Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-18
Today's TeIegraphic News
THE ASSASSINATION OF GRAND
DUKE SERGIUS.

St. Petersburg, Feb. lS.-It is not
generally believed that the assassination
OF Grand Duke Sergius at Moscow yes
terday will cause the Car to reconsider
the PRONUNCIATION of reforms for the
workingmen. On the other hand, 1t IS
thought probable that the opposite effect
will result, and new era be fastened
by the act, which is taken to indicate
the desperate state of mind of the reyo-
luIionary element.
1t has transpired that SaEonef, the
assassin of NJ. Pehve, wrote confession
while confined in the Peter and Paul
fortress, giving in detail the aims of the
terrorists, one of which was the assassin
alton of Grand Duke Sergius.
Moscow, Feb. l8.--The assassin Of
Grand Duke sergius is said to have con-
fessed that he belongs to the workmen's
social democracy He added: II ac-
complished the will of the executive"
Odessa, Russia, Feb. l8.-I.eafets
are being circulated this morning signed
by the south Russian section of the
social democratic reyolutionaries. an
nouncing the death OF Grand Duke Ser
gius, and concluding: 'The event
marks the beginning of war Of repri
sails forced on the people by the unbend-
ing stubbornness and intolerably oppres :
sive rule Of the present regime.
st. Petersburg, Feb. l8.--It is an
$1,000 ,hat H. f,,raral sc ths Grand
Duke Sergus will be held several days
hence, within the Kremlin at Moscow.
The Gar and the Imperial family will
be represented at the obsequies by the
Grand Duke Alexis
st. Petersburg, Feb. lS-A memorial
service for Grand Duke Sergius was held
at the st. lsaacs Cathedral today. A
large congregation was present, which
included many grand dukes and other
notables Personages.
ST. Petersburg, Feb. lS.--Tbe council
of the empire. it is announced, will
hold an extraordinary sitting to consider
the situation resulting from the assassi-
nation OF Grand Duke Sergius.
Paris, Feb. lS.-Reliabe information
has been received in we'll informed cir
Giles here outlining the intentions of the
Russian revolutionists. A period of
relative calm is expected to succeed the
assassination OF Grand Duke Sergius.
The real crisis will come in the spring,
when the lack of ice and snow will per-
nit it. A serious revolutionary move
ment is as impossible now as battle is
impossible in Manchuria. The socialist
and army leaders are in identical positions
held back by the rigor of the winter. ]
Meantime strikes will continue here and
there, with partial assumptions inter-
rupted at intervals. 1t is known the
nihiists have selected Grand Duke
Vladimir as their next victim. Governor
General TrepOf Of st. Petersburg will
follow him, according to the nihilist
plans, and then will come n. Pobiedon-
otszeff, the Procurator OF the Holy Synod.
The Cars turn will not come until af-
ter he has signed the constitution, since
his signature is necessary. In this
the revolutionists will be following
procedure similar to that fol.
lowed in the case of Louis XXI, who
was allowed to sign the French consti-
tuition 10 1871 before he gpillotined.
1t is anticipated here that the result OF
this knowledge will be that the Russian
government will resort to reaction in the
hope of sparing lives Of prominent men.
The prospects Of reform, it ia thought, |
will be indefinitely postponed.
st Petersburg, Feb. l8.--The natu-
raj alarm caused among government Of
6cials by the assassination of Grand |
Duke Sergius, and the subsequent dis
closure Of widespread revolutionary SEN
timent, has been increased here by the
scattering broadcast of revolutionary
literature among the workmen today.
This literature appeals to the workers to
rise against their oppressors.