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A POLISH RISING.
CHIEF OF POLICE ASSASSINATED.
LONDON, 6th January. '
Further serious disturbances have taken
place in various parts of Russia.
The chief of police at WarsaAV, the capi
tal of Poland, has been fatally wounded
near the city.
Riots have occurred at Kharkoff, in the
south of Russia, Avhere the rioters set fire
to the prisons of the city.
OAving to the brutal violence displayed
in quelling the recent demonstration- by
university students at Moscoav, Avhen four
of the latter Avere killed and 60 AA'ounded
in a charge by Cossacks, the Moscoav
municipality has decided to suppress its
vote for the maintenance of the gen
darmerie until the perpetrators of the
outrage have been suitably punished.
RIOTOUS STRIKERS SHOT.
A serious conflict has taken place be-
tAveen the naphtha strikers at Baku, on the
Caspian Sea, and the authorities. Six of
the strikers and one Cossack Avere killed
in the encounter.
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