Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-18
GAR MARKED
AS VICTIM OF
TERRORISTS.
Assassins' Work at Moscow Yes
terday PrOsuates the
Royal Family.
BIC DEMONSTRATION.
Grand Duke Sergius Was Most
Unpopular Of all the Heads
Of Russia.
BIG DEMONSTRATION.

MOSCOW. Feb. 1S.--Within the wails
Of the far famed kremlin palace anu
almost underneath the historlcal toWeI
from which Ivan the Terrible Watcneu
tie heads of his enemies faIllnS pe.
meath the AK on the famous h'cu
Eouare. and within Il stones throw Oh
the great bell of Moscow, Grand DUKE
Sergius. uncle and brothcr-lh-laW Oh
Enaneror Nicholas and the chief OF the
ron has met n terrible death.
While the grand duke was driving
from the Nicholas palace through the
senate quarter his carriage was 1ol-
owed by two cabs. At the law courts
q, sIeish in which We're two men. n
Of whom WAS dressed as Il workman,
went quickly ahead Of the grand dukes
carriage.
The sleigh then slowed up to allow
his carriage to pass, and 1T that mo-
mcnt Il bomb was thrown beneath the
clrriagc. The force of the explosion
broke all the windows of the law courts,
and the report was heard outside the
city. The carriage was blown to
pieces. nothing but the four wheels
remaining.
Tie grand duke was Instantly killed.
His head was blown TO pieces, it ac-
tuNlly being separated from his body.
which was frightfulIy mangled. The
coachman was also killed. He was so
fcarfully burned by the explosive with
which the bomb was charged that he
lied while being taken TO Il hospital.
The horses attached To the dukes
carriage were unhurt and holted.
On The arrest of the murdercrs, neitll-
or of whom was known. to the police,
one Of them coolly said:
Il don't care. | have done my job"
An immense crowd gathered ut the
spot and made IL demonstration against
A number of students who commenced
scattering revolutionary proclamations.
Within Il few minutes after the eX-
plosiom people might have been seen
gathering up pieces Of wood and cloth
ing as mcmentoes of the crime.
One of the assassinS arrested by Il
policeman carried Il revolver, but made
no attempt to use it. He expressed
qualification that the Grand Duchess
Elizabeth was not accompanying her
husband. Grand Duke Scrgius, when
the latter was killed. The assassin re-
fused to reveal his identity, but admit
ted that he was Il member of the So
'ialistic revolutionary party.
\ mass of the grand dukes brains
was found near the scene by Il woman,
who handed it to II police commissioner.
The grand dukes pocketbook was
found. IT contained letters and money.
At the moment of the explosion the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was ut the
kremlin, experimenting work for the
wounded ut the front, and was about
to proceed to the residence of the gov
ernor general, expecting to meet her
husband there. Her carriage was wait
ing outside the krcmlin.
When the Grand Duchess Elizabeth
was informed of the occurrence she
Immediately Went to the scene of the
assassination without waiting to put on
L hat or cloak.
The body of Grand Duke Sergius will
be uttered i'll the cathedral of the
fortress of ST. Peter and 81. Paul.
The newspapers extras LISA night an
= nounce the death Of Grand Duke Ser
gius by the explosion Of a bomb, but
give 40 details.
1t is said that the tcrrorists had
marked four persons for execution. the
car. Grand Duke Sergius. Governor
General Trepoll of 81. Petersburg and
Minister of the Interior Bouligan.
nh .arYr, ~ III
Grand Duke Sergius reached Tsarskoe-
SGio palace, near ST. Petersburg. while
he imperial family WAS entertaining
Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia.
who Is on his way TO join the Russian
army in the far east MS an observer
representing Emperor William. Great
Ing the greatest CONSERVATION.
The emperor is reported to have been
completely Frustrated. All festivities
in honor OF the IfusSian guest were ut
C 9ncc abandoned.
Grand Duke Ser@ius, who was Il
hrothcrin-laW as we'll as uncle OF the
emperor and who had exercised i'm.
mensc influence ut court. was regarded
rs the most rcactionary of the CRANE
. dukes. As governor general of Moscow
he was intensely unpopular.
His advent as governor general wa,
followed by expulsion of the Jews from
the central provinces. and Throughout
his administration his rigorous anC
harsh measures aroused the creates
hostility, especially among the stu
s dents.
,e The news of the tragedy at the krem
lin was really no great surprise, as i
was known that the tcrrorists had al
ready condemned the grand duke l.
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