Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-02

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PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
LONDON, November IA no,abl.
obituary sketch Of the Car will apnea,
in the Times OF tomorrow. The au,ho,
OF the sketch Of the dead Emperor was or
intimate terms OF friendship with Tho
Car. anf he says that the latter never
had the slightest sympathy with l.eh
culture, adding:
Indeed, the Car rather glorie1 IN the
Idea OF being OF the same rough texture
as the great majority OF his subjects. and
II he knew that he was sometimes dfs.
respectfully called the peasant Car hs
regarded this epithet as compliment
His straightforward. abrupt manner, sa.
NCring sometimes OF gruffncss. and his
direct. unadorned method of expression
hsrmonizo1 well with his rough-hewn
immohIle features and somewhat slug.
R'sh movements The impression that he
generally made In conversation was that
OF a good. honest, moderately -inteilig,n nt
strong -willed man. who might, perhaps
listen 90 explanations, but who certainly
would stand no nonsense from his subor-
dina,cs or any one else.
a KINDLY NATURE.
"Only those who have had the privilege
Of observing him IN the unrcstrained in
timacy Of his family. especially when
romping with mis- children or amusing
himself with his four-footed pets. could
fully realize what a simple. kindly ma
ture was concealed behind by no means
sl mpathetic exterior"
The writer then alludes to the Czars s
strong and anti-German feeling from the
time he was Czarowitch, and says;
But he always had pacific intentions.
He feared that Russia might bc made the
victim Of coup a. ctat OF the young
Kaiser. and therefore thought 1t advisa-
bic 10 make persistent advances 10 France.
bat his attitude was strangely exaggc-
rated. II not entirely misunderstood. by
France. While he was quite ready II
make use OF the entente for diplomatic
purposes. he had no intention of letting
himself be dragged into war
CONSPIRACY AGAINST NICHOLAS.
LONDON, November 1.-AccordlnC 10 a
special dispatch received here from St
Petersburg. a conspiracy against the life
OF the Czarowitch has been discovered
there. II IS said that for several days
past the police have been actively en-
gagged in arrcsung Nihilists Among
those arrested are several students. The
police have also obtained possession Of
discriminating documents.
AWAITING THE END.
YALTA. November 1.-The Car was
told on Tuesday that he could live only
"a few days more. He listened composedly
During the rest OF the day he passed most
Of the time in disposing Of his personal
ana family affairs Then he calmly
awaited the end, with his consciousness
broken only occasionally by short periods
Of coma. Yesterday morning he looked
for the last time from the windows Of
the palace He was long silent, then he
said il was i.easant TO feel that he could
pass his last hours on Russian soil Last
night he had no sleep He was racked
constantly by violent coughing and hcmor-
rhage. His heart grew so weak that ii
often seemed to have stopped beating.
These distressing symptoms became ac-
Centuated az 10 o'clock this morning. but
shortly afterward he rallied slightly. lie
was fully conscious He wished the sacra-
mcnt 10 be given him in the presence Of
the family. and he received the Viaticum
with grateful forVOr An hour and
half later he was seized with violent
spasms. II seemed - If death had come.
hut he rallied again. and at 1890 appeared
To- ne lItt from ram even tOiillOi ldilF
But the weak cuiug heart-beats and
breathing told his physicians that the end
was coming fast. lie was conscious
almost TO the last moment. At 2I5 his
eyes closed slowly and he ceased breath
inG.
THE ENBALMTNG.
The body will be embalmcd in Livadia
tonight and Will be exposed in the palace
chapel FOR a day or two.
Several State officials left ST. Peters
burg for Livadia this evening. According
10 the tentative arrangements, the body
viii be conveyed aboard the Imperial
yacht to Odessa. II will be escorted by
the whole Black Sea fleet. which has
orders TO assemble at once off Yalta.
From Odessa the body VIII be taken on
a special train TO st. Petersburg, and VIII
he placed in the Cathedral OF ST. Peters.
The final ceremonies will be held probably
In about two weeks.
II is understood that Car Nicholas II.
viii be proclaimed tomorrow. State
mourning is expected 10 begin on Satur-
day.
DEATH-BED SCENE.
LONDON. November The Daily
N,Ws's correspon lent IN Yalta. who.
throughout the cars sojourn there. has
obtained the most trustworthy and in
teresting Information has scu.t this
The car died a: 21J O'Clock this af-
ternoon. He was fully conscious. When
he felt that his last hour Was approaching
he asked for extreme unction. This was
by Father Ivan. who after,
wards conyerscd with the dying man for
some time. The car next asked that his
family should gather round him. He
spoke with each member separately. but
az the greatest length with the Czarina.
lie then gave all lis blessing. Finally
he bade all farewell. Little by little he
grew weaker. His voice at last became
hardly audible. Soon after he passed
away quietly. The oath Of allegiance 10
H. was then administered to
the whole family. and at 1870 o'clock can
non were fired to announce the fact 10
the world"
REQUIEM MASS.