Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-24

informed assured their friends that what the
workmen wanted was the abdication Of the
Emperor and the establishment Of a Republic.
Rumors without end filed the town, and every
body belonging to the upper classes Of society
trembled with panic and scarcely dared to
come out Of their houses. This universal
anxiety was carefully nursed by the agents Of
the Government in order to Justify the measures
1t meant to take to restore an order that had
not yet been disturbed.
las the workmen approached the palace the
Empress ran into the room crying that the
mutineers were coming, and that they must 60
at once. She was holding her son In her arms
and crying violently. Her husband threw
cloak over her shoulders and hurried, together
with her, to the door. where their carriage was
waiting, to take them TO the station saying
to his uncles as he went: Don't spare them;
Kill as many as is necessary
meanwhile the workmen, not knowing what
was going on, began shouting their desire to
see the Gear, their little father No reply was
given to these appeals, no word of warning was
spoken and suddenly, before these masses had
been able to realize what happening the
troops took to their rifles and laid low as many
OF the now frightened creatures as they could
After few moments, when the smoke had
dissipated, the square was found to be covered
with dead bodies and wounded men, women
and children. The soldiers fired again and
again, and when the crowds, struck with terror
fed In every direction, they were followed by
mounted Cossaeks, who pursued them all along
the Nevski Prospekt, killing whom they could
either with their rifles or with their whips; and
sweeping the whole length of the long avenue
and laying low all who had succeeded in es
Gaping the first charge of the cavalry"
49, me The Car showed his brutal and stupid
heartlessness once more when his devoted
adherent, the reactonary Prime Minister
Stolyp1n, asSaSsinated,
The Prime Minister fell under the bullet Of
one of his own agents, Jew called Bagrov.
who had been employed by the political police
as spy for a number of years. 1t was with
ticket signed by stolypin himself that he had
obtained an entrance into the theatre. and he
nred at his chief with revolver which be-
ionged to the Government and which had been
given to him by one of the heads of the Okh.
rama or private guard of the Emperor Stoly.
pin 1ell or rather, dropped in his chair with
Just one exclamation, Il am done for!"
Nicholas II. was sitting with his daughters In
the state box, but he never made the slightest
movement to show that he was impressed nv
the trag1cal event The crowd that filled the
theatre began to cheer him with unusual en-.
thusiasm. which he accepted with a slight bow
In the direction of the audience. but he did
not seem to evince particular interest as to
the fate of his wounded minister He re.
turned to the palace without visiting the
wounded man or making a personal inquiry
as 70 his condition.
The author leaves little doubt that the
Czarina Is mentally deranged. The hopeless
Illness OF her only son. whose coming was
awaited for years with such cruel anxiety has
put the last touch on her miseries.
ne Empress nerves certainly not in
sound condition. and this fact ought to be
taken into consideration when thinking or
speaking about her. writes Count VassiIi
THE horrors of the revolution left a deep i'm.
preston upon her mind she has no fatalism
in her character. and lives In dread of her chill
dren and husband being murdered. Her highly
strung nature takes more seriously even than
serNe certain circumstances which
surround her. and she has not enough com.
mand of herself to meet with courage what.
ever fate lies before her. Not understanding
that soyereigns must pay with their persons
for the privileges Of their position In the
world, she spends her time In imploring her
husband to put himself and his family into
safety instead of urging him to come forward
aud 20 confront whatever danger lies before
MIN.
Some people say that Alexandra Feodorovna
is mad. and that her madness takes an erotic
direction. which accounts for her seclusion in
which she is kept, and which is given out to be
her own desire. l do not believe in this
rumor, which is circulated In order to account
for her vagares and extravagances of be-
havior; but what do think Is that she is a
woman very unfortunate in her life and in her
friendships, who, dissatisfied by nature al
ways yearns for the impossible
'The general report was that she was given
to studying the mysteries of occult science and
that these studies proved too much for her
nerves She saw dangers where they did not
exist and was always fearing catastrophes
which we're daily predicted to her by spiritual.
lists who sought their own advantage out of her
weakness. After a time she was prevailed