The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-24
Duke SERIOUS IS
BOMBS VICTIM
Missile Thrown Under His Car
rage Exploded. Resulting
IN His Death.
ONE OF THEN BADLY HURT
Two Men Were in the Carriage from
Which the Bomb Was Tossed IN
der the Vehicle Carrying
the Grand Duke.
ONE OF THEM BAOLY HURT

oer ehc vehicle Carryinq
> the Grand Duke.
MOSCOW, Feb. so.-Whiie Grand Duke
Sefgius wss driving today from tin.
Nicholas palace through the senate
quarter. his carriage was followed by
Two cabs AT the law courts a sleigh
IN winch were TWO mon. dressed as
a Workman. went quickly ahead of the
dukes carriage. The sleigh then slowed
up 10 allow the carriage to pass and
AZ that a bomb was throw Il
beneath The carriage.
Explosion Was Terrific.
The force OF the explosion broke all
the windows Of the law courts and
The report was heard outside the citl.
Ihe carriage Was blown to pieces. The
horses We're not hurt.
The duke Was instantly killed. His
head was blown off and actually sep
arated from his body. which was
frightfully nlangled. The coachinan
was also killed.
ON the arrest of the murderers.
neither of whom Was known to the po-
ice. N of them eoolly said:
II don care: | have done my lob"
An immense crowd gathered at the
spot and made demonstration against a
number OF students Who commenced
scattering revolutionary proclanlations.
Within u few minutes after the eNplo-
sion people might have been seen gath
eriiis up pieces OF wood and clothing
as meinentoes of the tragedy.
When Grand Duchess Elizabeth. the
widow of Scrgius, was Informed of the
occurrence she Immediately Went to the
scene of the assassination. without
waiting To put on hat or cloak.
The gates of the krelnlin We're closed
.lg Snltt as tho 1aa,rS nf ti,N -,-.;
tich was conveyed To the authorities.
The remains of the luke We're taken to
Nicholas palace.
st. Petersburg. Feb. 2o,-An Asso
ciated Press dispatch from Moscow
says Grand Duke Sersius. while driv-
ing in his carnage to the kren,lii,, was
assassinated by n bomb which was
thrown beneath his carriage. The car
t'iage was blown to pieces. The assas-
sims We're arrested. One of them is
dangerously wounded.
The trip TO the kremlin on tina oeca-
sion was mad at night, between solid
lines OF troops.
The Garnd Duke Personally.
Sergius was the wealthiest member
of the imperial family. He was tall.
handsome and cordial in manner in
spite of the ruthless fashion in which
he exercised his authority as governor
general. He was childless. but had
adopted two children of his brother
Paul. who vas banished on account of
a ~nlorganatic alliance. Sergius' record
as a soldier was not brilliant. He suf-
Tered a disastrous defeat at the hands
of Kuropatkin during the famous
koursk maneuVers.
Had Been Condemned to Die.
Grand Duke Sergius was the uncle
of the Russian emperor, and formerly
was governor genera of Moscow. He
is understood to have been condemned
to death by the revolutionary party in
last. The governor general
ship of Moscow was abolished early in
the year and the grand duke, according
10 dispatches from Moscow OF January |
T. kept closely to the well guarded
A~iickouski palace. OF the outskirts of
retaining The position of COM
.nander in chief of the military district.
Russia's Evil Genius.
Later in January. however. it was
the grand luke had sought
in II OF the palaces of the
[N%reiniin. He has been classed as the I
most reaclionary member of the i'm
oerial family. and as the head of what
S referred to as the war party, and
been st%igmati2ed by the liberals
rs Russia's evil genius. He was born
n 1861 and married in 1884 Princess
OF Hesse-Darmstad. They
no children.
News of the tragedy created a tre-
nendou sensation in st. Petersburg.
owing 10 the intense excitement pre-
AT Moscow, few particulars are
'scertainable. The tragedy in reality
no great surprise. as it was known
he terrorists had already condemned
he grand duke to death, and ever
ince the affair of January %. the in
lugauration of a bomb throwing cam
,aign had been anticipated.
Serg1iS was a brother-in-law as we'll
IS an uncle OF the emperor and had
immense influence at court.
governor general of Moscow he was
Intensely unpopular. His advent was
by the expulsion of the Jews
the central provinces. Through
ut his administration his rigorous.
larsh measures aroused the greatest
especially among the stu
Two years ago after the students
lots in which many We're killed or
several hundred eypulsions to
siberia followed. under orders of
and General Trepoff, now gov
inor general of ST. Petersburg. but
h % was then chief of police of Mos
AS There We're many threats
sainst his life. the grand duke was
ollged 10 nee To his summer residence.
wenty miles from the city. During
he recent strike disturbances the
rand duke left ~Diskoutopny palace on
he outskirts of the city. where he had
cen living and took refuge inside tn.
amparts of the kremlin, where he had !
lived in what is known as the
tile palace. +,
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