Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-18
IMPERIAL FAMILY IS WARNED
Death Is In the Air and No Ono
Knows Where the Next Blow
May Fall.
MURDER POSSIBLE ANY MOMENT.
Authorities Realize Their Impoteney
To Ward on Swift Acts
Of Terrorism.

ST. Petersburg Feb IS. los p. m.-
Oppression Ike thu shadow Of doom
seems to be hanging over the Russian
capital Bells are toliug and the PEG.
pie in the streets are awe.struck at
yesterdays bloody crime Everyone
seems 70 shrink before the contempa-
ton of what may happen next. The
tragedy struck deep ln the heart OF the
the perpleXed and tried emperor and
many who were unsparlng I'm their critl-
cism yesterday today have only express
sions Of sympathy for mis- unhappy lot
The bitter cup which during the last
year has been pressed again and again
to his lips is once more nlled to the
brim and In almost pathetic words this
morning he implores his subjects to
pray for the repose Of the soul OF his
murdered uncle Death Is IN the air
and no one knows where the next blow
may fan, although precautions have
been doubled IN every direction for the
preservation Of the lives of the MEM
beers Of the imperial family and the
ministers and the secret police are seek
ing out and arrestlng those known TO
be associated with the lighting organl-
cation The authorities realize their
impotency TO ward on the swift acts
OF terrorism, murder in the streets be-
ing possible at any instant The only
! safety seems TO lie I'm seeking refuge
behind palace walls and all the i'm
perial family have been warned not to
| venture out.
Although only the official papers and
| the Grashdanin appear with black bor-
| ders. the editorials Of all Of them are
! strangely sober Some papers which
! iu the past have been ready to lay
| almost any charge at the door OF Grand
! Duke Sergius are drawing back be-
/ fore the prospect Of the Inauguration
OF "a reign Of terror, fearing that IL
may destroy the bright prospect OF re-
form and lead to an era Of repression.
But even In the midst of universal
rcprObation OF the crime the majority
oypress the hone that after all the
darkest hour comes just before the
dawn. Among the revoltuionarles,
however, there As q sentiment OF ella
ton They openly glory I'm the deed
prDclamlng that II removes the most
rCactionary influence az court ana also
proclaim the general theory that In
the absence of Armed resistance onIy
hy terror can concessions be Wrung
from the hands OF the autocracy. Ac-
Cordng to their Wow any weapon is
iusunable. As matter OF fact Il ia too
early yet % say what the political ef-
feet will be- For the moment every
thing is at a standstlll
F,ypresgOns Of coincidence have
reached the emperor direct from prac-
tically all governments, those OF Presi-
dent I,oubet. Emperor William and
King Edward being especially warm
and sympathetic I'm tone, IL Is probable
that several governments viii send
representatives TO the funeral Of Grand
Duke Serglus.
BELLS of MOSCOW TOLL.
Moscow, Feb. lS.--The bells OF Mos
cows 700 churches are tollng today
| requiem masses are being celebrated
and before many shrnes priests
are ceaselessly chanting prayers
! for the repose OF the soul OF
murdered Grand Duke Sergius
his remains still rest In the
| Choudog monastery whittier they were
removed yesterday, The bier Is COW
cred with flowers and surrounded by
| burning tapers. Two monks remain
| constantly az the 1901 OF iue CONN To-
| citing prayers for the dead
| The widowed Grand Duchess Eliza
! beth ia Frustrated. she keeps 70 her
APARTMENTS I'm the little palace and
! MAS not able even to attend the requiem
mass. Touching messages have been
/ received by the grand duchess from
| Emperor Nicholas aud her sister, the
! empress. Troops are patroling inside
! the Ktemlm all the entrances of which
continue TO be closed to the public
The crime while actually not un-
anticipated IN Wow OF the repeated
! threats has nevertheless created pro-
/ found impression in the ancient capital.
All the shops are closed and the
! newspapers appeared with mourning
] borders
Some students have been roughly
! handled in the streets.