St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-04
A RUSSIAN ROMANCE,
Story ofan Omcer Who Angered
the Gar and Fled to America. rs

SCOfy Oh an o1nCer w no AnGefeQ
the Gar and Fled to America. s.
Portland (Or.) Welcome.
AT a state banquet given at st. Peters
burg at the time of the Franco-Prussian
war, the toast ''The German Empire,n
was proposed by the car, when the
crown prince and present car dashed
his wine glass down upon the table and
refused to drink to the land of the Teu-
tons. His sire became irate and told a
courtier near by to eject the hot-headed
young man, but fearing the displeasure
of the prince the dignitary in some way
eyaded carrying out the unpleasant
command. Among those at the dinner
was Capt. A. Newy lizoffskoff, or Newy,
as it is now Anglicized, who
openly declared that if he had
been called upon by the car to lay
hands upon the prince he would not
have hesitated in the performance of
such duty second. This speech cost
Russian army, and, in fact, in Russia,
cars alleged dislike. compelled to be-
come an exile and suffer the confsca-
ton of his estates, valued at 100000
rubles. Accompanied by his wife, who
had $4,000 of her own. Capt. Newy set
tied in California, and then, about four
years ag0-having previously become
an American citizen and renounced the
car and all his pOmp-Went to Cen
tralia, w. T., where he resided for some
time, and then moved to Toledo. not far
distant, which is his present home. He
purchased considerable land in the
neighbOrhoOd and stocked it with
blooded horses and cattle, and
purchased quantities of the best
agricultural machinery in order
to go into business on heavy scale. To
say that an inexperienced foreigner
with plenty of money was feeced by
those who sold him cattle and by numer-
Gus others who came in contact with
him, goes without saying. While living
in Washington territory his wife made
trip to st. Petersburg, and on her re-
turn had an immense supply of costly
presents given her by wealthy Russian
relatives, which now ornament their
Toledo home. Having through sheer
ignorance-for he had been trained
solely for the army-squandered a great
deal of his wife's money, Capt. Newy
wrote to the car requesting that his
c0nfiscated estates be restored to him.
oue Ohlii w ShOiiIOo III COult IiOuG VI
his letters everreached the 'sRuler of all
the Russias." Becoming desperate, the
exile short time ago left for Europe to
enforce his claims in person, and las
week ON crossing the border into Rus
STA was arrested and thrown into Jail as
political prisoner. On Thursday
telegram was sent to Portland from
Paris, by some of Capt. Newy's friends,
to Messrs. Staver q Walker, Who are
fully cognizant of the captains affairs
here. requesting that they and Mr.. A.
Feldenheimer, another friend of the I'M
fortunate, call on Senator Mitchell, of.
Oregon. and induce him to see Secretary
of State Bayard Immediately and bring
about his release from prison, as he is
now citizen of the United States and
free to travel where he pleases. Sena7
tor Mitchell will give the matter his
most active attention, and we hope be-
fore another week to be able to chron-
icle that Capt. Newy has been not only
liberated from prison, but has been re-
stored to his immense fortune and for.
mer rights as man. IS