The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-01
PRAYING FOR THE CAR.
CROWDS OF HIS SUBJECTS OFFER
UP SUPPLTCATIONS FOR MN.
Rumors of an Immediate Marriage Be-
tween the CzsrewiiE aud Princess
Ali1 Unfounded.

ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 3i.-The ex-
citement concerning the Cars condition
| continues here. The police engased IN
distributing the bulletins about his health
are beseged by dense crowds OF people
who fall upon their knees and pray Tor
the cars recovery as each new bGlle-
| tin Is posted. At l O'Clock this afternoon
| the Metropolitan Of st. Petersburg, ta-
Cher Paladius, president OF the Holy
synod, attended by all his clergy, o.
fered up prayers for the recovery OK the
Car, in the Cathedral Of st. Isaac.
ACCOUNT OF HIS ILLNESS.
The Official Messenger publishes the
following account Of the Cars illness.
The disquletlng symptoms which mani
Tested themselves at Spala became less
marked In the early days of His Majos-
tvs sojourn at Livadia. The car was
able TO attend divine service after ar
riVtng there, and was also able 10 drive
about. The symptoms OF weakness ap-.
| peared, with failing appetite, loss ut
sleep. weakening Of the hearts action,
increase of albumen and swelling OF the
eXtremitios.
ION Octobr 18th there was return of
! the Cars appetite and on october 2lth
he was able to obtain the necessary
sleep, which produced notable increase
TN his strength and a reduction OF me
albumen. The same day the queen Oh
Greece arrived and the Father Ivan, VINO
offered up prayers for the Emperor, also
reached Liyadia- He then received Holy
Communion, which assisted in tranquil
| iZng his mind.
THE MEETING WITH PRINCESS AL1X,
"On October 22I the Emperor prayed
with Father Ivan Princess AK, OF
| Hesse-D -Darmstadt. arrived that evening,
and by order of the car she was re
ceiyed tremendously with a guard of
honor, and with the military band play
ing. The meeting OF the car with Irtn-
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ing to see. strongly excited the patient,
in spite Of the JOY which the meeting
caused him. and his physicians feared
the effects OF this excitement. But
the night passed fayOraby. There
was continued oedoma of the feet on
October 2tth, which hindered free sleep.
ATTENDED TO STATE BUSINESS.
During the afternoon the Car did
| not neglect State business, but at the
| urgent instance of his physicians, he
handed over documents relating TO cur
rent affairs and reports requiring con-
siderable examination to the CZdrcWitl.
| HIS Majesty, however, decided the most
| important cases and signed the State
| pdp0rS'
II is semi-odiciaIy announced to-day
| that all reports regarding the immediate
| marriage Of CZarewitz to Princess AliN
are unfounded II was never proposed
since the Illness Of the Gar that the
marriage should take place hurrlelly
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VIENNA. oct. 3l.-The ST. Petersburg
s,,ie in ~ disn,tcb nlibIis6ed i'm the even
in,y eIitiors.
ir Iarbarip and profcssor Lcyd.u have
had violeut 1uarrels each accusing the
cher ~ GIVING The car imDroger treat.
mem Wien Professor Lcyd,n's opinions
were accented Zaehariu declared that he
NyoiIlI retlirn at once 10 Moscow. General
Tichsecherin forbade his leaving Liyada,
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