The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-21
THE CZAR'S POSITION,
The Emperor Of Russia Placed
in a Peculiar Dilemma.
GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE
Has Joined tho Nihillsts-lIc Writes
Poetry In Behalf OF tho Op.
pressed Pcoplc-The Russtan
o. officials In Siberia.

y pressed Pcople-Tha Russian
officials In Siberia.
LONDON, April 20.-The Gar and fam
lily have taken up their residence al
Gatchina, despite tho forebodinga Of thu
police, and nothing has happened there
since their arrival on Tuesday. But st.
Petersburg is convulsed by an announce.
ment Of tho discovery Of n plot to secure
the secret plans Of the fortresscs, and by
the suicide Of the artillery staff olllcer.
Money for the former business was
furnished by Baron Presscn, German
naval attache, who has In consequence
left Russia, having received not over.
polite hint that the climate might not
continue suitable for his health. The
artillery officer, there Is no reason 10
doubt, was u member Of a. recently un-
earthed military conspiracy against tho
Cars life and killed himself to avoid
arrest.
TIE STARTLING FEATURE,
But tho most startling thing Of all is
that tho revolutionary faint has actually
spread to the imperial family itself. The
young Grand Duke Constantine has ac.
1uircd n dangerous and uppripcely
habit Of writing verse, and this week
his perverse muse has induced him TO
write poem addressed to the young
men Of Russia. Here is n prose trauslu-
ton telegraphed by the correspondent:
My friend and my brother, whose
trials are 30 many, whose griefs are 30
sore, whoever thou art, do not despair.
lor God knows all, both all the wrong
and all the misery. Our sacred ideal is
desecrated and shattered, and the blood
OF innocence is flowing everywhere, Yet
give not up. All obstacles must fail.
holy freedom shall tear the crown
OF thorns from OIL her brow, sho
shall burst her chains asunder, shake the
cross from of her shoulders and reign ut
last triumphant. This, my friend, Is no
poets dream, no vain hope. Look about
you, evil is rampant everywhere, the
deepest night surrounds us, our father
land is weakened by suffering and
stepped in blood, and turns its fearful
eyes to heaven and begs for mercy.
i A ROYAL: rEsslMlsr.
l am the tempter Of fate. Capricious
destiny has given me. wealth and honor
and power; What are they to me? The
cold, dark grave will swallow all, but na-
ture's gifts are costlier to me. She has
given song, and l will cheer YOU to the
battle against evil. ask you not to rc.
ceive me for the blood which cour:es
through ray veins, but because too am
prepared to give up my life for the coed
OF our common mother, Russia,
- The Cars position is a painful one.
There are OF course precedents for i'm,
prlsoning and even numbering the Ruf.
sian Duke, but modern ideas ara mt
without influence in Russia, and If Con
stan,ine's folly is to be noticed at all he
will probably suffer no worse fate than
temporary confinement in lunatic asy-
lum or short term OF seclusion in rome
distant province. Whether the hum.
bier prince who owns the Grasidanin
the most fearless Of Russia's newspancra
VIII escape severe punishment is an open
question. ra0 t.s-5.. .N
A GRAVE oFFENsE.
lle has committed the grave ofTense in
imperial Russian eyes Of publishing a
letter rejecting on the powers that be-
The letter is from su perior officer. who
at his own request, was recently trans.
ierred to post at Nertchinsk, in Siberia.
and, has since been bewailing his family
Among other unpleasant things. he savs.
The people are wicked and deprayed
given to gossiping, slanderinp, spvinu
and secret denunciations. Eyeryth;ne
that is good and honest is mercil,asl1
prosecuted, and baseness is triumphanf
Every official, whatever his powers mow
be, i'll treats his subordinates, interiercs
with their private affairs and infl;cts
every humiliation on them, The ANAL
officials, who receive daily wages, ara Va.
cruited from criminals awaitiny ;udn-
nent or already condemned. They are i.
al thieves and drunkards. High cost Of
living and inadequate salaries make i
almost impossible to find an honest man
here: I shall thank Providence Il an
not thrown into prison during the three
years which now must remain here,
sroILlNG A ROMANCE, ,aa
Tho Gar ia attempting to spoiI one of
the prettiest royal romances Of the oce
He has just broken of an engagement
between his cousin, the Grand Dixie
Michael Slichaelowitch and the beanti.
iul Countess 1gnatieT, daughter of Tho
Russian Ambassador to Turkey. M.
engagement between these Young na".
ple-the Duke is only twenty.eipht veara oar
old and the Countess five Years voIr"as ,nas
was the result Of love at first sirbt
Count lgnatieif, however, is NOT ner.
soma 'gratia with the Czar and hence % tha
objection OF. Nicholas to ally himaelf M
closely with the diplomatist's family
Many compromises were sugpested
but none proved acceptable 10 the 70,
until the Grand Duke oIrrrod - Hat
nounce all his titles and privileges anJ
live abroad:with bis wife. To tLis tho tho .
Gar consented, but Count Icuatieir oh eto e
jccted, as he considers himself dest;naI
TO play such an important part in p"a
sim politics that he will be abla ~ 10
range the marriage on his own tor'n. a.
in the course OF time, Consanranns.uI,as' nsu,s
the Grand Duke has been sent to % tpavs,
and the young Countess has been n"e. maSa
a maid OF, honor to the Czsriua. "uo
MISS FAlR'S WEDDING DRESS,
a Dainty Gnrmcnt That Cost x,,.