Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-06

the young car Of today OF the terrible
vengeance OK the Nlhilists when aroused
To Jury. Here aie the clothes anu other
objects belonging to the lberatOr when
torn into a bleeding piece OF humanity
boy an assasslns bono. Even the unlin.
lshed cigarette the lated emperor was
smoking has been carefully preserved.
Alexander III had liberated 10000, 600
serfs In 1861. lie was man OF liberal
ideas, and was on the point Of securing
q constitutional government for his
people when the nihilist bomb cut short
MS career and swept away the consti-
tuition he had prepared. He was TO cele.
brate on March 2, 1880 the twenty-hith
anniversary OF his accession TO the
throne but two weeks before that date
there was an explosion IN the Winter
Palace that spread terror and death.
The emperor luckily escaped. but the
nihlists announced another attempt for
the day Of celebration That affair
passed safely, but year later the car
met his fate at the hands Of the con-
sprators.
lie had been TO visit cousin March
10, 1851 and was riding back 10 the
palace in Il closed carriage lie had
gone but short distance before an
explosion occurred. a bomb had been
thrown under the imperial carriage
aud badly damaged It's rear The coach
man wished TO drive on. but the en-
peror noticed that some persons had
been Injured, ana he insisted on get
| ting out OF his carriage to look after
( the wounded. He was returning slowly
| ana stdly to his carriage when another
fb "A a. . ba
| cloud of snow and dirt had settled the
emperor was seen in sitting posture
| but N,,n his legs and the lower part OF
| his body mass OF bleeding flesh and
| bones. Twenty other victims Of the
Tragedy lay about him.
The wounded car was hurried 20 the
| palace to die Crowds gathered In
front Of tho great building and an hour
| later the falling Of the Russian stand
ard on the flagstaff told them that the
nihills,s had accomplished their pur.
pose ana taken the life Of the only
car who offered any hope Of free gov
eminent TO the Russian people.
Twice IN the winter Of 1854 was the
explosion Of dynamite heard In the
Winter Palace, and young Nicholas. the
grandson Of the ibefat0r was old
enough to understand its significance.
for he was 10 years Of age. OF the many
other attempts on the lives OF his pre-
decessors the young ear has a lively
impression. He has learned that the
officials ABOUT him are open to sus-
picion and he has only 10 read the his.
tory Of his own family to learn that
even fathers, mothers and sons have
plotted the death Of c2ars and heirs "a
the throne.
Let him look around the gallery Of
family pictures. The portrait Of Ivan
VI recalls his assassination, Peter III
! was dethroned and strangled 10 death.
Paul / was killed by the cOnnVance Of
his sons. Alexander IFS murder in 1881
has been told,
Let Nicholas pass over TO the for.
tress. There he may see the chamber
In which Peter the Great scourged and
poisoned lis son to death. He may look
into the dungeon In which Peters Inn
prisoned granddaughter was drowned
by the rising Neva.
Let him inquire into his own title TO
the crown He will find that early in
the century the Czarowltz Constantine
was set aside by his mother In favor
OF the bloody Nicholas l. even after
the heir to the throne had taken the
oath OF office. The family records may
tell why Constantine reuounced his
rights, thus making the Nicholas Of to-
day car instead OF a grand duke. a
secret carefully guarded from the
world
Wherever he turns he will be con-
fr0nted with a record Of horror At ev-
cry step he will see the stains Of blood.