The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-11-10
THEY DID NOT WEEP
Mobiles Who We're Not In Favor With the
Dead Car.

Dead Car.
Probably the course of the disease
which killed the car was watched
10y no persons with so much interest as
those members of his house who, for
one reason or other, had incurred his
~displeasure. Some of them who are
living in punishment hope to be able to
return to st. Petersburg now.
His majesty had always been
a strict disciplinarian and had
declined to forgive the short
comlngs OF his relatives. Many OF
them were no longer looked upon by the
car as members OF the imperial family
and certainly few of them heaved
many signs at his death.
The greatest sufferer Mt tho hands of
his majesty-for which he himself,
however, is to blame is the eldest son
of the late Grand Duke Constantine
Niko%iajevitch, who, d .sed from all
his Offices and shorn of All isdignities,
lives an exile in Turkestan. In his
early youth he was guilty of the theft
of jewelry and holy relics, which he
gave to a wonan-of American origin
and was banished by his uncle, the
late Emperor Alexander II. After the
latter's death he returned unexpectedly
to St Petersburg, and demanded that
his cousin-the present czar-reinstate
himsin all his rights and privileges.
When his majesty declined to consider
this, he threw himself in The arms OF
nihilism, and became an ardent propa.
gandist against Imperialism. The czar
had him arrested and no was impris.
/, QH fo,. n Trina ! so o,oo1onI -, A.,
dark and dreary Schluesselburg, bu,
later was sent to the fare east, where he
lives the life of a simple country gen
tleman, under the strictest supervi'
sion.
The grand duke, at the time of his
return to st. Petersburg, gave the pres
ent emperor several unpleasant quar-
ters of an our by his %pretensions to the
crown tho right to which he assumed
for the following reasons.
According to the laws of the Rus
sian imperial family the eldest son Of
the czar is the heir to the throne 1.-THE
czarowitz). Alexander III was not
born as a son Of tho car, but while
his father was still the Grand Duke
Nicholas. The Grand Duke Constan.
tine, however. second son of the Grand
Duke Nicholas, was born after tho
latter had become car, and thus. liter
ally speaking, was the eldest son Of the
czar Therefore, it WINS argued
by the banished grand duke,
after the death Of Emperor
Nicholas, the real heir to the throne
vas the Grand Duke Constantine, and
he-Nicholas Constantinovitch-as his
eldest son, was the rightful heir to the
crown. This Influenced Alexander III
however, to introduce Il new rule o,
law, providing that at each accession
the oath of allegiance was to be given,
not only to the new ruler, but also te
his successor.
Another grand duke who was in dis
favor with the czar, is the Grand Duls.
Michael Michaelovitch, son Of the
Grand Duke Field Marshal Michael Mi
kolajevitch. This young man married
against the will of his family tn.
Countess Nuremberg, the beautiful
child of Prince Nicholas OF Nassau ant
his ~morganatic wife, the daughter o
the Russian poet, Pushkin. He re
tanned his right as a grand duke, it i.
true, but his name was stricken from
the army lists, where it had appeared
rs adjutant Of the car.
Neither is tho Grand Duke Nichola!
Michael in good standing in Russia
about ten years ago he was assigned tt
the Chevalier Guards, the ~''craclt" regi
ment of the empire, for active service
As a rule, officers OF a@regiment vel
como the addition Of a member of tn,
imperial familyto their number. Blu
to the surprise of ell society at th,
time. the officers corps of the "Cheva
Tiers" voted against tho admission o
the grand duke.
So strong was the opposition tina
the emperor himself had TO interior.
personally, virtually to commant
the men to accept the CRANE
duke as oomrade. Tho reason
OF the opposition was the fact tina,
the prince was known 70 be red" DO
litieally-and that is still the case 10
day. He was unable to sun an,
! standing tn the regiment, and the on