The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23
RUSSIAN NOBLE ASSASSNATED Count Ignatieff Killed
 by Stranger. HATEFUL LAWS AUTHOR Held ExaItsd Position in Russian
 Aristocracy. Helpea se Frame Obaozious Drumheaa Court Martial Law under which Hundreds of Terrorists Were
 Execptea.
HATEFUL LAWS AUTHOR

< Tver. Russia. Dec. 22--Count Alexis Ignatieft. member of the counc.l of the empire and ex-(aovernor Gene4 al O. Kiev. Voihyn.a and Podo ia, was shJt and killed by dn unknown ma.l hsse today in the e4refreshinent room vf tae hall orcupied by the Nobles Assembly, The assassin fired six bullets trJm d revoaver into his victims body and then tried 10 commit suicide bat wds seized before he atouId do so. and he -,ts now in custody of the police
 At the moment of the assassination Count Ignatieff was sitting with other rsiembsrs Of the zems ,vo in the refresn- Nobles Assembly Hall. .Sudden.y young man wno had been sitting apa [ arose and. approaching the Count emp tied the contents of revolver at h m. All the shots took effect, one pierc n his heart, and the Count died almost instantly. The murderer, followed by some members of the Zemstvo, hed to an adjoining room where he turuel his revolver, two chambers. of which he had reloaded. toward his breast One shot missed his body entire.y and the othar pierced his shoulder. He was then seized and at the moment hi pursuers laid hold of him he shouted. q did what came here to do"
 A card of admission to the Zen1stvo bearing the name of Kulik0R was found in the assass,n's pocket. His appearance Is that of a workingman.
 General Count Alexis Pavolich lgna- lieff was born In iS42, and after com pleting the usual courses entered a regiment Of Hussars of the Guard. In 1883 he was appo Dted comma nder of he regiment of Cheva' fer Guards. the most coveted post ih the Russiin army. and in 1891 he became chief of stan of he guard corps Count IgnatieH en tered the admin 'strative service in isgk as Governor General of IrkutsN and lra 1883 was appointed Governor General nf Kisv. which position he held antiI issz.
 AS a restlt of the disorders which occurred throughout Russfa after .Red sunday.a January 22. 1905. Ignatien was sent by the Emperor to investigate che situation In Southern Russia and. his report on the immediate necessity Tor granting reforms was one of the chief reasons which induced the Em- peror to proclaim the first Russlan Par lament. During the debates preceding the addition of the parliamentary law of August 6, I905 Ignatieff advocated the granting of a large measure of power to Parliament, but 1t appears that the success of the repressiVe meas ures following the Moscow revelt changed his opirion. for he became the active coadjutor of General Trerof In suporttng the repressive policy of Min fster of the Interior Durnovo and the intrigue which resulted in the downfall of Count Wits.
 The late Count was one of two sons of the famous First Count fgnatien. who. from soldier in the ranks of the imperial guard. rose to be President of St Petersburg and founder of one of the richest families of Russia Ac- cording to the story told of the rise -A ef.- Fa~sns Tera fafP the Emperor, attracted by the unusual stature and soIdierly bearing of the young pricate~on guard at the entrance of the Imperial apartments selected him for promotion. and. finding him to be intelligent. jealous and devoted, ad- vaRSsn Ehe young soldier from one post to another until he became count Of the Russian Empire.
 The elder brother of Count Alexis. Count Nicholas, noted diplomat and former Minister of the Interior. inher- ited a large part of his fathers shrewd- ness and energy, but Alexis was chief ly distinguished for his uncompromis- ing devotion to the old autocratic ideals of Russia and an avarice which found impression in hls occupying a small, rented fiat in order that he might rent the half dozen or more splendid rest dences belonging to him in the Russian capital.
 The obnoxious drumhead courtmartial law. under which hundreds of thes lead ing terrortsts have been executed dur ing the last few months, was worked ont at a special conference, at which Count IenatieR was member, and to him the reVolutionists attribute the au- thorship of this measure. Since M. Stolypln has been Premier the Count has been several times reported as in- triguinB with other members of the so-called camarilla to opst Stolypin and induce the Emperor toidispense en- tirely with the lower house.