The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-21
Court officials Have Therefore Issued
Orders to the st. Petersburg Author
tiles to Prepare for His Demise.
ALI the Dying Monarch's Relatives
Speeding Towards Livadia.
Prince George, the Second Son, Also in
a Critical Condition-Kind Words for
the Car and the Czarewitch.

not recover is reluctantly accepted now
by everyone. The bitter conclusion reached
was officially telegraphed from the Crimea
Thursday when, according TO a Warsaw
telegram, the court officials notified the
authorities in st. Petersburg that his Maj
esty's condition was hopeless, and ordered
the commencement for such preparations
az are inevitable upon the Cars death
To this order is largely traceable the anx-
ious. nervous moments now lived by the
people Of st. Petersburg. They have been
so much upset that the officials began to-
day to adopt measures calculated to soothe
them AT the opening of the ST. Peters
burg Stock Exchange the president Of the
m urged all the brokers to act so
that the people, already greatly moved by
the course OF events, would not be further
excited by the proceedings on the Bourse.
A similar request was made at the Mos,
COW Stock Exchange.
tn scene pictured at Yalta in to-day's
kilograms can be hardly more sad. The
tortured Car has been forbidden by his
doctors to leave his bed, and he can no
longer seek surcease from pain in aimlessIy
pacing his room. Now, in his hour of
agony. his devoted wife is no longer able to
soOthe and encourage his every moment
She herself. Ii is semi-oficially stated, is
seriously i'll from general debility and ex-
IRENE nervous depression. To fill the cup
Of bitterness the same dispatches assert
that the Cars second son, Grand Duke
George. who has long been a sufferer with
lung troubles is dying. it being a question
whether father or son shall be first claimed
by death.
II the meanwhile the world is bowed in
prayer for the recovery of the Car. Despite
A. --e-
throughout France and in many in England
and Germany prayers were said to-day
for the same end. In every Greek church
on the globe tomorrow there will be a repe-
tition of these petitions. To the bedside of
his Majesty his relatives are hurrying, hop
ing to see him once more alive. Grand
Duke Alexis, Grand Duke Constantine.
Grand Duchess Elizabeth. Princess Alix and
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Sergius
this evening are all en- route to Livadla.
THE LATEST BULLETIN.
Semi-offieial dispatches from st. Peters
burg announce that shortly before the
Cars illness entered its final stage his
Majesty had a long and serious interview
with the Czarewitch. wherein the father ex-
planned to his son the line of policy which
he wished pursued in the event Of his
death. He expressed his earnest wish that
Tile indI Ild6c u the tZdTtWlIcu WIKI
Princess Alix should take place without de-
lay that he might give the couple his bless
ing before he died. Some ground for their
hope is found in the following bulletin is
sued at 9 o'clock this evening": I'm the past
twenty-four hours the Emperor obtained a
little sleep. His Majesty left his bed dur
ing the day. TIL general condition of the
patient, his strength and the action of his
heart are unchanged. The oedema has not
increased" This bulletin is signed by five
doctors in attendance upon his Majesty.
A striking fact in connection with the
Cars illness is the difference of opinion
regarding the exact nature of the malady
from which he is suffering. The Paris FL
caro-, for instance, to-day declares that the
symptoms disagree with the usual symp-
toms Of kidney disease and states that
there is a conflicting side to the Cars i'll
ness which has perplexed his physicians.
The Figaro ADDS that one of the Czarina's
sisters. a fortnight ago. received an official
communication stating that the Car was
suffering from a tumOr below the left kid
ney, respecting which the doctors dis
agreed. Professor Zacharin was convinced
that 1t was generous, and that it was i'm
possible TO operate. upon it, This was his
ground for recently informing the Car
thai he could not possibly live, as the dis
ease was incurable. Professor Leyden,
careful study of the symptoms of the
cars troubles, expressed the belief that
added, it was of a benign nature and cur-
able. The Figaro then proceeds 10 make
tne starting and almost Incredible state;
tnd that the arrangements for his care
were quite OF a primitive nature. The FL
Ing the latter assertion. The statement Is
somewhat unkind, as ii is known that the
lars most assiduous nurse has been the
breaking DOWN under the strain Of attend
ing continually, upon her dying husband.
There Is no doubt that outside of Russia
the greatest concern for the health of the
Car Is felt in France. The Temps In an
article which may be regarded as an ex-
or the French people says that there is not
a corner OF France where prayers have not
and nnt : Tor the recovery OF the Car
illness Is not the chief topic of converse
ton Dispatches received from various parts
or France quite bear out the truth OF the
statements made by the Temps. The Car
since the fetes at Toulon following the ar
rival there OF the Russian squadron under
Admiral Avellan has everywhere in the
French republic been considered as the life
ally or France, and one could hardly enter
a peasants cottage or a farmhouse without
finding that the central picture therein dis
played on the walls is the colored prinr
which was distributed broadcast at the time
OF the Russian festivities. This print repre-
sents the Car as offering his hand 10 the
late President Carnot. with the masts OF
the Cronstadt and Toulon squadrons in the
background.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAR.
A representative OF the Associated Press
had an Interview to-day with a prominent
Englishman who has just returned from
Russia. where he was in close communities
ton with a number of the leading govern
ment officials. He took this opportunity OF
inquiring from the best authorities what
effect the death OF the Car would have
upon the political and business future OF
the Russian empire. The gentleman re
ferred TO did not confine his inquiries e
governmental sources. but addressed hi:
the government. When asked as TO what
effect the death OF the Car would have
upon the political and general future 0
Russia he said: The Cars death vii
have little or no effect upon Russia. Their,
may be "A temporary unsettleTnent cause
by the authorizations of the fearful and
timid. who are likely TO look forward TO IA,
worst. but Russia was never in a better
position than at present 10 withstand sucl
an event. The autocratic rule of the CA
necessarily compelled a dsputizing OF powe
into the govSrnment departments. and thesi
departments are now presided over by re
liable. liberal, honest and competent men
who are undoubtedly the most Trustworthy
officials ever in the service OF the RussiaI
government. This promises well for tn
general good OF Russia. as these official
are not likely TO be replaced for a time a
least by the regency, and consequently m
initiated by any of them. II Is true tina
the military party in Russia is the mos