Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-26


 of til" ezar> nHtE extend the world round Wherever the ruler of all the EusSiaS may happen to le. there th" shadow of fear lies
 Once il Paris. once in the palace gardens, Alexander II. WaS fired at Again in the Winter Palace square rrr Solorief. wearing the uniform of ln official. passed the guards one day. and again the czar WHS fired upon. Alexander ran for the palace. Solo= rieff followed him and fired three times The ear ran in Zigza@S how eyer, and so escaped. Not long after ward two mines were laid to blow up ;iIr imperial trajn. One did not eX- plDda but the second wrecked the train. Once more the czar escaped. Watching eyes had saved him. theil uWners having persuaded the ruler to take another train.
 Later Alexander II. owed '> life to he fact that he came late 10 Il fnnr- ton ut the palace. \ bomb blew clean out Il large portion of The inpcria! resi- flcncc but the cZar WHs not present.
 But of ni! he attempts on the lives of R,tssia's rulers two stand out most clearly for their amAzin" ingenuity. One tells the story of q little unpre- lentiou> shop in Malaja SadoNaia street I<t3boIeft then unknown to he police. took the Shep and set out to impress the police, who were a- ways making sudden inspections of premises along the tlernl@hffr"> tilr"H h which Alexander II passed, .l"t ltt was nothing but Il provision dealer Nearly every one in that street was l pa;;l spy. bnl kehezef i' i,ed with his customers. pi";srd his be"SrYur, and %.a> m@sl a!al'!r ani apparently harmless.
 IF. daairr it~&:rnA confidence. a@d i.iS custom increased gradually. \" '. s.:.t,rg far nest ai tll' p;rers ii.' his eltstu!n@!> Nea,- caif> ing afsaN hN ,iaA ,.enta;'sG fto ilitl@ bHi earth rAriil thai ,uriA- t4t j'i-hi heiif,~ had been ~rra@pt. b, Inc man and his N.r from beneath the street. II WAS 3H such I,l4etiaLS method that q tlln- .le ~'us hel4oWtd and cleared under he 1horoll@hfarr aud a mine lail l1a Hnath le way the cZar often pissed. a,! iaaoeent couch upon which the housewife slept covering the entry to the tunnel
 Yet all the work was useless On ne day the scheme waS to be carried ou! the cZar upset ali the arrange ;neutS by going eff to lunch vilh lhe t;ranu Due hess Catherine MicharinNiI;l
 Alnong those who were watching ca brnalf of the. terroriStS was q hc.rHli. iaI girl-a countess. too-named l'e- rtt&liasa. It was she Who. Seein. the altered arrangements. gave warning Tnc cZar would return to the palace 2uothcr Way Along this route fonr n:cn carrying bombs We're stationed Sire threw his. Men and horses were killed all around but the ear Stcillrt! from his coach unScathrd. A second man holding bomb cane forward ant, threw it. This tiHlo thf ntiert was awful" says Waciaw GaSioroM- Ski. who describes the incident in h., Look. Tragic Russia" '.'l'Ae czar fplt aS if cut by q srythe His legs Were shattered to pieces" So died the c>al. who had escaped as by d miracle many times.
 Alexander ILL followed ahd there were attempts upon his lie. I},e fourth H-as one ef .aa fo,t >r!@j. tiona! in 'H" "a, ;r,. 'i~l 9f .hj.i-i .:.f.
 On d bri@h, at:1uwa ,;ay the ing. ral train jl;is eied al l'uii speed on i!l,. track Wc. @uarGel h& soldiers. Ii Wa~ toward uaon. The imperial family were in 'An ,..:sis'4 e2r. #.hcrn lts"eh was about te be served. he cook and lis help We're making the last prepar:'. tions for il when an assistant wa taken il!
 The court physician attended the man and having stated that he had fever, with symptoms of son' inrN plicable aiiment. decide! thal tEe nll' could not remain iu he imperial lrHi, and he was left at the next station
 Tue train moved forward tow;s Borki. trave!ing at the speed Of eighty kilometers an houI. Then the eire tlical hell notified the cock th&t ;nr Imperial family Were ready for lunch con. A few seconds after ,he lei sounded terrific noise N'AS hc"}G. and Vi lent explosion changed in thr twinklin% of an eye ;le luxurious ;lss- perial train into a heap of broken Iron. Of wrecked c':>. If i.li:,n,:tc' corpseS cnvP9oped in smo!.r and ia"s,s' all the more Narrowing u ,hr i.i...,.. ing and cries fer help of tllc woun,!.I. Yet the cz&r escaped. The di;i"; room car iiat the nihiiiSt> had tended >,3"r.l l'e l save for the C.. '. his family and l.> .,;;it saved him. si although .,> roCI and floor wer> wrecked it's sides were preserved They inclined toward the center p"oi'- ped each other like tWo car,i> ;l:.,! re- mained in that position. proipcfiE-, xxvhn :,4,