Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-18
PEASAN
IN REVOLT
IN RUSSIA.
Landed PrOprietOrS Flee from
Flaming Homes Torches Ap-
piled All Over the Land.
CAR CANNOT STOP 1T.
ReportsOf Assassination, PiIIage
and Destruction by Fire in
Places Come from Russia.

TIQU6o OUttlG ItUttI I1uo oIus
ST. PETERSBURG, July 1S.-A spe-
cial dispatch from Bobrov, province
of Voronezh, says that the troubles in
the whole of that district. covering 135
miles square, are becoming more serl-
GUS daily. The peasants have risen
as one man, and during the night over
twenty estates were burned and sew
eral landed proprietors killed.
The town of Bobruisk, is filed with
terror stricken proprietors, who Were
able to escape the carnage by fleeing
from their estates. Ten miles from
the city fifteen estates were burned
and many of the proprletors killed
The governor has arrived with Cos
sacks, but order has not been restored.
Alarm has been caused by the inau-
guration of strike of police here.
The Ostensible basis of police discon-
tent is monetary, including the ac-
counting for the mems saving fund.
for which, 1t is alleged. they have not
been allowed interest. The authOrl-
ties, however, declare that the trouble
was inspired by agitators.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
police officials to quiet their fears. the
people are in terror lest the lawless
element abounding here should take
advantage of the situation.
A a Go tIo- nplrt low
ed In the arsenal of the admiralty have
struck and have been Joined by the
store employees and street car drivers.
The streets are being patroled by
troops. 1t is stated that the agitation
and strike are in sympathy with the
Otchakoff mutlneers, whose trial has
begun.
The assassin of General Kozloff, who
was murdered in the English park at
Petcrhof on Saturday, has been identi-
fed as Lett belonging TO an organi-
zation the members of which have
sworn to kill General Trepoff, General
Prince Putiatip and thirteen other per-
sons intimately connected with the
court. The assassin was chosen by
lot.
Chief of Police Martinoff, at Tiflis,
while driving in the street was mortal
ly wounded by a bomb. His leg and
arm were blown off. The bomb was
thrown from the Georgian Mobiles
school. NJ. Martinoff was much hated
on account of the severity of the meas
ures he adopted in putting down meet
ings and for the maltreatment of the
people.
Emperor Nicholas has degraded the
Seventh cavalry, which recently mutt
MED at Tambov, by taking away the
imperial standard conferred on the
regiment two years ago.
The daily budget Of revolutionary
outrages and agrarlan disorders is
larger than usual. In me, iy places the
peasants are wantonly applying the
torch to estates belonging to the crown
and to private forests.
At Natshatkino, in Simbirsk prov
ince, the town hail was set on fire, and
the entire village, consisting of 300
houses, was consumed.
Throughout Poland systematic pillag-
ing of the government spirit shops is
In progress. The central police office
at Warsaw was robbed, and gen
darme was killed.
At Lublin, Russian Poland, revolu-
ti0nists executed d workman who was
suspected of being spy, and at Mini
Nyovoocod and Nosniku tha oa Oh;arS of
the spirit monopoly were robbed and
killed.
At Smolensk the agrarian movement
has assumed violent phase. The es-
tates of Count Sheromatieff, promi-
nent reactionary, and Prince Lubanoff
Rostoffsky and three other large es-
tates have been completely destroyed.
At PavlOgrad the estate of NJ. 81
kovhkin has been plllaged and 1000
tons of hay and forage burned.
Admiral Skrydloff, who succeeded Ad-
miral Makharoff in command of the
Russian feet at Port Arthur after the
latter went down with his flagship has
been officially named as commander of
the Black sea fleet, succeeding the late
Vice Admiral Chouknin.
In view of the terrorized state of the
population the governor general of the
province of Balku has ordered all people
to stay indoors from 8 o'clock p. m. to
8 O'Clock a. IN. Persons on whom arms
are found will be imprisoned for three
months.
The Red Squadron is still spread
ing Its propaganda. The Red Squadron
is new terroristic party which has be.
come active recently In the vicinity Of
Bal1u. It's leaders hold that the present
is no time to handy words, but to an
swer governmental repressions with the
death of officials.
At Lubin two gendarmes were kill
ed in the streets of that city. The muir
derers escaped.