The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-09-20
DEATH OF CEN. TREPOFF.
MOST HATED AGENT OF THE CAR
is DEAD IN HIS VILLA
e. AT PETERHOF.
WAS A NATURAL DESP0T.
Father Scorned as Much Before as Son
Was in Recent Years-Czar
Thought Much of Him.

Gar, died Saturday evening i'll his villa
at Peterhof. The cause of death is OF
tcially announced as angina pectoris. 1t
is popularity believed, however, that
Trepotf was victim of poison admin
istered several weeks ago as climax
of terrorist plot.
On August - TrepOU was taken vlo-
lently i'll. On the same day his cook
and three other servants were thrown
into prison. Trepoif had been i'll since
that date, but not confined to his room.
On last Wednesday he was present at
the parade of the Pavovsky regiment,
and on Thursday he was present at the
landing stage when the Car and fam
lily embarked on the royal yacht Tor a
cruise in French waters.
Trepoft a Natural Despot.
Gen Dmitri Feodorvich Trepon was a
police spy, not a soldier, as his title
implied His name was indelibly linked
with reaction and oppression in Russia.
In many respects he was remarkable
man. He was natural despot, Il tyrant
by inclination, education and conviction.
He was one of those men who have con-
stantly appeared, like evil geniuscs, III
Russian history.
1t was Trepof who became the guild
ing spirit of the reaction after Nicholas
IL. had issued his famous manifesto III
the fall of 1909, promising the people
a share in the government.
Like his father before him, Trepoft.
was police master with all that the
name involved in Russia, and the story
of father and son is full of dramatic
HI'IurH'S' INC clucl ""S i"uu" "iG
morning as baby upon the pack door
step oil German fanny ny WhoiA II"
was taken III ana p.aElu"S gwen lne
nam" VI iI'pp-Hoi I'el"'"" l'' u"'i
sep !ard)'
Father Hated Before Him
rho f.,tl,,r ort,,r.d ,,a I,,s.i,p sorry.
ice rs an agent Of the famous third
sect.n ana III the late 'oS 1t was TO
nm mat Alexander II. cohhued ihe TASK
OF unearthlng and running down the
terrorlsts who We're plotting against ms
life. The Tight between liberalism and
reaction then, rs later under lrcpon ;
son, was in full swing, and then, rs
later. the energies of the police were
directed against the student agitation.
1t was the elder TrcpoH whom Vera
Sassulitch tried to assassInate on Fchru-
ary :, 1878.
Dmitri followed his fathers footsteps
in tLn noIicn drnortmpnt He attracted
general If Noscow and Inv him was
AIMED noiicn n,.tnr NJ NosGo,y IRON
ncr so,r hoooin,, SI,,,i,,s' ri,Lt arm in
G,t;,,,, ~ ,,.I,,t ;'',,r, .7',o,,t ,,,
n-';l,hs ''e i''0IU'''''"'' S'''i''' as
''',on, c,.,. = a. ,r,..l,,,. ,,,I;,.o rr,,-
&C. - l.oi'Ji W. i..' ,i,,, t,,. ~
and iptrigue, but incompctent in the no.
lice regulation.
TrepOI's rule was SO dcSpotic, 50
cruel, 50 inconsideratc. that he incurred
the cnmity of the mobiles, who regarded
him with contempt. and of the people.
who looked upon him with hatred. Six
times did he ESCAPE assassination, and
he boasted that his was a charmed life
o. ON. 1,roose
S%ai Vans AAePo"'
When, early in January, 100, the Gar
took from Grand Duke S'rgius the gov
ernorShip of Moscow. Irepotf found him
self without an occupation, for he was
dismissed. TaeA came the massacre OF
January ana the 'Tar ana the grand
dukes decided y pace ~ letrrSourE
under the rule OF a virtual Dictator. Ire
pom was Seiected' ana ne was lnSiai!rd
III the WINTER i'Iaee' where ne ruleu IKE
a ear. lie was gwen the tltIe Hrst on
chlet OF police tmeh !'iet chiei or the
RUSSIAN secret n1llce' ne mug LUZ com
mana OF tne hilIitar! IN inc -. ielPrS-
purS ulSlrIr''. Al S!Nil "n'c'"i' we're
made responsible to nm.
-
but win 1r"poh III lne Sauu'e va, ~" Inspect
OF AFFAIRS changed. troops uiIeu ihGi
st!tc'S aiu uH"u W"i'N W. ",I w,
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uo D,o4a - WV 49,
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~ dnnth E;,nii,, NJ C,or ,'' ,' i',p'
ncIIod ~ viaId to nn,,,Iar cIo,n.r o,,'I
take from Trcpoff the dictatorial powers
ne had been lhtruStcd Will. Stlll the
Var was niue 10 heileNe ittpoH alone
WAS cupaoie " S"ieSuaIuihg me lNes or
nihlSeH anu the =, HllpGrl'I lHhliE, Ana
50 ne retlred 10 IzarSkoc-SeIo 10 become
muster ol inc pniace.
~ an IN "reu"i "'t'ilptS ON the me
~ Hoh. iltPon nav p'rh Iiiauc Wlthih
,'e l"Ht tnree vars, ana ohly Iast July
, men iio~iGn W 'lIe hoauq"artcrS Stat
was "'S'0Hii"I'h ~ el'Ihol ny ter