The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-08-30
BOMB EXPLOSION
KILLS TH|RTY-TWO
FEARFUL RESULT OF ATTEMPT
ON LIFE or RUSSIAN PREMIER.
THREATEN MORE DEATHS
Central Committee of Revolutionists
Declares Unless Government Alters
Policy Representatives Will Be
Slain by Hundreds.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 27.-The daugh-
ter OF Premier Stolypin who was in
1ured by the bomb explosion in the
premier's summer home Saturday and
who was enormously reported to have
died, was still alive Sunday, having
passed a quiet night under the effects.
of an opiate. The premier's son, who
also was hurt, is better.
The telegram sent by Emperor Mich
olas to M. Stolypin after the explosion
was as follows:
Il cannot find words to express my
indignation. hope with all my heart
that the health of your son and
daughter will soon be restored and
likewise that of the other persons in
jured."
The dowager empress Sunday morn
ing made inquiries as to the condition
of the premier's children.
Total Dead Thirty-Two.
Two more persons injured by the
explosion died during the night, bring
ing the total number of deaths up to
80. Twenty-six persons were killed
instantly.
The central committee of the So
cial revolutionists has drawn up
proclamation which declares that un-
less the government forthwith alters
its policy such acts as the attempt on
the life of Premier Stolypin will be
pursued to the utmost and government
representatives will be killed by hun
dreds. ...
Private adviees received here from
Tifiis are to the effect that a plot on
the life of Count Won Vorontzoff- Dash
koff, viceroy of the Caucasus, has been
discovered and that many arrests have
been made, including several officers.
M. Moukhanoff, member of the
late parliament, who at the time of
the explosion was waiting to see Pre-
mier Stolypin concerning permission
to hold a congress of the constitution
al democratic party, says:
II was sitting with some 20 other
visitors, including several ladies, at
long table in the Wanting room, NJ.
Stolypin then being engaged with NJ.
Potivanoff, marshal of the nobility
of the province of Simbisrk, and the
president of the Simbirsk zemstvo
deputation. After waiting for some
time i changed my seat and joined
M. Prisotkoff a chamberlain Of the
court in a bay window overlooking the
avenue leading up to the house.
Stunned by the Explosion.
"a few seconds after the arrival Of
the carriage bearing the assassins,
which attracted my attention because
visitors usually come in smaller car
riages, I was suddenly hurled back
ward against the wall, which my head
struck / was so stunned that l did
not even hear the explosion. When
I recovered consciousness I saw that
the ceiling and one of the walls were
gone and that the room was heaped
with debris from the floor above.
1.-THE first words l heard came from
the lips of a mother superior who was
standing amid the ruins in corner
of the room praying before an ikon:
Save us! save us!' at the same time
crossing herself She was one of six
who escaped uninJured. The occu-
pant of the chair l had formerly oc-
cupied was killed on the spot.
Premier Remained Calm.
ST then went into the garden where
came face to face with M. Stolypin.
He had complete mastery over him.
self and was perfectly calm. urged
him not to 60 back into the house,
saying that there might be another
bomb there; but he insisted on re-
turning, saying: There may be
wounded persons in there The pre-
miers' face was despatched with ink,
thrown there by the force of the ex-
plosion."
M. Stolypin is greatly grieved at the
death of the old hall porter, who had
served the ministry of the interior for
40 years under 16 ministers.
Medical Aid Delayed.
One of the most painful features of
the tragedy was the delay in securing
medical aid for the injured, as over
an hour elapsed before an ambulance
arrived.
M. Stolypin's one thought was for
his daughter, and he kept exclaiming:
"For Gods sake, fetch doctor! Oh,
my poor girl!
1t was fully half an hour before be-
ginning was made systematically to
clear the wreckage, during which the
injured suffered agonies. At dusk
torches we're lighted and by the fitful
light from these the work was con-
tinued and the walls we're shored up
with strong beams.
Many trees in the avenue were
blown down by the force of the ex-
'plosion and the aspect of the house
and grounds was one of complete des-
olauon. Parts Of human bodies were
thrown great distance. An officer
CHANGED to knock against a small
tree and bloody, dust-covered hand
that had lodged among the branches
fell at his feet.