Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-11
81. PETERSBURG is TERRoRIzED
BY REPORTS OF APPROACH
ING HORROR
cRoNsTADr IN RUINS
Situation is Still Very Critical Where
Mutlnous Sailors and Radical
WorkInsmen Hold the Upper Hand
Later News Gives Details of Hor-
rors.

st. Petersburg, Nov. TO- - Stor-
les are being industriously circu-
lated that regular st. Bartholo-
new massacre of Jews and intel
lectuals has been planned by
Black Hundred" Of ST. Petersburg
for Saturday night. No real dan
ger is anticipated as the police
have received most rigid instruc-
tions to suppress any attempt at
an uprising.
ST. Petersburg, Nov. 10. Amer
ican Consul General Watts, receiv-
ed the following dispatch last
night from Consular Agent Wig
ius at Cronstadt: "The sailors,
aided by mob, commenced the
rioting here. Several houses were
set on fire and the shops were
robbed. The situation remains
CRITICAL
st. Petersburg, Nov. 10. - Rear
Admiral Nebogatoff who has ar
rived here from Japan is pos
ing as a martyr, declaring that he f,
deliberately sacrificed his name
and honor by surrendering at the
Battle Of the Sea of Japan in orr
der to save the lives of 1000 sail
ors of his division.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 10.-The
following appointments to the
b new ministry are officially an
sdnounced::
q Ivan Shipoff, who was count de
{Witte's assistant In the ministry
lsof finance and his associate at
4 Portsmouth, finance minister.
M. Kutler, assistant minister of
the interior, as minister of agri-
culture.
M. Timhiazeff, assistant minis
ter Of finance, as minister of COM
merce.
M. Nemechaieff, president of
the Southeastern railroad, as min
lister Of communications.
M. Filossofoff, controller of the
empire.
Cronstadt, Nov. 10.-All Is quiet
here today. The mutinous sailors
have all submitted and the
leaders to the number of sew
eral hundred have been deported
from the island. The others are
thoroughly repentant. Troops are
pouring into the city from all di-
rections by water. Any further
disorder at present is utterly out
Of the question.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 10.-Official re
ports represent the situation at Cror
stadt has been greatly exaggerated.
is asserted that the fires there hav
been extinguished, and the attempts a
1ooting have been stopped by sever
means. It Is also said the streets ar
quiet, being patroled by troops.
It is impossible to say how much c
the official staten ent is true. Message
from private sources tell quite a di
ferent story, although they are vagu
regarding times and happenings.
Eleven Warships Mutiny?
Fugitives, who arrived here las
night. say the mutinous sailors set fir
to a greater part of the town and tha
when they (the fugitives) left, the mi
tineers were masters of the situation
Troops only were employed to guar
the arsenal.
While only few details can
verified at the moment, it is certai
tnat the situation at Cronstadt ha
been serious. One account states til
crews Of eleven warships mutinie
and landed. They have held the tow
for twenty-four hours, terrorizing th
people, looting and firing at random
The inhabitants crowded aboard tn
steamers in the harbor ,abandonin
their homes to plunderers. Som
wealthy residents and wives of officer
paid hundreds of rubles to be landed {
Oranienbaum, only five miles away.
5000 Mutinous Troops.
A regiment of Uhlans was sent frol
st. Petersburg to help quell the disc
ders. The first members of the reg
ment who landed were bayoneted an
the rest joined the mutineers. Som
other soldiers also joined them, nal
ing total of 5000 mutinous troops.
Maxim Guns Work All Niqht,
The panic stricken refugees who e
capped by boat say the Maxim CUR
were fired all night and that in th
morning the streets were literally foo,
ing with blood. They place the nun
ber of dead and wounded far into tn
hundreds.
Yesterday two regiments of cossack
and the Imperial Horse guards wei
dispatched to Cronstadt from ST. p
tersburg and regiment of Uhlans wa
sent from Oranienbaun, a few mile
w4st nf pa+arhnf Altnpather ahn1