The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY NOVEMBER i. 1894

incline the little Olga AIexandrovna was
hurled with her English nurse, who
had barely time to snatch her up in her
arms, and the two must have fallen at
least % feet on the slope, slippery with
rain The nurses first idea was that she
must roll out of the way of further dan
ger but in doing so she let so of the
child. who got up and ran wildly on. cry
ing, Don't kill me, good God. Don't kill
me- good Godr The nurse s cries brought
her back TO her, and then the little
frightened soul, when she saw her papa
and mamma, her brothers and sisters
were all safe, threw her arms, round her
nurses neck crying, How ] should like
to throw my arms round Gods neck and
kiss him for saving US all / was very
stupid, you know, very stupid, because I
didn't know where 1 was running TO a
Bit, the child said of her own accord
afterward.
THE empress right hand was badly
bruised and the left slightly cut but she
went at once to tend the wounded, as they
were eXtricated from the wreck. For
nearly four hours she sat i'm the drzzlng
rain on that sopping bank, binding up
their wounds or soothing them One poor
fellow lay there mortally hurt, with his
face fearfully scalded and she sat by
him with her handkerchief dipped in
water, and he died kissing her hand. His
majesty and the Grand Dukes Nicholas
and George AleXandrowitz were every
where lending a helping hand eXtricatng
the wounded and the dead / heard moth
ing but blessings showered upon them
wherever l went When the last one
of the wounded and the dead were placed
in the train, which had arrived from
Kharkoff, their majesties entered the
train by which we had come. and We re-
traced our way, and by making a detour
of some 500 Versts 600 miles, arrived at
kharkoff. where their maiesties visited
the hospitals where the wounded lay
so enthusiastic We're the people of
kharkoff that the carriage was nearly up
set, and the empress must have been put
to much pain, for the crowd tried to
seize her wounded hands to kiss them,
and it was with the greatest difficulty
they were kept Off. In the hospital the
scene must have been very moving, for
the poor fellows only thanked God their
majesties were safe, forgetting for a time
their own sufferings All along the line
the stations were packed with a dense
crowd of all classes, who kept up a con-
tinuous roar of hurrahs. At Moscow the
crowds about the Kremln was equally
enthusiastic, and at st. Petersburg the
enthusiasm beggared description The
students broke the line of soldiers and
literally lifted the carriage in their arms. -
After that, as before, the empress lived
a life of fear that her husband should be
suddenly stricken down by the hand of the
assassin. She was with him i'm Livadla
and it was there she heard the brutal
words of DR. Zakharin from the lips OF
the ear himself Immediately after they
had been uttered: your majesty's NAL
ady is incurable," said the Russian doe
tor. with care and attention your val
liable life may be prolonged for some
months, but it is useless to conceal the
fact that no remedies will avail beyond
a certain period" The emperor after
this interview, entered the room where the
czarina was waiting and said "ZakhaIln
has just told me there is no hope" He
was Visibly terribly affected by the blow
Those present were struck with conster-
nation at the change of the emperor
face and bearing and greatly blamed the
professor for having spoken as he did
The czarina was from the first day OF
their marriage the. most devoted of wives
and mothers. A touching story is told
of the time when; in 1863, the eldest child
of the present imperial family died. aged
three months. The empress was incon.
solable, and insisted upon carrying Tho
tiny conn, according to an old Russian
custom, on her kness in the carriage from
the palace to the fortress of IS. Peter anC
Paul where the Romanoffs are inferred
THAT which every woman of the people
may do ought not to be denied to me- .
she said The winter was terribly cold
and the empress, in carrying out her res
olution, injured her health seriously, anC
was inValided for MANY weeks after