Procurator Assassinated.
Conflicts With Strikers.
Traffic Suspended.
Beceived February 7, 11.12 p.m. St. Petersburg, Yesterday. Johnston, the Procurator of , the Finnish Senate, who was unpopular owing to his pro-Bussian sympathies, has been assassinated by three revolver shots fired at his residence by an unknown man, giving the name |of Gadd. A. detective in attendance, fired a revolver and wounded- and arreßted Gadd.
Continuous conflicts between the strikers and military have taken place at Ivalisz. Twenty strikers were killed and many wounded.
Traffic to Sosnouroe and Olknsz has been suspended. The. situation at Warsaw and Lodz remains unohanged, but a few strikers are resuming work.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7972, 8 February 1905, Page 2
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