Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
People Excited at st. Petersburg
Over His Condition.
CEREMONIES In THE CATHEDRAL
Death May Be Expected at Any
Moment.
GLEE OF THE NIHILISTS

cial bulletin issued at 10 o'clock this morn
ing says that the car slept for a few hours
last night, and that the bleeding has some
what subsided. Otherwise the condition of
the patient is not changed
The bulletin is signed in the usual man.
ner by the physicians in attendance upon
: his majesty.
Inc excitement in regard to the czar's
cohdlton continues. The police engaged In
oistrlputing the bulletins regarding the
health Of the car are besieged by dense
CROWDS OF people. who fall upon their knees
and pray for the cars recovery as each
new bulletin is posted
AT 1 o'clock this afternoon the Metro
politan of ST. Petersburg, Father Palladius.
president of the holy synod, attended by
all his clergy. offered up prayers for the
recovery of the car in the Cathedral Of
81. isaac The ceremony was most i'm
The theaters of st. Petersburg and all
the large cities were nearly deserted yes-
terday evening, and not a single uniform,
was TO be seen among the slim audiences
assembled.
Story of His Illness.
ST. PETERSBURG, October 31.-Tbe
Official Messenger publishes the following
account of the cars Illness:
The disquieting symptoms which mani
Tested themselves at Spala became less
marked In the early days of his majesty's
sotourn at Livadia. The car was able to
attend divine service after arriving thera
and he was also able to drive about. Then
symptoms of weakness appeared with
failing appetite, loss Of sleep. weakening Of
the heart action, increase of albumen and
swelling of the extremities
On October 20 there was a return of the
car appetite, ard on October 10 he was
able TO obtain the necessary rest in sleep,
which produced notable Increase in his
strength and a reduction of the albumen
The same day the Queen of Greece arrived
ana the rroto presbyter. Father Ivan Of
Cronstadt, who offered up prayers for the
emperor, also reached Livadia His maj
esty then received holy communion which
assisted In tranquilizing his mind.
On october % the emperor prayed with
rather Ivan. Princess Alix of Hesse
Darmstadt arrived that evening" and by
the order of the car she was received cere-
monlously with guard of honor and with
the military band playing. The meeting of
the car with Princess Alix, whom he had
long been craving to see. strongly excited
the patient in spite of the joy which the
meeting caused him, and his maiesty's
physicians feared the effects of this excite
ment. But the night passed favorably
Ihere was continued oedema of the feet on
october 2G which hindered free movement
During all this time the car in spite OF
his suffering, did not neglect state business
but at the urgent instance of his physicians
rent affairs and reports requiring consider
able examination to the czarewitch. His
majesty, however, decided the most Inn
portant cases and signed the state papers
1t Is semi-officially announced today that
all reports regarding the immediate mar.
riage of the czarewitch to Princess Alix are
unfounded. 1t is added that il was never
proposed since the illness of the czar that
the marriage should take place hurriedly.
Said to be Dying.
n o.
Pail Mall Gazette this afternoon from IL
vadia says that the czar is dying. The dis
patch adds that his left lung is so seriously
infiamed that all hope has been abandoned
and that news of his death may be ex-
pected at any moment
Rejoicing of the Anarchists.
LONDON, October 31.-A circular show
ing a blood red bomb, revolver and dagger,
emanating from the refugee nihiists in
Switzerland, is circulating there and in
London. 1t says:
ITO our brothers, the oppressed in Rus
STA: The tyrant Alexander. autocrat, car.
hangman and assassin of Michaeleff, Russia
koff, Kibaltchik, Nelotsoff, Sophia Perow-
skaia, Jessie Halfmann and many others;
purveyor of the Siberian galleys, prosecutor
his crimes.
''He is dying of a mysterious illness, a
well-merited punishment Nenal science
MS SeacnarlnS, BlrScnS ana PoponS can do
nothing to prolong life which has been
devoted to violence and oppression.
AT length the monster is going to dis
appear Hurrah!
The day has passed when a man ought
to be able by right of birth to dispose of
the liberty and lives of a hundred millions
of other men.
Let his son, the czarewitch, as well as
his ambitious rivals, the Grand Dukes
Vladimir and Michael, who are ready to
assGssinate, in accordance with the tradi-
tons of the Romanoff family to get pos
session of the bloody hertage-let all thor
oughly understand that every hour and at
every step they will find themselves face to
face with the infiexible will of the revolu-
tionists
Let us leave to the hypocritical liberals
the task OF covering with flowers the hor-
rid corpse of the scoundrel who is leaving
this world after having too long dishon-
sred Ii.
80 long as the Russian slaves do not
possess the land. &C long as an Internal au-
tocracy. served by rapacious and
shameless feudality, makes Russia a dis
grace to the civilized world, we shall al
ways applaud any blow of destiny or pro-
woke 1T.
Long live liberty and the revolution
Prince Cantacuzene today received the
following cable from the Russian minister
of foreign affairs:
"ST PETERSBURG, October 31.-Yes-
terday the expectoration, with blood, con-
90; rather weak. Breathing difficult; little
appetite Great weakness. Oedema con-
siderably increased.
(ssSipned) GIERS."