Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26
ASSASSINATED.
Violent Denth OF the Gar of Russia-Th
20 New Emperor.

A ST. PETERsBURG correspondent Of a Lon.
don paper, under date oE the 18th, says: The
Imperial carriage was attacked on the Ekat
Rinofsky Canal, opposite the Imperial $, ,ables,
while the Emperor was returning with the
Grand Duke Michael from Michael Palace in a
closed carriage, supported by eight Cossacks.
The first bomb fell near the carriage destroy
ing the back part. The Car and his brother
alighted uninjured The assassin, on being
seized by Colonel of the Police, drew
a revolver, but was prevented
from firing It. A second bomb
was then thrown by another person, and fell
close to the Cars feet, its explosion shatter-
ing both legs. The Car was Immediately con-
yeyed in an, unconscious state TO tho Winter
Palace, where he diedat at,3.3o this afternoon.
ef6ts ms last MOMENTS. -.4t ~
4 fkH ST. PRTERsBtRG, March II.
Il Is now stated that the assassins who killed
the Gear drove in an open carriage, and were
thus enabled to avoid suspicion, aud get close
, to the Imperial sleigh. The bombs which the
murderersthrew, and which did the fatal work,
exploded with such force rs to tear up the en-
tire pavement aroundfthe place where they
struck and to make a hole four feet deep in
the ground.
Di' DNoiiuOuluC, WIZ WIS uuOIR LuG Dul-
sicians first summoned to the Car immedi-
ately fetched the necessary instruments for
amputatng his legs, which were held by the
flesh only, the bones being broken Blood
flowed coplousy from the lacerated wounds
India rubber bandages were applied first to
the right leg, below the knee, aud then TO the
left. The Cars right hand, on which was
glove, was foundto be greatly lacerated; his
marriage ring was broken to pieces and
driven into cthe flesh. The surgeons tied
up the several arteries. At length,
under the influence OF sulphate Of
oxygen and ice, the Emperor opened his
eyes, and drespiration became more apparent.
Chaplain Biainor avaied himself Of the inter-
val of apparent consciousness TO administer
the sacrament, and for a moment some hopes
were entertained of the Cars life. But
minute or two afterward his heart ceased to
beat. During the final flicker of life the mem-
bers of the family surrounded the bed, and the
Archpriest recited the prayer for those in ex-
tremis, all present kneeling. The spectacle
was hearti ending.
PROCLAMATION or ALEXANDER III.
The following Imperial manifesto has been
promul2atI d:
1--WE, By the grace of God, Alexander Ill,
Emperor and Autocrat Of all the Russias, Car
of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland, etc.,
! hereby make known TO all our faithful sub
jects that 1t has pleased the Almighty, in His
inscrutabe will, to visit Russia with heavy
| blows Of fate, and to call her benefactor, the
Emperor Alexander H., to Himself
He fell by The hands of the impious MUIR
derers who had repeatedly sought his precious
life, and mide their. attempts because they
! saw In him the protector of Russia the fouIi-
dation of her greatness, and the promoter of
the welfare of the Russian people. Let us
t.f I'm fat attfll
dcnce, and offer to the Almighty our prayers
for the repose of the pure soul of our beloved
father. g ~3
ave ascend the throne which we inherit
/ from.our forefathers-the throne of the Rus
| sian Empire and I he Carbon and Grand-Duke-
dominseparably connected with il. We assume
! the heavy burden which God has imposed
| upon us with a firm reliance upon His almighty
| help. May He bless our work to the welfare
| OF our beloved fatherland, aud may lie guide
our strength for the happiness of all our faith
| full subjects.
In repeating before Almighty God the
| sacred vow made by our fathers to devote,
according to the testament of our fore
| fathers, our whole life to curc for the welfare
| aud honor Of Russia, VIC call upon our fai h.
| iul subjects to unite before the altar OF the
| Almighty their prayers with ours, and COM
mend them to swear fidelity TO us and to our
successor, his Imperial Highness the Hercdi.
tnry Grand Duke Nicolai.
| "ALEXANDR0vITCH.
| hlNtll Ut Ct. IcleTSDuTp, huTO UOUllul lCol,
md the lirst year Of our rcign.'f
| BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
Alexander H., the late Emperor was born
April II April ~, new style), 1918. He was the
eldest son of Emperor Nicholas |. aud of Prin-
cess Charlotte, of Prussia; educated under the
supervision of his father, by General Moerder,
a learned German, and tho Russian poet JON
kowski; entered the army in 1881; was Colo-
mel in the regiment or grenadcrs in 1885;
Chancellor of the University of Hesingfors,
Finland, in 1897; was Superintendent of the
military schools of the Empire in 1919;
was appointed to command in the
Caucasian army in 1850; succeeded to
the throne at the death of his father In
1855, and was crowned at q Moscow in
1856. In lSl he married the Empress Maria,
daughter of the late Grand Duke Ludwig H.,
of Hesse-Darmstadt. The Car leaves six
children Alexander, who succeeds to the
throne; the Grand Duke Vladimir, the Grand
Duke Alexis, the Grand Duchess MarieN the
Grand Duke Sergius and the Grand Duke
Paul, the last-named being in his twenty-first
year. Their first-born son, Nicholas, died at
Nice, France, 1866. Since the death of the
Empress in $780, the Gar contracted NOR.
ganatic marriage with his former mistress,
the Princess Dolgorouski. There have been
ative previous attempts on the life of the En-
peror.
g e. n THE NEW CZAR.
Alexander was born March 10, 1916, married
Marie-Feodorona, Princess Dagmir, daugh.
ter of King Christian IX., of Denmark, who
had previously been engaged to his elder
brother. Their eldest child, Nicholas Aiexan-
dcrovitch, was born May Is, 1868. George
their second son, was born May 10, 1871; their
third child, a daughter, Xenia, was born April
lS, 1915, and their fourth, Michael was born
December 8, 1878.
THE FORMER ATTEMPTS AT AssAss NATION.
This is the sixth attempt wh'} sas been
made upon the Cars hfe the saving
been made on April l6, 1896 when fired
at while entering his carriage at st. Peters.
burg. The pistol, however, was turned aside
by Dimitri korakosow, who was afterward en-.
nobcd for the act The second attempt was
made at Paris, June 8, 1867, by Berezowsl1i, a
Poie, who fired into the carriage in which the
Gar was seated with his two sous
and the Emperor Napoleon. Both scv
crcigns escaped unhurt. Another great
shock was given to public feeling
April IA, 1877, when Alexander Solovieff at
tempted to shoot the Car in front of the
house of the military staff in st. Petersburg
The assassin was arrested Another attempt
was made December g. 1879, when mine was
exploded under the railroad with the inten
ton of blowing up the train on which he was
entering Moscow. His Majesty, however, was
not in the train. About seven o'clock on the
evening of the 18th of February, 1880, an ex
plosion occurred in the basement of the I'm
phrlal Winter Palace, under the principal
glard-room. Owing to an accident the Czal
aud the members Of the royal family did moi
enter at the usual time The explosion made
| hoe in the dining hail fftoel feet long and
Twelve feet wide. The escape of the Emperor
was almost miraculous. Eight soldiers sta
Timed In the guard-room were killed. Th6
SlNth. The last and Sful tan,pt ia obrop