The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16

greater intelligence which is to be eX-
pected at the hands of this class in any
attempt to right the wrongs of Russia.
The provocation in this case was adj
mittedly great. Sergius was perhaps
the most universally hated official of
all Russia. No man can spend 81 $780,
900 year in pursuit of his own pleas
ure and deserve better than contempt,
and he invites a serious fate if he is
a Russian and is governor in author
ity and is cruel and arbitrary auto
crat. The grand duke and his wife,
aware of the danger which accom-
panied his every movement, travelled
always under the watchful eyes of the
police, but the police had eyes only for
suspicious" characters.
1t was at the request of the secret
police that the grand duchess visited
young Prince Obolenski in his cell on
the day following the tragedy, their at
tempts to secure information having
| failed. Her desire that all involved in
the conspiracy by which her husband
lost his life, should be apprehended,
at time when grief was uppermost,
or perhaps she was really concerned to
know what her husband could have
done to have incurred the enmity of
another member of the nobility. With
as much composure as she could sum-
mon, she asked the assassin: what
have / done that you should wish to
bring upon me such a grief?" His an
swer-regret for her sorrow, but insist
ence upon the necessity for his act
was no better than the creed of all
anarchists.
The grand duchess expressed sur
prise that the prisoner, as member of
the aristocracy, should so far forget his
rank and his obligations as TO Join
with the misguided workmen in an at
tempt to bring about the fall of the
government. She characterized his ac-
ton as unworthy the son of u noble
family. 1t was at this point that Obo-
lenski, not wishing to assume individ-
ual responsibility for his deed declared
that he was by no means the only one
in high official life who had sworn the
oath of the terrorists. The grand
duchess, realizing that the man was
forgetting his surroundings and might
be led to reveal more, quickly arose,
declared that she could not listen to
beseless insinuations against the loyal
ty of men who were still her friends.
The ruse succeeded. Obolenski insisted
that he was by no means alone; that
many others of his rank were ready
and waiting the opportunity to COM
nit similar deed when the interests
Of the people should require it.
Unknown to the prince the chief of
the secret police mad overheard the
interview and had had notes taken by
secretary concealed with him above
the ventilator in the ceiling of the cell.
Agents of the police were detailed to
watch every parsonage who had been
indicated in the interview, and
search was made of the homes and
personal papers of each. Finally the
trail led to the headquarters of the ter
rorists in Moscow, which was found
to be acting in conjunction with the
central revolutionary chiefs in London.
On March Is the police surrounded and
raided the Moscow headquarters and
found store of Internal machines and
explosive weapons, together with print
ing presses and revolutionary docu-
ments, included among the latter being
letter to the central committee and
correspondence relating tn the assassi-
nation of the Grand Duke Sergius.