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

terday."
Telegraph hourly to Tomsk, gener-
al, and let me be kept Informed of all
that occurs"
"Sire, it shall be done" answered
General Kissoff.
These words were exchanged about
two hours after midnight, at the mo-
ment when the fete given at the New
palace was at the height of its splen-
dor.
An hour later General Kissoif, who
had just re-entered. quickly approached
his majesty.
"Well?' asked the latter abruptly. as
he had done the former time.
"Telegrams reach Tomsk no longer,
SIRE
"a courier this momentw And, leav-
ing the hall, his majesty entered a
large antechamber adjoining
The czar had not so suddenly left the
ballroom Of the New palace when the
fete he was giving to the civil and mill
tary authorities and principal people OF
Moscow was at the height of its bril-
liancy without ample cause, for he had
just received information that serious
events were taking place beyond the
frontiers of the Ural. 1t had become
evident that a formidable rebellion
threatened to wrest the Siberian prov
inces from the Russian crown.
Asiatic Russia. or Siberia, covers
superficial area of 1,T90.20S square
miles and contains nearly 2,O00000 of
inhabitants. Extending from the Ural
ptai ,xrbIr Irh ta
1 Russia in Europe, to the shores OF the
Pacific ocean. 1t is bounded on the
south by Turkestan and the Chinese
empire. on the north by the Arctic
ocean. from the sea of Kara TO Be-
ring strait 1t is divided into several
governments or provinces, those of To-
bolsk. Yeniseisk. Irkutsk. Omsk and
Yakutsk; contains two districts. Ok
hotsk and Kamchatka, and possesses
two countries, now under the Musco-
vite dominion-that of the Kirgbiz and
that of the Tshowktshes.
Two governor generals represent the
supreme authority of the czar over this
vast country. One resided at Irkutsk.
the capital OF western Siberia. The
river Tchonna. n tributary of the Yeni-
NJ all go, ,urro,vs ,bese wide mains
so,,,o ~ ,,I,tct arc in roaI,tv Extremely
,or,i,o No iron ,yars Load from these
, ,,.o,io,,, r,i,a, which m,ta tho SIbe-
,,a, s,,I ,ar riohor roIo,, than above its
s,,rfooa ,rho ,rayeIe, iourpevs in sum.
mer in n kibick or telga: in winter. in
sledge
An electric telegraph. with single
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S,.a,,n,. ,i,,.,,na p,ano,rs,ant,s pod'
A. o.,on,s,.a.. ,Ia~andra,ystoa and
| N;koIaevsk and a rubles and 10 CO.
| noota ara maid for everv word sent
from ono epd m tho other From Irkutsk
tbere 10 a branch m E,atka IN the
Nfo,oo,,,n frontIer and from thence.
for aO conecks a word the post CONVEYS
tho disna,cbes IN Paging in a fort.
nInh,
=. ,aa,r ,ror, Et..
,ero,hrro IN Niko,aevsk which had
hoo, o,,t srs, havond Tomst and ,b.n
he,ween romsk and ka,vvan
Th,s VOC ,t, ron son wbv ,b. czar IN
Tho oonmrn,c,tion made IN him for
tho sooond ,i,no hv Canar., Kissor
had only answered by the words, "A
courIe, this momentw
The car had remained motionIess at
the window for n few moments when
the door was again opened. The chief
of police appeared on the threshold
Enter, general" said the czar brief
lv "and tell me all YOU know of Ivan