Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-01
RUSSIAN STRIKES
KEEP ON GROWING
WARSAW SITUATION CAUSES
GREATEST Anxiety.
MANY TERRIBLE MURDERS
Haku the Scene of Revolving Crimes
Thirty Killed or Wounded in
Riot - Authorities Poweriess-
Transportation Suspended--Bon-
bardment of City Reported.

Warsaw. Feb. 24-The situation
here is causing the greatst anxi ETY.
in all circles. An assistant to the
governor general frankly admitted
yesterday that ehe government is at
a loss to know what to do. Alarming
reports are current concerning the in
tentions and plans of the revolution
airy party and March is awaited with
,.tuch apprehension. The strike stu
alton is spreading in every direction
The Vienna railway is still com
pletely at a staadstill and there ap-
pears to he no hope of speedy settle
ment of the difficulty.
Western Poland is completely cut
off from communication with middle
and western Europe, except by tele
graph. No mails are arriving or de
parting. The city is threatened with
a coal famine. The governor gener.
al offered to supply military men to
work the trains, but this is impracti
cable, as the strikers have destroyed
the switches. Many through passen
gers from Moscow and St Petersburg
are detained here and great quantities
of perishable goods from France and
Italy are being utterly spoiled by the
delay,
Terrible Murders Multiply.
Baku. Feb. 24.-Tne town is quiet
All the Armenian shops have been
closed. Banks are doing business
rnder mlltary protection.
Order has been restored at Balak
hany, but at Romany yesterday strik
ers attacked two factories, and as q
result 80 persons were killed oil
wounded.
In Baltu many terrible murders have
been committed. Manager Adamoff OF
the Naptha Refining works. with his
wife and children, were burned to
death An official named Tatason
and bazaar owner named Lalajef
and the latter's family have been muir
dered.
City Reported stormed.
Coastantinople. Feb 24--Extremely
alarming reports are current here con
corning the situation at Batoum and
Poti. 1t is alleged some vessels oi
the Black sea squadron lRussian)
have bombarded Poti, An Englisl
merchant just arrived here says he
was obliged to fee from Batoum
where his life was menaced by strik
ers and his Office destroyed. This
merchant says the authorities of Ba
toum are powerless. The striker.
are all Georgians and are estimated tc
number 10000. The steamship lines
from ConstantinopIe to Batoum have
suspended service.
Dowager Empress Rebels.
St Petersburg. Feb. 24-All the
members Of Il e imperial family who
attended the requiem for Grand Duke
Sergius at Tsarskoe Selo remained to
a family counsel in the evening Tn
dowager empress, who has been at
Tsarskoe Selo since the eventful red
Sunday" January %, becoming 1mpa
tie1t at the restraints advised by the
police for her safety, reheled against
the alleged necessity of remaining at
rsarskoe Selo, declaring that she is
not afraid; that the sands Of her life
have almost run out. and that II the
assassins want her life they may have
It, The imperial family and authorit
les implored her not to return to St
Petersburg and she finally yielded.
General satisfaction is expressed
even among liberals that the funeral
day of Grand Duke Sergius passed OF
with no u1toward incident. Even ex
IRENE radicals respected the day OF
grief to the imperial family.
Widow Sees Assassin.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 24.--It is STATED
that Grand Duchess Elizabeth has Wis
fled her husband 5 assassin in prison
No News from kuropatkln.
St. petersburg, Feb PA secout
day has passed without dispatches haY
ing been given out from General Kur1
patkin. which Is interpreted to sup
port the rumors that great events arr
in progress in Manchuria The wa
office. however. steadfastly maintain
that there is no important news. ant
that there have been no development
since the last dispatches were man
public, in which the commander 1,
chief reported all quiet with the excet
ton of minor operations towards II
eastward.
Peace Seems Far OFF.
Washington, FEB 24-At the whit
house and at the state department
Russian. French. German. British an
Italian embassies and the Japanese !,
cation yesterday. where inquiries wer
made regarding the rumors Of peac
between Russia and Japan, the mos
positive statements were made that
either of the belligerents were thinl
ing of proposing peace it was a secrt
locked In the foreign Office at st. p
tersburg or at Toxic.
The president has heard nothing a
solutely of any avOwed intention c
the part of Russia or Japan to sue I,
peace at this time. much less of a
actual proposal Secretary Hay a
sured three ambassadors that viii
this government continued ever hon