The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-08-12
NO. 48.
The Assassination OF PIehye.

The Russian Minister of the In
terror, Wyatscheslay Konstatino-
witch Plehye. was assinated at ten
o clock on the morning Of July 2Sth
while driving to the Baltic station
20 visit the Gar at Peterhof palace.
lhe assassin, a man about twenty
five years old, wearing an official
railroad cap, stood on the sidewalk
near the canal bridge, and as the
carriage passed he rushed out into
the street and threw a bomb loaded
with nails and some very powerful
explosive, probably gun-cotton.
The bomb exploded as it struck the
the hind wheel and completely
shattered the vehicle, causing
frightiul injury to persons and
buildings in the vicinity. The lower
part Of Mr.. De Piehve's face was
blown oil and the whole body man
gled. Twenty persons were injured
by the shock, seven Of them SER
iously. The windows of all the
houses in the neighborhood were,
broken the pavement torn up and
fragments Of the carriage thrown to
g great distance. The assassin Po-
zorof, was severely injured by the
flying splinters and refused to give
any information as to his fellow
He was at once ar
rested by the detectives who were
riding on bicycles beside the car
Tiage As in the case of the assas-
ination Of Alexander Ill, an accom-
plice was stationed little further
on to repeat the attempt in case the
first failed. When be heard the
be embarked on the ca
nal in a boat and dropped his
bomb overheard but he was detect
ed by the boatman and delivered
over to the police. Mr.. De Plehve
was buried on Sunday ct the Move
devichy Monastery in St. Peters
burg, after a solemn orthodox SER
vice, attended by the court and for
eign representatives. The Emperor
walked with the mourners from the
church, following the hearse. Com
ing so soon after the assassination
Of BObrikoff, the Governor of Fin
land. the event has confirmed the
popular belief in widespread nihil-
lstic conspiracy. The former min
ister of the Interior. Sipiaguine, was
killed on April 10th 1902, by stu
dent named Balmaschoff. Mr.. De
Plehve was born in 1S4S, and was
Of Polish descent, yet it was by h;s
success in detecting and his severity
in Furnishing the Polish revolution
ists that he acquired the reputation
as an efficient public prosecutor
which caused him to be called from
Warsaw TO St. Petersburg. In the
of the conspirators after
the explosion of the Winter Palace
and assassination of Alexander III
be distinguished himself by the efli-
sient, but INSCRIPTIONS, measures
le used in the suppression of Revo-
utionary movements and in check
ng liberal tendencies. As chief of
he secret police, the "Third Sec
ion," so familiar to US from novels
md melodramas, and through bis
control OF the press of the Empire.
le became the most powerful and
most dreaded OF Russian officials.
At the accession of Nicholas Il he
vas appointed Secretary of State Off
Finland, where he began his policy
justification, which he so relent-
essly carried out ever since. AS
Minister Of the Interior in 1884 and
q 1902 he suppressed student and
easant riots with great energy and
continuously more oppres-
i've restrictions on the alien ele-
nents in the Empire, especially the
ews and Germans. In how far he
vas directly responsible for the
nassacres Of Kishenef will probably
lever be known, but 1t is generally
that the authorities were
.ept from interference because it
ras thought the mob was working
is will, even if they we're not guild
q by his secret instructions. Re-
emily be has been compelled to re-
* somewhat his reactionary policy,
nd had introduced in the Imperial
'ouncil a hill for the repeal Of the
iw forbidding the Jews TO reside
'ithin thirty-two miles Of tho from
er. He also drafted the new
easant Code, to carry out the re-
,rms in the condition of the peas
nts indicated by the Car in his
lanifesto. IN. Y. Independent.