The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-28
FEARFUL OUTRAGE.
Particulars Of the Outrage in
the Political Prison at
Kara, Siberia.
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in Arizona.

LONDON, Spccial.-Further details of the
outrage in political prison ut Kara reached
the Russian cxilcs in London to-day from
friends who are located short distance
from the scene of the horrors They are
brief, but conclusive, confirming fully re-
port OF the affair received here from an of
fetal III st. Petersburg who is i'll sympathy
with the cause of the people. According to
the details received to-day it appears that
the trouble ut the Kara prison originated in
"hunger strike" III August, when the wom-
en- political prisoners tried to starvc them
selves to death to escape the brutalitics OF
their jailcrs. All the women imprisoned
there ahstaincd from food for fourteen days.
The jailers did not believe that they would
be able to keep up the struggle. AT first
they jecrcd ut the women, then tempted
them with food, and then, finding this OF
no avail. threatened them. When several
of the women were ut the point of death
from their voluntary abstinence from food
the prison officials rcsortc,lt to artificial means
to compel them to take nourishlncnt. The
methods adopted, however, were violent and
licentious, and the women were compelled
to abandon their strike. Abominailc out
RACES followed and were Of daily and hourly
| occurrences. This state of affairs led Mad
amc Sicida whose death by il"gsng has al
ready been announced, to ask for an inter
view with the director of the prison, in hope
of securing an amclioration of the condi-
ton of the prisoners This request was
granted, but when she was taken bctor"
linn she found him abusive. II is said that
in her evaporation ut his abuse she calle,
him villain and slapped his face. 1t isnot
positively known, however, what took place
during the interview, but whatever did hap
pen, Madame Sicda
| DID NOT RETURN To HER COMPANIONS.
She was taken from the directors office and
conveyed to the prison in which common
offenders are confined. Three o! her COM
panions from among the political prisoners
were permitted to Join her. The adviccs
received to-day state that there were Mary
Koalcski, wife of Prof Koalcski of kictl;
Madame Smrnitsky and Maric kolujny.
The last two ladies were from Odessa. Two
months elapsed after these events before
OF the province of the Amour, instructed
cdict of March, lsss, which or
dcred that political prisoners should he
treated by prison officials in pre-
clSely INC Saiiic iiiuiiiiei as ciiiii'i'''s .o'-
lcmncd for common law oficnscs would hc
enforced, and ordered the directors to no
,;t,, tho nol;t;col nrxoncrs of bo,l sexes
Wy. Wy VI. i i'a..S1 ,:..,I, -, ar,,or.l ,,,,,-
.nat 'hey Mou'a oe name W toi! pm WI
isi.:nent II ihcy violated certain oi .he
prison regulations The male prisoners
forcsccing immediate danger, held con-
sultati0n and sent to the director oftle
nrison n pctition that he would telegraph
l'iso'' le'.'io'' ..,"V u. so"'. q. .s'In "s
10 'hc '''i''is.ei ., .ne ''''ei'o u. ~,
burg requesting Inn 10 suspend tlle apl'll-
cation of the ctiict. TINS the director re-
fused to pay any attention to; anu there
upon the men warned him that the first
f"sglng OF a poiitlca! prisoner would bethc
signal Tor the Others 10
COMMIT SUICIDE TOGETHER.
Three days atterwarl Lieut.. Gen: Baron
hort sent a SIefial oruer nircctlhE tllat
MaaamG H,cau f ,.rI.r .''sn.n NC cor",G VI
.nt n,,; M,, VIZ" ~, .,..
To the fiilcst extent. Madame Sicl,ia was
carr,sH On nieGois anu ~, aii '.mo1se,o"s ,1,
% %coliutio' M..u ner uGa.m It uisueu iioi''
!ul'ure VI the near. hei tilrce c1,l,in
.Hns con'iis''Gm NJ sHia'" With ,I' "a ro;.I =.
u ne iii''e ~ ne"lins VI M''''e ,1' '7'e'ca c,s
@nea.h. @ ams i. cIips.s Vi .ne .'. '.'I lou.
unne in .a1 .""i.sa W. ''.e soii.i,.o, III
Offenders prison. for weeks cnrdon oi
vigilance was so closely maintained around
was happening within. Since the secret
ch"rm.i nf ;nform,,;nm b,s hc.., rrn,",,cI
!. W u, .i't ,I..' ,ia n.v',
~ mas Desi learned 1iiat .ne men carried 2,'l
the threat of sticldc; lhcy met together
and thirty of them shared, what
poison they could obtain and then
went to their cells to die
irLn n,,ont;tv nf ,oisun which had
I,a",, sI',.m,i:,, into ,,,;.o, ,vas ,o, ,m,'
oceh sinuggitea mo tiG PRISON was not sur
hcient to XIII quickly, but IN inc course oi
the evening two of those who had shared il
-I,obokova and Koluiny-dicd. Their
| coryulsions and the dead silence which
ro;,n"I ~ Tho nthcr oils rn,iscG tj,r
t,ss,'t;.. nf,, u ..,,ori ,,,J ,I,n, ;,nnn,G
attention OF thc guards, anu thcy lihihc.li-
atcly summoned physicians who admin
istered emctics to the survivors and cndcav-
| orcd by every means to couutcract the ct-
tects OF the noison.
'eN'' " W.
PETITION TO THE CIAR.
PHILADELPHIA, Spcciul.-A fargcly at
tended meeting of the Siberian Exile pcti-
lion nssocn;ion was held here to-day. Tie
800, Sr ~ ,..,;,;,,, w. ~, ~ t.,r ,f p,.; ,a.
lolih OF pet''i,ii 10 .iie ear oi n'.Isia was
agreed upon. IL is thc PURPOSE OF ttiosc III