The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-25

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q y 80. PescruhurR letter % she New
York Trjbwns. For ten days past little
else has heen talked Of I'm either salon or
club. The prisoneru. with the solitary ex-
ccption Ut their beautiful female accom-
p1ice, are all men. who, until . few weeks
a9o, were prominent both ~ the imperial
court and i'm society. They belonged 70
the hest clubs here IN bear names
which figure ON Inc most brilliant pages
of Russian history. Eleven I'm number,
the gang consists Of two counts, four
noblemen OF lesaer degree, . judge of the
civil tribunal, y couple Of officials of the
police department. and . man once IA
mo,s ON the turf I'm the various capitals
Of Europe. hat who, having s~quandered
been dependent during the last three
years for his mathematics on the extra
ordinary beauty Of his wife,
in the coal mines of the island Of Sangal-
o.s and clever nature. For months mast
they have been in the habit Of pled9ing
small articles OF jewelry. at the govern
means of the application of chemicals
they would then remove from the pawn
tickets all trace of the writing which bore
reference to the object pledged and to the
sum loaned thereon, and would substitute
i'm it's stead the description Of imaginary
sar s.,ns aio s yniae' ' IN fhis y,s .1ans 81 sha
pawnticket of u gold watch on which 40
rubles had been dvance was:altcred into
u sum Of 1000 rubles was asserted to have
been lent. As the government Mont de
Pietc never more than 80 per
cent. of the cost value OF the article
pawnesi il is always possible To pledge the
pawn ticket itself for about half of its face
value TO- prji rvs agencies oT5Fanissd by
crates. Therefore. FOUND no difficulty i'm
disposinR of their altered pawn-tickets AT
cost. The piedsiSs Of die 3c~eiry fs.ii Al
the Mont de Piete was done almost
exclusively by the married couple
writing and the insertion OF the new figures
and designation was performed by Count
Nicolas PodRoritchaHi, who va. the leader
both OF whom seem to have been adopts
Mt forgery; and the final disposal of the
ing members OF the hand, ali Of them ele-
would dash up tn the door of the pawn
sse carriage zii"s or sleigh and ~r.n eSpI pi,,
their urgent need of money on their
pawn:tickets on the ground that they
of baccarat at their club and required the
funds at once To continue their play.
Loans made by, the imperial Monte de
Pete at st. Petersburg run for u period of
twelve months. By an inconccivable
piece of neglect, the conspirators failed
from the tick agent before the term
mentioned on the face thereof became
due. The ticket agent, therefore, ON the
Monte de Picte and demanded the diadem
mentioned thereon as having been
pledged in return for the payment of the
sum stated To have been advanced ami of
the interest thereon. of course the oiIi-
cials of the Monte de Pictc, Oh referring to
their books, at once bccame aware that n
fraud had been perpetrated. A careful ex-
animation of the ticket and the application
of chemicals revealed traces of the former
writing which has been erased, and il WAS
6fss.n that thS. ticket in HllesStinn had nriU-
inally been for quite u small SUM, about
III rlbles, which had been advanced ON u
chemical application which revealed this
likewise brought to light the name of the
person i'm whose favor the ticket had been
sportsman and his beautiful wife
were under lock and key. The
s .i..ern Ixd ann1 niSnsn r.=.aiden ,"s', %,,t ~ sh sn a,r
thcrities ON the track Of their confederat ~
and before niehtfail the whole of the gang
Notwithstanding the fact that during
the course OF the trial II was brought to
light that the lady had sScSessfully p!ac.
one of the leading a~rchimandrites of the
orthodox church here, the jurors pro-
n1hrcsd a verdict i'm favor OF her acqnit-
deep-blue eyes. almost concealed by their
long. black iashes, her magnificent blonde
faai;lcss iisure-a Phryne, indeed. though
draped.
Some surprise may be felt that men OF
such high social rank and standing should
he driven tn adopt these criminal means
Of livelihood. The fact is, however, that
of the aristosracS are entirely ruin
Their estates are estler sold or mort
gagged mp to the very hflt tn the various
banks and money-lenders. Even those
who have been fortunate enough to es-
rape from the clutches OF cent per cent
gentry, and who have managed to retain
possession of their domains,are i'm exceed
ingly reduced circumstances owing
to the continuous decrease i'm
value of land since the
emancipation of the serfs. According to AN
official report just issued the number of
and avowed paupers i'm re-
ceipt of public relief and charity in the
principal cities of Russia i'm Europe
mo- less than s,235 noblelnen,
among whom there are many princes,
count. and barons.. The clergy. in these
cities furnishes n further contingent of
6.OOO to 700 of paupers in receipt OF state
and communal relief. ! may add, how
ever, that S~ebastopol enjoys he proud
and unique distinction i'm Russia OF not
having n single pauper or mendicant
within it's walls. Moscow, on the. other
hand, has mo less han $1,000 ON it's books.
The presence OF SO many hod
among the ranks of the be0Rars
and paupcrs in receipt of public relief ID
to the Increasing contempt
felt Inv uriuce and neasROt here for their