Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17

police, the operations OF the military
in depressing internal disorders ED
the enforcement of discipline in the
universities. Sipiaguin was stern
enemy of all liberalizing movements
Not long ago he said: Governments
that yield are governments that fall
Rather than yield | would bring about
a revolution in Russia"
The Students Most Active.
The assassin, Balschanef, was the
son of a Siberian exile. In 1900 the
young man was a student in the dnf-
versity of Kieff, where he took part
in forbidden meetings held in Decem-
Der to protest against police inter
ference with the schools internaI
affairs The third of these meetings
was invaded by police and infantry;
the names of those in attendance We're
taken and 163 of the students were
drafted into the army. By Russian
law university students are exempt
from military service until after
graduation, but this law was over
ridden by the order OF Bogoliepoff,
minister of education, and Sipiagui.,
minister of the interior. Balschareff
was impressed for one year and
stationed a. Seratov. In March, 1901,
, the students of Russia were delighted
by the assassination of Bogoliepoff a,
the hand of Student Karpovich.
Balschaneff's term of service ex-
pired in February of the present
year. He determined to offer himself
as a sacrifice and to remove either
Pobiedonostzeff or Sipiaguin. Having
sweetheart, a Jewish girl, in ST..
Petersburg, he went to her home IN
the capital and there laid his plans.
It appears that he made known his de-
sign to the girl and her father. The
old man furnished the money which
iun eql peInooId IeueqosIga IoI!gl
| form OF an adjutant in the Russian
army.
Capital Punishment Abolished.
Under the civil law capital punish
ment had been abolished in Russia.
The extreme penalties for murder are
10 years for a minor and 20 years for
a person above 81 years of age Kar-
povich, for the killing of Bogoliepoff.
was sentenced to 20 years of penal
, servitude. Disclaimers 21st birtu-
day fell on April 16, and he was de-
termined to kill the minister on April
Is, in the expectation that his punish
ment would not exceed IS years. He
did not know, however, that he might
| be slain on the spot, and the night
preceding the attempt he babe fare
well to a couple of his student friends,
saying, Il may never return to YOU
On Tuesday, April 10, ministerial
council was to be held in the Marinski
palace. Balschaneff, wearing his adju-
tant's uniform, obtained admission on
| the statement that he was an aided :
camp of the Grand Duke Sergius, gov,
message from the grand duke to Min
| lister Sipiaguin. He was permitted to
| wait in the lobby of the ministrial
council room. AS Sipiaguin ascende1
the main stairway, Balschaneff an
| preached, and, at close range, fired
! five bullets into the minister's body.
| Sipiaguin did not live an hour. Bal
| schaneff made no effort to escape.
1t would have been vain. AS he was
| taken to prison he said 1T was not
l who killed Sipiaguin, but his de-
crees against the students"
Senator Won Plehve, secretary Of
state for Finland, was appointed by
tbo o7or RI e,1noood Cinio Nor,
Plehve< is an experienced admins
traitor, an eminent scholar, a stern
conservative and rigorous executive.
An est his first act was to set aside
the civil law and to order the trial or
Balschaneff by court martial. THIS
proceeding made capital punishment
possible. The secret police were set
to work. The assassin's sweetheart,
her father and the two students who
were with Balschaneff the night be-
fore the crime, were arrested. No
body outside of Russia knows what
has been done with them. Balschaneff
was removed to the great fortress Of
capital, where he was tried on May
y and condemned TO death. he was
hanged in the Schluesseloerg on FRI
day, May 16. 1t is reported that he
went to his death with great fortitude.
Being onered a Communication of
, sentence if he would betray his ac-
complices, 3 remained silent.
! From Bad to Worse.
| The usual result followed the as
sassination of Sipiaguin. He has been
! succeeded by a man of still sterneI
nature and greater ability TO execute
his measures. Other personal
changes, indicative of more severe re
! preston, have been made i'm the i'm
perial government. Plans for minor
reforms, credited to the car, have
been temporarily cast aside. Already
! the revolutionists have sent warn