The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-02
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ION bicycle, but by miracle not one OF
them was injured
tremendous Force of the Explosion.
The force Of the explosion was so tre-
lmendous that all the windows OF a hotel
facing the street were blown in an6
Isven some OF the large panes OF the
WARSAW station a hundred steps away,
Iwere shattered Some Of the drosky
drivers at the cab stand in front
lof the station, were injured.
A heap OF debris from the carriage,
la portion Of the coachman's uniform.
mute and pitiable relics of the tragedy
Iwere still in SebaIansku street, where
the crime was committed, when the
correspondent of the Associated Press
lagain returned to the spot this after
moon. For a block. either side OF the
street was guarded by police and 10
lone was allowed to approach.
Talk of a Successor.
Even in the midst of the consterna-
ltion produced by the tragedy everybody
lis talking of Won Plehve's probable
successor.
News Creates Great Excitenient.
M. Won Plehve's assassination W "a
Officially announced at about / o'clock.
land was followed Immediately by the
Issuance Of extra editions of the pa
Ipers. Although they contained only
-four ines referring to the tragedy, the
Inewsboys were fairly mobbed by the
lcrowds in the street, so eager were al!
lfor details of the crime. Intense excite
lment reigned everywhere. Only the as
lisa sSinat ton of the Emperor could Gre
late more of a sensation, as next to his
majesty himself Won Plehve was re-
lgarded as the powerful personality in
1.-THE Russian government.
The news was broken to the minis
tiers wife at Kybinsk. on the Volga,
while on her way to their country seat
with their son, who is 81 years old. A
daughter is married to NJ. Voutch, an
I~oficial attached to the council of minis
tiers, who was the sole relative of Won
lPlehve able TO attend the first requiem
lmass for the repose Of his soul. Won
lPlehve saw his wife and son off last
might, and then drove to the residence
Iof General Boganovitch, an old friend
land associate, with whom he remained
until a late hour. The minister ap-
Ipeared to be p~re-occupied and some Of
1.-THE guests asked him if he had receiv-
led any more threatening letters and
demonstrated with him for going about
unprotected. C~uriously, NJ. Won Plehve
replied:
Il am safe enough every day IL tn
Iweek except Thursday. No. n knows
lof my movements before hand except
lon that day, when everybody knows
tgo TO present my weekly report to the
EMPEROR"
Long Live Freedom"
The assassin. who was wounded in
1.-The abdomen by a splinter, underwent
Ia successful operation. When throwing
1.-The bomb he shouted Long Live Free
ldom!'' with a Russian accent.
Captain T~zwetsinsky, of the guards,
lwho was driving in a cab sustained a
fracture on the skull. 1t has been ire
banned but the captain is not expect
led to recover.
The outrage is connected by the po-
lice with an explosion at khartoff,
three days ago. 1t is supposed the
bombs were manufactured though the
lcrime is believed to be the outcome OF
Ian international anarchist movement,
with which ~Gerschunin, the Russian
Revolutionary agitator, who was ar
lrested at Kieff in June 1903, was con-
Injected.
Gerschunin, it is asserted, was tbs
~lorganizer of the murder of NJ. Bogoliep-
loft, formerly Russian minister or pub
lie instruction. and of NJ. ~Sipiaguine,
Iwho was minister OF the interior before
tPlehve.
Senator Won fISIlNe WdS oppoiiiSSo
minister of h interior April 70
l1e02. succeeding NJ. S~ipiaguine, who
WAS assassinated April 26' 1902, by a
student named Balmashoff. He had
formerly been director of the depart
lment of police, which position ne
pra assumed of his own ac-
lcord, when in charge of the. depart
Iment of political prosecutions, OWING
Ito the incompetency Of the official
= + ~ tho nn11Pa when
Emperor Alexander III. was KILLED,
March Is, 1881. NJ. Plehve conducted
1.-The prosecution of the reg1cldes n
afterwards re-organiZed the ponce.
From hat time on, the power OF M.
lPlehve increased, until it became only
second in importance to that OF the
emperor. Several plots to assassi-
Inate the minister, have. according to
reports, been discovered during the
ipast two years, which period has been
marked by strong political rivalry be-
tween the interior minister and the
FORMER minister of finance, M. White,
now president Of the committee OF
ministers.
NJ. Plahve vas not a scholar, but
from his youth he had been brought
up in official circles, and ne slowly
but surely pushed himself ahead.
before the Emperor called M. P1ehve
10 TAKE TIE ~ lloIlo VI aAAiiiSSOD "
the interior, he had already sbenS
labout forty years in official work and
lat the time of his death he was about
I66 years old. The educated youths
Iof Russia are said to have been bit
Iterly opposed to NJ. Plehve, owing,
lit has beer claimed. to his turning
ion his own people and the drastic
changes which he inaugurated or ad-
lvocated. He is said to have regard
led the common people as either dam
lgerous criminals to be repressed, or
las i~nnocentS to be ignored.
lPlehve was-largely of Polish blood. He
was regarded as in many ways, being
1.-The power behind the throne. and
Twas dreaded on ccount of his con-
ltrol of the third (secret) section of
ipolice, and also owing to the TACT that
The controlled the press of Russia
Through the censors, who, it has been
understood, did NJ. Plehve's bidding
lyithour question