Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-18
GERMANS OF BALTIC PROVINCES
AGAIN IMPLoRE THE Gov
EMINENT OF RUSSIA
ACT ON BUsH's DEATH
Rich German Manufacturer Is Killed
by Agents OF Revolutionary orsanl.
zatlon-General Trepoff Dies-Presi.
dent Of Martial Shot.

dSSl SupTeSS OI ttuSSla ldnQ9Q To-Day
for the first time from the imperial
yacht which is in the harbor here. She
accompanied her sister, Queen Alexan-
dra to her summer residence at Hvi-
dore. The dowager empress has been
i'll since her arrival here.
Odessa, Sept. 17.-Upward of hun
dred persons were arrested here to-
day for rejoicing over the death Of
General Trepoff in too public a man
ner
Warsaw, Sept. 17.-Gen. Doroshev.
sky, president Of the court martial
which Sept. 15, condemned two revolu-
tionists to death by hanging, was shot
and wounded in the thigh while driv-
Ing this morning The would be assas-
sin escaped.
Germans Seek Protection.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 17.-Insecurity
Of life and property in the Baltic pro-
vinces, which eliminated last Satur.
day In murder of Herr Bush, rich
German manufacturer and leader OF
German colony at Riga, led German
embassy here to again make energetic
representations to the foreign office
concerning the adoption of measures
for protection of German subjects
Bush was killed by agents of the re
volutionary organization engaged in
levying tribute
Ministry of justice, interior and wal
have sent commissions to investigate
| the recent massacres.
General Trepoff Dies.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 17.-Gen
Dmltti Teodrovieh Trepoff, command
ant OF the imperial palace, died at {
o'clock Saturday evening In his villa
at Peterhof of angina pectoris.
Gen. Trepoff, whose name was in
delibly linked with reaction and op
preston in Russia, was remarkable
man. He was a natural despot, {
tyrant by inclination, education ant
conviction. He was one Of those mer
who have constantly appeared in Rus
sian history just at the time when con
ditions were most promising for put
ting an end to despotism to turn the
Russian rulers from liberalism to re
action. 1t was he who became the
guiding spirit of the reaction afte
Nicholas II. had issued his manifesto
in the fall of 1905, promising the people
a share in the government. Holdin.
the position Of master of the palace
in league with the court intriguer
who determined to restore the old re
gime, he constantly had the emperor
ear.
Romance In His Career.
Like his father before him, Trepof
was police master with all the nam,
involved in Russia, and the story O
father and son is full Of dramatic in
| cidents. The elder was founding
| Who his parents were was neve
known He was found one mornjn,
upon the back doorstep of German
family, by whom he was playful,
named "Trepo-Hof" German for door
step). The father distinguished him
self as a member of the secret police
During the height of the nihilist cor
spiracies in the late 70s 1t was to hin
that Alexander II. confided the tasl
Of running down terrorists plottin
against his life. The fight betweel
liberalism and reaction then, as late
under Trepoff's son, was in full swing
and then, as later, the energies of tn
police were directed against the stu
dent agitation.
| Dmitri followed his fathers foot
steps. He attracted the attention @
Grand Duke Sergius, then governo
general of Moscow, and by him wa
named police master of Moscow. Tre
poff soon became Sergius' right arr
| in fighting tie revolutionary studen
agitation. Of which the ancient capita
was the hotbed.
4 Becomes Real Ruler Of Russia.
4 When sergus was assassinate
Trepoff was named governor genera
Of Moscow Later he was summone
to st. Petersburg and given the con
mand of the imperial guard and mad
governor general of the city. He too
up his residence in the winter palac
and became in fact, If not In name
dictator of Russia.
ROCKEFELLER AGAIN is SICK.