The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
FREES POLITICAL PRISONERS.

st. Petersburg, Nov. MANY touch
ing scenes were witnessed Monday
when the political prisoners were re-
leased under the amnesty decree. At
the Schlusselburg fortress. where the
most dangerous political prisoners are
Kept In solitary confinement. great
concourse gathered. looking for loved
ones who vanished years ago and
whose whereabouts were unknown,
but only four were released.
Disappointed women waiting for
cons. husbands, or brothers broke
down and wept A man named Fra
lenko and a comrade. who said they
had spent over twenty years in prison.
came out with long white boards.
They knew practically nothing about
what had occurred during their long
imprisonment.
Sasoneff. the murderer OF Interior
Minister Won Plehye; Peter Kar-
povich. the assassin OF Minister OF
Public Instruction Boeoliepoff; Zero
linni, the chief OF the terrorist con.
spiracy, and other terrorists were
not released. A large body OF prls-
oners released from other prisons
later visited various meetings and re-
lated their experiences.
Prison is a Tomb.
Few prisoners incarcerated in the
Schlusselburg fortress have ever re-
turned to the world No fortress in
Russia. save Peter and Paul. Is more
gloomy or has witnessed more cruel.
~ and suffering. Schlusselburg for.
tress is forty miles distant from st.
Petersburg on an island in Lake Ia.
doga. opposite the head OF the river
Neva. 1t is swept by the icy winds
from the lake in the winter and sur.
rounded by marshes, which breed
clouds OF torturing insects, in the
summer.
IL has long been a proverb in Rus.
STA that no one knows the fate OF
Schlusselburg prisoners. No one
knows who are sent there or what
will become OF them. whether they
Will be shot or drowned, or whether
they VIII be left to rot from scuryy
or die OF consumption.
Scenes OF Disorder.
The news from the interior shows
that there has been little Improvement
In the situation. In some places dis
orders have recommended with redou.
bled fury The horrible story OF mas.
sacre at Odessa Is not fully known
here. In the Caucasus the Tartars
and Russians are cutting each others
threats, and the Armenians are giving
themselves up TO pillage and incen-
diarism.
From Bachmut. BessarabIa. comes
an entirely new revolving tale. A
three days attack on the Jews began
Thursday. with every indication OF POI
lice organization. Jewish students
were beaten, the Jewish stores In the
markets were sacked during the day.
and during the night the plumber OF
residences commenced.
Troops arrived on the scene. but the
following day the work of pillage was
resumed before the eyes OF the sol.
diers and police. The prayers OF the
hunted Jews for mercy were unavail.
ing. Toward noon the torch was ap.
piled TO stores and houses. The police
would not permit the Jews to fight
the fire and the troops were with.
drawn. Then the pillage began
afresh. II was temporarily stopped
Saturday morning through the efforts
OF the Russian peasants. but the 20.
lice spread false reports which
aroused the mob and there was a re.
newai OF the work OF plumber and
massacre. The losses are said to be
in the millions OF dollars.