Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-07
MUTIHEERS GIVE UP SHIPS
Raise White Flag When Black
Sea Fleet Reaches Odessa.
Do NOT FIRE A SHOT.
Kniaz P0temkiEe Surreuders After a
Few Moments Under Fire
Odessa Is Quiet.

Washington. D. c.. June 30.-The
Kniaz Potemkine has surrendered. The
mutineers gave up the battleship without
firing a shot. Mr.. Heenan, the Aneri-
can consul ut Odessa. notified the state
department by cable this afternoon that
the Black sea fleet reached Odessa at
noon today and fired on the mutineers.
The rebels made no reply. The firing
continued and then the mutineers hoist
ed the white flag and surrendered. The
knLaz Potemkine and the rest Of the
fleet We're moti0nless on the horizon
when Mr.. Heenan fled his dispatch at
= 80 o'clock
The state department also learns that
the revolt at Cronstadt has been
crushed.
Libau, Russia. June 80 p. m.-The
mutlny Of bluejackets here has ended.
The sailors, after parley with the COM
mander OF the troops, agreed TO surren-
der their arms and return to duty upon
the promise of better food.
Berlin. June 30.-A dispatch to the
TagebIatt from Odessa, timed 3:02 p. H.,
today, says:
"Mcbs estimated to number 1900
IL the streets yesterday and the fighting
continued into the night. Several hun
dred persons were i / or wounded.
The hospitals are crowded with wounded.
The petroleum reservoirs were set Oh
fire and exploded. All traffic i'll the
streets is stopped.
The volunteer cruiser Saratoff was
burned
Washington, D. c.. June 3O.-A dis
patch received at the state department
over night from Consul Henan at Odessa
says in substance:
Six officers of the Potemkin killed,
eight liberated. remainder prisoners. The
feet has not arrived at Odessa. Harbor
killed and many Russian steamers
burned
London. June 30.-A dispatch from
Odessa to Lloyds, date today, says the
city is quiet.
ARTILLERY ARRIVES.
The Odessa correspondent of The
Daily Mail sends the following, timed
$40 O'Clock Thursday evening:
"1nternittent firing has been going on
all day long. Artillery has arrived and
is in hiding near the boulevard out of
sight Of the kniaz pOtemkin The bat
funeral of the sailor Omiltchuk and
threatened to lombard the town if any
Of them were arrested.
KILL 22 OFFICERS.
"The mutineers liberated nine officers.
but killed twenty-five. The port is an
absolute ruin from Platowsky Mole to
the Russian Steamship company's docks
People are only allowed in the prox-
unity Of the harbor by the guards when
furnished with written permission from
the commanding general"
A telegram from Sevastopol says that
the Kniaz Potemkin has only ammuni-
ton for immediate use.
NINE VESSELS BURNED.
Odessa, June 3O.-Up to the present
time nine ships have been burned
Part of the city is in ashes, other parts
are in flames. The fre brigade is helm
approach tie confag grafton. The loss to
property IS mllll0nS-tOO great to be ever
estimated at this time.
INCENDIARIES APPLY TORCH.
Hundreds of incendiaries armed with
petroleum torches and hand grenades are
starting fires in every quarter Of the CITY.
me lncendlarleS are armed, and scores
Of policemen have been shot in trying to
stop their work of destruction.
USE FULL CHARGES.
The Kniaz Potemkin, during the bonn
bardment last night, used full charges.
The first shell struck a house in Nyes-
Jlnskaya street. and the second fell on Il
brewery. In the walls Of both buildings
large holes six yards wide by three yards
high We're torn. SO far there has been
no more firing.
The governor ordered the gas lamps
isl q Il md ti,n a.