The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19
EARLY DEATH FOR
SERGIUS' SLAYER.
Convicted Russian Assassin Will
Probably Be Hanged With
in a Fortnight.

Olst CbC1opul ~ iAoAetSAh5
1 who was sentenced to death for the ass
sassination of Grand Duke Sergius, will
4 probably be hanged within a fortnight.
There is no appeal from the sentence Of
the commission which tried him.
The terrorists hold that a state of
civil war exists in Russia, and that ka-
laeH was a prisoner of war, and not an
ordinary prisoner accused of a crime.
This is considered here to indicate the
position which the terrorists will assume
hereafter Naturally such position is
not acknowledged by the government,
but the terrorists win persist in the ,fic-
ton. IT,. b.. a.
Lamsdorf May Resign.
It is reported that Count Lamsdorff,
the foreign minister, is about to resign
and that his successor viii be M. Mura-
yieff, who recently resigned the post of
minister of Justice and received the ap-
pointment Of ambassador to Italy.
There is a renewal of the rumor that
consider the question of the appoint
ment of patriarch of the church, and
his appointment of special commission
to discuss questions relating to peasant
tenure Of land, NJ. Witte, president of
the council Of ministers, has resigned
his office. .#
Tracts Spread Among Guards.
The circulation of revolutionary liter
allure among the troops thruout Russia
has now spread to the regiments of the
imperial guards, and 8 general order
has beer issued to the guards forbid
ding them to read proclamations thrust
into their hands in the streets, or in
their the o 1todgings Or to listen to "these al
The ministry Of finance has assigned
$35,000,O00 for new railroad construc-
ton in 1905.
Zemstvos to Be Extended.
It is understood that the extension Of
the zemstvos system to Siberia will be
followed by similar extension to the
M. Stichinsky, formerly chief adju-
tant to the Russian interior department
and M. Won Plehve, the son Of the late
interior minister, have been named mem
bers of the Goremykin commission, ap-
pointed to discuss questions relating to
peasant tenure of lands.
- Russian Prisons Full.
The police are making numerous ar
rests Of workingmen and "intellectu-
ais and the prisons are now. full to
OVERLOOKING. In former years those ar
rested before May Day were chiefly
"intellectuals, but this year the
workingmen are taking such promi
1 nent Part IN IN agitatio? and disturbances ~
rested.
Practically all the delegates to the
Schidlovsky commission, which was
created in February last to investigate
the causes of discomfort among the
working classes, are in custody. Dem
OnstratiOns and small riots are Of al
most daily occurrence.
The burial Of Lieutenant Leontieff
an officer of the aristocratic Preobrai
ensky regiment and brother of Mile
ID Leontief, who was arrested for con
nection with a terrorist plot, was held
yesterday. Leontieff was asked by his
brother officers IF to resign after the ar
mltted suicide. Grand Duke Michae.
Alexandrovitch attended the funeral.
Police and Workmen Clash.
Mounted police yesterday attempted
TO suppress a demonstration of EN-
ployees of the Putiloff ironworks after
they had attended the funeral of a vic
tim Of crane. accident. "A conflict
ensued, the workmen firing revolvers
and the police using the fats Of thei1
swords. Many were injured and ar
rested. ID"
The Academy Of Sciences has adopt
H ed resolution advocating freedom Of
Cne press as Ine SalesI guarantee agalnS
administrative arbitrariness and de
handing the abolition of all laws re
strictive Of the liberty Of the press.
Minister Of Agriculture Yermoleff i
drawing up plan to meet the peasants
demand for land, which contemplate
practically the Introduction Of tn
American homestead system in the stat,
domain.
The British ambassador, Sir Charlie
Hardinge,, started today for Englan'
on month 8 holiday.