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’ LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
r
C. F. Hendee is removing from Isaacs
place to Wall street.
Buckingham Post, G.vA. R. will
hold a regular meeting to-night.
A coal freighted car jumped the rail-
road track at Branchville‘yesterday,
and did considerable damage to the
turntable. . _ ' .
George Anderson has applied for a
license to sell liquor at 37 South Main
street, South Norwalk.
The annual rental of pews took place
at the ' First Methodist church last
night. The pews brought good prices.
Mrs. 'Kittie Downes and children, of '
New Haven, have returned to Norwalk
and W111 make their home with Mrs.
'Downes’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
rAhearn, Cross street. .
Aprayer meeting was held at the
residence of Mrs. James Sutherland.
Belden avenue, last night.
The Norwalk Pharmaceutical associ-
ation will hold its monthly meeting to-
night.
An informal family gathering was
held at the home of Mrs. George W.
Couch on Bayview avenue, Monday af-
ternoon. _ , \
Miss Kate Dekens, of New York, was
a guest of her brother, Peter Dekens,
of Girard place, Sunday.
Owing to the services of holy week,
St. Mary’s Ladies’ Aid society will
meet, this evening. '
Misses Amy and Louie Wood, of
West avenue,'are spending ‘the day
with Capt. and Mrs. I. N. Pressey‘, in
Bridgeport.
Warren Smith,Jr., of Madison street,
entertained a party of friends at'dinner
Tuesday evening, at his home.
There will be an auction sale of
household furniture at No. 3 Grand
street,i_.Sgturday.
Thevdate’ for; the annual 1“ meet and
eat” of the Co. F veteran association
has not yet been fixed upon.
Miss Ella Worden is ill of the grip at
. her home on Orchard street.
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l.
Charles Page is removing from Bel-
den avenue, this city, to High street:
South Norwalk.
The subject of conversation of th
Men’s Hour in the pastor’s Study of the
. outhNorwalk Baptist church,l_ast even-
ing, was,Some Things the Bible Says
About Satan. The purpose of these
meetings is to aid one another in' the
comprehension of Bible truths.
Miss Ida M. Thornton. formerly 0
South Norwalk, who is now head nurse
in a ward of the New Haven City Hos-
pital, is suffering from a strained ankle,
reCeived last fall, and is recruiting at
the home of her sister, Mr‘. Aiken, in
Stamford. '
A hearing is scheduled before the
judiciary committee of the legislature
at Hartford, today, on the propositicl
to make Bridgeport the sole county seat
for Fairfield county. This bill was a
result of the Danbury court house fight.
It will probably be withdrawn. It is
not likely anyone will appear at the
hearing, this afternoon.
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Women Should Know ll.
Many women suffer untold agony and
misery because the nature of their dis-
ease is not correctly understood. They
have been led to believe that womb
trouble or female weakness of some
sort is responsible for the many ills
that beset Womankind. -
Neuralgia, nervousness, headache.
pufi'y or dark circles pnder the eyes,
rheumati‘é’m, a dragging pain or dull
ache in the back, weakness or bearing
down sensation, profuse or scanty sup,
ply of urine with strong odor, frequen-
desire 'to pass it With scalding or burnt
ing sensation, sediment in it after
standing in bottle or common glass for
twenty-four hours, are signs of kidney
and bladder trouble.
The abOVe symptoms are often at-
tributed by the patient herself, or by
her physician, to female weakness or
womb trouble. Hence, so many fall to
obtain relief, because they are treating
not the disease itself, but a reflection
of the primary cause, which is kidney
trouble. _ .
In fact. women as well as men are
made miserable with kidney and blad-
der trouble and both need the same
remedy. I
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, ‘ is the
great discovery of the eminent kidney
and bladder specialist, and is easy to
get at any drug store for fifty cents or."
one dollar. -
To proveits wonderful merits, you
may have a. sample bottle and book
l-ellll’ig allabout it both cent absolute-
Ly free by mail. Kindly mention Tn!
'NORWALK._,GAZEME , and and. your
address to Dr. Kilmer & 00., Bing-
‘hampton, N. Y.
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Most of the painters in town have
plenty of work.
Miss Rose Jarvis, of North port, L.I.,
Street.
Edward Shields. of Hamilton avenue,
has secured a position with the New
York and Eastern News Company, and
is on the main division of the Consol~
idated railroad;
Mrs. A. Dickinson and daughter Flor-
ence. of South Main street. will spend
the Easter holidays at Fishkill on the
Hudson. ' .
Mrs. William B. Unholtze, of Stam-
ford, is a guest of her mother, Mrs.
Kelleher, of this city.
The firemen of Norwalk are taking
part in a voting contest, the winner of
which is to receive a bicycle. Irving
H. Reed, 3. son of. Selectman Lewis
Reed, of this city, leads the list of con-
testants.—Danbury News. ,
The] T. L. T. club will meet this
afternoon with Miss Hattie Parker, of
Main street.
Miss Jennie Smith of Ridgefield, has
been a recent guest of Miss Fannie
Hoyt, of East avenue.
Ephriam Themes, has contracts for
constructing an extension to the Stam-
ford Yacht club’s dock, at Shippan
Point, and also for building a new dock
for ex-Councilman John B. Phillips,
just south of the yacht club property.
Uncas Tribe Imp. O. R. M. met in
Red Men’s hall last night and made
preparations for the social to be held
next Tuesday evening.
‘va 7‘
EXCESSIVE POLITENE‘SS
‘Trnit of Dresden Peoplc.\Vh.ich Some-
times Makes Them. Appear
Ridiculous.
The people of Dresden are very p0»
life, so over-polite that they not. infrc‘
quently bring down ridicule upon them-
selves. It used to be told in that city
that a stranger was one day crossing
the great bridge that. spans the Elbe,
Ian-d, asked..,a native. to direct him to a
{cert-lain church whichhewishield' i’o-fii‘td.
' “Really, my dear sir,” saidth'e Dres-
d-ener, bowing low, “I grieve greatly to
say it, but I cannot tell you.”
The stranger passed on, afilittle Slur--
prised at this voluble answer to a sim-
ple question. He had proceeded but
a short distance when he heard hur-r
'ried footsteps behindhim, and, turning
round, saw the same man running to
catch up with him. '
In- a. moment his pursu-er was by his
side, his breath nearly gone, but
enough left. to say, hurriedly: “My dear
sir, you asked me how you could find
the church, and. it pained me to have
to say that I did not know. Just-now
I met my brother, but I grieve to say
that he did not know either.”
BEST OF ALL.
To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the
'Sprirgtime comes, use the true and
perfect "remedy, Syrup of Figs. Buy
the genuine. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup 00., only, and for
sale by all druggists, at 50 cents per
AUCTION SALE
Household Furniture
ON
Saturday, April Ist. ’99.
At No. 3 Grand Street, near Catherine Street,
‘ I Norwalk, Conn.
Consisting of eight Bedroom Sets,
Carpets, Parlor and other Furniture,
Crockery, Stoves, five new Clocks,
Watches, Fancy Goods, and many
. other articles. Two-seated Canopy and
Buggy. Sale to commence at 9:30. If
stormy, next fair day.
M 29, 3t.
‘ Dividend Notice.
THE FAIRFIELD CO. SAVINGS BANK.
A dividend at the rate of three and
one-half per cent. per annum on all
sums of $2,000 and under, and three
per cent. on amounts in excess of that
sum, has been declared to depositors
from the earningsof the six months
ending March 31st. Payable on and
after April 10th, 1899.
“ VICTOR S. SELLECK,
Secretary and Treasurer.
HERE’S YOUR GRANGE.
. A fine building lot on Wilton ave
nae. If you intend to build, look
at this before purchasing.‘ '
Water, gas and sewer on the avenu’e
Will be sold at a Bargain;
. w. . ,u'. svmofou,
neat-Estate ondlnsnranco
" Room I. Ga_zettoB lltd.
is visiting Mrs. H. Taylor. of Cove.
NAVAL BOARD REPORT."
All the Officers Appointed‘Are Fa-
vorably Passed.
WASHINGTON, March' 29.—The na-
val board of promotion, consisting of
Rear Admirals McNair, Howell and
Howison, completed its Work yesterday
and submitted its report. The board was
convened to determine the qualifica-
tions of those officers recently advanced
to the rank of rear admiral under the
terms of the naval personnel bill. The
report passes favorably on all the offi-
cers appointed,‘ so that all question of
their advancement is removed. The list
is as folldws: -
Rear Admirals George C. Remey, Nor-
man H. Farquhar, John C. Watson,-
Henry B. Robeson, Winfield S. Schlef.
Silas Casey, William T. Sampson, Bart-
lett J. Cromwell, John W. Philip, Fran-
cis J. Higginson, Henry F. Picking,
Frederick Rodgers, Louis Kempff and
George W. Sumner. . ,
In addition to this favorable action
was taken on Captain Benjamin F. Day,
whose formal promotion to the rank of
rear admiral by appointment of 'the
president has not yet been made. The
retirement yesterday of Rear Admiral
Robeson caused a vacancywhich makes
Captain Day a rear admiral.
The report of the board is now to be
approved by the judge advocate gener-
al and by the secretary of the navy,
which, however, is merely a. formality.
,It was stated authoritatively that it did
notcontain a. word regarding the re-
spectIVe merits of Rear Admiral Schley
or Rear Admiral Sampson.
Editor Medill’s Will.
CHICAGO, March 29.——The will of Jo-
seph Medill, late editor of The Tribune,
has been filed in the probate court. The
estate, which is estimated at about $2,-
000,000 net, is bequeathed in equal
shares to his two daughters, Mrs. Rob-
ert W. Patterson and Mrs. Robert S.
McCormick. The Tribune stock is left
in hunt to Robert W. Patterson, Robert
S. McCormick and William G. Beale,
who are given full power to vote and
manage or sell as the majority may de-
cide. The heirs at law are authorized
to dispose by will of their interest in
The Tribune if not sold at the time of
their decease. In addition to a number
of bequests to relatives Mr. Medill left
$1,000 each to a number of old Tribune
employees.
The President‘s Return.
WASHINGTON, March 29.—President
McKinley has returned to Washington-
after an outing of two weeks and a day.
The special train bearing the president
and the members of the party Who have
been with him through the trip pulled
into the Pennsylvania depot here at ex-
actly 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The
trip was without special incident. There
was no speechmaking, though at sever-
al points along the route large crowds
had gathered, anxious to get a glimpse
of the chief executive. Both Mr. and
Mrs. McKinley are greatly refreshed by
the outing. - ..
Korean Minister Transferr‘ed".
WASHINGTON, March 29.—Mr. Chin
Pom Ye, the minister from Korea. at
Washington, has been transferred to
Russia, France and Austria. His suc-
cessor as minister plenipotentiary and
envoy extraordinary to l'the'. 'Unitefié 3
States will‘be ~Mr.r'Whan Young. .Min;
He already has been designated for this
mission and will arrive here in a. few
months, possibly in June. Minister Ye’s
new mission is an important one, and
he.will direct the diplomatic affairs Of
Korea. in all of the, three countries
named. ' '
Bids For New York Custom House.
WASHINGTON, March 29.——At a con-
ference between Assistant Secretary
Taylor and Mr. Bidwell, collector of
customs at New York, it has been de-
cided to invite sealed proposals for the
purchase of the 01d custom house prop-
erty in New York, thegovernment re-
serving the right to reject any or all
bids. The terms of the sale will. be ad-
vertised in the newspapers, under which
prospective purchasers will be given 30
days in which to submit their bids.
Researches In Mexico. -
PITEBLA, Mexico, March 29.’—Pro-
fesscr Frederick Starr of the United
Society of Chicago has arrivedrhere
from the wilds of southern Mexico. He
spent some time among the Indians of
the state of Oaxaca, and he said that
his researches revealed that canni-
balism actually existed ambng them
not longer ago than 40 years.
Articles Must Be Signed.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills., March 29,—Rep-
resentative Rankin has introduced in
the legislature a bill providing thatievé'
ery article in 'a newspaper or other
printed publication tending to impeach
the reputation of any person shall be
signed by the writer thereof. The bill
is modeled after the California law on
this subject.
Victims of “Undoin- Fire.
NEW YORK, March 29.-——Up to 10
o’clock‘last night 26 bodies had been re-
covered from the ruins of the Windsor
hotel. These. added to the number of
identified, make 37 in all.
New York Markets.
FLOUR—State and western dull and
easier, without quotable change; winter
patents, $3.75@4; winter straights, $3.60
@3.85; Minnesota patents, [email protected];
winter extras, [email protected].
WHEAT—No. 2 red sold off sharply
. in response to lower cables, foreign sell-
ing and local liquidation; March, 820
82%c.; May, 75 11-16@76 11—16c.
RYE—Quiet; state, 58c. ; western, 631,5
@64c., f. o. b., afloat. ' ,
CORN—No. 2 dull and weak under
realizing and bearish cables; May, 40%
@40%c.; July, 407/130.
OATS—No. 2 quiet; track, white, state,
35%@390.; track, whiteywesternk 35%@
39c. '
PORK—Dull; mess, [email protected]; family,
[email protected]. .
LARD—Steady; prime western steam
$160, nominal. I
BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, 14%@
200.: state creamcry, 17@22c.
CHEESE—Steady; large, white, 120.;
small, white, 12%0.
EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylva:
nia. 13%“; western, 1304c. ~
SUGAR—Raw quiet; fair refining,
3%c.; centrifugal, 96 test, 4%c.; refined
quiet; crushed, B%c.; powderedfiafioi
MOLASSES—Steady; NeveOrhana, 32
@370. _ .
RICE-«Firm; domestic, 4%@7.c.; .Jj'a-
pan, 5®51/4c.
TALLOW—Dull; city, 4%@d%o.; com:
‘ry’ m%' I _ . , ~ ~. ' :i'. x . , ’ '
_ HAY—Dull: shippinz. “Giulio“ ‘0
choice, “@660. " , ' ‘
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Talon-PORTLAND
Traces of MissingVessel Found
Off Boston Light.
WENTADOWN IN NOVEMBER this.
Only Thirty of the Bodies of the-Two
Hundred on the 111 Fated Ship
Huv‘e Been. Recovered -— The
Wreck May Be Raised.
BOSTON, March 29.——With the haul-
ing to the surface of the waters of Mas-
sachusetts bay, entangled in the trawls,
Of a. quantity of steamer furnishings by
the crew of the schooner Maud S it is
believed that the location of the hull of
the ill fated steamer Portland has been
definitely .determined. The wreckage
consists of two electric light brackets, a
mattress, some minor cabin furnishings,
a-heaving line and a garter, and the
point on the bay is given by captain
Thomas as 32% miles east one-half
north from Boston light, 17 miles south-
southeast of Cape Ann and 24 miles
north three-quarters west from High-
land light, the depth of the water being
between 50 and 60 fathoms.
Only a few Weeks ago another fisher-
man at very nearly the same place
ubrought up some washbowl fittings, but
these could not be positively identified.
The articles just found, when brought
ashore, were positively
Agent C. F. Williams of the Portland
.line as being a part of the furnishings
in one of the cabins of the steamer,
While the finding of the garter leads to
the belief that there are bodies in the
wreck. 0f the 200 human beings, more
er in the terrific gale of Nov. 26 and 27
the remains of'les’s than 30 were recov-
ered along the shore of Cape Cod, over
.30 miles away. It is possible, therefore,
that many bodies are in the wreck, but
ing to light any additional portions of
the vessel. The steamboat people, while
pleased that the location of the steamer
has been determined, will leave fur—
ther action to the owner of the vessel.
Mr. John F. Burke of New York, from
whom the boat was chartered. A num—
ber of propositions have already been
submitted to Mr. Burke for the raising
of the steamer based on the theory that
very little of the vessel was washed
away before she spgik and that if found
she could be made serviceable again.
The finding of the steamer at this
point is considerable of a blow too.
great number of theories as to where
inside of Cape Cod bay. It is new be-
lieved, with the finding of the wreck
the ocean currents in the bay during
the storm ran much stronger than is
usually the case.
7 o’clock on the evening of the storm,
Nov. 26, and was last seen off Thatcher
‘island lights, Cape Ann, an hour'be-
fore midnight.
A Tobaccouist’s Princcly Gift.
, MONTREAL,-—March 29.—Sir~Wi11iam
-' McDonald, Mo treal’s millionaire to-
bacco manufacturer, has made another
:munificent donation to McGilLuniver-
isi-ty. This time it‘ is the school of min-
ing which benefits, and the gift is large
enough to provide the services of a
;ljé'cturer, a demonstrator, an assistant
’and .a complete - staff of mechanics,
’ 'which, with his recent endowment of the
:professional chair, gives that depart-
:n’ient a. complete staff. The amount of
Sir William’s present donation has not
been made public, but it is said to be
in the neighborhood of $300,000 and
raises the total sum of money he has
given to McGill to over $3,000,000.
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The Connelnnugh at Honolulu.
HONOLULU, via San Francisco,
March 29.—The United States transport
Connemaugh has arrived, less than‘nine
days from San Francisco, on her way to
Manila. She carries about 300 mules for
the army in Manila. The vessel will be
here a week or two. The gunboat
Wheeling sailed for Manila. on Monday.
Denmark Sends Cruiser to China.
COPENHAGEN, March 29. —- The
folkething, or lower house of the Dan-
ish parliament, by a. vote of'73 against
28 has granted a credit of 100,000 kroner
to the Danish government to send the
Danish cruiser Fyon to China in con-
nection with Denmark’s commercial
project there. >
. Ar Elgar“ ‘
randreth’s Pills.
' You know the Scotch superstition
about the “little people,” the
“ pixies,” who creep into the house
when all are asleep and sweep it,
clean it and put it in perfect order
- to the amazement and joy of the
mistress in the morning. There
are Pixy Pills. They’re Brandreth’s.
While you sleep they are cleansing
thehouse’of the body, getting into
neglected corners, scouring them
and carrying away the refuse. Just
a , regular course of Brandrcth’s
, Pills, one. or. two every. night, is '
, oftensall that is'rneeded to put the
1 wholc‘vbody' in a" condition of perfect
W’s BMdold
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’ and France, announces that he has con-
identified by;
or less, who went down with the steam- ,
grapples will be the sole means of bring- '
the wreck occurred. All the wreckage '
came ashore at the end of and outside -
of Cape Cod, and none of it was found i
nearly 25‘miles north of Cape‘Cod, that I
The Portland left \Boston shortly after 3
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- from a letter written by a distinguish-
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. }
Successful Experiments In England i
Over Long Distances. . ,
LONDON, March 29.-—Signor Gugliel- ‘
mo Marconi, the inventor who recently.
after long delay, obtained permission
from the French government to estab-
lish a. station on the French coast for
the purpose. of experimenting with
wireless telegraph)? between England
ducted successful experiments between
South Foreland, county of Kent, and
Boulogne,-at the mouth of the Lianne.
South Foreland is the most easterly
land in England, consisting of a chalky
cliff- about 200 feetln height projecting
into the North sea. and having two
lighthouses with .an elevation of 372
feet. Signor Marconi, whose system of
wireless telegraphy has been in prac-
tical operation off the English coast for
several months between the ,South
Foreland lighthouse and the East
Goodwin lightship, a distance of 12
miles, had considerable difficulty in ob-
taining the consent of the French gov-
ernment to his proposal to establish
communication of this nature between
the English and French coasts. About
a month ago, however, M. Lockroy,
French ‘minister of marine, consented
to a. test to be made between Dover and
Calais or Folkestone and Cape Gris Nez,
the distance in each case being about ,
20 miles.
The distance from the South Foreland
lighthouse to Boulogne-Sur-Mer is 32
milesythe greatest previous distance
covered having been the 18 miles, be-
tween Poole and Bournemouth, in Eng—
land. An experience of 14 months had
shown him that no kind of weather in
England would stop the working of his
apparatus. The vertical conductor he
uses is the main feature of his system,
and he has found that the distance to
which signals may be sent varies ac-
cording to the square of the length of
this conductor. For signaling 18 miles
he used a conductor 80 feet high, and in
his application to M. Lockroy he con-
tended that with a conductor 11! feet
high he could establish communication
between points on opposite sides of the
strait of Dover and even go that dis-
tance ten miles better.
His experiments have already proved
that when such a vertical wire, or con-
ductor, is employed no hindrance to
signaling is caused by hills or other ob-
stacles or by the curvature of the earth.
Communication between lightslzips
and shore is a matter of great impor-
tance, and the wireless system between
the South Foreland lighthouse and the
East Goodwin lightship worked all
through the fierce storms of the latte-r
part of February without interruption,
the messages being flashed continually
from ship to shore and vice versa.
First \Virelcss Message.
LONDON, March 29,—The Times this
morning prints 21 100 word dispatch, the
first press message by the Marconi sys-
temof wireless telegraphy, "describing
the experiments between the South
Foreland and Boulcgne—sur-Mer. he
experiments were conducted with the
Morse code, which was read as distinct-
ly as if the termini had been connected
by wires.
AMERICA’S BIG TASK
A British Officer Looks on {the Dark
Side of the Philippine Question. '
LONDON, March 29. —- The Daily
Chronicle this morning‘prints extracts
ed British naval ofilcer, recently in
Philippine waters, who dilates upon the
difficulties facing the Americans there.
The writer, whose name is not given,
says that the climate is very trying for
nine months of the year and that it is
quite imposSible for whites to live there.
The Americans, he declares, lack mule
batteries or horses to move their ar-
tillery. He is confident that the Amer-
icans “would prefer to clear out,” but
explains that “they cannot do this be-
cause of the foreign merchants.”
The officer also remarks: "The Amer-
icans do not appear ,to understand the
game of using one lot of atives against
another. If they wish to conquer the
islands, they must adopt that plan and
cilso make roads and railways.”
Plait Visits thngzrnor.
ALBANY, March 29.——Senator Thom-
as C. Platt arrived in this city at 4:15
o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Benja-
min B. Odell and Lemuel Ely Quigg.
The senator was driven directly to the
executive mansion. In the evening Gov-
ernor and Mrs. Roosevelt gave an in-
formal dinner in his honor.
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INTHEIMGRINING '
Look in the Mirror:
You can see the change. Brand-
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brighten the eyes, make, the skin
healthy, banish the sallownecs and
pimples. Thc'y purify the blood,
cleanse the body and keep the
bowels regular. They are the true ~
beauty pill. Beauty begins in the
blood. Beautynever bas a torpid
liver. The very beginning of beauty '
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CZAR’S BEST return)”
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Grand Duke Michael Now Is .Rusd,
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Although 67 fear. on In In n‘Phyl-
‘ foal um Mental Giant,3tlll'—Notcd
' for m- eommiy and Diplo-
matic Achievements.
While it is evident that Czar Nicho-~ .
has has not been as ill as was recently
reported, it is equally evident that for
some time he has not taken much part
in state affairs, and that the burden
:of governmental work has fallen upon
the Shoulders of Grand Duke Michael
Nicolaievitch, who is his father’s um
ole and who was always highly 99'
teemedby the late czar. It is said that
the chief reason why Nicholas does
not attend personally to state affairs
is his anxiety regarding the approach,
'ing confinement of the czarina. and
{thatall reports to the contrary have
probably emanated fro-m certain high;l
1y placed person-s jl} St. Pete_rsl:mi§g","
fwhosc plans would be' upset by and
birth of an heir. .34
should cause some anxiety to the ”czar
is not surprising. As yet he has-119‘
son, and, in default of a son. themal’tj
prql heir to the throne is hisbrothsn,‘
Duke George. The duke. "
a confirmed invalid, and hence ill qual-f
ifi-ed‘to undertake the responsibility
of ruling a vast empire like Russia. If
he should waive his claim the throne
would by law pass to the nearest male
relative of the czar,-for, according to
the stajute, the crown, of Russia is to
descend only to direct mal-e heirs, and!
not until this scarce of supply is ex-lx
hausrted can it be transmitted to direcfl
female heirs. i
If the czarina. gives birth to a boy he
will, of course, be the heir. and in thei
event of his- father’s death before hj
attains his majority his principal ad,
viser will almost certainly be the 01
Grand Duke Michael. Attempts magi
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GRAND DUKE BIICHAELL.
'(Most Influential Member of the Imperial
Russian Family.)
be made to supplant. him, but hischar~
acter and popularity are such that
they will hardly succeed. '
Notable indeed in many respects is
this: great Muscovite noble. In his
youth he app-ears to have been rather
reckless, and both he and his two broth-
ers. Grand Dukes Constantine and
Nicholas, incurred some odium owing
to charge-s! of corruption that were
brought against them in connection
with the war against-dhe Turks. Asa.
result Grand Dukes Constantine and,
Nicholas were deprived of most of
their honors shortly after Alexander
I‘ll. ascended the throne and were com-f
pelled to spend the remainder of their
lives in banishment, th-eir disgrace be-
ing notorious. .The outside world ex-
pected that Grand Duke Michael would
be treated in the same manner, but he
was not. On the contrary. the late
czar never ceased to regard him with
marked favor and affection.
The reason was simple. Alexander
III. never forgot that it was Grand
Duke Michael who was the first to
hasten to the bedside of the dying czar ,
after the latter had been struck by
the bomb in 1881. It washe who sup-
ported hismanglcd brother in hi-sarms
from the scene of the explosion to that
room in the wintgr palace where he
breathed his last. and. when it was all _
over it was found that-he was drenched
from head to f00t with his brotheris
blood. Alexander III. n’ever forget
this. and Grand Duke Michael could al- -
vvays rest assured of his indulgence
and regard.
Grand Duke Michael is also noted for
his personal achievements. He was the
czar’s lieutenant in the Caucasus from
1862 to 1881.. and it was during hissway
that the conquest of the country was
completed. At the battle of In'kernianl
he obtained the cross of St. George for,
personal gallantry, and it was under
his orders that thesiege of Kars,end-
ing with its capitulation, took place.
In 1855 he was made general field mar—
shal, the highest military distinction,
which is rarely conferred in Russia,
and, last, in 1881 he was made president:
of the council of the e'mpire, the high-
est office in the state. In November,
1898, his jubilee was celebrated. this
being the fiftieth anniversary of his;
entry into the army. The enthusiasm;
manifested on this occasion was clean;
vincing testimony of the grand duke’s
popularity, which he owes as much to,
his chivalrous character and affab‘ility,
as to the important part which he has
played in the destinies of RuSSia.
Passion Flower“: Short Life.
The passion. flower, which grows in _
the South American forests, can only ‘
be enjoyed where it grows. as it fadbs‘
almost as soon as it is picked. '
. Ineligible for Matrimony.
A law rece‘ntly'passed ,tip.~.-Noany
mirth? girls ineligible"er m'a'trimofiy
unless they. can show-certificates of
skill in cooking. knittingsnd spinning.
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