The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

UT olTGCtOI OF IL UuHlDeE VI DlS euteS
| prises, including the Buenos Ayrei
Great Southern Railroad the Cape q
Good Hope Electric Tramways. Mar
confs Wireless Telegraph Company
etc. some of which were the caus,
OF his numerous visits to the Unitet
States in recent years.
| Prince Dolgorouki whose name hal
been SO freely mentioned in the cabll
dispatches relating 10 the matrimonia
affairs OF Lima cavaIferi and her hus
band. Robert Chanier, ex-sheriff o,
Dutchess county, ~ y, belongs to {,
family that Is ono of the most ancien
and numerous in Europe. The NAM
l,"Lons Arm and was borne in thl
first place by George, eighth son 81
Vladimir Monon1ac. descendant Of
ST. Vladimir. and also OF Rurik. Tit,
Do1goroukis were princes before tn,
Romanoffs were Cars: and Michael
Romanoff. the first Car OF his dynasty
married a Princess Marie Doigorouh
Emperor Peter III died In 1880. on the
very day appointed for his wedding u
another Dolgorouki: and her brothe.
by Empress Anne, for having attemptes
TO engineer this marriage. bur was ais.
subsequently, put TO tho sword witt
many members of his family.
Among the best known OF the Dol,
goroukis was that Prince James Dol,
gorouRi who was the first ambassador
of Russia to France. Taken prisoner
by Charles XII. at the battle of Narva
he eventually managed TO escape from
his Swedish captivity. fastened to st
Petersburg, and became one of Thu
principal advisers of Peter the Great
distinguishing himself by the tranknes.
and independence with which he! re-
sisted the despctic commands OF thai
Emperor. On one occasion he eveI
went so far as to tear up with hi,
own hands, before the assembled Sen.
ate, a ukase of his sovereign Wher
in a tempest of passion Peter threaten.
ed to punish this insolence with death
Dolgorouki oooliy replied, you have
but 70 initiate Alexander the Great. and
j Clitus."
1t is to Prince Basil Dolgorouki, tn.
celebrated general. and lover of Gather.
inc the Great. that Russia is indebted
for the conquest of the Crimea,5 which
was accomplished In fifteen days; while
Prince Ivan Dolgorouki was the most
famous of all Russian poets.
Peter and Michael Dolgorouki were
the principal advisers OF Alexander +
during his wars with Napoleon, at tht
beginning OF the nineteenth century
and another Michael Dolgorouki wal
the father OF that Princess Catherine
of the same name who became the
wife of Emperor Alexan.
der H.. a few months before his tragic
death in 1881, by the bombs of the
Eihilists. She now, bears the. title Of
y
murder. that is to say. since 1851. sht
has lived In exile abroad, never having
been allowed to set foot in Russia.
Prince Paul Dolgorouk Is member
OF the Douma. and chairman OF the
Conservative Democratic Association, OF
as they are called, the Cadets. Nat
urally the reactionaries look upon him
as a traitor to their cause, and solely
on account OF his political views ex-
PEELED him by unanimous vote from
the Imperial Yacht Club at s.. Peters
burg. The prince retaliated by calling
out the entire CLUB, demanding to
light all of Its members in turn. Two
members of the governing COMMITTEES
volunteered to accept the challenge
and pistol shots were exchanged with.
out much damage being done. After
that, the club, which Is one of the
two smartest and most exclusive IN
st. Petersburg. declined to consider
any further challenge In connecti6x
with the disciplinary measures that H.
had seen fit to institute.
Copyright. 1910. by the Brentwood
Company