Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-21
STILL LINGERING. 
  The Czar of Russia Makes a z Brave Fight
WITH THE DREAD DESTROYER
Czarina Stricken With Apo pIexy-The Czarowltch to
 Wed at the Bedside.

ing bulletin was issued at o'clock this evening:
 "In the course of the past twenty four hours the emperor obtained some sleep. His majesty left his bed during the day. The general condition of the patient, his strength and the action of his heart are unchanged. The 9dema has not in- creased.''
 This bulletin is signed by five doctors in attendance upon his majesty. The chorus of praise of the czar's high qualities is in- creasing hourly.
 Among the notable remarks today are those of the Vienna Freedman blat, which calls attention to the leading traits of his majesty's character, his strict attention to duty, his rectitude and his loyalty. tThe czarn it adds, 'has always bee en united to our empire by the closet relations, which have never been disturbed even in those serious times created in the time of political events. Emperor Alexander through his unswerving love for peace has rendered a great service to the whole of Europe.
 HIS ILLNESS BRIGHT'S DISEASE.
 PARIS, Oot. 2O.-Figaro publishes an article retrospective of the czar's illness, which is believed to have been furnished by the Russian embassy here. His maj esty's malady, the article says, is the re- suit of his attack of influenza, which de- veloped into pleurisy in 1893. The czar had never fully recovered from that illness, but he refused to listen to the advice of his physicians, believing that his phenom- enally robust oonstitutiSp would carry him through eventually. HeN persisted in per- forming his daily arduous duties and with feeling of terror he received his physi- cians' certification that he was afflicted known to him on August IS. the anniver- sary of his first attack of illness. He was accordingly removed to Belovej Kaya, Poland, and from there taken to Spala. From the latter place he was removed to Livadla. These changes did not produce lapses were minimized by the press until the crisis came, when the imperial family were summoned. s .ses sf-
 a WAS BADLY NURSED.
 PARIS, Oct. 20.-In the czar's illness the Figaro says: Eminent physicians are of the opinion that the symptoms of the czar's malady do not put the ultimate signs of the czarina received an official message fortnight ago, saying that his majesty was left breast. ~Dr. zacherin OK. pressed his belief that it was of cancerous nature and that a successful operation was impossible. On the other hand Professor Leyden believed that the growth was of a mild type. .asss --
 The Figaro adds that the czar has been badly nursed, and that the arrangem ents for treating him at Lavaidia have been of Q most primitive character.
 THE CZARINA STRICKEN.
 VIENNA, Oct. 20.-A special dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Neue Freie Presse says that the czarina, who had bands bedside, has had stroke of apo plexy. The Grand Duchess Xenia, her eldest daughter, has broken down under the nervous strain and is obliged most of the time to remain in bed. The czar was tapped today for dropsy. It is impossible in time to be married to the czarowitch be- fore the czar's death.
 THE INTEREST IN FRANCE.
 PARIS, Oct. 20.-The Temps, in an arti- cle which may be regarded as the express ion and feeling of the French people, says that there is not corner in France where prayers have not been offered up for the re. covery of the czar. and dispatches received from the various parts of France bear out the truth of the statement. The czar, since the fetes at Toulon, following the ar- rival there of the Russian squadron under Admiral Avellan, has everywhere in the French republic been considered as the life ally of France. ~
 THE WEDDING TO BEHAsTENED.
 BERLIN, Oct. 20.-The interest here iu the dying czar is enhanced by the anxiety felt respecting the possible political conse- quences of his death and'~by the circurn- stances of the coming marriage of the czar- owitch to the Gerrnrn princess, Alix, of Hesse- Darmstadt. The Vosiche Zeitung learns that the wedding will now take place at the czar's bedside.
 REPORTED DEAD IN PARIS.
 PARIS, Oct. 20.-The Nation asserts that M. Hanotaux, minister or foreign affairs, has received news that the czar died last night, and that he is withholding the dis patch until the news is confirmed by the Russian embassy here. The officials at the foreign office declare that no such dispatch has been received.
 OUTLINED A POLICY. s,t
 VIENNA, Oct. 20.-A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that early in his illness the czar had long interview with the czarowitch, in which he outlined the policy that should be pursued in foreign and do- mestic affairs, and insisted upon his mar. riape to Princess Alix of Hesse- Darmsfadt.