Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-07
was made upon the Gear that day. Here

|. it is:
"A nihilist, disguised as an officer of the
guards. approached the imperial carriage
on a journey from Petersburg TO Tsarskoe-
| Selo and fired II revolver twice. The first
shot missed the Gar, but the second per-
forated his coat, The Czarina has since
been suffering from nervous proStrution.
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 ii anything of the
kind had happened.
| An officer high in rank in Russia, speak
ing of these stories, said: Il can give you
an infallible rule by which you may tell
whether an attack has been made upon the
life OF the Gar. 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 Il fanatic. and when
ever his life has been in danger he always
has Thanksgiving service in the kazan
Cathedral. When you hear of such a SER
vice you may understand that he has had a
narrow escape, OF some plot to take his life
has been detected"
Shortly after reviewing the troops at
Tsarskoc-Selo the Gar, 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 Hing of Greece.
They spent two months there and then re-
turned to Petersburg. During the warm
the country palace in IL little steamer, an
ordinary looking side-wheeler of two or
three hundred tons. 1t looks more like a
picnlc-boat than an imperial yacht. but is
said to be swift and comfortable. He has Il
private landing at Peterhotf. and another
ut 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-
v:lfn az q
compared to it. Even the old Dispatch of
the United states navy. of which so auch
fun has beef 1nade. is more present;.ble as
u transport for royalty than the Car YES
sci. l found it to be the case all over Rus
STA that the accommodations for the per-
sonal comfort and convenience Of the inn
perial family were shabby.
The Cars car, i'll 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 snPrairie avenue surpasses one
OF those on Sixteenth street in Chicago, and
would make it look very ordinary.
The carriage in which his Imperial Majes-
ty rides about in Petersburg is an ordinary
coupe, painted Il dark indigo blue. with the
coat-of- arms of Russia on the panel. 1t is
driven by a coachman in II livery of white or
ecru and silver. who wears n cooked hat. on
which is IL good deal OF silver braid. On the
box beside the coachman, in the footman's
place. is u Cossack in full uniform, and
armed with rifle. saber aud pistols. Two
mounted Cossncks 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 if they fully
realized their honor and responsibility.
In the winter the Gear drives in Il sledge,
which has IL cover that may be lifted in q
storm or when the weather is cold. as all
Russian sledges have. Great precautions
are taken when his Majesty goes out. Be-
fore he leaves the palace the police have
had their notice and instruction by tele-
phone, and are informed of the route he in
tends to take. The ordinary force Of patrol
men is doubled along the way. and those on
duty are informed OF their increasing re-
sponsibility. Besides the regular patrolmen
battalion of detectives is turned into the
streets. who carefully scrutinize every
passer-by and watch their movements.
They are in citizens dress. but wear q
badge which admits them everywhere. and
is equivalent, when shown to an ordinary
patrolman. to orders from headquarters to
do what the wearer asks. If one OF these