The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-12
BOZ BABY
G[ADI
HEARTS
toF THE czAR AND czRRifA
GREAT EVENT j N al AZ MINDS
| CF.THE. RUSSIAN REoPLE.
EVERY KIN OWN Il A II NJ BEEN
TRIED TO NFLuENcEsTEiE Ess
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Czarina of Russia to-day gap firth Sf5
a boy. This news. canxey from Tie
Imperial villa at Peterhoff to fhe sTsus
sian capital and irlIne satet red
! to all parts OF tho wori s the greae
i est event in the min 81 of the rus
people III a decade an ha desi ira of
! the Emperor and Emf ress fogs a tsisaIa
heir to the throne, which .as fatr
| times been disappoints haan
4 shared alike by the subjects of NE
white father, and now that Tie hopes
are realized all else Isl fore often i1ss
the Joy of the event.
/ What the event means toss Russia
cannot be appreciated an nyWhere out
I side of the ernpir q new
| life into the6en,pfre and j /, stise hts
of this the epulses Of Rus siam
forces at the seat Of wa bIit
an incident to be forgo item for tfless
time. 1t will serve as an impetus To-
the fighting forces and will asoad tl1ers1lss
on to greater efforts and aehiaYessS
nents.
The accouchement or the eszari
was fire expected last SATURDAY,
they day passed # without iii dem
Since ther her ma jesty III been nm
der the greatest care an s every
symptom was noted. Last ID isht
message was semitic Dr. iott, The
perial physfcl clan u. ing him So
ten to the villa Alexandra This facs
was hastily wired throng gkput 8 ha ems
pire and all night long mob Iifys
and ofticialdom had been III state ss
feverish anxiety and antfcipa on
hourly expecting til
would tell them Whethersa an :aa ~ ~
at last come, Or that all hopes were
again dashed to the ground BY he adj HI
vent of a fifth girl.
s. Four children have been bc,rfi VI, @
the Czarina before this a flen
girls. The first, the grand duchess
Olga, is now almost nine years of 81
age; the second Grand Duchess
tania. is. seven; Grand Ouch hess rIss
is five and Grand Ducness Anast asia
is three years Of age.
Each time an accoucheIne en- 81 81
expected every possible means kne ii n
~ ltlt +sAiiSdiCdi$5iId RdSHeNSEL-ss
ed to influence the sex u the expect
ed child The treatment prescrfbed 81
by Dr. Schenck. who claimed Ii al
could. by his course OF Medicines exs
ercises and food, determine the Sex of
4 child, was resorted to- but ins ever
case heretofore the result has been
the same-----a girl. ID great tisss
Cars disappointment at the ina biI iIi-a
y OF his consortEt to bear a male Chi Ia
hat rumors have been current that
ne was estranged from his ~ lie.
On several occasions has
said that he would take steps tc5 sdi-
sorce her. 1t was said latas he
Creek church had prom pted thsSe
o take this step, promising III asd
lin by presenting the grounds tia
he, Empress, when she married the
Ear, was not a Greek CathoI It'll, md y s:
hat although She had espousa
husbands religion. was not even d nc NJ
! Greek Catholic at heart
The child has been named aIexiefr Hi
When the news was spread liis az
ernoon grand dukes. no bles and iii
ials of all classes has ened tos con.
;ratulate the Car on the eY III, Il. sIIfs
majesty received the felicit ions 81
ttedly. He was almost oF ereosn Ii
18th joy, and exclaime I'd u. IL raise COD ss
+ last see the accoInp Il hInen of
~ dearest wish .,sS
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