St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
Sergius, Brother Of the Gar,
Wins the Enmity Of Rich
ScoundrelS.
He Interfered With Steals Of
the Funds to Relieve the
Famishing,
Became Unpopular Among
CoPruptionists, and Must
Be Dropped.
A Brazilian Mob Attacks and
Destroys Two Newspaper
Offices.

LONDON, Dec. 26.-COntradictory sto-
ries are received here regarding the
Grand Duke Sergius, brother of the
car, who last spring was appointed
governor of Moscow. At the beginning
of the present month it was said that
the grand duke was making himself
very unpopular by his efforts to sup
press fraudulent practices growing out
of the corruption for which the Russian
official world is notorious. The scandal
In which the grand duke is said to have
interviewed was the misrepresentation of
S12, 500 which had been sent to the Orla
branch of the Red Cross society for re-
lief purposes among the sufferers in the
famine-stricken provinces. The ear
ina is the chief patroneSS of this branch
, of the Red Cross society. The grand
duke recently gave from bis
privy purse 10000 roubles for
the sufferers, but the fact that he has
/ interfered with the stealing of the
famine money has caused him to be
very unpopular with certain wealthy
| and influential class, who are doing their
utmost to secure his removal from
office.
He is charged by this class with TAX
ing advantage of the authority con-
ferred upon him by the car and with
playing the part of tyrant. They say
that his peremptOry behavior is an in
suit to them, and so determined are they
to have his power abridged that they
| have prepared and forwarded to the
car petition praying for his removal
from the Office of governor of Moscow.
/ The adVices received today state the
| car suspects his brother of nursing
ambitious designs" though the ma
ture of these designs in a cOun-
try where all social and pOlit-
ical honOrS emanate from the
GEAR is not stated. 1t is added that the
car has been so impressed by the array
OF evidence presented to him against
the grand duke that it is his intention
to send him into exile.
An illustration of the tyranny" OF
( the grand duke is given. 1t appears
! that he gave orders recently that the
horse races at Moscow were not to COM
mence until he arrived. A large crowd
twas present at the races, and it was
kept waiting for an hour and a half be-
| fore the grand duke appeared. The
/ crowd grew very impatient at the de-
| lay, and when the grand duke appeared
/ he was
Vigorously Kissed.
This incident was reported to the
! ear, and, it is said, is considered to de-
/ eide the question of the grand dukes
| dismissal from office. The wife of the
| Grand Duke Sergius is daughter OF the
| Grand Duke Louis of HeSSe, and a
/ granddau2 liter of Queen Victoria. She
! recently abandoned the religious faith
! in which she was trained. and in April
| last she formally joined the Greek
| church. The grand duke is recognized
! as the head of the old Russian orthodox
| party, and all recent adviceS regarding
| him, with the exception Of tO-day's,
| show he stood in high favor with the
car. The very fact that he was APP
/ pointed to the very important office of
| governor of Moscow shows he must
/ have enjoyed the confidence of the ear
to high degree.
1t was charged in some quarters that
the conversion of the Grand Duchess
| Sergius was not the result of free
change in her religious belief, but that
IL was due to moral SuasiOn of very
brutal kind. This statement was semi
officially denied at the time. but the fact
remains that she at one time was so dis
| guSted with her husband that she was
| with difficulty restrained from leaving
him. 1t is said that the car interpoSed
his good offices to prevent the scandal
that would have followed a separation.