The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-05
Queer Precautions at a Funeral.

81. Petersburg Letter IN the London Post
Although open threats of violence against
the car by the nihilists are not being made
IN the present reign, as in the time of Alex
ander H., the police consider themselves
bound to exercise the utmost vigilance in
safeguarding tie person of the sovereign
An illustration of the extremes to which
they carry this is the talk just now Of Rus
sian society, and as | have had the details
from one of the persons concerned in the
affair, its authenticity may be considered
beyond question. A few days ago the
burial service took place of the Belgian
ambassador, Count de Dudzeele, and was
attended by the elite Of st. Petersburg So
ciety. Among the mourners was very
old friend of the counts, who was aston
isned on reaching the church TO fad a
ticket of admission demanded by the DO
licemen. He explained that he had been
especially invited 10y the family, and that
no tickets had been issued, upon
which the policemen said that the
car having expressed his inten.
ton ofattending, orders had been issued by
the chief of police 10 allow no one to enter
the church whose identity was not estab-
lished by a ticket of admission At this
juncture the countess herself drove up, &C
companied by her daughter, but was also
denied admittlnce, the policemen saying in
deriSlou, in reply 10 expostulations, that
ANY WOluhh COuIu pass neISell on us the
Countess de DudZ yele,n and that iii she
really was the widow of the ambassador,
she should have provided herself with n
ticket" IL was quite IN vain that il was
pointed out that alongside the coachman
was sitting the functlonary with cooked
hat anu feathers, whose presence Is a pecu-
liar feature Of the households of ambassa-
doris here, and who always ACCOMPANIES the
carriage whea cfiic al visits are made At
last, finding the policemen obdurate, the
friend TO whom | have referred went or
and searched for one OF the head officers
the police, who, after some argument, con
sented t. allow the widow 10 enter. None
tho less the regulation was enforced i'm
many other cases, and one well-known lady.
the Princess Mestchersky, also an old
friend Of the family, was ruthlcssly turned
back by the police Another princess only
managed TO get in by waiting patient in
her carriage until some one III authority
| should arrive At length a general Of the
cars suite with whom she was acquainted.
! drove up. aud he escorted her into the
church It need hardly be said this conduct of
/ the police J as excited a good deal Of indigna.
/ ton among the sufferers, but il is a famll-
| lar feature Of the cars movements. and
the police excuse themselves on the ground
| that they are bound 10 take every precau.
| ton % protect tho person Of the sovereign
| from nihilist attacks
As for the car, he seems 20 trouble him
self very little about precautions, and il Is
fact that he Is quite free from the nerv-
business that characterized the late EN-
perOr during the last few years Of bis reign
Slll lao never walks openly IN the streets
a. the late Emperor did even after being
hrpI at b. S0lOyieI, nor have tbs pil's
against bin ~ W nov boen Of taat blloI.