The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Police Hide Dead and Wounded.

/ Police Hide Dead and Wounded.
/ OdesSa.-It is impossible to fix even
| approximately tlic number Of victims.
when CossaCkS fred Oil crowds OF
workmen aid students who had erected
| barbados in the streets. The officials
in charge Of The hospitals. cemeteries
and Iock-ups were strictly forbidden
! to give the slightest information. The
dead and WGanGcd. whose numbers
must be very considerable. have been
removed by the police anu hidden out
of sight Of inquirers. The infantry, Of
whose loyalty the authorities were
doubtful, were kept in barracks, and
the CossackS and gendarmeS, who
showed no Discrimination to shoot down
people on sight, were left TO deal with
the crowds.
At one barrica6ed corner. 4 student,
on the appearance Of the CossaC!is.
mounted the barrlcade and appealed to
them TO join the people instead of kill
ing their brothers, who were struggling
FOR the freedom OF their common Il
try. The CosSackS answered villa four
volleys, killing niEe and woundinS
about forty persons.
Similar Genes are taking place every
where. The crowds Icaing' before the
charging CossaGks, invade private
houses and hide in garrciS and on the,
roofs. Many private apartments have
been converted into temporary hospi-
tails for the succoc OF wounded ref
ugees.
The governor has issued a prociama-
ton announcing that he will not hest
tate TO adopt the severcst measures to
repreSs disturbances.
Railroad traffic is partially restored.
Two trains guarded by troops were dis
patched during the day and II Of
them arrived at its destination. Tele-
graph communication with st. Peters
burg has been interrupted.
Some Of the striking establishments,
especially the drug stores, have been
converted into temporary hospitals for
the care Of The wounded. A number
Of stores have %reopened, but additional
factories have struck. The schools re-
main closed, but it is hoped they will
reopen next week On the persistent
application of the City Council, the
governor has liberated 200 youthful
pupils who were arrested.
The City Council has decided to grant
pensions to the fhmilicS Of the killed
and wounded and to attend the fun
erals Of the victims
Telegraph OfHccs 0verworked.
Berlin, Germany.-The telegraph has
been working all the morning with st.
Petersburg and the principal cities or
Russia, except Moscow. which, for
some hours, wa entirely cut Off from
Geographic connection.
The telegraph Offices are twelve to
fourteen hours behind with their work
because Of the extraordinary Quanti-
ties Of dispatches being exchanged be-
tween the Governments and their rep
res~entatives at st. Petersburg. the
masses Of press kilograms n the
large amount Of commercial business
due to the desire OF business connec-.
tons in Russia to arrange for the
future. Occasionally a line goes down,
but it is restored usually in two or
three hours. All persons offering tele-
grams are informed that they can only
he accepted without responsibility for
delivery and subject TO Indefinite de-
lay.
Telegraphic communication with st.
Petersburg has improved. A dispatch
received by the Wolff Bureau only took
an hour and a half to transmit.
The German mails are being sent to
Russia by way Of Stockholm, Sweden.
A steamer leaves there four times a
week for Hangoa on the Finnish coast.
Travellers from Berlin are able TO reach
st. Petersburg in sixty hours. going by
way of Stettin, SasSnitZ, Trsl!e5oTS,
Stockholm aud Hangoe, and thence to
Viborg and st. Petersburg.
Tlie prices Of meat in Germany are
sensihly affected by the disturbances
in Russia, principally because the I'M
portation OF geese has been stopped.
About 100000 geese are imported
weekly from Russia and no fewer than
half a million destined for Germany arc
now laid up along Russian points.