The herald., 1894-10-16
THE CAR DYING OF POISON.
His Illness Said to Pe Due to
Nihilists.
Excitement In Russia Over His I'M
pending Death.
The Cisrgy Tryiug to Arrange So That
tho Succession Shall Go to tho
Czar's Sc cond son-Stormy
Tlmos Ahead.

By the Associated Press
MISNEApoLIs, Oct. 15.-Has the czar oil
oil the Russias been skilliully poisoned
and slowly put to death by scientific
means at the hands of the Nihiliets
Or. George F. V. Schmidt. German
traveller now in Minneapolis. has re-
ceived secret dispatches from ST. Peters
crisis in European politics cauned by
the impending deeth of the czsr. Thess
dispatches came written in sy ympathetic
ink On apparently blank pieces OF paper.
On the application OF heat there were
brought out strange stenographic char
acters, which the doctor readily trans
lated The doctor translated the dis
patch for tho Associated Prsss rs fol-
! Iowa:
The czar is lying at the point Of death.
| Excitement in the highest circles OF
Russia is tremendous. Is is underatood
| In wide circle in R1ese that the ezar's
sickness was brought about by scientific
means and that his death will not be
natural one. In is on account OF this
that the journals suppress the fact OF
the czar's sickness. There ia a party
that wants to set the czarowi.z upon the
throne.
The czarowitz is OF q cranky nature,
inclined to inetituta the moot radical
reforme throughout Russia, and has al
ready made plane for such action. He
is much hated by the clergy. The pa
triarch of Moscow. who is the head OF
the Greek church. has travelled about
with the czar in order to persuade him
to put his second son on the throne,
instead of the czarowitz. The Greek
Catholic church in Russia is feveriehly
excited.
The re;chsrath, or council Of the em-
pire, is daily holding secret councils.
The Pan-Slavio party is with the church
and against the czarowitz, who is great
friend OF Germany. Should the czar dc.
eide to place his second son on the
throne it would be looked upon as di.
rect insult to Germany and would be at.
tended with most serious results. The
second son of the czar Is very inimical to
Germany and friendly to the French,
dreadfully despotic and in the highest
degree hsadstrong, and strong autocrat.
1t is feared that at the deathbed Of the
czar church influence will succeed ia in.
uuCluB Alm w Chii pcCbhO IVA 90 hlb
successor. As this second son is very
hot headed, he is sure not to remain
long on the throne without becoming
seriously involved in state troubles.
The S8.year-old patriarch of Moscow
has had q two houra' conference with
the czar at his death bed, but no one
knows the purport OF this talk. The
second son of the czar is very dcspotic,
and opposed to the liberty of the peo-
pie, and is OF an envious nature. He is
fine soldier, fond OF fight, martial
fellow and very ambitious. He 10 an
enemy OF England, Germany, and above
all, America. He not only intends to
increase the size Of Asiatic Russia, but
will attempt the tremendous task OF
bringing the Bering straits under
Russian control and extending the en-
pire in the direction of America.
This prince 10 by all means one OF the
greatest generals in Russia, having been
with Mourka and Timaschieff, and hav-
ing studied with the latter. ALI the
cabinets in Europe are alarmed. 1t lie
rumored that on the entrance OF Eng.
land into the dreibund, new triple
alliance 10 about to take place. Already
between Russia and France secret rela-
tions have heen entered into.
DIR. Won Schmidt is q second lieuten-
ant in the Prussian army travelling on
leave. He is bound for Japan and the
orient,