New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-22
THE CZAR A TRIFLE BETTER
WILD RUMORS IN HIS CAPITAL
rur PEOPLE BELIEVE THE EMPEROR
AND GRAND-DCKE GEORGE TO
BE DEAD.


SAID TO BE THE VICTIM OF ARsENICAL
PorsoNING-HAs THE CzAREwITCH
RENoUNCED THE SUCCESSION?
G, Petersburg oct 21.--This official statement
..r, from Livadia was given out at O'clock:
"Dnring the last twenty-four hours the Car
,os had rather more sleep than on the preceding
sa,,s He arose to-day with his usual appetite
:. somewhat better generally. and is more COM
,osad than yesterday. Otherwise mis- condition is
unchanged
vo confidence IS felt by the people in the Off
.,o, announcements. The meagreness of the news
has left room for the craziest rumors. which null
.,,lv on every street corner and in every cafe
T. il said that the Czarewich has renounced the
.uccession. that .he Czal is dead and the fact Is
snonressei AM that the Grand-duke George
died two days ago. Official bulletins do no; dis
10, these rumOrs. The last story is that the
Czarina's mind has broken down under her many
aHictions Despite the intensity Of the interest
IN the Cars cordit,0n the theatres and restau-
rants are crowded as usual In the churches
throughout Russia prayers have been said to-day
for the Car
A dispatch from Moscow says that the city
Is grief-strcken. Nevertheless, the theatres are
open. Between the acts this evening the or
chestra in every theatre played God Protect
the Car" The audience stood during the hymn
and insisted upon several repetitions of it.
London, oct 2l-The Russian Ambassador re
ceved dispatch from L!vadia this afternoon
saying that the Car was m lch better This
news was communicated to all callers at the En-
bassy.
High mass was said in the Greek Church here
to-day and special prayers were said for the
Gar A dispatch received from ST. Petersburg
BY the Central News this evening says:
Much excitement was caused to-day by wide
spread reports that the car was dead and the
news would be suppressed officially until next
week to enable the Princess AlX to declare her
adherence to the Greek Church and be married
to the Czarewitch before the announcement. No
confirmation Of these reports can be obtained
The st. Petersburg journals have been ordered
10 expunge all bulletins 10 the Cars illness
from The copies going to Lvadia. Pobedonos-
zef', Attorney General Of the Holy Synod and
one OF the Cars boyhood tutors. started for
livada Yesterday"
The Daily News" has this from its Vienna
correspondent:
"A cipher telegram received Here from Rus
sia yesterday declared that 1t was impossible to
send news. except by letter, across the frontier.
Vienna daily asserts that the Cars illness
IS the consequence Of arsenic poisoning.
discredits the report that the Czarewtch has
renowned the succession. 1T is none the less
true" she adds that the Cars brothers, who
now have been summoned TO Livadia. came 10
France SO as TO be out cf the way during any
possible crisis about the order In which the
throne should be transmitted
From ST. Petersburg The News" hears: 1.-The
latest advices from Livadia that despite
the fact that he is out Of bed. the Cars case
IS hopeless. The doctors have discovered that
he has a cancer In the last ten days ne has
lost fhirtV-tWO pounds. The excitement here
and in Moscow is ndescribabe.'
/, is reported here that the Princess AK Of
Hesse will be married 10 the CZarwitch imme-
dately after her arrival in Lvadia. Emperor
William and Prince Henry Of Prussia accom-
panied her some distance on her journey from
Berlin or Friday evening
The St Petersburg correspondent OF The
Times" sends this dispatch:
There will be formal betrothal and an ex-
change of rings between the Czarewitch and
Princess Alix in Livada on Wednesday. or per
haps sooner. according 20 events. Before this
there must be a ceremony OF reconciliation TO
the Russian Orthodox Church, after which
probably the betrothal and marriage will take
place in quick succession. An Imperial ma nj
festo the subject Is expected from Livadia.
Private news from Livadia is by no way
reassuring. An extra special censor has been
appointed TO control all press telegrams concern
Ing the Car and the doings Of his family. All
Russian newspapers have been requested TO
print special copies for subscribers In Livadia.
emitting the bulletins altogether. This Is now
being done The censor largely alters dispatches
before they reach the operator. Judging from
teegraphic inquiries from abroad. there must be
more visible and spontaneous concern about
the Car in other capitals than in ST. Peters
burg. Even the Ministers and high officials here
have 10 telephone all day TO the Official
Gazette begging for news In the remoter
parts Of the Empire probably whole peoples nave
hardly heard that he is seriously Ill. The Rus-
sian newspapers waiting TO know when the
police will allow them 10 express their feelings
freely"
The Standards" St. Petersburg correspond
ent says Universal anger is felt here on ac-
count Of the censor's course In forbidding every
thing except the bare official bulletins
court circular issued from Balmoral TO-
day says that the Queen receives daily dis
patches from Livadia. and that to-day the
Cars condition is about the same as yester-
day.
Warsaw, Oct. 21.-Dspatches from Yalta say
that the Czarina is suffering from nervous col
lapse and paralysis Of the legs Her Illness was
caused by overwork in the Cars sickroom loss
oi sleep and constant anxiety the Erand,
1uchess henla has been confined 10 hcr pea
Tor several days. She is said to be suffering
1rom premature childbirth.
Berlin. Oct. 2l-The first dispatch Of the day
concerning the Cars condition was received
mere from Yata near Livadia. at II o'clock. 1t
was substantially as follows
Al the Cars death should not be hastcned by
heart failure, owing to recurring spasms. or by
Apopiexy both incidental 10 his malady, the
aoc'ors hope to combat the uraenia for some
"he' Usually the final stage OF Brights dis
ease Is marked with convulsions. delirium, and
a. the last prolonged coma. These symptoms
have not set in
Inc "Berliner Tageblatt' processes to nave
"'e pest authority for this statement;
Despite all denial. the Czarewitch refuses
70 succeed to the throne Therefore. an impe-
Idi ukase proc!aiming his youngest Drothcr 'ie
vrand-duke Michael. 10 be the heir Is expected
Is reported that the CZarina did not ieaTn
hav hap htag "a N
vas"
ihe numerous Imperial princ.s now at Llvadia
nave been gathered for Stat. as well as family
reasons They vii! form interim council. whose
sompostiOn will be announced soon after the
oohvening Of the Senate on October %. Inc
n-,embers OF the council expected to be the
H1arewitch. the Grand-duke Michael. Count
Ionler and Privy Councillors Solisky. Bunge
and Mouraveff
The effect Of the first alarming news from