The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17

informed assured their friends that what the
%orkmen wanted was the abdication Of the
emperor and the establishment OF a Republic
ilumors without end filed the town. and every
oous peiohgin9 TO the upper classes of society
trembled with panic and scarcely dared To
come out or their houses. This universal
t umAi Go was carefully nursed by the agents OF
the Government in order to justify the measures
II meant to take to restore an order that had
not yet been disturbed
AS the "orkmen approached the palace the
Empress ran into the room CRYING that ths,
mutiheers were coming. and that they must 20
AT once. She was holding her son in her arms
ana crying violently Her husband threw a
COAX over her shoulders and hurried together
with her, to the door. where their carriage was
", M"i ,,s TO take them TO the station. saying
70 MS uncleS as he went: Don't SPARE them:
MI! as many as is necessary
Meanwhile the workmen. not knowing what
was gong on. began shouting their desire to
see the Gar, their little father No rcnIv ,yna
gwen 10 these appeals. no word OF warning was
spoken and suddenly, before these masses had
peen able TO realize what was happeninp tho
troops took to their rifles and laid low as MANY
OF the now frightened creatures as thew could
d,si 80 d .e" moments. when the smoke had
;,I PIteu, the square was found TO be covered
with dead bodies and wounded men. women
anu children. The soldiers fired again and
again. and when the crowds. struck with terror
fed IN every direction. they were followed br
mounted Cossacks. who pursued them all alonc
oue .Sexskl rrospekt. killing whom they could
either with their rifles or with their whins: and
nNeh ~. seemed TO be over a cannon was fred
sweeping the whole length of the long avenue
succeeded in
Gaping the first charge of the cavalry"
The Car showed his brutal and stun,d
n nsha.lessness once more when his devoted
Stolypn. assassinated
me Irime Minister fell under the bullet .,
one or MS own agents. a Jew called Bagroy
VINO mad been employed by the political noiic.
as SPY for number of years 1t was VIII
ticket signed by Stolypin himself that he ha1
o o an entrance into the theatre, and he
PED at his chief with revolver which hee
ionged to the Government and which had haar
given to him by of the heads of the OH
nin for or private guard Of the Emperor Stoly
w. W. one exclamation. II am done fori"
NC H. was sitting with his daughters in
,novs s,aee ooS' put he never made the slightest
t' o'elnent 10 show that he was impressed by
me tragical event. The crowd that filled tba
t theatre began to cheer him with unusual en-
thusiasm, which he accepted with a sIigbt ho,
IN the direction of the audience. bmt he AZ
. ,oe seem 10 evnce particular interest az IN
turned r ,1'e - OF IN his wounded minister He re-.
a. 20 ais condition. Hu''
c. The author leaves little doubt that the
Tlarina is mentally deranged The homeless
Illness of her only son, whose comnp "os
awaited LOT years with such cruel anxiety has
put the last touch on her miseries
ht EMPRESS nerves are certajn,v M, T.,
u sound condition, and this fact ought TO ha
taken into consideration when thnkipe 20
!.9 lTha he. about her. writes Count Vassi.
me horrors Of the revolution left q deem I'm.
preston upon her mind; she has no fataIism
IN her character. and lives in dread of her chill
aIen and husband being murdered Her biebiv
strung nature takes more seriously even than
-' ttan circumstances which
surround her, and she has not enough com
mand or herself to meet with courage what.
ever late lies before her. Not understanding
Una 5nat sc. ssovereigns must pay with their persons
Tor the privileges OF their position IN tha
World sho spends her time in imploring her
husband TO put himself and his family into
Salety instead Of urging him to come forward
njN 'ioo peioTe
Some people say that Alexandra Feodorovn.
Is mad and that her madness takes an erotic
lirectlon which accounts for her seclusion in
"hlch she Is kept, and which is given out IN ha
ler own desire. do not believe IN this
rumor, which Is circulated In order to accom-,
or her vagaries and extravagances of he.
naVlor' nut what do think is that sho is !.
woman wy very unfortunate in her life and in her
friendships, who. dissatisfied by nature al
WAYS a yearns for tho impossible
me general report was that she was q,ven
20 stuuS ing the mysteries of occult science ami
mat these studies proved too much for bor
nerves Shs saw dangers where they did not
, ,!H and was always fearing catastronhes
"hlcn were daily predicted to her by sniritmoI
sts VINO sought their own advantage ont of bn-
" weakness. After a time she was pre~oiIoa