The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-18


patch from Minister Foster at St. Peters !
burg to Secretary Blaine, and was by /
him submitted to the President The |
records of the Stale department contain |
some very earnest expressions of SYM |
pathy on the part Of the Russian govern |
Inenf ~ the assassination of Abraham |
Lincoln, and II is n remarkable coinei- !
cience that similar dispatch was added |
rendering the sympathies of our govern
ment to the Rusaian Imperial family, be
cause the chief of tie nation had fallen
by the assassin's hand. The Russian
Minister called at the residence of Sec
rotary Blaine in the afternoon, and re
cieved from the Secretary his first in
formation of the tragedy.
Upon receipt of the news of the death
of the Gar, the Russian consul i'm
mediately went TO Washington.
THE LATE POLICY.
NEW YORK, March 13-Rey. Blowing,
head Of the Greek church here, said he
had dispatch from Washington. For
some time past it was claimed they had
been doing things in Russia in sort of
'.bomb sheil'' style. 1t was hard to tell
which way matters would go. 1t was
generally believed the views of the Gar
owItz were in opposition to his fathers,
and it was a question now whether he
NOuld SECh lSCuRCuCC lOI lis ,
death instead of carrying out his own
views. He said the general administra-
ton Of late WAS thought to be accepted
by the Nihilists, but by the death of the
Car various reforms which he had pro-
jected were cut off, and it was difficult
for any man to foretellth future. Faith
er Blowing greatly deplored the death
of the Emperor.
RUssIA's FUTURE RULER.
Alexander Alexandrovits, the eldest
surviving son of the dead Gar, received
separate establishment and a very
handsome income when he married the
second of the three beautiful daughters
of the King of Denmark, in 1866. The
Anitchkov palace, which was his resi-
dence in St. Petersburg, stands close TO
bridge of the same name in the Per
spective Newsky, a lively part of the
city, and about mile and half from
the Winter Palace, though the wide
spaces and immense length of the pub
! lie buildings which lie between
| them make the distance appear much
less 1t looks far better fitted for the en-
| joyments of family life than the huge
! structure inhabited by the Gar. All re-
| ports speak highly OF the domestic viz
tues and private happiness of the Caro-
witt and his wife, and of their unaffect.
| ed kindness to the poor.
The CZaroWitz is hardly so :all as his
father was in his best days, but he must
be nearly, if not quite six feet in height,
| and is remarkably deep-chested and
broad shouldered, with all the
| APPEARANCE OF GREAT STRENGTH.
His light-gray eyes resemble those of
| his mothers relations at Hesse-Darm-
stadt more than his father, who had the
dark-blue eyes (such as the French call
| hlnp- hlnnlN which ho n the
pictures of Alexander l., Paul, Peter the
Great, and several other members of the
House of Romanoff. In figure and gen
eral style he Is also like his uncle, the
late Grand Duke of Hesse- Darmstadt.
The shape of his head which is above
the average siZe-as with most of his
family-Is rather peculiar; one of those
only fitted by.a large hat, which when
worn, appears out of proportion to the
comparatively small face below. A
phrenologist would say it was
ergY, and strength of will
with a talent for mathematics. His
forehead IS high, but the organs of ven
Grafton, firmness and self-esteem, are
most largely developed. This form OF
head may have been produced, accord
ing to the Darwinian theory, by several
generations of despotic power, as Alex
amber II. had more of it than is general
ly seen, though not as much as his son
A small mouth, with extremely good
teeth, which he only shows when he
laughs is the CzarowitZ's best feature
his hair is auburn, and his complexion
very fair. In st. Petersburg he usually
appears most correctly attired in uni.
form; but when enjoying a holiday
among his wife'S relations, he NAV be
seen in very loose washed suit of shep
herds plaid black tie, white hat, and
with neither gloves, ring nor watch
That he has been
NO CARPET SOLDIER
is evident from the marks of frost-bites
!, on the third and fourth fingers ON his
left hand, and slight scar on his tenn
pie, where bullet grazed his head in
one of the battles in the Turkish war.
Whether justly or not, the Czarowitz
had the credit OF being very obstinate
: capricious, bad-tempered boy, and it was
! undoubtedly a great shock to his future
subjects when the unexpected death o.
! his elder brother placed him next to tht
J throne. They had always been playfel
lows and We're greatly attached to eacL
other; and when but ten and fourteen
years old were brought to the death bee
of the Emperor Nicholas, in 1856, to re
ceive their grandfather's blessing and {
! lew WOI0S vi d0NtCC. <1S iniSnL Dc CA
pected, at their age and on such an occa
sion, they both shed many tears. Tha
the present CzarowitZ married the Prin
cess Dagmar (who, on her rc=baptism in
to the eastern church, received the name;
of Mary Fedorovna), at the special re
quest of the dying youth, to whom Shit
was betrothed, is well known; and al
! though the request seemed hardly nat
ural, the elder brother probably remem
bered that she was not without ambi
ton, and had thought much of the posi-
ton which she would some day occupy
; and which,
} ST. PETERsBURG, March 15.-GranC
Duke Nicholas returned here from Nict
at the request of the Gar.
Gortschakoff is unwcll and confined
J TO his house.
The officers who assisted to raise thu
J Gar say he retained sufficient con
seriousness to request to be taken to tht
Palace to die.
PRINCESS DoLGoRoUKI.
A Vienna dispatch says that the Prin
cess Dolgorouki, the Morganatic wife o
the late Gar, has left st. Petersburg anc
will not return
: TO COMMAND THE IMPERIAL GUARD.
Grand Duke Vladimer was yesterday
appointed to command the impcria
guard and the military district of ST
, Petersburg.
) REMAINS OF THE EMPEROR.
The remains of the Emperor will b,
t removed at 8 O'Clock this evening from
the cabinet adjoining the reception room
to the chapel of the palace. All thu
4 members of the imperial family anC
, dignitaries and officials will be present
: The body is, in accordance with thu
wish of the deceased, clad in the uniform
: of the Preobarshenski regiment. TIL
f requiem was chanted at O'Clock las
: evening. At midnight, the doctor
made an autopsy, which proved that al
r the internal organs were in a norma
condition, thereby refuting the recen
current reports respecting the health o
: the Emperor. The body has been EN-
f balmed.
Congressioaal-The Mahone-HilI Passag
in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 14-SEN
ATE-SenatorS Mcdowell of Iowa, ant
Cameron of Wisconsin, took the oath o
! office.
Senator Pendleion called up the reso
| luton previously offered by him relativ
: to the reorganization of the senate com
mittees- PendletOn made brief speed
r regarding the various rumors afioat con
: | corning the organization of the senate
d He did not know what arrangements o
proffers or suggestions had been mad
or accepted, but the omniseient gentle
: men of the press had made unusual au'
extraordinary visits to the other end 0
: the avenue, and they had connected tn
: name of distinguished senator witt
Z the dispensation of Federal patronag
and the reorganization of the senate.
has been whispered that there had bee
{ conferences in the capital in which cham
payne and feeling of satisfaction wer
equally present, and those, too, had bee
connected with the statements As b
I ! organizing the senate, he did not know
! what proof there could be for those sug
! ! gestions. The imputation which hal
: been cast Oh Democratic members O
the senate was without foundation il