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VICE GOVERNORS
LIFE ATTEMPTED
FINNISH OFFICIAL NEAR DEATH
AT HANDS OF BOMB
THRoWER.
INTENDED VICTIM
BARELY ESCAPES

Effort to Kill Chief of Russian Church
Is Frustrated at st. Petersburg
Police Interfere with Zemstvo
Congress in Vain.
Helsingfors, Finland, July 81. - Late
Karl Leonard Hohenthal had been SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life at hard
labor for the assassination of Procura-
tor General Soisalon Soininen, on Feb
ruary last, an attempt was made to
assassinate Vice Governor Deutrch as
he was leaving the senate. The vice
governor had walked across the square
masters Office, man on the curb
threw bomb from distance of so
PAGES. The bomb fell short, but the vice
governor was blown off his feet by the
terrific force of the explosion, which
shattered the windows in the neigh
borhood for distance of hundreds of
yards. Vice Governor Deutrch was
hastily assisted to the police station.
He was burned and otherwise injured
about the legs and bled profusely, but
his wounds are declared not to be fatal.
THE bomb thrower was pursued by
naval cadets, but escaped.
Assassin Frustrated.
st. Petersburg, July 81. - A circum-
stantial report of an attempt on the
life of Constantine Petrovitch Pobied-
onostseff, chief procurator of the holy
H
synod, is current in st. Petersburg, but
there is no confirmation of it. The au-
thorities, and even the police at the
Tsarskoe-Selo railway station here,
where the attempt is reported to have
been made, disclaim all knowledge Of
any such happening. According to the
report, as M. Pobiedonosts stepped
from one Of the coaches ON the train
from Tsarskoe-Selo, where he is resid-
ing during the summer, to the plat
form, man about % years of age
rushed up with a revolver in his hand,
Ibut he was seized by quick-witted
passenger before he could shoot and
was turned over to the police.
Rumor Confirmed.
Reports of an attempt to shoot Con.
stantine Petrovitch Pobiedonostseff,
chief procurator Of the holy synod, at
the Tsarskoe-Selo station, in st. Pc.
tersburg, have been confirmed. In
spite Of his greatly advanced age and
illness NJ. Pobiedonostseff's nerves
were mistaken by the attempt on his
life. He drove to the holy synod and
presided at a meeting, telling none OF
his colleagues of the occurrence un.
til after the session closed. The
procurator then drove back to the sta
ton alone and, unguarded, returned
to Tsarskoe- Selo.
Police Interfere with Zemstvo.
Moscow, July 81. - The Zemstvo con
.gress opened at midday wednesday il
the residence Of Prince Dolgorukoff
The congress was attended by 225 dele
CATER. Count Heyden, leader Of the
deputation representing the congress
recently received by the emperor, pre-
sided. M. Golovine, president Of the or
ganizing committee, had barely started
q statement dealing with the obstacles
placed in the way Of the congress, an
pouncing that Gov. Gen. Kozloff hat
promised that there would be no re
course to extreme measures, when tn
chief Of police, with numerous commits
.saries and officials, entered the room
The chief announced that the prefec
had prohibited the meeting of the cor
gress, and ordered the seizure Of the doc
uments. Count Heyden proteste
against the proceedings, but the chic
of police began taking the names of tn
delegates. Then cries were raised Q
Write down the whole of Russia
Many persons present who were not de-
egates to the congress, requested ths
their names also be taken. The polio
then departed, in order to draw u
summonses and the signing was r.
sumed.
Numerous resolutions mbodying var
Gus criticisms were adopted unan
mously, as were also resolutions con
planning of excessive administrative an
police control Of elections, and insistin
that publicity be given to the proceed
ings Of the proposed assembly, whic
should be in direct relations with til
emperor without interference from tn
council OF the empire.