The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-02
DEATH Of THE CAR.
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AS. PrTERsR,RI correspond nj Of q Lon.
don paper under date Of The Eth, says: The
Imperial carriage was attacked on the Ekat
Rinp,sky Canal. OPT OSitc the Imperial stables,
while the Emperor was returning with tho
Grand Duke Michael from Michael Palace IN .
closed carriage. supported by eight Co-sacks.
Z hc first bomb tel near the carriage. Destroy
Ing the back part. The Car ana bis brother
a ghicl uninjured. The assassin, Oh being
seized 10y Colonel Of the Police. drew
rovolyGr. but WAS prevented |
iiom fIinx II. A second bomb |
wa Id n thrown by smother person, and fell
cio.c tn the Cars feet, its explosion skater. |
ing both legs. The Car was Immediately con. |,
scy cdaa an unconscious state to the Winter
,alacc, where he died at 3:.iJ this afternoon.
MS LAST MOMENTS.
81. PEII ESBiRG, March IL. I
II ~ now stated tina, the asS:ls sins who killed
the Car drove in an open carriage, anl were
thus enabled TO avoid suspicion, and get close
a. The Imperial s,e gh. The bombs which the
murlcrcrs threw. and which did The fatal work,
exploded with such force u - tear mp The en-
tire pavement, around the place where they
struck and 10 make hole iour feet deep in
the ground.
Dr. DvOriachine who was among the ply.
siciais first summoned to The Gar. im'nc'l.'
atcly fetched the necessary instruments for
ainpuiatiuy his legs. which were he'd 10y tho
iirh only, the bones being broken. Blood
flowed copiousy from the laccratcl wounds.
India rubber Oandagcs were applied fist to
the iiah, leg, below the knee. and then to TIE
left. The Cars right hand, on which was Il
glove, Was found to DC greatly liberated; his
marriage ring was broken to pieces and
driven into the flesh. The surgeons tied
up tho several arteries. At length,
under the influence Of sulphatc of
oxygen and ice. the Emperor opened his
eyes, and respiration became more apparent.
Chaplain BjainOr availod himself of the inter.
val Of apparent consciousness to administer
the sacrament, and for moment some hopes
were entertained Of the Cars life. But
minute or two aftcrward his heart ceased to
beat. During the final flicker Of life the mem.
bcrs of the family surrounded The bed, and the
Archpricst rccitcd the prayer for those in ex.
tremis. all present kncelug. The spectacle
WAS hcartiending. .. ..'...' ...
rEOcLAMATlON OF ALEXANDER III.
The following Imperial manifesto has been
promulgated:
I'VE. by the grace Of God. Alexander ILL.,,
Emperor rnd Autocvat of ali the kussias, Car
OF Poland, Grand Duke OF Finland, etc,
hereby make known TO all our faithful SUR
jects that 1t bas pleased tho Almighty, IN His
inscrNtabIe will, to visit Russia with heavy
blows OF inte, and t. call her benefsctor, the
Emperor Alexander H., 10 Himself.
"Hc fell BY ihc hands Of the impiOus muir.
dcrcrs who had repeatedly sought his precious
lie, and MD their attempts because they
SAW in him tNc protector Of Nussia. the fOun.
da,iun Of her g., a'nes., and the promoter Of
bow tn the unfat;iOnlable will Of Divine POW.
deuce. and Ter 10 the Almighty our prayers
for the rcpose Of the pure soul Of our be.oved
father. a
"Wc ascend the throne which We inherit
from our forsfatncrs --thc throne Of the ltus.
sian Empiie and the CAai dom and GrAlId.Dukc-
dom inscparabiy connected with II. Wcassuine
| the heavy burden which God has impO.cd
| upon uS with u trim reliance upon His almighty
| help. May lie bless our work to the welfare
| OF our beloved iathcrland. aud may lie guide
our strength for the happiness OF ail our faith
.in repeating before Almighty God the
! sacred v'Sw made by our fathers to devote,
according to the testament Of our fore.
fathers. our wh0.c life 10 carc for the welfare
aud honor Of Russia, We call upon our faith
fui subjects to unite before the altar Of the
Almighty their prayers with ours. and com.
| mend them TO swear fidelity 10 US and TO our
successor, his Imperial HiyhncSs the Hcrcdi.
tary Grand Duke NicoiaI - ..,.....t
~Givcn At 81. Petersburg. Anno Dominl 1851,
| And tho first year Of our reign" ,.......
/ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
Alexander H., tho late Emperor. was born
April II april g. new styleh 1878. He was tho
eldest son Of Emperor Nicholas I. and OF Prin.
cess Charlotte, Of Prussia; educated under the
supervision Of bis father, by General MOerdcr
q learned Gcgman, AMI the Russian poet Jon.
kowski; entered the army In 1881: was Colo
mel In the regiment OF grenadiers In 1886;
Chancellor Of tho University Of Hclsnsfors,
Finland, in 1857; was Superintendent of the
military schools Of the Empire in 1919:
was appsjntcd to command in thu
Caucasian army in $50; succeeded Il
the throne ut the death Of bis father !,
1875 and was crowned at Moscow ir
1856. nlsIl he married the Empress Maria
daughter Of the lite Grand Duke Ludwig ii.
Of Iies.c-Darmstadt. The Car leaves 81!
children = Alexander, who succeeds to III
thionc; the Grand Duke Vladimir, the Gran,
Duke Alexis, tho Grand Duchess Marie, tn,
Grand Duke Sergius and the Grand Duk
Paul, the lastnamed being In his twcnty-iirs
year. Their first-bOrn son, Nicholas, died a
Nice. France. 1885 Since the death Of tn
Empress in 1889, the Car contracted mo,
gapatic marriage with bis former mis,res,
the Princess DOlgOrOuski. There have bee
iivo previous attempts on the life OF the En-
: pcrOr. ~ H.a Oh FIa'"3.,
|
Alexander was born March 10, 1914 marie
Observation-Disclosures, Princess Dagmal, daugi
] ter OF King Christian IN, OF Denmark, VIII
had previously been engaged to his eide
brother. Their eldest child, Nicholas Aicxsl
derovitch, was born May Is, 1868. Georg,
their second son, was born May 10, 1871: the
} third child, a daughter, Xcnia, was born Apr
IL, ls.h and their fourth, Michael, was Dor
December 8, 1873. $685. .t '.''H : -. '''''
THE FORMER ATTEMPTS AT ASSASSIN ALTON.
y This Is the sixth attempt which has bee
> made upon the Cars life. the first havin
: been made on April IL, lsG6, when ne was fire
), at while entering his carriage at st. Peter
!. burg. The pistol, however, was TUNED asit
! by Dimitri kOrakOsow, who was attcrwar,l e.
!. = nob!ed for the act The second attempt ".
= made at Paris. June 8, lS6., by Berezowski,
. Pole, who fired into the carriage in which II
{. Car was seated with his two so,
. and the Emperor Napoleon. Bo,h so
Is ereixns escaped unhurt. Another gre
}. shock was given to public fcelir
|. April IA, 1877, when Alexander Soloyieif q
!. tempted to shoot the Car in front OF Il
!. house Of the military staff in St. Petersbur
!. The assassin was arrested. Another attem
:. was made December 3, 1879, when y mine W
u exploded under the railroad with the int
u ton OF blowing up the train on which he W
d entering Moscow. His Majesty, however, W
ID not in the train. About seven O'Clock on d
"a evening Of the 18th OF February, 1850, az, &
IA plosioh occurred in the basement Of The I,
], perial Winter Palace, under the princip
~ guarroom, Owing to On accident tho CT
. and tho members Of the royal family did n
Q enter at the usual time. The explosion ma
!. hole In the dining hall fftce:, feet long n,
10 Twelve feet wide. The escape of the Emper