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Show 4- KIEV. Sept. IS. The Rus- 4- 4- bian premier, Peter A. Stoly- 4- 4- pin, died tonight from the bul- 4- let wounds of an assassin dur: 4- 4- ing a gala performance at the 4- 4- Municipal theater Thursday 4- 4- evening. Tho -official time of 4- 4- his death was announced as 4- 4- 10:12 p. m. (3U2 p. m. New 4- 4- York time.) ,. 4- 4- II 4H Almost until the last the premier was conscious and for half an hour during the early part of the evening his wife alone was at his bedside. Toward the end Stolypin suffered greatly Finally the heart action became be-came weaker and as the body grew cold the premier realized that death was overtaking him. At a lucid Interval In-terval the priest administered the'ex-trcme the'ex-trcme unction The Metropolitan Flavian blessed and consoled him In, hfs last moments. Frequently tho dy. Ing man (jailed: "Give tho letter. Take it away. Give me a red pencil." i His last words were: "Lift me" "Light up." Ho dlod peacefully, surrounded by several of his relatives and state officials. of-ficials. All Hope Abandoned. All hope for the premier's recovery was abandoned this raornins. Saturday Satur-day night Indications 'of peritonitis were noted which hecamo aggravated Sunday The hullotln issued by the physicians, early this evening declared that the patient's condition was hopeless hope-less Premature reports of the premier's pre-mier's death were current for somo time before it occurred. Several missions mis-sions and embassies werej misled by these reports and notified their governments. gov-ernments. The' authorities at first decided de-cided to conceal the news of the premier's pre-mier's death, fearing an antl-Jewlsh outbreak. |