Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-19

Was Always q Most Bitter
! Enemy Of Russia.
PLOTS, CounierpIois and Hairbreadih Escapes
IT, During His Career.

DOflA, Ju'y lDs-iIciil'T
who was assassinatcd In tho street on
Monday, died yesterday morning from the
terrible wounds lac received nj the hands
of his assailhnts
II has fallen TO the lot OF but few men
to be 80 loved and so hated rs Stefan
Nicol0f Stambuloff, and TO have won such
worldwide ronOwn mt the age Of AZ He
was born in TrnOva In 1853. His family
wished him To lead an ecclesiastical career,
and he was sent To the great seminary ut
Odessa to study theology. The uprising
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was
the forcrunner Of the great conflict of 1877,
occurred soon after young Stambulof
began his studies, and no mt once ran
away from the seminary To join In the
coming fray.
Stambuloff's first object was To start an
insurrcctionary movement in Bulgaria.
and his associates were forced % seek
refuge In Bucharest. There they CON
tinued their plottings, and when tho war
of lS77-7S between Russia and Turkey
opened, StambuloR Joined the Russian
army as volunteer. Thus since his 18th
year he has been tho hero OF plots and
countcrplots, of daring adventures and of
hairbrcadth escapes.
Some Of Stambuloff's comrades died as
Bulgarian volunteers in the war Some
have been sent into exile with tho sign
manual of their quondaul friend and com
rade, Stambuloif, upon the warrant OF
their banishment. Some have becn broken
In heart and spirit by the bastinado ad-
ministercd by Stambuloffs order; some
by long imprisonment in the black
mosque. Others have been shot for
treason by his order. OF all the band
Stambuloff alone survived.
StambuioT Alone Survived.
Nj. Stambuloff became, after the cleo
tion Of Alexander rs Prince of Bulgaria,
with Nj. Karaveloff, one of the chiefs of
the Liberal party. In 1884, when the lat
ter resigned the presidency Of the Sobranje
to form "A ministry, NJ Stambuloff was
elected president of the assembly. He re-
mained two years in this position; and
when the conspiracy against Prince Alex
ander was exposed Mt Sofia, Aug. q, 1886,
he formed "a counter government against
the revolutionary government Of NJ. Zan-
koff, which was overturned at the end OF
that day.
Prince Alexander intended to return to
Bulgaria. and NJ. Stambuloff was charged
with the conduct Of deputation to meet
him at Rustchuk. Prince Alexander, be-
lieving that he was compelled to abdicate
on account Of the hostile attitude of
Russia, MN. Stambuloff KaravelofY and
Moutkouroff wero named regents on
Sept. T. From that moment NJ. STAN
buloff has not ceased to play the chief part
IN the direction Of affairs In Bulgaria. and
the destiny Of the principality appeared to
rest upon his shoulders
From tho instant Of his accession to
power he has distinguished himself by his
constant opposition to the meddling of
Russia In the questions Of the domestic
politics Of Bulgaria and by his repeated
attempts toward securing his father
lands
Independence From Turkey.
Many Of the chief statesmen Of Bull
garia have paid tho price OF their opposi.
tion to Stambuloff by their death. Prob
ably the most notorious conspiracy was
that Of Major Panitza, discovered in Feb
ruary, 1890. The long trial that followed
resulted in the condemnation Of Major
Panitza to death. and he was shot on
June 20, despite the efforts of almost the
whole of Europe.
The year following, the assassination Of
M. Beltcheff by murderer who wished to
kill M. Stambuloff himself March q,
1S9l), gave place to trial productive Of
many startling incidents and ending in
bloodshed again. There were implicated
in this affair many of the principal men of
the country.
1t terminated in tho condemnation to
death of four of the accused and in tho
sentencing of M. Karaveloff to five years
imprisonment. Six others of the accused
received lighter sentences.
Throughout the whole Of Europe indig-
nant protestations went up against the
result Of this trial, but Stambuloff was
not to be moved by threat or persuasion,
and the quadruple execution took place
eight days after the sentence on July 26.
In spite of the fact that these execu-
tions at one time threatened to embroil
the whole of Europe in war, M. Stambuloff
continued his course of
Irritating Russia
at every possible opportunity, and of pro-
voking the wrath Of all countries in SYM
pathy with her. Under u trivial prctext
he brought about the expulsion of a
French correspondent and refused all
reparatlon to the French minister of for
eign affairs, who therefore suspended all
relations with the Bulgarian government.
This was on Dec. - 1891.
The cabinet Of NJ. Stambuoff shortly
afterward dclled Turkey about question
of tribute. His next move, made possible
by the patronage Of England and OF
Austria, was TO have the Bulgarian loans
admitted to the official quotations on the
bourses Of London and Vienna. He then
caused the sobranjo to vote q pension for
life to cxPrince Alexander ms souvenir
of the victory of Olivnitza.
A last act, triumph Of politics, was the
marriage of Prince Ferdinand with Prin-
cess Marie Louise of Parma. This was
solemnized on April 20, 1893, mt the Villa
Pianorc, her father the Duke OF Parmas
residence, near Viarrcgio. On this occa-
sion Stambulof recommended, without
success, his attempts TO get tho powers To
recognize tho independence of Bulgaria.
Tho wedding was hardly over when no
compelled tho sobranjc, on account of the
religion OF the now princess. To vote far a