The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-03-02
VLADIMIR GIVEN
ANOTHER CHANCE.
NOTIFIED HIS ASSASSINATION
HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
GRAND DUKEAToTAL WRECK
His Wife Trying to Save His Life
Terrorists in st. Petersburg
Grow Bolder - Police
Are Powerless.

st. Petersburg, March 1.-The utter
impotency of the police in the face Of the
terrorist organization is shown by the
increasing boldness of the latter all over
St Petersburg. Even on the steps OF
the public buildings simple notices.oi
Grand Duke Sergius' death were found
They read: "The sentence of death
passed upon Sergius sAlexandrovitch was
executed February II. (Signed) The
Fighting Organization of the Social
Democratic Party" -... e.
Moreover, the notices were neatly
printed, thing unknown in the days
of the late Interior Minister Van Plehve
when similar notices were always run of
on copying machines. The secret police
then were too close on the heels of the
terrorists to permit of the use of print
ing press.
Death Sentence Suspended.
Tuesday Grand Duke Vladimir re-
ceived letter from one group which had
previously warned him, saying his SEN
tence was temporarily suspended, which
is attributed either to a more correct
appraisement of his share in the events
of January g. or to a general decision
of the terrorists to give the autocracy
breathing spell and await the result
OF the assassination of Grand Duke Ser
gius. The latter comedies with the
views of those acquainted with the meth
DDS Of the terrorists, who point out that
a succession of assassinations would de-
nh hNy In tINo
peror in the interest of the safety of the
imperial family to thrust aside all ques-
tion of concessions and to sanction the
most drastic measures of repression.
Grand Duchess Braves Death
Grand Duchess Marie Pavloyna, whose
husband, Grand Duke Vladimir, is high
on the list of those condemned to death,
is trying to shield his life with her own.
Since Red Sunday the grand duke has
not only been showered with threats and
warnings, but has twice received from
abroad formal letters signed by differ
ent groups, informing him of his SEN
tence to death and of the assignment of
men to execute it. At the same time
Grand Duchess Marie, like Grand Ouch
ess Elizabeth in the case of Grand Duke
Sergius, was notified that her life and
her sons lives would be spared and she
was appealed to not to go abroad in her
husbands company. The letters natur-
ally terrorized the family and house
hold of the grand duke, who has aged
greatly during the last few weeks under
the strain of what he insists is the un-
just criticism which placed the respon-
sibility for the bloodshed of January %
wholly on his shoulders.
Grand Duke a Wreck.
Although the grand dukes health has
been failing for over year, he is now
almost complete wreck. For time the
entreaties of his family and the warn
ings of the police sufficed to keep him
within the walls of the palace, but since
the funeral of Grand Duke Sergius Grand
Duke Vladimir has shaken off restraint,
declaring that he refuses to show cow
ardice, and not only drives out in q
closed carriage, but on Sunday walked
for short time up and down the quay
in front of the winter palace. At his
side, however, on each occasion, was
Grand Duchess Marie Paylovna. The
grand duke tries to elude her, but she
insists upon being Immediately apprised
IL he is going out, donning wraps and
accompanying him. ....