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Show SLAUGHTER OF HEBREWS. Fighting Raged for Forty-eight Hours In Streets of Zhitomir. St. Petersburg. Tho report In circulation cir-culation hero tlint thoro hnd been a massacro of Jows nt Zhitomir, government govern-ment of Volhynln, southwestern Russia, Rus-sia, Is confirmed in n dispatch to tho Novostl, which says tho rioting began May 7, and continued for forty-eight hours. Orthodox Christians foil upon tho Jows In tho streets. Tho Jows wero armed nnd fought their assailants, assail-ants, many being killed or wounded on both sides. Prlvnto dispatches from Zhitomir attribute tho nttnek upon tho Jews to articles In M. Kroushovan's paper, called tho Fiend. Twelvo persons wcro killed and fifty woro wounded. On Sunday tho Jows telegraphed to friends In St. Petersburg to ask tho authorities to tnko strong measures for their protection and orders to that effect woro sent. A rcnownl of the lighting Is expected. |