Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-01
Boxes Marked Oranges"
Are Filled With Ex.
pIosiVes.
MANY HAVE PASSED
Provinces in State of Siege-.-
Letters From GOpon
Are Published.

st. Petersburg. March Vast
quantities of hand-bombs are being
imported into Russia. The discovery
! was accidentally made by the customs
| authorities at Wirballen, Russian Po-
land. on opening an ordinary fruit box
marked oranges" which was found to
contain 100 small bombs Scores OF
similar boxes have been coming in for
weeks. n is thought possible the
bombs are intended for distribution
among the strikers as weapons with
which to fight the troops
PrOcIaIms state of Siege.
Warsaw, March 1.-Gov. Gen. Pvand
today proclaimed a partial state of
siege of the governments of Kalisz.
Lublin. Lielce and Lomza. All Po-
land is now governed under modified
martial law
All Warsaw's railroad communlca-
tions are now restored.
Letter From GOpOn.
Paris, March 1.-The socialist or
gan, Humanite. today prints and com
ments upon two letters produced from
the Tribune Russo bearing the sigma
ture of George Gopon" tor "Gapon,"
the Russian priest who led the work
ingmen towards the imperial palace
at St. Petersburg in January, result
ing in much bloodshedD
The letters appear to be authentic.
although several interviews on some
what similar lines have heretofore
been discredited. One is a letter ad-
dressed to Nicholas Romanoff. for
mer czar and actual ASSASSIN of Rus
sia" and says the blood of innocent
Workmen and their wives and children
will forever separate their assassin
and his heirs from the Russian people.
Threats for Offspring.
The letter adds:
Bombs and dynamite and the ter
ror of popular insurrection await thy
offspring and all assassins of the peo-
pie. Rivers of blood as never before
perhaps will flow and even Russia
herself may perish because of thee"
Advises AbdIcntiOn.
Take warning therefore and quick
ly renounce this family throne OF
the tribunal of the Russian people.
Have pity on thy children, thou
who offerest peace to others and with
holdest it from thine own"
Other to the People.
The other letter is addressed to the
Russian people and he declares the
streams of their blood recently shed
have formed an immense revolution
ary torrent which will now sweep for
ward irresistibly.
sunday May See Trouble.
st. Petersburg. March Next Sun
day being the anniversary of the eman-
cipation of the serfs, rumors have been
in circulation that the day has been
selected for notable events of diverse
natures
According to some Of these Tumors
the workmen are planning an immense
revolutionary demonstration. while. ac-
cording to other reports, the govern
ment intends to commemorate the an
niversary by issuing a manifesto es-
tablishing some form OF representative
legislative body.
II was stated positively yesterday.
however, on competent authority. that
there is no intention on the part OF
the government 10 signaliZe Saturday
by any special manifesto; and plans
for a demonstration of workmen, if
there are any, have not yet reached
the men or the liberal leaders.
Council COnEiders Reforms.
On the other hand. 1t seems certain
that the recently revived council OF
ministers at it's weekly sessions is con-
sidering the all important question Of
reform and evolving governmental al
terations of a momentous character.
but what form these changes are to-
take it is impossible to ascertain with
positiveness.