The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-15
~RzDs" TAKE TWO LIVES.
Dagger For Admiral Nuzmich and
Bomb For COnstantinon.

Bomb For COnstantinon.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 10. Vice
Admiral Kuzmich. commander Of the
port. was assassinated here by work
men, whose May day demonstration he
had attempted to stop.
A crowd of wOrkmen from the great
Laferme tobacco factory, in the Vassil
Ostron district, paraded through the
district carrying red flags and forced
all the works TO close.
The chief petroleum depot Of St Pc
tersburg, behind the Nevsh monas-
terry was set ON hre and completely
destroyed
Admiral Kuzmich was killed at the
new admiralty works, government
institution. Most of the 1000 men EN-
ployed there reported for duty at 3
a. IN. They wanted to Immediately
march out in body and celebrate the
Russian May day, but finally agreed to
work till 2 o'clock In the afternoon,
The admiral, however, made speech
to the men, saying that he could not
agree to their leaving work at . o'clock,
and the matter was left open.
At about $3.50 a. m. the admiral was
emerging from a small shop In the
works when workman who had been
concealed around the corner OF the
building leaped on Kuzmich from be-
hind and drove a long dagger into his
back The admiral fell forward on
his face, which was badly cut by
stones, and expired Immediately. The
assassin fed into large forge, where
he was lost among the men employed
there. The works were promptly sur
rounded by troops and police but the
search for the murderer was unavail7
ing, his comrades processing ignorance
of his identity
Admiral Kuzmich participated in the
Russo-Turkish war and in 1902 was
second flag officer of the Port Arthur
fleet.
Despite this tragedy the workmen OF
the capital made IN imposing showing
in their celebration. Practically every
factory. mill and shop was idle More
than 100000 men joined IN the demon
stration.
Former Premier White again took a
prominent part in the conferences of
members of the council of the empire,
successfully insisting that the adoption
of reply to the speech from tile
throne should be postponed until u
regular meeting of the council. at
which representatives of the press
| shall be present in order that the cour-
! try may be informed AS TO the argu-
mems advanced ON either side. The
reply virtually contains demand for
/ the amnesty of political prisoners who
4 are not guilty of murder or robbery.
/ In other respects the reply seems to be
/ especially designed to disarm the sus-
/ piciOn that il is to he the rule of the
| upper chamber to block legislation
| proposed by the lower house
While Police Captain Constantinofi
was standing In Marszalkowska street
( Warsaw, at I o'clock last evening with
/ two policemen and four soldiers a
young man threw a bomb into the
group The explosion Of the bomb lit
orally tore Captain Constantinon 70
pieces and severely wounded police
man and six other persons. The assas
sin tried TO escape, and, firing his re
yolyer, wounded soldier. The other
soldiers replied with yolley. killing
80.
The soldiers then attacked the people
who had gathered with their bayonetS
! ana the butts of their guns, woundine
eleven persons. making total OF foul
killed and nineteen wounded.
The terrorists had sought Captain
Constantinoff's life since May day OF
last year. when he ordered the soldiers
to fire on a procession of socialists
causing the death of thirty persons.