The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
COUNTS 290 DEAD
JEWS IN STREET
A Newspaper Correspondent
Writes Of Atrocities in
BiaIystock.
OUTBREAKS
Reported That Constitutional Demo.
Gratis of Lower House of Russian
Parliament Have Voted to
Break With Government

Odessa. Jun 2O.-The Novosti pub
lished a dispatch today from its CORE
spondent at Bialystok. saying:
Il personally counted 29o Jewish
corpses, a great number of which were
horribly m%utilated. Only six Christians
were killed and eight wounded"
Warsaw, June 1S.-Anti-Jewish riots
have broken out at Zabludow and
Gouiondz, province of Grodno, and Os.
sowiec. province of Lomza.
To Break with Government.
ST. Petersburg, June 1S.-Constitu-
tional democrats seem almost ready to
throw in their lot with the revolution
lists. Popular agitation is so great that
at a caucus lasting three mornings the
question of changing party tactics
and abandoning any further attempt
70 postpone an open rupture with the
government was seriously debated.
Roditcheff and Naboukoff, leaders OF
the constitutional democrats in the
lower house. led the radical wing. urg-
ing the absolute necessity of keeping
pace with the evolutionary movement
and insisting that unless they moved
onward to battle Immediately they
would be overwhelmed and left
stranded.
Believes Decision Is Reached.
Professor Mulukoff. NJ. Einivar and
others counseled caution, saying it was
not yet time to bend to the storm, but
SAAS oaASSllo MSIG III liie IildJOIllN.
The Novoe Nremya today says ti,a
constitutional democrats have actually
resolved to break with the government
within a few days, but NJ. Strive, ed
ltor of the Osvobojdenie, informed the
Associated Press shat no decision had
been taken. He admitted. however,
that the leaders plans We're secret.
Many liberals fear a rupture and re- |
gard the contemplated step as a grave |
error. They claim the constitutional
a 4 G no n NO hove - 1860 - l
with the advanced radicals who, at |
meetings held in the suburbs of St.
Petersburg last night, not only con- !
demned he lower house of parliament
and characterized the constitutional
democrats as traitors, but even de- |
nounce the group of toll. Orators at
meetings glorified the coming Dictator
ship of the proletariat, and cheered
and cried, Down with the government
and the middle classes!"
Agrarian Question to Commission.
The long debate OF the Agrarian
parliament. 1t was decided to send
the question to a commission.
The bakeries continue closed today,
strikers threatening to wreck the shops
where attempts We're made to bake
bread. Little hardship. however, has
far resulted. The lower classes
were warned and supplied themselves
black bread in advance. The
strike Of the bakers is to be followed
in a few days by a butchers strike.
News from the interior shows the
of strikes is spreading, but it is
100 early to tell whether this move
which seems more spontaneous
han organized, will %precipitate a crisis.
Mutiny Is Looked for.
The usual number of robberies are
lawlessness and anarchy in the
The government seems IN
ear a repetition of the November mu-
my at Cronstadt fortress, where sail
rs. marines, soldiers and workmen are
eported to be extremely turbulent
The streets of Cronstadt are filled with
roops and we'll to do inhabitants are
leaving the island on which
he town is situated.
Seventy Buried Today. I
Blalystok, June 1S.-Quiet reigns to- G
,ay throughout this devastated town. /
valuable, out seventy bodies were bu- t
led today. This is claimed to be less t
han half the total killed. Jewish esti- 4
aates say not less than 200 were killed. C
ne number OF wounded is
Surgeons have arrived here from O
warsaw to assist the overworl1ed staffs \
4 the hospitals in caring for the in a
lred. 7
AS instances OF excuses Of the bes- t
atty and brutality with which VIC Il
Of thu massacre were treated =
ome corpses found were masses of $
flesh. the wounded in some h
ases having scarcely a sound bono in u
leir body. Members of the commits s
on OF the lower house of parliament G
are here to inquire into the mas a
acre are greeted as saviors by the +,
opulation, who flock GU of their d
ouses with pathetic joy and relief. h
commandment of the troops has G,
the commissioners with an in
sort and has promised them every a.
-cility in conducting their investiga- ST
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