The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-09-20
CAR FATALLY Ill.
Ills Heir, Nicholas, is BIT Twect.y~
Six and Unmarried.
Alexander III gEas Been Int Eleven Tra-o
on the DEMONSTRATIONS Believes Ike
VIII Die Young and the Pres
cnt Dynasty N,il Then End.

LONDON. Sept. l7.-Confrmcd an
nouncement that the car IS suffering
with complication O. diseases which
must prove fatal at u day not far OF,
according to medical opinion. is neccs.
Isarily the paramount political topic OF
the week. Alexander III has not
completed his tftiath year lie has
been eleven years On tire throne. lis
heir. Nicholas, is % and unmarried.
He is betrothed to Princess AliX. OF
| Hcsse. but the match is known to be
distasteful to him and not over agree
able to her, involving as it does. ahan-
donmcEt Of her Protestant faith Tor
that of the Greek church. The mar
rage is set for next January. but it is
freely asserted. especially since tho
czarowitz was in London during the
summer. that the wedding will never
take place.
He is declared to be opposed to MAJ
rimony. fatalist VINO believes chat he
will perish by violence while young
and that the dynasty will go out with
this generation His fathers condi-
ton, even if the emperor shall survive
until the new year. Will make mar
riagc at the time appointed impossible.
There is little probability that Alex
andcr III VIII live 80 long as that, and
predictions are rife that his days are
numbered by weeks only.
AS dynastic interests affecting di-
rectly and collatc-ally alsnost every
reigning house in Europe ard iuvoiv-
ing issues that, since the days Of Peter,
have absorbed European s.;itcsmaEship
are necessarily to be affected by the
death Of the emperor, the topic en-
crosses all classes Of people and puts
into insignificancc for the time being
all other subjects, domestic and for
eign.
OF course, tiippant prophets eagerly
foresee and aracntl;- forctcll ;!rmc
diate and universal revolt Of the PEOPLE
of Russia after Tic cmrcror's death;
extortion Of con. titution from his
successor or the formation of u federal
republic with Il restricted central gov
eminent. These Sccr3 take little DC
count OF physical facts which mast c.
ercise formida bic influence upon tic
future of Russia. AS well talk Of :cv
olution in China.
China could afford to let rebellion
cut off several empires, and still Ire
central government would be one Of
the strongest in tnc world. Tie Taip-
ing instruction vent Oh nearly twcn-
ty years, AID destroyed aS many mil
lions Of Cinnamon, hnt if several
Americans and one En@liShman had
not interfcrcG and suppress ed the in
surgert5. it might &c going on still
without material injury to the reign
ing house.
The empire Of Russia is double in
extcnt to that OF China. and while its
millions arc cn,y ore-;h;rd rs nlan,,
another class OF facts exist in En:,s;;,,
rendering established government even
safer than that of China. Russia is ore
Of the most denscl;' organized military
powers on the globe
Russia has been engaged for nearly
three hundred years in tcparations
to prevent domestic rebellion. Her
army and navy alonc could be relied
upon to put down eny uprising and
scarcely miss a man or burst gun.
The land and sea forces alike have no
other motive for living.