Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-05
DEATH ROLL
AT MOSCOW
Total Number Of Casualties During
Fighting in Russian City Will
Approximate $500.
THE RECORD is A BLOODY ONE
Leaders Of the Revolution Who Sur
rendered Shot Down without Trial
Property Loss.

Moscow, Jan. At is impossible
to ascertain the total losses resulting
from the 10 days revolt, as many of
the dead and wounded have not been
reported with the hospitals, public
or private, and some of the bodies
the hospitals shows that there were
54S killed and 1,O65 wounded. The
troops lost nine killed, of whom two
were officers, and 81 wounded.
Among the killed or wounded were
a number of children, the returns gen.
orally showing that innocent persons
suffered the heaviest. The final fig
ures of the casualties will closely ap-
proximate $500.
An eye witness of the surrender Of
the last batch on Sunday, says that
two of the ring leaders were shot with
out trial
The property of foreigners in the
Prezena district has been damaged or
destroyed to considerable extent,
among the losses being five-stOry
brick building belonging to natural
lied American citizen, M. StabOkOff-
sky, who has lodged with the American
consul demand for damages against
the Russian government, which has
been forwarded to the embassy at st.
Petersburg. Four similar demands
for damages have been lodged with
the British consul. and seven with the
consul of Germany by British and Ger
man subjects.
Governor General Talks.
Governor General DoubassOff said
to the Associated Press today:
Il consider repetition of the revolt
in Moscow to be impossible. The reds
have alienated the sympathy of large
portion of the liberals, who have been
inclined to look with something more
than complacency on the idea of an
armed uprising The events of the
last few days, however. have fillei
them with horror; and have driven
the liberals and even the radicals to
the side Of the government, which
alone can preserve order.
Most of the ringleaders of the re-
volt have either been killed or arrest
ed, and practically all the arms which
they have been accommodating for
months have been captured. No mat.
ter what the inclination of those still
at liberty may be, | am convinced that
they will not again be able to precipi.
tate a reign Of terror
While declining to give details OF
losses as his Investigations have not
yet been completed the governor gen.
cral pointed out that the losses were
greatly exaggerated. This he said,
also applied to the property losses.
The only large establishments which
had ben burned were the Setin print
cry, which was valued at $500,OO0;
the Schmidt furniture factory and part
of the Manontoff factory. The dam
age done by shells and shrapnel to the
factories and houses could be repaired
at comparatively small cost. Most OF
the houses bruned were inexpensive
wooden structures, but the heaviest
loss, the governor general said, was
to the commercial interests which, on
the eve of the holidays, were damaged
to the extent of several millions.
The number of persons arrested was
large. the governor general said, but
most of them would be released with
out even being put through the form
ality of trial The leaders would be
tried by the civil, and not by the
military tribunals; and the most flag
rant offenders. the men who were
plainly guilty of treason, which in 9th
or countries would be punishable with
death, will probably get off with
terms of Imprisonment at hard labor,
such being the mildness of the Russian
law Attempts at acts of revenge
against the police and the troops were
naturally to be expected, and for this
reason Governor General Doubassoff
said his order against the people go
ing on the streets after o'clock at
night would be enforced until the ex-
citement subsided.
Trains Are Running.
Railroad traffic in all directions was
resumed today. The people, anxious
relatives and friends, crowded in
waiting for hours to file dispatches.
J Reports are coming in that a cOun-
ter-revolution in the outlying district
ants are being summoned to protect
the throne and the fatherland. A pro-
cession of 1000 persons, bearing por-
traits of the emperor and the national
flag, was formed on the Tverskaia
boulevard this afternoon and march
ed to the shrine of the Iberian virgin
az the entrance to the Kremlin, where
the people knelt and sang God Save
the Emperor" Later they surround
ed the carriage of Baron Neden. the
prefect of police. and wanted to go
to the palace with him. but he per-
suaded them to disperse.
een.%or alsekburn In Defestad.