Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-07
BOMB HID IN HERHA|R
Woman-Attempts to Kill Rus.
sian Officer, but Is De.
tected in Time.
RUSS ELECTIONS HAVE BEGUN
Indications Are That the Peasants
Twill Be Conservative New
journal That Advocates
Reason.

Moscow, March GA boldly planned
attempt on the life of Vice Admiral
Doubasoff, governor general of Mos
cow and member Of the council of the
empire, was frustrated. AS in the
case of Vice Admiral Chouknin, who
on Feb. 9 of this year was the object
of terrorist attack, the would-be as
sassin was a woman, and her method
was practically the same as that of
the woman who attempted the life Of
Chouknin. Representing that she came
from personal friends of the governor
general she gained admittance to the
chancellery, but her agitation attracted
the attention of an aide, who noticed
particularly the luxuriance of the wo-
mans hair, which was coiffeed high
up on her head. When she was in
terrogated she attempted to flee, but
was seized and searched and a small
bomb was discovered concealed in her
tresses. The identity Of the woman has
not been established.
They Show Themselves Conservative
st. Petersburg, March 6.-The prim-
airy elections of the peasant class, Of
which there are four degrees, are in
progress. The returns thus far are
significant. Sunday in the rural dis
tricts of st. Petersburg province the
peasants almost without exception
chose the present village elders and
Volost chiefs, or members of the Vo-
lost courts, to select the delegates to
the provincial congress, which will be
composed Of representatives Of the four
degrees, and which later will choose
representatives to the national assem-
bly,. The selection of the same leaders
who under the old regime were named
more or less through the influence Of
the government district agents, indi-
Gates that the voice Of the peasants in
the provincial congresses will be con-
sentative. No charge, however, has
been raised thus far that the govern
ment has exercised undue influence
Promising Sign of the Times.
A promising sign of the times is the
appearance of q serious Conservative
Liberal paper, The Strana Country,
edited by Professor KOvalensky and a
brilliant staff of professors and writ
ers. The new paper appeals to the
intelligensia to unite in the realization
Of middle programme suited to the
needs of the country. 1t declares its
conviction on one hand that reaction
would mean ruin, and on the other that
the complete collapse of the present
regime would result in a period Of
anarchy from which no one can fore
see the ultimate issue. The paper also
announces that it favors constitution
al monarchy on democratic basis,
universal suffrage, local self govern
ment and the appropriation with rea-
sonable compensation Of portion Of
the private land holdings for the bene-
fit of the peasants.
Jews Repudiate Radicalism.
Minsk, Lithuania, March 6. - The
local Zionist leaders have issued an ap-
peal to their followers to reject the adj
vice Of the Jewish bund, which is agi-
tating against participation in the cleo
lions, and urging them in the inter-
est of the Jews not to lose an oppor-
tunity Of elccting representatives to
the national assembly as in many
places the ZZionists are in the ma
jority.