Arizona republican., 1899-06-30
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education, the mn SteT of foreign al fars. and the plocurator of tnz Holy
 Synod belong. represents everything that is Teactionary. despO-.c ani ant Liberal in Russia. The other party. to 1 which the emperor himself :nclines = headed by the young empress, and I1- ciUdes the very progressive and e2- 1 frightened minister of finance, Count von Wittee: the minister of railroads. i Prince Huk0T. who spent sO much
 tiIl5 in this country, and the Srantl l duke Con5-antine CO1st8na .H5v.tch.
 All the orders and decroe5 n q lib- l eT-sl sense thac are iss&eI by the cTar,
 and by his miriste' Ci anancp have until now been quietly and silently 1 disic-gs y6d. ignored. and even opposed | by the vast majority Of The Russian
 ofica al world which. convinced that | the present empeTor's health is fra1 ! d0es not wish to incur the I'll will Of l ne dOWSger cZariIa, Tl0 n the event of the cZar's death without male issue,
 would become virtually supreme throughout the empire. her second son ] bang i1caPacitated from re-gn.ng by the state of ms health. while her 1 youngest son, Grand Duke EIichasI. aI- ] though he has Ei-tained his majority is still too mucn Of 2 boy to be other w-se than subject to her influence
 II. however, the young empress gives birth TO a hoy. then she would remain | the principal pers0uage in the empire throughout he entire minority of Ter son in the event of her husbands death
 From th.s it VII bz seen that the birth of a son to the emperor would furnish 2 guarantee to the official
 world throughout Russia that tnera he his death of the liberal policy which he is endsaFOring to inaugurate. and th75 the officials can execute the orders of the ear without any fear whats0- ever Of retaliation at the hands Of the now widowed empress.
 IL ts necessary to explain this in or der to make people understand the e,,- IIa0Td-naT5 anxiety with which peo- pie both in Russia and abroad are awaiting the imminent accoucament or the empress. It will be a tsrrfbia disappointment f she g.ves birth to another girl. whereas if 1t $ a boy tba ear will become for the first time since he asce11ed the throna masse- Of his people n fact IS well as n name, for his commands will be exc cCled and the apparent c3ntradt tcti1n between his utterances and the polfev or the Russian government. which has created So many doubts as to his sin ceI.Jy, Will cease
 let ne add that the ein1el.cr au,i empress Of Russia are now es.abIishe5 at the lovely Peterh0ff paIacs. on the s3oFeS oi the Gulf Of Finland, and that U IS there tlaE the confinement of the young czar.-a will take place. The i'm pe1ial couple propose to r=1nafn there until the month of August, when they VI ' Saat In Poland, for some shooting. 1 They were 10 have gone on from there 10 DaTmstadt, the native city of the empress, but this trip is likely to be aDandoHed, owing to the izure of tha SIand duke Of HesSe with smallpox. 50 thal they Will 50 stpa5 ght on from foland To Livldia in the Crime9.
 lSlnce this article first appeared in l print the empress of Russia has gfv=n ELrth 70 dausatsr-Ed
 s.c Albert RolIit, the third husband or the doWagST duchess of Sutherland 1 has managed to succeed in inc annaT- eAeIy impossible task of Increasing tha ! eAt13c- dIE2Ty unDOpH3ar.ty Of his wsfa I TOT ne has purchased the SurIy HaIi l notel, Wn-ch adj0ins her res denc.e fba ! Willows, on the Thames The inn n i question has been one of the mos+ | popular riverside resorts for many SSIer3tIo1s past, and has bzen Darf. .c- sIaIIy dear to the EtCa college srha~I l Doys whose crews have been in inc ! li.i D"1 or din-h g '1 the grounds every . 4lH m oI June Sir Albert and the duch- ] es9 nave closed the inn 10 the pubI=c ! ana are converting the premises tnf3 an annex Of their home. exDIafring that they had Es6n compelled n aka tA-a step through the annoyance to Nhlch they had been subjected bv tha sounds or FeFeITy proceeding from t7a nm on plole holidays.
 
 It s through rha influence Of tba Guke or Connsuslt that Lord W9,sa- ley has just obtained from the queen #ho 6tsIkes him. the grant of those garments at Hampton Cour5 paiac9 Wn-ch were formerly 0ccvD:-d b- Princess Frederica of HanoTn- a9'7 t'itat bi i4-.lin. and by her nlorgar.,1.=f. husband, Baron Fawal R2m.ngz7 for mel " pr -Vate secretary and aide-de camp TO -lSr f3tts~. and who has 2 |, D-o5neI doing dne in an Austrian pe7- ! !'9-'-dIE I0r sWiEdling. after q F~u-f less Fsit to the Un.ted Sfat-s =n search of rich wife Lord Nolselev k very lucky n seeming tnasa aD5r9- i. I.-=41ts Tn Hampton Court pa1.lce for o-5S are 6faeted for the duraei1n. net only or his own If=. but likewise k}8t or h-s wife. and T05s=ss this advant- aS9 that in addition to being rem Tree, the lighting. he heating. th.= n9- per ng, fixtures. and repairs are pre- haed ny the crown. while there are n2He ll.J or those taN=s and rates to pav Eh.c1 h London and it's suburbs in vi. .-3ply amount to 5 per cent Of the FlIue or the annual c-au. al Tn fa~4 the gift of these apartments is wo-f5 10 10 Lord NEolse--y between S 000 a1i
 Hsmpto1 Court palace, f5urded bv Card.aal Wolsey, is a lovely place. st uated on the most beautiful portion O. the Thames. Its grounds are maeni- heent. a.d t 3ajoins R R-chmond narIz