Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-09-19
THE LATE RUSSIAN
PREMIER STOLYP|N.
Drastic Measures Against the Terror
lists Inaugurated--Anti Jewish
Riots Feared.

Kieff, Sept. 19.-Terror-stricken be-
cause the police have been unable to
determine the elements which backed
Bogroff in his assassination of Premier
Stolypin, Russian officialdom today de-
manded OF the responsible heads of the
secret service throughout the empire
immediate results or forfeiture OF Off.
ciai positions. As a result every known
relative OF the assassin and all OF his
associates have been arrested and are
being subjected to the brutal Russian
third degree" in the hope that they
will clear up the mystery.
The.general belief that the terrorist
organizations OF the Finnish people aud
the Jews have amalgamated. con tlnues
to cause the gravest apprehension
among the heads OF the Russian gov
ernment. 1t is admitted that the ad.
vocates OF assassination as means Of
removing men in public life who have
beer guilty of oppression, is certain to
receive substantial impetus from the
success in the case of the late premier.
Every precaution is being taken TO pre-
vent further attempts on the lives OF
the officials, and all are constantly sur
rounded by heavy armed guards.
The dead premier will be buried with
all OF the honors due the exalted ruler.
Throughout the night the body was
surrounded by guard OF honor and
the priests OF the church who engaged
in constant prayer. Already gossip is
busy with bis successor, and it is gen
orally believed that it will be Vladimir
Kokovsoff.
1t was reported today that Bogroff
was slowly breaking down under the
stern discipline lneted out to him since
bis arrest, and that the authorities are
hopeful they will finally extort a COM
pIete confession from him. One report
generally credited WAS that he has been
promised his life Will be saved if he
surrender his associates to the law.
Thousands OF troops arn on guard
throughout Russia, and the feared anti
Jewish riots have not materialized.
Although Premier Stolypin died at
eight O'Clock in the evening e p. m.
New York time) tho news that he had
actually died was suppressed for two
hours by the official Russian news
agency at the request of the Kieff au-
thorities who desired to get troops into
place to prevent the feared anti-Jewish
riots. A,Ah.ugh withheld from the
general public the news was known to
higher officials almost as soon as ne
passed away and was cablcd to America
by the correspondent OF the United
Press.
St. Petersburg, Sept. l9.-With the
body OF Former Premier Stolypin en-
route here in special train guarded by
soldiers. the high officials OF the en-
pire were in almost continuous con-
ference today planning the stamping
out OF the terrorists. From the Gar
down, Russisn officialdom is frightened
over the success OF Dimitri Bogroff and
the precautions of former years, which
had been gradually abandoned, have
been renewed.
The project OF st Petersburg ordered
that every known radical be interviewed
by the secret service and all suspected
anarchists arrested.
Fearful that the funeral OF the dead
premier may be seizsd upon as the
time OF another attempt at assasslna-
ton, orders we're also issued to rein
force the local garrison. The Alexan-
dre-N -Nevsky monastery, where the fun
eral will be held, will be transferred
into an armed camp, and the streets
aud tops of houses lining them through
which the cortege will pass, will be
lined with troops.