The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-22

eQ themselves, IN their houses, 4r0m the
windows of which they fired on the
Epatrolling soldiers. 1t is estimated
that forty infantryfnen and cavalryfnen
were killed or wounded. t tS.a =,
Additional "details Of the. revolt at
Tukurm Courland, have been received.
The revolt began Dec, IL, when the,
revolutionary municipality requested
Captain Won Mueller, who was sta
toned there with fifty infantry and
fifty dragons, to- withdraw the Mill
ftary patrols from the streets because
the inhabitants wished to establish a
civilian guard The captain agreed
to this but forgot to iflforn1 his sold
Eiers, who upon resuning guard duty
were encountered by armed agitators.
The leaders of the latter shouted that
tftsy had received Won Mueller's per
mission to carry arms, hut the soldiers
fired on the agitators and a fight en-
sued, in which fifteen persons were kill
ed On Dec. Is the soldiers buried
their comradss but the people fired on
the procession from the windows Of
their homes. Z. .:s..5 s,,s
More dragons arrived and another
fight occurred. The soldiers finally
were compelled to retire with ten
wounded, leaving Tukufn in the hands.
of 5000 armed reyolutionaries. The
same evening a disguised dragon sue
coded in bringing d report of the af-
fairs to the governor general, who
was asked to send reinforc rcerneflts.
Meanwhile the revoluti ionaries bar
red the streets with ertanglements.
The next morning the revolutionar-
| les set fire to the building in which the
officers and forty drag goons were hous-
ed. The officers and npstl tried to es-
cape but were prevented by the eri-
/ Itangleneflts and were fired on by the
rsvolutionaries from the windows of
houses, resulting i'm the killing of
Captain Won Mueller and twenty four
dragons and the Wounding OF an Of
hcer and thirteen priyates. Only
Ithree escaped. The revolntionarIss
then frightfully mutilated the bodies
Iof the dead soldiers.
The next day FIVE companies of re-
infprcemerlts with three guns arrived
IEbut the revoluti tionaries compelled them
Ito retire BY q fusilade from the win
doWs. ~ 1
Z General Chorouncbenko then order
ed the military to lombard the town.
Many Of the inhabitants who had not
learned of the arrival OF reinforce
nlerlts thought that the terrorists were
throwing bombs and they fed iii panic
iii all directions. The troops surroulld-
ling the town fired on the people, kill I
ing, according to the refugees, four
hundred of them. The bioodshed last
ed from 5 o'clock iii the evening until
o o'clock in the morning, when the
townsmen surrendered. The leaders
of the revolutionaries, however, escap-
led. TWo- thirds of the inhabitants fled
the town.
Al sanitary train started from Riga
yesterday for Tukunl. Similar os-
currerces are reported from Goldingen
land Talsen, to which places reinforce
nerlts have busn sent Mo details of
|these disturbances are yet available.
Meanwhile peasants continue to de-
vastate the estates of the Baltic nobili-
ty and total sof fifty estates have been
reported to have been burned down.
Baron Won Wolf was pulled out Of his
bed by peasants but succeeded III es-
Gaping. He reached Riga without
clothing and is now dang rouSly I'll.
Baroness Won VOL, who was the well
known italian actress, Alice Barri arr
rived here in a sledge. The baroness
has cared for, fed clothed and taught
a hundred peasant children in their
castle at .Sonlersee IThe peasants
!. burned this castle ana robbed Ii of
|xa1uables which they al 4 selling at ri-
|diciosis prices For instance, four
|horses were offered for $40.