Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-27
YANKEE BUILDS RUSS SHIPS
Lewis Nixon to Be Asked to Superin-
tend Battleship Building for Russia.
ENORMOUS SUM FOR wARsH1Ps
Russia Plans to Expend 1900, 900, 900
for Fighting Vessels of Various
Sizes and Power and
Speed,

ST PETERSBURG, March 26.-lSpecial
to the Publishers Press )-While Russia
has decided to build its dreadnaughts at
home. it is not impossible that an Ameri-
can will have much TO do with their con-
struction. l have heard that the naval
authorities are seriously considering max
ing a proposition to Lewis Nixon to super
intend the building of the battleships.
Whether a proposition has been submitted
to Mr. Nixon or not, my informant is un-
able to say but that such a proposition
will be II it has not already been made is
altogether probable.
Mr. Nixon has done work for the Rus
sian naval department and did so well
that he stands very high in the estimation
of official Russia. The naval program in
cludes the building OF the following ships;
Twelve dreadnaughts, costing $2OO,OOO.O 600;
twenty torpedo boat destroyers of 1000 tons
capable of steaming thirty-five knots, and
costing over S1OOOO,O0O forty transports,
costing almost 35O,OOOOO0; gunboats and
submarines. number not given.
! The Grand Duchess Marie of Saxe-Co-
burg-Gotha has been staying at St. Peters
burg during the last month. Her royal
highness is required by the statutes of the
Romanoff family to spend a part OF every
year in Russia, but she has several times
been dispensed from this residence. which
is one OF the conditions under which she
received large annual allowance from the
! imperial treasury It is understood that
the Grand Duchess Marie will proceed from
st. Petersburg to the Riviera as she in
tends to spend the spring at the Chateau
de Fabron, her property near Nice.
Specialist for the Empress.
| 1t is possible that German specialist
win shortly be summoned to Tsarskoe
Selo for a consultation regarding the
czarina's heart troubles.
The singing of the imperial hymn brings
all pedestrians to a standstill; they must
stand uncovered until the last strain has
been sung From l to 5 p. m. the process
sion more OF less disorganized traffic.
The police were not only powerless 10
prevent the obstruction but had to supply
guard for the procession. All members
Of the BLACK Hundred" taking part In
these professions receive a douceur OF 5C
copeks u.s. 1d) for the occasion.
Tref, the famous police dog, was taken
to Voronesh from Moscow and success
fully tracked down the murderer of one OF
the employees on the property OF Prince
fVasiltchikoff, in the borough OF PRvlovsky
On the train by which Tref Travelled a
passenger was robbed of a pocketbook con-
tanning over $50. The services OF the -four
footed Sherlock Holmes" as he is called
in the papers were at once called into re-
QUESTION and, after smelling all the pas
sengers, Tref went for one OF them as he
left the train at the next station and was
entering a cab. The stolen property was
found in his possession. Hardly a weeh
passes but that some fresh exploit OF Trei
is recorded, and NJ. Lebedeffs initiative In
founding a training establishment for po-
lice dogs In 81. Petersburg is meeting with
warm public recognition