The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-05

dealers In girls to be exported for I'm
moral purposes. but In spite OF the et-
forts OF the police many 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 s 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 Kishinefr and were on their way
to Buenos Ayres. where he Il a
brother.
The Jewish society in Genna had pro-
vtded 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 Cen
IA
After their departure, however. sus-
picions were aroused and a cablegram
sent to Buenos Ayres, where it was
found that the man II woman We're
old Offenders. who had bought the girls,
none OF whom was over sixteen, from
their Polish parents and were to re-
cetve $500 a piece for them in Argen-
tina
The Russian Navy.
News from ST. Petersburg states that
he technical department. of the min
istry of the navy is working night and
day on the details of the plans for the
new Russian navy.
When the cars naval program be-
comessknown. it is declared. 1t will as
tonish the world, as 1t far surpasses
any that has been projected shines the
lays OF Peter the Great.
1t has been practically settled 10 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 we're
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 Poltava and the Sevastopol
are reported to be crippled in the har-
Dor OF Port Arthur.
The new battleships will be some
VIA smaller. but will ave a minimum
speed OF IS knots and very heavy arna-
ment, including four 12-inch guns and
IL S-inch quick-flring guns.
Uniformity of type. which has proved
to be of such great value to the Japan
csc fleet. will be maintained as far as
possible.
Horrors of a Polish Prison.
Fearful atrocities have been commit.
ted upon a number of political prison
ers in the prison of Kalitz, near War
saw, according to a dispatch which has
been Struggled past the Russian censor,
and is published in the papers here.
The warden of the prison, known
throughout the district for his butallty,
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
n the car Immediately ordered the
discharge and punishment of the war
den.
Furious at this the warden. knowing
that heavy punishment awaited him,
planned a fearful revenge.
The last day on which he was in
charge he sent for n squadron of 800
Cossacks n having filed them with
vodka, turned them loose In the jail.
Maddened by liquor, which acts upon
Cossacks as it does upon Indians. they
ran amuck among the inmates OF the
Jail and committed the most a~srocious
deeds.
arms and legs broken, others had their
" gouged out with lances and bay
onets. and many had their skulls
crushed with the butts Of guns.
The orgte lasted all night How
many were killed is not known, but
seventy wounded were placed In the
hospital next day in the most pitiable
condition.
Also they were m~altreated by the
warden's hirelings. who dreade the
coming investigation, and many of
them tore off their bandages. declaring
that they would rather bleed to death
tina live under these conditions.