Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11
a Man No One Envies.


following striking picture TO the Lon.
don Times of the state of imprison.
ment into which recent events have
thrown the car: "The emperor still
brooks in sullen retirement in the cas-
tie OF Gatchina. His majesty has paid
only two or three fugitive visits to the
capital curing the last month. On the
last occasion he was to attend the
funeral coTtege of the late Prince
Oldenburg to the railway station. His
majesty's place was only marked out
in the official programme, but no two
people who saw the procession agree as
whether he was behind the bier or not,
and the newspapers all cOntradicted
each other as to the cars presence
The most probable version seems to be
that he awaited the late princes re.
mains at the railway station. There is
no relaxation in the vigilance exercised
at Gatchina. Gen. Count VOrontzoff.
Dachkon Is reported to have been un-
able to get on with his imperial mas
ter, and to have been obliged to leave
him for time, while, on the other
hand, it is stated that the count has in.
jured his leg and is obliged to keer
himself quiet. 1t has not yet trans.
pired which story is the true one. The
contradiction OF the first reports as To
the way in which The village of Gatchi
ma was protected, a contradiction
drawn up by Count VOrontzoff- -Dach
koff himself, does not apply to the
vicinity of the palace, which is strictly
guarded and watched. \ short time
ago two of the young grand dukes
cousins of the emperor, were stopped
in the grounds by a Cossack, who
threatened to spear them if they ad
vanced. y friend, who has occasion tC
visit the castle to see an official, tells
me that as soon as he left the railway
station and took the direction
toward the palace, he felt con
sciOus that the eyes of the police were
following him, but it was only wher
he " rs about to cross the bridge over
the castle moat that he was actually
stopped. Here the police officials were
all officers. They acertained his busi
ness and escorted him to the service
gate of the palace, the only one which
is allowed to be approached. He al
once found himself in the police Office
surrounded by officers. His passport
was taken, and his description, the
time of day, and business, were al
duly noted in book, which the CHIEF
OF police is supposed to examine every
day. An officer was then sent to in
form the official inquired for, while my
friend was kept by the police. On the
officer returning with a message that
the official could be seen, my friend
was escorted by police officer down
the long corridors to the rooms of the
person he wished to see. All the way
CoSsack sentinels, with drawn swords
were tramping up and down. 1t car
readily be imagined that no official OF
the palace, however high he may be
placed, is particularly enjoyed at pres.
ent by the visits of his friends. Ms
acquaintance was, therefore, exhorted,
for the love of heaven, to confine his
conversation to the merest com.
monplaces. and not stay too long. When
he got to the train on his return Jour-
ney he felt heartily glad and fortunate,
though he could not shake off the SEN
sation that the police were still at his
back. Looking out Of the windows of
the corridor into the courtyards, of
which there are four within the castle
walls, he saw innumerable stacks of
piled muskets, denoting the presence
of large force of infantry, and on the
open place in front Of the palace were
picketed the horses of about a SQUAD
ron of cavalry. Persons whose business
calls them daily to the palace, and who
are well known, and vigorously searched.
For example, a priest, employed in the
service of the imperial chapel. was
lately subjected to such a close inspec-
tiOn that even his cigarettes were not
overlooked. a COssack officer is sta
toned at each of the doors Of the sleep
ing apartments of the emperor. the
empress, and the heir apparent during
the night. The last named complains
continually of the restraint put upon
his movements since his fathers
accession to the throne. He is not al
lowed to go out riding in the park,
which particularly annoys him. None
of the officers or court officials are al
lowed to be away from the place more
than two or three hours at time, and
are obliged to be in before 9 in the
evening. The court will soon remove
to Peterhoff, which has a small port
at the mouth of the Neva. Here four
light ships will be anchored, and no
other vessels are allowed to 90 near.
The two yachts, Slavianka and Ccarev.
ma, will always be in readiness to con.
vey the emperor to and from st. Pc
tersburg, accompanied on either side
by torpedo boat, manned with -four
marines"
The State Police, or the old Third
Section, under a new name, is being
thoroughly reorganized by NJ. Plome
its new chief, and the secret communi.
cations of its agents are not even to be
shared by the assistants in the depart
ment, but are to be strictly confidential
between the chief and his spies.