The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-08-09
LODI JEWS IN PERIL
Presence of Anti-Semitic AgItator
Causes Fear of Massacre
In Polish City.
czAR's SEER GOES ABROAD.

TFoSS 7SNeiarfonS ] 90 Muoh for Enn-
peror Nicholas spirituaIist - Euro
pean Alliance Against american
Peril" Advised-Dlsappoin Peas
ants Assault Deputy.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 9.-Lodz is the
next city in which a massacre of Jews
may be expected. The date appointed
is the end of August, and unless inter
vention comes from st. Petersburg
Bialystok is likely to be outdone in
| horror.
With the complete knowledge of the
authorities, Police Superintendent Rik-
atcheR is organizing hoohgans, dis
| tributing patriotic literature and
spreading stories of mythical Jewish
| atrocities on Catholics
The attempt to get up a ''pogrom" In
Lodz is particularly instructive, owing
to the record Of it's chief organizer,
Rikateheff. who is a particular favor
ite Of the department of police at St
Petersburg: During the Odessa mas
sacre Of Jews of last October Rikat-
| chef, then simple constable, attract
| ed attention for his ferocious conduct.
| Credible witnesses swore that he beat
| child to death.
Ousted From Saratov.
Rikateheff was put on trial and duly
acquitted against overwhelming evi-
dence. To compensate him for the in
convenience the police department pro-
NOTED him to the rank of Junior of
lafcer and sent him to Saratoy, where
promptly began an agiteAlon against
few Jews in the town. The scan
da. became so hot that the local police
master dismissed him from the force.
But again the powerful protectors of
| pogrom organizers interviewed. Two
months ago, to the horror of the peo-
pie who knew his record, Rikatcheff
appeared at Lodz. This time he ap-
| peared in the rank of senior officer
and began his agitation again.
| The Bourse Gazette announces that
| Papus the spiritualist who Is said to
have had great influence over the en-
peror, has gone abroad for medical
treatment, as his nervous system is
shattered by the press revelations. Ac-
| cording to one paper, Papus gave fifty
seances to the emperor, receiving $685.
900 as compensation.
Paper Sees american PERIL"
| The Novoe Vremya sees in the in
ternational American conference now
being held at Rio de Janeiro a scheme
| Of the United States aiming at estab-
/ lShirn n hnnapSO11T- in, A ie1c
the cry of 1.-The American peril and
predicts that the "time is not distant
when the Slav, German and Latin
races of Europe will be compelled to
unite for self protection against the
combination of Greater America,
| Greater Britain and Greater Japan"
| The Constitutional Democratic lead
ers are undecided as to what course
| to pursue. NJ Petrunkevitch says his
advices from the country say the vii
/ lagos are in state bordering On chaos
The peasants do not recognize any au-
thority and talk only of the distribution
| of lands.
At Sosnowice, Russian Poland,
bomb was thrown into crowded wait
ing room at the railway station. One
man was killed and many were
wounded.
A frightful panic ensued, resulting
in injury to many other persons Wom-
en- tainted and children were trampled
| upon. The thrower of the bomb es-
| capped.
The peasants of the village of Gra-
voff, near Kiev, have almost beaten to
death NJ. Stefanduk, who was a mem
Der of the outlawed parliament and
who could not explain to their satisfac-
| ton why he returned home without
| obtaining the land and liberty he had
| promised them.
Strike Leaders Arrested.
| Although the strike is practically
over, the authorities have not relaxed
their vigilance, and they continue to
i arrest the revolutionary leaders as well
as those responsible for the calling of
| the strike.
NJ OAipko, the peasant member of
the late parliament, who was captured
redhanded at Cronstadt after the mu-
tiny there, will be tried, it is semioffi-
cially announced, according to the
rules of war, for melting and partici-
pating in an armed revolt, the penalty
| for which is death. The authorities
are convinced that they have good
case against M. Onipko and hope that
| it will involve several other prominent
extremists in the late parliament to
such an extent as to prevent their re-
election to any future parliament