Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-20
MAY FORCE WHITE
TO GIVE UP POWER
GRAND DUKES DECLARE HE is A
FAILURE.
SAYS HE WILL HOLD ON
Premier Gives Interview to the Effect
That He Will Continue in the Dis
charge of His Duties-Eye VT
nesses Tell of Mass eres in
Odessa.

st. Petersburg, Tuesday, Dec. II,
(eyening) via Helsingfors Finland,
and Berlin, Dec. 1.-THE Nasha
Shishn claims to be in possession OF in
formation TO the effect that at con
ference of he grand dukes and court
officials held at Tsarskoe Selo it was
decided that Premier White had
proved a failure and the time had ar
rived for the adoption OF firm meas.
ures which could be employed with
less opposition under man like Prince
Sviatopolk-Mirsky, former minister or
the interior. The paper declared that
a further conference was to be hello
at which Premier White would not be
present
Two messengers who arrived here
from Riga not only confirm the report
that provisional government has been
set up in Lithonia, but say that many
of the troops have gone over to tie in
sLrrectionists. The Dyina fort com
handing Riga harbor, is in their pos
session and the governor and other
Russian officials are prisoners. The
messengers add that the provisional
government exercises authority
throughout Lithonia and part of Cour-
land. The new government has dc
clared the separation of the Lithonian
people from the Russian empire.
viii Not Resign.
London, Dec. 1.-THE correspondent
Of the Telegraph at st. Petersburg il
reporting an interview with Count
WHITE says the premier 1eclared thai
the army would remain faithful, that
the finances of the country were sound
and that it was not his intention to re-
sign. Witte said his health had not
improved but he was quite strong
enough to continue in the discharge oil
his duties and was therefore resolved
to faithfully remain at his post since
neither personal ambition nor any
motive but duty to the emperor and
the fatherland had actuated his accept
ance of the heavy responsibility attach
ing to his 1ffice.
Writes of Russian Horrors.
Denver, Dec 14.-H. H. Polish OF
this city yesterday received a letter
from his brother, Eli, in Odessa, de
scribing the n Assacres of the Jews
of that city.
There happened here most terri
BILE scenes" he writes. There are
10000 families that saved absolutely
nothing but TIC clothes which they
wore and are now huddled together
in the open streets. There were
10000 injured and $4,000 murdered
Little children were hurled out Of
windows to their death, and awful
injuries were inflicted. Womer
were pierced with large knives, theil
stomachs and intestines cut open
and were then left to die in the
streets by thousands. The same
story we hear from all the small
towns around and the condition Of
the people is the same. Their homes
and stores have been destroyed anG
the people tortured and murdered"
Eye Witness of Massacres.
Boston, Dec. 14.-Leon jacob Zior
otin, an educated Russian Jew Of
Odessa who arrived here yesterday
gives horrifying details of the riot
ing there November Is. He says
he saw from the window of his house
children thrown from the tops of the
buildings, and after their mothers
ears or noses were cut off they were
thrown to death After the rioters
passed he took his wife aud children
and went into the street All around
were bodies of Jews and in various
parts of the city soldiers were killins
others. He claims that altogether
$4,000 Jews were killed in TIRE;
days. One man with his family o
six children was taken into the
street, ana after the children wer,
killed in front of the father the mol
made the father put on a tail
(shroud used by orthodox Jews wheI
praying) and made him kneel dow
and pray while they cut him t
death