Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11
Attempt TO Arrest kutinsers in Barracks
Results in Many DssthG
ADMIRAL aOIEsTvESsW IS ACQUITTED
Russian cfioer Held Not Guilty Of
surrendering His Fleet,
FOUR OFFICERS CONVICTED OF oFFENSE
Condemned to Death, but Emperor
VIII He Asked 10 Modify
Sentence 20 Dismissal
from Service.
rAMRov. central RussIa. July -

TAMBOV, Central Russia July st =
layed IN Transmission.)-A mutiny follow,
by serious hghting has broken out amonB
the troops forming the garrison here, due
to an attempt Of the military authorities
TO arrest and disarm the Seventh reserve
cavalry who struck" presenting series
of political and service demands. Taking
advantage of great, religious procession
today the authorities sent the regiment TO
escort the pfOcessionists and preserve order
and attempted. in the absence Of the bulk
OF the regiment to arrest the men remain
ing in barracks and stationed at the rail-
way station. The regiment, on hearing of
this action left the procession and galloped
to the rescue OF their comrades, firing as
they rode. They cut their way through
other troops to the barracks where they
barricsded themselves and beat of repeated
attacks of the loyal troops. Shots could
till be heard at midnight. The detachment
of the Seventh at the railway station cut
the telegraph and semaphore wires and
is holding out there. An officer of the
railroad corps and the commanding officer
and a sergeant of the Seventh cavalry are
reported TO have been killed, while many
were wounded The procession broke up in
panic and as this dispatch is filed the
pOpulatlOn is IN q Stdle OF
ST PETERSBURG, July 10.-some add
tional details OF the mutiny Of the Seventh
cavalry at Tambov show that both the
infantry and the Cossacks sent to subdue
the mutineers refused to FIRE on them, the
infantry bayoneting the officers who gave
the command. Only a detachment Of
dragons, who, it is said, had been piled
with liquor, attacked the mutineers. The
officers of the Seventh fired on their own
men. The number of killed or wounded
has not been established
Rojestvensky is Acquitted.
cRoNsTADT. July lO.-Admiral Rojest-
vensky. whose trial on the charge Of sur
rendering to the enemy after the battle Of
8, the Sea Of Japan began before a court
martial here July I, was acquitted today
after the court had deliberated for nearly
ten hours.
Four ofhcers OF the torpedo boat de-
stroyer aBedovi. who were placed ON trial
With the admiral. were found guilty OF
having premedlptely surrendered the
Bedovi and all four were condemned to
death by shooting. but on account of ex-
tenuatiRg circumstances the emperor will
be requested to commute the sentences
OF the four officers to dismissal from the
service and deprive certain rights.
Inc luil report Ol Nie CIOnHlhul COuTl-
martial shows that Admiral RoJestvensky
was acquitted on the ground that he was
not in his full senses and therefore was
not accountable for what transpired at the
time Of the surrender. Some of the officers
who were tried with Rojestvensky were
acquitted, their guilt not being proven.
Tho recommendations for mercy In the
case OF Captain De Colonsue. chief of
Rojestvenskys stan; Captain Baranoff OF
the torpedo boat destroyer Bedovl, Fill
powsky and Leonclon, who were found
guilty and sentenced to be shot, were in
accordance with regulations and based on
the physical and mental decentralization
produced on the long voyage and shock OF
the disaster in battle. They were also
credited with a desire to save the life Of
Rojestvensky.
Duma Meets I'm Afternoon.
SIT. PETERSBURG, July 1O.-The lower
house of Parliament has abandoned its
morning sessions. Hereafter the house
will sit from 20 o'clock in the evening.
NJ Komissaron the official in charge OF
the press on which the Black Hundreds
proclamations were printed in the Office
Of the chief OF police. has been dismissed
Interior Minister Stolypin is endeavorinG
10 discover the source from which the
money for which such publications was OBJ.
tainsd
NiIukoH for Premier.
Prof. Paul NJ Milukoff appears, from
conversations which the Associated Press
has had with leading members OF Parlia
ment, the man whom the constitutions
democrats are uniting for premier in th'
event Of a successful issue of the negotia
tions for the formation OF a constitutions
democratic ministry. Prof. MouromteseI
president Of the lower house Of Parliament
and Ivan Petruukevitch, the legal authorit,
among the members of the house, also ar,
mentioned, but they are regarded with lesi
favor. the latter on account of emperor
Nicholas personal feeling against the to,
plain spoken Tver zemstvoisi. and Prof
Mouromtsef because Il Is felt he is needed
IN his present place. The choice OF Prof
Mllunon Is also inspired by the desire t,
place a man who was excluded from Parlia
mcut on a technicality triumphantly at In,
head OF the government
NJ. Naboukoff the leader OF the coustitu
tional democrats in Parliament. was mos
outspoken in favor OF Prof. MilukoT dc
clanng that he was the most sensible an,
cleverest headed statesman the party coul,
produce. and an every way htted 10 as
sumo the responsibilities Of the premiership
NJ. Naboukof intimated that the constitu
tonsl democrats would lay no claim TO th,
portfolios Of war, navy and foreign affairs
which he regarded as within the imperia
prerogatNe but like every constitutions
democrat with whom the Associated Pres
talked he insisted that no cabinet with
bureaucratic head was admissible.
DurnovO Estate Sacked.
YARENsK. Russia. July lO-The estat,
near this town OF NJ. Durnovo, forn,a
minister OF the interior has been com
pletely destroyed by rebellous peasants
To have accepted such conditions. tn,
constitutional democrats declare, woul,
have made them guilty OF treason. entirel,
destroyed their prestige in the countr,
ana have only fingered instead OF tran
QUILTING the people. The constitutions
democrats intend 10 stand by their gum
and believe the government must shortl,
accept their terms. The Reich. organ o