Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-23
BY THE BOMB OF A
REVOLUT|ON|ST
Grand Duke Sergius, the Russian
Tyrant, Laid Low in Moscow.
LITERALLY BLOWN TO PIECES
h Assassin, Watching His Oppor-
tunify, Hurled His Bomb Di-
rectIy Beneath the Grand
Dukes Carriage.

Moscow, Feb. 1S.-Within the walls
Of the far-famed Kremlin palace, and
almost underneath the historical tow
er from which Ivan the Terrible
watched the heads of his enemies fall
ing beneath the axe 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
afternoon. The deed was committed
by a single terrorist, who threw be-
meath the carriage of the grand duke
a bomb charged with the same high
power explosive which wrought Min
lister 0 Plehve's death. The missile
was packed with nails and fragments
of iron, and its explosion tore the i'm
perial victims body to CHASTITY frag-
ments, which strewed the snow for
yards around. Every window in the
great lofty facade of the palace of JUS
tice was shattered and bits of iron
were imbedded deeply in the walls Of
the arsenal.
Grand Duke Sergius died under a
formal sentence passed by the Mos
COW terrorists, December u, 1904.
BY the same decree of death Czar
Nicholas, the Dowager Czarina, Ma
ria F~eOdorovnn, Grand Duke Alexis,
Pr0curator of the Holy synod P0-
b~icdOnostsef, Gov.-Gen. TrepofT, of
st. Petersburg, and Minister of the
Interior BoIigan are condemned.
The murderer of Grand Duke Sergius
was badly injured by the same explo-
sion which killed his victim. He and
a companion were arrested.
What does it matter?" said the
wounded man, lightly. I've done my
work"
Assassin Follows Victim.
The Grand Duke Sergius was fol-
lowed by his assassin for some time be-
fore a favorable opportunity offered for
the hurting of the fatal bomb.
Sergius was driving, at the time of
his death. from the Nicholas palace to
the Kremlin. where he has lived for
several weeks past. Behind his car
riage, as it passed through the senate
quarter, were two cabs.
Just in front of the law courts a
sleigh suddenly drew across the road
in front of the grand duke, forcing his
coachman to pull up.
AS he did so one of the cabs shot
forward and a man, jumping to his feet
and leaning we'll forward, hurled the
bomb directly under the grand dukes
carriage.
The explosion broke every window
in the law courts. The carriage was
torn to fragments. The grand duke
was thrown high in the air. His
coachman was so badly injured that he
died on the way to the hospital.
Widow H%astens to Scene.
The instant she was told of her hus-
bands death, the Grand Duchess
Elizabeth fastened to the scene of his
assassination, not even stopping to put
on a hat or cloak.
Unlike her husband, who was among
the most bitterly hated of the Russian
aristocrats, the grand duchess is fair
ly ~worshipped by the people.
She has recently received several
warnings never to appear with the
grand duke, proving conclusively, the
authorities say, that his murder was
planned weeks ahead.
1t is a significant fact that Sergius'
assassination was carried out in al.
most the same manner as that of the
late Minister of the Interior Won
Plehve.
Following the murder the crowd
made a demonstration against a num-
Der of students, who instantly began
to scatter revolutionary literature. A
large number of students were ar
rested.
One of the assassins was arrested by
a policeman, who overlook him as he
was running from the scene of the as
sassination. The man carried a revol-
yer, but made no attempt to use it.
He expressed qualification that the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was not ac-
companying her husband, Grand Duke
Sergius, when the duke was killed.
At the moment of the explosion,
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was at the
Kremlin, experimenting work for the
wounded at the front, and was about
to proceed to the residence of the gov.
ernor general, expecting to meet her
h,,ehan1 thnra Har 90 rrioun uyoc I
waiting outside the Kremlin. Prayers
for the murdered grand duke were held
later in the evening, Grand Duchess
Elizabeth and civil and military Off
GERS being present.
The body of Grand Duke Sergius
will be buried in the cathedral of the
fortress Of Saints Peter and Paul.
The extra newspapers announce the
death of Grand Duke Sergius by the
explosion of a bomb. but give go de-
tails.
The body will probably lie in state
several days in the church Of the As
cension in the Kremlin. where Emper-
or Nicholas was crowned. Thence 1t
will be brought to st. Petersburg and
placed in the Romanoff mausoleum in
the great cathedral of Saints Peter and
Paul. inside the fortress.
THE NEWS RECEIVED AT LODE.
Created n Deep Impression, and the
Air is Filled with Rumors.
LODI, Russian Poland, Feb. 1S.--The