Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-07

Extraordinary Precautions Are Taken to
Secure his Person Against Vinlrncr.

Extraordinary Precautions Are Taken to
Srcnro MS Person Against yinJrncr.
OF an tcupr-huuhtcd people in the
| world, tho car or Al tile Itusslnns
| Inns been probably tho chlcf He went
/ about Ia daily dreDd OF demonstration.
and wilton he Travelled extraordinary
/ precautions wore taken to Insure tho
fatety of HIS august person,
] Uphnppily terrible reason existed
which made unusunl prooautlon grim
necessity Tho memory Of March 10.
1851 sim lives, when Alexander H.. the
cgnrs Immediate predecessor was
Killed by a bomb on the Catherine
/ canal
A fact not generally known outside
RuHsia iH that the imperial victim
might possibly have saved his life ON
that occasion, There were two misslca
thrown. Tie FIRST wounded a child Ia
the street ilnd the emperor driven
on at once It Is thought that he would
have escaped. lie fingered, however
ia nee " the child was much Injured,
ana This action ot brave humanity
gave his rolentlcsB asgnsslns just rho
opportunity they required 90 hurl
second bomb ana dcatroy him
Alexander III, once had narrow ps.
cape II happened shortly after the
aud the German kaiser at Peterhof Ia
July, 1855. Ho was travelling on the
kharkon railway near 10 Borlyl about
forty miles from SUbastopol. The on,
ginr left the rails, aud the royal train
was wrecked. a hickey, who CHANGED
10 be handing "a plate to the czar, az
well az dog lying NJ his feet. Were
killed on the spot, nesldos twonty-onc
others. and thirtyrsrycn We're injured
whilst the car himself was unhuri
saH 81 H..t s.Ns.
down 90 Nlhiliam. but proved on IN
vcatigatlon to be due 10 travelling over
rails laid on rotten sleepers.
Now when the Car travels over tho
llne It rs properly inspected previously.
and DAYS before the expected journey.
tho tiian being kept strict secret,
sol ierH are posted along the route,
each within speaking distance of his
nelghbor. 10 order 10 prevent any one
from Approaching the track. Then
two trains are prepared. both OF which
win make tho journey, one shortly he
hind the other, One or these. trains
conveys the Gear, but which train he la
In Is not known except to Those Inn
medlately concerned and that Ia only
decided upon at the very last moment
The sole chance ot destroying a train
is by mine, which must be started
IL milo or 80 from the track 10 avoid
detection Thut this eau be done was
ed by the villain Hartmann. who blew
up train with dynamite on the Mos
cow Railway ON Dec. 1. 1873, The pre-
however, now adopted ren-
der such hHrbariiy almost impraoti-
cable, and the use uf two trains makes
success In any plot OF The kind abso-
lutely uncertain
Arrived at his destination on the
the Gear drives 10 the place
" his visit Soldiers ARE stationed every
yard OF the way. The people turn out
ia crowds 10 soc him. u possible; but
ls often MS not the route actually
aiken is some back way, through roads
md streeta ont OF which all the people
iave been attracted by the display OF
Word Is then passed that the
Car has arrived. The crowds DIS
lerso, disappointed ng the ruse, and
he military are withdrawn. The whole
Quincy Indicates the fear OF assault.
md royal progress IN Russia IL
junction practically unknown.