Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
FOR
THE REVOLUTION
RUSSIAN CITIES BEING ARMED
FOR STRUGGLE.
TR00PSAND MACHINE GUNS
Munitions of War and Careful Pro
grams of Defense Being Sent Out
from st. Petersburg in Antieipa-
ton of Great Uprising-No Hope
for Hated Admiral.

st. Petersburg, July 12.-Prepara-
tons which the war office has been
making at all the principal cities to
meet the armed revolutionary move
ment prove TO be very elaborate The
plans for the defense of Riga have
fallen into the hands of the revolu.
tionary paper MisIa. which publishes
the entire plan of defense. AS given,
the garrison is divided into three di-
visions Of two battalions OF infantry,
half company OF cossacks and
three machine guns each, namely, the
canal, land and river Duna. Two ba.-
talions of infantry, 200 cossacks and
four machine guns constitute the re-
serve. The commander, in framing
the plan of defense, even designated
being killed or iHcapacitated. s milar
plans, it is understood, have been
drawn up by every commander of a
garrison or city. In addition special
troop trains equipped with machine
land field guns are in constant readi-
ness at st, Petersburg, Moscow, Kef,
Warsaw and other strategic points.
Admiral Cannot Recover.
Sebastopol, July 12--Doctors hold
out no hope Of the recovery of Ad-
miral Chouknin, who was attacked by
an assassin. The admirars assailant
Is thought to be one Of the sailors of
the battleship Otchakof, and his act
is supposed to be in revenge for the
execution of Lieutenant Schmidt, a
revolutionary leader.
A Hundred Pledged Assassins.
Chouknin was universally hated by
his sailors, and at the time Of the ex-
ecution of Schmidt, rerolutionists
condemned him to death, 100 of their
number pledging themselves to carry
out the sentence. This is the second
attempt since Schmidt's execution on
March 10 last. The first was made by
a woman, and after her effort had
failed Chouknin ordered her to be
killed on the spot and his or6erIies
brutally carried out the sentence in
TIE courtyard. For this the admiral
was again condemned to death by the
revolutionists. His name was never
mentioned among his sailors unless it
was accompanied by curses on &C.
count Of his oyerbearing and severe
manner.
Jews Flee From Warsaw.
Warsaw, July 12-Sensational RI.
mors yesterday that an anti-Jewish
outbreak might be expected today
have resulted in a panic and thous-
ands Of Jews have fed. Similar scenes
have occurred at LODI
Strike Spreads at Lodz.
LODI, July u. - The factory strike
in this city is extending. and in the
surrounding districts harvesting has
become impossible owing to the agrar-
ian strike. The situation is critical
Mutinous cavalrymen Surrender.
Tambov, July 12-Both sqql drons
.of the seventh cavalry, which mGui-
tied July Z, surrendered their arms
yesterday and expressed conlrition for
their conduct
The munity at Tambov was regard
ed by Russian authorities as probably
the most serious affair Of the kind
since the Sebastopol munlly, as
much from the fact that it was the
first outbreak of insubordination in
the cavalry arm as because of the bold
defiance Of authority on the part Of
the soldiers. After killing an infant
ry officer and a dragon. who were
among the loyal troops that had OPP
posed them, the mutinous cavalryL,en
barricaded themselves in the bar
racks, where until Their surrender.
they defed the authorities.