The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-18
CRUEL. HARSH AND RUTHLESS.
Had Been Hiding From Wrath of the
People.

st. Petersburg, Feb. l., $50 p. M
The news of the tragedy in which
Grand Duke Sergius was blown up Gre
aired tremendous Sensa ton in st. Pc
teTsburg, where the announcement by
telephone from Moscow arrived during
the afternoon Owing TO the intense
excitement prevailing at Moscow few
particulars are ascertainable. The
tragedy in reality was no great sur
prise. as it was known that the terror
lists had already condemned the grand
duke to death. and ever since the af-
fair of Jan. % the Inauguration Of a
bomb-throwing campaign had been an
ticipated. Grand Duke Sergius, who
was a brother-in-law, as well as uncle.
OF the emperor, and who had
exercised immense influence at
court was regarded as the
dukes As governor general of Mos
COW he was intensely unpopular His
advent as governor general of Moscow
was followed by expulsion of the Jews
from the central provinces. and
throughout his administration his rig
oTous and harsh measures aroused the
greatest hostility, especially among the
students. Two years ago, after the
student riots. in which many were
killed or wounded, several hundred ex-
pulsiOns to Siberia followed under the
orders OF Grand Duke Sergius and Gem
eral TrePoff, now governor general of
st. Petersburg. but who was then chief
of police Of Moscow As there were
many threats made against his life. the
grand duke was obliged to flee 20 his
summer residence. twenty miles from
the city During the recent strike dis
turbances the grand duke left the Bis
koutohny palace, on the outskirts of
the city, where ne had been living, and
took refuge inside the ramparts of the
kremlin, where he had since lived in
what is known as the little palace op-
posite the famous statue of Alexander
IL The trip to the KremIn on that
occasion was made at night between
solid lines of troops
The grand duke is understood to have
been condemned to death by the revo-
lutiOnary party in December last. The
governor geleralskip of Moscow was
abolished early in the year and the
grand duke, according to dispatches
from Moscow Jan 4, kept closely to the
well-guarded BiskOutohny palace, on
the outskirts of Moscow. retaining his
position as cOmmander-in-chief of the
military district. Later in January
however, it was announced that the
grand duke mad sought refuge in one
of the palaces of the Kremlin. He has
been clasSed as the most reactionarv
member of the imperial family. as the
head OF what is referred to as the war
party, and has been stfgmatized by the
liberals as Russia's evfl genius.
Grand Duke Sergius was born in 1857.
and was married in 1884 to Princess
Elizabeth OF Hesse-D armstadt. They
have no children.
Grand Duke SergiuS was the wealth.
lest member of the imperial family He
was tail, handsome and cordial in man
ner. in spite Of the ruthless fashion in
which he exercised his authority as
governor general He adopted two
children Of his brother Paul
who was banished on account of
morganatic alliance. Sergius' record
as a soldier was not brilliant. He suf-
fered a disastrous defeat at the hands
of General KurOpatkin during the IA
nous Kourtsk maneuvers