The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-06-21
JEWS ARE SLAIN
IN GREAT NUMBERS
Frightful Slaughter at BiaIy-
stok Finally Burns Itself
Out.
GOVERNMENT IS BLAMED
BLACK Hundred" kilograms Sent Out
by offieials-Army Said to Be on
Point Of mutiny-Revolution
Imminent.

Sc. Petersburg. June i9.-The pi,ia-
bic AFFAIR ut Bialystok apparently has
burned itself out. No further blood
shed was reported yesterday. and no
more Is expected. even by the radicals.
who are satisfied that the authorities
are now In control and will do every
thing possible To prevent n renewal Of
/ the excuses.
! This confidence In based on the nc
4 ton OF the governor OF. Grodno, who
| Is hated and distrugted by the bureau
/ Gratis, and who. after investigating the
situation ut Bialystok. took the un-
| prcccdcntcd step In order to prevent a
spread or the massacrcs To telegraph
the authorities OF all towns within tho
Jewish pale denying the alleged ON
\ cial reports that the disorders were
due To the wanton throwing OF bombs
/ at Christian procession by Jewish
rovoluiionlsts. This measure. aided by
the Catholic clergy. who throughout
! Russian Poland addressed their con-
l grcgations imploring them not To be-
| heNe reports spread broadcast for the
! purpose OF stirring up bloody excuses.
was effcacious In calming the agitated
/ spirits among the Christian population.
| The Catholics OF Warsaw cancelled n
/ great religious procession which was
/ to have been held here today In order
/ TO avoid the chance of n conflict.
The general situation. however, IL
hourly growing more dlsquicting and
the country seems TO be on the verge
/ OF another gigantic upheaval. In 81.
| Petersburg and Moscow the populace
IL greatly excited and nothing Is talked
OF except a general political strike
I which would bring the government to
It's knees. The proietariat leaders who
have been preparing for months for q
/ blow believe the moment has come To
strike.
Berlin. June IA dispatch from
Bialystok. dated $40 y. m. says:
/ "Plundering and numbering continue
and troops are In possession OF the city.
4 which Is on fire
Fires are continually breaking out
and the situation Is frightful. A few
Jews, through high payments. have
\ been allowed lo escape.
81. Petersburg. June i6.-Direct tele-
grams from Bin!ystok to a newspaper
today contain no fresh information. but
there il no doubt the censor controls
the telegraph.
/ The BourSc Gazette prints n special
from Grodne declaring the governor OF
that city has expressed himself TO the
effect there Is no hope OF stopping the
butchcry OF the Jews ut Biaiystok for
two or three days. Mobs are invading
trains passing through Bialystok and
are dragging out and killing the passen-
gers. The Jews who escaped from
Bialystok nre wandering and starving
In the fields or woods.
Terror In kishinev.
Odessa. June i6--The Jews at KIsh-
incv are la state OF panic In view OF
reports that Jewish massacrcs are
threatened. They hastily closed and
. IAN "a I..I oil nd AT
1t noon today and the town Is now
StrOled by troops.
Messages from Yetisabethgrad and
rc2cmcntchug report anti-Jcwish ex-
:cSses are also apprchendcd there.
-. Petersburg. June 10 tafternoon)-
An unconiirincd rumor Is In circula-
ton 20 the effect that anti-Jawish OUT
breaks have occurred ut Brest. Lltovsk
and Wilma
II Is also reported n Catholic priest
vas torn 10 pieces at Blalystok. but
this Is officially denied.
Bourses Are Panieky.
The gravity OF the general situation
grows hourly and the bourses OF 81.
Petersburg and Moscow are I'm
panIcky condition. Social democrats
and social rcyolutionist. are consid-
ering parliament To be "A negligible
quantity and are pushing their cam
paign for an armed uprising with In
creased yigor.
T Demonstrations are daily occurring
In the streets OF Moscow In favor or a
general strike with which tho prole-
Slriat leaders are trying To prccipitate
q conflict. Agitation among the work.
men here has reached the boiling point
and patrols are again In heavy force
In the industrial quarters.
Army Ready to Mutiny.
( In the country rural guards are
throwing In their lot with peasants re-
fusing To protect the landlords. Prog
ress OF the revolutionary propaganda In
the army In seriously alarming the gov
( eminent and To add TO the popular ex-
element comes the massacre OF Jews
b Rt Bialystok. While reports conflict M
\ TO the immediate responsibility for the
/ outbreak the authorities here cannot
escape the responsibility for the provo
cative black hundred" kilograms which
they caused To- be printed throughout
Russia, appealing TO the worst passions
Of the mob against the Jews as enemies
\ OF the country.
| Martial law has been declared NJ
/ Binlystok and troops are being rushed
! TO the scene.
Slaughter IL unabated.
Warsaw. June i5.--Thc latest mes
| sages received from Blalystok say the
sacking OF Jewish houses and shops.
accompanied by conflicts I'm tho streets
between the mob and troops, continued
until late last night. Many Jews. Poles
and Russians. civilians and soldiers
were killed or wounded. Tho suburb
Of Bojary was totally burned and eight
streets at BInlystok were completely
sacked. RiotinS II said To have ex-
tended to Lapy station on the ST. Pc
tersburg railroad and to Stareslelca
| station on the Southwestern railroad.
At both places Jewish shops were loot.
ed and Jews murdered or beaten.
The mob devastated Jewish shops 10
the town OF Chermnynwiez. In War
saw two police sergeants were shot and
killed and another policeman wounded
by terrorists. Policemen who pursued
| the assasslns were shot and killed By
passing women.
Simerforpol. Russia, June i6.-Sevcr
revolutionists. including two women
| ,,.hn ,rnr. nuIfnfInr fnr IA nnlIiIrn.