Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-15
EXCITEMENT IN RUSSIA.
Is The Gar Being Slowly Poisoned by
hilillsls?
Humors Current TO that Enect-In.
uriEues Relative 10 the sucess-
aton 10 the throne.

MiSEEAPOLis, Oct. l6.-HRs the
cEst o. All Russia been skilfuliy poi.
soned and slowly put to death by
scientific means Ia tho hands Of nihil.
isu?
DIR, George +. Won Schmidt, n Ger.
man traveller now In Minneapolis, has
received secret dispatches from 81.
Petersburg which throw strong light
on tho crisis IN European politics,
caused by the impending death OF the
czar These dispatches came write n
In sympathetic inK ON apparently n
blauK piece " paper. This application
OF best brought out strange s,euu.
gfaphic characters which tnu doctor
readily translated.
Tue doctor translated tho dispatch
for An AsH1ciatUd Press representative
as follows: "lhe czat " lying at the
point OF death. Toe excitement In the
highest circles o. Russia IL tremendous.
IL IL understood Ia wide circles Ia
Russia that the Cznt'a sickness was
brought about by scientific means anu
that his death viii not be a natural
one. lt II on HccJunt OF this that Ihe
Journals o1ntradic. ths fact Of the
cLat'a sickness.
"rhcrb IL party that wants the
czsrOwii1 ON the throne. The cElro-
WIZ Is VI a cranky, melancholy ma.
tufe, inclined g. Institute tho most
radical reforms throughout Russia, anu
has already made plans for such action.
lio Ia much hated by the clergy.
Patrick Moscow, who IL NJ the head VI
the Greek church, has Travelled about
with tho ear, IN order TO persuade
MIN 70 put Ills second SOU on the
throne instead OF the CEArOWi lz. The
Greek Catholic church Of Russia Is
iUverithly excited. Tue Reichsrath,
" council OF the empire h daily mold.
ing secret council. fho Pan-slaVon
party " with tbs church aud agai ust
thu czlrowilz, VINO 10 n great friend o {
Germany. should the ear decide TO
place his second sou upon the throne,
this would he looked upon As n direct
insult TO Germany and would be at
tended with most serious results.
cine second sou OF the ear Ia very
inimicEl 10 the Germans And friendly
" the French, dreadtully despotlc anu
In the highest degree headstrOng, and
a strong auloorat. IL IL feared on the
deathbed OF the ear church influence
VIII succeed In inuuclng him TO call
his second sou as successor. AZ this
second son IL very hOi.heAJeu, he 10
sure not to remain long on the throne
without becoming seriously involved
In state troubles.
"rhe eighly.eight year old patriarch
OF Moscow has had "A two hOurs' con-
ference with tue ear al his dsathbsI,
but no one knOus the purport OF this
talk. The second son VI the cEar Ia
very despotic, opposed to the liberty OF
the people anu II AN envious nature. II
IL iine soldier, fond Of night, mar
tlal fellow ana very ambitious.
lie 10 the enemy OF England, Ger.
many anu above all, America. He
not Only intends TO increase ths size OF
Asiatiu Russia, but will eudeayOr the
tremendous tack OF Bringing herring
straits under Russian control and OK.
tending the empire Ia the direction oil
America. This prince Ia by all odds
one OF the greatest generals In Russia,
having been with M0uTkh aud Tamas.
chiti, and having studied with the
latter All lhe cabinets VI Europe are
alarmed. 1T 10 rumofed that the en-.
france Of England into the dreibuud,
that 10 the triple alliance, Is about 10
take place. Already between Russis
alu France secret relations have been
entered into"
DR.. Won Schmidt, IL second lieu.
lenAnt la tue Prussian army, travel.
ing on leave. He Is bound Tor Japan
and tbs Orient.