CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-01-01

provinces, the object or which remains
unknown"
"He did"
"And have the police lost trace of
him sinceT
mo, sire"
Where was Ivan Ogareff last heard
OFF,
'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 pollce?"
mo. sire"
when did he leave PermY'
About the month of March,"
ITO co.
Where is unknown"
"And since that time 1t IL not known
what has become of him."
mo, sire, 1t is not known"
well. then. myself know" answer
ed the czar. II have received anony
nous communications which did not
pass through the police department.
and in the face of events now takins
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 hand
In this Tartar rebellionT
Indeed do, and 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 Klrghiz steppes and
there endeavored, not without success.
to foment rebellion among their mo-
madic population. He then went SO far
south as free Turkestan. There in the
provinces OF Bokhara. khokhand and
Koondooz 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 it has at last burst like
a thunderclap, and now NIL means of
communication between eastern and
western Siberia have been stopped.
Moreover. Ivan Ogareff. thirsting for
vengeance. aims NJ the life OF my
brotherI"
The czar had become excited while
speaking and now paced mp and down
with hurried steps. The chief Of police
said nothing, but he thought TO him
self that during the time when the en-
peror of Russia never pardoned au 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
czsr. 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 possibleF'
Yes" answered the czar. The last
telegram which was able TO reach Mi
nj Udnsk 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. 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 is So"
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 Irkutskr
HE knows that" answered the czar,
but what he does not know is that
Ivan Ogareff. as well ns being rebel.
is also playing the part Of n traitor and
that In him he has personal and bit
ter enemy. 1t Is to the grand duke that
Ivan Ogaren 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 lrkutsk
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
betray the town and with 1t my broth
er, 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
81 momentarily expect one"
And 1t is to be hoped he will be ex-
peditious." added the chief of police.
"for allow me to add. sire. that Siberia
fs favorable land for rebellions"
All communication was interrupted.
Had the wires between Kalyvan and
Tomsk been cut by Tartar scouts. or
had the emir himself arrived in the
Yeniseisk provincial Was all the low
er part of western Siberia in fer.
rnant2 Had tho rahallinn aIraadu