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AUGUST 7, 1,904, down and the prophets were slain. The
judgment pronounced by Moses in Dent.
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Go4 Taking Care or Elijah.- 1 Moue 17 la. reel for .their sin.
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Commentary.---/. Elijah and his xes- Elijah a mail of prayer. James nye
Op iv. lis 1. Eliiab-a'hae orooliet cemes he "prayed. earnestly." Elijah saw that
suddesslat upon the speue.juThe schoolaf' it needed some extraordinary means to
' the prophete oeem to have had their ed. bring Bawl back to God. "Extraordin-
gin in khalaulere- bra ighl Wer9 ioulld,Q4 ara' manifestations of wickedness de •
in variousparte of the land and, in con- mand extraordinary ntanikestations of
sieetioa wit4 there Elijah appears."- the Rower of God."
Cam. Bib. 1. Of Gilead --The only Thisbe Elijah's boldness as he appears before
InAngennei in ItietorY ia in Galilee, hence the wicked Ahab demands our attention.
we conclude that although a native of the Armed with a message trout God, he de -
tribe of Natilitali in Galilee, be had be clues, "As the Lord God of Lintel liv-
come a citizen a Gilead east of the Re's etia before whom I stand, there shall
don. Vitt° Ahab-Prebably in the pal- not be aew nor rain these years, but im-
am of &Maria. Whitt courage and faith cording to my word." Having delivered
this roust have taken! As 'the Lord.... his inessage he hears the command, '"aet 'Was on His Way to Visit the Emperor --The As-
livfith-As Jehovah liveth. Elijah begins thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and
.by giving; the authority of his meal?. hide thyself by the brook Cherith
AB tura as Goal Ilyes, so certain it will e thou shalt drink of the brook; and 1
that the prediction 1 etu about to make have commanded the ravens to feed the
Will take place. I stand -As a servant there" God has often hidden his ser -
or ambassaaor. Elijah DAS accountable •
SASSINATION OF VON PLEHVE,
RUSSIAN MINISTER OF INTERIOR.
Finns as M. Von Plelive. He was re-
. , genial in many sisays as being the power
Bomb
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Mangled by a B0111D Willie vriving guivettncotriso,ixduattothoiartoo.
the fact that he controlled the prose of
in a Carriage to Station.
Russia through the censors who, it has
directly to 004. Dew nor rain -.A terri-
ble threat for a country annually parch-
ed by six months' drought, and only sav-
ed from utter barrenness by the early
rains of autumn. Rawlinson. These
years -From Luke iv. 26 and James v,
. 17, we learn that the famine lasted three
and a half years. From L Kings ,xvsii. 1,
we learn that the famine ended in the
third year of Elijah's stay in Zarephath."
third year, 'which means titiehaps the
-Hurlbut. My word -That is, as the
Lord ehould proclaim Hie will through
Elijah. The famine was the necessary
preparation for Elijah's reform. It was
a direct attack upon, Baal, who was re-
warded as the god of all natural forces,
and the test would show his impotency.
IL Elijah fed by ravens (vs. 2-7). 2.
Came -How, we now not. God's ob-
ject was- to protect Elijah from the rage
of Abash and Jezebel. 3, Leave Samaria
and 'withdraw from the haunts .of men."
Hide thyself -"For the king that sent to
every land to find him (I. Kings, xviii. 10)
would take every possible means to com-
pel him to speak the word of power that
would bring rain." "When God intended
to send rain, He bade Elijah go show
himself to Ahab (chap. stain. 1)." -Com,
Com. Brook Cherith-A torrent bed, a
deep ravine, down which in rainy times a
strong arta= flowed. The situation of
Cherith has not been identified.-Lumby,
"It is probable that Cherith was east of
the Jordan. Eusebius and Jerome place
It there." -Pul. Com. 4. Comended the
ravens -"This plain, positive statement
defiles all attempts to explain the facts
stated in verse six en rational or natural
principles."-Wliedon.
5. Did according -He took the word
of the Lord in the hand of faith, as the
staff of his pilgrimage, and journeyed
forward; and, whenever he grew weary
he leaned upon his staff, and his
strength revived; and when danger did
threaten him by the way, in view of
this staff he was not afraid.-Knun-
macher. 6. Ravens brought him -The
bringing to Elijah of suitable food was
evidently miraculous. -Taylor. Bread
and flesh - Ravens feed on insects and
carrion themselves, yet they brought
the prophet man's meat and wholesome
food. As this was the food appointed
by the Lord for the prophet, we may
conjecture that it was the food of the
people. -Clarke. 7. After a while -
Probably about a year. Brook dried
up -If this stream had not dried up
crowds people would have been brought
thither to water, and thus his retreat
would have been discovered.
III. Elijah at Za.rephath vs. 8-16). D.
Zarepbath-The Sarepta of Luke iv. 26.
It was a city of Zidon in the dominions
of Ethbaal, Jezebel's father. "It was
very muchas if one flying from a lion
was directed to seek refuge in a lion's
den."--Guthre. A widow woman -"The
condition of the widows in the East is
helpless in the extreme, so that to re-
ceive support from such a source would
be another trial to Elijah's faith. It
was lika leaning his weight on a sup-
port as frail as a spider's web."
10. He arose -His course was not to
season and to speculate, but to hear and
obey. Unte-The abject poverty of the
widow k seen from her coming forth
to pick up chance bits of wood which
might have fallen from the trees out-
side the cites walls. -Cam. Bib. The
widow - "A' Viidow."-R. V. "It was
'the' widow whom God had commanded
but Elijah at first saw only 'a' widow,
not then knowing this was the one God
had designated" A little water - His
first needs after a long journey through
famine -stricken Israel would be water.
"The gift of water to the thirsty is al-
ways regarded as a sacred duty in the
East." Then, too, as Guthrie says, this
test would let Elijah know whether be
had found the one to whom he had been
sent.
11. As she was going -She readiliy.
went at the first word. She objected
not at the present scarcity, nor asked
whit he would give for a draught, nor
hinted that he was a stranger, but left
gatbering sticks for herself to fetch
water for him. --Com. Com. Morsel of
bread -No doubt the prophet was sadly
in need of it; doubtless, too, he was lis-
tening for divine directions. 12. Thy
God liveth-She recognized Elijah as the
worshipper of Jehovah, and her words
indicated a reverence for God and some
knowledge of His ways. Cake -The
timeliest kind of bread. A flat, oval
cake of unleavened dough about ten
inches in diameter. Meal -Wheat, ground
in a hand mill. Barrel -An earthen jar.
Oil -Olive oil. To eat, with bread as we
do butter. Cruse -A flask for liquids.
Two sticks -As among the Germans at
this day -"two" was the equivalent of
few.-Kitto. Eat it, and •die- The
famine prevailed there, and she was in
the last extremity.
13. Fear not -Have no fears about the
future; trust God. First -This was a
test of her faith in God, and would. tihow
whether she was worthy of the help
Elijah offered. It was necessary in order
to make the provision for her wants a
real blessing.-Peloubet. Here is a faith
manifested by this poor heathen woman
such as Was not found its Israel. haus
found a similar faith in a, woman of this
same land (Matt. see, 18). 14. Barrel- ..
not waste, etc. -A special miracle, but
God's common way of providing for
)110.11'S common wants is a wonder daily
tepeated. The teetning earth is like one
Vast granary whieh God keeps ever full.
-Gurney. Until the day -It is sup
posed that he was in Zarephath abont
two and a half years. 15. Went and did
-The increase of this widow's faith
was as great as a miracle in the king-
dom of grime as increase of her oil
in the kingdom of providence.- Com.
Com,. Wasted not-"Ifere was an ex-
hibition of that same divine power that
In the person of Jesus multiplied the
loaves and fishes."
"This wonder-working prophet," Rao
one, "ix introduced to our notice like an-
other Melehisedek, without any mention
e,
of lain father or mother, or of the be-
ginning of his days - at; if he had drop-
ped down front heaven." The Sethi -
tom state that he was "a men of like
passions as we," The time of Elijah's
appearanee Wit during the darkest days
of Israel's decleneion from God. Ahab
had twee reigning over twelve years,
vents; Jeremiah was thus hidden; Noah
was shut in; Joash, the child king, was
hidden seven years, and even Christ at
times passed through the throng unre-
cognizal by his enemies,
God's care for his servants was won-
derfully illustrated in the ease of Eli -
jab, as recorded in • our lesson. God's
premises and their fulfilment aletays
move on "ech,edule time." The best ntan-
aged. railroad systems often fail in mak-
ing the connections as given in their
time tables, and passengers are put to
• many inconveniences by the failure. Not
so with God's promises. For a year that
brook flowed on; every morning and ev-
ening the ravens obeyed the command
of their Maker, and Elijah never failed
to have his meals on time. '
This lesson teaches us the need of bn-
plieit faith in God, and that if we are
willing to obey the commands of God
he will not fail to protect us in the hour
of danger, and that all our needs will be
supplied. 'Trust in the Lord, end de
good; so shalt thou dwell in the land,
and verily thou shalt be fed."
Samuel K. J. Chesbro.
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The . Markets
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British Cattle Market.
London, July 27. -Cattle are steady at
11 to 13e per lb.; refrigerator beef, 11 to
11 1-4e per lb. Sheep, 11 to 12e, dressed
weight.
Leading Wheat Market.
Sept.
New York ... ... 94 1-8
St. Louis ... ..... 885-8
Duluth ... ... 90 1-4
Toledo ... 92 5-8
Detroit ... . 93 1-2
Dee.
927-11
90 1-4
861-2
93 1-8
941-2
Cheese Markets.
Stirling, July 30. -At the Stirling
ehees. board to -day 1,000 cheese were
boarded. Sales: Magrath, 1,000 lat 7 5-8e.
Wodstock, July 30. -There was no
change in last week's prices at the meet-
ing of the cheese market here to -day. In
all 2,080 boxes were boarded, all the
make of July. The highest bid on the
board was 7 5-8e. At this figure 200
boxes were sold to Peoth. On the street
1,000 boxes sold at 7 9-16e.
Pieton, July. 30. -At our cheese board
to -day 13 factories boarded 1,305 boxes,
all colored. Highest bid, 7 5-8e; 1,275
sold. Buyers, Sexsmith and Bernie.
Toronto Farmers' Market.
The market restinues dull for grain.
One lead of goose wheat sold at 80afic,
and one load of oats at 39e,
Hay in moderate supply, with sales of
25 loads at $11 to $13 a ton for old, and
at $8 to $9 for new. Straw is nominal
in absence of offerings.
Dressed hogs are higher owing • to
small receipts. Light ones bring $7,50
to $8.
Wheat, white, bushel, 95e; red, 94 to
95e; spring, 87 to 89e; goose, 80 to
803fie; oats, bushel, 39e; barley, 45e;
hay, old, per ton, $11 to $13; do., new,
$8 to $9; straw, per ton, $10 to $11;
dressed hogs, light, per cwt., $7.50 to
$8; eggs, per dozen, 20 to 21; butter,
dairy, per lb., 15 to 18e; do., creamery,
19 to 21e; chickens, spring, per lb., 16
to 18e; turkeys, per lb., 13 to 15e; pota-
toes, per bag, 90e to $1; beef, hindquar-
ters, $8.75 to $9.50; forequarters, $5 to
$6; choice, carcass, $7 to $7.75; medium,
carcass, $6 to $6.50; mutton, per cwt.,
$6 to $7.50; veal, per cwt., ‘0.50 to $8.50;
lamb, spring, lb., 101.t to 12e.
A EUROPEAN BEHEADED.
He Was Put to Death by the Chinese at
Mukden.
The London Daily Express of July 10
had the following from its correspondent
at Paris:
A Moscow paper prints extracts from
a letter written by Captain Kinleff, of
the Russian army, in garrison at Muk-
den, giving a circumstantial account of
the execution of a European at the
hands of the Chinese.
Captain Kinleff states that in conse-
quence of it laving been reported by ,11,
Chinaman in the market place that a
European had been that morning put to
death by the Chinese authorities, toge-
ther with a unmber of Chiness bandits,
he was deputed to make inquiries into
the matter.
He sent for the Chinaman, who eon -
ducted him to the eeene of the execto
tion, and there the captain was Mari -
lied to discover that one of the headless
corpses was that of a European, as the
Chinaman had stated. A search was
made for the head, but it had been evi-
dently taken cavay by the Chinese execu-
tioner to avoid trouble.
On being questioned, the Chinaman
• said that, seeing a orbwd gathering that
morning at the place of execution, lie
had stopped to see what was going on.
Four oonclennusl men were attached to
stakes ,and the Chinaman at once recog-
nized one of the mail a European. His
body was so enclosed in a auk that it
was impossible to see his elothes, but he
wore long black hair, and had evidently
been a long time in prison.
• The man- cried out frequently In de -
smiting aceents, and raised his head at
far as the wooden "eangue" in whieh it
was enclosed would allow him. He called
to the Afandarin to approach, and shout-
ed out several times in Chinese, " Tam
no bandit. I tun a European."
Then he begets to recite in a foreign
tongue, as though praying, but before
he had finielied the executioner Week
off his head.
The Rosien atithoritiee are institut-
ing an inquiry into the matter.
An Other Words it Rained.
(aarrvine, Tent„ Record.)
011 Thursday latAtlickS1 thin Goa -favored
Section Wail bielised with An air purifying
temperature redueleg, Mistime dispensing
theuderstorin, Which proMpteft crops of al
sortS tO 11 more rapid developleent And
eldentaily stimulated a returning faith in
the bosom, of the despairing hustairtdmite.-,
sassin Arrested --Driver of the Coach Also Killed
- —The Minister's Servant and Two Officers Also
Wounded--Plurderer Chose a Spot for the Deed
Where the Coach Had to Slow Up -.—The Czar
Almost Broke Down When lie Heard of the
Tragedy --Conjectures as to the Assassin's
Identity.
A St. Petersburg cable says -
Minister of the Interior VonPleliv'e was
assassinated this morning while driving
to the Baltic Station to visit the Em-
peror at the Peterhof Palace. A bomb
was thrown under the Minister's car-
riage, completely shattering it. M. Von-
Plehve was terribly mangled. The crime
was committed at 10 o'clock. The assas-
sin was arrested.
The coachman was killed, and the
wounded and maddened horse dashed
wildly away with the front wheels of
the carriage, the only, portion of the
vehicle remaining intact. Immediately
there ensued a scene of the wildcat con-
fusion. Police and gendarmes hurried up
from every direction and vast crowds
gath'ered about the spot where the body
of the Minister lay.
The Associated Press corresondent was
at the scene of the tragedy within five
minutes after it occurred. .M. Von-
Plehve's body was lying in the middle of
the road. It had been partially covered
with a police officer's overcoat, with tbe
left arm, the,]oneof which was broken
off, projecting. A policeman came up
and raised the overcoat in order to re-
arrange it, revealing for an instant the
strong features of the dead Minister,
whose head was battered almost beyond
recognition. The roadway was strewn
for a hundred yards with the wreckage
of the carriage, and pieces of the red lin-
ing of the Ministers overcoat. A few
yards from M. VonPlelive's body lay a j
•
shapeless heap of the coachman's re-
mains.
The tragedy took place on the Zall-
konski Prospect, a broad thoroughfare
leading up to the Warsaw Depot, whence
the road turns sharply to the left to;
wards the Baltic Railroad station.. The
exact spot is just before the bridge
spanning the Circular Canal on the other
side of which both stations are situated.
The bomb thrower must bave known
that Minister Von Plehve would pass
the spot this morning, for the Minister
makes his report to the Emperor every
Thursday.
The infernal machine was thrown with
deadly accuracy, and the assassin was
favored by the fact that traffic here is
always of the heaviest, owing to the
crossing of lines of surface cars and the
continuous stream of heavy trucks.
• M. Von Plehve was always apprehen-
sive of attempts upon his life, and used
to drive as rapidly as possible. His
coachman however, was compelled to go
slow at this point.
The nasassin, in laying his plans, evi-
dently foresaw. this circumstance, and
while the Minister's coachman slowed
down, threw the bomb.
The explosion was terrific, and practi-
cally: annihilated the woodwork of the
carriage. The horses tore off, dragging
the axle and the front wheels. The ani-
mals, though infuriated by the wounds
they had sustained, had not galloped far
before they fell, with pools of blood un-'
der them.
The Minister's servant, who also was
on the carriage box, was badly wounded,
and two officers, who were driving by in
a cab, were injured by flying splinters.
The assassin himself was wounded in one
eye. He took to flight, but, according to
the latest reports, was overtaken and is
now under arrest.
Passengers by the Peterhof train began
to arrive .upon the scene. Among them
were the Duke and Duchess of Oldenburg,
who stopped their motor ear within a
couple of paces of M. Von Prelive'S re-
mains, and were told by a policeman the
terrible tidings. They were much af-
fected.
The news of the tragedy spread like
wildfire throughout the eity, causing con-
sternation everywhere. Police reserves
were hurried to the scene from all parts
of the city, and the various departments
were instantly notified.
When the Associated Press correspon-
dent arrived at the telegraph office f if -
teen minutes after the tragedy occurred
the director of telegraphs had already
been informed of the assassination, and
instructions had been given. The ut-
most eonfesion prevailed, and the re-
ports of the occurrence were conflicting.
Regarding the identity of the asses -
sin and the eause of the crime, by some,
it is said, that the act was that of a
Firm, and by others that the murderer
was a Parisian of the Zemstvos, the
curtailment of whose powers is attri-
buted to the flead Minister. The tinted
of police notified the • Emperor of the
tragedy immediately upon its eminence.
His Majesty, who was at the Villa
Alexandria at Peterhoff, 'vas greatly
affected by the news, coming as it does
right after the bad tiding's from the
seat of war, fears of internetional emit -
plications and the strain incident there-
to. The Emperor broke down when he
was informed of the Minister's murder.
Whatever may have been the motive for
the crime. nothing but the utmost in-
dignation and condemnation of the as-
eassin's act is voiced anywhere.
.As the carriage prima all heads were
Uncovered. The first hurried surmise
of the police scents to connect the crime
With the pIot with+ was frustrated by
the expioelion at the Hotel du Nord oit
April 13, in whieli Kazanoff, one of the
conspiratora, WAR killed by the etehlen-
tal explosion of an :tnfernal machine
Whieh
at the time, it was said, wag itt-
tended: for ltf. Von Plehve. On that oe-
casion a companion of the conspirator
who was killed escaped. Owing to the
terrific force of the explosion on that
occasion, which completely wrecked two
rooms, blowing the body of Kazanoff
al-
uiosb to atoms, severing his head and
arms from the trunk, the heads of the
police believe it is possible that the ex-
plosive was identical with that used in
to -day's tragedy, which was also caused
by a bomb or infernal machine of sim-
ilar power with that of the former plot,
and that the perpetrator was the man
who escaped at the time As a. further
indication of the identity of the tragedy
with the Hotel du Nord affair, there
was a ease of explosive bullets in the
bomb.
It is reported that six men are im-
plicated, and that five of them fled into
a little hotel adjoining .the scene of the
assassination, the only one who was
wounded have been captured. • The
hotel was 'surrounded by the police and
all its inmates were arrested.
The wounded man'who is said to be a
Jew, was taken to the Alexander Hos-
pital so dazed as to be unable to speak.
His condition is accounted for by the
tact that he took poison immediately
after throwing the bomb. The deceased
Minister's carriage was being followed
by secret service men on bleycles, but
by a miracle not one of them was in-
jured.
The force of the explosion was so tre-
mendous that all windows of a hotel fac-
ing the street were bloavn in, and even
some of the large panes wete shattered
a hundred steps away.
Some of the drosky drivers at the cab
stand in front of the station were in-
jured.
According to a later version the bomb
was thrown from a window of the War-
saw Hotel. Von Plehve'shead was torn
off, the lower portion was completely
shattered, but the upper part was un-
touched. There were only two conspiva-
tors, according to this version'one of
whom threw the bomb from the win-
dow and then bolted. When captured
another bomb is said to have been found
in his pocket. .
A heap of debris from the eaariage,
a portion of the coachman's. uniform,
mute and pitiable relies from the tra-
gedy, were still lying in Seabalnsky
street, where the crime was committed,
when the correspondent of tho Associ-
ated Press again returned to the spot
again this afternoon. For a block either
side of the street was guarded by police
and no one was allowed to approach.
Even in the midst of the consterna-
tion produced by the tragedy everybody
is talking of Von Plehve's probable sue-
eesso°nr.
VPlehvc's assassination was offi-
cially announced at about 1 o'clock, and
was followed immediately by the issu-
ance of extra editions of the • papers.
Although they contained only four lines
referring to the tragedy, the newsboys
were fairly mobbed. by the crowds in the
streets. so eager wore all for details of
the crime. Intense excitement reigned
everywhere. Only the assassination of
the Emperor could have created more of
a sensation, as next to His Majesty him-
self, Von Plehve was regarded as the
most powerful person in the Russian
Government.
It transpires that Von Plehve was on
his way to Krasnoye Selo, sixteen miles
southwest of St. Petersburg, where the
Grand Duke Vladimir's birthday was
to be celebrated. The Emperor is still
at the Peterhoff Palace. When the news
was received all the festivities of the
day were of course immediately coun-
termanded, and instead a requiem service
was held. When the remains of Von
Plehve reached his residence a reghiem
mass was celebrated in the private cha-
pel. Another one will be celebrated to-
night, and two masses daily will be
celebrated daily until the funeral ser-
vice occurs.
Guarded by police, the body re-
mained in the street until the maival
of the official, corresponding with an
American ecaoner, even in the case of
the most powerful Minister in the Em-
pire'the law requiring that this formal-
ityhad to be observed before the re-
mains could bo removed. After this of-
ficial had viewed the body it was placed
ir. a carriage, covered by a robe, and
was driven slowly to a little ehapoI ad-
joining the railroad station and thence
to the deceased's magnificent town resi-
dence, adjoining the Ministry of the In-
terior, The carriage, surrounded by
mounted gendarmes, passed through the
crowded streets the sidewalks being
a solid mass Of people. Even the
cross streets were black with
spectators for blocks, As
by magic everybody in the city seemeld
to hive suildenly become aware that a
frightful catastrophe had occurred and
to have hurried to the scene.
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
Disliked by the People, He Was Ole
Power Behind the Throne.
Von Plelive was appointed Minister of
the Interior on April 18, 1902, succeed-
ing M. Sipiagnine, who was Assassinated
April 10, Hog, by a student named Bal-
reasholf. He liait formerly been direc-
tor of the Department of Pollee. Plehve
concluded the proseeution of the assas-
sins of Alexander IL in 1881, and from
that time on his power increased until
it became only second in importance to
that of the Emperor. Several plots to
assassinate hint have, according to re-
ports, been discovered during the past
two years. The educated youths of Rus-
sia, are said to have been bitterly op-
posed to M. Pleitve, owutg,it is mid, to
his turning on his ovvn people, mid to
the drastie changes which be inaugurat-
ed or advocated. Ire is said to have re-
garded the commit people RR either
dangerous criminals to lbt+ repressed, or,
if innocent, to be ignored. Von Melillo
WaR largely of Polish blood, yet it is
alleged no Man ill %Mist liaR So signal-
iZed himself for severity against the
been understood, did AL iron Plehve's
bidding without question.
What part, if any, M. Von Plehve ac-
tually played itt the Kishinoff massacres
will probably never be known; but his
enemies have claimed. that he bad full
knowledge of the events leading thereto,
through his political friend and agout
Kroushevan, known as the most extreme
anti-Semite in Russia, and. proprietor of
the Bessarabetz, a newspaper 'of Elsitin-
eff.
It should be added that the allegations
against M. Von Plehve have never been
proved. It is only just to assume that
the charges were unfounded.
The last great public work of Von
Plehve, so far as known, was the draft-
ingof tho peasant code, early this year,
This is a scheme for peasant reform, or-
dered by the Emperor In his recent mani-
festo.
On Jame 13 of this year it wits an-
nounced from St. Petersburg that the
Council of the Empire bad approved M.
Von Plehve's decree for the repeal of
the law under which Jews are forbidden
to reside within thirty-two miles of the
frontier. This measure has been ap •
proved by the Emperor.
A St Petersburg cable says -According
to the official version, the aSsassina -
tion occurred at 9.50 a. in. The as-
sassin, who was standing on the side-
walk, tried to break through the crowd
as the Minister's =liege approached,
but being interfered. with, he jumped
into the street and. threw the bomb at
the rear of the eariage, which was it
closed one. The assassin was severely
wounded in the stomach, and over 20
persons were injured, including the offi-
cer of the guard, previously referred to.
The Minister's death was instantane-
ous. When the body was undressed at
his residence not a single wound was
found on the trunk, but the lower peat
of the face was literally torn away.
The assassin had not regained con-
sciousness up to midnight, but the phy-
sicians who performea the operation on
him believe his life will be saved. There
is no official confirmation of a report
that he took poison, but it is believed
to be true,.
The official enquiry is still proceeding.
A nember of arrests have been made,
but as yet there is no clue as , to WO
identity of the assassin and the real
nature of the cause of the conspiracy.
The crime in many respects is similar
to the 'Nihilist tragedy which resulted
in the death of Alexander II.
• Feared Assassination.
The DOS's was broken to the Minis-
ter's wife at Kybinsk, on the , Volga,
while on her way to their country seat
with their son, who is 37 years old. A
daughter is married to M. Voutela an
•official attache to the Council of .Min -
biters. Von Plehve saw his wife and
son off last night, and then drove to
the residence of Gen. Bogdanoviteh,
with whom no iemained until a late
hour. The Minister appeared to be
preoccupied and gloomy, and spoke of his
prospective end. Some ef the guests
asked him if he had received any -more
tbreatening letters, and remonstrated
with him for going about unproteeted.
Curiously, M. von MO° replied :
am safe enough every day in the week
except Thursday. No one knows of my
movements beforehand except' on that
day, when everybody knows I go to pre-
sent my weekly report to the Emperor."
The outrage is connected by the police
with au explosion at Kharkoff three
days ago. It is supposed the bombs
were manufactured there.
The crime is believed to be the out-
come of an international 'Anarebist
movement with which Gersehunin, the
Russian revolutionary agitator, who
was arrested at Kieff, in June, 1903, was
connected.
Gersehunin, it is asserted, was the or-
ganizer of the murder of AL Begone/s-
oft formerly Russian Minister of Pub-
lic Instruction, and. M. Sipiaguine, who
was Minister of the Interior 'before Al..
von Plehve.
DEATH LIKE SUICIDE.
Was Known as the World's Greatest Op-
pressor.
London cable says -The world's great-
est oppressor, and liberty's bitterest
enemy, died to-dayby an assassin's
hand. That, in brief, is the view mon-
arohial Europe takes of the murder of
M. von Plehve, the Russian Minister of
the Interior. The truth rimy now be told
openly. m. von Plehve for two years
was the dictator of the Russian Empire.
By sheer force of his Napoleonic charac-
ter he reduced the Czar to a puppet and
dominated every department of the Gov-
ernment.. He established it reign of ter-
ror and ruled the unhappy land with a
relentless cruelty that brought the coun-
try to the verge of ruin and. revolution.
His assassination has been inevitable for
weeks. It was foreshadowed more than
a, month ago in these despatches. His
fate was so certain that it was like sui-
cide. He himself during the last days of
his life knew that ale was doomed, and
confessed it to his friends. It is a pity
lie did not foresee earlier the penalty of
Itis tyranny. 11 18 by no mens certain,
however, that it would have °hanged
his policy, for even his enemies/ admit
that he knew no such thing as fear. He
was Russia's worst enemy, yet he was
sincere in believing that his methods of
blood and cruelty were the best means
of controlling the mighty empire., the
government of which wits in bis bands.
Von Pleltve, however, was but the
executive -head of a conspiracy which
enslaved and plundered the nation. The
chief conspirators are it band of about
thirty aristocrats. Will the fate of Gen.
Bobrikoff, late Governor-General of
land, and von Mime cheek their plans?
It will not, 11 18 feared, unless they are
convinced that persistence will endanger
their own skins. Theywill, however,
find difficulty in procuring. nten of both
ability and courage to play in public
the part of oppressors of the empire.
There is another possible hope. Will
not the eyes of the misguided Czar per-
haps be.opened at last, and will he not
summon stiffielent strength of character
to turn out the reactionaries and thieves
and place the Governmeut in the Inends
of men unselfish and enlightened? Eu-
rope is inclined to believe that M. de
Witte is the only man who can save the
situation, who an avert revolution, and
preserve the dynasty. Never was ituRsia,
in such imminent peril RR at the pres-
ent moment. The corrupt regime now in
power might succeed in treating anitr-
(thy if turned out. Anarelly is equally
likely to come epeedily if it rein:0115.
The war in the far east dwindles into in -
•.sIgnifleance compared with the terrible
events avid& threaten near at home.
REIGN OF TERROR,
Plot to Rill Ministers, Governors and
the Emperor Himself,
$t. Petersburg cable - The name of
the aseassin Of Interior Minister von
Pleltve is given by the Bourse Gazette
os Prozef, but this is not confirmed by
the police, who, if satisfied that they
hate established the identity or even the
nationAlltY of the murilerer.Are carefully
guarding the facts, perhaps to throw lite
accomplices off the scent.
The general public, is disposed to re-
gard the crime as intimately connected
with the far-reaching terrorist plot re-
vealed last summer by the arrest of Ger.-
schunin, the Russian revolutionary agt-
tator itt Kieff, where he Ila4 gone to er-
peke an attempt on the Emperor's life
at Saroff during the ceremonies incident
to the canonization of St Seraplihn. The
subsequent trial established the fact that
Gerschunin was the head of it murderous
conspiracy, Outlier to the Nihilist con-
spiracies of the early eighties, the objtct
of which was to create a reign of terror
in Russia by .killing Ministers, Governors
and the Emperor bimself. Gersehunin is
a Jew, and was a former petty official
at St. Petersburg. 'The perpetrators of
the murders, as well as the victims were
to be selected by lot The series of
crimes resulting from this conspiracy be-
gan with the attempt on the life of Privy
Councillor Pobiedonostseff, Chief Procur-
ator of the Holy Synod (who was fired
at by a man named LogOwski, Much 22,
1901), and included the killing of M.
33ogdanoviteh, ex -Governor-General of
Ufa., European Russian (who wits assas-
sinated May 10, 1903); M. Bogoliepoff,
former Minister of Public Instruction
(who was shot by Peter Karpovich, Feb.
27, 1901, and died March 15, of the same
year, from the result of his wound), and
AL Siapoguin, M. Von Phlove's predeces-
sor (assassinated April 16, 1902, by it stu-
dent, named Balashoff), and. the at-
tempts, on Prince Obolensky (now Gov-
ernor-Geueral of Firaand), while Govern-
or of Khaakoff •(he being fired at 4 times
Aug, 11, 1901), and Prince Galitzsin,
Governor-General of the Caucase (who
was stabbed by three natives in tho
outskirts of Tieflit, April 22, 1903.).
The more recent .murders of Governor -
Gen. 13obrikoff, of Finland (who was
shot by Eugene Slhamann, Juno 113,' and
died tho. following morning), and of
Vice -Governor . and Reiff of Elizabeth -
pole (assassinated July 22 last), prob-
ably were not connected with this plot
The latter Mine was probably due to
private vengeance.
The arrest of Gerschunin was con -
to escape by jumping under an electric
ear.
Gersehunin was captured, and lie and
two others, one of whom was a woman,
wore tried, convicted and sentenced to
death but the Einperor, with Von
Plehve's acquieseehee, extended moray
and commuted tho sentences to fifteen
years' imprisonment.
Gerschunin is now serving his sentence
in Schlusselberg
CAUSES LITTLE SURPRISE.
How Continental Capitals Received .the
News.
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London cable says-Teaegrams from
the continental capitals show that the
assassioation of M. von Plehve has
caused a universal sensation, which, how-
ever, is not increased by surprise. Even
in Frances where the least severe vieW is
openly taken of her ally's murdered Min-
ister, and the crime is condemned as ab-
horrent, it is pointed out by the sedate
Temps that two methods were open to
Af. von Plehve to deal with Russia's in-
ternal disease, that is, to suppress the
cause or suppress the symptoms -in
other words, liberalism or repression.
In Berlin, where also the news creat-
ed en immense sensation, it is not a
sensation of sympathetic indignation.
Platitudinous condemnation of the deed
is accompanied by outspoken exposi-
tion of the cause and effect. A large
section of German opinion has been
moved to indignation by the recent as-
sistance given the Russian secret police
in hounding pcilitical refugees •in Ger-
mans: by the Prussian Government,
culminating in the trial of some of the
victims at Koenigsberg on the very
morningof M. von Plehve's murder.
The eminent Prof. Delbruek published.
an eloquent protest against the Prus-
sian Government's co-operation with
Russia iu these measures, in which he
said. that Russia is not a civilized coun-
try. Political assassination in Russia
and the rest of Europe are two totally
different things. When despotism as-
sumes absolutely intolerable forms, or
a system, of violence becomes so ter-
rible as to violate all the laws of hu-
manity, murder appears to be the last
resource for the salvation, or at least
the vengeance of mankind. All classes
of society in Russia are associated with
such murders, from the court which
organizes palace revolutions and as-
sassinates Emperors, to Nihilists, who
kill Governors and Ministers.
St. PetersburgcableAll the news-
papers this morning agree Viet in tho
assassination of Minister of the Interior
Von Plehve a great personality has been
taken off in the midst of his work.
The Novo° Vremya says: M. Von ,
Plehve was a strong, intellectual man,
but, most of all, he had a thorough in-
sight and knew well what particular lea- I
tures were wanting to make up a true
balance of Russian national life.
The Russo declares that the dead Min-
ister's faithful fame will live in connec-
tion with agricultural and peasant re-
forms, and that it is alt infinite pity
he was taken off in the midst, of his
work, leaving his plans all unperfected.
The Official Messenger says: His
death is an irreparable loss to all truly
patriotic Russians. He was a faithful
servant of the throne and the father-
land. He was intellectual and of firm
will, not sparing himself in health,
strength or private interests Where public
duty was concerned. He did not accom-
plish what lie started to do, but his
name must be Medea down on the hst
of great and true servants of his eon -
try.
Nothing has yot been .diseovered to
throw any light on the antecedents of
Lego, the assassin.
Twenty by-standers were injured by
the explosion of the bomb, but only
seven of them were seriously hurt.
M. Von Plehve's funeral will probably
be held to -morrow.
The newspapers print unusually foil
and free accounts of the crime, having
been officially notified that no restric-
tion would be placed on news or com-
ment, MVO as they might interfere with
the work of tho police in unravelling
the conspiracy back of the crime, which
work is already well 'under way.
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