The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07


The curtain is about to fall on the last
act Of the Brokvik drama, which has &C.
cupied the attention OF the Swedish courts
and nation for two years or more. Mrs.
Taube. who was accused of poisoning the
late Chamberlain Taube, has been ac-
quilted after long and tedious trial,
which was terminated abruptly by the
scandalous confession Of Miss Heiga Fa-
gerskjold, her accuser. and the affianced
bride of Lieut.. Ewert Taube. the Oldest
son OF the accused widow. admitting that
the charges were trumpet up for the pur-
pose of fastening q crime upon her name
so that she could not act as executrix OF
her late husbands viii. If she had sue
ceeded in this device she had expected to
be installed as mistress OF the Brokvik es-
tate. which would then fall TO th charge
of Lieut.. Taube.
The arrest OF Miss Fagerskjold followed.
A complaint Was lodged against her for
having committed the very crime she
had accused Mrs. Taube OF being guilty
of, but having no proofs the authorities
have az last dismissed all proceedings
against Miss Fagerskjold. Lieut. Taube
leaves shortly on the steamer Victoria for
Brazil, where he Intends TO make his flu
ture home. Miss Fagerskjold will also
leave Sweden. where her old friends desert
her. having been offered a home with her
wal. The mystery surrounding the death
of Chamberlain Taube Will never be
solved. The popular opinion seems TO be.
however, that he died natural death
and THAI the poison theory was based
solely on Miss Fagersk jold's intrigues.
Popular opinion seems also TO be that the
trial. was exceptionally poorly conducted
by tire public prosecutor and the presid-
ing Judge. Public opinion demanded that
n fS6 shNfil6 ne IN
melted out 10 the fair intr.guer, who play
ed with officers and courts at an up-to-
date blindman's -huT game.
| Lieut.. Gen. Count Ulrik Fabian Sauiels
! Is dead. So years Old. The deceased was a
| SON OF Field Marshal Johan August Sau-
| dcis, who defeated the Russians at Full
| kila. Nlrta bridge and Idensalmi.
Lieut.. oiufs%n's second expedition 10
| Pamir has sailed for Haugo on board Of
| the steamer Bothnia. The expenses OF
| the expedition VIII be betrayed by the
! Danish government and the CarIsberger
| fund. Lieut.. Olufsen's companions on his
| trip are 4. Paulsen, the botanist, and a.
| Hiuier, leading scientist. The expedi-
| lion Is supplied with tents. boxes for pack
| ing provisions or horseback, a small
portable boat for the passage OF the Alp
/ inc lakes OF the Pamsr plateau, and a
| large supply OF astronomical. magnetic,
/ electric. metz geological and other scien-
fitc Instruments. Tha expedition also car
fies a photograph The natives will be
requested 10 speak into the phonogra ph
machine. and In this manner the ex-
| ploreFs expect 10 get az the different 6ia-
! lects OF the natives.
The expedition starts from Copenhager,
and goes via ST. Petersburg through Rus
STA. Caucasus, Transcaspia and Tsirkes tan
! 10 tie little village of OScti N the province
/ or Ferghona. near the Chinese boundary
Ane. A. this point a caravan OF horses
and men viii be secured. consisting OF
httes1 natives and thirty pack horses. Il
= oiGfSen's intention 10 proceed from
osca through kashgar and Jarkaud 10
Lake Jaschilkul IN Alitschur-Pam.r De
utied MAPS Will he made over this lake
wAieR lies 81 an altitude CT about L $50
feet above sea level. The depth OF the
Iahe ana the formation OF the bottom Will
also he asctrta!nea. AroGad the lake eo-
iaascal anu BIOLOGICAL investigations will
De E,ade by Pa0lsen and Hjuler. From
Lake Jaschiikul the expedition will cross
tue almost inaccessible passes 10 the
province OK Nakhau In South PaYnir, where
Detailed maps VIII b. drawn and photo
graphs taken or the ruins from the times
CT the extinct "Siaposches"
The winter viii he spent in Ischkaschira
province, where q meteorological station
VIII be established, As soo, as the snow
meifs IN the spring aud the passes become
accessible, toe expedition will travel
norm through the mountains OF Yves. Pa
rasr. Sexs summer Lieut. O.ufsen viii
a6lsEa the AsrusOay5a river tn KhauA -