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HATED RUSSIAN
SENT TO DEATH
Von Piehve, Minister of Interior,
Horribly Mangled by a Bomb.
DEED OF AN ANARCHIST
Explosive Was Thrown at His Carriage
in Streets of St. Petersburg and
Vehicle Was Torn to Pieces.
A St. Petersburg special says: M,
Von Piehve, minister of the interior,
was assassinated at 0:50 o'clock on
Thursday morning by a bomb thrown
at his carriage while he jvas driving
to the Baltic station to take a train
for the palace at Peterhoff, where
he was to make his weekly report to
the empetor.
The assassination is believed to be
the outcome of a widespread plot, the
existence of which has been suspect
ed for some days. Numerous arrests
have already been made, including
that of the assassin, a young man who
is believed to be a Finn named Leg
lo, and who is now in a hospital se
verely and perhaps fatally injured by
the expplosion of his own bomb. An ac
complice of Eeglo, also apparently a
Finn, but whose name is unknown, has
been arrested. He had in his posses
sion a bomb, which he tried to throw,
but he was overpowered by the po
lice just in time to prevent great I033
« of life.
The bomb was thrown under the min
ister's carriage, completely shattering
it.Von Plehve’s body was terribly man
gled.
The coachman was killed and the
wounded and maddened horses dashed
wildly away with the front wheels - of
the carriage, the only portion of •the
vehicle remaining intact. Immediately
there ensued a scene of the'Wildest
confusion.
Police and gendarmes hurried from
every direction and vast crowds gath
ered about the spot where Che mangled
body of the minister lay weltering in
his blood.
The Asssociated Press correspondent
was at the scene of the tragedy with
in five minutes after it occurrred.
The roadway was strewn for a hun
dred yards with the wreckage of the
carriage and pieces of the red lining
of the minister’s official overcoat. A
few yards from M. Von Plehve’s body
lay a shapeless heap of the coachman’s
remains.
The tragedy occurred on the Zalal
konski prospect, a broad thoroughfare
leading up to the Warsaw depot.
The bomb thrower must have known
perfectly well that Minister Von
Piehve would pass the spot at the
time, for he makes his report to the
emperor every Thursday.
The infernal machine was thrown
with deadly accuracy and the assassin
was favored by the fact that >he traf
fic in that section is always of the
heaviest, owing to the crossing of
lines of surface cars and the contin
uous stream of heavy truck. M. Von
Piehve was always apprehensive of at
tempts upon his fife and used to drive
as rapidly as possible.
The assassin in laying his plans evi
dently foresaw this circumstance and
while the minister’s coachman slowed
down in crossing the tracks threw the
bomb.
The explosion was terrific and prac
tically annihilated the woodwork of
the carriage.
The horses plunged madly away,
dragging the axle and the front wheels.
The animals, thoroughly infuriated by
the wounds they had sustained, nad
not gone far before they fell with
pools of blood under them.
In May, 1903, M. Von Piehve was ap
pointed president of the imperial com
mission. appointed to carry out the
emperor’s reform decree. He was con
sidered as being second in power to
the czar.
It has been charged, with considera
ble proof, that Piehve instigated the
massacre of the Jews at Kishineff,
which caused a protest from all civi
lized nations.
Piehve, though uneducated, became
the mouthpiece and one of the chief
instruments of Russian jingoism and
of an intensely reactionary spirit,which
caused the complete alienation of Rus
sia's formerly most progressivve sub
jects in the western border provinces,
Cne Poles and Lithunians, the Ger
mans, Celts and Esthonians of the Bal
tic provinces and the Finns. He was
also instrumental in the systematic op
pression of the Caucasian populations
and of the Americans and Tartars.
The non-Orthodox Russians were in
Hie habit of alluding to Piehve as the
rod of the Orthodox church, so mer
cilessly did he persecute them.
For a long time it has been pre
dicted that Piehve would dio by the
band of an assassin and so strong was
A RAISE-FOR GOVERNOR
Georgia He use Passes Bill Increasing
Chief Executive's Salary from
$3,000 to $5,000.
By a vote of 112 to 26 the Georgia
louse of representatives, Tuesday,
passed the bill providing for an in
rease from $3,000 to $5,000 for the
governor. *
A vigorous fight against the measure
was made by those opposing it, but
hey were defeated at every point,
ind the bill was declared passed by
Speaker Morris, after he had had read
in opinion regarding the nature of
the vote.
Bills providing for increase of salary
jf public officials require a two-thirds
vote of both houses of the general
assembly, under the constitution.
There was a question involved as to
whether this meant two-thirds of all
the members elected to both feouses or
simply two-thirds of those voting, pro
vided the measure received a constitu.
tional majority. The constitution re
quires that all bills providing for con
stitutional amendments shall receive
two-thirds of the votes of all the mem
bers elected to each house, but the
requirement with regard to salary bills
is that they shall be passed by a two
thirds vote of both houses, and says
nothing about two-thirds of those
elected to cither house.
Speaker Morris took the latter view
of the matter and held that the bill
was passed if it received two-thirds
of the votes of those voting, providing
such two-thirds should be a consti
tutional majority. He presented many
decisions in support of his attitude.
Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, made a
strong speech in favor of the passage
of the bill, presenting figures from
other states showing that states with
far less population and taxable
wealth than Georgia pay their gover
nors from $5,000 to $6,500. Mr. Sla
ton showed how the present salary
was fixed at a time when conditions
were very different from what they
are now, and that an increase wa»
now necessary in order that the gov
ernor might properly uphold the dig
nity of the state and have sufficient
to meet his necessary expenses. He
said that the governor was compelled
to spend $1,200 a year for servants
and the keep of two horses alone. This
would leave him the small sum of
$1,800 on which to entertain visiting
delegations, associations and officials
of the state, city and country.
Mr. Slaton held that these expenses
paid, the governor left his position vir
tually bankrupt, and in case of death
would leave his family almost desti
tute.
Mr. Knight, of Berrien, offered an
amendment making the amount $4,000
and Mr. Daniel, of Emanuel, wanted
to make it $6,000.
RUSSIA IS ROUNDLY SCORED.
Czar is Called Down by England and Some
Significant Threats are Made.
A London epecial says: The Brit
;-h government is taking energetic ac
Mon in the case of ‘he sinking of
I’Htish steamer Knight Commander by
tee Vladivosieck squadron. Informa
”cn received ly the government tends
to establish ‘r. the official mind a be
lief that an overage has been commu
ted for whicij no excuse exists in in
ternational law.
While n^xiation^ between Great
p. itain and Russia respecting the Red
.'ca seizures have lten carried on
;a the mo it conciliatory manner, the
Associated Frees learns that in the
presentations at St. Petersburg For
eign Secretary Kansdowne declared
F.at Great Britain' could not, in view
of her treaty alliance with j'apan, ai
low any interpretation to be placed on
e treaties relating to the Dardan
elles'which would permit of the free
Passage of vessels o* the Russian vol
i oteer fleet from the L>lack Sea to the
edlterraneaa with toe view of
.-"Dsequent employment for war pur
poses.
British snip owners are up in arms
car the ,iar.<ers which shipping
now running, f nd bombarding
government with representations
irg to the thorough protection of
interests.
BULLET Of ASSASSIN PROVES FATAL.
Mrs. Snipes, Who Was Shot While She
Slept, Succumbs to Wound.
Mrs. L. R. Snipes, who was shot in
bed by an unknown assassin early
Sunday morning at Hansell, Ga., died
Monday afternoon. Morgan and Arch
Tindall and Matthew Thompson,
three boys, about twenty years old
each, are in jail at Thomasville
charged with the murder. The evi
dence against them is entirely circum
stantial, but the circumstances point
ing to lhe guilt if one of th€m Is very
strong.
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AN EXPERT GUN CREW ON THE MAINE AIMING AT A TARGET.
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j ' TRAINING GUNNERS
; IN THE NAVY
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Our Battleships Breaking All Records
in Shooting at a Target 333 Gun
Pointers Selected After Rigid Trial
35 =A Foreign Experiment in Shooting
at a Battleship »«= The Value of
Target Practice.
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Sy Lieut. Com. ALBERT CLEAVES,
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j Commanding U. S. S. Mayflower.
REVIVAL of target prac
A tice dates from the Spanish
American War. Up to that
time adequate attention had
not been paid to the neces
k sary training to produce ex
pert 11 ■sults in any navy in the world,
j j except sian. Since possibly that the time, French and Rus
England and
, Germany have made important
j changes United States in their systems, and in the
j target practice has been
i carried on so assiduously that recently
' the American gunners established the
j best records that have ever been made.
The M isconsin first broke the record,
and later the Texas shot even better,
j 1 Target the practice in our navy is as old
! as ' guns. We always devoted much
| time and attention to the guns, and in
so doing we acquired a world-wide
reputation in all our wars for excellent
shooting.
In the beginning of the new century,
when the infant navy of the United
►States first began to make itself heard
iu the West Indies and on the coast of
j Barbary, target practice—not the
s °ientittc drill of to-day, but none the
less target practice, including shooting
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I at beef casks—became throughout the
navy a part of every ship’s routine
and our sailors were thus for years
kept in training until the great strug
gle came with the acknowledged
champions of the ocean, Up to that
time only one English ship, the Shan
non, bad target practice, or put sights
on her i • uns, and her reward came one
eventful June day in Boston Bay
ninety years ago, when she fought the
Chesapeake.
The necessity for target practice was
taught for all time on the bloody decks
of the Guerriere, the Macedonian, the
Java, and the Peacock. It matters not
whether the gun in vogue is a carron
ade, a Dahlgren, or a modern liigh
powered rifle; unless it can be made to
liit the target, it is absolutely useless.
But it was not until the battle of the
Yalu, in tlie Chinese-Japanese War,
that heavy gun-practiee was seriously
considered. The value of the practice
was proved at Manila and Santiago.
The search of foreign experts for the
best way to hit a mark resulted in the
present system of target practice, gen
erally tlie same in all navies, and
brought to a high point of efficiency in
ours.
It is only half the work to arm and
equip ships with the most improved
guns and sights: they must also have
a highly trained personnel capable of
manipulating guns, turrets, and tor
pedoes. \\ hen China found lierseif ar
rayed against Japan she offered $500
cash per month for skilled gun
pointers, but, in all great navies, guii
poiliters are trained, not bought, and
when the fight is on it is too late for
Instruction,
How does a man become an expert
gunner? Diligent drill and constant
training are not enough without a cer
tain amount of natural aptitude, One
man after another is tried, A few
days’ drill in the turrets eliminates all
except the fairly promising. For the
talent of eye and nerve which marks
the horn gun-pointer the Government
pays from $2 to $10 a month in addi-
tion to the man's regular pay. This
premium is not confined to any race,
creed, or color. On one vessel in the
navy one ol' the gun-pointers is a
negro.
Selecting gun-pointers is one of tlie
most important duties in the navy.
Having selected the men for gun
pointers, tiie next step is to train them.
Two methods are now in vogue, both
having the same principle, but differ
ing in detail. In the old days of sails
and smooth-bore guns, the invariable
rule—and the only rule the gun-cap
tains knew—was this: “Fire at the
top of the downward roll (just as the
ship begins to roll toward the target),
and aim at the enemy's waterline. 7f
This rule lasted far into the age of
steam and turret guns, and has only
recently been supplanted by “continu
ous-aim-firing,” or the art of keeping a
gun trained on the target regardless of
the oscillations ot' the vessel, during
the whole or a portion of the roll.
SILENT BRIDES OF KOREA.
Newly Made Husband May Not Hear
His Wife’s Voice For Months
After His Marriage.
Here is a picture brought from the
far east only a short time ago which
shows exactly how the ‘'silent brides,”
as those of Korea are called with so
much reason, look on the wedding day.
It may be said that although the robes
depicted therein remind one somewhat
of Japanese garments, the broad girdle
with iis enormous knot at the back,
which is formed on tlie island girl’s
kimona, is not a part of the Korean
belle's decoration, while the sleeves
edged with deep white bands are much
larger than those worn aeross the
straits.
The headdress, a most important
part of tlie quaint outfit, is peculiar to
Korean brides. Made of heavy cloth
carefully quilted and stiffened with a
sort of canvas lining, it covers all ex
cept a very little of the hair and rises
about a foot above the head. The
large wooden pins at the back hold
the headgear securely in place, the
ribbon falling over the left shoulder
being decorative only.
Dressed in this costume the young
woman who, since her parents have ar
ranged all her marriage affairs, per
haps never has seen her future hus
band, is led before the priest for a
ceremony which probably lias no equal
for simplicity. At a word from the
priest the contracting persons bow to
each other slowly and solemnly alid
ad is over! Then the bride goes home
to await further orders, while the hus
band. gathering about him all his
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friejuls and acquaintances, departs for
an elaborate feast, which be gives in
honor of himself.
Once married the bride’s family
identity at once sinks before her new
name and she is never known except
as So-and-So’s wife. Her chief duty
is to attend strictly to her own busi-
ness, not speaking except when uem
sa ry. So firmly is this virtue
pressed upon the young girl’s
that several months often pnss before
her husband hears his partner's voice,
and where a father-in-law is one o'
the family whole years of almost absi
lute silence are said to elapse. Sin,
the son has no say in choosing a v
or a daughter in ehosing a busbar’
the parents are held responsible by ti, |
community for the proper marriage ■
their children. If a man allows h'J
son to reach the age of twenty unma:
ried his neighbors consider him sad!;
lacking in his duty to lii> son.— Kansa*
City Star.
SANITARY SOAP SERVER.
Prevents Contamination and Cuts Down
Expense.
In this day and generation, when the
enormous importance of sanitary con
ditions is so well recognized, it is diffi-l
cult to.reconcile the indifference of tlv>
public to numerous transgressions of
the laws of hygiene and sanitation that
are encountered daily. Soap in offices
and other semi-public places may be
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cited as an instance, Powdered soap
receptacles that furnish the user with
a sufficient supply of soap without in
dividual contamination are offered i> 1:l
number of forms, but they are only 0< -
casionally met. The illustration sho«?
an English type that has been ■adopted
in the houses of Parliament ami >"
many English hotels, which otherwise
are notoriously behind the age in con
veniences and comfort, The soap IS
put up in the form of a circular hau
perforated through the centre, is placeu
on a spindle and inserted through the
top of the cylinder, which is locked . ■
prevent pilfering and meddling- .The
end of the spindle which pt
through the soap is cut with a fine
thread, and is connected with a nioili
carrying four tm ^
tied catehet wheel
saws crossways at tlie bottom of
apparatus, which is open. By turning
the eylinder*the saws are brought i« t0
contact with the bar of soap, cutting
away flue granulations. which drop
into the hand pjaced to receive thP 1 **
This soap cup, the manufacture^
claim, effects a saving of seventy--f"
per cent, in the amount of soap ordiiv'
rily used, besides possessing essenhu
sanitary advantages. Somewhat introduced siioj l
lar devices have been -
this country.—Philadelphia Record.
An extremely fine quality of 1
leather made in Turkey is m anufim
tured from the skin of the angel th ’■