The Fremont County record., 1881-03-19

lfearfully shattered, greater portion
of the foot and ankle having been
blown off. and his right leg was near
ly torn from his body. He was sensi-
BILE to the last with brief intervals
of unconsciousness. He had lost
an enormous quantity of blood. and
tho shock had utterly prostrated him.
The doctors efforts to rally him were
fruitless
AT 80 p. m. the imperial family
were summoned to the bedside, where
prayers for the dying emperor were
being said by the Greek patriarch
and clergy. The leave-taking is said
to have been most touching. The
czar kissed them all and gave chem
his blessing. He bore the agony of
his wounds with heroic fortitudc.
The first announcement that St.
Petersburg had that tile work of the
assassins was complete was the firing
of minute guns, the toiling of church
bells and the hoisting of national flags
at halfmast upon the dome of the
winter palace.
The czarovitz, on leaving the pal
ace after the death of the car, was
| hailed as emporer by the crowd. He
was surrounded, contrary to his GUS
tom, by strong mounted escort.
The people are intensely excited and
indignant. The soldiery, who great
ly loved the cZar, are furious.
Grand Duke Michael was not hurt.
The assassins were disguised as peas
ants. One report states that one of
them was SO roughly handled that he
has siuce died. All the army officers
have been ordered to remain in the
barracks.
Upon being interrogated the assas-
sin who threw the first bomb said he
was ready 10 die at any moment. He
inquired if the cZar was deao, and on
the police refusing to answer the
question, gieefully exclaimed: "Ah
| know by that that we have succeed
ed. Long live the people p The
police refuse to give the names or
any particulars relating to the prison
crs, and the reports current in the
streets are mere guess-w ork. That
they are nihilists is, however, beyond
doubt. Both are young men of ap-
parently good birth and education.
The cztrovitch and czarina return
ed to their palace after death to avoid
the sympathizing cries of the people.
A company of guards surround the
palace.
1t is stated that the bombs were
plade of thick mass filled with
| nitro-glycerinc. The assassins stood
on opposite sides of the road.
The news was received all over the
world with much sorrow and dis
patches Of coincidence and regret
were sent by the heads of every ma
tion. Secretary Blaine cabled the
| following:
Foster. American Minister. ST. Petersburg;
Express to the minister of foreign
| affairs the sentiments of sorrow with
which the president and people of
| the United States have heard of the
terrible crime of which tho emperor
| has been the victim, and their pro-
found sympathy with the imperial
| family and the Russian people in
their great affiictiou.
(SigneGD BLAINE, Secretary.
The New York Tribune says: "The
records of the state department con-
tain some very earnest expressions of
sympathy on the part of the Russian
government at the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln, and it is remark
able coincidence that a similar dis
patch was to-day added, rendering
the sympathies of our government
TO the Russian imperial family be-
cause the head of the nation had FALL
Ell by the assassin's hand"
The Grand Duke Alexander Alex
androvitch at once ascended the
throne assuming the title of Alexan-
der Ill.