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Show PIRATES WIPE OUT A SIBERIAN VILLAGE Ship's Crew Lands Under Guise of Friendship and Virtually Annihilates Annihi-lates a Settlement. Son Francisco News of a terrible massacro of 1C0 natives on tho Siberian Siber-ian const has been received hero In n letter from Petropaulovskl, on tho coast of Knmchntka A. Morogrnvlenof has written to his brothor, a resident of this city, that In tho early part of tho year tho natives na-tives In ono ot tho small settlements down tho const which ho docs not name observed a yacht or schooner drop nnchor in tho harbor, and her coming was hailed with crlos of rejoicing. re-joicing. Off from tho vessel enmo a number of small boats. Tho natives could seo tho crow piling what they thought wcro supplies Into tho smaller craft. Then tho men pulled for tho chore. During that or tho next day thoro was heard tho firing of arms, and lator on smoktand flro wcro observed, This led to Investigation from Petropaulovskl Petropaulov-skl nnd othor towns on tho coast, and a horrlblo talo of plllago and mnssacro was brought to light. About the strccets of tho sottlo-morrt, sottlo-morrt, wrltCR Morogralenof, wore strewn tho bodies of 1C0 of tho Inhabitants, Inhab-itants, shot nnd cut to death by tho pirates, who, under tho pretense of friendship, had gained a landing on tho coast. Ilohbory waB their only motive, for every hut had been ransacked and nnythlng of marketable value taken. |