Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15
,as made upon the Gear that day. Here

| it is:
a nihilist. disguised as an officer OF the
! guards, approached the imperial carriage
on journey from Petersburg TO Tsarskoe-
| Selo and fired a revolver twice. The first
shot missed the Gar, but the second per-
forated his coat. The Czarina has since
been suffering from nervous prostration."
There was no such information in Peters
| burg. although thousands of people of all
| classes went out to see the maneuvers. and
would have heard of it if anything OF the
| kind had happened
An officer high in rank in Russia, speak
ing of these stories: said: L can give you
| an infallible rule by which you may tell
whether an attack has been made upon the
life of the Gear. 1t never fails. and the re-
ports of the police or newspapers do not
affect it at all. The Gar is an intensely re-
ligious man, almost fanatic, and when
ever his life has been in danger he always
has a thanksgiving service in the Kazan
Cathedral. When you hear OF such SER
vice you may understand that he has mad a
narrow escape. or some plot to take his life
has been detected"
Shortly after reviewing the troops at
Tsarskoe-Selo the Gear. with his entire
family and the royal family OF Greece.
started for Copenhagen in the royal yacht,
to celebrate the 10th birthday of the Queen
of Denmark, the mother of the Czarina. the
princess of Wales. and the King of Greece.
They spent two months there. and then re-
turned to Petersburg. During the warm
months the Gar usually goes to and from
the country palace in little steamer, an
ordinary looking side-wheeler Of two or
| three hundred tons. 1t looks more like a
picnic-bOat than an imperial yacht, but is
said to be swift and comfortable. He has
private landing at Peterhoff and another
at Petersburg. near the Winter Palace.
The boat is not fitted up with anything
like the luxury and elegance that appears
, in the yachts of the Queen of England and
the Prince of Wales. and most of the pri-
waite yachts about New York are palaces
compared to it. Even the old Dispatch OF
the United States navy, OF which so much
fun has been made, is more presentable as
a transport for royalty than the Cars ves-
sell l found it to be the case all over Rus
STA that the accommodations for the per-
SOnal comfort and convenience OF the i'm
perial family were shabby.
The Cars car, ill which he travels by
railroad. is comfortable and elegant. as
much so as need be. but does not approach
many of the private cars have seen in the
United States. 1t is no handsomer nor
more convenient than the ordinary Mann
boudoir cars that run between New York
and Boston. and is arranged in the same
way. The Mann car that was constructed
for PATHS use is is as much superior to the
imperial railway carriage OF Russia as q
residence on Prairie avenue surpaSses one
of those on Sixteenth street in Chicago, and
there are cars in the United States that
The carriage in which his Imperial MajeS-
ty rides about in Petersburg is an ordinary
coupe. painted dark indigo blue. with the
coat of arms OF Russia on the panel 1t Is
driven by coaehman in q livery of white or
ecru and silver. who wears a cooked hat. on
which is good deal of silver braid. On the
box beside the coachman, in the footman's
place. is Cossack in full uniform. and
armed with rifle. saber and pistols. Two
mounted Cossacks usually ride in front OF
the Cars carriage and two behind him.
and in the city he goes like tornado. the
large. splendid black stations that draw the
| carriage looking and acting as II they fully
realized their honor and responsibility.
In the winter the Gear drives in sledge.
| which has a cover that may be i1fted In q
| storm or when the weather IS cold. % all
| Russian sledges have. Great precautions
| are tako2 when his Majesty goes out be-
fore he leaves the palace the police nave
had their notice and instruction ~ teie-
phone, and are informed OF the route ne IN
tends to take. The ordinary force OF pasfoi-
Een is doubled along the way: ana NOSE on
| duty are informed Of their increasing re-
sponsibiiity. Besides the regular Petrolmen
battalion of detectives is turned INTO the
streets. who carefully scruuni1e every
passer-by and watch their movements.
They arc In citizens. dress, On! wear 2
badge which admits them every Wnere: ana
| Il equivalent. when shown 20 g. otomaxy
patxolmnn, to orders trom hesdquGeeD %
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