THE RUSSIAN TURMOIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7762, 14 March 1905, Page 3

THE RUSSIAN TURMOIL.

UNEMPLOYED DEPORTED. A Britisher Blown to Atoms. St. PKTBKSIRR;;, March J I!. Owing to persistent strikes (ieneral TscpotV. Governor-General, is deporting to the villages all unemployed. Two thousand loaded railway vans westward bound have choked the sidings between Samare and Skuonst, • completely stopping traffic. A Itritisher named MucCulimn, ( staying at the llotel Xlristol, nearj St. Isaac's Cathedral, -St. t'etcrs- j burg, was blown to atoms. The | police consider he was manufacturing i bombs. The first floor was wrecked , completely, and several mre liijure.l. Tnere is excitement in St. Petirs-j burg, !< Further Listur'oances. (Received March to, it., p.m.) St. PETKRSBIRO. March i:i. | ( Ijirgc bunds of peasants <ire pil-1 lagiiv? estates in the province Orel, and many refineries and distil- ;j leries were sacked. The peasants declare I hey only want the laud, audi not the lives of landowners. A sinii-| lar movement is taking place ill the 1 Southern provinces, the peasants U.o.uing fifteen arpents apiece. The police are powerless, and the author- 1 ities appeal to the troops. I There is little doubt that McCnllough (? MacCullum). was a native 1 of the llaltic Provinces, and used false passports as a Itritisher. Many arrests have taken place at St. Petersburg and the llaltic Provinces. McCulloagh's" papers included a revolutionary proclamation, pamphlets, chemical formulae for the manufacture of an explosive more powerful than lyddite, drawings of infernal machines, and notes respecting Imperial residences. j