Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-08-13 | Page 8 | Linevitch for the Commander

GRAND DUKE ADVOCATES FORMER manchurian GENERAL assassinations IH WARSAW life of general attempted lay youth with bomb general 1 relieved at warsaw st petersburg aug 12 grand duke nicholas the associated socia ted press is informed by a mem her of his entourage has declined to accept the poat of commander in chief of all the troops of the empire where martial law exists was tendered to him august 4 whether this was decided before or after the attempt on the life of the grand duke at solo on august 10 la not known but the ostensible reason is that grand duke nicholas believes such a post should not be given to a grand duke but a purely military man he advocates the appointment of general linevitch formerly commander in chief of the manchurian Manc hurlan army but the emperor has not finally decided the matter today the second birthday of the was observed with the usual display of flags and aloas but there was no enthusiasm in the celebration in fact few per sons seemed even to know what was the occasion for the decorations the day was quiet in the capital the activity of the terrorists in the provinces included beside the usual harvout of assassinations in warsaw an attempt on the life of general Kart elff chief of the gendarmerie gendar merie 0 samara province and the wounding of captain of police ivanoff of libau by a youth who fired thrice at him in the street the assailant of general Kartic fE mounted the stairs of the generals chancellors chanc ellory and threw a bomb at random the missile failed to explode and the miscreant escaped in of biot pursuit general acting governor general of warsaw city and province has been relieved of his office and will be succeeded ly general yon barsky ia conjectured that tho change is due to general order alth rs gard to responsibility the of towns alch general before his transfer to as governor general of finland was obliged to cancel