The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-23
FL RIVER PRESS
such a thing had been contemplated it va
nuite ont of the question.

The whole city was q camp before the
clock struck twelve. The fremen ana nre
police kept a sharp lookout for fires, ana Inc
principal government buildings were put IN
der close guard. Meanwhile the Cossacks
and police had charged upon q knot OF people
from which the two bombs were flung. Sew
eral pointed to q man in the rough sheepsKln
dress Of 8 peasant and declared that ne hao
thrown the first shell. This was confirmed
By Others who saw him hurting it. The po-
lice seized him, but he fought desperately,
and as they closed upon him he drew a re-
yolver, intending to shoot the Grand DUKE
Michael, but his hand was struck and IN an
instant he was thrown down and securely
%pinioned.
A st. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs
that the Cars right leg was nearly torn from
his body, and bis left leg was badly shattered.
| A Cossack and q passer by we're killed on the
spot. and the Grand Duke Michael was
wounded. An officer Of the escort and a
| Cossack have since died from the wounds re-
| ceived.
The Gar fingered one hour and 9 half,
and all efforts to rally him failed. The only
word he uttered, after being struck, was the
name of the Czarovitch. The latter, on leav-
ing the palace after the death of the Gar,
was hailed as Emperor BY the crowd. The
Emperor was surrounded, contrary to his
custom, by a strong mounted escort.
The people are intensely excited and indig-
nant, and the soldiery, who greatly loved the
Gar, are furious. ALI the officials fastened
to the palace to inquire as to the condition OF
the Gear.
kilograms announcing the death were sent
to all foreign courts and to every part OF the
Empire.
It is stated That the bombs were made OF
thick glass filled with nitro-glycerine. The
assassins stood on the opposite side OF the
street; the carriage was moving fast, and the
first shell struck the ground behind it and the
back Of the carriage was blown out. The
goldman implored the Gar to enter the car
rage again, but he moved 8 few PAGES from
the carriage to see to the wounded Of his es-
cort.
The assassin who threw the first bomb,
tried to point q revolver at the Gear, but the
pistol was struck from bis hand.
The Gar seemed to recover consciousness
before his death, as he motioned away the
doctors who wished to amputate his legs.
The Czarovitch and Czarina drove to their
palace, after his death, to avoid the sympa-
thizing cries Of the people, q company OF
guards surrounds the palace. The Duke and
Duchess of Edinburg and the Grand Duke
Alexis have left London for St. Petersburg.
a bomb was foound in the pocket Of the
assassin Roussokof. 1t was made in zinc
cases containing glass tubes, two OF which
were filled with vitriol and two with Bar
thold salts. india rubber tubes with fulmlnaf-
ing mercury, and 9 box holding nitro-glycer-
inc and phroxyline, the whole containing SIX
pounds and three quarters.
Michailon is the name Of the young man
arrested at the house where RoussokoH 90.
:. lined the bombs. He is a peasant from The
! Province Of Smolensk. The papers foune
! in his possession mention both Catherine
!. Gail and Little Garden streets, IN the neigh
: borhood Of the scene Of the Cars assassina
). ton.
The explorations Of the mine discoveret
! near the residence of the Emperor disclosed
q gallery leading from q small shop to tn
middle Of the street, and there are TELEGRAPH
wires along the gallery. The elements TO
an electric battery were found in the shop
The mine will be flooded and removed. Ih
shop was occupied last by a peasant name
% Barafne and a man and his wife named Roi
2 soloff, who have disappeared. Suspicio
: against him was aroused by the neighbol
: seeing Rossolof's wife smoking cigarettes.
custom unusual with the peasant class.
A revolutionary proclamation, discovere
at R%oussokoff's domicile, declares that tt
Nihilists will continue their work, and war;
the next Emperor to beware Of the fate
his father.
- Placards congratulating the Nihilists 9
the assassination Of the Czat have been pos
u ed in Paris, and one arrest has been made.
The Aqence Russo says: The grief felt t.
,r- the Emperor by the Russian people is incol
or solable. but if they require proof Of the II
ly mentity of their loss, it would be fotthcor
e. ing in the evidence Of coincidence which po'
Nv in from the sovereign governments and n
tional representatives of the whole world.
was intended to use a mine to blow up t
he Imperial carriage, in case Sundays attem
90 failed. The spot where the Emporer J