Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-07
Public Confidence in
Whites Rule Wan
ing Fast.
SAX KHAROFF KILLED
Woman Assassinates General
Who Had Sanctioned Co.'S
sacks Cruelty.

St. Petersburg. Dec. 6. via Eydtkuh-
men, Dec. Public confidence in the
governments ability to weather the
growing storm is waning fast. Witte
seems powerless TO cope with the new
elements of danger which the revolu-
tion is raising on every hand. New
mutinies among troops. are constantly
reported and lawlessness in the coun-
try is increasing
Refugees Tell Terrible stories.
Vienna Dec. 7.-Dispatches received
from Lemberg say the Russian refu-
gees are coming in daily. They all
give exciting and terrified accounts of
occurrences i'm Russia Many refugees
were formerly men of considerable
wealth and standing. but they left ev-
erything behind and now are almost
reduced TO beggars. The refugees de
clare murders and rioting continue at
Kieff
Telegraph operators at CZernowitz
say the governor of Odessa has posted |
notices in the streets to the effect that |
the slightest disturbances will imme- |
diately be put down with rifles. Large
numbers of troops are stationed in and |
around Odessa
Eight Thousand Killed. |
An official statement says 5000 per
sons have been killed al Odessa since |
the beginning of the trouble. The peo-
pie of Moscow and Nikolaieff are suf-
fering from lack of water, bread. light |
and meat. Almost all the factories and
Jewish homes i'll Restoff have been de-
stroyed.
sakharon Assassinated.
St. Petersburg. Dec. ,. via Eydtkuh-
men. East Prussia, Dec. Lieut.. Gen.
Sakharoff, former minister of war, was
assassinated today
The government had deputed Gen.
Sakharoff to visit the province of Sara I
toff for the purpose of quelling the |
agrarian riots there.
Nonofficial newspapers print harrow
ing details of the actions of Gen. SAX
haroff at Saratoff including the whip |
ping of the peasants whom he was sent |
to pacify.
Woman Calls.
\ woman belonging TO the so-called |
Flying Columns" of the revolutionary |
movement called at the house of the !
governor of Saratoff at noon today |
and asked 10 see Gen. Sakharoff. She |
fired three revolver shots at the gen |
eral, killing him on the spot.
The tidings reached ST. Petersburg |
tonight. Count de Witte charged |
Lieut.. Gen. Rudiger minister of war,
with the task of breaking the news to
Nine. Sakharoff
May Follow Example.
The event has created a profound i'm
preston in St Petersburg. owing to
fears that the revolutiOnis;s here will
follow the example thus set.
The SpeCter of a military dictator
ship. which has been looming on the
horizon. is slowly gaining consistency
and sharpness of outline.
Had Been Cruel.
ST. Petersburg. Dec 8. via Eydtkun-
nen. Dec. News of the assassination
of Lieut. Gen. Sakharoff. former minis
ter of war who was shot in the gov
ernor's palace AT Saratoff Tuesday had
been preceded by most horrible stories
of the manner in which Sakharoff had
been repTesSing agrarian disorders.
Had Peasants Beaten.
lIe corralled peasants with CoSsacks
and then had them beaten with the soi-
diCrs whips The assassin of SakhaT-
on has not been identified. When ar
rested. the woman who committed the
crime declared she had executed the
decree of the terrorists' section of the
social rcyolutionists.
How he Operated.
Following IL a description of SAX
haroffS arrival al HavoanSchina, one !
of the villages of the province of Sar-
atoff:
He came with COSsacks and artil- /
lerN. The peasants were surrounded 1
by CosSacks and Sakharoff addressed 4
them. demanding that they surrender /
their leaders. ThesVillage elder re
piled. but gave the general no infoTma- |
tion. Tho elder was Immediately beat |
en- until he lost consciousness.
LEFT to Mercy of Cossacks-
"Sakharoff thea retired TO the courI !
house. leaving the peasants at the mer-
CieS of the COSsackS. most of whom 1
were drunk. and they began torturing !
the peasants, pulling out their hair and |
boards, and even tearing pieces of flesh