The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-23
RUSSIAN COUNT IS
CQOLLY SHOT down
Alexis Ignatieff, Councillor of
the Empire, Victim of
Young Assassin.
MURDERER MAKES FUTILE
ATTEMPT TO END LIFE
Count Had Been Advocate of
Russian Reform; Had Late
ly Changed Views.

TVER. Russia. Dec. 22.-Count Alex
is Ignatieff, Councillor of the Empire
and former Governor General Of Kiev,
Volhynia and Podolia, was assassinated
today in the refreshment room of the
Mobiles assembly hall The man who
killed him endeavored to commit sui
eide, but was overpowered and arrested
His identity has not been established
Count Igniatieff was sitting with 9th
freshment room. The Zemstvo meets
in the Mobiles assembly hall. Suddenly
q young man who had been sitting
arose and, approaching the Count, fred
six shots from revolver at him. All
the shots took effect, one piercing bis
heart, and the Count died almost in
stantly. The murderer fed to an ad-
joining room, where he turned his re-
volver, two chambers of which he had
reloaded, towards his own breast. One
shot missed, and the other pierced his
shoulder. He was seized and as his
pursuers laid hold of him he shouted:
''I did what ] came here to do
A card of admission to the Zemstvo
bearing the name Of Kulikof was found
in the assassin s pocket. His appear
auce is that of working man.
Once Advocate OF Reform.
General Count Alexis Pavolich Ig-
natieff, the victim, had been an eager
advocate of reform when the Russian
| Parliament was forming. 1t was upon
| his report of conditions in south Rus
| sia, where he had been dispatched af-
] ter Red Sunday by the Car, that was
one of the principal causes which in
duced the Emperor TO proclaim the
| first Parliament. Previous to the adop-
tion of the Parliament law Ignatieff
advocated broad powers for the Parlia-
ment.
| Later, however, he seems to have
changed his opinions, for following the
success of repressive measures after
the Moscow revolt, he became an ac-
tive coadjutor of Gen: Trepoif IN sup,
porting the harsh policies of Minister Of
Interior Duru0vo. H also took part in
the intrigue which encompassed the
| downfall of Count Witte.
1t was said that the plot contemplated
the proclamation of Ignatietf as Pre-
mier, the turning of the guard regi-
ments against Parliament and the appll-
cation of the iron rule which lgnatlef
and associates considered necessary IN
| Russia.
Sketch of the Victim.
| The late Count was born in 1912. and
as a youth entered Hussar regiment.
| He was one of two sons of the famous
first Count Ignatieif. who from soldier
| in the ranks rose to be President or the
| Committee of Ministers. Governor Gen-
eral of ST. Petersburg and founder OF
one of the richest families In Russia.
In 1868 the younger lgnatief became
| commander of the regiment OF Chevaller
| guards, the most coveted post IN the
army. and in 1881 was made chief OF
/ staff of the guard corps. Four years
! later he was made Governor General or
| Trkutsk. and In 1885 Governor'G General
| of Kiev. which place he held until 1897.
| The elder brother of Count ALEXIS,
| Count Nicholas, was noted diplomat
| and former Minister Of the Interior He
was chiefly distinguished for his deVo,
| tiou to the old antocratic ideals ana
| for his avarice. The latter quality
| showed itself when he moved into
small rented flat, IN order that he might
| rent TO others the half dozen splendld
establishments which he owned III st.
Petersburg.
| The obnoxious drumhead courtmartlal
law. under which hundreds of the lead
inc tcrrorists have been executed our,
| inc the last few months, was worked
ouf at special conference, OF which
| Couut Ipnatieff was a member, ana 10
| him the Revolutionists attribute the
| authorship of this measure. Since NJ.
| Stolypin has been Premier, the Count
| has been several times reported as IN
triguing with other members OF the
| so.called camarilla TO oust NJ. StolYpin
and induce the Emperor TO dispense
with the lower House.