Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-22

THE CZARINA.
 growth of idle rumor and speculation. It was everywhere recognized that the doc tors in attendance upon the ear had no hopc of his recovery. and that they wero only dcvoting their efforts to prolong his majesty's life till the arrival of Princess A!ix at Halta so that her marriage to the czarowitz might be celebrated before his death.
 It was asserted that the physicians had been compelled to turn their attentions to tho czarina, whose mind was said to havo been seriously affected by the strain of nursing her husband and anxiety con corning Grand Duke George. Sunday night the thCaters wCrc full as usual, and tho restaurants were crowded. The city bore its usual aspect. Only tho eager and excited discussions in all the public resorts indicated tho gravity of impending events.
 The special services in all the churches Sunday morning werc well attended. The reverence displayed and the sincerity | of the prayers offered showed how deeply the public mind is affected, An Official Bulletin. In the thcaters both hero and at Mos | COW during the past few days therc havc been numerous instances during tho in tCrvals between the acts of tho audiences | calling upon tho orchc<tras to play the national hymn, God Protect the Car" to which tho people would li>t0n standing Sunday morning an official dispatch was received from LivadiA stating that the czar had passed n letter night and had heen able to sleCp a little This somo- | what allevintcd the an xicty. although cvcn the official bulletins arc now received with n certain amount of suspicion After this bulletin nothing was received I Il
 other private dispatch reported n con tinued slight improvement in his majcs- tvs condition, adding that he had a bot | ter appetite.
 This was confirmed at II o'clock last night by the issuing of tho following bull lctin:
 During the past q hours the emperor has had rathcr moro sleep His majesty arose Sunday as usual, and his appetite is rather better. The patient Is morn composed Otherwise therc k no chanFc ' This bulletin was signed by tho five physicians in attendance upon his maj | esty. Tho crowds that had long and pa- | tiently awaited tho issue of tho bulletin read and discussed it with evident relief and then rapidly dispersed
 In" Heir ApParent's Marriage. | According to tho lest information ob- tainahle thero will bc n formal bctrothal and exchange of rings bctwccn the cEarn- witZ and Princess Alix at Livadia on Wednesday. perhaps sooner acCurding to circumstances This pre>uppOscs tho performance of the ceremony of rccouCili- | ation to the orthodox church, which in the usual course must take place first
 The marriage of foreign uncSthOdox princess to n Russian heir apparent nc ccssitates three distinct cercmonios-rcl- onciliation to tho orthodox church bo- | trnfhal Ia, la. wero always separate. but tho betrothal and actual marriage lattcrly have often been performed together. An imperial manifesto on this subject Is expected from Livadia
 An official step has hccn taken in re- gard to the appearance of bulletins in tho press which Is curious to say tho least All the Russian newspapers have hecn re- qucstcd tO print special copies of their re- spectiye journals for subscribers in I.iya. sia emitting the bulletins altogether. This Is now being done.
 The widest rumors arc circulating in st Petersburg. and an extra special ccn- sor has been appointed to control all tho press tolegrams concerning the condition of the czar and the doings generally of the imperial family. All dispatches havc therefore to bo passed on by the ordinary censor and 10 Do inspected by tho special censor, and they are mostly altered n great deal before they reach the telegraph upcr- l ators
 Another curious instance of supprcs- sion of news may bc mentioned Judg- ing by tho telegraphic inquiries received here from abroad. there must be far more visible spontaneous concern in tho for eign capitals than Is noticeable on the surface in St Petersburg. whero the prSss ts not yet allowed to utter a single word of the sorrow at the bedside Sf the sick | monarch.
 Even the ministers and high officers of state, who themselves arc astonished at the mysterious and tardy way the little official nows vouchsafed Is sent from the Crimea. have 10 telegraph all day long and half through the night to the office of The Official Gazette begging for infor- nation.
 In the remoter parts of the cmpirc there are probably whole populations who have hardly yet heard that tho ear Is seriously i'll. As n Russian expressed it, the Rus sian newspapers arc waiting to know when the police will allow them to wecI and to OK press their feelings freely
 Father Ivan Goes to LivadIa-
 BERLIN, Oct. 2a.-The Vossische Eel tung has St Petersburg dispatch whicl describes Father Ivan (Holy John O Cronstadtl, who. 1t is said. has gone t' Livadia to pray for tho recovery of tn czar. as enjoying tho suprsme authorit, among orthodox Russians. who rcgar' him as an omniseicnt seer. and who de voutly believe in his miraculous cures Aristoorats throughout tho empire sum mon him in cases of illness. He devote all his gifts to the poor. and his wifo wa | ohliCad n anpiv fn tha for heln Tn