The record-union., 1894-11-02
Special TO the REcoRD-Uxrox.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN-
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1.-The angel
of death, in the shadow of whose plnions
the autocrat of all the Russias has been
lying for many days, to-day beckoned,
and the soul of the man who had IN his
hands the lives and destinies of millions
upon millions was borne away. Calmly
and peacefully as a sleeping babe be, who
by his slightest word. could have plunged
Europe into war, the horrors of which
would defy description. fell into the
dreamless sleep which he feared not. DE,
though the head of the church, whose
members number 10000, 900 persons, took
his last rites a few days before death
claimed him from all his greatness.
At 2:15 O'Clock this afternoon the sum-
mons came and a few hours later the
thunderous booming Of cannon at Lividia
and ST. Petersburg. announced that the
Car was dead, and that he who had been
the Grand Duke Nicholas reigned in his
stead.
On lightning wings the news of Rus
sia's loss spread throughout the world.
and it is safe to say that everywhere the
Intelligence created sympathy Tor the
family of him who by his policy had
America came words of sympathy, for
the dead ruler had always been friend
of the great republic OF the w est and
Americans have not forgotten how we'll
his fathers friendship sustained the
North III the war of the rebellion.
Among the peasants of Russia ne will
be mourned with deep and abiding
sorrow, for was he not the peasant
Czar?" None of the grandiloquent titles
borne by him was thought as much OF as
the one bestowed upon him by his loyal
subjects. whose virtues were magnitied in
him and whose vices in him were en-
tireIy lacking.
He who denies the popularity OF the
Gar among the lowly classes of Russia
is blinded by prejudice. His kind acts to
them in their seasons OF plague and
famine Will never be forgotten, and to-
night in thousands of homes, from Vlad-
livestock on the Pacific to The fortresSes
of the Caucasus, millions of people, as
they kneel before their icons, will pray
from the bottom Of their hearts for the
repose of the soul of their little father"
who was to them asg great in soul as he
was in stature.
There will be sincere mourning, too,
in the royal and imperial families of
Europe. Not the onventional mourn
ing prescribed by rule, but the mourning
of little children. For who has not heard
OF the annual visits of the Car to Copen-
who. with the children of Emperors,
Kings and Princes areand hizcg v1AS the
biggest child of them all, Joining i'll all
their sports and romping with them like
u big boy?
His death Will be a most bitter loss to
the wife he loved SO well. 1t was d
proverb in st. Petersburg that he was
1.-The only Russian who was true TO his
wife" His home was an ideal one, and
all his pleasure was found with his own
family.
But as the Gar, and not the man, he
could be as stern, as unreIenting as fate
itself. He has banished men and women
to Siberia, but they were men and women
who sought to kill him, or to overturn
the Government of which he was the ab-
Solute head, and which be, by the most
solemn oaths nthe mother city of Russia
-Moscow-had sworn to maintain ia its
integrity.
Since Tuesday, when the doctors in
formed the Gar there was no longer room
1or hope, his majesty composedly waited
Tor the end, attending to the necessary state
and family affairs IN the short intervals OF
consciousness and freedom from pain.
These were necessarily brief, the doctors
having had recourse to sedatives to pro-
duce sleep and allay pain. On Wednes-
day the Gar was sJill able to be taken to
window of the palace, whence he gazed
out upon the country he loved.
The night passed with all the aggravat-
ing symptoms and dry cough. DR..
Zaccharin remained in attendance upon
him throughout the night, only snatch
ing brief intervals for sleep in the ante
rooms. The morning broke with rain
and wind and heavy clouds, and the
weather was much colder. AS the day
advanced the weakness increased so rap
idly that the Gar himself recognized
that he could only live few hours. He
expressed desire TO receive the sacra-
ment, which was administered to him by
Court Chaplain Yapishetf and Father
Ivan, in the presence of the whole fam
lily. The Car then conversed long and
earnestly with Father Ivan, concluding
by asking his family to again gather
around him. He spoke to each member
separately, and in greatest length with
the Czarina. He blessed all his children
present The scene was one of deep pa
thos, all being in tears.
AT this time his majesty was sitting I'D
in an armchair. After taking leave OF
his family. ne grew weaker gradually,
and his voice became so indistinct that it
was scarcely audible. About noon a
convulsive ut of coughing was followed
by slight rally. Then until the end the
Gar remained quiet, seemingly free from
pain. At 2:l5 O'Clock he heaved deep
sigh and breathed his last in the arms OF
the Empress, who then broke down with
the weight or her grief. The doctors fear
the results of the reaction on her already
exhausted system.
immediately after the body of the Car
has been prepared it will be Iald upon an
inclined table, preliminary to its being
nlaced in temporary coffin.
The priests will then enter the bed
room and will chant the requiem. This
will be repeated three times daily until
the burial takes place. All the mem hers
of the imperial family will be present AT
the ceremonies.
1t is expected the body will be removed
Tomorrow to a private chapel where
special prayers for the repose of the EN-
neror,s soul will be offered, and where
once a day, the litany will be sung, in ad.
dition to chanting the requiem as preyi-
ously stated.
The arrangements that will be made
for the funeral are still unknown. 1t is
believed the remains will be embark ed
on the imperial yacht Polar Star at alta
where the Seventh Army Corps will rem
der military honors. The whole Black
Sea fleet will escort the yacht to Odessa
whence the body will be conveyed by
railway to St. Petersburg, stopping at the
important towns en- route TO enable the
troops to render honors to the dead. The
state mourning will commence on Satur
day. The funeral will probably be helo
two weeks hence.
The arrival of the Prince and Princes.
of Wales, now en- route to Liyidia, il
anxiously awaited. A special train await.
shem at the frontier. 1t is believed th'
presence of the Princess of Wales viii
afford great comfort to her sister, th'