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Show THREW BOi III RECEPTION mill Desperate Attempt of Russian Revolutionists to Murder Premier Stolypin. r,venty-elght People Are Killed and Twenty-four Injured by Explosion Which Wrecked the House, Two of the Conspirators Being Killed. St. Petersburg. Twenty-eight persons per-sons aro dead nnd twenty-four wounded wound-ed ns tho result of n dlstardly attempt at-tempt to assnBslnnte Premier Stolypin with a bomb whllo ho was holding a public reception at his country houso on Apteknssy island. Tho premier wns slightly wounded on the face and neck by flying splinters. Among tho dead nro the premier's 15-yenr-old daughter, who had both legs broken by tho explosion nnd subsequently sub-sequently succumbed to her Injuries, General Kamntln, tho premier's personal per-sonal secretary; M. Khosvoff, former governor of the provlnco of Pcnsa; Colonel Fodoroff, chlof of tho premier's pre-mier's personal guard; Court Chamberlain Cham-berlain Davidoff, Court Chamberlain (Voronln and Aide Doubassoff, and four women nnd children. The woundod include M. Stolypln's j3-year-old son, who Is seriously If not fatally Injured, and a number of persons per-sons prominent in tho socloty and official of-ficial world. Of tho four conspirators who engineered engi-neered the outrago two wero killed with tholr victims, whllo tho third, who acted as coachman for tho party, and tho fourth, who remained lnsldo the carriage, wero badly wounded and aro now In tho St. Peter nnd St Paul fortress. Tho four revolutionists arrived at M. Stolypln's villa at 3:20 p. m. In a coach. Two of them wero dressed in tho uniform of gendarmes, tho third was dressed as a driver and was on the box of tho coach, nnd tho fourth man wns in prlvnte clothes. Two of tho men entered tho villa under tho pretext of making nn important im-portant report to tho premier, but thoy wero not permitted to enter his office. Ono of tho men threw n bomb into tho reception room nnd a tcrrlblo explosion followed. Tho houso was nearly destroyed, tho man who throw tho bomb wns killed, but tho premier, who was in his office, was uninjured. Firemen who arrived on tho scone immediately after tho explosion found a horrlblo sceno. Many mutllntod corpses and a lnrgo number of wounded wound-ed nnd lacerated persons woro lying around tho spot where tho bomb exploded? ex-ploded? Among thoso killed wns General Zn-meatln, Zn-meatln, who during tho wnr with Japan Ja-pan was chief of communications. General Znmcatln was tho premier's personnl secretary. Colonol Stoln, who wns chlof of po-llco po-llco at tho Taurldgo palaco, wherotho lower houso of parliament held its sessions, nlso was killed. |