Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-06
Horrible ISrbaritiss PraCtiosd Upon the
Haplss Victims
WISH QUARTERS PRINCIPAL SUFFERER
Trosps Seat at Request of Consul to Protect
American Interests.
CONDITIONS At ST. PETERSBURG QUIET
Big Denomination Planned fov
Funeral of MARTYRS" is Aban-
doned and Services Held
I'm Churches.

ODESSA. Nov. 5.--A tour OF TIE city and
part Of the suburbs today found all quiet.
Whole rows of shops that were pillaaed
have oeen boarded up. The poorer Jewish
quarters suffered worst and the principal
streets with few exceptions. were uh-
touched. Russian shops are marked with
crosses painted on the shutters and the
private houses with iloons so as to protect
them from the mobs. Peasants armed
with knives and seythes tried to enter the
city Saturday to loot the place, but were
driven back by the soldiers.
The casualties in Saturdays disturbances
exceed 14O and those of the preceding
three days which have been verified num-
ber $500 The plundering continued early
this morning in the outlying districts but
today the city was relatively calm, though
the population is still anxious.
The latest accounts OF the devastation
in the Jewish quarter add horror to the
situation. Besides numerous mills, the
bakeries. shops and nearly COO homes have
been destroyed. The Jews in every in
stance were treated with revolving bar
barity. Heads were battered with hau-
mers nails were driven into the bodies,
eyes gouged out and ears severed. Many
bodies were dlsemboweled and in some
cases petroleum was poured over the sick,
found hiding In cellars, and they were
burned to death.
1t is alleged that the police and the sol
diers everywhere marched at the head OF
mobs melting them to destroy the Jews by
crying: THE Jews have killed our em-
peror" and similar expressions.
While the mobs were engaged in the
slaughter the soldiers busted themselves
pillaging the cash and jewels, leaving the
t.y.t.a ka at.o ATE
of many houses got rid OF the bandits by
payment of a ransom to the police. The
police prevented anyone from arresting the
looters and prevented also the Red Cross
workers from aiding the wounded. actually
firing upon those engaged in this work
band of students removed much of the
stolen property to the university, while
they also took twelve dead bodies of anti
Jewish demonstrators, whose relatives to-
day besieged the university claiming the
corpsss and demanding the release of those
demonstrators who were confined in the
university. They threatened otherwise TO
burn the university and kill the professors
Measures were thereupon taken TO trans
fer these prisoners to the regular prison.
Quiet Sunday at Capital.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 5.-Sunday hap
PLY passed in st. Petersburg without dis
and revolutionists had planned mammoth
demonstration in connection with the
funerals of those killed in last weeks riots
and it was intended to form gigantic pro-
cessions representing the various indus
trial organizations in the suburbs and
flying red flags bear the bodies of the
martyrs" in state through the center OF
the city. These professions were to unite
at the Kazan cathedral, where the pas
sions of the crowd might be fired by revo-
lutionary orators Late last night, how
ever, when 1t became known that General
Trepoff would not permit this big demon
stration, threatening disorder, and that
the mayor had issued proclamation, say
ing that the streets were no place for airing
political grievances, the socialist leaders
called OFF their plans, declaring that they
feared this demonstration OF the people
was marked for slaughter, for which they
were not prepared at present The people
will give battle when ready, not when Ire
pom wants II"
Accordingly the funerals were held In
private and workmen attended memorial
services in the various mills Although the
demonstration was formally abandoned,
tens of thousands of spectators fiocked to
the Nevsky prospect The broad thorough
fare in front of the Kazan cathedral was
blocked by a great crowd of people, but
there was no attempt at disorders and no
attempts to use the squadrons OF hussars.
Cossacks and eurrassiers held in reserve
in the side streets
Expect to Continue Fight.
The revolutionary leaders here anticipate
a period of comparative quiet ana speak
of the great strike simply as a "maheuver
which forced autocracy to make conces-
sions I'VE have not any intention OF end
| ing the fight now" said one OF them today.
but will organize and arm the people for
the fnai struggle. We expect nothing from
bureaucracy and only by a popular Up
rising can we achieve our aim. which Is
I a constituent assembly"
While the news received from the
provinces indicates that something like
normal conditions are being re-established,
| the indications in Odessa, the Battles and
! other places in the south where the out
RACES have generally taken an antl-Jewish
nature. continue.
Thomas h. Heenan, American consul et
Odessa. has sent Telegram TO the Ameri-
can embassy saying that since Tuesday
/ the bloody attacks upon the Jews have
( continued, and that he estimates the mum
Der killed in thousands
/ Artillery he says, has been employed "
suppress the rioting, and the Jews have
! hred from windows upon the troops In the
4 streets Fortunately, he adds. thus far
I American interests are unaffected.
demonstrations I'm Poland.
! WARSAW. Nov. s. - Great patriotic
! demonstrations were held in the cities to
day by crowds estimated at 10000 per
1 sons. PROFESSIONS headed by clergy and
singing God save Poland paraded the
J principal streets, which were elaborately
decorated The balconies and windows or
| the houses were filled with spectators. A
/ citizen guard kept exemplary order and
the military. massed in the side streets.
had no occasion 10 interfere. An attempt
by the Russian loyalists to organise a
procession was a complete failure. barely
500 persons taking part in H.
! A Jewish militia, armed with revolvers.
is guarding Jewish houses in the out
skirts Of the city. The militia shot and
/ killed four disguised detectives found try