THE RUSSIAN UPHEAVAL.
ST. ' PETERSBURG, April 24. The municipality of Bielostock has asked the Mayor to convene a meeting of the council, to- discuss the protection of the inhabitants from Cossack outrages. The ' Czar has ordered the marshal of the nobility in the Kostroma district to inform -the nobles of his unswerving determination to convoke the representatives of the" people. — - Thousands of Russian Jewesses, fearing outrages at Eastertide, are purchasing flasks of vitriol. April 25. The police at Vladikaokatz interfered with the annual gymnastic meeting. Two squadrons of cavalry scattered the crowd, and many, including children, were wounded. -> The Czar's rescript orders the appointment of commissioners to assess landowners' losses and recover compensation from the villagers implicated in the recent disturbances.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2668, 3 May 1905, Page 49
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