The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-09
RUSSIAN "REDS'
KILL 3 BLACKS ]. =
Revolutionists Wreak Vengeance
on BLACK Hundred" Eff
teen Rebels Executed.

Sr. FeCeTSDufg, feb. O.-Ihreo en-
Ployees Of the Putiloff works belonging
against revolution and anarchy the
so-called Black Hundred, were sur
prised and killed yesterday by a party
Of revolutionary workmen. They were
accused Of furnishing the police with
/ lists Of revolutionary workmen and
with assisting in making arrests and
searches.
The terrorist campaign has been
vigorously prosecuted in the provinces
Of late. From two to ten attempts
| on the lives Of officials and police are
reported daily.
| The disclosures regarding the impor-
tation of arms into Finland have been
| followed by the revelation that arms
in large quantities have been openly
imported thru the custom houses at
| Reval and other Baltic ports and for
| warded to Moscow and other places in
the interior The bureaucratic official
at Reveal declared in his iustific cation
| that the law only prohibited the impor-
! tation of military rifles Of the Russian
/ pattern and said nothing about Maui
sers of the French and Belgian types
which are now being connscaIed;
Guards haye been placed on the island
of Nargens where suspicious ships have
Itbeen observed. + Fl 50 sS
/ Elections Are Near. ses
/ Tho the Slovo denies the correctness
I Of the Novoe Vremya's statement thag :
the national assembly will be convoked
April 20, and quotes councillor 81 =
the empire as saying that probably II
will not be convened before the au-
tu1nn. the preliminary elections among
= the st. Petersburg workmen beganSneSt
week. The reports from the interior
say the registration has been preps req
+ and that all is ready for the elections
4 in many districts Of the cities:
4 The cabinet and council OF the EN-
= pire are working over time preparing
j., pproiects Of laws for submission to the
f national assembly. The cabinet holds (
as many as three sessions daily ana t1e
council is sitting evenings, which Is
, unprecedented.
/ Revolutionists Executed.
Rioa. Livonia, Feb. "a punitive ex
nedition has captured q large band o.
revolutionists on the Dahlen estat Ie y
The vicinity Of Riga. Fifteen Of then
M 1ne v1 tr;ed bv courtmartial and shot
The others were logged with knonts.
The expedition also captured severa
hundred rifles.
Ferzen Goes to Vladivostok.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 9.-Captai1
Baron Ferzen, formerly Russian nava
attache at Washington and lately com
mander Of the fourteenth naval equip
age at ST. Petersburg, has been ap
J. nointed commandment Of the Port Of Via
divostok, vice Admiral Greve, who ha
been relieved since the recent muffin.
at Vladivostok. i Captain Ferzen g sue
cess in restoring discipline in the mu
tinous fourteenth naval equipage is rs r
sponsible for his selection for the diff
cult task at Vladivostok. ..
Il Baron Ferzen is a descendant
Count Ferzen, the Swedish attache
the French court, the faithful friend Q
b Marie Antoinette, who drove the coac
In which the king and queen attempte
to escape. After the execution Q
Marie Antoinette the count escaped t
Brussels and lived there for man
years. He was killed by the populac
at Stockholm and his family went t
Russia.
Baron Ferzen was commander Of tn
protected cruiser Izumrud and blew u
the cruiser near Vladivostok after th
battle Of the Sea Of Japan.
Council Is Disbanded.
Realizing the futility Of open agit'
tion at present among the workmen, an
in order to avoid the fate Of it's thre
predecessors, the workmen IS council hi
formally disbanded and has publishe
an announcement that it will not r
sumo it's deliberations until the fore
Of reaction have ceased their activit
The Revolutionary leaders have now co
lcentrated their energies on prepariI
for an uprising in the spring and (
acts of terrorism.
More Submarines for Gear.
Simon Lake, inventor and builder
ire submarine boats, has arrived here
j submit to the admiralty for it's a
e; proval the final plans for four big La,
- cruiser submarines which he
nd building for Russia. Tt is said til
my these boats. will be Of the largest to
1eri mage nf that tyDe of construction
t. yM;+h +ho ncnrnorat ian Sf fhaso5scra
and others which are being built in Ri