The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-09


He. though the head of the church
! whose members number over 20. 900, O0c
persons. took his last rites few days
before death claimed him from all his
greatness.
At 2:l5 o'clock this afternoon the
summons came and few hours later
the thunderous booming of cannon at
Livadia and st. Petersburg announced
that the car was dead and that he
who had been the Grand Duke Nicholas
reigned in his stead.
On lightning wings the news of Rus
sia's loss spread throughout the world.
and it is safe to say that everywhere
the intelligence created sympathy for
the family of him who, by his policy.
had maintained the peace of Europe.
From America came words of sym
pathy. for the dead ruler had always
been a friend of the great republic of
the west. and Americans have not for
gotten how well his fathers friendship
sustained the north in the war Of the
rebellion.
Among the peasants of Russia he
will be mourned WITH deep and abid-
ing sorrow, for was he not the Peas
ant czar?" None of the grandiloquent
titles borne by him we're thought as
much Of as the one bestowed upon him
by his lowly subjects. whose virtues
were magnified in him, and whose vices
in him were entirely lacking.
lie who denies the popularity Of the
car among the lowly classes of Rus
STA is blinded by prejudice. His kind
acts to mothers during plaques and
famine will never he forgotten. and to-
night in thousands upon thousands of
homes. from Vladivostok. in the Pa
cific. to the fortresses Of the Caucasus.
millions Of people. as they kneel be-
fore their Icons. will pray from the
bottom Of their hearts for the repose Of
| the soul of their Little Father" who
was to them as great in soul rs he was
in stature.
shortly after o'clock IT, members
of the palace guard were hArshaled i'm
the square in front OF the palace
chapel, for the ceremony OF swearing
allegiance to the new car. They took
the oath. The grand dukes were the
next to swear allegiance, and they
I WtTc lOiiOWCu III tut oIutT vi pre-
cedcnce by the high court function
aries. court officials, military officers
and civil officials.
Incidents In the Life Of Alexander ILL.,
The House Of Komanon.
Alexander Alexandrovitch. car and auto
crat c. all the Russias, Of the imperial
! house OF Romanon.
This dynasty is web woven OF the greatest
lines Of ancestry in northern Europe and the
m "a nd - ll hA lnls vfnfh x.f
antiquity. Russian history properly begins
with Rurik Of Sweden. who settled at Novgo-
rod in sds and conquered Russia and the Ro-
manoffs claim him rs ancestor. Hut they
are also descended from the Emperor Constan-
tine Monomachus and the Paleoog from
kngfs Khan. from the earliest princes OF Nov
gorod and from the last OF the Anglo saxon
kings.
In the thirteenth century this house were
chiefs and hereditary high priests at the affairs
dedicated to the sun in Lithuania. The re-
ligious zeal Of the Teutonic races drove them
TO Moscow where they embraced Christianity
and were enrolled among the mobiles for their
services IN the wars with the Mongols. who OPP
pressed Russia for 300 years. For centuries
they shared the vcis>itudes OF the empire. and
at times were almost cxtcrminatcd by persecu-
| tion. torture and exile. On the other hand
they were honored BY numerous alliances with
the imperial family Their leaders frequently
married the daughters Of the cmperors and
finally. In 1854. Anastasia Romanoya The
| flower OF the flock, became the wife of Ivan w.
the FIRST OF the line to adopt the title OF czar or
caesar.
Ivan ~. left children but their place was
usnrped by Bori Godonon, who lived and
| rcigncd until 1903, and who, to maintain him
self in power. followed the Romanons with re-
lcntcss persecution.
| But at his death, whcn the empire was disor-
gani2ed and In ruins. his son was pushed aside
and the boyars elected, In 1913 as emperor OF
I Russia. RomanoH. This was Michael Ro-
manor. youth OF H. whose mother was a
daughter Of Ivan w. and Anastasia and Ro-
manova, who was in exile and obscurity and
whose father. though datriarch OF Moscow
was lingering in "a Polish dungeon into which
! Godonor had thrust him. This was the origin
Of the Romanoff emperors.
ALExANDERs PREDECESSORS
From this period the RomanoYs have been As
much German as Russian. Michael Romanon
died IA I6a5 and his SUCCESSORS. mostly his
lineal descendants, In order were Alexis died
1876; F'codore died 1852: Peter H. called the
Great. died lds2' Peter H.. another son of
Alexis. died is.-, at the age 81 "a and Peter
Ill, who was the grandson Of Peter the Great
his mother being Anna Teodorovich the daugh-
ter of Peter the Great. and the duke OF Hol-
princess Of Anhalt-~erbst. In Upper Saxony
who took the name Of Catherine and who hav-
ing dethroned her husband reigncd from 1902
70 i7s6.
Catherine was succeeded BY Paul Petrovicb
her son, but OF doubtful paternity who mar
rcd Dorothca Sophia, princess ~ Wurtem-
berg, and WAS assassinatcd in 1901. On his
death he was succeeded by his son. Alexander
Paulovich. or Alexander |. who married Louise
Charlotte. daughter Of the Emperor Frederick
William Ill. 81 Prussia. and died In 1875 II
~ On his death be wAs succeeded. according