The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
How the Car is Protected.

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The Berlin correspondent OF the Lon.
don Ia,aes writes: A Russian friend
sends me the following striking picture
Of the state of imprisonment into which
recent events have thrown the Car;
:. The Emperor stu . PROOFS Ga.sn IN sallen
-etlrement IN the castle OF Tatcnina.
His Malesty mas palo oniy Iwo OF .hIee !'e
fugitive visits to the capital during the
vas to attend the funeral cortege OF the
late Prince Oldenburg to the railway
station: .stHis aMajestys place was duly
but ne two people VINO saw the proces,
<ion agree as to whetner ne was penln1
-he bier or not, ana the newspapers an
contradicted each other as 70 the cars
presence. The most probable version
seefas to be that ne awaited ene late
Princes remains at the railway station.
There Is no relaxatlon IN t1e 7lglance
exercised at Gatcnlna. zen. Count
7Vorontzo fi-Dachkon Is reported 20 nave
been unable to get on with ms imperiai
naster. and to have been obliged to
cave him for time, while, on the other
hand, it is stated that the Count has ln-i
iured his leg and is obliged to keep HIM
4elf quiet, 1t has not yet transpired which
tory is the true one The contradiction
Of the first reports as to the way in which
be village. OF sGatcnna. was projected,
contradiction drawn up Dy Count fo-
rontzoff-DachkOH himself does not apply
% the vicinity OF the palace, which Is
strictly guarded and v watched. A
.hort time ago two OF the young
Grand Dukes, cousins OF tho
Gnf error, 3" were stopped in tho
grounds by a Cossack, who threatened
20 spear them it they advanced. A
friend, who has occasion to visit tho
castle to seeaan ofilclai, tells me .tnat as
soon as ne skft the railway station and
took the direction toward the palace, he
cit conscious that the eyes Of the police
we're I flowing him, but 1t was only
when he was about to cross the bridge
over the castle nloat that he was actu-
.lly stopped. Here the police officials
we're all officers. They ascertained his
business and escorted him to the service
gate of the palace, the only one which is
allowed to be approached. He at once
found himself in the police Office, sur
rounded by officers. His passport was
taken, and his description, the time of
day, and business, were all duly noted
III u lUOOk, WuLCH Lu0 tCAlcA Va pO1lCS IS
supposed to examine every day. An
officer was then sent to inform the Off
c;al inquired for, while my friend was
kept BY the police. On the officer re-
turning with q message that the official
could be seen,7 my friend was escorted
: by u police officer down the long corri.
'lors to tho rooms of the person he
wished to see. Ali the way Cossack
senunels, with drawn swords, were
tra,uping up and down. 1t can readily
be Imagined that no official of the pal.
ace. however h oh he NAV be placed. il
particularly oyerjoyed at present By the
visits of HIS friends. NY aoauaintance
was therefore exhorted, for the love OF
heaven, to confine his conversation to
the merest commnnplacee, and not to
STAY too long, When he Got to the
train on his return jourusy he felt
heartily glad aud fortunate, though
he could not shake OF the sem
sation that the police were still at his
back. Looking out of tho windows of
the corridor into the court Yards, of
which there are four within the castle
walls, he saw innumerable stacks Of
piled muskets. denotinp the nresonce NJ
a large force of infantry. and nm ,be
open place in front of the palace wsre
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