The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13

tho officers OF the Infantry regiment,
Count Kirbach, No. &c, for Immediately
forcing Lien4anant-ColonelgR oos TO hand
in his resignation when he had made him-
self guilty Ct maltreatlng s5n sergeant
whom he disitted
The sergeant happened to enter the
officers casino with an official dlspa tch
for Colonel Won Thiesenllhusen en-. When
,.Lieutenant-C Colonel Roos, who was some
what under the influence OF liquor, with
out any reason knocked him down.
( A court OF honor was Immediately set.
and In half an hour Roos WAS Unanimous
~ sentenced tt leave the regiment.
y In commenting upon this action or the
rcgimental officers, the Kaiser said that
he was proud to know that there were
officers In his army who did not hesitate
to act acco.. lag 10 the laws OF military
justice and honor.
n The resignation Of the lieutenant, colo
mel was Immediately accepted.
GIVES TO THE POOR.
A letter to ST. Petersburg announces
that Gear Nicholas personally has sent
1000 rubles 10 poor family, Oh OIL pensanIs
who had ra-eled more than 5000 miles on
foot, dragging some gold-bearing quartz
In sleigh to the Imperial mint at st.
Petersburg.
The family. which consisted Of a young
man, two women,a child and an old man,
had spent six aid half months on the
Journey, their object being to get the
mint authoritlte to extract the gold@1rom
the rock they carried. 64
/ All were mlsernbly5 clad In rags, and
had evidently suffered terrible pr4vauons
from cold and hunger on the road. but
their spirits acre buoyed up by the
thoughts Of tho riches they were to re-
ceive at their journeys end
When the officials at the mint had
~ 1.ar nd Ip1 tngt
ed 1t for silver and gold, the net value OF
the precious metal revealed WAS found to
be only ten dollars.
WANTS AUTHOR ARRESTED.
Tho Crown Prince Of Saxony, who. in
spuo OF all continues to love his way.
ward wife 40 much that were It not for
King George he would take her back, y
said to have asked for the arrest and
punishment o: Baron Won PlaunitZ, me
Louise" The Baron, who belongs 70 an
old noble family, members of which hnve
occupied high positions under the govern
mont. Is an eccentric Individual, whose
foiblc is the writing Of works dealing
with the SO .rsts OF royal houses
He lives high UP under the roof OF a
5plebian tcnem, lit house In an urfnsh.on-
able quarter OF berlln
There Is an air Of dark mystery about
his apartment, which Is stacked with
books OF his own MAKING, an Is suutuea
by sinister-looh!ng servants for the
Baron fears chat.sement at the hands of
>personages who may resent his works.
Ills books. which are sold at % cents
each by his servants treat OF scandals
In connection with nearly all OF the
ruling houses o, Europe.
IIe was tho first to publish the version
of the Crown Prince Rudolf, of Aust
trials death which Is generally copsld-
cred authentic.
The same cannot be said Of everything
he has written.
It needy hardly be recalled, repudiated
his statements regarding herself. declur-
Ing that she Lad never given him lnfor-
nation Of any sort,
While every one will consider this suf-
flcIent REPUTATION of the Baron's nlleGa-
Tons. he reilerales that the conversations
given In his book as taking place with
the Princess are authentic.
He says kn Intends to publish q reply
10 the Princess reputation shvrtl.',