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InieE- Oceon, DsyiIs LaKe. n, d.. AUD. 5 /, 1906

st Petersburg, Aug. rand
Duke Nicholas Nichol witch, presi.
dent Of the council of ma ionaI de.
Tense, narrowly escaped assassin tion
Friday afternoon at the hands Of the
imperial guards in the guard camp at
Krasnoye -Selo.
| The grand duke was personally re-.
viewing, naneuvering and putting the
troops through blank firing practice
when he sud- denly was startled by the
wasp-like hiss Of bullets about his
I3head. The grand duke, surrounded by
his officers and aids, was OF on one
side out of the line of fire. Sss III
Duke and Horse untoucia he'd.
Forum tely, neither himself nor his
horse was touched The command to
cease firing was ediately given
and the Tiers of the regiments from
which the bullets came were marched
back to their quarters and an investi-
cation was begun il the hope Of ascer.
tanning from the barrels Of the rifles
which of the soldiers had fred bah
cartridges. Several arrests were
made.
The shots were fired BY the first
battalion Of the sharp shooters Of the
guard. who advanced in rushes, while
! making q sham attack on an In.
trenched position. Fully 100 shots
were fired, but the impatience Of the
conspirators led them to open fire: All
~ c,Fet,
object. Before the maneuvers began
all the ball cartridges were taken
from the troops and the officers had
taken the precaution to make a. spe.|
cial examination Of the cartridge
pouches Of the soldiers iirnmed iately3
before the movement s us
Accident Theory Secuted.
One of the grand dukes aigs-de.
camp, who, however, was not person.
ally present, advanced the theory that
possibly the bullets were fired by &C.
cident, but he considered that beyond
a doubt there was plot on the part
Of q number Of disloya guard smen,
who deliberately planned to take the
grand dukes life under cover Of the;
general blank-ca cartridge firing. ~
was no more an accident the
aid camp said, than was the firing
of the charge of grape from the salut-.
ing battery at the winter palace on
the occasion Of the ceremony Of bless
Ing the waters of the Neya by the en-
peror a year and half ago. !" 33
The bold attempt on the Il grand
dukes life caused an Immediate
change in the plans Of the emperor.
who had arranged to go to Krasnoye
and pass a week with the soldiers Of
his imperial guards. ssh
The affair has created a deep i'm
preston in military circles, and is,
the one topic of conversation in. the
clubs, but the attempt on the grand
dukes life is not generally known
here, no word on the subject having
been published in the newspapers.
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaie-
witch is one Of the sons Of the grand
duke of the same name who was an
uncle to the czar and died in 1891.
The present Grand Duke Nicholaie-s
witch was born in st. Petersburg No
vember 6, 1856. He entered the army
and ultimately attained the rank of
inspector general OF cavalry, and aid.
de-camp on the general staff He holds
many honorable positions In the Rus
sian army, and is chief Of various reg
fments, including one Of Prussian shus-
sars. When the st. Petersburg gen
eral strike, was proclaimed last week,
and the country seemed to be facing 81
revolution, It was reported that Grand
Duke Nicholas would be made COM
chief Of the army, and
might rule the nation as a military
dictator
10 Court Martial 1000 Men.
st. Petersburg Aug. Is. After the
prelimin ary investigations the mill
tary and naval prosecutors have de-
cided to try by court martial no less
than 1000 soldiers and sailors who
participated in the Kronstadt and
sSVeaborg mutinies. The prospects OF
the men, however. have been bright
ened by the decision Of the emperor
to ppofnt TWO extraord Urinary commits
sioners, headed respectively by Gems.
Vodar and Guncheroff and Admirals
M ~ and Makaroff, to investigate
the causes OF the outbreaks at Kron-s
stadt and SVeaborg 6. and to determine
the resp visibility for the democrat
ization.
Illinois Pioneer Passes Away.
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died at his home In Franklin Park.
aged 85 years. He was pioneer &c.