Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-24

/ Restores Peace IN the Royal Family
of Russia,
| Chicago Record
1t is beautiful little glrl. just a
/ little over 9 years of age, 90 whom will
belong the credit of having uryugLt
about the rehabilitation OF Che Grand
Dukc Michael OF Eu.sia and his recon
citation with the members OF his
family. The lirlv pc8cemaller is his
lny daughter. SlIo mas Inherited all
the marvellous beauty .)r which her
mother, her maternal grandmother,
the divorced Nine, DOubyit, and her
maternal gretNrandmother, he wife
% The Muscoyite poet, Pushkin, have
been SO Justly celebrated.
II may be remembered tAat die
Grand Duke Michael, after beng in
negotiation for the hand Of one OF the
daughters Of the Prince OF Wuips. and
welcomed throughout the entire London
season at Marlborough house as the
accepted sult1r Of Princess Maud of
Wales, suddenly left England hardly
going TO the trouble to take leave of
his host, the next heard of him being
that he had married the beautiful
countess Sophie Mehrenberg. whose
father Is Prince Nicholas Of Nassau.
The young lady had no money; moth
ing but her beauty, In fact, to recon-
mend her. And this was By no means
cupuBu in the eyes Of the young Grand
Dukes relatives. II was his ald-de-
camp who brought the news OF the
match to st. Petersburg In two letters
the one addressed 10 the ear. the
other TO his mother. The latter was
so Indignant that she almSst lost her
reason, and was on heR way to tsc
Riviera to endeayOr to have the unis i
annulled when she died suddenly I'm /. or
railroad carriage before crossing the
Russian frontier. According 10 the
Official report her death was due to The
bursting OF blood vessel, but accord
ing 70 the generally accepted version
current In court circles throughout
Europe she committed suicide.
The young grand duke was not per-
mitted TO attend his mothers oh
sequies, and the late emperor Issued n
decree exiting him from Russia, and
Diminishing him from the army, de-
priving him OF all his honors and
dignltles, aud leaving him with nothing
but his allowance OF $50, 900 a year-9
very air income for an ordinary in
dividual, but mere plttance for a
MuscoVite grand duke, the princes OF
the house OF Romanhoff being always
Regarded as multi-millionnires 1t had
been expected that the young grand
duke would have been pardoned and
restored TO FAVOR when his younger
brother year ago married the grand
Duchess Henia. sister OF the present
ear.
But these antlcipations were not
realized and no notice whatsoever was
taken OF him by any member OF his
family when Alexander III. died and
Nicholas assembled the throne. The
other day. however. old Grand Duke
Michael was compelled to visit the
south of France for the purpose of
seeing his youngest son, the 2O-year-old
Grand Duke Alexis, who has since died
az Cannes Of galloplng consumption.
While there he met his second SON.
Michael, whom he had not seen since
his marriage. And. inaamuch as The
meeting was totally unprecedented on
Doth sides and young Michael was ac-
oompanied by no one but his tiny
daughter all the old-time affection of
the grand duke for his son came back
TO him with a rush and father ana SON
fell into each others arms.
The little girl immediately took a
great fancy 10 her grandfather. made
much OF him and completely won hls
heart, II was she who brought him
into her mothers presence and made
the grand duke acquainted with his
lovely daughter-in-law, and the result,
10 that the old grand duke. who Mad
vowed at the time OF his wife's death
never TO hold any intercourse AGAR
with his son, is now most OF ,he Tine
at the latters villa, dancing attendanes
upon his daughier-in-law and obeylne
the .peremptory behests Of his little
granddaughter.
As the old grand duke Is now the
senior member Of the house OF Rouan-
hoM being a grand uncle OF tho mes
ont car and the only one NJ me sons
Of Nichols Z honsii enough 10 In.
spiro confidence Do tla 'shrN--ihe lste
cE1r-hia reconciliation WIN MS s5n
and especially With his dsuEbler.In'
law, may be regarded AZ pyA7sf'nr 4 =
early and certain reaahgllauls III iAe
Grand Duke Michael.