The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
ASSASS|NS AGAIN
WORK IN RUSSIA
CHIEF OF POLICE AT RAKu Is
ToDAYs VICTIM.
BATooM OFFICERS ALSO SLAIN
Martial Law Proclaimed at Baku-
Strikers Wreck Railway Station
at Observation-Disclosures at
Other Places.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 25.-Three
strikers at daylight this morning as
sassinated Gen. Kondratovitch, CHIEF
Of police Of Baku. The assassins es
capped.
Immediately following the assas
sination Of Kondratovitch, martha
law war proclaimed and more troops
with orders to kill if necessary were
ordered to the city.
Another Assassination.
London, Feb. 25.-Reuter's News
Agency reports that the project of po-
lice at Batoom, Russia. has been as
sassinated. Such confusion reigns
there that it is impossible to confirm
the report.
Disorders Continue.
Warsaw, Feb. 25.-Serious disorder
continues ct different points. AT
Mark this morning the strikers
wrecked the railway station.
A police patrol this evening was
suddenly attacked by a mob and two
Of the policemen were FATALLY wounded
by revolver shots. The town IS
threatened with darkness after to-
night on account of the inability OF
the company to supply sufficient gas.
Soldiers have replaced strikers, aia-
ed by a few skilled men; but the
force is insufficient.
Death Of Prince Reported.
London, Feb. 25.-News reached
London today that Prince Vasilethy-
koff has been murdered near warsaw.
The dispatch adds that Count Priez-
drietski and two other officials have
received death warrants and the for
mer has fed the country.
Streets Filled With Dead.
Paris, Feb. 25.-After the riots at
Baku 300 corpses were counted in the
streets. The dead are said to have been
largely Armenians.
Cannot Be Reached by Wire.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 25.-Poti, said to
have been bombarded by the Black sea
fleet. cannot be reached by telegraph.
The latest private reports from the eau
casus say trouble has broken out at
Balakhany. near Baku. The military
force OF the whole region is declared to
be inadequate to suppress the disorder
and a spreading Of the racial contest is
generally anticipated. Thousands OF
Armenians are said to be leaving Baku
and Batum. The Armenians and Mus
sulmans are practically in a state of
open a
Reservists Decline to Serve.
Among the reservists ~agitators are
spreading the story that the war is
over. A ase is cited which occurred
a fortnight ago at Riazan, where 200
reservists, who had been called in,
fatty told the officer they did not in
tend to serve. THE war is over" said
the leader; 1--WE know you simply want
to make money out of a contract for
feeding us. We will not serve" and
on they marched. An instance is also
given of r~eservists who actually left a
railway train after they had been
started for the front.
Private reports also leave no room
for doubt that the strikes in the whole
region below Moscow are almost en-
tirely political in character. The sit
uation generally in the south of Rus
STA is becoming worse instead of better,
and contains many factors which are
causing the authorities the greatest
alarm. The possibility of the neces-
sity for the dispatch of additional
troops to the Caucasus is already being
considered.
Another factor that is causing grave
concern is the actual dificulty of trans
porting enough commissary supplies
for feeding the army at the front.
These constantly increasing difficulties
are strengthening the peace party.
Grand Duke Vladimir, commander
OF the military district of st. Peters
burg, has issued an order Of the day
ordering the trial by court-martiaI of
Capt. Davidoff, of the Seventeenth bat
terry of the First regiment of horse
artillery Of the guards, and three other
officers and three men of the First
battery of the guard artillery brigade
in connection with the firing in the
direction Of Emperor Nicholas Of a
charge Of case shot at the ceremony
OF blessing the Neya January IS. Grand
Duchess Elizabeth has been appoint
ed commander of the Fifth Kieff Gren-
adiers in succession to the late Grand
Duke Sergius.
WIN Increase Wages.
Warsaw, Feb. 25.-The governor of
Warsaw has been notified by the War
saw & Vienna railway that the rail-
way council at st. Petersburg has con-
scented to increase wages OF employees
of the road this year by a sum Of
1896, 600. The men have been notified
that their demands have been acceded
to and a resumption OF traffic is ex-
pected.