New-York tribune., 1908-06-12
4 CARS SON-IN-LAW
ponkTuptcy of Prince Married TO
Alexander us Daughter.
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81 ~,sv quietly disappear from the scene. But
sen .hs last fifty years there have been only
f',sss - Of members of the old aristocracy being
'H.ns as baukrupts. The first is that OF
80 HoIkonski, who, being possessed of vast
- went into the timber business on a large
-. and came 10 grief through lack of working
..I The second was that of young Count
.Ferrnor. who q mere spendthrift.
.birs and most recent case is that Of Prince
.'-sn5er Bariatinsky. who has just been declared
So, h'I- lv the courts at ST. Petersburg and who
-. san-in-law of emperor. his wife being
o,,nvest daughter of the murdered Gar Alex
Sc II by his moreanatic consort
- ,,,rerial family Of Russia is said 10 he ex-
o,r indignant about the matter. and justly so
--.hs ,,oreauatc widow OF Alexander II. Princess
r-sersks is colossa1ly rich. her imperial husband
ing deposited prior TO his death a sum estimated
e.1si6erahlv more than s25.oao, ono in her name
t,- her benefit in the Bank or England. besides
Ing other investments abroad for her benefit,
sou3nr fun well that owing 10 the cruel manner
= r-Asch he had neglected his first wife. the EN-
.s Marie for her sake she would receive scant
'.,5s-stion al the hands Of his son and success
- Bv 5udlcious investments. the princess who
e exfed from Russia the morrow OF her
.nshsnd's assassination, is understood have
5,,,hled her fortune But she has also earned a
rspua;ion from end of Europe TO the other
Gar svarioe Of the sordid character. and
,hourh the money given and hequeathed TO her
nv Alexander il was intended for the benefit Of
btir children quite much : for herself, she
,-ssrs them in the most shabby manner.
The Emperor. Il may be recalled. left her with
three children. and two daughters. all Of
them horn out or vedlock-thst is 10 saw during
tbe lifetime Of the late Empress Marie and before
,4e lstrer's death had enabled her husband 10 le-
s-ize his relations after fashion. with Princess
catherine DolEorouki by means Of a norCanatic
rrs-riase. TIA occasion of which he created her
Princess yourieTska The eirls. Princesses Olga
tr3 Catherine. repeatedly engaged to he mar
RED the match being in every instance broken off
On account OF the refusal of their mother 10 give
hen dovry anything beyond a small allow
t,ce the payment Of which was entirely dependent
tpon her caprice and her pleasure. Projected mar
RACES with both Count Bosom de TaIleyrand-P Peri
rsra who afterward married Levi P. Morton's
laughter and divorced by herr and also with
he late Due DC Chaulnes CWho died the other day
n Paris after marrying Miss Shonts) were wrecked
snost the eve q the DAY appointed for the
Wedding on this account and when, eventually, the
two girls cid get hushands-the latter consisting in
The one case of Prince Alexander Bariatinsky and
II the other Of Count Merenburg. pretender 10 the
r-snd ducsl throne Of LuXemburg-they had 10
srIee 10 be content with whatever their stingy
rnather-in-lsw would consent TO do for them in
financial way
Coun, Merenburg has got along without much
traubie having inherited tidy fortune from his
father the late Prince Nicholas OF Nassau a
fortune acquired through the ownership of tie
rubfc gambling tables al Wiesbaden Of the penu-
tmste sovereign Duke Of Nassau. who was the
is.heT cf Prince Nicholas; but the Bariatinskis
have been tn financial difficulties since their
vs5;iaz T6e princes own means are restricted
to an allowance Of about Slo.o0a voluntarily paid
70 hin ny his parents. and he heavily in debt
the tine of his marriage Princess Tourieffska
isGnsi 70 give her daughter any dowry, and lin
tsd hsr sloH-anc 10 $5.0a0. Naturally. the young
ysope both Of them accustomed 70 extravaganza /
fl tnraal difficulties and the prince began giving /
rass notably for iezveiry. horses carriages etc.
IhAf notes. having been discounted. were DIS
harwed presentation and the princes creditors,
'lfng that he unable and his relatives un- /
Wiling 10 do anything toward compromise Of his /
abilities invoked The courts Al S. Petersburg /
nj secured \ decree of bankruptcy against him
Let add that Princess Alexander Bariatinslly [
sihe little child whom Alexander II dandIed on his
knss, and To whom he gave the last embrace on .
ssyng the palace Of the little girls mother. after
inrheon there. March l3. 1881 10 20 to his /
flocking doom al the hands Of the Nihilists. Tho |
rncess and her husband living AT Biarrirz.
and apparently Indifferent 10 the stigma placed /
Ton their name through this decree OF bank t
:grcy.
THIS PRINCE LECTURED AT BOsTO..
Prince Alexander is a younger brother Of that
Prince Vladimir Bariatinsky who quarrelled with /
ts parents by quitting the navy. in which he was 1
irving as q lieutenant on board the imperial yacht
fosr Star to wed the St. Petersburg actress |
Jyds YaRarslaia Encouraged by his wife, who |
IS the daughter Of 2 general and the niece Of .
h-neT Cabinet Minister, he devoted himself TO art
I'd literature, wrote several books and dramas.
n delivered in Paris London, and 1 believe also !
fBoston series Of popular lectures on the poet |
fEtkin. He then started at St Petersburg a |
ally newspaper, entitled the Northern Courier.
which he the bulk Of the large fortune
rhieh he had Inherited from an uncle and which
vas eventually suppressed by the government on
t1ount Of is attacks upon the latter, the prince
nsreupon making an unsuccessful attempt 10 COM
Ii suicide. inficting however. very dangerous
soEnds upon himself with a revolver
A GRAND DUCHESs's INFATTATION.
One Of the most famous members of the House
baratinsky during the last century was tleid
Arths Prince Bariatinsky. While still q young
mar he fen in love with the Grand Duchess Olga,
9lghter of car Nicholas / His love was re
'-nsd and the grand duchess became so lntatU-
ast that she insisted on eloping with the prince
gst married soraew here IL Germany, or else
0sle abroad beyond the reach Of her tathef
sgH
"hether Nicholas had any inkling Of this or not
L cTfhcult 70 say with any degree Of certainty
s1 one day when talking with Prince Bariatnsky'
III conversation turned TO the subject OF lfle
eAony Peter and Pa u Fortress before their eyes.
Emperor incidentally remarking that 1t was a
~-9 sbooe for those whose aspirations ana am
IONS soared too high Perhaps he might have
~ ied TO make this uttersnce owing 10 the TACT
N' al the members Of the reignins House or
a SEQ since Peter the Great are buried there ana
;, ~ 'he tomb is the end Of all human ambltlohs'
- %Ae Barlatinsky. however, imagined that 'e
| "a was aware Of his iufstuation for the grand
| -1-sss and that his remark had been intended as
sarning that any continuance of the affair would
| -, - I'm in those terrible dungeons that are SIT
| - IN the fortress down below the imperlal
vr frightened out Of his wits, he threw MN
| - al the Cars feet made clean breast OF the
| , ahair and Of the grand duchess's determine
| elope, and begged mercy for having oared