The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
GOLD PLENTIFUL.
Russian Palaces Oriental in
Their SplendOr.
Diamonds and Money Are Just
Lying Around Loose.
VISITS THE STABLES.
Found Sets Of Harness Valued
at Thousands of Dollars.
w. Y. Morgan Has an Enjoyable
Day at st. Petersburg.
VISITS THE STABLES.
Editorial Correspondence.

Editorial Correspondence.
~ T. PETERSBURG, July 2z:Ln Inc
car Of Russia owns anu sSes
the revenue from an immense
amount Of land, and ne n9s
more palaces than ne pIoDaDiS
49, knows about The two IN o.
Petersburg which are best Know Pl,f
the Hermitage and winter palaeT, -. -
khe car has not been in a -. Fetei
burg palace for over a year, staylhS a.
Peterhof where the climate IS pet1Si
for cars. He has not been in the resi-
dence palace since that winter us9
when thousands of poor Russians sd.n-
cred in front of the winter palace Win
a foolish priest at their mead 70 an
the car to relieve his chlldren, ~
petftion was answered by the CoSsAck7
who. charged through the crowd, snoot-
ms slashjng and killing and manning
hundreds of unarmed men ana women.
I don't blame the ear for not eonllHs
back to stay all night there stoou ., IL
the window Of the winter palace Nliel
the car stood watching the Cossacks
at work and l knew the car must De
seeing things at night sometimes, Lor
they say he is a kind-hearted man VINO
takes the best advice available
The Russian palaces are oriental IN
their rnagnificence and splendor- pa
monds. rIbies and other precious stones
are everywhere. gold and SILVER are a.
most as common as paint ana WIZ
wash with US 1 went through the mag
nificent stable and saw the coacnes,
number of them valued at S5OOUV anu
$4,000 each the sets OF harness ilaus
so that they are worth tnousaIuS u
dollars These are for the Imperial
celebrations and coronations. In lhe
winter palace are. scores and scores OF
services Of gold plate, thousands OF
ikOns with frames OF gold ana precious
stones. ball room after ball room ana
20 a. -1ri q n
fugs are so valua bic and so rich tnat
one gets a surfeit Of magniflcence. ms
IS the kind of state in which orlental
rulers love to dwell and 1t MADE me
think Of the stories in the Ara bian
Nights of the glories of the callphs
time which they certainly equal. Inefe
are 600 rooms in the winter palace anu
fully dozen Of them are ball rooms
In good time. that is when it is safe,
the car entertained 10000 people OF an
evening with a ball and one can Wen
imagine that If the wealth when WOulq
be exhibited on such an occasion coulu
be added to the value Of the palace
grandeur, it would make enough 10
give every Russian nome ana d
square meal, which would stop the
trouble and make the car real TAIN
At Peferhof is the Royal Porcelain
factory where the Fest-aFtists are en-
ployed making porcelain, not bit OF
which can be bought, but the entire pro
duct is for the car and his family and
his palaces.
Persia and China and Turkey have
been ransacked and the civilization Of
Europe has given its best to make these
palaces Of the car the most brilliant
and gorgeous on the earth. By the side
Of Russia's royal residences the home
of the German emperor, the English
king and any other European potentste
looks as shanty with a matched roof
would along side mansion on Avenue
A. I don't wonder there are anarchists
in Russia. It would almost make one
out of Kansas tourist when he thinks
of the splendor Of the palaces and the
poverty of the people.
Today we spent in Peterhof where
there are a dozen beautiful palaces
scattered through a park of a half dozen
square miles. The main palace is gor-
geous with its glitter of gold and again
there was suite after suite of elegant
apartments, spacious dining rooms re-
Ception rooms and BAH rooms, with all
the beautiful furnishings that mind
could conceive and an unlimited treas
ury satisfy. A smaller palace called
Mine own" was a dream of splendOr.
absolutely the most exquisite place I
ever saw, and kept in perfect order for
the car who does not come. Nicholas
himself lives in still another palace with
a big fence around it and soldiers on
every side. " hat fun is it for car to
have all these fine things and have to
be Gagged at one side to keep the dyna
miters from getting him? Near the wa
ter side. for the palace faces the Gulf of
Finland, is the little old palace of Peter
the Great handsome according to the
ideas of two hundred years ago, full Of
wood carving said to have been done by
Peter himself, his work table and his
furniture. 1t is a relief to turn from
Nicholas cooped up in his palace to
Peter who went out in the world to get
ideas to bring to the barbarians of Rus
STA and who made nation out of a lot
Of quarreling tribes.