The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-22
RUSSIA'S RULER IS DYING
CONFLICTING RUMORs REGARDING
 THE C6ARS CONDITION.

rhsrs is Belief That tho Real News Has
 Besn supprsssed-Rsports That Prince
 Georee, Too, is Dead-Czarewitch Re
 fuses tho Grown.
 St. Petersburg. Oct. 2.-This official statement sent from Livadia was given out at o'clock:
 During the last twenty-four hours the czar has had rather more sleep than on the preceding days. He rose to-day with his usual appetite. is some what better generally and Is more com posed than yesterday. Otherwise his condition is unchanged.
 Copenhagen. Oct N.-A dispatch dated at Lvadia at o'clock this even- ing says that no change in the czar's condition beyond a slight improvement in his appetite, has been noticed to- day.
 St. Petersburg, Oct. N.-Dispatches made public here at 2 o'clock this even- ing say that the czar has rallied slightly. No confidence Is felt by the people in the official announcements. The meagreness of tbe news has left room for the craziest rumors. which multiply on every street corner and in every cafe. It Is said that the czare- witch has renounced the succession, that the czar is dead and the fact sup pressed and that the Grand Duke George died two days ago. Official bulletins do not dispel these rumors. The last story is that the czarina's mind has broken down under her many affiictions.
 Despite the intensity of the interest in the czar's condition the theaters and restaurants are crowded as usual. In the churches throughout Russia pray CTS have been said to-day for the cZar.
 A dispatch from Moscow says that the city is grief-stricken.
 Berlin, Oct. 21.-A Kiel newspaper says the emperor has ordered that the imperial yacht Hohenzollern be got ready for a voyage. His intention is says the writer, to sail with Prince Henry of Prussia for St. Petersburg in the event of the czar's death. Prince Henry would make the voyage aboard the ironclad Woerth. The em- peror receives several dispatches daily from Livadia. .....
 The Berliner Tageblatt professes to have the best authority for this state. ment: @ s
 Despite all denials the czarewitch re- fuses to succeed to the throne. There fore an imperial ukase proclaiming his youngest brother, the Grand Duke Mi chael, to be the heir, Is expected. It is reported that the czarina did not learn until Friday how grave her husbands condition was.
 London, Oct. 22.-The Daily News has this from its Vienna correspondent:
 A cipher telegram received here from Russia yesterday declared that 1t was impossible to send any news except by letter across the frontier. A Vienna daily asserts that the Czar's illness is the consequence of arsenical poisoning.
 The Paris correspondent of the Daily News discredits the report that the czarewitch has renounced the success sion. It is none the less true, he adds, that the czar's brothers, who now have been summoned to Livadia, came to France so as to be out of the way dur ing any possible crisis about the order in which the throne should be trans mitted.
 From St. Petersburg the News hears: "The latest advices from Livadia are that despite the fact that he is out of bed,, the czar's case is hopeless. The doctors have discovered that he has 8 cancer. In the last few days he has lost thirty-two pounds. The excitement here and in Moscow Is indescribable."