The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-08-04

dealers in girls to be exported for I'm
moral purposes, but in spite of the eff
forts of the police nan escape with
their victims.
Most of the girls exported are found
to be daughters Of Russian and Polish
Jews both from Russian and German
Poland.
Some time ago there arrived in this
city a married couple with three grown
daughters OF great beauty, who applied
for assistance at the Office OF the Ber-
lin Jewish Mutual Aid society.
The father stated that they had come
from kishineff and were on their way
TO Buenos Ayres, where he a a
brother.
The Jewish society in Gonna had pro-
vided them with tickets from that city
to Buenos Ayres.
The Berlin society Investigated at
Genna and Buenos Ayres and found
the facts TO be as represented. where
upon they provided the family with
money and tickets from Berlin to GEN
ma
After their departure. however. sus-
picions We're aroused and a cablegrarn
sent 10 Buenos Ayres, where it was
found that the man and woman were
old offenders, who had bought the girls.
none of whom was over sixteen, from
their Polish parents and were TO re-
ceive $500 a piece for them in Argen-
tina
The Russian Navy.
News from St. Petersburg states that
the technical department OF the min
tstry of the navy is working night and
a on the details of the plans for the
new Russian navy.
When the EARS naval program be-
comes known, it is declared, It will as
tonish the world. as it far
any that has been projected since the
days of Peter the Great.
1t has been practically settled to act
upon the suggestions of the late Ad-
miral Makaroff and altogether abandon
heavy battleships of the Petropavlovsk
type, Of which three vessels in all were
built in the government yards, with an
average speed of sixteen knots.
Of these three the Petropavlovsk Is
already at the bottom Of the sea,
while the PoItava and the Seyastopol
are reported to be crippled in the har-
Dor OF Port Arthur.
The new battleships Will be some
what smaller, but will have a minimum
speed of IS knots and very heavy arma-
ment, including four 12-inch guns and
IL S-inch quick-firing guns.
Uniformity of type, which has proved
to be of such great value to the Japan
csc feet, will be maintained as far as
possible.
Horrors of a Polish Prison.
Fearful atrocities have been commits
ted upon a number of political prison
ers in the prison of Kalitz, near War
saw, according to a dispatch which has
been smugsled past the Russian censor,
and Is published in the papers here.
The warden Of the prison, known
throughout the district for his butality.
daily had prisoners knouted for mag
mary offences.
AT last the prisoners in despair de-
cided TO refuse all nourishment and
thus starved themselves to death.
News OF this reached the authorities
and the car Immediately ordered the
discharge and punishment OF the war
den.
Furious at his the warden. knowing
that heavy punishment awaited him,
planned a fearful revenge.
The last day on which ne was in
charge he Sent for n squadron of 400
Cossacks n having filled them with
vodka, turned them loose in the Jail.
Madtened by liquor. which acts upon
Cossacks as 1t does upon Indians, thew
ran anuck among the inmates Of the
jail and committed the most atrocious |
deeds.
arms and legs broken, others had their
eyes gouged out with lances and bay
onets, and many had their skulls
crushed with the butts of guns.
The orgie lasted all night. How
many were killed is not known, but
seventy wounded were placed In the
hospital next day in the most pittable
condition.
warden's hirelings. who dreade the
coming investigation. and many of
them tore off their bandages, declaring
that they would rather bleed to death
than live under these conditions.