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BOMB THROWN IN CROWD
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Cossacks CHARGE Those Who Try
to Aid Victims.
TERRORISM REIGNS IN MOSCOW

Evening Promenaders Thrown Into
by Cars Troops. Who Show . No
Mercy to Onlookers.
Moscow. ssia.-Insurrectionary yiO-
lence is rampant and dynamite was en-
ployed with probably fatal effect in
the thick of a throngin Theatre Square,
several persons being injured more or
less severely. A bomb that must have
been Of exceptional size was hurled
into the centre Of q crowd crossing the
square when the evening promenade
was at its height. 1t exploded as it
struck the ground, the sound being
heard at opposite ends of the city.
Fearful confusion followed the e1plo-
sion. and when the smoke and dust
cleared away at least half a dozen per-
sons were PROSTATE q short distance
from the spot on which the bomb
struck, and. dozens Of others were
struggling to their feet in a large ring.
Greans from the injured mingled with
the shrieks of women, The cries of
frightened men, the curses Of Cossacks
and the signal whistles Of detectives
mixed with the people.
The crowd fed to the opposite side
Of the square. then paused and turned
to ascertain the result Of the explosion.
A few of the more courageous fastened
back to the spot to lift the wounded
from the, ground. Three Of those who
did so were seized by the police and
rushed out of the square to q barracks
in q neighboring street. A sotnia of
Cossacks responded to the call of mem
bers of a Cossack patrol, who scattered
in search of the larger body immedi-
ately after the bomb burst. The whole
company Of soldiers charged the crowd,
slashing right and left with their whips
and telling more than a score Of per-
sons with the fats of their sabres.
Five arrests were made in all. One
Of the captives was hurt terribly by
a fragment Of the bomb that struck the
side of his head, stunning him and in
ficting a deep cash. He was uncoD-
scious when dragged from the square
by Cossacks. Indignant cries broke
from the watching throng when he
was seized, and it was then that the
sotnia, in close formation, made its
charge 1t is reported several bad a s
ualties resulted from the onslaught OF
the soldiers and that five or six of the
injured were hurried from the place
by their friends before the police OBJ
tanned their names. Terror reigned in
all that part of the city after the ex-
p~losion, and at an early hour in the
evening the square practically was de-
serted.
Uprisings are reported from all sides,
accompanied by plumber Of wealthy
estates and the burning Of country
houses. One Of the most aggressive OF
those movements was the sack OF a
mansion owned by Grand Duke Vic
ael Ale8androvitch, in the Orel gov
eminent. Everything portable was
taken from the house by the marauders
and the rest of the property was
burned. Hundreds of prize cattle were
driven off or killed and o~utbuildings
went under the torch. Similar out
RACES were perpetrated in the plumber
of an estate in the Dmitrov district that
had belonged to Grand Duke Sergius:
That property is close to Moscow and
the flames were seen from the city.
Cossacks were hurried to the estate,
but they got there too late to capture
any Of the mob.
Warsaw. - Mutiny by reservists in
Wolkowsk to escape Manchurian serv-
ice resulted in the sentence Of four or
them to penal servitude for life, and
Of eight mutlneers to twenty years.
Five Of their comrades were put to
death on Monday. The mutiny was
regarded as particularly dangerous, be-
cause the reservists evidently exerted
strong influence over the other troops.
Wolkowsk is an important recruiting
station in the government of Grodno,
and if the di%saffection had not been
checked promptly it probably would
have assumed perilous proportions.
The mutineers did everything in their
power to stir other commands to rebel
lion, as was brought out by testimony
in the course of the court martial that
convicted and sentenced them.