Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-31

Internal Machine Explodes al 4 Public
Reception Given oy the
Premier

s.. PETERSBURG, Aug. @5-An
attempt wa made to assassinatc Pre-
mier Stolypiu The premier escaped
but his son was severely wounded.
The attempt 10 asSussinate was made
by bomb throwers who hurled an in
lcrnal machine into the residence of
the premier while NJ Stolypn was re-
cciving guests
Many persons attending the reception
We're killed or wounded but the premier
was unframed. y panic followed the
explosion.
The city was filled with the widest
rumors after the explosion ut the pre-
mlerS reception.
The premier was reported killed. but
this rumor was quickly denied 10y the
authorities.
Four Bomb Throwers.
-Four revolutionists arrived ut NJ.
Stolypln's villa ON Aptekarsky island at
$40 p. M. today i'll coach. Two of
them We're dressed III the uniforms of
gendarmes, the third was dressed as Il
driver and was on the box of the coach,
and the fourth man was i'll private
clothes.
Two of the men entered the villa un-
der the preteXt of making an important
report to the premier but they were not
permitted to enter his office. One of
the men threw bomb into the reccp-
ton room and Il terrible explosion fol
lowed.
Revolutionist Is Killed
The house WAS nearly destroyed, the
man who threw the bomb was killed
but the premier, who was III his Office
was uninjured. His daughter is said to
have had both her legs broken and the
premier's 3-year-Old son was severely
wounded.
Firemen who arrived on the scene
immediately after the explosion found Il
horrible scene. Many mutilated corpses
and large number of wounded and
lacerated persons were lying around the
spot where the bomb exploded.
Fifty Killed or Wounded.
Among those killed was Gen Zamea-
tin, who during the war with Japan was
chief of communication. About fifty per-
sons were killed or wounded. The two
reyOluti0niSts who remained in the coach
were severely wounded by the explosion
of the bomb.
Gen. Lameatin was the premier's per-
Sonal secretary.
Col. Stein. who was chief of police at
the Tauride palace, where the lower
house of Parliament had its sessions,
was also killed.
RepreSsive Measures.
Repressive measures are now to be
tried against the army as well as the
people. The Emperor today issued IL
ukase increasing all along the line the
penalties for the completely of officers
and men in political conspiracies against
the state and INSTRUMENTATION of any
kind. More important still is the fact
that the discretion HOW permitted to
military courts in the matter of the re-
ducton of the penalties incurred Dv CON
victed men is entirely withdrawn. Sail
Ors and soldiers henceforth know the inn
mutable price of mutiny and treason.
The Emperor issued the ukase as a per
manent law under the power of the tun-
damental law excluding military laws
from the competency of Parliament
Jews May Open Schools.
The Rossia today announced that
among the acts for the amelioration of
the condition of the Jews before the
final adjudication of the whole subject
by parliament, will be authorization for
the Jews to open private schools through
out the empire.
A government spy was captured and
hanged yesterday in the woods near
where peasants and workmen were hold
ing Il meeting.
Police Killed by Bomb
bhhL1IN, Aug Ca OlSpdlcn TO lne
Tageblatt from kattowitz announces
that a bomb was thrown at Bendzin,
Russian Poland, today. killing Police
Captain Jakubik and two policemen and
dangerously wounding another police
man. The bomb was evidently intended
for Jakubik, who commanded Il patrol
which on Monday killed lew The
explosion destroyed the district police
office A detachment of COssacks fired
several volleys and wounded a number
of passersby.
Princes Mansion on Fire.
TIFLIS, Aug. 25.-The country man
sion of Prince Palavandoff at Okoni was
set on fire by peasants last night The
princess was unable to escape and was
burned to death.
Jewish Orphans in New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25-Thrty jew
ish orphans from Russia whose parents
were killed in massacreS i'll Odessa and
other Russian cities or towns arrived
from Europe today on board the s. 5.
America. The Jewish societies of New
York will take care of the children.
tn HONOR AMERICANS