The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-09
How the Gear Travels.
London Standard.


The departure OF the emperor from Pei
hof was intended to be kept aprofound sec
but as is usual in such cases, it leaked "a.
through one channel or AZ other that move
was to be made, and the arrival of Gen.
Kosloif, police master at Moscow, gave q
olew to the direction that would
be taken. On the day fixed for
the departure the official mes
senger, TO the dismay OF the authorities, an
nounced that the emperor was about to start
for Moscow, an indiscreton which the i'm
mediate penalty was severe reprlmssd
I ON Count Ignstef, which forbade the
unofficial press Of the capital 10 reproduce
the announcement or refer TO II in any way.
The first intimation vouchsafed to st. Pe>
tersburg that the emperor had actually left
the vicinity, was contained In al official tel
cgram published on Saturday, and record,
ing his arrival in the city of the
czsrs. Since ,hen his movements
have been duly chronicled by the
official organ in series of kilograms, which
the other papers we're graciously allowed TO
reproduce in gigantic petwensy-'our hours
later, though without word OF comment.
The Observance of all this mystery Can only
be explained on the assumption that the
car Is in imminent danger of falling u vic
tiru TO the Vaccinations of tho nihilists. Az
in the case of the empefor's last journey t.
the south, the line was guarded throughout
PAGES bayonels glistened, and at intervals
tents shonn white and camp fires
CLEANED. Such places as offered more than
ordinary facilities to 0,il reanis OF the Hart.
mann type were specially looked after, but
still no! satisfied as 10 the safety OF the im~
perial party, General lgnatief, who occom'
panied IL, resorted to various extraordinary
measures to bsfils any possible attempt on
the part of the revolutionists. From the
Peterhof line the imperial train ran through
a loop intended Tor goods traffic only iuto the
Great Southern railway, sometimes pre-
coded by a pilot-tran, som' times itself
taking the lead. The speed all the way WAS
somewhat !, ss than that OF ordinary mails
(.hirty miles an hour), and owing to long
stoppages, the time usually occupied by the
journey was considerably exceeded. At
Moscow the frat warning the public had OF
tho intended visit Of the czsr was given by
tho sudden hustle o! the governors house
and ut the place, where, two days only before
the arrival of the august travellers, hssty
preparations we're made for their reception,
Late next day il was intimsted that the czar
might DO expected at 8 o'clock
the following morning, and at the appointed
hour train did mske its appearance, but to
the no small disappointment of the crowd
that had gathered near the station, IL brought
only batch of police and detectives, who
hoped to find plenty Of game in the trap thus
ceverly bAited. Before 10, however, preps-
raIions had been made in earnest. Troop,
were stationed on both sides of the route all
the way to the Kremlin. The inhabitants
in every house in tho streets through
which the emperor WAS to pass were per
empiorily ordered to closs their windows
and the anxiety depicted on tho faces of tn,
police showed when the cortcge was nearly
al hand. Presently distant cheering wa,
heard, and rs IL grew nearer and the oper
carriage containing the czsr, osarina and
thoir children drove rapidly by, followed by
that OF Prince Dolgorouky, governo gene
raj Of Moscow, tho foundations of which
were laid by his ancestors seven hundred
years ago.