Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-30
RUSSIA AND ROYALTY
A Shadow That Darkens the
 Path of the Czars.
THE FEAR OF ASSASSINATION
Plots That Were Woven Around Alex ander II. and the Bor7b That Shat tered His 5ody--An internal Machine That Failed to Kill Alexander III.

That a1led to NiiI Alexander III.
 The shadow that fall, across the path of tho ears may extend the world round Wherever the ruler of all the Russias may happen to le, there the shadow of fear lies.
 Once in Paris, once in the palace gardens. Alexander II. was fired at. Again in the Winter Palace square pne Solorieff, wearing the uniform of an official, passed the guards one day. and again the cZar was fired upon. Alexander ran for the palace. Solo, rieff followed him and fired three times The cZar ran in zigzags, how ever, and so escaped. Not long after ward two mines were laid to blow up the imperial train. One did not ex- plode, but the second wrecked the train. Once more the cZar escaped. Watching eyes had saved him, their owners having persuaded the ruler to take another train.
 Later Alexander H. owed his life to the fact that he came late to func- tion at the palace. \ bomb blew clean out il large portion of the imperial resi- dcnce. but the cZar was not present. But of all the attempts on the lives of Russia's rulers two stand out most clearly for their amaZiuG Ingenuity. One tells the story of il liltlr unpre- tenriouS sEap ia Maiaia Sadnvaia street. ketoztf then unknown te ,l. police. took tue Shup and set ou' to impress the police. who were al N-ayS nalin. sudden irS;"'.tinnS of pselai,,e>; a;on2 iits li;ei'o'i-h::sres through which .Ai..xanticr il. pas~pd. that lft was nothing bu, |; provision deAlrr Nearly every nl" il! that s.rct' was Il pai,, spy. in' NeboZer juhed with his customers pita-,d his purTeyOr> and WaS most afat!e and apparently harmless.
 The dealer inspired confidence. and i.i> custom increased gradually. No wonder, fer most of the parcels that his cuStnmnrs were c;trryin. awar by day contained nothing but earth earth that during the night hours lad been scr:,ped hy the man and his wife from beneath the street. It was bf such ingenious method that il tun- ne was holiowed and cleared under he thoroughfare and d mine laid be- heath the way the czar often passed. an innocent couch upon which the housewife slept covering the entry to the tunnel
 Yet a1l the work was useless. On the day the scheme was to be carried out the czar upset all the arrange :nents by going off to lunch with the Grand Duchess Catherine Miehaelovua.
 Among those who were watching on behalf of the terrorists was a beauti- fGl girl-a countess. toO-named Pe- re. Shaya. It was she who. seeing the altered arrangements. gave warning. Tte czar would return to the palace another way. Along this route four men carrying bombs were stationed. One threw his Men and horses were killed all around, but the ear stepped from his coach unscathed. A second man holding bomb came forward and threw it. This time the effect was awful" says Waclaw Gasiorow- ski, who describes the incident in his book. Tragic Russia. The ear fell as if cut by scythe. His legs were shattered to pieces" So died the czar many times.
 Alexander III. followed and there were attempts upon his life. The fourth was one of the most senSa- tiona in the entire list of nihilist plots.
 On bright autumn day the impe- rial train travelled at full speed on the track we'll guarded by soldiers. It was toward noon. The imperial family were in the 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 ill.
 The court physician attended the man and. having stated that he had fever. with symptoms of some mex plicable ailment. decided that the man could not remain in the imperial train, and he was left at the next station.
 The train moved forward toward Borki. travelling at tho speed of eighty kilometers an hour. Then the cleo trical bell notified tie cool; that the imperial family were ready for lunch con. \ few seconds after the bell sounded 8 terrific noise was heard. and violent explosion changcd in the twinkling of an eye the luxurious i'm perial train into heap of broken iron. of wrecked cars Cf mu:ilated corpses. enve,oped in smoke and made all the more narrowing by the moan Ing and cries for help of the wounded Yet the cZar escaped. The diNin. room car that the nihiliStS had in- his family and his suit saved him. for although its roof and floor were wrecked it's sides were preserved