Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-10
THEY DID NOT WEEP.
Mobiles Who Were Not la Favor with the
Dead Car.

INobits VIM WeFt MOI IN IhNOr with the
Dead Car.
Probably the course OF the disease
which killed the car was watched
by no persons with so much interest as
one renson or other, had incurred his
~aisplsasase; s2me ST ihem wao are
return To st. Petersburg now.
His majesty had always been
u strict disciplinarian and had
declined to forgive the short
comings of his relatives. Many OF
them were no longer looked upon by the
ear as members OF the imperial family
and certainly few Of them henved
many signs at his death.
The greatest sufferer at the hands Of
his majesty--for which he himself,
however, Is to blame is the eldest son
Of the late Grand Duke Constantine
Nikolaievitch. who, d.. ,scd from nil
his Offices and shorn of all his dignitics,
lives an exile Ia Turkestan. In his
early youth he vas guilty Of the theft
of jewelry and holy relics. which he
gave to a woman-of American origin
and was banished by his uncle. the
late Emperor Alexander III. After the
latter's death he returned unexpectedly
10 st. Petersburg, and demanded that
his c~ousin-the present czar-reinstate
him in NIL his rights and privileges.
When his majesty declined TO consider
this, he threw himself in the arms OF
nihilism, and became an ardent propa-
gandist against Imperialism. The car
had him arrested and he vas impris.
oned for n time, 1t is supposed in the
dark and dreary Schluesselburg, but
later was sent to the far east, where he
lives the life of a simple country gen.
tlelman, under the strictest supervi.
sion.
The grand duke, at the time of his
return TO st. Petersburg, gave the pres.
ent emperor several unpleasant quar-
tiers of an our by his prctcnsions to the
crown the right TO which he assumed
for the following reasons.
According TO the laws of the Rus
sian imperial family the eldest son Of
the car is the heir to the throne (the
czarowitz). Alexander II was not
born AS a son of the car, but while
his father was still the Grand Duke
Nicholas. The Grand Duke Constau.
tine, however. second son Of the Grand
Duke Nicholas, was born after the
latter had become ear, and thus, liter
ally speaking, vas the eldest son of the
car. Therefore. 1t was argued
by the banished grand duke.
after tho death OF Emperor
Nicholas. the real heir 10 tho throne
was h Grand Duke Constantine, and
he-Nicholas Constantinovitch -as his
eldest son, was the rightful heir to the
crown. This influenced Alexander H..
however. to introduce a new rule or
law, providing that at each accession
the oath OF allegiance was to be given,
not only to the new ruler, but also to
his successor.
Another grand duke who was In dis
favor with the car, Is the Grand Duke
Michael Michaelovitch, son OF tile
Grand Duke Field Marshal Michael Mi
kolajevitch. This yonnQ man married
against the will of his family the
Countess Nuremberg, the beautiful
child of Prince Nicholas OF Nassau and
his morganatic wife, the daughter OF
the Russian poet, Pushkin. He re-
tanned his right ms u grand duke, 1t is
true, but his name was stricken from
tho army lists, where it had appeared
as a~djutant of the czar.
Neither Is the Grand Duke Nicholas
Michael in good standing in Russia.
about ten years ago he was assigned to
the Chevalier Guards, the crack roQi-
ment OF the empire. for active service
As q rule, officers of q regiment well
come the addition Of q member of the
imperial family to their number. But
to the surprise OF ell society ut the
time. the officers corps OF the .Chevn-
Tiers" voted against tho admission Of
the grand duke.
So strong was the opposition that
The emperor himself had to interfere
personally, virtually to command
the men to accept the grand
duke ~ . comrade. The reason
OF the opposition was the fact that
the prince was known 70 be s'redn no.
ltically-and that Is still the case To-
day. He was unable TO assume any
standing ~ the regiment, end the o.