THE RUSSIAN REVOLT

Evening Star, Issue 13003, 24 December 1906, Page 8

THE RUSSIAN REVOLT

Tress Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. A GRAND DUKE MURDERED. ST. PETERSBURG, December 25. The Grand Duke Alexis Ignaticff. a member of the. Council of the Empire, Jus been assassinated at tho Zemstvo Hall ;it Tver, nil tho Volga, and 102 wiles from Moscow. [The Grand Duko Alexis, High. AdiniraJ, born January 2, 1850, an undo of tho Oar. and unmarried. Ho was made a member of tho Council of tho Empire- and of tho Committee of Ministers in 1904.] HOW THE ASSASSIN'ATI ON OCCURRED. ST. PETERSBURG. December 23. (Received December 24, at 8.38 a.m.) General Ignafieff wa.s sitting with the members in the refreshment room of tho Tver Zemstvo, when a youth fired four revolver shots. Ignatieffs colleagues pursued the assassin, who attempted to commit suicide, but was captured. The printing works at Moscow harvc been warned thai they will be closed if they f.TmD electoral notices tor the Constitutional Democrats. The' Liberal Press in this city are doponncing the ruthless persecution of the cppononU of the Governmer»t, who are intimidating the. elector?. The elections to tho Duma l»ave been fixed for February 19.