The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-14

WORK OF HIS
MOTHER IN-LAW
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Would.bs Consul Campbell At
tributes Bad Reports to Her.
RAN AWAY WITH AN HEIRESS
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ONE CT THE REASONS WHY BE
IS NOT WANTED.
RAN AWAY WITH AN HElRESS

c r. PETERSBURG. April 1s.-ConsuI
, Campbell has gone to the United
States. declaring he intends "a
place his resignation in the hands of
Secretary Of state Hay. This brings
10 an end the Observation-Disclosures which
have lasted six months
on the death Of Joseph Rawitz. for
many years American consul at War
saw his nephew, Vladistaw Rawitz.
the surviving head Of the Rawitz bank
ing house, signiied his desire to sue
coed TO The Warsaw consulship. W. r.
Holloway. the United States consul
general at st. Petersburg, with the as
cent Of Charlemagne Tower the Amer
lean ambassador TO Russia, recon-
mended that VladistaW Rawitz be Civ
en- this post, saying that the Office had
been excelleRtly managed by Joseph
RaWiJz and that the RaWitZes enjoyed
an excellent reputation.
jeremiah Curtin, formerly secretary
OF the United States embassy here,
caused the first complication BY re-
Questing that Herr Wolff, the publisher
of SIenkiewicE works, be appointed
consul at Warsaw. II. d. y. Pierce.
The third assistant secretary Of state,
wrote Mr. Holloway and asked him
If he insisted on his Recommendation.
Mr.. Holloway did insist upon the ap-
pointment Of Nladstaw Rawitz and
MT. To yer undertook discreetly to
sound the Russian government regard
ms the acceptabilisy OF THAI gentle
man. This inquiry. by some mistake.
caused tie issuance of an exeouateur
for RaWitz. As the consular position
at Warsaw is highly esteemed, Rawitz
Immediately received congra tulatory
visits from the local officers and the
other consu,s. At this stage of the pro-
ceedings Rawitz became greatly en-
harrassed, as etiquette required that
his first visit be paid the governor
general. and this was impossible with
out American papers.
CampbelI's Queer Career.
William NJ. Osborne. United states
consul general in London, here inter
vened by recommending the appoint
ment o. Mr. Campbell, an American
dentist in London who formsrly lived
in Warsaw. Rawitz became very much
perturbed by newspaper statements
that Campbell had been appointed on
the ground of his American citizenship.
lie made persistent but Intellectual
attempts to get Mr.. Holloway and Mr.
Tower further 20 support his case.
In the meantime a s 5rm had gath
cred over CampbelTs mead. The con-
suiar clerks at Warsaw. v0icing the
alleged widespread objection Of the in
habitants Of that city to the Ameri-
can, wrote General Holloway that
Campbell could not anticipate an exc
quateur. as his real name was Finkel-
stein and ne was born in Lemberg.
The consular clerk further charged
that Campbell had given different
birthplaces in his applications for pass
ports. and that local society was
against him because of his eiopement
with an heiress of Warsaw. Campbell
came here aud ridiculed these charges
asserted that he was a Christian; that
he was born in Montreal Canada: that
he was a naturalized American citizen
and formerly a dentist in Chicago. He
declared that his mOther-in-law was
responsible for the charges against
Tim. which she brought at the desire
of Withholding 100, 900 roubles due his
wife from the paternal estate. Consul
General Holloway was sitting this mat
ter when he was informed that Camp
bell had abandoned the fight.