The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
the REVOLUTION m RUSSIA
ED1cT OF CAR COMES TOO LATE
TO CHECK IT.
Massacres Occur All Over the En-
pire-Many Thousands Killed
and Wounded.

Berlin. Nov. 1.-THE Kleines journal
says 800 peasants were burned to death
in the Russian village of JedozvOgrad
province of the Don. through the firing
by Cossacks of shed in which they
We're holding political meeting.
Peasants to the number of 1000 had
gathered in the shed to discuss the
situation in Russia. The project was
unable to suppress the meeting and
gave his approval to the firing of the
building. The whole structure was
ablaze in a moment after the torches
were applied, and the peasants, in q
wild panic, tried to get out. About zoo
escaped, while the others were burned
while trying to fight their way through
the single narrow exit.
Twenty Killed in Warsaw.
Warsaw, Nov. 2.-Twenty persons
were killed and upwards of 100 wound.
ed in the encounters Wednesday night
between the mobs and the troops.
Massacres Continue.
London, Nov. 4.-Dispatches from
Russia are very meager, owing to the
disturbed condition of the country.
The situation in st. Petersburg, where
order is maintained by show of armed
force, remains critical, though improve
ment is shown in the resumption OF
operations by the electric lighting
plants. Communication by rail with
the frontier has not yet been reestab-
lished. From many of the interior
cities come reports of conflicts in
which the Jews appear to be the prin-
cipal sufferers. In Kieff the loss of life
and property has been very great. In
Theodosia, Kostroma and Saratoff the
disorders have been most serious.
Kishineff Burned.
London, Nov. 4.-The Daily Mails
Odessa correspondent gives an uncon-
tirmed report that Kishineff has been
absolutely destroyed by fire. He says
that the three suburbs of Odessa, Per-
sessyp, Zastava and Moldavanka have
been completely devastated. The
Daily Telegraph's Odessa correspond
Disorder Abates.
st. Petersburg, Nov. G.-Order was
preserved in st. Petersburg Sunday,
though there was a notable demonstra.
ton by revolutionists at the funeral
of those who had been killed in the
disturbances of last week. The revo-
lutionists of the capital declare that
they will continue to organize and arm
for the conflict with the government
which they anticipate.
In Odessa Sunday was passed in COM
paratiye quiet. Estimates of the cas-
ulties there from the beginning of the
present troubles until Saturday night
$500 to $3.50 killed and 10000 or more
wounded. According to reports the
Jews were massacred with the utmost
barbarity.
At Roston-on-Don 100 persons are
said to have been killed on Sunday in
a collision with soldiers. At Kislineff
murder and pillage continue and the
same conditions are said to prevail
at LODI, Tiflis, Kremenchug and other
provincial cities.
American consuls in several Rus
sian cities have appealed to the Amer
lean embassy at st. Petersburg for
protection of the interests of citizens
of the United States there.
Bomb Kills Twelve.
Warsaw, Nov. photographic COM
munication between Warsaw and Odes-
sa and Bosotoff-on-Don has been sew
cred. bomb was thrown into the
telegraph office at Odessa Friday and
IL telegraphers were killed.
Ten Students Killed.
Moscow, Nov. "A procession OF
students returning with some of their
comrades who had been released from
prison was set upon ny mob OF work.
men at the Triumphal arch. Ten OF
the students were killed.
Cars Grant Is Sweeping.
London, Nov. THAT the cars
grant OF freedom for Finland is no
halfway measure is shown by the
text Of the manifesto, which was made
public in st. Petersburg last night.
The reforms granted include universal
suffrage. freedom of speech, meeting
and the press, and home-rule admin.
ls,ration responsible to diet chosen
by the people of the grand duchy. No
such liberties were ever before en-
,oyed under the flag of the double
eagle. The manifesto has been re-
ceived in Finland with great rejoicing.