The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-27
RUSSIA AND ROYALTY
A Shadow That Darkens the
Path OF the Cars.
THE FEAR OF ASSASSINATION
Plots That Were Woven Around Alex
ander Is. and the Bomb That Shat
tered His Bosy-An Internal Machine
That Failed to Xii! Alexander Iii.

The shadow that fails across the path
Of the ezars may extend tie "olie
round. whesevcr the ruler OF Gil the
Russias nay happen to be. ssc'e 1ne
shaeow Of fear lies.
Once IN Paris, once in the palace
gardens, Alexander II. was dred at
Agasn in the Winter Palace square
one SolorieC. wearing the Uniform OF
an official, passed the guards one Gay.
and again the car Was fred upos-
Alexander ran for the palace. Soio-
r:eg followed him and fced three
times. The car ran in ziszass. bow
ever. ard so escaped. Not long after
ward two mines were laid to blow up
the imperial train. One cid not ex-
piode. but the second wrecked the
train. Once more the car escaped
Watching eyes had saved him. their
owners having persuaded the ruler 70
take another train
Eater Alexander II. owed his life 70
the fact that be cane late to func-
ton at the palace. \ bomb blew clean
out q large portion OF the imperial resi-
dence. but the car was not present.
But Of nj, the attempts on tie lives
Of Russia's rulers TWO stand out most
clearly fo- their amazing ingenuity.
One tells the story Of little unpre-
tent,ous shop IN Malaja Sadora;a
street EobozeS. then unknown 10
the police. took the shop and ser OUT
to impress the police. who were al
ways making sadcen inspections o.
premises along the thoronshfares
through which Alexander II. passed.
that he was NOTHING but provision
dealer. Nearly every one In tbae
street was paid spy. but hoooSeh
5oscd with bis customers. pleased bus
purveyors and was most aEaole aad
apparently harmless.
The dealer inspired confidence. ana
his custom increased gradually. NO
wonder. Cor most of The parcels that
his customers were carrying away oy
day contained nothing but earth
earth raae dSriaS the night hours bad
been scraped by the man and eis
wife from beneath the street: II was
By such ingenious method that 8 tad
ne, was followed and cleared unGer
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ocS the car uIssee az eae ass -.
men S By gong on 70 ss1eo Wiz w
Gra11 Duchess catherine -Ascaae.o' 40.
Among thoss who: were ".sse,tns %
oehsH or the sc-so1ssss "sss = osasS o.
ful Sir|a countess. soo-aahaeu &c,
roVsSaJa. II sss sue Wno' sesine .ne
altered arrangements. give "asI.l
The cza~ would return % tne pa.Ae: t.s
another way Along eaas route 1ous
men Carrying bombs were ssaosEeo.
One threw bis, Men anc nesses "eHs !
killed all arosnd- but the car stepped
from bis coach uuscatheG. a second
Ean holding bomb came forward
and threw Il This tine tae enec'
was awful, says Wacsaw Gssioso"
skt, who descssses the incaaene u aus :,
book. .-sssc Russia Ing ezas tea'
as II cut by q scyfhe Ills legs were
shattered 70 pieces. So diec 1ne elas
who had escaped IS o. q 1aiEacie
many 1imes-
Alexander III foisoSec' ano sssse
were atterspss upon nus me : -
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cospses. enreioped In smoke ana mad
all taie 5zncre narroTins oy INC noaa !.
ing 1nd cries for help OF the "oSadec
YET the ezar escaped. The dinsn;
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