Arizona republican., 1898-08-19
FOREIGN NOTES
 AND COMMENT.

.3e c1aF1na IS to D6 COT graduated On her wise decision to abandon her trip to her former home at Darmstadt and to England in order to remain by the side of her husband. Fer this altera- ton Of her plans knocks on the head all the pr0iec-s and intrigues organized fer the purpose of estranging her hus- band from her during her absence abroad. ibtrigu9s that were connived at even by members Of the imperial family, who object to her influence over the emperor.
 As now arranged Nicholas and his conscrt viii leave St Petersburg about August 20 for Moscow, in order to pre- side, on August 26, at the solemn un- yelling of the monument to Alexander II in the KremliD.
 The entire imperial family and court, with the exception Of the dowager cZarina. will be present at the cere- mony in which representatives of all classes of the population are to take part.
 The czar, czarina, and their court will proceed in solemn procession from the Tchudoff monastery to the monument. which stands in the outer court yard of Kremlin. on the edge Of Ithe high enlbankment leading down to the Moskeva river. It is the first time that any statue has been set up within the walls Of the venerated city of Mos COW, and the monument is designed to constitute a unique memorial to the autocrat who liberated the serfs
 While at Moscow the czar and czar- ina will be the guests of the grand T H. J ] | latter's country seat of Ilinsky. The grand duchess, as every one knows. is the eldest sister of the czarina, while the grand duke, besides being governor general of Moscow, is the uncle as well as the brother-in-law of the czar
 After leaving Moscow the czar and czariEa will proceed straight to Lii vadia. the lovely Crimean country seat on the shores of the Black sea, where the late emperor hreathed his last. The imperial residence consists of several connected villas. rather than of a full fedged palace, and is very simply fur nished
 The spot where Alexander ii breathed his last, seated in an arm chair, is marked by silver cross let into the parquetted floor. and it is in the adjoining room that the present emperor was first hailed as autocrat of all the Russias by his relatives and by the members of the imperial house hold.
 The court will remain -t Livadia. according to present arrangements. until Christmas, whom it will return to St. Petersburg.
 |. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria per sists iH continuing to render himself ridiculous. When at Carlsbad last summer he conferred one of his decor ations upon the local chiropodist, who had attended to his feet, and now it is announced that while travelling from St. Petersburg to Berlin he was so pleased with the good cheer provided for him at the railroad restaurant at Danzig that on leaving he solemnly invested the manager of the eating house with the order of St. Alexander, presumably in lieu of tip.
 Talking of restaurants, the new governor general of Algeria, M. Lafer- riere, is brother-in-law to Paillard, owner of the famous Parisian restau- rant of that name. That indeed is one of his principal titles to renown. He has until now held the position of vice president of the council of state, which