The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-19
THE czARoW1rz' DEATH.
Graphic Description Of the Terrible
End of the Heir to Rus
xia's Crown.

Anna Dassojewa, the peasant woman
of Abbas Tuman who saw the caro-
WITT pass away, furnishes most al
fecting narrative of his end. 1t appears
tnat the czarowitz' motor tricycle. was
going at great pace when he caught
up to a cart in which was the milkwom-
an. Dasso iewa. The czarowitz signaled,
and the cart drew aside to let him pass.
The czarowitz bowed, smiled and pro-
ceeded. Ten minutes later the woman
noticed the czarowitz returning very
slowly. The story, best related IN her
own simple way, is as follows:
Il cannot forget it. l see it before
me now. There he comes, the bene'
factor, back on his machine, quite pale
and continually splitting. He was not
yet quite close to me when he appeared
as if, sitting on his machine, he swayed
backward and forward. Yes! Now l
think to myself, it is because OF his spit
ting. He first turned his head to one
side and then to the other.
Suddenly / see how all at once he
sinks on one side, then sits straight
again, and then falls SO much on one
side that he seems to fall quite off.
think something wrong here. Either
the machine is spoiled or something
else. Wait; 1 think l will jump down
from the cart. So jumped down, and
at the same moment, pale, so pale that
l cannot compare it to anything, he
nearly falls off, and on his white uni
form coat there is blood.
Il can't contain myself longer. I, a
simple woman, was certainly timid
about speaking to him, but it is as ii
somebody says to me: Go near him!
Go near him!'
Il do not know where got the cour-
age, but 1 came near, and just then he
fell into my hands, his eyes wide open.
lie looks at me, and over his face fly lit
tie spots. One little spot trickles, then
another; they meet and grow. l look
at the little spots on his brow. Then
also / hold his hand. His nails seem to
grow darker. His eyes seem to be look
ing at me, and yet he does not see me.
His lips are bathed in blood. He signs
and one hears as if something is bub.
bling, like when water boils.
II ran to my cart, seized an empty
pitcher and drew water.
Drink I say, and he raises his
hand just little.
"When put the jug to his mouth il
seems to me he has clenched his teeth
and so do not hear word from him
l saw how his arms became weak and
dropped like whips. It seemed to grow
dark before my eyes. 1 do not know
what to do. / scream! 1 weep aloud
but he turns his head little on one
side and seems as if he were still look
ing at me.
''At last, I do not know how it came
, about, but offer to run as fast as car
in the direction of the castle, and CRY
, aloud for help"
The peasant woman, still hoping tt
save the czarowitz, left him on IT,,
ground and ran to the Cossack senti
nels at the palace. When assistance ar
, rived the czarowitz was dead.
The late Grand Duke George was on,
of the most amiable members of the i'm
: perial family. He contracted the dis
ease of the lungs from which he died OF
board the training ship Svetlana in 1892
, when she was lying at anchor at Cron
! stadt. On that occasion he fell from
the rigging and bruised his chest Sc
verely. His condition became wors
\ and in 1894 he went to Algiers, and aft
v erward to Madeira. At the end of 1so
r he seemed better and returned home
!. subsequently settling at Abbas lunar
n where he died. After his health in
l. proved he resumed his studies, Priv
Councillor Kapustin acting as his t,
tor in political economy. He was pal
IS ticularly interested in naval matter.
n and, having an excellent knowledge q
y English. studied the latest publication
in that language on naval affairs, eve
e translating Capt. Mahan's famous wor
. on THE Influence of Sea Power" II
was also a student of astronomy. an
spent large sums on newly invented il
10 struments, which he presented to til
Russian Astronomical society. He wa
said to be the most tliligent newspape
I reader In Russia, his study resemblin
an editors Office, where the chief HON
and foreign papers were to be foun,
His charity took the form of getting u
concerts for the benefit of the sick DOC
J who came to the health resort in whic
he lived.-Chicago Journal.
Catching Birds with whisky.
- Large birds, such as the wood pigeor
:. or plover, which generally keep to tt