The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-12
CAR COLLAPSES
FEARING DEATH
FIRMLY CONVINCED THAT AS
SAsSlNS SURROUND HIM EVEN
IN PALACE
OFFICIALDOM IN A PANIC
AS Result of Two Latest Murders BY
Terrorists-Emperor' Sadness
Echoed in Poem--Vice Ad-
miraI Thre atened.

ST. Petersburg, Jan. ll--Society IL
discussing a poem by the czar sent to
a friend with photograph of the
imperial family. The poem sums up
the atmosphere Of melancholy AMI
fatality now surrounding the ear.
Two stanzas, which seem to reflect
His Majesty's present state of mind,
are:
My happiness was born at night
And snckles in the gloom; 70
My pleasures have dissolved In fight,
Heart stricken al my doom,
My soul strives blindly for rehef.
Oh He'd as by drifting snow.
BY dorbts which mock at the belief
OF finding peace below.
The terror prevailing Russian offic.
aldom as a result of the amazing se-
ries of assassinations in the last six
months was accentuated today by the
report of the death of Colonel Andre
Jeff, chief of the gendarmerie in LODI,
and that of Procurator Pavloff
1t was stated on good authority to.
day that the news OF the la est Terror,
st crime had caused the czar to col
lapse completely and that he was suf
fering from absolute nervous prostra-
tion. SO that the palace physician de-
SPARED of his recovery unless he took
trip abroad.
The car Is firmly convinced that
SPIES are everywhere in his encourage
and that his guards are traitors The
men who struck down Count lgnateff
General Won Der Launitz, General
PavloT and Colonel Andreieff could
hardly have carried out their plots
without assistance from persons close
to the off cials
"Who Is Next2'' the Question.
who is ncxt?" Is the question on
eycryone's lips,
Colonel Andreieff was deliberately
shot to death The assassin approach.
ed him with revolver. pulled the
trigger, and assuring himself that the
victim had been instantly killed, made
his escape.
In an attempt to Kill the fleeing as
sasrin a patrol of infantry fired vol
ley, wounding some passersby The
assassin was not hit. The houses in
the neighborhood were searched. but
he was not found
The great organization that has
been banded together 10 wipe out the
enemies of the people seemingly is
prepared TO stop at nothing.
"A rfe for a life is their cry
The doomed include every official
who has welded the slightest in IN.
Guence against the revolutionists.
Twcnty.sevcn perso8s, among them
the czar himself, are on the list.
Doubassof is Threatened.
Today Vice Admiral DoubassOf for.
mer general governor of Moscow, and
at present a member Of the council
of the empire. received notification
that "A second attempt would be made
on his Efo.
Tho authorities hope 10 check The
epidemic of assassination by melting
out summary punishment 10 the mur-
dcrer Of Payloff and he was tried by
rourt martial today and sentenced -
be hung in the fortress tonight
A dispatch from Ekaterinoslav says
the governor general has ordered that
all hocse owners on whose premises
bombs or internal machines are found
shall be tried by court marital. and
that they may be sentenced to death.
They may be n.enced TO pay a fine
Il $3.50 If they prove their ignorance
O fthc presence Of the bombs or in
ternal machine 10 Their houses.