The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-16

Minneapolis, Oct 15.-Has the car of
ali Russia been skilfully poisoned and
slowly put to death by scientific means
sn the hands of nihilists?
DR.. George F. Won Schmidt, a Ger
man traveller now in Minneapolis, has
received secret dispatches from st.
Petersburg, which throw strong light
on the crisis in European politics,
caused by the impending death of the
car. These dispatches came written
in sympathetic ink, on apparently a
blank piece of paper. The application
of heat brought out strange steno-
graphic characters, which the doctor
readily translated.
The doctor translated the dispatch
for an Associated Press representative
as follows:
's1-he car is lying at the point of
death. The excitement in the highest
circles of Russia is tremendous. 1t is
understood in wide circles in Russia
that the cars sickness was brought
about by scientific means and that his
death will not be a natural one 1t is
on account of this that the journals
contradict the fact of the ears sick
ness.
There is a party that wants the
czarowitz on the throne. The caro-
WITT is of a cranky, melancholy nature,
inclined to institute the most radical
reforms throughout Russia, and has
already made plans for such action.
He is much hated by the clergy. Pat
rick Moscow. who is at the head of the
Greek Church, has travelled about with
the car in order to persuade him to
nut his second son on the throne in
stead of the czarowitz. The Greek
Catholic church of Russia is feverishly
excited The Reichsrath, or council of
J the empire, is daily holding secret
council The Pan-Slavon party is
with the church and against the car
owitz. who is a great friend Of Ger
many. Should the car decide to place
his second son upon the throne this
would be looked upon as direct in
suit to Germany and would be attend
ed with most serious results.
''The second son of the car is very
snimical to Germans and friendly to
the French, dreadfully despotic and
in the highest degree headstrong. and
a strong autocrat. 1t is feared on the
deathbed of the car church influence
will succeed in inducing him to call his
second son as successor. As this sec
= ond son is very hot-headed, he is sure
not to remain long on the throne with
out becoming seriously involved in
IIOuDleS-
1.-THE SS-year-old patriarch of Moscow
has had a two hours conference with
the car at his deathbed, but no one
knows the purport of this talk. The
second son of the car is very despotic,
opposed to the liberty of the people and
of an envious nature. He is a fine sol
der, fond of fight, a martial fellow and
very ambitious.
He was the enemy of England. Ger
many. and above all America He not
only intends to increase the size of Ash
attic Russia, but win endeavor the ire
mendouS task of bringing Boring
straits under Russian control and ex-
tending the empire in the direction of
America This prince is by all odds one
of the strongest generals in Russia,
having been with Mourka and Tamas-
chief, and having studied with the lat
ter. All the cabinets of Europe are
alarmed. IT. is rumored that the en-
trance of England into the dreibund.
that is the triple alliance, is about to
take place. Already between Russia
and France secret relations have been
entered into
" DR.. Won Schmidt is second lieutenant
in the Prussan army. travelling on
leave. He is bound for Japan and the
Orient.