Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-31
DYNAMITE BOMB
DEALS DEATH AT RECEPTION or
RUSSIAN PREMIER.
MANY KILLED AND MANNED

Premier's Young Daughter at First
Reported oead-son Badly Injured
Private Secretary kiiisd-Pre-
mier wounded-Fearfui Scenes
Of Blood and Terror.
st. Petersburg.-Twenty'e per
sons are dead and twenty.four wounded
as the result OF u dastardly attempt
Saturday afternoon To assassinhte Pre-
| mier Stoiypin with bomb while he
was holding public reception at his
country house on Aptekassy island.
The premier was slightly wounded on
the face and neck by flying splinters.
Among the dead are the premiers
| fifteen.year-old daughter. who had both
legs broken by the explosion and SUD
sequentiy succumbed 10 her injuries:
General Zamatin. the premier's per
sonaI secretary; Mr.. Khovostof. for
mer governor of the province OF
Penza: Colonel Fodoron. chief OF the
premier's personal guard: Court Cham
berlain Dayidon. Court Chamberlain
| Voronin and Aide Doubasson and four
women and two children.
People were literally blown to pieces.
| Those who were not Killed instantly
were horrible maimed or lacerated.
and all the others present were pros
tratcd by the shock.
Tho prcmicr's escape was miracu.
lous.
Tho havoc wrought by tho explosion
Is indcscribablc. Bodies were 80 torn
or mnnglcd us to make Identification
impossible. some of them hcndlcss.
nrmless or lcHicss lying anon. the
hlood.drippinE wrcakagc. Pieces OF
flesh and clothing clnng to tho shat
tered rnftcrs overhead and some
| lodged In tho branches of the elm trco
| which border the roadway separating
| tho prcmicr's residence from the river.
The terrorist who carried the cxplos-
I've into the house was literally con.
vcrtcd into pulp by tho force OF tho
| explosion.
Tho tragedy created a tremendous
sensation here.
Emperor Nicholas. when nppriscd OF
| the disaster. sent his personal conSrat'
uiations to Premier Stolypin on his cs.
cape.
According to the oficiai account OF
the attempt on N. Stolypin's life. Il ap-
pears that Mt O'Clock Saturday after.
noon carriage containing four per.
sons. two dressed In civilian clothes.
| nnt two In foreign military uniforms,
| drew up nj his villa. Tho men en-.
I, tered tht antc.chnmbcr. one OF them
holding his helmet In his hand as
| though conccnlinH bomb. which ncci-
dcntnily fell In the nntc-chamber. with
the terrible results already detailed.
General Zamcatin was instantly
killed und 81. voronin. n court cham.
ISr!ain. who was attending tho pre-.
micr's Official reception. wns dccap'.
tatcd. while all tho other persons In
tho antc-chnmbcr. including three
Il slV.- hn lnI N
carried tho bomb. were killed.
The legs of N. Stolypin's daughter.
| tho ofYicial account adds. were SO Sc
vcrcly injured that they had to be am.
| putnted, and death cnsucd. His son
| had leg broken. Prince Shnchowskoi.
who was In nn apartment adjoining
| tho nntichambcr. was injured. The
| coEchman Of the carriage which
brought the tcrrorists to the villa was
| killed and the vehicle was destroyed.
but tho horses were not much In
iured.
81. stolypin himself was in the re.
| ccption room. talking to his visitors.
| In his ONCE. which was still farther
| to tho left, were three OF his secre.
| tnrics and footman. Tho violence OF
| the explosion was such that II tore out
| the wall between the reception room
and the premicr's Office. In addition TO
| doing the other damage mentioned,
| killing one OF the secretaries and the
| footman and wounding another secre-
| tnry. II was from the latter that the
| correspondent OF the Associated Press
| obtained these details. The fourth
man who was In the office escaped un.
wounded.
NJ. Knovostoff. former governor OF
| the province Of Penza, and Court Cham.
berlain Davidoff were among those
killed.
The fact that two of the assassins
were disguised as gendarmes doubtless
was due to an effort on their part to
make It appear that they were escort
ing political prisoner. the third man
Of the group being attired In the
clothes Of civilian.
The police authorities this afternoon
declared that the assassins carried
portfolios, which. It is believed, con-
tanned bombs.
1t has later developed that the
daughter of Stolypin, who was injured
by the bomb explosion in the premier's
summer home Saturday, and who was
crroneously reported to have died, is
still alive and passed quiet night un-
der the effects Of an opiate. The pre-
m.er's son, who also was hurt, Is bet
ter.
The telegram sent by Emperor Mich.
olas to NJ. Stolypin after the explosion
was as follows:
'T cannot find words to express my
Indignation. l hope with all my heart
that the health of your son and daugh-
ter will soon be restored and likewise
that Of the other persons injured"
The Dowager Empress this morning
made inquiries as to the condition OF
the premier's children.
Two more persons injured by the ex-
plosion died during the night bringing
the total number OF deaths up to thir-
ty.two. One of the assassins is said to
have died Sunday. Twenty-six persons
were instantly killed.