The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-07-18
CHIEF OF POLICE KILLED.
MaIor-General Count ShuvaIoH, d
Moscow, Shot.
DEMONSTRATION BY CROWDS

The Count Was Popular Witt the People
-Murderea whino Receiving Petitions
Encounter Between Troops and Mu-
tineers - More Riots Feared by Pc
lice OF Kustenji, Rournania.
Moscow, Russia. Major General
Count Shuvaloff. Prefect Of Police here
and formerly attached to the Ministry
Of the Interior was assassinated while
receiving petitions One of the petit
TONERS drew revolver and fred five
times at the Project The assassin
was arrested
The assassin waited in the anteroom
Of the Prefecture till the other pets
toners had been received, and then
entering the audience room he ad.
vanced toward Count Shuyaloff, firing
five shots at close range
One bullet wounded the Count in the
pericardium, another pierced his abdo-
men, a third hit him in the arm. and
the fourth in the shoulder, while the
fifth bullet fred by the assassin struck
tAC ACto VI tth O1asNiai WIN w d. otdilN4AlS
near.
According to the physicians the bui-
let's were poisoned The victim speed
lily lost consciousness and died.
The assassin, who was dressed as a
peasant, was not identified. He was
recently arrested as a political suspect,
but escaped from the police station be-
fore his examination
A great crowd gathered in front Of
Count Shuvaloff's house and made
demonstration to show the peoples in
dignation and sorrow at the assassina-
ton OF the Prefect, who was very pop
ular- He.oWes his deathSto his custom
of granting audiences to and receiving
petitions from all classes.
The Grand Duchess Elizabeth, widow
of the Grand Duke Sergius, attended
the first requiem for Count Shuvaloff.
st. Petersburg, Russia The assaSs-
ination of Count Shuvaloff at Moscow
is considered purely political crime,
as the Count, who was less than forty
years old, was regarded as being of the
best type of Russian official He came
from one of the most famous families
in Russia. He was son of Count
Peter Shuvaloff, the statesman who
represented Russia at the Berlin Con
ference, was formerly Colonel of the
Guard Regiment known as the st. Pc
terSburg, and was one of Emperor
Nicholas personal friends
AS Project of Odessa, where he sue
ceeded General Zelenpi, who was ex-
tremely severe, Count Shuvaloff earned
the esteem of all by his firm but len
lent course, making himself particu-
larly popular with, the students
The impression exists here that the
Count was killed for preserving order
The situation throughout the Cauca-
sus continues critical. The people are
in a great state of agitation.
The streets and squares of Tifiis are
occupied by troops, but the city has
been quiet since the proclamation of
martial law
Several persons have been arrested
at Tifiis in whose lodgings wholesale
quantities of bombs were found
Bombs have also been found in the
quarters of an employee at the arsenal
at Tiflis.
Business at Batum has been at
standstill The shops and banks, with
the exception of the Imperial Bank,
have been closed
A general strike has been declared at
Minsk In fight between Cossacks
and rioters there many persons were
wounded
Warsaw, Poland. Three bloody en-
counters between troops and striking
shoemakers. in which about twenty
persons were killed or wounded, oc-
cured.
The strikers were marching through
the city from house to house, demand
ing the lowering of rents by twenty
per cent Many proprietors out of fear
complied with the demands of the
strikers.
At Byelostok C0ssacks dispersed
crowds in the streets. Some shots were
fired