Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-04

ing lawsuits will divulge the names of
prominent agitators of these riots.
Count White ordered that vigorous meas
ures be taken. but without effect. Today
the town Is quieter and 1t is expected that
the reign OF terror is ended, but the Jews
fear to return to their homes. Relief coll
umns are being formed.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from st.
Petersburg. timed p. M, reports a plot TO
massacre the Jews in that city. 1t is semi
officially calculated that at least 1000 per-
sons have been killed and 10000 seriously
wounded in the leading fifty provincial
! towns OF Russia in the last twenty-four
hours, and the death roll is still mounting
Awful Week at Odessa.
ODESSA Nov. S.-12a2 p. MATER a
fairly quiet night shooting again COM
menced this morning. The Red Cross is
busy attending to the wounded.
Up to the present time no Christian shops
or houses have been touched. The prInci-
pal hotels are full of the better class OF
Jews seeking refuge from this weeks dis
orders.
There was veritable reign of terror on
October 81. After the emperor's manifesto
granting a constitution 10 Russia had been
published the Jews made the Russians
furious with rage by making a prominent
display of red flags, trampiing on a por-
trait of the emperor and tearing down the
emblem OF the crown. Late in the after
noon there was firing in the outskirts Of
the town and the massacre of Jews COM
menced and lasted during the night of No
vember l. All Jews found in the streets
were severity beaten and many were killed
in their shops, which were ruthlessly pill
LACED.
Soldiers Watch LOOting.
In the poorer Jews quarters on the out
skirts Of the town whole streets were de-
stroyed, the soldiers apparently looking
on. Crowds OF workmen rowdies, women
and children, laden with all kinds of loot,
walked openly through thes treets, quar-
reling over the spells. Bombs were thrown
In various parts of the town, Late that
night patrols of soldiers and Cossacks
restored some semblance of order.
The pillaging was continued yesterday
and there was heavy firing all over the
town. Nobody was safe in the streets.
People carrying arms who were caught by
the troops were shot at sight The shut
tiers of all houses were ordered closed and
people detected shooting from windows
were promptly shot. The soldiers used
machine guns TO clear away the crowd
from the vicinity OF the port. In fact. there
/ was SuoOliuB 6NtTyWneTe IN
town. Firing is still going on as this dis
patch is filed.
Trade is at a complete standstlk Provi-
sions are still obtainable at greatly en-
HANGED prices. The gas and water works
are working.
1t is impossible TO make a correct esti-
mate Of the number Of killed and wounded
] Similar reports reach Odessa from most
Of the other towns of southern Russia.
Blame Laid on jews.
| A leading general in an interview today
/ argued that the disturbances were the re-
, suit OF the behavior of the Jews, who
! rudely shocked Russian patriotism by the
manner in which they celebrated on Tues
/ day the publication Of the imperial mani
| festo.
! They abused their new found freedom 4"
he declared, by tearing down the national
flag. hosting revolutionary banners, insult
: ing the emperor and boasting that they
| alone gave Russia freedom"
| On the other hand, the liberal leaders
say that the simultaneous manner in
which the disorders broke out in many
towns proved that they were dictated from
1 ST. Petersburg in revenge for the conces-
sions recently granted and with the OBJ
ject OF creating the impression that the
Russians did not desire the new order OF
things. The liberals contend that the gov
eminent had all the means 70 stop the out
break in the FIRST hour, but its inactivity