The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
The KAISER.
WIRE FULLER
Meddling III Politics VIII I'm.
do Good Done.
ANTI SEMITIC FEELING !
Sensational Trial Of q Spirit Medium In.
wolves Rains Of Number Prominent
People-Lauless State Prevails
In Caucasus Districts.

ny MA1Co1ndN CLARKE. III.
Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch,
Copyright, 19oS)
"a BERLIN. April 1S--The German ian EN- 4
peror Is likely to find that Imperial
eddling with the freedom Of elections
viii undo all thus far accomplished by
the recently little-heard-of < atser's
party Tho Socialists are making the
n ost 81 the Emperor's unconstitutional
behavior with respect to the Koigsbeergr
SFioehausen matter. Il.
AT the recent by.election the Conser-
vative candidate was Herr Won II ol dem:
burg. During the campaign three tele-
grams were dispatched. from the EN-.
peror,s chancetlery in reference to the
contest. The frst was ado ressed to Herr
Won Gutenberg and informed him that
the Emperor particularly desired that
Prince donna, another aristocrat, should
be elected conservative member for the
division. and that in CONSEQUENCE, his
Majesty wished him to run as candidate
The third was addressed to the Minister
Of tho Interior and directed him to give
instructions that all official influence be
used to secure the election Of Prince p nee
Donna. ss
$S Herr Won Gutenberg refused to with
draw from his candidature, whereupon
he was summoned TO Berlin by an I'M
perial !, order and called to account for
his disloyalty. Herr Won Gutenberg Of
fered to withdrawn Prince Donna would
publish, signed communication giving
precise account OF tho whole transac-
ton from beginning to end.
Here Count Won Buelow interviewed and
pointed out what q scandal would ( be
caused BY the publication Of the story
OF the Kaiser's wire-pulling. Herr Won
Gutenberg, therefore,, stood his ground
and was elected. !
n But the failure OF the Kaiser's project
does not lessen His Majesty $ culpablity
in Socialist eyes. 5
Anti-semitic feeling is at fever heat in
the village Of Dubossar near Odessa. A
boy sent to make a purchase at a Jewish
shop was found dead and %circumstantiaa
evidence points to the shopkeeper as the
murderer. The police abye not as yet
been abs to account for the motive AID
manner OF the crime, and the populace
insist that the boy was victim OF
Jewish ritual murder. N
Peasants are docking to the village
from the country round about. and
threats OF wholesale massacre are ut
tered against the Jews. "A battalion IL Of
infantry has been sent from Benderi to
Dubossar, where the whole of the Jewish
population are still practically beleagured
in their dwellings.
The sensational tsA Of the noted
spirit medium" Anna 70 tn. has brought
B to light the fact that she numbered
among her patrons many persons from
for different stratum Of society than that
which usually furnishes the dupes Of
this class OF charltatan. The list In
cludes the names Of General Zastroff
Pastor Stoccker, ex-court chaplain,
Countess Wachtmeister and Baroness
lGruenhof, 3s
The witnesses described In detail the
wonders performed by Frau Roth. A.
cross Are Of questions failed to shake the
testimony OF any one OF them that the
medium was really a worker of mir
acles." ., ~. f III 4.
Ono witness declared that the Roth swo-
man gave her messages from her dead
OF which Frau Roth could know nothing
by natural means. She was prepared to
stake her entire fortune that Frau Roth
had intercourse with the spirits of tho
dead. Nj y s2 s34a "a
Frat seifrerth, the wife Of bank dl-
rector, swore that she saw Frau Roth
take a piece Of jewelry. a small picture
and bronze figure out Of the air. She
was sure that the medium brought them
from the other world.
II Eleven other witnesses gave similar evil
idence. The extraordinary array Of IA
vorable testimony made an impression
on all in court, but the proceedings
closed with two witnesses who had
another story to relate
n The medical expert. Or. Henneberg, de-
clared that Frau Roth's frances were
simulated, She was, he said OF an
lhysterical temperament and possibly her
distorted Imagination might enable her
to believe her own frauds.
The last witness. DR., Gerlin, described
how he had watched Frau Roth take
flowers, etc, from "the other world"
from the folds Of her dress and protect
sleIght Of hand tricks The whole hear
Ing was conducted with seriousness
that was amusing.
The lawless state OF the Caucasus dis
trlcts has just been demonstrated by the
report OF particularly brutal double
murder committed in Enivan,t
Two young women, the daughters re-
spectlvely Of the Chief OF Police and the
Commandment OF the Cossack regiment
stationed there, went shopping In the
principal street of the town accompanied
by another woman, They entered
fruit shop kept by a Persian, leaving the
third woman outside The latter saw
them talking to the shopkeeper and
heard him ask them to step into another
room where he had some finer fruit
Some minutes passed, but the two
friends did not reappear, and the third
friend, growing impatient, entered the
shop to ask what had become OF them
The shopman declared that no ladies' had
entered his estaRishmsnt, Thereupon
Of her friends fathers and Informed
them OF the disappearance.
The commandant fastened to the fruit
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