Show w W BULLETS HISSED ABOUT RUSSIA mm HEAD attempt made to assassinate grand duke N cholas wh ie he was re view ng the troops st Peter bur grand duke nich olas Nicholai evitch president ot the ancil cf national defense narrowly escaped asnass nat on saturday at the hands of the imperial guards in the g ard camp at krasnove Kra snoye seio it appears that the grand duke waa personally reviewing the maneuvers and putting the troops through blank fir dg practice when he suddenly waa startled by the wasp like hiss of bul lets abo t his head fortunately neither himself nor his horse was touched the command to cease fir inc was immediately given and the sol diers of the regiment legi ment from which the bullets came were marched back to their quarters and an investigation begun in the hope of ascertaining from the barrels of the rifles which ot the soldiers fired ball cartridges sev eral aneses are understood to havu been made one of the grand duke s aldes de camp who however was not personal ly present advanced the theory that possibly the bullets were fired by acci dent but he considered that beyond a doubt there was a plot on the part ot a number of disloyal guardsmen who deliberately planned to take the grand duke s life under cover ot the general blank cartridge firing |