Show GENERAL flIES DIES r 7 t Virtu Virtual l Dictator of Russia Succumbs Suc SUc- i to Stroke of I Apoplexy o MAY H HAVE A V E BEEN BEE N PO POISONED ISO N ED f js Openly Claim Ci f for Ihl tin IJU Most Hated S. S ziti In III Im II Sept 1 The Tho Tho COlT coL ont of the Exchange IU Telegraph mph company com coin pany linny lan at St. St Petersburg II In a message received ll here morning announces I es CS Ito llio In St St. t Petersburg g last night of General military commander of the thc Imperial Jal palace virtual military dictator of ot Russia fufa r and the man upon whom the czar depended to Lu protect him from ti-n A anti and Ull terrorists eI General G had been III fit for Cor some time lime Inn and antI several weeks ago aITa wa was compelled to 10 give gl up UI his tits duties s as commandant ant of the lie palace owing to a hl breakdown During till the last laRt few days day h. h he lie hall hail sunk rapidly l An t apoplectic stroke was tie IC Tha caU cause e of Ills his death drath however howe j It came cumo su suddenly sudden sudden- I ly last nl night ht was restIng rest rest- Ing lug after his meagre men dinner r. r General was without doubt the thc most hated haled man In all Russia and md was mado mah the victim of or more moreT T attempts at u assassination than Luau an any c. c man I In the empire Ills vigilance TK however OW CI prevented pr such uCh attempts from froni meeting with success C ar on iii Him 10 rose to a position where he hc- exorcised exercised ec more pOW power l' l than an any man mai In n tit the empire To him him th the czar hat hall i j f entrusted his personal 1 welfare fare an and h he rl relied lIed upon nh Absolutely II lie Ill was practically above e ministers and the 1 law w. w pursuing an any c curse course u-ge u he determined de tie- A upon unmindful of whether or 0 it H conformed with established Jaws laws or OI H views of or the cabinet He lie virtually ruled nu Russia la and ruled with will witha n a list of iron lie He first attracted attention as head of the Uw police of at Mo ro cow In the early days thays of or the till revolution ro Ills HR IM III putting down uprisings nl- nl J t cit II n J df it i jJ PI t tl f i vs- vs jh 11 im en lun ly as jv- jv gov v- v 1 r general gene of the capital capita Following the awful slaughter of I Bloody Sunday January 22 2 1905 Tt a was called to tale lake command II In St Sl Petersburg and In lii the following events e In the city he dealt mercilessly merciless merciless- ly with revolutionists rl Any demonstration demonstration demon demon- t on the streets was dispersed I etl lJ by living firing volley olle after aCler volley oBey into the helpless g crowds This won him the h hatred of or the people generally to tot t whom hl his name irnine was a terror lenor and a adeath adeath death sentence from the terrorists Time after time Ume efforts were made to execute the death sentence but In p vain aln J Defiled the Terrorists was accused of inciting the I ma massacres The uproar raised against again t him on this account as aswell aswell well n as the popular clamor him in his position of assistant minIster minister min mm- ister of oC the lh interior caused the czar to remove lerno him and make malte him comman commandant com coin l In Inthis man mandant ant of or the Imperial Imperl palace this position his chief work was t to tot protected The see gee t that flint the tio czar cuu was safeguards he threw about the th palace made mad It Lt impossible for the terrorists to get with any distance Several Se weeks Vt ago It was reported t had broken down lown under the awful strain to which he had been 4 subjected during the last lat two weeks JL Doctors ctol'S ordered him to give Ive up his duties but he hI persisted In sticking to hl Ills his dutes desk esk until he h broke down com corn l CI CLAIM ADt CREDIT Was u ns hue Due In to 4 Av kei-i kei ert 11 r od J Poison In hi HI 11 Ion London on Sept 16 emb Members Members rs of or the In London on committee terrorist t hearing the report of oC the death ath of or Gen in St. St Petersburg with wih on one declared St lie Ho le In has pal paid the J of his crimes These he o Assert that t according accord accord- them to loll fell fel a victim acord- acord rejoicing among amon 1 l vt there hero is great In ing thelo have camal campaign n they Th The long them to Ian land they tey Joyously jOYo jOYl Joy jOY- conducted o u h t Sri assert elt has at al last resulted In l I here la laugh at nt the nIt tory story re l to the theL sc-nt sc nit nt out from St St. Petersburg the theL f died from an L effect fi stroke that hit They The n ell his demise illi r result or of the poison 01 the I ih the c to him him Sc cral veeRs ago ngo In the th Imperial I cook food ly by H a his OO in 10 the t beell won l.- l. had who ho hal 1 cause Cheated Ch Not ot lie He J from St St. as- as The reports 81 y ath lh or of a the tho c cause u as nN J that J caus form for for ho or the out l In ill were were given terrorists from froni e of It removed JurJo credit rid for Cor having ha claiming Terror Terror- I is sid it 10 theIr enemy f. f I however howe fr that city say n isis in iii this 1 be he cheated of having ha will n not 11 e off of cast they oy wil taking t the b bIanC for or report that them The e although at upon s sit sonea had bad been heen po upon his it 11 was WD et 1 the me aj attemPt were given n w wile I was wa-s I failure U It will life wa Russia I wi circulation I for Cor the thebo r bo hi L H t Is convince con a the peo to ever vcr least leaste tU not at nt the that tha lilu Ille him hiir t succeed In iii Jilling received from St St. Sl p Ie Late reports that the terrorists Indicate claims In their wrong to not flot far I re e fe be f t thorn them ot I not death The Thc report or if ills his but lall made pub pub- lut made out mal othel he e generallY n Im news In the IL Ii I whO larnel Anong hat l night the was 5 not cred r 1 r his doth WW wu l r h had el cUle I lied One or word tho O who talked el amol matt a over after for CI the lw 1 t e C rumors rumor were ll il the newspapers posted the bulletins These ranged from apoplexy to heart failure Those who would not give Ive the terrorists credit te ll for the deed generally agreed It was wa heart luart failure Among Amon the people however ho the belef belief be be- lief lef will wl prevail that the terrorists terrorists' t plot to poison polon had hac succeeded CAUSED NO XO SUH St SI P Id I'd h I lIU BI i l Death eH t h. h St. St Petersburg ulC eters Sept 1 The G.-The The report of t the d death nh of Gen the Ironfisted ironfisted Iron fisted ruler of St St. Petersburg In the days of ot the outbreaks In this city dys which was made public last nl night ht through unofficial sources caused lit little littie lit lit- tie tle surprise has been pursued pur pur- sued Heed ll so 6 relentlessly by terrorists that his death at any moment would have ha been been taken as the thc thing to be he ex ox- lX- lX The public generally in discussing dis JIB discussing cussing the matter maler commented on the tw coincidence of death an and the attempt made yesterday to assassinate Count former Cormer premier at ul Wels- Wels badon Prussia With almost unanimous the belief belief be be- mO accord they l EY expressed lelet le- le lief that terrorists ha had a hand hanel in TIe Tre- let pairs taking off of pors The recent attempt to poison polson Tee Tre- poff Tle is i well wel remembered While apoplexy x IH is given as a the cause of ot his death people generally refer to lo the poisoning incident ent and und credit the at attempt attempt nt- nt tempt of the cook cool who administered the poison with wih success 88 In the under under- t taking This Ills cook an and the servants who hu A ho were vere arrested with wih him him for Cor corn com om- om in the poisoning are aloe still sti under un un- un- un ler der arrest It I Is believed they will be with the murder of openly J charged wih the general If I this course couise COUIte Is 11 not nol pursued pursued pur pur- sued it will wi probably be bC for fOI the r reason ason that the government does not wish wisht the terrorists credit for f mc- mc t give gl carrying c crying out one of ot their thel Even if It poison polson h hail had el not taken it Is 19 believed he would have I soon dle tiled died The eight narrow escapes loon within the last few months an and the thel letters cont containing sentences of ot l death which he received from terrorists ter ter- eth have have ma made l' l Urn a veritable wreck Then Just as us he Vie was recovering recover recover- log ing from an nn attack of angina pectoris an Imperial ot order el elas was as issued Issue practically practically removing moving him him from the tho Impe- Impe T raI al service removinG This W was a hard hur blow hilow 10 him Persons Person finished wh which Ich neul nearly t who do not nol attribute the tho death leath of ot the to terrorists t find plenty of r reasons to explain his death Cath on other and declare It Il was to be hi ex ex- ex grounds dare tt-dare ng ed |