Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-07
GEN. TREPOFF ILL;
LIFE Is IN DANGER.
Gar May Lose Butcher" and Powerful
Foe Of the Russian Revo-
lutionists

ST PETERSBURG, Sept. 1-Rcports
are pcrsistentIy circulated that Gen. Ire
pof, commandant Of the palace, is 50 So
Tiously i'll that his life is in danger. No
statement regarding the nature Of his
malady has been given out, but it IS in
timated that it dates back to the time
of the recent rumors that an attempt
had been made to poison the general
Gar Trusts Stolypin.
Premier Stolypin, according to reports
from Peterhof. is high in favor with the
Emperor, who declines to listen to the
suggestions Of the premier's enemies.
The police claim that they have OBJ
tanned an important clue to the head
quarters Of the terrorists' organization.
They say that a man who was arrested
at PeterhOf in connection with the as
sassination Of Gen. Min hastily attempt
ed to swallow q piece of paper which
when recovered proved to be orders in
connection with attempts to be made on
the lives of high personages.
Would Involve Powers.
Another revolutionary attempt TO in
yolve foreign powers in the Russian
crisis was made at st. Petersburg. 1t
was conceived on the same lines to the
bogus Russian officers III uniform as
saulted the German consular agent. This
compelled the governor to offer his per
sOnal regrets for the occurrence and in
doing SO he had to go to the consurs
house. He had to traverse certain
streets to do this, and while on the way
was assaulted by revOlutiOnaries, who
threw bombs. The governor escaped I'M
injured.
Thursday night revOluuonIsts selected
the Italian embassy for the new at
tempts. About 10 o'clock an unknown
man arrived at the embassy and demand
ed to see the ambassador. The concierge
resisted his entry and drew his sword.
The unknown man fired a shot from a
revolver through the glass door. The
man was arrested.
Telephones His Regrets.
Friday Foreign Minister Iszvolsli
telephoned his regrets to the embassy,
but did not call.
Premier Stolypin has taken up his resi-
dence at the winter palace i'll the quar-
ters formerly occupied by Count Witte.
The woman who asSaSSlnated Gen.
Min still refuses to disclose her identity,
but she admits that her passport is
false and has warned her jailers that St.
Petersburg is on the eve of 4 series of
acts of terrorism.
Over 1000 Arrested.
WARSAW, Sept. 1.-Over 2OOO ar
rests were made during last nights police
sweep of this city. Many complaints
have been made by the prisoners of po-
lice brutality.
Maj-Gen. Won Becker of st. Peters
burg has been appointed temporary gov
ernor-general of Warsaw.
The Jewish paper, Der Veg, stated
this morning that twenty Polish an
archists have escaped from Warsaw and
are on their way to the United States.
Bullets in Pumpkin.
MOSCOW, Sept. IA huge pumpkin
carried by a man CARRIED as country
man, today attracted the attention of
the police in the market here by its eX-
cessivc weight and induced them to make
closer investigation with the result
that it was found to be filled with
cartridges. The bearer of the pumpkin
was subsequently identified as n reyolu-
zionist.
The social revolutionists today issued
a proclamation in which they claimed
credit for the murder of Gen. Min, but
denied responsibility for the attempt on
the life Qf Premier StolyniH