Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-07
RUSSIA AND ROYALTY
A Shadow That Darkens the
 Path Of the CzarS.
THE FEAR OF ASSASSINATION
Plots That Were Woysr Aro-,ni Alex sneer II. and t,e 5or15 That Shat tered His 3ody-an Internal Machine That Failed to Kill Aicxandsr III.

snaer H. and she 5or15 That Shat
 tered His 9ocly-an Internal Machine
 That Failed to Kill Aicxander III.
 The shadow that falls across the path Of n" ears may extend tAr world round. Wherever the ruler of all the Rnssias may hanNea to le. there the shadow of fear ii,>.
 Once in Paris, once in the palace gardens. Alexander II. W;ts fired at. Again in the Winter Palace square ane SolorieG. wearing tie uniform of al official. passed the guards one day, and again the ear N;ls fired upon. Alexander ran for the palace. Solo, rieil followed hiul and fred three }imes. The ear ran in zigZagS, how ,yer. aud so escaped. Not long after ward tWe mines were laid to blow up T., imneri2i traia One did not ex ,,,a,le. bu; ht seet,sd wrecked thp rain O,re ll,s%c t!}e' r1:il- escaped. Natr!::n- eyes :. saras' hi;.;. }Aciy .4.uclS ,.a,is.2 'eer>Had,G thr rtiirr te fake another ,l;,.,.
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 The dealer inspired confidence, and h.s custom inereased gradually. No w:!Mder. for most of the parcels that bis customers were carrying away by '':,I contained nnthng but earth earth that Gurin., th, night hours had been Sfra5ed by the man and his wife from beneAth the street. IL was l;4 such ingenious method that q tun- nc was hoiiowrd aud cleared under f?}n thor0ughfarr and il mine l1il be heath the way the ezar oftea passed, an innocent couch upon which the housewife slept covering the entry te the tunnel
 Yet all the work was useless. on ii ile day the scheme was 10 be carried ol,: the eZar upset alI the arialas1e. :nents by going e.t to lunch with lhe Grand Duchess Catherine Mirlsaefovna.
 Among those who were watching on beialf of the terrori>tS was q heauli- ;Ii girt-a countess. too-nalucd Pe- rC;S aasa= It was she who. seeing the altered arrangements gave warning. Thc czar would return to the palace another way. Along this route four n.cn carrying bombs were stationed. Cue threw his Men and horses ver" killed all around. but the ear stepped from his coach unScathed. \ Se''ond man holding q bomb came forward and threw it. This time the effect was awful" says WaciaW G1>ioroW- ski. who describes the inriaHat in lli> book. Tragic Russia ''rt!e cZar fell as if cut by a scythe. His legs ware shattered to pieces.' So died the rz}i who had escaped as by d miracle many times.
 Alexander H. followed aud there were atte mptS upon his life. Tie fourth was one Of the most SenSa- tional in the entire lis, of niaiii>i pIei>:.
 On d bright autu,an day the iMp"- rial train travelled at full speed on the track we'll guarded by soldiers. It waS toward noon. The imperial family were in he dining car where lunch was about to be served. The cook and his help were making the last prepara- tions for it when an assistant was taken iil
 The court physician attended the man and. having stated that he had fever. with symptoms of some ineX- plicable ailment, decided that the man could not remain in the imperial ,r;n. and he was left at the next station.
 The train moved forward toward Borki. travelling at the speed of eighty kiIomesers an hour. Then the cleo trica bell notified the cook that the Imperial family were ready for lunch con. X few seconds after the bell sounded terrific noise was heard and violent explosion chansed in the twinkling of an eye the luxurious inn- perial train into heap of bra..en iron. of wrecked ears. Of mu:ilatp'' corpse>. enveioped in smoke and uad . all the more narrowing bv the inua. ing and cries for help of the "oUalet. Yet the czar escaped: The diAia. 1 room car that the uihiliSts had in- | tehded should be Il grave for the ear. I his family and his suit saved him, for