Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-18

tho two men met and fought like fiends
in plain view of tho hundreds Of men who
lined tho trail on both sides of the summit
as far as tho eye could reach.
Suddenly the form Of one was lifted In
the air by his adversary. Tho latter, with
grim, exUltant smile, moved toward the
edge, cautiously balancing the dangling
form of his foe above his head Nearer
and nearer he approached the brink of tho
yawnipg Chasm, and as II to make one
final effort he leaned far back, and, rs he
did so, clump of earth broke away from
the outer rim Of the trail, some gravel
stones few into the air, an awful oath
broke the dead silence, and tho two men
fell headlong into the abyss below. Among
the evidences of identification found in
tho pack Of one was letter from tho
American minister ~ Russia, which said
that the bearer, Prince Ivan Oranoff, was
the eldest sen of Baron Oranoff, at one
time governor Of tie territory of Alaska,
before the transfer to the American gov
eminent The other was a half breed
packer by the name of Jonathan Prim
His father was Captain Prim, who perish
ed in the great kssnkk landslide in 1867.
In 1850 Don-a-wauk was chief of the
Alaska Indians and Baron Oranoff the
Russian governor OF tho province. During
that year tho baron, says the San Francis
co Call, journeyed to st. Petersburg for
the purpose Of laying before the car the
! necessity OF committing larger mum Der
of exiles and conyicts TO Alaska that they
might be employed in the construction of
wharfs, forts and other improvements and
Notifications of the territory.
1t was about this time that ISLANDER
Hertzen, one of the leading spirits of the
society of anarchists known as Deem
brists, flourished and exercised great in
huence among his followers. Among them
was Louise Soloyieif, sister of Ivan Solo
vieff, who attempted the life of the car in
1879 by thrice firing at him from behind
the gates which led to-the palace.
While there appeared no outward mani
festations of this society until 1866, when
Ichernishevsky was arrested and HertZen
fed to London, they were nevertheless
subjected to the strictest surveillance, and
one evening in the month of October,
1 1860, their place of meeting was raidod by
the officers of the car and among tho
persons taken was Louise Solovieff
The baron stood well at the court of
Alexander II, and wien few days after
ward he suggested to the emperor that
Louise Solovieff would be much safer in
Alaska than Siberia the car pretended to
see the force of the suggestion, and when
the ship that carried the baron back TO bis
castle at Sitka left the port of Odessa, on
the 3rd day of November, 1860, Louise
Soloyieff was among the list Of exiles and
corvicts transported to Alaska.
For time Louise resented the proffered
! and protested affection of the baron, but
after awhile she softened toward him, be-
came reconcled to her fate, and, yielding
, to the forco Of an unalterable destiny, she
consented to the liaison
| A year went By and she bore him a son,
q bright little fellow. just turning at
the commencement Of this narrative. She
, called him Ivan after her brother, and
while the baron did not relish the idea of
son Of his carrying the name of noted
anarchist her brothers attack upon the
car had then not yet occurred. so he 1nado
no serious objection to the mother choice
OF a name.
! She also became deeply interested in the
education and moral training Of the In
dians. She had contributed much to the
missionary districts CT kadiak. Unalaska.
Atka, kenoi, Mushergak and Knikphak.
At the opening Of this story she had been
on three months visit to these various
missionary outSosts. She had taken her