The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-25
THE czlws CONDITION.

Latest DulIstin From the Bedside OF tue
DJins RuISE-ThsFe aIay lie Trouble he'
EArdinE His successor.
ST. PErERsBuRd, Oct ga bulletin
issued from Livadia at o'clock this
evening and signed by the FIVE doctors
in attendance on the car, says:
During the day his majesty showed
no signs of somnolence. His appetite
and spirits are better. The eodema Of
the feet has somewhat increased.
The dispatch says the sacrament was
partaken Of by his majesty on Sunday,
and this is taken 70 indicate that bis
condition is not as serious as would be
supposed from 8 prior dispatch stating
that the last sacrament Of the church
had been administered to him. The
dispatch that makes this statement
mentioned no date on which the sacra-
ment was partaken OF, and the suppo'
sition here now 10 that the car simply
partook OF holy communion on Sunday,
% is bis custom.
An imperial decree was published to-
day declaring Grand Duke Michael, the
third son Of the car, the heir to the
throne in succession to his brother.
Grand Duke Nicholas, the czarewttch
and present heir apparent The Grand
Duke George, the second aon, has re-
nounced his rights of accession in view
Of the fact that his condition is constd-
cred hopeless.
BERLIN, Oct. 24.-The Cologne Gazette
says adyices received in Berlin this
morning are to the effect that tue cou-
dition OF tho czar has become worse
since yesterday. The death Of Grand
Duke George, the second son Of tho
car, who was not long slnco recalled to
St. Petersburg from Abbastman in the
Caucaucus, where he sojourned for bis
health, Is, according to tho Gazette, n
question Of . few days.
The St. Petersburg correspondent ot
tho vossische Zeitung predicts trouble
over the accession to the throne. lie
saws: "The superstition following tho
death OF Nicholas ], that no other Mich
olas would be enthroned survives:
Fears OF a renewal OF the condition OF
affairs under the first Nicholas Ia deep
" rooted. The feeling prevailing
among tuB lOHeF ClhSsoS Po'So
they do not regard the czarowitz as heir
by the grace Of God. Moreover, their
views on autocracy havN greatly
changed.
A despatch to tho Daily News from
Berlin states that according to tele-
grams received in Darmstadt, tho car
slept well last night Yesterday no
Joined his family ut dinner. In tho
afternoon, as 1t was beautiful. he was
carried on the terrace aud, later, family
council was held. X,
The servants, who accompanied
Princess Alix to Warsaw, where abe
met ner sister, Grand Duchess serGius,
have returned to the Hessian capitol.
All kilograms from Livadia go first to
ST. Petersburg, where they are sub
jscted to the scrutiny Of the censor.
Detailed accounts are given OF tho
will OF the car, but nothing authentic
can possibly be known beyond tho 9th:
cial bulletins. Even the ministers and
am bassadors receive no other intorma-
tion than is contained in the bulletins.
1t is true, however, that since the eigh-
teenth OF the current month all the
state papers have been signed by the
czarowitz by the cars order.
The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
the Daily News says that the official
bulletins do not represent the gravity
OF the czar's condition. Temporary re-
lief by tapping, he said, means nothing.
1t is the general opinion that his
majesty is already dying. It Is known
that his uuconsciousness lasted several
hours. 1t is not known whether tho
wedding OF the czarowitz aud Princess
Alix occurred to-day or not This
silence is omlnous.