Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-07-29

wore Instantly notified.
Who Is the Murderer? |
Regarding he Identity of The assas-
sin ANA he cause OF the crime ~ |
some it is said that the act vas that |
OF Finn and by oDhers that tH.
murderer was a partisan oi the ZEN |
stNos, the cnrtailmen OF whose pow
crs is attributed To The dead minis
ter Nothing however, has been detl
nitely established as yet
The project of police notified the
emperor of the tragedy imnediatalE
upon its occurrence. The emperor
who was at the Villa Alexandra al
Peterhof. was greatly affected by the
neNs coming as 1t did atop OF the
bad reports from the seat OF war, OF
apprehension OF International cOmpl-
cations and the strain incident upon
the hourly expectation of an event SO
close to the fathers heart
Car Deeply Affected.
The emperor almost broke down
when he was informed of the min
ister's murder. -. 50
Whatever may have been the mo-
tive nothing but the utmost indigna-
ton and condemnation of the assas-
| sins act is voiced anywhere.
Guarded by police the body re-
manned in the street until the arrival
of an official corresponding with an
American coroner. even In the case
of the most powerful minister Of the
empire, the law requiring that this for
mality had to be observed before the
remains could be removed. After this
official had viewed the body it was
placed in carriage. covered with a
robe. and was driven slowly to to
little chapel adjoining the railroad
station and then to the deceaseds
magnificent town residence. adjoining
the ministry of the interior.
! The carriage, surrounded by mount
ed gendarmes. passed through the
crowded streets. the sidewalks being
solid mass of people. Even the
cross streets were blocked with spec
tators for blocks.
Whole City Turns Out.
AS if by magic, everybody In the
city seemed to have suddenly become
aware that frightful catastrophe had
occurred and to have hurried to the
scene. AS the carriage passed all
! heads were uncovered.
The first hurried investigation OF
the police seems to connect the crime
with the plot which was frustrated
by the explosion at the Hotel Du Nord.
| April 13. in which Kasanotf. one of the
tonspirators. was killed by the acct.
dental explosion OF an internal ma
chine, which at thu time. it was s0'd.
was intended for Won Plehwe.
In May. 1903. Nj. Won Plehwe was
appointed president OF the in rerial
commission appointed to carry out the
cmperor's reform decree.
What part, If any. NJ. Won Plehwe
actually played in the KishineH mas
sacres will probably never be known.
but his enemies have claimed that
he actually planned the massecres
through his political friend and agent.
Kroushevan. known as the most ex.
treme anti-Semte i'm Russia. and
proprietor of the Bossarabiatz. a news
paper of Kishineff.
The latter is said to have prepared
the minds Of the people OF kishtneff
fer trouble by publishing series OF
strongly wordeu anti-Semite articles
The object OF Van Plehwe in this
matter, according to the charges made
at the time, was to divert the atten.
ton of the people at large from the
government
Say Charges Were Unfounded.
1t should be added that the allega-
tions made against NJ. Won Plehwe
have never been proved to be found.
ed on facts. and in view of the en-
peror's inquiry into the matter and
the fact that Won Plehwe retained the
the emperor's confidence, it is only
just to assume that the charges were
unfounded.
The last great public work OF Won
Plehwe. so far as known, was the
drafting of the peasant code early
this year
Scheme for Peasant Reform.
This is a scheme for peasant re-
form, ordered by the emperor in his
recent manifesto. BY this scheme