The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-29
Russian Radicals Fire the Ship
ping in the HarbOr.
All Warehouses and Much Mer-
chandise Destroyed.
RI0TING In STREETS.
Three Hundred Citizens and
Several COssacks Killed.
Red Flag HOisted on Board the
Kniaz POtemkine.
Grew Fires Shell Into the Town
killing Four COssacks.
THE HOUR HAS COME.
The Radicals Believe the RevO-
luton Is at Hand.
Whole Black Sea Fleet May Join
the Mutineers.
THE HOUR HAS COME.
The Radicals Believe the RevO-
luton Us at Hand.
Whole Black Sea Fleet May Join
the Mutineers.

Odessa, June 29.-PracticaIly the en-
tire harbor was burned out by fires
started by the mob last night. All the
warehouses with quantities of mer-
chandise as Well as four, or five Rus /
sian steamers were burned.
Probably 800 rioters were killed. Sew
eraI Cossacks were also slain.
The troops are rapidly restoring or
der.
The losses are estimated at many
millions OF roubles. The remnants of
the wharves and warehouses set on
fire last night are still burning today
and the city is enveloped in a thick
cloud of smoke
Several explosions occurred in the
port during the night and fierce con-
hicts took place between the troops
and rioters. The dead are now reckoned
IN the hundreds. The hospitals are
overlooking with wounded persons and
the medical aid available is quite made
quate- The shops are closed and bust
ness and traffic is suspended. The
streets are occupied by troops.
Many residents are leaving Odessa.
The body of Omiltchuk, the sailor ex-
ecuted on board the Russian battleship
kniaz Potemkine is still exposed on the /
quay where it was landed by the crew
of the Kniaz POtemkinas yesterday. The
dead mans comrades who demand that
the remains shall be accorded military /
honors actively fought on the side of
the rioters against the troops.
( A General Railroad Strike.
ST. Petersburg. June est is report
ed general strike on the Russian rail-
road will be declared July 2. as a pro
test against the mobilization of troops.
Government In a Panic.
St. Petersburg. June 29.-The govern
ST mn fearaf7f inc nj Ia
over the events at Odessa and the grav-
est fears are entertained of the mutiny
among the bIue5ackets spreading to the
army Should some of the troops at
Odessa be Won over to the cause Of
their comrades of the navy other troops
sent against them might throw down
their arms or join the mutineeTs and
with the support of over 100000 work
men Odessa would become the center
from which civil war would be Waged
against the government
General KakhanOff, commander of the
military district of Odessa. has been
empowered to declare martial law and
Vice Admiral ChOuknin, commander of
the Black Sea fleet left ST. Petersburg
hastily during the night either for Sc
vastopol or for odessa, it is impossible
to affirm exactly which. Beyond this
no steps are known TO have been taken
to meet the emergency. Admiral Avel-
Ian was summoned to Peterhof at 8
o'clock this morning to discuss the sit
UatiOn with the emperor. Such advices
as the government has received are
carefully withheld. The wires are in
the control of authorities and appeals
sent to the Associated Press cores
pondents at Odessa to telegraph what
has happened since last night have met
with no response up to noon RumOrS
are rife in this city, however, that the
officers on board the ships belonging to
t7e squadron Of Vice Admiral Kruger
- which left Sevastopol for Odessa Tues
day, according to one report and for a
practice cruise. according to another
story, have shared the fate of the oth-
GERS of the battleship Kniaz Potem-
kline and have been murdered by the
mutineers. 1t is added that the mu-
tineers are in possession of the other
Warships of the squadron If so the
mutiny has control of more than half
the heavy ships of the Black Sea fleet,
the other battleshfps said to be in the
hands of the mutineers being the
Tchesme. Sinope and the Tria Shiauelia
(three apOstleSl. The admiralty how
ever does not confirm the report Of
the mutiny on board Admiral Kruger's
other ships.
Admiral Wirenius. chief OF the naval
general staff, at noon today informed
the Associated Press that he did not
know whether Kruger's squadron has
arrived at Odessa. Wirenius seemed a
a loss to account for the mutiny, say
ing that the commander of the Kniaz
POtemkine was a fine officer, having
most kindly disposition. Besides under
the Russian naval regulations the cap
tain Oh a WdLSHlp is DDllSEA UdlHy 10
sample the soup of the crew to see if it
is suitable for themp.
What appears certain from the re-
ports received at the various embassies
here is that Odessa was at least for a
time practically in the hands of the
strikers. who erected barbados from
which the police and troops were power
less to dislOdge them. Indeed one con-
sui at Odessa reports that the troops
refused to fire on the rioters NickOlieff,
a neighbOring town of the littoral, is
reported in possession of a mob.
st. Petersburg, in view of the devel-
, opmeuts at Odessa is filled with stories
of dissaffectiOn and sedition among the
troops, even the guard regiments, it is
reported. saying they viii never again
fire upon the people The Cossacks
alone, according to these tales. are alb
solutely reliable. That disanection and
discomfort among the soldiers is wide
spread admits of little doubt but the
situation is hardly as black as painted
Up to the present time there is no rea-
son to believe that the vast bulk Of the
army is not loyal What the effect
would be of several regiments going