Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
THE DEATH OF Alleys
st. Petersburg Court Ordered
Into Mourning.
DUMAS MARK OF RESPECT
Had Dropped Out of Public Notice
Since Retirement.
RESIDED CHIEFLY ABROAD
Body of Grand Duke to Be Deposited
in the Fortress of st. Peter
and st. Paul
DUMAS MARK OF RESPECT
RESIDED CHIEFLY ABROAD

ST. PETERSBURG. November l4-The
news of the death in Paris of the Grand
Duke Alexis was received in st. Peters
burg this afternoon. Il has made little
impression on Russian society. The
grand duke, after his retirement from
supreme control of the navy. dropped en-
tirely out of the public notice. He has
resided chiefly abroad. and he visited st.
Petersburg only for the family anniver-
saries. al which all the members of the
imperial family are expected to be pres
ent His role in the disastrous naval
campaign with Japan has long since been
put into the background by the more i'm
portant questions of social reorganization
that have arisen since the war The
usual court MORNINGS will be ordered.
The imperial hunt now in progress in the
vicinity of 'Peterhof was abandoned to-
day on account of the death of the arch
duke and the imperial theaters have been
closed.
The death of Alexis was announced to
the duma during the election of a presi-
dent for that body. and al the sugses-
| ton OF NJ. khomyakoff the house rose as
| mark of respect.
The court has been ordered to go into
mourning for three months. The body Of
| the fortress of ST. Peter and st. Paul.
Death at Home in Paris.
PARIS, November 14.-Grand Duke
Alexis of Russia, an uncle of Emperor
| Nicholas, died at his residence in the
Avenue Gabriel this city, this morning
| The grand duke had been Ill for several
days. Last night the physicians in at
tendance notified the Russian embassy
| and the grand dukes relatives that there
was no hope of recovery. They also
When death came at d o'clock this morn
ing the Grand Duke Vladimir and Paul
and Duke George of Leucnenburg We're
at the bedside. The body will be en-
| balmed and sen to Russia for burial.
President FalliereS has teiegraphed his
condolences to the car.
The grand duke had lived in Paris al
most continually since his retirement
from the position of Russian minister OF
marine.
High Admiral for Many Years.
The Grand Duke Alexis was born IN st.
Petersburg, January q, 1850. He was a
brother of Alexander Ill and of the Grand
Dukes Vladimir and Sergius. For many
years he was high admiral of the fleet
and obtained reputation as an author
iLy on naval matters.
With his two brothers. the grand dukes
and Alexander Michael, brother-in-law of
the emperor. and himself a grand duke.
Alexis for years ruled Nicholas II and
plundered the Russian people. In Janu-
airy, 1905, he was forced to resign his pos.
as high. admiral of Russia, after severe
naval reverses in the war with Japan.
de was one of those marked tor assassi-
nation by the "terrorists" after red Sum
day." and the death Of his brother Ser
gus, killed by a bomb, drove him into
temporary retirement.
Alexis was the hero of many eScapadeS,
but was none the less the most popular
OF the grand ducal circle which sur
rounded the car He carried on several
morganatic alliances without the cOmpll-
La.ion of matrimonial bonds.
Visited United States in 1871.
Alexis in 1871 visited the United States
and was very popular. His visit had a
political significance and his itinerary
included visits to numerous government,
state and municipal officers.
Alexis propensity Ito go the pace" in
1889, as an American friend once put it,,
brought him into disgrace with his
brother, the serious minded Alexander
LII. He had become involved in restau-
rant quarrel with several Frenchmen, and
had casually thrown them through win
dow into the snow. For this conduct his
brother banished him to Vladivostok Ac-
cordingly to Vladivostok Alexis Alex
androvitch. grand duke, admiral, COM
mander-in-chief of the Russian navy,
general in the army and commander OF
dozen Russian regiments. went. He
was later restored to his lost honors and
became one of the leading naval authors
ties of Russia.