Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-03

nouneed that the young prince was
German press began 70 comment up
on this a strong denial was Immediate
~ sent out from Gmunder. where the
Duke OF Cumberland has lived since
he was forced to leave Germany.
This time there Is no doubt about
the truth OF the news FOR the dukes
marechal OF court has lust been re-
ceived in audience by Prince Regent
Luitpold OF Bavaria ard II has been
semi-ofncially announced IN Munich
that the young prince win enter the
dragoon regiment Prince Karl OF
Bavaria as second lieutenant some
time during September.
All Berlin has the gold fever, The
discovery OF gold on the Wemhere
stepupe in German East Africa ha''
made the people here wild and every
one wants to go gold hunting in tho
far away colony. Times are bad.
business is poor and the outlook any
thing but encouraging so even staid
old business men have been smitten,
Only tho lack OF q regular steamship
service prevents a rush
The authorities DO not deny that
gold has been found but advise peo-
pie to go slow and to await further
news before leaving here but their
warnings TAN upon deaf ears. Thou
sands Of emigrants who have returned
to Germany from America this spring
$50 - IT,. InH ffsstaa aa4a f8nkg n b y
ious to become argonants and try
their lnck in another continent.
Miss Gertrude Wcntzel, seventeen
years old. and daughter Of rich and
respected parents at Targau, has been
sentenced TO three months inprison-
ment for having committed a large
number Of burglaries in Switzerland
and for firing six shots from "A re-
volver at the policemen who arrested
her without hitting them.
About seven weeks ago the girl ran
away from a fashionable boarding
school at Potsdnm in search OF adj
venture. taking with her as a servant
a man Of thirty. Emil Harden. The
couple went direct To Switzerland
where tho girl declared her intention
Of becoming a lady burglar and com
mitted a number Of the most daring
burglaries which ever haffed the
Swiss police. Having been caught at
Lucerne she at first refused TO tell
anything about herself. but after il
few DAYS In n cell she broke down and
told everything. Her accompllce was
sent to prison for W years.
Because she refuses "a live with
her husband an old and exceedingly
ugly millionaire whom she was en-
tlced into marrying on his "deathbed,
Vera Millukoff, known all over Russ
STA for her beauty, Is being prosecuted
by the bribed authorities Of Ekater-
inburg and has sent a petition to the
car as head Of the Russian church,
asking him to annul the marriage.
Last spring Vassili Krukon. the old
millionaire, sued for the hand OF Vera
but she answered mo" and to her
friends expressed her disgust at tn"
monkey face and animal ways OF the
old man. For months her parents eN-
ertea all their influence IN favor OF
the marriage but Vera remained
steadfastly true to the handsome but
pennies young lover who had won
her heart before Krukoff came on the
scene.
suddenly Krukoff was taken sick
sent for the girls parents and told
them that he was on his d%eathbed.
If Vera consented to marry him, ne
said he would leave her all his for
tune and would not ask her not 10
marry after his death.
Dazzled by this prospect of wealth
the parents forced Vera into what was
supposed to be Il deathbed marriage
The ceremony came OFF and at the mil
lionaire's bedside gathered a doctor
a lawyer, a priest. the bride ana her
witnesses. After n will In the brides
favor had been duly read n signed
the priest united the Unmatched ptlr
ironically. wishing them a long llle
and much happiness. Hardly wore
the words out OF his mouth when the
supposed dying bridegroom sat mp In
he'd. embraced the bride and eX-
claimed. THE knowledge that you
are mine has cured me. For your
sake | will live forever
The bride screamed and ied rom
the house. Inquiry proved that kru-
koff's Illness was a sham and that INC
"doct6r' who had pronounced him ~
ine was the steward OF n OF ms
country estates.
Rubies will be worth no more than
rhinestones In a few months for FRO