Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-14
JEWISH Town IS BURNED
NErutwsa AGITATION At ODESSA
Proclnuaatiens Are Posted Calling
Dpon Russi..s 60 Combtne ana
Eztsr-s.ste AN Persons
81 Hesxev niece.

ODESSA. sept. 1a,-1t Is reported hore
that the Jewish town OF Koopin. In the
district Of KamenstE. has been burned
down by peasants from the surrounding
country. Some OF the inhabitants are said
TO have been Killed in hight. while many
perished In the flames.
Ant-Jewish agitation II rife Wall
spaces. the sides of houses and telegraph
poles throughout the cit. have been plss-
tered with a proclamation issued by the
Union Of Russian People" urging patriots
20 combine to exterminate the Jews. This
action has aroused grave apprehension
among the peacefully inclined. both Jews
and Christians. IA ','
Girl Die. Br.veIy.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1S-'Tohg live
the social revolution for land and liberty"
These were the last words OF Zenside
Konopiianikovo the girl who assassinated
General Min last month and who was
sentenced to death by q court-martial.
They were uttered as the rope was placed
around her neck She refused to see a
priest prior to the execution. She mounted
the scaffoid with Arm steps and would not
be aided. on a photograph she sent TO
her sister. she wrote the words: MY life
was all had to give"
Robberies Extensive.
Revolutionists who have escaped from
Kamyshin. saratov province. are commit
ting many excuses in that vicinity. A
band Of them STACKED the train at Janbov,
but a patrol arrived and ired volley
wounding several. Four members Of the
band were taken prisoners.
The repayment OF money robbed from
the Postal department in transit on trains
Is becoming q serious matter for the gov
eminent Formerly the amount thus stolen
averaged ssi1 GOO 4 year. but for the first
| four months Of 1905 a total Of sSib,5oo ha,
! been taken Yesterday the cabinet de-
cded to reimburse this money I'm install
ments and establish q FIRST credit to thi:
end of sls2.bOo, The sum Of F.5oo.ooo also
was voted as loan to the Zemstvos to re
plenish their Golfers. for hospital, schoo
and soup kitchen purposes.
The Rech this morning publishes an at
tack by NJ. Kutier. former minister Of ag
riculture, on the governments agrariar
program 1t is declared to be unconstitu
tional and the writer says It will be re
jected by the new Parliament
After successful trials ten torpedo boats
built in Germany, have been added to thu
navy They are or s75, tons each and cal
make 2s.b knots. AS result OF lessons
learned during the war with Japan thes'
new vessels will discharge larger torpedoet
than other boats OF their kind.
Report frepa siedIce.
The RESUMPTION OF Geographic communi
cation with sedice has enabled the pres
OF st. Petersburg, for the first time, t.
present. a picture OF the eondtions- in thu
ravaged town. As. in the case OF the mas
sacre at Bialystok, later messages great!
reudced the number of dead from tina
given in early reports. The propert!
losses. however. from the fury and cupid
ity of the mob and the destruction b.
bombardmentf and Subsequent Are. ar
: placed higher, running to $4,000. Al
though # is said logically that forty-roa
persons were kilishg correspondents enun,
crate sixty-two corpses mostly bf jews
which haye bern gathered on the streets
In houses and IN various hospitals 70
burial The number OF corpses burle'
privately or consumed in burning building
may add another score to this number.
A pitiful feature of the excuses wa
the death from thirst of many wounde
personb who were abandoned by thei
friends in houses from which the peopl
were forced to fee FOR their lives. Fire
men are searching deserted houses 70
bodies. 81
There Is reason TO believe that this al
: tack on the jews IL tr8ceable to the mui
: der Of an ofncial on August q, and tn
] events OF Saturday supplied the necessar
E spark to infame the passions OF the so
q oilers.
Bandits Are Killed.
An attempt to rob a train near st. Peters
burg resulted in two Of the bandits bein
killed. a third mortally wounded and other
> being captured.
The band consisted OF nfteen men. The
had relieved the cashier OF the road OF
large sum Of money. when they were SUI
g rounded by the train guard. who fired o
I them The Jewish band has now joine
. the social reyolutionists in condemnin
such crimes.
d A girl revoiutionists in Yalta has con
, mitted suicide because she was selected b
lot to kill a police official who va
a childhood acquaintance.
Quiet at warsaw.
WARSAW, Sept. 13--This city 10 quie
The authorities are suppressing evei
slightest attempt to start Anti-Jewish a
e tacks On account OF the large German 81
e terests in the banks and commerce
Warsaw. German Intervention Is feared
case OF serious disorder.
Arrests at Moscow.
MOSCOW, Sept. 1s.-Foliowing the recei
:, capture by agents of the secret police
vladimir Maxury the leader of the Mosco
section OF the flying group" the poll
have taken into custody ten other mer
bers OF this organization, eight here al
u two in southern Russia All were co
cerned in the bank robbery committed he
= last March by Belenzon and several a
III aIe0ed To have taken part In the Kener