Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-11-09
KIsHINEFF IS DESTROYED
RUSSIAN CITY REPORTED TO BE
COMPLETELY WIPED OUT
BY FLAMES.
1000 KILLED; 10000 WOUNDED
IS DAYS BLOODY RECORD in
FIFTY PROVINCIAL TOWNS
OF RUSSIA.

| VI RO0SiA.
London, Nov. 5. - All Russian dis
patches are still suffering considerable
telegraphic delay. Apparently the text
/ Of the amnesty ukase has not yet been
published. All dispatches received
here go to confirm the continued seri-
BUSINESS of the situation throughout
Russia, especially the anti-Jewish ex-
/ cesses.
kishineff Wiped Out.
| The Daily Nails Odessa correspond
ent gives an unconfirmed report that
Kishineff has been absolutely de-
stroyed by fire. He says that the three
suburbs of Odessa, Persessgp, Seaslav
and Moldvandak, have been complete
ly devastated.
| A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
from ST. Petersburg states that Prince
Alexis Obelonsky has been appointed
to replace NJ Pobiedonesteff as chief
procurator of the holy synod.
The Daily Telegraphs Odessa cor
! respondent also reports Kischineff in
flames.
Driven Back From HeIsngfors.
| A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
company from Haparanda, Sweden,
Sweden, says that the military officers
at Kotka, Viborg, Frederikshamm,
/ Lovisa and Borga have pledged them
selves to assist the civilians in defense
of the fatherland. A company of Rus
sian artillery which had advanced to-
ward Helsingfors was corced to re-
treat without an engagement.
Given Over to Plumber.
! The Kieff correspondent of Reuters
Telegram company, under date of Nov
B, says:
/ ''The Jewish quarter has been given
lover to plumber, rapine and murder
ever since the emperor announced the
granting of constitution. On that
day during a monster demonstration in
front of the town hall shot suddenly
was heard. The Cossacks and dragons
!! Immediately charged into the crowd,
| firing right and left, and the police and
others dragged away the dead and
wounded, numbering more than 100,
into the neighboring court yards, while
the terror-stricken demonstrators fled,
pursued by mob of ruffians, who at
4 tackled them as they ran.
| Murder and Pillage.
cat z O'Clock in the evening an or
ganized attack on the Jewish quarter
/ began on the pretext that during the
| week a portrait of the emperor had
/ been insulted in the town hall. The
lower quarter CT the town, Podol, was
sacked, and, although the authorities
promised a Jewish deputation protec4
ton, the pillage lasted all night long.
| Warehouses were looted and people
robbed; incendiarism was INDUCED in
and many We're killed. On Wednesday
!, the pillage assumed colossal proper
Itions and the police and military stood
absolutely impassive, only firing upon
4 persons who defended themselves
/ against hooters, and on houses where
Jews had fired on their assailants.
1 While almost all tie Jewish houses
were laid in ruins, Christian estab-
Eiishments were untouched.
1000 Killed and 10000 Wounded.
/ A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
! st. Petersburg, timed p. M, reports
/ the discovery of plot to massacre the
| Jews in that city. It is semi-officially
i calculated, says the correspondent,
that at least 1000 persons have been
killed and 10000 seriously wounded
Ing the leading fifty provincial towns
lof Russia in the last twenty-four hours,
and the death roll is still mounting.
1 Amnesty Is Signed.
I st. Petersburg, Nov. 5. The am
nesty nlyase has been signed.
! DeDlorable rioting in the provinces
is still in progress, especially in the
south. The most horrible stories of
massacre and pillage by mobs and at
tacks on the Jews continue to pour
1 In. y.
All Is quiet here. There is no at
/ tempt at holding professions and the
/ Cossack patrols are everywhere.
| Shops have been barricaded and rail
4 way communication with the frontier
| has not yet been restored.
Anti-Jewish disorders are reported
from Theodosa, where a number of
Jews and others were burned to death.
In a revolutio nary outbreak in Kfes-
troma many were killed or wounded.
/ Rioting and anti-Jewish outrages oc-
Cured at saratoff, where many shops
/ were plundered. A bomb was. thrown
during the conflict between rioters
i and soldiers and several were killed or
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i A dispatch from Rostoff- on- Don gives