The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-28
SHOT and SWORD
RIFE At MOSCOW
Residents Were Slain by Thous.
ands az the Ancient
Capital.
FIVE DEAD
IL Is lntimated the Wounded Numbe.
Over 14,coo-cossaeks Filled with
Vodka Run Wild Like
Beasts.

London, Dec. ga.-Thc correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph. In a dispatch,
dated ut GAS p. m. December %. says:
At ar early hour his morning the
casualties al Moscow were estimated
at 5000 killed and $4,000 wounded. with
the lighting stIll proceeding. :
The Inhabitants OF Moscow have
been forbidden to leave their dwellings
after Z O'Clock I'm the evening.
IL Is impossible TO move about tho
city In consequence OF the number of
stray bullets. Many innocent persons
nave besn accidentally killed.
Scarcity OF provisions H. threatened.
The same correspondent telegraph
Ing ut 1898 y. m, says: b
q Moscow correspondents telc-,
graphs have not been accepted. be-
cause all private messages were re-
fused this afternoon.
II a. learned. however. that cannon
firing In now proceeding In various
parts OF tho city, where. tonight. very
near the railroad stations. the barri-
cades erected by the revolutionaries
are being desperately defended.
Tho Kursk terminus at Moscow Is
being piiiagcd. and many gon laden
with provisions are being looted.
The emperor is engaged daily In re-
viewing Mt the Tsarkoe Selo. the regi-
ments OF the 81. Petersburg district
The spirit of the troops Is decidedly
loyal.
Bitterness Intensified.
From fragmcntary accounts received
from Moscow ! gather that the civil
war has brought no decisive action.
but only a thickening or the blood
cloud. an intensifying OF the horrors
and an increase or h prevailing Bit
tcrness.
The driving force behind 10Th the
troops and the rebels is no longer that
OF enthusiasm or OF n human I'm
pulse. IL In the force OF supcrhuman
hate. and hence the deeds reported ara
not the acts of patriots. soldiers or
otherwise. but the enormities or mad
men.
IL liz Impossible to understand how
any emotion even OF the extremes OF
despair or hate can impart such fool
hardy courage as some OF the rebels
display.
hulk OF tho population covers In the
innermost gcclusion OF cellars. trembling
at every boom OF cannon or the cxplo-
sion OF n bomb.
Wholesale eu,ehery.
So. Petersburg. Dec. 26.-DirCgt :clc-
rnphic communication with Moscow
was severed. but the government sue
cccded in restoring communication by
a roundabout route this morning. All
report0 agree that the fighting ycstCr-
LAY WHICH A'AAAtAANh@ NAAh' s'H'N'hs
assumed the nature OF a bu;Chcry by
the machine guns OF the artillery.
grape and canister being employed
mcrCilessly against the III armed insur-
AtroCious tales are told OF the Cos
sacks. who. piled with vodka until
drunk. fired down the streets some
times charging with lance The insur-
gents displayed great stubbornness In
holding barricades. even advancing In
n mass TO the slaughter. At the same
time bombs were thrown from the win
dows OF houses near the b~arricadcs &C.
cupied by the revolutlonarics.
The artillery was summoned n bat
tered the houses To pieces. The plan OF
the insurgents. Il is stated. Is 20 hold
the outskirts and gradually enclose the
troops I'm the center OF the city. Lead
ers announce that an army OF 10000 Us
concentrated mt Orechofsuen. north
east OF Moscow. and will soon be ready
20 march To the city's assistance. The
latest report Is that both sides were exT
haustcd Mt midnight. when firing prac1
tically ceased. The streets were In abb
solute darkness save for searchlghts
IN IN. towers of bivouacks behind bar
ricades.
Boston Poles Aroused.
Boston. Mass. Dec. 25.-Russian bu-
reaucracy Is condemned In resolutions
passed at last nights meeting OF the
Us oAafANh "a NAhN v Us
lance.
The objec, Of the gathering was ito
show sympathy with the demnnd be-
ing made In Russia for constitutional
government and TO raise funds for the
assistance OF our Polish fellow coun-
trymen. battling for freedom. poor and
suffering hunger and other privations
at the hands OF n rclentlessly opprcs-
sivc government"
The resolutions In part ere:
We condemn the murders and
bloody assaults OF defenseless people.
committed ut the i~nstigation OF the
minions OF the czars bureaucracy"
"Actuated by the feeling OF righteous
Indignation ut the commission OF such
cruelties unheaTd of In the history OF
the world realizing the gravity OF
the present situation In Russian Poland.
We appeal To the people Of America.
who ut all times have expressed sym
patty and given assistance To those
oppressed and struggling for freedom.
that they will not forget our beloved
land. which sent forth to the assistance
OF the struggling new American rcpuf-
lie KosciuszkO and Pulaski. which fur
nIshed hundreds Of volunteers In the
ranks OF that army that struggled for
the freedom OF the Colored man: Pollard
whose sons In hundreds enlisted under
the American flag In Its latest war for
h Independence OF Cuba
In the !atc OF the i"Ns S"Nt y" wv
from our native land, where the Polish
people are massing themselves in sup
mort OF their natural rights to political
existence as a nation. whore our people
are falling us martyrs to cause: whrr"
prisons are being filled with innocent
people. we. Poles now living iu Amer
lea. do not only HymVHthizC with oar
Countrymcu IN Poland and not only
unanimously approve ~ the demands
made by tn.m OF the Russian govern
ment. but Ne obligItC ourselves To- sup
port. according TO our means. the cause
OF our couutrymcn ~ Poland"
Black Picture OF Russia's Future.
New York. Dee. 25.-Thc -. Peters
burg corrpSpondcnt OF the Ioudun Tel