New Ulm review., 1905-02-22

THROWS BOMB UNDER CAR
RIAGE CONTAINING GRAND
DUKE sERGIUs.
His Victim Is Instantly Killed Head
Is Torn from Body Coachman Fa-
tally Injured-Murderer Caught
Horror Occurs in Moscow.
Moscow, Feb 18.-Within the walls
of the far-famed Kremlin palace, and
almost underneath the historical tower
from which Ivan the Terrible watched
the heads Of his enemies falling be-
meath the ak on the famous Red
Square, and within a stones throw Of
the great bell of Moscow, Grand Duke
Sergius, uncle and brother-in-laW of
Emperor Nicholas and the chief of the
reactionaries, met a terrible death
shortly before three o'clock Friday.
The deed was committed by a single
terrorist, who threw beneath the car
riage of the grand uuke bomb
plosive which wrought Minister Won
PlehYe's death. The missile was packed
with nails and fragments of iron, and
its explosion tore the imperial vic
TINS body to CHASTITY fragments, which
streWed the snow for yards around.
Every window in the great lofty facade
of the palace of justice was shattered
ii ;fcs at n
in the walls of the arsenal, hundred
yards away.
The Assassination
According to late "details, Grand
Duke Sergius, who generally was ac-
companied by his wife when out driv-
ing, was on this occasion going to his
private Russian bath in his old official
residence in Tverskaia street. The
vehicle in which he rode was plain
shabby, closed carriage, such as would
not be likely to attract attention. 1t
was followed by detectives in couple
! of cabs. The grand duke was driven
rapidly and was half way across the
square between the great bell tower
and the Nicholas gate when the bomL
was thrown beneath his carriage
where it exploded, literally demolish.
ing the vehicle. killing the grand duke
and fatally injuring his driver The
assassin, badly wounded, was captured
He refuses to give his name and glories
/ in his deed
Head Blown Off
The grand duke was instantly killed
His head was blown off, actually being
| separated from his body, which was
frightfully mangled
Grand Duchess Elizabeth, who ha:
/ been engaged daily in the task of pre-
/ pairing comforts for the sick ant
wounded Russian soldiers in Manchu
ria. was about to drive to the palace
j to join her husband When she heart
/ OF what had befallen the grand duke
she was driven in haste to the seen,
of the tragedy and knelt hatless AM
coatless on the blood stained snow ant
murmured prayers for the welfare O
the soul OF her slain cOnsort.
/ The only actaul witnesses of the as
sassination were a couple of policemen
on beat in the vicinity. 1t still appear
to be uncertain whether the ASSASSIN
was in a sleigh or hiding in the tun
mel beneath the Nicholas tower.
Long Marked Man.
The assassin belongs to the note
Fighting Group" of the socialist rev
olutionary party, which has removes
other prominent officials and lon
since passed sentence of death upol
Grand Duke Sergius The grand duk
knew that he stood in the shadow o
death. He was the recipient of re
peated warnings and elaborate precau
tions We're taken to insure his safety
but all the resources of the gendarm
erie, secret police and soldiers prove
unavailable against an attempt almos
exactly duplicating the procedure tha
caused the death of Minister of the In
terror Won Plehve last July
Was Intesely Unpopular.
Grand Duke Sergius, who was
brother-in-laW as well as uncle OF th
emperor and who had exercised in
s. mense influence at court was regarde
as the most. reactionary of the gran
, dukes. AS governor general of Mos
COW he was intensely unpopular. Hi
advent as governor general Of Mosco,
was followed by expulsion of the Jew
from the central provinces an
throughout his administration his ris
orous and harsh measures aroused th
}, greatest hostility especially among th
! students.
!, News Prostrates Czar.
st. Petersburg, Feb 18-The news {
: the assassination of the grand duk
Z reached Tsarskoe-Selo while the imp,
], rial family We're entertaining Primo
Frederick Leopold of Prussia. 1t cr
ated the greatest CONSERVATION. tt
emperor is reported to have been con
: Etetely Frustrated.
The murder of Grand Duke Sergil
. just at the time when the forces of lii
$ eralism were again in the supremae
6 and when the summoning of the zen