The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-18
WORK OF REFORM
WILL STILL co ON
Death of Grand Duke Not Likely to
Interfere.
GOVERNMENT COMMITTED
SERIOUS HIMSELF SAID TO HAVE
BEEN WON OVER AT LAST.

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Duke Sergius. undoubtedly was the
work of the fighting organization of
the soclai1Stic revolutionary party
which condemned and assassinated
Count BObrikoff, governor general of
FINLAND, and Sipiguine and Won Plehve
ministers OF the INTERIOR. 1t is regard
ed as a direct challenge from the ter
rorlst5 to the autOcracy, and re-
Vlval of the famous duel between the
nlhilists and the government of twen-
ty-five years ago.
Opinions differ as to the political eff
feet of the tragedy, some incIinfns to
the view that the killing of a member
of the imperial family may cause Mich
Olas ii TO revive a period of reaction
but this opinion is not generally
shared.
Universal Denunciation.
The murder of Grand Duke Sergius
just at the time when the forces of
liberalism were again in the Suprem-
acy, and when the summoning Of the
zemsky tabor was assured, meets with
universal Reproduction, even by extreme
social democrats, who denounce the
crime as strongly as do the liberals
and the conservatives.
According to d high authority, the
decision had been already taken OIL
cially TO proclaim the zemsky tabor
on Feb. %. NJ. Souvenir. editor of the
Novoe Vremya, said to the Associated
Press last night:
L do not believe this crime can now
! interfere with the carrying out OF re-
forms TO which the government is too
far committed. 1 am certain the zem-
sky sober Will soon be announced and
assembled, without awaiting the ter
mination of the war"
Plans For zemsky sobor.
Prince Shirinsky Schamatoff. who
had an audience with Emperor Mich
olas at Tsarkoe-Selo yesterday. was
frankly told by the emperor that the
zemsky sober would be elected under
class franchise by the mobiles, clergy,
merchants and peasants, but that all
the deputies would 81 together, and
the committee of ministers, the Asso-
ISOLATED Press is informed will be
charged by the emperor with the an
pointment of a committee q work out
the details of the elector1oe minis
try.
The news of the tragic death OF his
uncle was brought to the emperor while
he was giving am audience TO General
G1lppenDerg, and caused him a great
shock BY the emperor's direction, the
members of the imperial family who
were at Tsarkoe-Selo in connection
with the visit of Prince Frederick Leo
pold of Prussia were Immediately sum-
moned to the chapel, where a requiem
was held. a state requiem at which
members of the diplomatic corps viii
be present is announced for today.
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been made but in accordance with
tradition the funeral probably will be
on an imposing scale.
Minister of the Interior Bouligan, to-
gether with the officers of the Preobra
jansky regiment, the life guards and
the cuirassiers, of which Grand Duke
Sergius was an honorary officer, have
gone to Moscow.
The body Will probably lie in state
several days in the Church Of the
Ascension, in the Kremlin, where En-
peror Nicholas was crowned. Thence
it will be brought to St. Petersburg
and placed in the Romanoff mausO-
lem in the great Cathedral of SITS.
Peter and Paul inside the fortress.
The tragedy was the sole topic of
conversation at the clubs and hotels
last night, newspaper extras early in
the evening having spread the news
throughout st. Petersburg.
r. Even seraius Converted
The story is going the rounds that
Grand Duke Sergius himself, at the last
moment, finding the tide against him,
was won over to the plan of summon
ing the zemsky sober, and that he sent
a messenger to Emperor Nicholas, out
lining his views as 10 the composition
of the body. 1t is added that the mes
senger arrived at almost the same
time that the bomb was thrown in
Moscow. According to Sergius plan,
it was proposed that each province
should have six representatives in the
convention two each of mobiles, merch-
ants and peasants.
All the theatres were closed last
night.
The period of court mourning viii
put an end TO the little gaiety which
so far has marked the social season
at the Russian capital