Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-19
RUSSIA SHOCKED
over MASSACRE
Committee Reports From
Bialys,ok Calculated to
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500 BODIES INFERRED
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Christians Sack Jewish Quarters.
Government Needs Excuse
Caucasian Bnsands

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sacre Of Jews ut Bsaiystok has shock.
ed the country and added 20 the gen
erai excitement The revelations
which the committee OF the lower
house Of parliament sent to investi.
gate are expected 10 make, will only
add fuel TO the flames.
Golus. a newspaper edited by II. III.
ianoff. q member Of the lower house
OF parliament, containing an account
Of the horrors and charging the auth
critics OF Bialystok with deliberatei.
precipitating the riot, was confiscated
when II appeared today.
Mors Met ard Murder
The news today brings the usual
chronicle Of murder and robbery.
Fresh strikes are reported ut several
places. The masons and stone cut
ters In st. Petersburg have joined the
bakers In their strike today and the
butchers. u Is said. win follow their
example tomorrow.
News from cronstadt continues dis
qnietlng. Troops sent tn the island
are camping outside Of the city. The
Twentieth Century" says the sltna.
tion Is dangerous and that the hreech
blocks have been removed from the
guns Of warships In the harbor.
500 Bodies Are Buried.
Bialystok. June fs.~~tMonday Mid.
nightl.-The bodies Of more than q
hundred Jews were bnfied during the
day. but the imposing array OF mill.
tarysforce prevented resumption of
the disorders. The correspondents Of
the Associated Press this evening say
that dozens Of Christians Of the lower
classes with sacks ON their backs were
seen coming from the dismantled Jew.
ish quarter. They would give. them
selves up to the soldiers and police.
The sacks contained plumber. some of
II was seized.
Government Lacks Diplomacy.
ST. Petersburg, June i9.--ln spite of
the governments left handed denial
that II intends to order parliament
ary recess, Rech today expressed the
opinion that coup d-etat is imminent
and appeals to the country 10 make
Its voice heard In favor Of the dis.
missal Of the ministry and the proion-
cation OF parliament. II is reported
that the government positively breads
to get rid Of parliament apd hesitates
because Of lack Of diplomatic method.
One proposition IL to order a recess
for three months and another to or.
der new election after dissolving the
parliament; the third Is to declare a
council Of empire representative body
until new parliament is named.
Police Deny story.
st. etersburg, June IA eircum-
stantial report is In circulation that
an attempt on the life Of General Tre-
poff. commandant OF the palace. by q
well dressed woman masquerading as
Princess Nariskin. Is frustrated. Ac.
cording to the rumor the woman gain
ed admission to the palace and when
Trepoff appeared she drew revolver.
but before II was fired she was seized.
The story Is denied by the police. H. !.
South Russia In Ferment. q.
st. Petersburg. June 1g.-Priyate
letters received here from Kharkoff
predict that the entire south Of Russia
will be in state of revolution within
| a month.
~. Caucasian 6rieands.
Tiflis, June 1s.--The lawlessness in
the Caucasia Is growing. In spite of
patrols by the soldiers and police muir
| der and robbery are unchecked in this
city. At noon today fifteen brigands
armed 70 the teeth boarded car In
] the center OF the city and held up
and searched passengers. taking their
purses and iewelry. No arrests were
made. The inter-raee war between
the Armenians and Tartars Is spread
ing. ~..& & %4s.