The record-union., 1894-11-02

day by immense crowds anxious TO hear
the latest news. The bulletin showing
that the last hope had been abandoned
was silently scanned by the mournful
Ihrong, many OF whom were in tears.
Passing carriages stopped to enable their
| occupants 10 read the bulletins.
Inc hrst news of the death of his ma
Jesty was posted shortly before o'clock.
| A quarter OF an hour later salute of
guns from the fortress of st. Peter and
81. Paul confirmed the sad news. Later
a telegram stating that the Gar was
! quite conscious when he took the last
sacrament at 10 o'clock this morning was
! received. The members of the Council
OF the Empire and other high officials of
both civil and military departments and
many private citizens assembled at 10
| o'clock tonight in the Cathedral of
| Montebello. where a solemn mass was
said for the repose of his majesty's soul.
The French EN- bassador to Russia,
who is now in Paris, will return here
forthwith.
The Duchess of Sake -Coburg and Gotha
duchess of Edinburgh, only sister of
The Car, arrived at Yalta this morning.
THE NEWS RECEIVED AT LONDON.
| LONDON. Nov. I'M. De Staal, the Rus
| sian ambassador to Great Britain, did
! not receive an official dispatch at the en-
bassy announcing the death of the Gar
until o'clock this evening. The Prince
| OF Wales, who, together with the Princess
OF Wales, is en- route to Lividia, tele-
! graphed the intelligence to the Queen
! and the Duchess OF York. The Queen
Immediately sent telegram OF condo
lence to the CZarina.
The foreign office at midnight had re-
celved nothing beyond a short dispatch
| winch was communicated to Prime Min
lister Rosebery and the members OF the
| Cabinet. There were many callers at the
! Russian Embassy, who came and ex-
| pressed their coincidence.
A notable obituary sketch will appear
IN the Times tomorrow. The author of
the sketch of the dead Emperor was on
| intimate terms Of friendship with the
! Car, and he says the Gar never had the
| slightest sympathy with high culture,
| adding: Indeed, the Gar rather gloried
at the idea of being of the same rough
| texture as the majority of his subjects,
and if he knew he was sometimes dis
respectfully referred TO as the peasant
| Gar he regarded this epitaet as COM
pIlment. His straightforward, abrupt
manner. savoring sometimes of gruff-
ness, and his direct, unadorned method
| OF expression, harmoniZed we'll with his
rough-hewn, immobiIe features and
| somewhat sluggish movements. The
impression he generally made in conver-
satlon was that OF good, honest, mod
! erately intelligent, strong-Willed man,
| who might perhaps listen to explana-
| tlons, but who certainly would stand
no nonsense from his subordinates or
anyone else. Only those who had the
privilege of observing him in the unre-
strained Intimacy Of his family, espe-
cially when romping with his children
| or amusing himself with his four-foOted
pets. can fully realize what simple, kindly
nature was concealed behind a by no
| means sympathetic exterior"
4 .-Tf 81,
| strong anti German feeling from the time
| he was CZarowitz, and says: But ne all
! ways had pacific intentions. He feared
| that Russia might be made the victim of a
| coup d'etat of the young Kaiser, and
! therefore thought it advisable to make
persistent advances to France. But his
attitude was strangely exaggerated, if not
entirely misunderstood by France. The
| Gar was too autocratic to enjoy hearing
| the 'Marsellaise' in his own Capital, and
! too prudent TO ally himself closely with an
lmportunate nation under a weak Gov
ernment, which was quite ready to max g
use OF an entente from diplomatic pur-
poses; he had no intention of letting him.
self be dragged into war;"
GAVE RUSSIA NEEDED PEACE.
WAsHINGToN.iNov Nov. 1.-The announce
ment OF the Cars death brought pro-
| found grief to the Russian Legation at
| Washington. Official word came late in
the afternoon, in the following cable from
the Minister of Foreign Affairs:
'ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. LIT has
| pleased our Lord to recall him, our most
beloved sovereign, Emperor Alexander
! the Third. He died at Lividia this after
noon, 1st of November, at 2:15.
"GIERs."
| The Minister communicated the in
| formation to the State Department but
n Q hGan ~
! city of the President it is probable the
| message of sympathy and coincidence
| from President Cleveland will not be
| sent until Tomorrow.
Prince Cantacuzene said history in
time would pay its just tribute to the
merits OF Alexander III. He had given
| Russia what she most needed-peace and
quiet. For ten years there had been
nothing heard of nihilists, except in the
| inspired attacks of malicious persons.
The Emperor had gone freely among the
| people unguarded and unattended. He
was in the habit of driving with the
! CZarina in a sleigh through the nublic
! streets. The sentiment of affection OF
Russion people toward the Emperor con-
| stituted protection much stronger than
! police protection could afford The pre-
vious Emperor had been guarded by the
| police, and yet he met assassination.
while the late Emperor moved openly
universal grief.
1t is not yet determined whether re-
| ligious ceremonies will be held in WASH
| ington in commemoration of the Gar.
| There is no Greek Church here, and the
| one at New ork is not connected with
| the established Church of Russia. AT
San Francisco Bishop Nicholas is at the
head of the Greek Church diocese OF
Alaska. AT the time that Alaska was
owned by Russia the Greek Church was
| established there, and since the purchase
| of the country by the United States the
many Russians there have continued
| their devotion to that church. 1t is
probable that Minister Cantacuzene NAV
ask Bishop Nicholas to come to WASH
ington and hold memorial services SIM
liar to those held on the death of Presi-
| dent Carnot, but there is some doubt as
! to the Bishops taking the long trip.
ambassador Patenotre of France paid
high tribute to the late Gar, whom
he described as the warm friend oi
| France, whose people would feel his loss
almost as much as Russians. Nj. Pat.
enotre is acting Dean of the Diplomatic
| Corps. but he says there will be nc
| formalitles observed by the diplomatic
| corps beyond calling and expressing
their sympathy to the Minister.
LOVED BY HIS SUBJECTS.
STREAToR Oil. Nov. 1.-ThesRev. Am.
| brose Vectta, pastor of the Russian Greek
Catholic Church of Chicago, was in
Streator to-day to hold services, and Oh
hearing of the death of the Gar said: SIT
| is a mistake to think that this grand man
was not beloved by the majority of his
subjects. Alexander III. was a most
jealous, and take him all in all, just ruler