Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-15
A RUSSIAN PALACE
A QUADRANGLE OF COrDu.
HALLS, ROOMS AND GATI,FRT,+1
The Room Where Gar Nicholas nj,
me True story of His Death-Row ~
Empress Was Left to Die Alone.
From lie Oinc5nndti Fno,,i,..-.



Empress Was Left to Die ALONE IN
From The Cincinnati Enquirer,
Americans ara treated with tba
: greatest consideration and kindness ,-,i,y
travelling through Russia en-. "Ills
palaces. museums and picture galleries 10y ~,
thrown opan il we simply aslz Pr+ Ns
with the English. They can't cat ~ 70
love nor money. It is real era+ieoa., ,o'
to be able, through this, to "se+ rrons ' -1
Of the undisturbed members Of that ,..t-
with which the continent abounIs nv
the right rises the dome Of St Isooo, ID
is temple worthy of the worsbir, 20 ~ =
; Most High God. II is not so LARGE -. q.
Peters at Rome, but there all c-noori.l'.
ceases. From founlation-stone to tbo 80
on its god-coversd doms there is NOT
bit of sham about If. The grand colonro1
OF its porticoss surpass any I have 80
seen, save perhaps the temple Of the SIM J.
Baalbec SUI at
THE WINTER PALACE.
The mere anticipation Of all tbaro :.
see IN this city ia so great that Won for
time insist unon loafng and not loo!in, a.
one thing. It's all there and can't get ayysv
from you. IT'S in your power. so to sn4sl,
and YOU will look when you get ready. L,t
the shadow Of Russia is upon Won anil soo,
compels attention, which grows deeD,r an,
deeper as time goes by. The winter n,Iao,
is too near to b. neglected, an those cro,l
figures beyond the work of an uned1c.+o1
Fin) shade the portals Of the far-fam.9
hermitage. A lifetime could be passed in ~.
latter and something now founI every dsv
The palaces and churches Of Russia nal,
the rest of Europe seem very moor. stil Il
do not think the winter palace in very c,o,i
taste. It is vast quad rangle Of cop-+.
halls throne rooms and galleries an
iumbled together, with no especial nIon
fave in its interior, and so immense tb.,
they should build narrow-puage RAILROAD
for sight-seers Tt gives constant shelter +,
some 1000 people. vet you mav psw
through the whole of it and not see ons
1t was not its splendor which interested
me the most. We had wandered for hour,
until utterly wearied with the grandeur AMI
glitter Of its splendid rooms we ware psb.
cred into a small apartment. 50 moor and
simple in its appointments that thouobti,
with its camp bed and wooden table
guard-room. On the table Law a few mso,.
| across the bed an army cloak and snpa
"cOcked hat;" no curtain at the window. M,
chair, save a camp stool On the tabla lay
folded a pocket handkerchief, and benlh,
down I saw, now faded and nearly zone. the
name "Nicholas" In an instant all wear
ness had vanished and interest most intens,
took its place, for I knew I was in the room
where the greatemparor's heart had broken
and where though he ruled all Russia, b.
died utterly alone.
DEATH or NrCuOINs
Thew tell the story of his death in s..
Petersburg as the world does not know #.
Broken hearted over the rever,es in the
Crimea, and unwilling to live if be must
lose aught of his grandeur, he summoned to L
him an obscure physician and COMMANDED
him to give the car of Russia a potion that
would send 4lfe quickly and painle'sly
The man, astounded and affrightel, refused 4
utterly, but was told that after such re.
quest from such source he mnst obay or
lose his own life. That settled It. Re war
paid heavily and sent out of the kingdom
The next morning the great Car Nicholas
lay upon his camD-bed. wrapped in his 4
cloak, dead; and following soon after the
physician was found murdered in his bed in 4
Heidelberg. They say the bowling of tbs
wolves from across the Neva could be dis
blnCOly neaTu Jn6 nlgnJ NiClOlds ul61. how
the comic and trageiic tread close upon
sach other in this life.
We were taken from Nicholas room to
that of the late empress, and while passing
through the golden drawing-room one Of
the young ladies Of the party was taken
suddenly very sea sick. The guide was hor-
rii d, and | increased his horror by sitting
down on the floor Qhere were no chairs and
bowling with laughter. Wa were Obliged
TO wait until her brother took her home and
were allowed to do so in the room where the
empress died. She had been in italy for
several winters, battling with that enemy
Of her family, consumption, weary with her
Punishment She begged to 60 home, and
the car was told that if there was room
especially prepared and kept at the sans
temperature constantly she might live fer
some years, even in Russia. The room was
prepared, and she came home only 70 safo'
most horribly AMI begged constantly ID
die. Finally. his majesty asked her phyl-
clan how long she would live if the windows
were opened and the cold let in Twenty
minutes" was thu reply. "Then open the
windows" and, as they did So all left tn'
room, and she, empress of so many millions
was left to cross the S'ork waters utterly
alone. Not even her daughter stayed
hold her hand These are some OF tA'