Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-14
CARS GUARDS TRY
T0 Kill NICHOLAS
GRAND DUKE, COUSIN OF RUS.
SIAN EMPEROR, NARROWLY
ESCAPES ASSASSINATION.

SIAN EMPEROR, NARROWLY
ESCAPES ASSASSINATION.
ATTEMPT is MADE
DURING MANEUvERS
eoldiers Fire Ball Cartridges Instead
i of Blanks, But Distance Is Too
Grcat-Intended Victim Is Unin-
jured.
st. Petersburg. Aug. 13.-Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, presi-
dent OF the council of national de-
Tense, narrowly escaped assassination
Friday afternoon at the hands of the
Imperial guards in the guard camp at
Krasnoye-Selo.
The grand duke was personally re-
viewing, maneuvering and putting the
troops through blank-fring practice
when he suddenly was startled by the
wasp-like hiss OF bullets about his
head. The grand duke, surrounded by
his officers and aids, was Off on one
side out of the line Of fire.
Duke and Horse Untouched.
Fortunately, neither himself nor. his
horse was touched. The command to
uease firing was Immediately given
and the soldiers of the regiments from
which the bullets came were marched
hack to their quarters and an invests
cation was begun in the hope Of ascer-
tanning from the barrels OF the rifles
which of the soldiers had nred bali
cartridges. Several arrests were
made.
The shots we're fred by the flrst
battalion OF the sharpshooters of the
guard, who advanced In rushes, while
making sham attack on an in
:trenched position. Fully 100 shots
were fred, but the impatience of the
conspirators led them to open FIRE at
such distance as to Illustrate their
object. Before the maneuvers began
all the ball cartridges were taken
from the troops, and the officers had
taken the precaution to make spe-
clai examination Of the cartridge
pouches OF the soldiers Immediately
before the movement.
Accident Theory Secuted.
One of the grand dukes aids-de.
camp, who, however, was not person.
ally present, advanced the theory that
possibly the bullets were AIRED by &C:
cident. but he considered that beyond
q doubt there was a plot on the part
of number Of disloyal guardsmen,
who deliberately planned to take the
grand dukes life under cover Of the
general blank-carridse firing.
ut was no more an accident" the
ald-de-camp said, than was the firing
of the charge OF grape from the salut-
Ding battery at the winter palace on
the occasion Of the ceremony of bless
ing tho waters OF the Nova by :ae en-
peror Q year and a halt Eeu
The bold xtteIIpt on the grand
,Auke.s ,fte caused an Immediate
change In the plans Of the emperor,
who had arranged to 30 to Krasnoye
and pass week with the soldiers of
his imperial guards.
The AFFAIR has created a deep Inn
preston in military circles. and Is
the one topic Of conversation in the
clubs. but the attempt on the grand
dukes life 10 not generally known
here, no word on the subject having
been published IN the newspapers.
(Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaie.
witch is one Of the sons of the grand
duke of the same name who was an
uncle TO the ozar and died in 1891.
The present Grand Duke Nicholaie.
witch was born In st. Petersburg No.
vembsr s. 1856. He entered the army
and ultimately attained the rank OF
de-camp on the general staff. He holds
many honorable positions in the Rus.
sian army, and is chief OF various reg
iments, including one OF Prussian hus
sars. When the st. Petersburg gen
eral strike was proclaimed last week
and the country seemed to be facing q
revolution. 1t was reported that Grand
Duke Nicholas would be made com.
mander.in-chief OF the army, and
might rule the nation as a military
Aictator.)
TO Court.Martial 1000 Men.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 13.-After the
preliminary Investigations the mill
tary and naval prosecutors have de.
cided to try by court martial no less
than 1000 soldiers and sailors who
participated in the Kronstadt and
Gyeaborg mutinies. The prospects OF
the men. however, have been bright.
ened by the decision of the emperor
70 appoint two extraordinary commits.
Sioners. headed respectively by Gems.
Nodar and Guncheron and Admirals
Mollas and Makaroff. to investigate
fhe causes OF the outbreaks at Kron.
stadt and syeaborg and to determine
the responsibility for the democrat
tzation..
Illinois Pioneer Passes Away.
Chicago, Aug. a3.--Mellican Hunt
died at his home in Franklin Park,
aged IS years. He was g pioneer of
Illinois. having come to the state in
1S43, and claimed the distinction of
having shipped the first load of freight
by rail into Chicago in December
184S. Mr.. Hunt leaves widow and
Ave children.
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y Governor Forced to Resign.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 1s.-The re
VOTED police at Aracaju, capital of tho
State of sergipe. have compelled the
governor and vice governor to resign
leaving the state government in the
hands of the presiding Judge of the