Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01

the bounds prescribed by the constitu-
ton from time to time in his dealings
With military and other cOnspira tors.
On the ot2a1 hand, his purely politi-
cal opponents were unmolested. The
tactics Of the present ministry have
been Numerically opposite. Immedi-
ately after the fail of the Stambuloff
ministry a coalition as formed of
conservatives, under SIoiloff and MAJ
cheyitch; all parties and factions
banded together against the common
and fallen foe, and a determined eff
fort was then made to extermirate the
Stambuloff party.
AS under the existing code there was
no means Vi conveniently attacking
the StambuloffiStS, the chamber set TO
work to pass special laws. These We're
generally voted during the notori ous
might SESSIONS" in manner directly
contrary to the constitution. The first
measure was the appointment OF par
liameEtary commission to inquire into
the acUS Of the StanlbulOff cabinet and
report to the chamber. This commits
sion as a preliminary step, placed the
whole of NJ. Stambuloff's property IN
der SequeStratio1. After several
months labor, the only irregularity
they made public was that NJ. Petkotf.
eX-mayor of Sofia, who W as NJ. Stam-
buloff' companion on the occasion OF
the murderOTS attack upon him. had
not paid his water rate and he was
summoned before the court to show
cause. He admitted his liability, ami
it was clearly proved that it was an
oversight; but the court ordered him
to deposit 15,000f in gold as surety.
with the alternative of imprisonment.
the sum in dispute being two thou
sand odd francs.
The campaign against NJ. Stambulolf
and his party naturally resulted in the
creation of great popular excitement.
the sentiment against the fallen pre-
mier being heightened by the arrival
in the principality of a swarm or pO-
litical refugees, who, during his tenure
Of power, dared not cross the frontier.
Whole bands, also, of brigands and
professional assassins overran Bull
garia, and the only astonishing thing
about the attempt upon the eX-
premier's life is that it did not take
place long ago. The feeling of a sec
ton of the pOpulace against him has
been shown on more than one occasion.
Thus some time ago when NJ. Stam-
buloff was called up to the police COM
misSaTiat to answer for an article
which appeared in the Frankfurter
Zeitung, he was attacked on his way
home by a crowd, the first stone being
thrown by a police inspector. After
proceeding a short distance under a
hail of stones, NJ. Stambuloff was
struck a violent blow on the elbow
with a horn handled stick so hard that
the head flew off into the carriage, and
the eX-premier was unable to use his
hand for three weeks. The perpe-
traitor of this exploit turned cut to be
a certain Costa Pavloff, who arrived
on the scene direct from the house Of
NJ. Natchevicht, minister of foreign af-
fairs. The police inspector who COM
menced the stone throwing is still III
possession of his post, and Pavloff re-
ceived a present of two thousand
francs.
NJ Stambuloff has for some time past
been we'll aware of the peril in which
he was placed. Even while he welded
the fullest power his life was at low
PREMIUM but after his fall and after
the beginning of the Russophile move
ment, which he alone continued to
check by his presence in the country,
by his protests, interviews and denun-
Citations, the danger to his life was
enormously increased. No1TWas his po-
sitiOn rendered any the more secure by
the attacks and accusations which on
his side he frequently levelled at
Prince Ferdinand.
Last month it was reported from
Sofia that NJ. StambuIoff had several
of his friends, provided with arms, in
his house, ready to defend him in the
event of any attempt on his life, for it
was rumored that his enemies in the
Bulgarian capital, Joined by those who
had come from the provinces, intended
to make an attack on him. Some time
ago number of M. Stambuloff's per-
sOnal friends resident in different parts
of Europe, and various newspaper Of
fees, received from him a kind of
memorandum detailing an alleged plot
to make away with him.
Meanwhile M. Stambuloff has been
suffering from diabetes, and it was
practically a matter Of life and death
with him to consult the highest medi-
cal authorities and take the Carlsbad
cure. But instead Of granting him
leave to 90 abroad, the parliamentary
commission, appointed by the last so
branje to investigate the acts Of former
administrations declared, by six votes
to one, that they could not assume the
responsibility of releasing him from
pending their report to the
sobranje. This decision, it is to be OBJ
was taken in spite Of the fact
that, although a public appeal was
made by the commissioner for informa-
ton to incriminate the former pre-
mler, nothing of Importance against
MIN has yet transpired. M. Stambu- |
loH was, therefore, compelled to re- |
main in Sofia, and the attempt upon
his life, which was so long expected, |
was made.
Residents Of the township of EIba.
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