Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1894 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 7, 1891.

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S DEAD The Ruler of All the Russias Passes Away After an Illness Lasting for Weeks. Breathed His Last in the Empress Arms. AT And Other Cities Throughout the Empire. Booming of Cannon Announces the News. Subjects of the Dead Ruler Signify Their Love. Mnnlfentutlon if Sornur u livery Hand The Slate .Mourning to Ileal n Satnrday Althonsh llir- Knnrral AY1I1 !ot Occur for IV r hap Two AVeekn Oath of Allcuiiiticc to the w Cmprror I lakrn y tUf Mllilarjr unci Hlnh Official at l.Undta Itepnrt That a Mitli IIiih Wrecked II r. Zarlmrio' IIoiih itt Mosrou The Trlnee und Prince of Wiilcw En HouptP to iA it lia I. Itlrorr f Sympathy for the Family of the lle-rrawd-Sketch of Hi- Life. ST. PETriRRURd. N.v. 1.--The ansel of death, in the .-h.olow of whose pinions the air.ovr.it f .'11 the Russia s has been lying for main uhvs, -1 iy bckoned. an1 tha so-,;l i.r the man who had In his hands the live- and destinies millions upon nd'.Iion: of liien was born? away. Calmly and peacefully as a sleeping ha.be he wh.i by his .-dlehtest word cutiM have plunged Kuivpe into v;ir, th horrors of which would defy description, fell into the dreamless sb-t-p, whi.h he feared :x t. He, through the lrid of the hurch. wh-ve numbers, num'i- r over 70.000.000 persons, t.k hi- last ril.-s a few lays before death liinud him from his yrreatness. At 2:l o'clock this ä : ': ern ea ihe summons eame, and a f v bo.urs liter the thunderous bo .mimr f cannon at Livadia and St. Iv: rs burs' announced that the czar was dead, an 1 th it h who h id been the Crar. l Duk Xk-h..Ia r.-igned i:. his stead. On lightninc; wintrs the news uf Russia's 1 ss spread throughout the world, and it is safe to say that everywhere the Inte'li? -r.ee created sympathy f r the family nf him who by his 1 .'.icy had maintain. d the p?ace of Run pe. From Amr-rict tame w .rd of sympathy, fji' th- dead nil-r had alwiys been t i - ? ALEXANDER III. a friend of th? Croat republic of the "West, and Americans have not forprtten how well his father's friendship sustained, the North in the war of th- rebellion. Among the peaanr of Russia he will be mourned, with a deep and abiding sorrow, for was he nDt thä "peiaint czar?" Xoni of the grandil jquent titles borne by him was thought as much of as th? one bestowsd uprn him by his lowly subjects, wnase virtues were magnified in him, and who?e vices In him were entirely lacking-. He who denies th.2 popularity of th? czar anions the lowly class of Russia is blinded by prejudice. His kind acts to them in their seasons of plague and famine will never be forgotten, and tonljcht. in thousinds upon thousands of hom, from Vladivostok, In the Pacific, to the fortresses of th? Caucasus, millions of people, as they kneel before their dons, will pray from the bottom of their h dirts I for the repose of the soul of their "little father," who was to them as good in soul as in stature. 5nt Afraid of Death. 11 p. m. Since Tuesday, when the doctors Informed the czar that there was no longer hope, hia majesty composedly waited for the end. attending to necessary täte and family affairs in the short intervals of consciousness and freedom from pain. These were necessarily brief, the doctors having had recourse to s-i-ative to procure slep and allay pain. On Wednesday the czar was still able to b taken to a window of the palace, whence he gazed out upon the country he loved. The night parsed with all the aggravating symptons of dry cough. Dr. Zachartn remained In attendance upon him throughout the night, only snatching brief intervals for sleep in the ante-room?. The mornlnsr broke with rain and wind and heavy ckud3. and 'the weither was much colder. As the day advanced the weakness increased so rapidly that the czar himself, still conscious, reognizd tha: he could live only a few hours, lie expressed a de-Ire to receive the sacrament, whleh was administered by Court Chaplain YanUhert ami Father Ivan In the presence of the whole family. The czar then conversed leng and earnestly with Father Ivan, concluding by asklnff hlJ family to agaia gather round him. IIa spoke to each member separately and at the greatest length with th czarina. lie blessed all his children present. The scene was nnei of deep pathns. all being In tears. A'.l thi time hLs majesty wad sitting up In an arm chair. After taking leave cf his family hv grew gradually weaker, and his voice bmia so indistinct that it wa3 scarcely audible" The Eod. About noon a convulsive fit cf coughing was following by a slight raliy. Thenc until thd end the czar rnuineJ quiet, seemingly free from pain. At 2:15 o'clock he heaved a deep sigh and breathed his last in tho arm of the empress, who then broke down with th? weight of her grkf. The doctor fear th-s jrvuitd of reaction upon her alreaJy exhausted ystem. Tht body is now beins embalmed. It will probably be laid for a couple of days - la ihs I'aUce chattel. The arraaoitci'.'SLS

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that will be made for the funeral are still unknown. It Is believed that the remains will be embarked on the imperial yacht Polarnaia Flvezda (Polar Star) at YaJta. where the Seventh army corps will render military honors. The whole Black sea fleet will escort the yacht to (lessa, whence the body will be conveyed by railway to St. Petersburg, stoppingat tue important towns en reute o enable the troops to render honors to the dead. The state mourning will commence on .-Saturday. The funeral will probably b. held two weeks hence. The arrival of the prince an! princess of Wales, now en route to Livulia, Is anxiously awaited. A special train awaits them at the frontier. It Is believed that the presence of the princess cf Wales will afford great comfort to her si.?ter the czarina, and it is expected that she wil? make a Ion? stay in Rus.-ia. An Imperial decree announcing the aoces.sin to the throne of the tlmnd Imk'Nicholas (the czarewitch), Is expected to arrive from Livadia In a few days. The theaters and restaurants were closed this evening, but the streets were bury as usual. Crowds stood about the places where the bulletins from Livadia have been posted, reading th? otflcial announcement of his majesty's death. 1 a. m. It is reported here that the populace of Moscow, indignant at what they believe to have been the malpractice of Dr. Zachnrin In the case of the czar, are wrecking the doctor's house in that city. A Political Humor. LONDON. Nov. 2. The correspondent of th" Dailey Ncnvs at Odessa says that th French party in Russia and the Russ:.m party in Franco intend to jointly ex-rr th- h Influence to Induce the new cxar to enter into a rppiiar offensive anil df-nsive aiilancei bet w-' en the two powers. It Ls believed. luwver, that they will not succeed in attaining anything beyond the maintenance of the present entente. I'rlnce and Prlncenn Kiiroute. VIENNA. Nov. 1. Th? prince and prii'u-e.-.s f Wales arrived hero at 5 o'clock this aftern 01 and proceeded to tho I'.ritLsh embassy, where they were ioforrned of the death f t'ne czar. The pri;i'- :i!'l princess will continue their j urn"y I Livadia by special train at 10 o'd'M-k tonight. TUM MiU AT AV.SIIIXiTO.

Itusoiiin liiiinteri Tribute to the Dead llinperor. WTSHINC.TON, Nov. 1. Tiie an-nonn.-ement of the czar's death brought prof tin. 1 srief to the Russian legation at Washington. ffficial word cantti late In tLe afterttoon in th.s following cable fran th1 minister of foreign affairs: "ST. PETERSP.URcl. Nov. 1. "it Ins pleased our Icrd to recall to Him our much beloved sovereign. Emperor Alexander III. Died at Livadia this aft 'rn.'n, Oct. 20 (Nov. D. at 2:13. OIEUS." Tiid minister communieauvl the infonnation to the state department, but owing to the absence at the time from the city of th president, who was squirrel shooting, it ls probable that the message of sympathy and condolence from President Cleveland will not be sent until tomorrow. Prince Cautacuz.-ne said history Intime wml 1 pay i tj ju-t tribute to the merits of Alexander III. He had given Russia what she ms: needed peace and quiet. For ten yens these had been mithin g heard of "nihilism, except In the inspired attacks of m.i;ic.i.uH pensons. The emperu has gone freely among the people unguarded and unattended. He was in the habit of driving with the czarina in a low, - pen s'.eigh through the public streets. The sentiment of affection of the Russian pep'.!? t .ward the emperor constituted a protection much stronger tihart jxilice protection could afford. The previous emperor had been guarded by P .ice and yet he met assassination, whi'.e '.he late emperor niov.nl openly among Iiis people until he die I. to their universal grief. The Car'H Advanced Idea. STREATOR, 111., Nov. 1. The Rev. Ambrose Vectta. pastor of the Russian Oreek catholic church of Chicago, wsrs in Streator today to hold services and on being toll of the death of the czar, sail: "It is a mistake to think this grand man was not belovtd by the majority of his subjects. Alexander III was a most zealous and. take him all in all. just ruler of the Russian people. The initial steps in many reforms . were inaugurated during his reign, the most important of which is the compulsory national public . school system. The czar was greatly blamed for not giving his people a constitutiona' form of government, , but they are not ready for that yet. It would be a most foolish thing to hand a constitution to a band of roving Tartars. A foreign reporter was once admitted to an audience wich the czar and bluntly asked him why he did not grant his people a constitution. The czar replied: " 'Th y would not know what to do with it. If the dearest wish of my heart could be achieved, I would make a republic out of Russia today, Instead of an absolute monarchy. Rut my people are as chil2 . -ilm1 THE CZAREWITCH. dren. We are young in our national strength and it is the youth and strength of an uncouth giant. My people must be educated before they can govern themselves." "So we truthfully called the czar 'our little father.' lie loved us and we loved him." Amlundor Ilwynrd' Regret. BALTIMORE, Nov. 1. The Hon. Thomas F. Da yard, when Informed of the czar'3 d?ath, expressed hi3 deep regret at the occurrence. When asked what effect the czar's d?ath would have upon European politics he said: "Forewarned has been forearmed with the countries of Europe In this case, I think. They knew that this great friend of peaea was dying and were prepared for it. A cartoon recently published in London Punch made a great impression upon nie and mlrror3 the situation well. It represented Ralbna, the goddess of war. in ä troubled sleep and just reaching out for her sword tht laid beside her bed. Her three do&s of war fire, pestilence and famlne were just waking up. Still I have reason to believe and hope that the doctrine of peace which the czar has striven so hard to establish will bi fl lowed out by hi3 successor. I do not think his death will affect the relations now existing between Franca and Russia or RussU and Germany, nor will the sad occurrence result in any change of the triple alliance. In my oplnijn. RussU has suffered a tremendous loss In the death of the czar. In regard to his succession the devolution of power will, in my opinion, be carried out strictly in accordance with his policies." France I Moved. PARIS, Nov. 1. Premier Dupuy, as minister of tha interior, has. addressed tha following note to the prefects of all the departments of France: "His majenty, Alexander III. diel at 2:13 th! afternoon. The government of the republic immediately sent to Livadia anJ U SSL Petcrsbttx an expression . of.

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Ragged Haggard Good William Goat Where am I its profound emotion and- the unanimous regrets which, this painful news will pro- 1 voke throughout France. You are jv- . quested to half mast and dripe with crepe the flags on the national and departmental bureaux. President Casimir-Perier and the members of the French cabinet, shortly aiaer the czar's death became kniwn, visited the Russian embassy as a mark of respect to the dead emperor. siinTcii of ms lift:. The C'hHMctcr and fnrfer of n. tirent Ruler. Alexander III, the deceased czar of Russia, was the son of the assassinated Alexander II, who was the son of Nicolas I. w ho was the brother of his predecessor, Alexander I, and son of Crazy Paul, who was the sn of licentious Catharine, whose husband was the stupid and bmtai Peter III. Ueyond this the genealogy is subject to question, but of the seven imperial personages here noted Peter III was dethroned and imprisoned and finally murdered by ord-r of his wife. Catharine died In a lit brought on by excesses. Crazy Paul was murdered by a cabal of his nobles, Nicholas I died of chagrin, and Alexander II was blown into eternity by a nihilist bomb. The family has always been eccentric. Nominally the imperial line begins with Michael Feodorovitch Romanoff, whom the Russian nobles made czar in 1G13 In skeer desperation over the prolonged civil wars. He was only the son of aa archbishop, but the nobles managed to trace some connection by marriage with Rurik, founder of the empire. At any rate, tho horrible wars and murders of the preceding century had left conflicting clilma in such confusion that there was notnirtb for it but start an'ew.'nd so the Romanoff o . C ft!:'.' V i-iA'J;i;; tr7 vA-AV, TIIE CZAREWITCII'S T.RIDE. was made emperor. His grandson was Teter the Great, who was succeeded by his widow, Catharine I, and after her came another era of confusion which ended with the accession of Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great. Pea-: III was the son of her sister, and as he was the husband of Catharine II it is assumed that the line is regular from iho first Romanoff throusrh Teter the Great. The Romanoff blood is diluted to a v?ry fine strain by fr?quent intermarri igre with German princesses, and Alexander II married Maria, daughter of the late grand duke of Hesse Darmstadt. Their second sin, Alexander, wa3 born March 10, 1S45. There is a story, neither officially confirmed nor strenuously denied, that he gave the blow to Ms older brother, Nicolas, which caused the latter's death. It was accidental In some rough "horse play," but it injured the chest of Nicolas, and he died April 24. 1S65. at the age of twenty-two, and straightway everything was changed with Alexander. Character of Aiicholnn. Nicolas was engaged to be married to the Princess Dagmar, daughter of the king of Denmark and sister of the Princess Alexandria, who married the prince of Wales. Nicolas was a man of kindly disposition, and for a member of the imperial Romanoffs of Russia possessed of much culture. Alexander seems to have been a young man of unusually morose and obstinate disposition. He was In love with th? Princess Metcherekl, who was one of hl3 mother's maids of honor. She was a beautiful girl, and Alexander had told her of hl3 passion. Alexander II was not pleaäed with this and sent his son away. During hi3 absence his sweeth?art was forced to accept an offer of marriage from Paul Demldoff, prince of San Donata, and so, when the elder brother died and It was decided that for reason. of state Alexander should mirry th Princess Dagmar, he made no determined opposition. The marriage took place Nov. 9, 1SSG, and although authorities cpnflict about almost everything else pertaining to the life of Alexander III there Ls no doubt that the married life of the couple was almost an ideal one. notwithstanding the unusual circumstances which led to their union. Czar Alexander II was killed by a nihilist bomb March 13. 1S81, and Iii son succeeded him immediately as Czar Alexander III. During the years that ha had been heir apparent he seeems to have neglected no opportunity to fit himself for the exalted and arduous duties that were boforn him. Whether hi.- design was to so rule Russia as to make Its people happy and prosperous or simply to strengthen the Russian throne is a nueetiont upon which thera are vital and radical differences of opinion. Certain it is that he changed the policy of his father, who had freed the serfs and had in many ways Indicated a deslra to prepare his country for a more liberal administration of the government. The cause of popular education, which had. receive! eoma encouragement utida

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the fHthr, was crushed by th rue of the -,.!; j he. preps, which, though restricted, ha.! a. faint semblance of freedom, under tho o'.d, was fettered absolutely under the n-w regime; Siberia, bad enouph always, became tiie homi" of the century; the Jows. whose lot was never a pleasant one. in Russia, became the subjects of the most malevolent persecution. With a private citizen the presumption Is for innocence till guilt is proved; with a hereditary ruler the chances are even, but with an absolute ruler, especially a Romanoff, the presumption is always that he is despotic. We may. therefore, with perfect safety, reject all the excuses made for A'exander III that he w;is kept in ignorance of the liorrors of Siberia; that the real condition of his subjects was carefully concealed from him, and that he was only cruel where It was a cruel necessity. That he was a devoted husband and father is to his credit; some of the worst persecutors have been so. The hard. iTiiel fact remains that he reversed 11 the liberal movements of his father, gave the penal laws a sharper edge, treated the Jews and Poles with atrocious cruelty, udopted the worst features of socalled panslavism and to the very last quarreled bitterly with his son for not being equally bigoted and intolerant. Fortunately Murricd. He was most fortunate In his marriage. Indeed the whole history of the Danish royal family i.s th pleasantest in the recent annals of Europe and is delightfully colored with romance. King Christian IX and Queen Louise began life in quite a humble rank comparatively, for he was merely the fourth son of Duke William of Sleswick-Holstein, but when the old royal line became extinct the great powers combined to extinguish jealousy by making this younger son king of Denmark, and he took the throne Nov. 15, 1SC3. His oldest daufihter Ls now Princess of Wales, und his second the widowed czarina. His second son is King George I of Greece, and the other daughter and two sons are most royally connected. So little Dewmark, largely because It is little and not dangerous. i prolUi! rft royalty. . ' M:-ti-ia ' DamaV liartme Mari Feodo-' ronna when she married the czarewitch, gave up her 'lerman protestantism, and became a member of the Greek catholic church, and by all accounts has introduced a much-needed element of mildness within the blood of tha imperial family, for among a thousand contradictions if is; at least agreed that her son, the successor of Alexander1- 11?, a' purely Gasman-' Danislj and 'quite1 'Unlike ' his father In form and disposition. Five children were born to the czar and czarina Nicholas Alcxandruwltch, born at St. Petersburg May 1, 1S6S; George Alcxandrowitch, born May 9, 1871; Zenla Alexandro wna, born April 6, 1S7Ö; Michael Alexandrowitch. born Dec. 5. 1S7S, and Olga Alandrowna. born June 13, 18S2. Of hi3 children the czar, as a model family man, was very , fond, and many stories are told of tho methods be used to adopt to give them pleasure. He was very fond of amateur theatricals, and he was never happier than when retting up plays in which his children were to figure as actors. Elko Charles Dickens, he got an amazing amount of enjoyment out of the details of improvising plays, wardrobe curtain and every accessory out of ordinary materials and in the face of serious difficulties. Besides his own children the actors almost invariably included the elder children at the court, young lads who some day might rule provinces possibly kingdoms and young Kirls destined perhaps to be the moiners of long lines of princes and princesses. In HcIIkIoii n ltlKot. In religion Alexander III was a thorough bigot. He never once doubted that ho waj th2 Lord's anointed, rulinpr all Russia and her subject provinces by divine; right, and that Jews, stundists, m?nonites and others who did not implicitly obey his directions were in rebellion against God and deserving of little consideration. The .lomanoffs have always been given to a sort of brutal devotion, and the natural lent of Alexander's mind was intensified by tho teachings of hl3 tutor, M. Pobiedonotsoff, in later years the much feared chief of the holy synod of the Russian church. Nevertheless he taught his pupil morality, and it is claimed that Alexander HI was the only European sovereign of his time who never kept a mistress. He was frantically devour, and hl3 views on education were those of the Russian priests. As head of the church he consistently opposed every form of Instruction not controlled by the priests. Alexander III was a man of remarkable physical force. He stood six feet four inches in his stockings, and it la told of him that he could take a silver 'coin of th9 size of a dollar and double it between his thumb and forefinger.' When in 1SS8 his train was wrecked and a number of persons were killed, it is said he saved those who were in the same compartment with him from injury and perhaps death by supporting a portion of the fallen roof with his shoulders till assistance came. He was also an untiring worker, got down to his desk as a rule by 8 a. m. and went resolutely through official papers till 1 p. m. Then he had a light lunch and took recreation and read till a 6 o'clock dinner. He often wrote severe comments on the margins of papers presented to him, ani these were glazed over to preserve them in the royal archives. His favorite expressions were: "What a beast he Is!" "They are a set of hog3l" and the like. The Russian word "nezooteshltelno." which may be translated "discouraging," was a frequent comment with him. Once ho was prevailed upon to allow a very severe comment to be erased, "The council thought to trick me," he said, "but they shan't, but may strike the words out." He was a man of unflinching courage. He proved this in the last war between Russia and Turkey, -und. thouirh during his entire reign he was in constant expectation of being murdered, he never hesitated to show himself to his people when he thought the occasion demanded it, and he oftentimes was accounted even rash in his manner of doing this. For instance, on several occasions when members of his household died and notably when his English nurse passtd cway, he attended the funeral s ;rvices

like any common person, following the hearse on foot. It was his custom fre

quently to drive a pair of horses over the public highways, the czarina, and the whole family accompanying him in an open carriage. The Coronation. Perhaps the coronation of Alexander III, all of the ceremonials of which were determined by himself, furnished as good an Illustration of his character as any incident in his life. He did not formally assume the crown until 1SS3. two years after the assassination of his father. The ceremonies were held on May LS in the cathelral chutch of the Assumption within the walls of tha Kremlin at Moscow, for though St. Petersburg is the capital of Russia the elder city, in deference to the patriotic sentiment of old Russia, is still tha coronation city. The czarina, or rather empress, for the Russians do not now use the word czar habituaUy, presented a remarkab'.e contrast to her massive husband. She is slender anl petite, quite beautiful, and with a refined and rather pensive air. She was long considered the best dancer in the imperial court and was very fond of the amusement. They had various places of residence, the winter palace being most noted, but both preferred Gatchlna, near St. Petersburg. Whenever they or either of them appeared in public there were tumultuous demonstrations of joy, for the masses of the Russian peopla arei fanatically devoted to their White Father, as they call him. The nihilists come from a very small section of the fairly well educated classes, and even the advocates of reform and a constitutional government do not altogether Include 10 per cent, of the Russian people. Rrave as Alexander HI was, the continued danger of assassination finally wore him out, as it has many another brave man. He narrowly escaped at the funeral of his father. At another time there an explosion in the palace and again a narrow escape. Finally occurred the explosion on tue railway to Moscow, and the slightest of accidents alone prevented the whole imperial family from being blown into eternity. After that the czar lived very secluded for a long time, and his only real satisfaction was during his bug visit to. his father-in-law In Denmark. There he was the good uncle to a lively gang of children, with whom he romped and boated and rambled in the woods all day long. The Successor. After all, he died young, and now all Europe is asking about his successor. There Id even more contradiction in the reports about him than In those about his father. It Is alleged that he is openhearted, liberal and progressive, and with equal force that he is too stupid to have any marked characteristics and will be ruled 'by his counselors and priests. It is agreed, however, that he is very devoted to his mother, temperate and chaste and studious, and so it is taken for granted that, so far as he is Influenced at all. it will be chiefly by his mother and wife. A melancholy intere3t attaches to the second son of Alexander III, the Grand Duke George. In his youth he was delicate, but under the active regime to which the princes were subjected ie grew vigorous and completed the prescribed course of studies and military exercises. An acc.'dent. a fall while on a warship, injured his chest, and he became consumptive. Nevertheless he served as colonel of an infantry regiment and held command of an ironclad, and as a naval officer started to accompany his brother in a tour around the world. "While in Indian waters he fell from a mast and injured hia spine. He was ordered home, stopped awhile at Athens on account of his health, and not improving there made a voyage to Algiers, but in vain. He was sent to a region in the Caucasus supposed to be favorab'.e to consumptives, and it wxs soon, admitted that his case was hopeless. His father, disgusted at the liberal tendencies of the czarewitch. had designed to alter the succession in favor of his second son. but instead the second renounced hLs right In favor of the third. Grand Duke Michael, who now stands next to the czar. MJW C'ZAH OF THi: RUSSIAS. Mcholn II Proclaimed After the tn an I CnKtom. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2. The Official Messenger this morning publishes the first proclamation of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, in which, after formally communicating to the nation the news of the death of his father, Alexander III, he says: "May the knowledge console you, that our ' grief is he grief of our entire beloved nation, and may the nation not forget that strength and firmness of holy Russia lies in its unity, and unbounded devotion to us. "In this sad and solemn hour in which we ascend our ancestral throne of the Russian empire, and czardom of Poland and the grand duchy of Finland indissolub'.y linked with it. we remember tha legacy left us by our lamented father, and Imbued with It, we, In the presence of the Most High, take a sacred vow to make our sole aim the peaceful development of the power and glory of our beloved Russia and the happiness of ail our faithful subjects." The manifesto concludes with commanding that the oath of allegiance be taken to him. Emperor Nichols II, and to his heir apparent Grand Duke George Alexandrovltch, his brother, who is to be entitled czarewitch until God may bles.s with a son the union which hla majesty is about to enter into with Princess Aiix of HesseDarmstadt. At 9 o'clock this morning the imperial heralds, in brilliant uniforms, attended by a troop of trumpeters, announced tha death of Alexander III, and the accession to the throne of Russia cf Nicholas II. The two heralds, with their escorts, traversed all the principal streets of the city, and after the trumpeters had delivered three ringing blasts upon their trumpets they made public the proclamation of Emperor Nicholas II. Throughout St. Petersburg today tha accession of the new czar is being celebrated as a festival, for this event takes precedence of the mourning ceremonies. The Russian

newspapers therefore appeared without black .borders, and all sign3 of public mourninf will be withheld until tomorrow. At 10 o'clock yesterday evening the first requiem mass for the repo.-e ..f the sou! of Alexander III wa3 celebrated in S Petersburg, and all the ministers and members of the council of the empire were present. When the service ws over all those in attendance took the oath of allegiance to Czar Nicholas II, and to the presumptive heir, Czarewitch Grand Duke George, brother of the czr. This morning the senate met in plenary session and all its mem'herä took the o-itii of allegiance. At the same time a'.l the troops forming the garrison cf St. Petersburg were paraded in full uniform with their colors and were sworn with the customary formality. L.;ter the sani 1 ceremony was observed in the case i f civil servants of the empire. It is reported here tint the funeral .f the czar wiT. take place on Nov. l." and it is said that his body will lie in täte f r one week at Moscow.

Alexander l.uM Hour. LONDON, Nov. 2. A dispatch from I,vadia says that at 10 o'ci ck yesterday morning the czar expressed a wish t speak to th? czarewitch, and for sevei il minutes conversed with him In low, eirnost tones, while the attendants withdrew. Th czarewitch replied in a f -w words and bent down and kissed h s father's lips. Then the emperor asked all -.f hLs children to come to his side, inviting the oth-r immediate members of the imperial family to d the same. In a weak, but perfectly audible voice, the dying mm addressed his children, and th n. taking the hand of tha empress, he, for t'ne tirst time since his illness, showed signs of deep emotion. After this the czar seemed somewhat more cheerful, and frequently addressed words of comfort to the cmpress, who had not left his side. Toward 2 o'clock there were signs that the end of the czir was approaching. His breathing became more lab .red and a violent fit of coughing brought on a slight (hemorrhage, and this was followed by faintness. When this had partially passed away, the czir turned once more to his family, but the empress, whj was fupportins him. could not hear his words, and ahmst immediately he sighed deeply and ceased to breathe. His death was most peaceful. DARING ROBBERY IN CHICAGO, Jewelry Store Looted of Mnft Worth .(J,000. CHICAGO, Oct. .10. A daring robbery was committed in the heart of the business center cf the city this afternoon. The amount of plunder secured is not exactly known, 'but was given as JiJ.WO. in watches and other jewelry. Soon after 2 o'clock G. W. BrethaiuT, the senior member of the firm of lirethauer & Co., whole jewelers at No. 71 Washington-st., left the office, leaving his son In charge. The office of the firm is in room 1, on the iirst floor of the 'building. It is located in the southwest corner and in plain view of occupants of the office tui'.ding3 round about. Young lirethauer says he was bending over a show case of watches, in the rear of the room when two men entered the door. One of them carried a revolver in his hand and the other was armed with a piece of load pipe about two feet long. The jeweler was command! to throw up hLs hands, which he was not slow in doing. The two rnor. then ordered him into the vault, the door of which stood open, ltrcthus demurred and one of the men, he says, caught him by the throat, threw him nue the vault and pushed the door shut. The thieves then proceeded to ransack 'he show eases and f-voop the watches intc a gunny sack. The door of the safe f.ood open and the bandits emptied the cash box in it, obtaining a, considerable sum of money. All this required only a few moments and the men soon made tn-ir escape. The senior Brethauer returned about 2:30 arid , soon heard a . sound of pounding on the vault door. The vault door was hastily opened and th? imprisoned man taken out nearly exhausted. So far no trace of the thieves has been obtained. MRS. DRAYTON'S ANSWER. Say Mie Ha Faithfully Itegnrded Her -MarrlttKe Yovrn. TRENTON, N. J.. Oct. 21. The answer in the James Coleman-Drayton divorce suit was filed at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Drayton denies the charges of marital infidelity made by her husband and accuses him of having deserted her without cause. The answer is filed in her behalf by E. V. Llndbury of Elizabeth. Mrs. Drayton, in her answer, which is brief, admits her marriage to her husband in New York City on Oct. 20. 179, where they resided until 1SSG. Then they removed to Rarnardsviile, N. J., where they continued to live until Oct. 1, 1891. ALer that they traveled in Europe until some time early in 1892. She denies that she left her husband while they were temporarily sojourning in London, in January. 1S92, but that lie left her through cruel and unjust suspicion as to her marital fidelity. Mrs. Drayton makes specific denial to each and every allegation in her husband's bill charging her with adultery with Hallett Alsop Borrowe, und says that she was never guilty of adultery with Borrowe or any other person whatsoever, either in New York. London, Bamardsville or any other place. "The chargres." she says, "are wholly untrue and a most cruel and unfounded imputation." On the contrary, she says, she has always faithfully regarded her marriage vows and has been true and faithful to her vows as his wife. TWO WOMEN BRAINED. Jealous Husband n spec ted of n Foul Crime. COLUMBI AVI LLE, Mich., Oct. SO. -At 3 o'clock this morning an unknown man broke into Fred Skinner's house abojt three miles from here and attempted to murder Mr. and Mrs. Skinner and the latter's mother, Mrs. Standley. The man entered the house through the cellar, went first to Mrs. Standley's room .and struck her with a hammer, crushing her skull. Ha thn went to Skinner's room. Ktrnclc 1 Mrs. Skinner three times on the head and face and attempted to brain Skinner, but I the latter warded off the blow with a pilj low. The murderer then ran from the house j and has so far eluded capture. Mrs. Standley's husband, from whom she was separated some time afro, is suspwtci ot ; the crime. He was seen in C lumMaville . yesterday. His home ls near Pontiac and the shenff has left for that pladc. Loth women will die. SHOT BY A HIGHWAYMAN. Fnle of n Stage Driver Who Refused to Obey Ortler. NEVADA CITT, Cal.. Oct 30. Arthur Meyer, driver of the etage - running between this place and North BioomftV.d, was shot an l instantly killed , by a highwayman this afternoon. At Rock Cre-k, three mlle3 north of here, the incoming stage was stopped by a lone highwayman who commanded Meyer to pet down out of the box. Meyer refused and the bandit tirel twice at him with a revolver: The second phot passed through the driver's body. C. H. Kovee of Sierra county, who was the enly passenser, Jumped from tha coach und ran I into the rorest. Alter tne lonoer naa lerc i Rovee came out of the hushes, took charge ' of the coadh and horses and brought the dead stager to town. So far as known the robber secured no booty. Pure bio .id Is absolutely necessary In order to enjoy perfect lieal.h. Hood's Harsaparilla purifies the blood and strengthens the ystem.

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oi'Tt.HOWTH of Tin: ;ooin-mcii t;Xi oiM:u.Tio.i. Another Added to Kentucky I.onar I.i.t .f lllrunl IlHiiln The Meli in ti Frieud f the L.nvle l.oadrr of the .aus Itne lt- the Mol. PRINCETON. Ky.. Oct. CI. Newa reached lure today of the lynching of lldJy Martin, in Crittend.n county, yesterday morning, by a m b variously .- liitia.fd at fp in fif:y t. ne hundred men. The scene of th--' lynching is in a r.-inote part f tho county, and the de;.iils i.f the crime are hard to fret. The best obtainable information is that Martin was called upon at his h:nie after midnight and asked" to get up and help put out a, lire th.it was raging in tha r tghborh.nvl. Opening the door, he was rizel by a dozen or more men, who a-itd fir inf rma:ion of Rill Goode, the iiwless paup-r commissioner of Critten.icii county. He was also asked about th.- latter's crimes, and especially of h. -ste-aling. The mob told him that ;o-- had come to hang him. but if he W'-u.'d turn state's evidence up n Bill G io he would be spared. "if :'i-e are the only terms, gentleiv.' .-n." said h". "1-t the hanging pro- ( .1. RMI Goode has been my friend, and 1 wiil Miild him." The mob quickly done its work and lefi the lx ly waving from a limb upon u 1 iu? eoun.'-y roi.d. The hanging 1? the result of the Goode-Ri'-h g.ng b Crrtt.-nd- n county and theif 1 wles.--n-'s- c.-.mmi! t d here. G.ode, tha leader, has )'; ii:ed three time? by a nmi. hut escaped each time. Rerry Rich, wvis hunr itbout two wejks ago. and th m.b made a, raid again bist week, but failed to find their men. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION. The Irrltlrnt Aii"" 1hurdy ov. Ur to He Ohvcred. WASHINGTON, Oct. :,!.-Ti j wil Tt today issued the following: "By the President of th- I'm;.-! Pui'r of America: "A PROCLAMATION." -Th. American peojl. should -ra cfid' jr rend, r thanksgiving and prait-.' to H e supreme Ruler of th- untvers. . who ha watched over them in kinntss .tiol iocerin c;ire during the vcar th;tt 1 ;i r.nf..vl: they should also with humility a A laith supplicate tho Father of all ne-rei.-s f,,r continued blessinsrs according to tbesr needs and they should l.y Cveds cf charity seek the favor of th River of every good anl perfect fcift. "Therefore, 1. Grover Cleveland, president of the l.'nltel Slates, do hereby up point and set apart Thursday, the 29th day nf November Instant, as a day of thatikspivin and prayer to be kept and observed ly all the people of the Und. On that day let our ordinary work und bun ice l.e suspende and lt us meet in our accustomed places of worship anl pive thanks to Almighty God for our preservation a a nation, for our Immunity fpm dineajv and pestilence, for the harvests that have rewarded our husbandry, for a renewal of national prosperity and for every aihanc in virtue and intelligence that has marked our growth as a people. And with our thanksgiving let us pray that there blessings may le multiplied unto us that our national conscience may ! qulckent-d to a better recognition of the power and goodness of God and that in our national life we may clearer see and closer follow the path of righteousness. And In our j. laces of worship and praise as well as in the happy reunions of kindred and friends on that day let us Invoke divine approval hy generously remcml-rin? the poor and needy. Surely lie who has given us comfort and plenty will look uix.n our relief of the destitute and ur ministrations ot charity as the work of hearts truly grateful and as proois of the sincerity of our thanksgiving. "Witness my hand and the seal of the Fnlted,. State. wtch I have caused to be hereto affixed. l;iie tt the city of Washington on the 1st day of Novemler, in tho yrnr of our l)r.t eighteen hundred and ninety-four and tif Uie independence r the I'nited States the one hundred anj nineteenth. - - "GHOVEi: CMCVKhAND." "By the President.- W. (J. GlthiSHAM. Secretary of State.'! . t OVERTAKEN BY JUSTICE. Three Men Stippcri in He liurglnr Killed In n Wreck. WILLI AMSPGRT. Pa,, Oct. As tha result of a wreck on the Reach t'reek railroad at an aarly hour this morning, thre persons were instantly killed and one fatally Injured. The wreck occurred at a point between Pcale anl Viaduct, and nm caused by a break beam dropplnir. Seventeen cars were pile i m a mass. The named of the three victims coul ; not be ascertained, but it is btlievcd that they ar burfiiars, a.s they had two completf kits of buiglars' tools. Lach man also carried a, revolver, on the clothes of one rf the men. was found tht? name of "O. C'arr." Saloonkeeper HoIiIm-iI of $7Mt. AUBl'RK, Gal., Nov. 3. A. L. Kennison, a saloonkeeper, was he'.l up last nighfl about 12 o'clock by two mask el highwaymen anl robbed of i.n Kennisoa wa forced to open the safe at the pis.d's point. The robbers esciped. Olhcers are in pursuit. 1 r KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and irc'iu'ovemeat anj tptids to personal enjoyment when riirV.lv ujcd. .The macy, who live better tLän others and enjoy Jir more, with lots erpeiiditure, !y more promptly ii-laptirir the world's bes-t products to the nerds cf physical bcinjr, will attest tha value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in tha remedy, Svrtip cf Figs. Its excellence is due o Its presenting in the form mo?t acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect las.t tive; effectually cleansing the system, casnelling cold-s heaJachca and fevers ar.d permanently curiDg conctipation. It ha given satisfaction tc millions and iv.ct with the approval ol the raedial profession, because it acts on the Kidneys, Liver and lxwels without weakening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Svrup of Fias is for sale by ail drug" rifts in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup .'o. only, whose name ia printed on every laekagc-. also the name. Syrup of Fig?. :id being well informed, you will not ccept env substitute if one red. DOUBLE BEIM H WAPin $5.00. RIFLES SI.7S WATCHES BICYCLES $13 All ri mf rr ctoaa '- Her. fw mv nt4 tanp ffw to wr vMfw ?CMLL Ä af VNT CO i U ftia SU.tiaciaaU,k