Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-19

! precautionary measures for the pro
lection Of the cars life have beer
developed. for fifty years past into 8
| science. These measures have how.
| ever. not been nearly as stringent UNI
| der the present ear as they were dur
/ ing the last four years of the reign o.
| his father. Alexander Ill and ii has
| been largely due to the most recent
cases Of resicide that the compare
| lively mild system Of protection
afforded the present autocrat Of Rus
sia has been rendered more severe.
On special occasions every movement
of the ear has been predetermined
weeks before and very minute in
strnctions are then issued TO the high
or police officials and from them filter
ed down to the lowest EorodOyoi ana
to the army Of railroad and other
traffic officials Uniformed police to
the number Of thousands ire then used
n such cities as st. Petersburg. Mos
Cow. etc. and troops are employed
most extensively to line the read.
Quit, ella borate preparations are also
in vogue whenever the car issues forth
through the public streets on his regu-
lar routine. How large is the number
of those who day by day are fore
stalling the Ceascless Vaccinations and
plots Of the nihilists and other dis
satisfied strata Of the population is
not ascertainable, but the number is
quite Il considerable one. Gen. Trcub,
chief of the third section (secrct po-
liceD. and Yaneeff the president of
of the st. Petersburg police, are con-
stantly supervising the whole and
complicated task of guarding
the car against mischief. The
ear himself is never armed. and, on
good authority. it may be stated that
current stories about his wearing
cuirass made of finely wrought steel
meshes. of his forever changing the
location of his living apartments, and
of the desks at which he works a
number of hours every day are base
less.
1t is also true that Nicholas II. al
though a very mild hammered and APP
parently rather diffident man, is quite
fearless. and that the symptoms OF eX-
IRENE nervousness which characterized
his father during the last few years oil
his life. owing to number of hair
breadth escapes from diabOlical plots,
are happily absent in his son-as yet
But it is quite Certain that at least five
distinct and welllaid plans to murder
the present car have been frustrated
The elaborate system of precautions
under which the present ruler OF Ger
many lives is of rather recent date.
His GRANDPA Their though repeatedly the
victim of Would-be ASA SSinS, never al
lowed himself to be talked into any
thing like the amount OF precaution-
ary measures which his grandson,
William H. has gradually evolved
The only two cases become public OF
ATTEMPTS on the life of the kaiser were
those which happened during the past
twelve months at Bremen and Breslau,
and they were of no serious character.
In Rreslau. it was crazy old woman
who threw a Ratchet in the direction
of his person. but only managed to hit
the hind wheel Of his carriage: and at
Rremen il was confirmed eplleptlc
who threw a piece of iron at the en-
peror. inf,icting flesh would, which.
while leaving its marks for life. and not
exactly enhancing the beauty of the
immortal face. was by no means dan
gerOus.
II is also said by those who know the