The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-14

family and endless worry to his SUBJ
Ijects.
4 There Is a demand that truthful
statement be made of the Kaisers ILL
ness. and tho mysterious silence Of the
royal family In this regard seems to
Emperor's life Will be shortened by n
disease which caused tho premature
death of his forefathers
Prince Won Gutenberg Fnints.
BERLIN. June 13.--The downfall OF
Prince Won Gutenberg. charged with
perjury In his denials OF grave Of
lenses alleged against him by Herr
harden. the famous German editor,
continues to give rise to astonishing
scenes.
| A judicial commission visited tho
prince In the hospital at o'clock one
morning this week. and demanded the
keys OF his desk at Castle Liebenbert,
for tho purpose OF making domi-
cIliary search for discriminating Ic,-
| ters.
The prince became much agitated,
and vigorously protested against an
| examination of his private correspon-
4 dence. He declared that no political
Letters were to be found at Lieben-
| berg. for he had removed them eIse-
where n long time ago.
1 nc insisted nav
| Ing the keys, and when tile prince
surrendered them he tainted
After the prince was revived and
after he had denounced the commits
sioners in the most vitrIolic language
| the commissioners went to his castle
and found many letters which. 1t is
said, VIII involve the prince in new
scandals and will confirm the most
startling points contained In Herr
Harden's charges, and which. the
Kaiser recently said were unbeliev-
able.
Russian officials Punished for Bru-
| tally.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 13.-For the
first time In century Russian off,
\ cials have Just beea punished for III
treating prisoners This era OF re-
| form has startled the bureaucrats into
| believ!ng that the Car has decided to
l.yteld to the demands OF the leading
| diplomats of Europe 10 prevent further
brutality IN the Russian jails by pun>
| ishIng those responsible for it.
| Sharp punishment was meted out
\ this week to the former governor,
vicegovernor. doctor and wardens OF
4 tho Astralihan prison, all OF whom
4 were convicted Of systematic NAL
1 treatment OF prisonern The latter
were beaten ana kicked and struck all
over the body with swords. revolvers.
bricks ana padlocks.
The governor devised an instru-
ment which was known as 1.-THE Bull
garian Bladder consisting OF a
| length OF cloth filled with sand. blows
from which caused terrible internal
injuries without leaving any outward
marks.
a prisoner who refused to confess
to murder died as the result of the
l -. H.. T. IN f
| and a doctor certified that he had
succumbed from natural causes.
The governor and the vice-governor
| were sentenced to eight years penal
servitudc. and five of the wardens to
| FIVE years. while the doctor was dis
missed from his post.
| MiIlionalre TrIcl<s Girl Into Marriage.
| ODESSA. Juno 13.-One of the most
] extraordinary actions to annul mar
| riage Is now before the Moscow Court
of Law Last spring Vassili Krukoff.
an elderly millionaire of Ekaterlnburs.
| sued for the hand of Vera Malluthkin,
the prettiest girl In tho town.
To the millionaires proposal of mar
liage Vera answered NO" and en-
I pressed to her friends her utter dis
gust at what she called the monkey
| visage and animal ways OF the MIL
Ilionaire."
For months the girls parents ex-
erted all their influence in favor OF
| tho marriage, but Vera remained
| steadfastly true to her handsome put
| penniless young lover who had Won
! her heart before Krukoff came upon
tile scene. Ilrukoff suddenly became
LIN lie sent for the girls parents and
| told them that he was on MS deatn-
bed, If Vera consented to marry MN.
he would leave all his fortune to her
and place no prohibition upon ler sup
\ scquent remarriage
Dazzled by this prospect of fortune,
| the Muliuthlxins coerced the girl into
| what was supposed to DO death-b bed
| marriage, rho ceremony came off. AT
| tho millionaire's bedside gathered a
/ doctor, n lawyer, priest, the bride
and her witnesses. After a will in
| tho BRIDES favor had been duly read
4 and signed, tho priest united the lis
/ matched pair. wishing them ironically
long life and happiness. Hardly were
4 the words out of his mouth when tho
supposed dying bridegroom started I'm
In bed embraced the bride, and eX-
claimed, "rhe knowledge that you ara
|imine has cured mo. For your sake !
i will 1.-Two forever"
The bride screamed and fled from
the house. Inquiry proved that ISru-
lxoff's Illness was sham, and that tho
"doctor," who had pronounced him dy-
] Ing, was the steward of his country
estate. Vera persists in her refusal to
live with the elderly ogre and is now
! taking an action to have tho marriage
| declared null and void on the ground
that It was brought about by fraud,
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