previously given was also withheld, and
tbty were also forced under the new
rules 10 take their departure iton the
prison instead of their residerce, they
being locked up the night before
Uader the Russian peaal code it is
criminal oifsnse for political tXiles 90 unite
ia q petition for redress Of grievance.
Each exile, therefore. prepared . separate
petition aud presented u 81 the tlDi Of
the Provincial Administration.
The letters then 70 on 20 tell how they
we're directed to assemble in Che houe oi
one Of the exilss, ard when there were
told that the Governor regarded their in.
diyidual petitions a. merely on evasion oi
the lag, aud tlelr seton equivalent 20
open rebellion. "At 10 O'Clock The neNi
day." writes one OF The sciual pfuci'
pants in
THE Dreadful AFFAiE,
I'VE numbered Jl. Among az vas Ser
gius Keeper and his beifoihed, Anua
Zlaryaetrovs, the latter quite r. gouug
girl. aud ANN who bad come in ir1m one
OF the YakuEk settlements ID make some
purchases. These came 90 the house 90
see their fellow Cxiles. Az hslrptsi lO the
police oyerseef, O.esoi. brought "a verbal
oIder that oil txiles piessnt were to come
TO the police station. We thought that
there must be some Misunderstanding, as
ge we're waiting by the orders Of the
Onisfof Police, O.tsoi tuned on his htel
saving. Then ! understand you won't
come.' We said no euch thing
"a company OF Cossacks nnmbafing
ovsr a hundred men undet the Command
of an officer named KafamblD, then ap.
peared, bl,ter5d down ths gates Of tie
court ward and fifteen or twenty Of them
entered the house, while the othsrs sur
ronnded il. The Cllicera who catered
with the soldiers were Cnief OF Police
souchakef, Capt. Vashei, the lcch COM
mander OF the whole Ccssaek force IN the
torn, and Oesof, the Police Oysrseer.
Kroanizip, in command OF the company,
also entered and told us he had the Gov
ernor's orders 10 take us 10 the police
station.
MASSACRE or THE RXlLEs.
"We were aaembled in a room abOut20
feet tquafe, and had gathered in one cor
ner, from which position the COssacks en-
deavored to oust us by striking us with
their dubbed rfse and prickipg Us with
their bayonets. Some women, being
wounded quite severely, began to scream.
Cartridges had been served out to the col
diers the night before, and
THEY FIRED POINT BLANK
into the miscellaneous crowd Of men and
women. As a result Of this affay, siK OF
~, including one woman, were killed out
right
Il consider that thi1 Information re-
ceiysd from Russis,' said hr, ksnnan IN
concl usio1, 80 Minute aad circumiian-
tial in every detail, and knowing The fel'-
ability Of iis source, 10 be q cor ple'e and
conclusive answer 10 tire recent sirsnnous
dsnials of the Russian Government which
we're published in tre Ns1 Yo'k Iribunc
about two weeks ago Ar. Wm. fi.iett'
the President Of the grsa. Howard A--tc.a-
ton OF England. says thst every ehJli will
ba made to bring this matter before The In
ternatioDal Prison Congress, winch viii
NEE. IN s.. Petersburg. II The knseian
Government will permit s., and d. ready
70 meet the issue. will ucter'.ke 20
Prove 10 this Prison Congress every charge
49, hava arrar guafraf a 20