The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-15
Is Being Removed Scientiti-
cally it Says
HIS DEATH WATCHED.
The End is Coming Slowly but
Surely
Two Bitter Factions as to the
Cars Successor.

of all Russia been skillfully poisoned
and slowly put to death by scientific
means in the hands of nihilists. DR..
George F. Y. Schmidt, the German trav-
eler now in Minneapolis has just re-
ceived secret dispatches from ST. Peters
burg, which throw a strong light on the
crisis in European politics caused by the
impending death of the car
These dispatches came written in
sympathetic ink on an apparently
blank piece Of paper: The ap-
strange stenographic characters which
the doctor readily translated. lie showed
the dispatch to an Associated Press re-
porter today and remarked that in order
to send such things from St. Petersburg,
it was necessary to doubly protect them
by the use of sympathetic ink and Sc
cret code
The most sensational matter in the dis
patch is the intimatiOn that the czar's i'll
ness has been caused by other than
natural means. The doctor translated
the dispatch for the Associated Press as
follows:
The car is lying at the point of death.
The excitement of the highest circles Of
Russia is tremendous. II is understood
in a wide circle in Russia that the czar's
sickness was brought about by scientific
means, and that his death will be a nat
ural one. 1t Is on account of this that
the journals contradict the fact of the
cars sickness.
There is Il party that wants to set the
czarewitch on the throne. The czare witch
is of a cranky, melancholy nature, in
clined to institute the most radical re-
forms throughout Russia, and has already
made plans for such action He is much
hated by the clergy
The patriarch of Moscow, who is at
the head of the Greek church, has trav-
eIed about with the czar in order to per-
suade him to put his second son on the
throne instead of the czarewitch. The
Greek Catholic church of Russia is fever
ishly excited. The reichsratn, or cOun-
Gil Of the empire, is daily holding secret
councils. The pan-Slavic party is with
the church and against the czarewitch,
who is a great friend of Germany.
SHOULD the car decide to place his
second son upon the throne. this would
be looked upon as Il direct insult to Ger
many and would be attended with the
most serious results.
ssThe second son of the czar is very
inimical to the Germans, friendly to the
French. dreadfully esDOtic and in the
highest degree headstrong and a strong
autocraE 1t is feared on the death bed
of the car. the church influence will
succeed in inducing him to call his
second son as his successor. His second
son is very hot headed, ard is sure not to
remain long on the throne without becom-
ing seriously involved in state troubles
"The SO year old patriarch of Moscow
has had d two hours conference with the
car at his death bed. but no one knows
the purport of this talk. The second son of
the czar is opposed to the liberty Of the
people and is of an envIous nature He
is d fine soldier. fond Of fight, a mar
tial fellow and very ambitious. He is
an enemy of England, of Germany and
above all, of America.
"He not only intends to Increase the
size Of Asiatic Russia. but also TO attempt
the tremendous task of bridging the
Behring straits and extending his empire
in the direction Of America This prince
is by ali odds one of the greatest gener-
ais in Russia, having been with 1Iourka
and Timaschief and having studied with
the latter. All of the cabinets of Europe
are alarmed
cit is rumored that the entrance of
England into the Dreibund- is the
triple alliance is about to take place.
Already between Russia and France Sc
cret relations have been entered into"
DR. Won Schmidt is a second lieutenant
in the Prussian army travelling on leave
He is bound for Japan and the orient