The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-03
The CAR DEAD.
The Peasant Emperor Taken
From All His Greatness by
the Grim Reaper.
Gr"ud Duke Nichols viii Ascend the
Throne to Rule In Alexander's
stead-(sarrisons Royal.

| ST. PETERSBCR re, Nov. 1.-The angel OF
| death, IN the shadow of whose pinions
! the autocrat Of all the Russians has been
lying for many days. iioday beckoned
and the soul Of the man who had in his
| hands the lives aud deztinies ui millions.
was borne away. Calmly and peacefully
! as a eeping babe. he who by his slight
est word could have plunged Europe in
| to war the horrors Of which would
defy description. fell into a bccalmed
sleep. which he feared not, He, though
the head Of church whose members
number over 100000 people. took hls
last rites a few days before death claimed
him from al his greatness.
Al 2.iJ o'clock lnis afternoon the sun
mons came. and few hours later the
thurderuua booming II acaunou At Liyi-
dia and St. Petersburg announced that
tue ,zar was dead aud that b., Who had
been Grand Duke Nichols rcign-d in
his stead On light ing wings the news
u Russia's loss spread throughout the
world and II is safe to say every here
~, Intelligence created sympathy for
the family ui h.m who. hy bis policy.
had maintained the peace 0f Europe.
From America came words cd. syrIafl
Tor jh" dead ruler bad always been the
friend q the zrga, reTubI!n # the west.
and Americans have not forgotten how
well his father'sfrIeua-hip sustained the
north in the war Of the rebellion
Among the peasants OF Russia hr will
be mourued aiyn deep and abiding zor
row for he was not the peasant czar:'.
Since Tues ay when the doctors IN
formed the czar there was DO longer
room Tor hope bis majesty had com
pozedIy wai,eI Tor the end. attending
10 necessary state aud family affairs in
the short il-n-ya %. consciousness and
freedom from pain. On "Wednesday the
czar was -.ll able 10 be taken g. the
window 90 the palace. whence he laze3
out up1a the country he loved. The
night passed with aiI the aggrayating
symptoms and the dry cough. Dr. lac
charm remained iuarteudancr upou him
throughout lhr night A. Tn, aay ad-
vaueri weakness increased - -aufafr
that the gxar himself recognized that be-
conld only live iew hours He cx-
pressed desire 20 receive the sacrament
which was administered Ia hlm hy
Court Chaplain lanishoH and Father
Iy4 in Z h.. - -
iiy The ear then conyersed long and
earnestly with Father Ivan. concluding
by asking his family to again gather
around him. lie spoke Ia each member
separately, and m the greatest length
with tho czarina. He blessed all his
children present. The scene was one Of
deep pathos.
After taking leave of his family, he
grew gradually weaker, aud his voice
became 50 indistinct that il was scarce
ly audible. About noon a 'convulsive Tit
of coughing was followed by a slight
rally. Thence until the. end the car re-
mained quiet, seemingly free from pain.
At 2:l5 O'Clock he neayed deep Sign
and breathed his lastIin the arms of the
empress. who then broke down with the
weight of her grief.
1t is believed the remains will be en-
barked on the imperial yacht Polar Star
at Yalta. where the seventh army ps
will render military nonors. The whole !
Black sea fleet will escort the yacht to
Odessa, whence the body will be con-
yeyed by railway 10 ST. Petersburg,
stopping at important towns on route
to enable troops to render honors to the
dead. State mourning will commence
on Saturday. The funeral will probably |
be held-two weeks hence.
An imperial decree announcing the
accession to the throne of Grand Duke
Nicholas is expected.from Lividia in a
few days.
The garrisons at Constadt and ST. |
Petersburg have taken the oath of allie
giance TO the new czar.
On March 13, 1881, Alexander III. czar
OF Russia. was assassinated by the Nj |
hilists, and his eldest son, the man who
died today at Lividia, succeeded him on
the throne under the title iof Alexander
III. He was not crowned. however, un-
til May. 1883.
Alexander III. was born March 10, |
1915. His mother was the Princess Mar
ia, daughter of the late grand duke Of
Hesse- Darmstadt. He was thoroughly |
educated in the universities of his ma
tive country. In 1866 he married the
Princess Maria Dagmar, fourth child of |
Christian TX, king Of Denmark. and sis
tersof the Princess of Waloa. ThA en-. |