St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-17
A Row in the Crystal Slipper
Company and an Ugly
Stabbing ARRAY.
Narrow Escape Of a Fire
Chief in a Collision With
a Grip Car.
Accidents, Incidents and
Events in st. Paul's His
tory Of Yesterday.

Princess Engolicheff, of the Russian
imperial coterie, entertained her friends
the Americans last evening at the resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred DriscoIl ST.,
Oh Summit avenue. The gathering
there in her honor was a distinguished
one. The aristocracY of Minnesota
turned out to meet the aristocrat of
Russia, and the latter, as she traversed
the length of the crowded apartment,
must have felt that her audience was
worthy her effort.
What does she look like, this fair
diplomat from Petersburg?" | was
lecture and the lecturess.
Well, she is tall, Queenly. dignified to
a degree, but not naughty. An intel
lectual face, eyes rejecting all the diff
ferent emotions called up in her story
of the Life Of the Gar" and a mouth
firm but kindly in its curves, Just such
woman, in fact, as | should have eX-
pected to meet is the Princess Engoli-
chef.
Dealing briefly with the ancient his
tory Of the country she represents. the
princess dWelt more fully on the hap
peningS in the empire since the time of
Ivan, and the just dealings of the coun-
try with England; on the wars and cen
tiictS, social and political. which had
kept Russia IN a state of comparative
turmoil, up to the assassination of Alex
ander the Second by the nihiIiStS, and
the accession of the present czar. to
whom the princess aScribeS no striking
characteristics or power as a ruler. The
description of home life i'll the imperial
family is very instructive and wonder
fully interesting. From the point of
view taken by her of Russian aggres-
sion in Turkey and elsewhere, the
princess JuStifieS every action of the
imperial government, and is capable
of throwing about facts which, bare and
ungarniShed, look black and ugly, aglam-
or serving to conceal their actual signi-
ficance. Nihilism. said Princess Engali-
chef, was still rampant, much to the
sorrow of every educated Russian of
mature age and wisdom. Most nihilistS
were young people. Seldom were nihi-
lists found over twenty-five years old.
but these young people worked with an
ardor worthy better cause to arouse
the ignorant peasantry to deeds of vio-
lence and revolution. In some portions
Of her discourse the princess was dis
tinctly on the defensive against the
charges made against the Russian gov
ernment in its conduct of frontier priS-
ons and treatment of eXiles by George
kennan, the lecturer. who a short time
since spoke Oh the subject of ''RuS-
sian Barbarismo i'll st. Paul. His
statements with regard to prisons and
the treatment of exile, she character
lied as fiagrantly untrue. The prisons
were clean and healthy instead of being
filthy and altogether impossible as he
had described them The lecturess
stated that no one was ever eXiled OF
Imprisoned except on conviction of
reading interdicted literature. pampl-
| claIly recognized.
The execution of Sophie Perovaskaia
and her four companions for the assaS-
| Sinatian of Alexander Ii. had not had, as
| it was hoped would be the case, the
effect of stemming the tide of nihillsm
| i'll Russia. The terrible octopus was
| still therein almost as malignant type
| as ever. In defending her government
| against the attacks of newspapers and
| men who made the alleged barbariSm of
/ Russia stock subject, Princess Enga-
| lichetf admitted that the government
was far from perfect. The educational
facilities were not so good as they
| should be, yet things were improving
Idpldiy, anu III HluSt Do TeHltiHDtIcu Ill
| criticising the ear and his policy that
he was man who ruled according to
| his knowledge the vaStest empire iii the
world and 90.00O,000 people. The prin-
| cess was very heartily congratulated at
| the conclusion of her address, by the
| many we'll known ladies present. Mes
danes Hermann Schetfer and Theodore
Schurmeier gave several piano selec-
tions in most finished and thoroughly
artistic style. Several ladies and gen
tiemen gave vocal selections.