The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-12-07

unknown
'IIe did"
and have the police lost trace Of
him sinceT
'.No sire"
where was Ivan ogareff last heard
OFF,
I'm the province Of Perm"
I'm what town.
eat Perm Itself"
"What was he doingf'
''fic appeared unoccupied, and there
was nothing suspicious IN his conduct"
"Then he was not under the surveil-
lance Of the secret pollceY
NO sire"
when did he leave PERM
"AbOut the month OF March"
".ro go"-
'Where Is unknown"
'And since that time It IL not known
what has become OF himy'
'No sire. II Is not known"
"Well, then. myself know" answer
ed the car II have received anony
nous communications which did not
pass through the police department,
and In the face OF events now taking
place beyond the frontier | have every
reason TO believe that they are correct"
'Do you mean. SIRE" cried the chief
OF police, that Ivan Ogareff has n hand
ia this Tartar rebeiliOnT
Indeed | do. and will now tell you
something which you are ignorant Of.
After leaving Perm Ivan Ogaren cross.
ed the Ural mountains. entered Siberia
and penetrated the Kirghiz steppes and
there endeavored. not without success,
to foment rebellion among their no
made population. Re tllen went SO far
south as free Turkestan. There i'm the
provinces Of Bolxhara Khokhand and
Koondooz he found chiefs willing to
pour their Tartar hordes into Siberia
and execute a general rising in Asatic
Russia The storm las been silently
gathering, but IL has az last burst Ike
thundercap, and now all means Of
western Siberia have been stopped.
Moreover. Ivan Ogarcf. thirsting for
vengeance, aims AT the life Of my
BROTHER
The car had become excited while
speaking and now paced up and down
with hurried steps. The chief OF police
said nothing but he thought 10 him
self that during the rme when the em-
peror OF Russia never pardoned an ex-
lie schemes such as those OF Ivan Oga-
ref could never have been realized.
A few moments passed, during which
he was silent then. approaching the
ear. who had thrown himself into an
armchair, he said:
"Your majesty has Of course given
orders that this rebellion may be sup
pressed as soon rs possibleY
YES" answered the car. THE last
telegram which was able TO reach Mi
nj Udinsk would set in motion the
troops In the governments Of Yenisei,
Irkutsk, Yatutsk. as well as those in
the provinces OF the Amur and Lake
Baikal. AZ the same time the regi-
ments from Perm and Mini Novgorod,
and the Cossacks from the frontier are
advancing by forced marches toward
the Trial mountain gut unfortunately
some weeks must PASS before they can
attack the Tartars.
"And your majesty's brother, his
highuess the grand duke IS now isolat-
cd in the government or Trkutsk and IL
no longer In direct communication with
Moscow
"That is so"
'But by the last dispatches he must
know what meas l.agc been taken
by your majesty ~ 'r'lat - 80 may
expect from the a. e.aricIis nearest
TO that of IrkutskY
"He knows that" answered the car,
"but what he does not know Is that
Ivan Ogaren. as well as being rebel,
Is also playing the part of traitor and
that in him lie has personal and bit
ter enemy. II Is to the grand duke that
Ivan Ogareff owes his first disgrace,
and what is more serious Is that this
man * not known 10 him. Ivan Oga-
refs plan. therefore. Is TO go TO Irkutsk
and under an assumed name offer his
services To the grand duke Then, aft
or gaining his confidence, when the
Tartars have invested Irkutsk, he win
betray the town and with IL my broth
or, whose life Is directly threatened.
This Is what ! have learned from my
secret intelligence. this is what the
grand duke does not know and this Is
what he must known
"Well, sire. an Intelligent, courageous
courier
~ momentarlly expect one"
and II Is TO be hoped he VIII be ox-
peditious." added the chief Of police.
''for allow me 70 add, sire. that Siberia
is q favorable land for rehellions."
All communication was interrupted
Had the wires between Kalyyan and
Tomsk been cut by Tartar scouts. or
had The emir himself arrived In the
Yeniselsk provinces2 Was all the low
er part Of western siberia IA a fer4
ment7 Had the rebellion already
pnread 20 the eastern regions2 No one
could say. The only agent which fears
neither cold nor heat, which can nei.
ther be stopped by the rigors Of winter