Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-11-03

posing the Black sea fleet mutinied on
arriving at Samsun, on the coast Of
Asia Minor, killed Admirals Birileff
and Chouknin and sailed back to Sc
yastopol after hosting the revolution
airy flag 1t is impossible to verify the
rumors. The authorities are confiscat-
Ing all political kilograms.
Slaughter at Reva.
Reval, Russia, Oct. 3l.-The rtoops
fred two volleys on crowd In the
market place Monday. killing or
wounding over 100 persons. Crowds OF
people are parading the streets, sing
ing the "Marseillaise." A mob Sunday
night destroyed the Hotel de France.
Governors Home Destroyed.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, Oct. 31-A
telegram received here from Moscow
says the strikers have destroyed the
Belt railroad and two houses on
Twerska street, one of them belonging
to the governor. Thousands OF wealthy
inhabitants of Moscow are leaving the
city by every and any means available.
The military telegraph operators are
complaining of having to operate the
commercial service. They declare they
are too tired to perform the work.
Geographic communication between
Warsaw and Wilma has been severed.
The excitement in the streets shows
no signs of abating. Every now and
then the crowds oyerturn street car
with the object of stopping traffic, but
no serious conflicts have thus far oc-
Cured The police are trying to in
duce the shop keepers to reopen their
shops, threatening to fine them if they
do not do SO, but the merchants are
between two fires, since the socialists
promise to smash their windows if the
shutters are taken down. All the
banks and factories and most of the
business houses here are closed. The
situation looks threatening at Lodz
and the strike also is spreading to 9th.
er provincial towns.
Capital Outwardly Calm.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 31.-The city
continues outwardly calm, but there S
the most intense excitement beneath
the surface. The strike committee con
tinues to restrain the people from VIC
lence, this being considered the bes
means Of attaining the ends in vieY
but behind the scenes the members o.
the committee are holding constant
meetings win the leaders of the va
rious groups and seem to be preparing
for bold stroke at the opportune mo-
ment. The committeeman believe thai
the longer an open collision which
would force q show of hands can bt
avoided, the better their chances. The
army. they say, is being gradually woI
over to the peoples cause. Only tht
Cossacks, who are referred to as EN-.
peror Nicholas Swiss guard" are alb
solutely faithful to the existing regime
The Ismailovsky guard regiment
| which was reported to be disaffected
during the troubles of last winter, is
now reported to have refused to dc
guard duty and to be confined to bar.
racks surrounded by Cossacks. An in
] Investigation failed to confirm the report
:Firiay During Night.
During the night aTing occurred at
the Polytechnic school. where q aum-
Der of students are held as prisoners.
The Cossacks surrounding the build
ing dispersed the worhmen with their
whips and were denounced by the stH.
dents from the windows. The students
finally fired, unhorsing two soldiers.
'Thereupcn the Cossacks fired two vol.
leys. The result is not known. A
policeman in the yasil4 tDstroy district
was found dead, having been murdered
on his beat. Many of the police are
afraid of losing their lives and refuse
to do patrol duty. Their places have
been taken by foot soldiers. The city
is filed vita false and sensational re.
ports set afloat by the reyolutionists
Outside Situation Worse.
The news from the provinces ind1.
Gates that the authorities are getting
control in some sections, but geper:
ally the situation is growing worse in.
stead of improving. In many places the
students aud strikers are fighting the
| BLACK Hundred" as the bands Of
! roughs are termed The demauds OF
the people are increasing proportion,
ately with the success of the demon
STATIONS. The cry for 3 constituent
assembly is now almost universal, bu,
: the reds declare that even that wouls
not satisfy the people, and add thai
there must be some lamp post work
On account Of the food shortage
even the first-class restaurants have
increased their prices. The minister
of finance has issued an order permit
| ting meat importation by water. The
scarcity of milk is especially felt NJ
| papers except the Official Messenger
appeared Monday, 1t is circumstan
tally reported that rich Jews are be-
hind the strikers for the purpose o.
forcing the government to grant eQua,
rights to their coreligonists.
Situation Grows Worse Hourly.
LODI, Russian Poland, Oct. 31.--Th'
situation here groWa worse hourly
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