Show THE CZAR IS PLAINTIFF He Wants Eight Thousand Dollar Damages New York Feb 7His Imperial Majesty the Czar of all Russian colonies colon-ies Alexander HI is the plaintiff i a case on trial today before Judge Addison Ad-dison Brown in the United States district dis-trict court in admiralty The Russian sovereign claims 8000 damages against the owners of two steam tugs The papers in the case state that during the recent naval celebration in New York harbor the Russian manof war Dimitri Donski was anchored in the North river off Fortyeighth street Alexander claims the vessel was properly manned and officered anchor lights displayed and alongside along-side the manofwar was her steam launch in which was one of the Russians sailor boys Ha further asserts that the two tuga c i r down the river at midnight on June 12 1893 lashed together and having in tow d fleet 01 canal botvs and coal barges According to the papers the steam launch was struck by one of the canal boats and capsized the man on board being thrown into the water It is also alleged the boom and tackle of the Dimitri Donski Wire badly damaged dam-aged The tugs J passed on it is alleged without paying ary attention to the accident |