The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-01
THE GAR is CRAZY
CONFINED In A REMOTE CASTLE
WITH A CRANKY" DOCTOR.
The Czarfna, a Veritabie Amazon
Who Commands a Fine Regiment,
May Succeed to the Crown.

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The throne of Russia presents the re-
markable spectacle of a crazy monarch.
Alexander III. forced to go into retreat in
a castle in a forest wilderness. and there
placed under the sole care Of an eccentric
physician as mad as himself. This news. sup
pressed in Russia and in the European
capitals, comes direct from 81. Petersburg.
where the embers of the court are saying:
"A mailman curing another" and add, by
way of consolation: eff he does no good.
he can at least do no HARM"
Coincident with, this deplorable denoue-
ment in the reign of the Car is the start
ling information that the succession to the
throne may not pass to the Cars son. as
would seem TO be the natural result, but
that 1t will go to the Empress Marie Dag
mar. the Cars wife. The Cars son, the
Czarowitz, who Is, necessarily. the heir pre-
sumptive. is the subject of grave doubts as
to his mental abilities and physical stamina,
and the prevailing impression in Russia is
that it would be foolhardy to place on the
throne a ruler who is not only physically
and mentally unfit, but whose chances of
long life are extremely slim. That he will
abdica.e in favor of his mother. the con-
sent of Germany, Austria and Great Britain
having first beer obtained, is the common
belief, in fact, his imperative duty, in case
the crown is offered to him.
The Car has been ailing from a third at
tack, of influenza. misnamed "a mild ca
tarrh'' by the court circular. for som
time. His illness made him morose and
suspicious. Fear of assassination deferred
him from taking physical exercise, with
the result that he has grown enormously
in bulk ever since his return from Dem
mark last fall.
The Peterhof plot of Aug. 6. when the
husband. Alexander Michailovitch. was
wrecked by dynamite. realized Alexander's
His nervousness became intolerable' The
doctors diagnosed his case as Bright's dis
ease. accompanied by dropsy. To alleviate
their patients excruciating pains they
dosed him with narcotics. And one fine
morning recently, when Alexander awoke
from rest induced by opiates, he was a
raving maniac. His medicine. he believed,
was a species of slow poison, and his physi-
clans. even his relatives, were in league
with his enemies.
ECCENTRIC PROF. SACHARJIN.
1t was then that the Czarina, his wife.
called in the eccentric Moscow savant.
Professor Sacharjin, who holds Russia's
monarch under complete subsection. and
whose strange and unheard-of remedies are
the wonder and ridicule of the
medical world of Europe. 1t was
~( $780, 0OStoA olA lICdl-
ment the Car once before was saved from
the grave. and naturally in him the raving
monarch Of all the Russias has perfect con-
f6ence.
.Sacharjin was recognized instantly by
the sick man, who hailed him as one
mot in the conspiracy" At once the Mos
COW savant took the patient in charge He
that is, took a large quantity of blood from
the right arm. A test of this blood showed
that it contained an abnormal quantity of
ton. He gave it out that the Cars men
tai condition was morbid emotional de-
preston, the result of the weakening of
brain and body by influenza and by the
fear of conspirators. the latter condition
being exaggerated by his surroundings. the
about him.
Sachariin then ordered the Car 10 be
Isolated far from the scene of all his fears
hvened only by divisions of gendarmes and
regiments of Cossacks from old Russia,
was made ready, and thither his Majesty
was transported in a hospital car.
There several years ago Alexander erect
ed a luxurious castle in the Gothic style
for his use on hunting trips. Little did he
dream that he would be carried there in
a litter. wrapped in blankets, half dead
Professor sacharjin is one Of the UNDUE
figures in the world of foreign medical
science. He Is between sixty-five and sew
held the post of professor in the University
of Moscow. His training has been exclu-
sively in Russian schools. He never was
a writer of any account, but devotes hrn-
self entirely to his practice, in which he
has amassed a fortune of 100000 rubles.
AN ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS.
No matter who his patient is. the doctor
insists upon the following rules and reg
ulations'' to be observed in the houses he
visits: All dogs must be sent away, the
electric bells must not be used, ali doors
pouct Ia opapad tbro,obo,s +ho lo,.. ~.
entering Sachariin drops his overcoat in
the hall, his galoshes in the reception room,
his gloves and hat in the next apartment,
and his frock coat in the chamber adjoin-
ing that where his patient lies. The family
and attendants of the sick person are re-
quested to keep silent and answer questions
only yes and mo-"
| Sacharjin conducts his Investigations of
the physical and mental condition OF the
patient without losing a word, then rests
awhile, and finally gives his diagnosis in
writing to the house physician, who must
accept 1t without remonstrance or withdraw
from the case He must also consent to
ETC., to the letter.
Sacharjin labored over the Gar for two
or three days before he made known his
decision, acting most Of the time in a semi
crazy fashion and making unheard of de-
mands upon the poor Empress, who COM
piled with his requests because she feared
TO offend the great man. One Of the doc
tired" Following this, his own receipt,
| Sacharjin sits down after walking from one
end of a room to another, and cannot be
prevailed upon to move for some time. In
the same manner he interrupts his investi-
cations of the patient constantly, either to
lie down and smoke or TO call for some re-
freshments.
As the Car was half dead when the Pro-
fessor arrived, the latter's mode OF pro-
ceeding was aggravatingly slow and tedious
and called forth many protests. His final
| Judgment, IL is said, was delivered in such
brusgue and abrupt style as to brighten the
! Czarina nearly out of her wits. When his
| Majesty's body physician dared to differ
/ from Sacharjin the Moscow savant flew
into a rage and threatened to abandon the
case instantly.
CZARINA AS COLONEL.
The possibility of the Czarina succeeding
TO the throne calls attention to a recent re-
markable episode in which she figured. The
| Czaritza. as she is known in Russia, is
honorary colonel and proprietress' OF a
cuirassier regiment. Her Majesty's duties
consist OF occasional attendance at the
maneuvers. the donation OF a flag and of
various sums to help celebrate the day OF
the regiments patron saint
This has been the custom for Centuries,
but this year the Czaritza emancipeted her
self from tradition and resolved 20 be
colonel not In name only but likewise In