Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-19
HIcCoUGAs CAUSE MUCH PAIN
Bullet Which Doctors Extracted
Proves OF Fusc CaIibCr ana was
Purchased ia EcrIin--CrosH
DefIects Course,

ST. PETERSBURG. sept 1s.-Premier
Peter =. 5tolyp.n died about 10 o'clock
G o'clocl; central time in the Unltou
States ton SHIT
Tne condition Of Premier Stolypin all
day was critical. This afternoon the
pulse had risen to 40 and the temperature
was uc.ow norma The heart was en-
dangered.
During yesterday the premier showed
no Improvement and bulletin issued at
midnight said that the patient still eA-
hiblted symptoms OF peritonits
The early examination OF the wounds
inflicted upon the premier by Dmitry Bo-
croft led to hope for an early recovery.
The rally followed Immediately after the
removal of the bullet by the surgeons IN
an effort to relieve tne premier OF the
unbearable pain of which he complained
throughout saturday night and which
had thrown him into a state of depression
where death seemed a welcome relief
Several times during Saturday night the
premier had broken out involuntarlY
with a murmured exclamation. L feel
death stealing upon me"
The operation was entirely successful
The bullet was removed without diff
Guilty by the use of local anaestheto
and homes apparently were justified when
the premier experienced a great sense of
relief and cheerfully talked with his at
tendants, inquiring OF current events and
commenting on the appearance of his as
ssilant.
"The little fellow was awfully pititu
as he came up 10 me in the theater,"
said Stolypin, "he was pale and bowed
. sorry figure"
But the rally did not last long. Soon
the patients pulse began to mount
alarmingly and unnlTstabeable symptoms
of peritonitis set in His temperature
remained strangely normal, later sinking
a trifle below $50, which indicates per-
feet health.
The normal temperature was at first
ascribed to an almost total elimination
of outside infection on account OF the
care with which Prof Rein had made the
initial dressings. Later some of the ply
sicians were inclined TO regard the drop
ping temperature as an unfavorable
sign, indicating that the patients sys-
tenn was yielding to the septic poisoning
without the struggle which would be
marked by rise in temperature.
Attack of HIccOuEha.
The doctors placed great hopes on the
powerful constitution Of their patient,
who was in the pink of condition after
months sojourn in the country. but at
the same time they pointed out that bull
let wounds are always doubtful quantities
and that complications are always likely.
The patient vas nervous from the start.
The arrival and presence of his wife
agitated him and Saturday night he was
tortured by frequent attacks OF hic-
coughing.
The bullet, which the doctors ex-
tracted, was Of huge caliber and proved
to have been purchased in Berlin. The
head was deformed from striking the
Vladimire cross. which adorned Stoly-
pins breast. The cross DETECTED the
course OF the bullet and deprived it of
much of its penetrating power
According to the police reports, the
revolutionary bodies are showing signs
of recovering from the staggering blow
dealt them two years ago by the ex-
posure of the dual role OF Eugene Azef.
who was at the same time head of the
fighting socialists and a police spy. The
revolutionists are now, the officials say,
closing up their ranks in preparation for
a new campaign.
Some time ago. Russian police agents
abroad in reports to their governments.
indicated that a new outbreak attended
with terrorism was impending. Recent
acts of violence directed against those in
the employ of the government have ap-
peared TO give some substance 10 these
reports. The assistant prosecutor of st.
Petersburg, Alexander skopinsky, was
murdered in a train on the Simpheropol
railroad. August 2, by two men who since
have evaded detection. The fact that
none OF the murdered mans property
was taken led 10 the belief that his death
was a political act Skopinsky earned the
hatred of the revolutionists in lS4-0 be-
cause OF the conviction OF certain ter