The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11
MYSTERIES OF,
RUSSIAN POLICE
THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF
IVAN coNsTANTINoFF IN ST.
PETERSBURG AGAIN DRAWS At
TENTIoN TO THEM.
BY Associated Press.

St Petersburg, Feb. l0.-The myS-
teries of the Okhrana (politicaI pro-
tective policel have again drawn pub
lie attention through the attempted
suicide. of Ivan Constantinoff, one of
the prominent agents of its st. Peters,
burg branch
On the morning of the day set for
his wedding. Constantinoff shot himself
at his lodging in the dismal factory
section of the CITY. and is now in a
critical state at the hospital His ma
pers have been seized nv the police
and his lodging sealed. the public be-
ing left to guess at the actual motives
Of his action.
It is known that on the evening be-
fore the shooting Censtantinoff at
tended nupfial-eve rarity given by
men strdving at the university and
other institutions were present and
SOME of them are said to have recog-
Bized in the bridegroom a roIice-a cent
who took part In neruuisitions at the
lodging of POLITICAL sIisnects. Con-
stantinoffj was overwhelmed at this
discovery and dropned on his knees
before his f1ancee. begging forgiveness.
She. however. threw the engagement
ring in his fare. and asked him to
leave the house. His despair led to
an attennpt to take his own life
Constantinoff was the trusted as
sistant of Colonel Karroff. the chief Of
the secret pelice of st Petersburg
who was erficed on December %, 1909.
to an apartment in a remote cart of
the city and assassinsted by the ex-
nlosion of bomb fitted into the
drawer Of writing fesk and TENTED
by the electric button at the entrence
door The lodine was kent nv Voss-
kressenskv- Petroff, a social revolu-
ZIONIST who served as police-agent to
advance the ends of his partv. Con-
that fatal occasion. disguised as foot
man and was gravely wounded by the
explosion In zoos Constantinoff
worked In the revolutionary camu and
was often imprisoned. He led one of
the columns in Father Gacon's famous
march to the Winter Palace on Red
Sunday.
ADOPT Active Measures.
Reports from Hardin state that re-
newed depredations by the Hunhuz
brigands have caused the Russian au-
thoritfes to adopt active measures.
General ATartvnol has sent a circu-
lar to the frontier guards all along
Manchuria to deal promptly in such
cases. and not to consider themselves
hammered by the existence of the
frontier. but to pursue the brfgands
where thew can.
One such exnedition on a large scale
has failed in its object. A second ex-
redition is being prepared by the au-
thorities.
! Mean while astonishnent mixed
with amusement has been caused by
the discovery that the real head of
these Hunhuzes in the vicinity of Har-
hin has been none other than a Rus
sian subject, the Caucasian prince
Matchutadze. His big band terrorized
mostly private individuals and avoid
ed, as far as possible, coming in con-
tact with the Russian railroad and
military settlements. The headquar-
tiers OF Prince Matchutadze' opera
kinds in Hardin, most of which are
conducted by Caucasians.
Advancing Railroad.
The Russian government is re-
doubling it's efforts to advance the
Amur railroad line to completion. Ar
engagements have been completed for
the transportation this year free of
lilies from European Russia The prin-
cip1e Of employing only Russian labor
has been strictly adhered to, despite
the fact that it almost doubles the
cost to the treasury. Hopes are en-
tcrtained that a large proportion OF
the workmen attracted to the line will
remain there as settlers, all the more
as promising gold bearing land is be-
ing. discovered on many points in the
tundra" which is traversed by the
railroad.
In addition to these, the. govern
ment is preparing to transport 200 GOO
other settlers to the Amur province.
I'm trying to catch up with my
dairy before the end of the year. !