Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-18
The Blow Had Been Planned For Weeks
--0thsrS Scheduled.
Great Excitement in MoscoW--Assas-
sins Arrested emperor Frustrated.

Moscow. Feb 1S.-i.20 y. M-With-
| in thr Walls of the far-lamcd Krrmiu
Palace, ana almost underneath the his
torical tower from which Ivan the Ter
lible watched the heads o! his enc
mics falling beneath the axe on the
famous Red Square. aud within 4
stones throw " the Great Bell Of Mos
| cow. Grand Duke Scrgius, uncle and
Iotheriu Of Emperor Nicholas
and The chief NJ the rcactioraries. met
terrible de"th. shortly before 3 O'Clock
"Sta.duy afternoon. The deed WAS
ommittcd by 4 single terrorist who
threw beneath the carriage of the
Grand Duke Il bomb with the same
i:igh iower explosive which wrought
minister ion phehvc's death The
missile WAS packed with nails and
fragments Of iron. ana it, explosion
tore the imperial victims body 10
ehastIy fragments. which strewcd the
snow for yards around. Ercry win
',oW i'm the great lofty facade of the
l.liace Il Justice was shattered ana
Lifts Of iron We're imbcdded deeply in
the walls Of the arsenal L hundred
cards away.
The assassin belongs to the noted
Fighting Group" Of the socialist revo-
Itipnary party. which has removed
other prominent officials. ana long
SiEce PASSED sentence Of death upon
iraiid Duke SerGiu>. the Grand Duke
.lnew that .ic stood in the shadow of
death. He WAS the recipient of re-
ueated Wa Mugs. ana elaborate pre-
ciutions We're taken To cnelro his safe
~: bat all the resources Of tie gendar.
meineS police ana soldiers proved un-
HNaili3S against an attempt almost eX-
f"tly Duplicating the procedure that
"iusel tho Gc2th of Minister Of the
interior Won Pheve ii, July OF last
rcaT.
1t was the iron of fate that s;crgius.
@fter taking rpfu2r in his Couf:t,v vi:!:,.
during tho strike troubles of 4 mont,
so, and later seeking even more Sc
ti:rr shelter III the palace within tho
kremlin walls, should he killed while
proceeding to tie governor generals
N3laco beyond the walls. and which Re
hAC lbHhdrrc3 tc cnarle the police
better protect him. Grand D::rhnss
Elizabeth. who has been engaged in
ne dHiiy task Di preparing comforts
!or ne sick a'.d WoUndcd Russian SOL
tiers in ManChurlt WAS about To drive.
70 the palace 10 raioin her husband.
When she heard of what had bcfallcn
thc Grand Duke sh" vas driven in
taste to the Scere of tffe tragedy AMI
kneit hatlcs and coatless on the blood
stained SNOW aud murmlrcd PRAYERS
for the welfare of the soul Of her slain
coHSpr
The scene of the crime was the great
open triangle within the KremIin.
bounded by the arsenal. treasury and
courts of Justice. in the angle of which
is the Nicholas, or Little Palace. where
If" Grand Duke dWelt. At the opposite
corner is the Nikolsky Gate. the exit
to the town beyond the ramparts. A
few nninnteS before the bell of the gate
sounded the hour Of three. the equipage
of the Grand Duke emerged from the !
gates Of the palace ana then proceeded. |
followed by slrigns containing secret |
police. 1t SWent at smart pace to- |
wards the gate, passing the Choudof |
cloiSter. VANS Tower. the Great Gar
bell and long rows of cannon. captured |
from Napoleon in the winter retreat Of |