The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-10

threw bomb toward E. IN exploded
with terrible noise. and killed the Cos
sack on tht boa ai the side of thc coach
man. two members 81 The escort, and
butchers boy who. with % BASKET on BATS
head, was passing the place. The car
riagc iay ia pieces on The asphalt To the
great astouishment OF the crowd which ha3
gathered quickly after The explosion. the
emperor stood, pale with fright, but UNI
touched
II beg your Majesty % consent % take
seat IN my sleigh and leave the place at
once said Gen. Dvorjewski, who hur-
ried to the emperor.
My place is with the wounded, re
piled His, Majesty, turning toward the
men who lay stretched out on the blood
covered snow.
"The crowd took hold Of the murderer
and dragged him toward the emperor.
Your namep asked the Gar The
fellow gave false one, Are you not
ashamed of yourself3' continued His Mai
esty. He then turned toward the sleigh
of Gen. Dvorjewski, as an oflicer asked il
he had been wounded.
"'No, thank God = was the answer.
"'Do not thank God too soon cried at
that moment another man in the guise of
peasant. An instant latter a bomb fell
at the feet of the ruler. For a moment
smoke and fire concealed everything.
When the smoke cleared away the en-
perOr was seen lying on the ground in a
pool of blood
i am cold,' he sighed.
"He had strength enough to rise and
lean against the balustrade of the quay.
His uniform was In shreds Ten officers
lay about him dead or wounded. Among
them were Gen. DvoriewsBi and Capt.
KOCH chief of the secret bodyguard.
Those who had not been touched bore the
Car tenderly to a sleigh.
0"I am cold,' he sighed again.
IA soldier covered his face with pocket
handkerchief. Theyoung Count Gendrkof
mounted the sleigh at the rear and held
the head of the dying emperor, on which
he had placed his helmet. Capt. Koule-
biakien, although wounded himself, knelt
in the sleigh to Support the body of the
Car
care you wounded, KoulebiakienN
asked His Majesty in tones full of sym
pity.
"God how your Majesty must suffer-
answered the officer, weeping,
cat this point the Grand Duke Michael,
brother of the emperor, appeared at the
scene of the tragedy.
"'Sacha, you are wounded2' he asked,
addressing the emperor by his pet name.
MY son where is my son2 came in
answer from His Majesty, who, a mo-
ulGllb ldJeT, DF6dbneu HIS ldSu.
''The Count Loris Melikoff, in the mean
time, sat about the green table with his
colleagues, trying to decide upon the
formalities to be observed in connection
with the proclamation of the constitution.
A sound, as of distant thunder, was
heard-the noise of the first explosion
What was that2' cried one of the minis
ters Nothing, was Melikof's answer,
answered for this day. Everything is
quiet, and the emperor runs no danger
In spite of his assertion he sent Gen. Fe-
derou, who was waiting in the ante
room, to make investigations. The Gen
eral left the office, humming a tune
Then the second explosion resounded,
breaking the window-panes Of the Office.
The Dictator (Melikoff) and his col
leagues sprang from their seats. "A car
riage, he called, pale from doubt and un-
| certainty. Before the horses arrived,
Capt. Koch entered the room covered
with blood.
ellis Majesty is fatally wounded, he
stammered His appearance said more
than his words. Loris Melikoff had com
pretended the terrible misfortune which
had come upon Russia and himself A
fit of vertigo seized him-he fell to the
floor"