Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1904 — ORDERED BRIDGE BLOWN UP. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ORDERED BRIDGE BLOWN UP.

Grand Duke Serge Will Be Removed for Lack of Caution. Advices from Russia state that during the recent, maneuvers of Russian troops t!T6 Grand Duke Serge. governor general

of Moscow, ordered n bridge blown up, forgetting that tho structure was crowd- , cd with troops. ' Unintelligent subordinates obeyed, regardless of consequences, nnd fifty officers nud 1.000 men I were killed and I wounded. The grand ■ duke's removal from the army and the loss of his responsible post arc said to be imminent.

DUKE SERGE.