The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-02
CHOLERA IN SIBERIA.
.romerous Fatal Cases in the
Prison at TOmsk.
:, scue RIOTS At TASHkEND,
r~,orsnt Sarts, Blaming Physicians
for Deaths, Attack the Russian
quarter and Are Defeated.

c. PETERSBURG, Aug. l.-Cholera has
u,de it. appearance in the prison at
r,,,.k the capital of the government of
49,, name. in West Siberia. Already ten
s..es and eight deaths have been reported
bv the prison authorities.
e. PETERSBURG, Aug. Letters re-
.e,ved from Tashkend. town of Asiatic
pn,sia. in Syrdarya, report that news in
,sosrd TO serious riots in that place on
rr,v in connection with the cholera
endemic have been suppressed by the
government. the strictest censorship being
sr.ncised. From these letters it is learned
that the native Sarts, believing that the
doctors we're poisoning the patients who
~ere suffering from cholera, became
vre.tIy excited, and determined to put an
and to the murderous practices which they
imagined were being employed in the cases
of unfor,unates stricken with the terrible
disease. The widest rumors were current
Of crueties inflicted by medical men in
causing the immediate death of patients,
and these stories had the effect of arousing
the fury of the people to the highest pitch.
Five thousand Sarts suddenly invaded
the Russian quarters and wrecked the resi-
dence of the deputy governor, who fled on
the approach of the bowling mob. His
fight was discovered, however, and he was
pursued and overtaken in the street by the
insuriated crowd, who mercilessly vented
their fury on the helpless official and mall
treated him in a terrible manner. His
plea for mercy was in vain, and after be-
ing trampled upon he was assaulted with
. shower of stones until life had been
beaten out. The authorities having be-
come aware of the state of affairs in the
town. took immediate steps to suppress
the disorders and protect other officials.
and body of troops was hurried to the
scene. Arriving at the place where the
defiant Sarts were assembled, the troops
opened fire, killing several of them. The
earts. armed with pistols and daggers,
held their ground and made desperate re-
sistance to the soldiers. The forces closed
on each other and furious hand-to- hand
fght resulted.
The maddened Sarts, when their pistols
had been emptied, slashed furiously about
with their daggers, doing much execution
with these weapons. The drilled and bet
ter armed soldiers were unable to over
come their fanatical opponents and addi-
iional troops had to be sent to their assist
ance. They were reinforced by body of
Cossacks, and finally the riot was quelled
and the mob dispersed. The Sarts were
not di.heartened, but collected around the
mosques and, taking these edifices. defed
the authorities to do battle with them. A
large number of soldiers were dispatched
to the scene and attempted to dislodge
them from their strongholds. The Sarts
made a sturdy resistance to every effort of
the soldiers to drive them from the build
ing and fired from loopholes with telling
effect upon the invaders.
The troops at last concentrated their
forces, and, making grand assault, tri-
umphantly carried the mosques, and a
scene Of carnage ensued. The lighting in
side the structures was of the most desper-
ate and sanguinary character. Although
the Sarts found that they could not cope
with their opponents, no quarter was
asked for nor was any given, and they fell
by scores before the soldiers weapons.
The character of the struggle may be i'm
agined when il is known that sixty Sarts
we're killed and 100 wounded. The sol.
diers. too, suffered heavily, the Russian
loss being fifteen killed and many
wounded. Many arrests have been made
ofpersons concerned in the disorders. 1t
Is feared there may be renewal of the
trouble, and precautions are being taken
accordingly.
lTashkend, which has a population OF more
than 100000, chiefly Sarts, is the capital of Rus
sian Turkestan. Russia has striven to make it
great ethyl