Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-10-15
HERE'S A SENSATION.
A German Traveller Now in America
Gives the Inside Facts of the
Russian situation.

Minneapolis, Oct. 15.-"Has the czar OF
all the Russias been skillfully poisoned
and slowly put to death by scientific
means in the hands of the Nihilists?" is a
question that is interesting many people
just now.
DR.. George F. V. Schmidt, German
traveller, now in Minneapolis, has received
secret dispatches from st. Petersburg
which throw strong light on the crisis
in European politics, caused by the i'm
pending death of the czar. These dis
patches came written
IN SYMPATHETIC INK
on apparently blank pieces of paper.
The application of heat brought out the
strange stenographic characters, which
the doctor readily translated. He trans
lated the dispatch for the Associated
Press as follows:
"The czar is lying at the point of death.
The excitement in the highest circles of
Russia is tremendous. 1t is understood,
in wide circle in Russia, that the czar's
sickness was brought about by scientific
means and that his death will not be a
natural one. There is party who wants
to set the czarowitz on the throne. The
czarowitz is of q
CRANKY MoROsE NATURE,
inclined to institute the most radical re-
forms throughout Russia and has already
made plans for such action. He is much
hated by the clergy. The patriarch of
Moscow, who is at theshead 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
of Russia is feverishly excited. The
council of the empire, is daily holding
secret sessions. The panslavic party is
with the church and
AGAINST THE CzAROWITz,
who is great friend of Germany. Should
the czar decide to place his second son
upon the throne, this would be looked
upon as direct insult to Germany and
would be attended with most serious re-
suits. The second son of the czar is very
inimical to the Germans and is friendly
to the French. He is in addition, dread
fully despotic and is in the highest de-
gree headstrong. 1t is feared that on the
death bed of the czar the church influence
will succeed in inducing him to call his
second son as his successor. It is Ger.
| tain that this second son will not remain
long on the throne without becoming
SERIOUSLY INVOLVED
in state troubles. The SS.year-old patri
arch of Moscow has had a two hours con
ference with the czar at his death bed but
no one knows the purport of their talk
The second son is very despotic, is op
posed to the liberty of the people and il
of an envious nature. He is fine sol
dier, fond of fight, and very ambitious
He is an enemy of England and of Ger
many and above all of America. He no
only intends to increase the size OF
Asiatic-R Russia, but also to attempt the
tremendous task of bringing Behrine
straits under Russian control and of
| EXTENDING HIS EMPIRE
in the direction of America. Thi
| prince is, by all odds, one of the creates
generals in Russia, having been will
Mourka and Eimaschieff and having
studied with the latter. All the cabinet
in Europe are alarmed. 1t is rumoret
that the entrance of England into tn
Dreibund, that Is, the triple alliance, il
about to take place. Alrendy betweel
Russia and France, secret relations hav
been entered into" DR.. Schmidt is
2nd Lieut.. in the Prussian army, travel
ing on leave of absence anG bound fo
japan and the Orient.