The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-02

car, return to Russia a second time
after that journey through the Siberian
provinces, the object OF which remains
Unknown
"He did"
"And have the police lost trace OF
him SINGER
mo, sire"
Where was Ivan .Ogareff last heard
of"
'In the province Of Perm"
"In what town. ~
"At Perm itself"
what was he doing?"
HE appeared unoccupied, and there
was nothing suspicious in his conduct
Then he was not under the surveil.
lance Of the secret policeT
NO. sire"
"When did he leave PERM
about the month of March"
ITO co.
"Where is unknown"
"And since that time 1t Is not known
what has become Of him?'
mo, sire, it is not known"
"Well, then, l 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 l have every
reason to believe that they are correct"
do you mean, SIRE" cried the chief
Of police, that Ivan Ogareff has a hand
In this Tartar rebellion?"
Indeed 1 do, and l will now tell you
something which you are ignorant Of.
After leaving Perm Ivan Ogareff cross
ed the Ural mountains, entered Siberia
and penetrated the Kirghiz steppes and
there endeavored, not without success,
to foment rebellion among their no.
madic population. He then went 90 far
south az free Turkestan. There in the
provinces Of Bokhara, Khokhand and
Koondoox he found chiefs willing to
pour their Tartar hordes into Siberia
and execute general rising in Asiatic
Russia. The storm has been silently
gathering, but 1t has at last burst like
4 thunderclap, and now all means Of
communication between eastern and
western Siberia have been stopped.
Moreover, Ivan Ogareff, thirsting for
vengeance, aims at the life Of my
brotherw
The czar had become excited while
speaking and now paced up and down
with hurried steps. The chief Of police
said nothing, but he thought to him
self that during the time when the en-
lie schemes such as those of Ivan Oga-
reff could never have been realized.
A few moments passed, during which
he was silent then, approaching the
car, 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 as possibleY'
YES" answered the car. 1.-THE last
telegram which was able to reach Mi
nj Udinsk would set in motion the
Irkutsk, Yatutsk, BIZ well as those in
the provinces of the Amur and Lake
Baikal. At the same time the regi-
ments from Perm and Mini Novgorod,
and the Cossacks from the frontier are
advancing by forced marches toward
the Ural mountains. But unfortunately
some weeks must pass before they can
attack the Tartars."
"And your majesty's brother, his
highness the grand duke, is now isolat-
ed in the government of Irkutsk and is
no longer in direct communication with
Moscow
THAT 10 3d."
But by the last dispatches he must
know what measures have been taken
by your majesty and what help he may
expect from the governments nearest
to that of Irkutsk?"
HE knows that" answered the car.
''but what he does not know is that
Ivan Ogareff, as well as being a rebel,
Is also playing the part OF a traitor and
that in him he has n personal and bit
ter enemy. 1t Is to the grand duke that
Ivan Ogareff owes his first disgrace,
and what Is more serious is that this
man is not known to 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
er gaining his confidence, when the
Tartars have invested Irkutsk, he will
OCtldy thC wv ~ anu Will IL lut UIOtn-
er, whose life is directly threatened.
This is what i have learned from my
secret intelligence, this is what the
grand duke does not know and this is
what he must known
"Wen, sire, an intelligent, courageous
courier
81 momentarily expect one"
sand 1t is to be hoped he will be ex-
peditious." added the chief of police.
"for allow me to add. sire. that Siberia
is favorable land for rebellions."
All communication was interrupted.
Had the wires between Kalyvan and
Tomsk been cut by Tartar scouts, or
had the em.r himself arrived in the
Yeniseisk provinces? Was all the low
er part Of western Siberia in a fer
ment? Had the rebellion already
spread to the eastern regions? No one
could say. The only agent which fears
neither cold nor heat. which can neil
Their be stopped by the rigors Of winter