The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-17
ONE HIGH OFFICIAL
DEAp.
ANOTHER DYING Z!
The Murderer Takes His Own Life.
ST. PETERSBURG I'M
WILD ALARM.
The Gar Safe at Last
Accounts.

ST. PETERSBURG, April lG. This morn
ing the widest alarm prevailed among
the respectable people OF all classes in this
city, on account of the discovery of an
other attempt on the life of the Car,
which was only frustrated by an accident,
which many attribute to the interposition
Of Providence. All other means having
failed the Nihilists determined to de-
stroy the life of the Emperor by poi
soning his food. For this purpose one of
the servants of the Imperial household
was brlbed to administer a powerful dose
of morphine to the Car at breakfast.
THE IGNORANCE OF THE ATTENDANT
saved the life of the Gar. 1t is well.
known fact, here, that for years past the
coffee used at the Imperial table has been
imported from America already prepared
for infusion. OF late the Gar had i'm.
ported a new brand of which he had be-
come passionately fond--so much so in
fact that he usually drinks from two to
four cups every morning. The poison
was distributed through all the food that
was placed upon the table, its taste
adroitly concealed by sweet herbs and
spices. The attendant was ignorant
however, of the fact that coffee is an an
tidote to morphine; or else supposed that
used by the Emperor to be one of the
common mixtures. But he made a mis-
take in this, as the sequel shows. Nell
kotf, who sat opposite the Emperor, and
drank only one cup of coffee gradually,
dozed off to sleep in his chair; kuttma-
nozof, who sat at his right, and drank
hardly any, was carried away insensible,
and General Pintowhisky, on his left,
who never drank anything but the beyer-
age which his Ename indicates fell dead
to the floor.
THE CzAE ALONE SAT UPRIGHT,
having taken his usual three cups OF
coffee. The astonished attendant gazed
for moment in mute wonder at the
object OF his unsuccessful attempt; fed
through the corridors, to the kitchen,
where, all at once, the truth flashed upon
him; there on table stood half.
cmptied paper Of 7, c. Poujade's ground
coffee. He remembered then that this
was the Cars favorte beverage-he knew
then that this must be the antidote which
had foiled him in his purpose, drew a
pistol from his breast exclaiming, "Alas
had | but known" and blew his own
| brains out.
LATER.
) p. m.-the funeral OF the late Gen.
eral Pintowhisky takes place tomorrow
1.-THE 18th, to-dayl; Melikoff is revivine
under the treatment Of the Court Physi.
clan who is giving him continual doses Of
Poujades coffee. He says it is easy to
take. Count kuttmanozof, however, is
still lying III very critical condition and
is not expected to live. All the most cele.
brated doctors in St. Petersburg express
the opinion that il Melikoff had taken
only one-half instead of whole cup OF
coffee he would have been dead ere this.
The Gar IS at this moment serenely en-.
ioying one of Pouiade's l2l cent cigars.
1t is expected that the Nihilists will take
every means to revenge themselves on the
innocent cause OF their misfortune, and a
number have departed for America to,
day, with that end in view.