New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-14

planned an ambuscsde by sending in small
squadron in the hope OF drawing out the Rus
sian commander TO the open sea and then cut
\ ting him off
| It is learned that the location Of six OF the
/ mines planted by the Yenesei were unknown,
! The charts having been lost when that vessel
went down. Probably it was one Of these mines
/ that the Petropavlovsk struck
Admiral MakarofT is believed TO have been in
the coming tower when the Petropavlovsk was
blown up. Grand Duke Cyril probably owes his
life 10 the fact that he is fine athlete and a
splendid swimmer.
ALL MOURN ADMIRALS DEATH.
Admiral Nakaroff's death is really greater
loss than would be that Of several battleships.
He was the pride of the navy. and enjoyed the
implicit confidence of his sovereign. we'll
of the officers and men Of the service. Speak
ing of his death. officers here all remarked upon
the strange fatality that he should lose his life
on a heavily armored battleship. TO which he
had a particular aversion. This morning for
the first time he raised his flag on a battleship,
while previously he had gone out board the
cruiser Novik the cruiser Askold 1t was at
the urgent request OF his friends that he did
not risk his life in this fashion. and so trans
ferred his flag 10 the Petropavlovsk.
1t is now open secret that Admiral Maka-
rolf was not anxious to resign his command OF
Cronstadt, which forced him to leave his wife
and family but the Emperor declined to con-
slider other candidates. although It was pointed
out that Rear Admiral Rogestvensky, chief OF
the general staff Of the navy. who has Just
been appointed to command the Baltic squad
ron, and who is destined TO succeed Maka-
rolf and others anxious TO distinguish
themselves
The Emperor in his summons said: My
choice has fallen upon you. and 1 VIII not take
a refusal" and so the admiral went to the Far
East. The Emperor's sorrow is doubly keen on
this account.
A REQUIEM SERVICE ORDERED.
BY imperial command a requiem service will
be celebrated at the Admiralty Church at noon
tomorrow for the Emperor's favorite admiral
The grief-strcken widow. according TO the
Russian custom. had a requiem service cele-
brated at her residence tonight. She had been
much worried over the health Of her husband
who suffered from diabetes, reference 10 which
was made in a recent telegram from the ad-
miral in which he said he compelled TO
disobey orders to taking regular sleep.
The admiraTs death is also mourned by his
daughter, Lille. a beautiful girl Of nineteen
who was the belle OF Cronstadt Both mother
and daughter will attend the requiem service at
the Admiralty Church tomorrow.
Makaror's greatest triumphs. steamed majesti-
cally up the Neva to-day, having cut through
the ice from Cronstadt. her enormous black hull
dwarhng the warships moored alongside
There's Stefan Ossipovitchs ship" cried the
moujiks. who knew and loved Makaroff so that
they called him by his patronymic.
Rear Admiral Rogestvensky is a man Of an
utterly different mould from vice-Admiral
Makaron He is an able sailor and a man Of
talent and ability, but he is not so popular with
the men as was the dead commander in chief
TO BRING THE GRAND DUKE HOME.
Count Grabbe. aide-de-camp to Grand Duke
Vladimir. viii leave here tomorrow 10 bring
the Grand Duke Cyril home Nothing is known
to the character OF the grand dukes injuries
There is a romantic story connected with the
Grand Duke Cyrifs anxiety TO go to the front
He wanted 10 win his spurs and then narry the
woman with whom he is in love- but the match
has been opposed by HIS parents. 1t is an open
secret that the is his cousin the divorced
wife Of the Grand Duke OF Hesse and dauga-
ter Of the late Duke OF Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
who married a sister OF Alexander III.
II was announced from Berlin on December y
1902 that the engagement Of Grand Duke Cyril TO
the former Grand Duchess OF Hesse who was di-
vorced from her husband. had been broken OF, the
emperor having forbidden the Grand duke to
marry the grand duchess, whose former husband
is = brother OF the CZarina' 1t said according
TO the dispatch that the grand duke was deeply in
love vyth the Hessan grand duchess before her
marriage One of the objections OF the Emperor
20 the marriage il said. the fact that the
Grand Duke Cyril is Of Orthodox Russian faith.
while the grand duchess is Lutheran In ad-
6itton there seemed 10 be a personal objection
the part o. tire Emperor 10 receiving the princess
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