The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-10-01

The departure of the Emperor from
Peterhof was intended to be kept pro-
found secret; but, as usual IN such cases,
it leaked out through one channel or
another that move was to be made,
and the arrival here of General Kozloff,
Police Master at Moscow, gave q clue
10 the direction that would be taken.
On the day fixed for the departure the
Official Messenger, to the dismay of the
authorities, announced that the EN-
peror was about to start for Moscow,
an indiscretion of which the immediate
penalty was a severe reprimand from
Count Ignatieff, who forbade the unof-
fetal press of the capital to reproduce
the announcement or to refer 10 it ia
any way. The first intimation vouch-
safed to st. Petersburg that the EN-
peror had actually left the vicinity was
contained in an official telegram pub
lished on Saturday, and recording his
arrival In the city of the Cars. Since
then his movements have been duly
chronicled by the official organ in
series of kilograms, which the other pa
pers were graciously allowed to repro
duce in gigantic type twenty-four hours
later. though without word Ut COM
ment. The observance of all this mys-
terry can only be explained on the as
sumption that the Car is in imminent
danger of falling victim to the machi-
nations OF the Nihilists. As in the case
of the late Emperor last journey to the
South. the line was guarded throughout
its length by soldiery. At every hum
dred PAGES bayonets glistened, and at
intervals tents shone white and camp
fires cleaned. Such places as offered
more than ordinary facilities to miscre-
ants of the Hartmann type were special
ly looked after. but still not satisfied as
to the safety of the Imperial party, Gen.
eral Ignatieff, who accompanied it, re-
ures to battle any possible attempt on
the part of the revolutlOnists.
From the Peterhof line the imperial
train ran through loop intended for
goods traffic only into the Great South
ern Railway. sometimes preceded by a
pil0t-train, sometimes itself taking the
lead. The speed all the way was some
what less than that of ordinary mails
| (thirty miles an hour, and, owing to
long stoppages, the time usually occu-
pied by the journey was considerably
exceeded. At Moscow the first warning
the public had OF the intended visit of
the Car was givenby the sudden hustle
at the Governors house and at the
palace, where, two days only before the
arrival of the august travellers, hasty
preparations were made for their recep
ton. Late next day it was intimated
that the Car might be expected al
eight o'clock the following morning,
and at the appointed hour train die
make its appearance, but to the nc
small disappointment of the crowd that
had gathered near the station it brought
only batch of police and detectives,
4 who hoped to find plenty of game in
the trap thus cleverly baited. Before
ten. however. preparations had been
made in earnest. Troops were stationed
on both sides of the route all the way to
the Kremlin. The inhabitants of every
house in the streets through which the
Emperor was to pass were peremptorily
ordered to close their windows, and the
anxiety depicted on the faces of the
police showed when the cortege was
nearly at hand. Presently distant cheer
ing was heard, and as it grew nearer
and nearer, the open carriage contain
ing the Gar, Czarina and their children
drove rapidly by, followed by that OF
Prince Dolgorouky, Governor-General
of Moscow, the foundations of which
were laid by his ancestors 700 years
ago.-Cor. London Standard.