Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-02
Ignorant People Think the Doctors
are Poisoning the Choleral
Patients.
THE fURY or The CROWD RlsGs
TO A HIGH PITCH.
Residences Wrecked. IL officials Terri.
bly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO
the Scene.
by Telegraph to tho NEwa.
N RussiA.
Cholera Causes Riots aud BIoodsned
Ia Ashhend

w ksuhfhus
st. PETERSBURG, Aug. Letters
received here from AshKsbc, a town
Of Asintic Russia ga 5yflain, report
that the newR In regard to serious riots
In that plRcd on July 6,h, In connec.
ton with the cholera epidemic. has
been suppressed Ivy the government.
The atfictcst censonhlp II being Vxef.
cisud. From these letters II Ia learned
that the natives believing that the
doctors were poisoning patients who
were suffering from cholera, became
greatly excited and determined to put
Ru end 10 the murdcrOus practice.
which thuy imagined were being EN-.
piOyod IN the cases VI uniOftunatcs
stricken with the terrible disease.
The widest rumOis were current OF
crueltirs inflicted by the medical men
IN causing the immediate death Of
patients, and these stories had the
effect ot rousing the fury Of the POO.
pie t. the highest pitch.
Five thousand Starts suddenly IN
vaded Russian quarters, wrecked tue
reHidcnce OF tile ueputy governor, who
He'd ON the approach OF tho bowling
mob. He Hight was discovered, how
ever, and ho was pursued and over.
taken In the tiroet by the iniuriatcd
crowd who mercilcssly vented their
Jury on the helpless c.licial. Eu was
nIaltieatcd IN a terrible manner. HIS
plea Tor mercy was Ia vain and, after
being ttampled upon, WIS assaulted
with n shower Of stones until lie had
been beaten out.
The authorities having become aware
oi the state Of affair la the town, took
immediate steps % suppress VI Ordets
aud project other officials.
A body OF troops hurried 10 the scene
arrivi x at the place where the defiant
5nT,z were assembled. Tbs trO0psOprnud
iifu, killing several VI them. inV SaTts,
armed with pistols and duggeis, he.d
their ground ant made desperate re-
sistAuce 70 the soldiers. Tue two iJfcts
closed In On each other aud u furious
hand 10 hand fgut tttlitpi, the mad.
dtned SArte, when their pistols hal
been cmitieu, slashlng iuriUusiy about
with their Dangers anu de'uu much exc.
uutioL with these w.spOnt. DdIl iiAEd
letter armed soldiers were unable to
overcome their opponents, aud Hddi.
tional troops had 10 he sen; 10 their as
! distance. They were reinforced by "A
body of Cosaacke and ilnAlly the riot
was quellcd and the mob dispersed.
The SaIts, not dishefRtened, collect-
cd around the mosques, and taking
these cdiiices defl,d tie authorities to
do battle with u im. a large number
OF soldiers were Isuatchrd 10 the sceup
and attempted 10 disi0dgn them IRON
their slrongholds. The Sarts made a
sturdy resistance 10 every effort VI the
sOldi,te to drive Il EN- from thp built
iugs, and fired from the loUphOles with
telling effect upon the invadcr. !ho
troops gt last concentrated their forces,
mRkii x "a srand assault triumphhntly
carrying the mosques, aud n scene o.:
carnage enfued. fhu fighting inside
the structure WAS OF desperate anu
sanguluary character. Although the
5aTls found they could not cope with
thuir military opponents, no quarters
was asked for nor was amy given, and
they fell by scores before tho weapon.
OF the soldiers.
Tho character Of the struggle may
be imagined when IL known thnt
sixty Sar,s were kill d and hundreds
OF them wounded. The soldiers, too,
suffered heavily, the Russian loss
being fifteen killed ard many wound.
cd. Many arrests have been mnde Of
persons concerned In the disorders. 1t
Ia feared that there may he more
trouble, aud precautions are being
takei accordingly.