New-York tribune., 1910-06-24
General Struck by Forty Bullets.

Inc widowed Countess Keller, whose en-
easenent to Hans Won F1otow of the Ger
man diplomatic service has lust been an
rounced. is the widow of that General
count Keller who. renowned as Russia $
most dashing cavalry general. fell In one
OF the battles Of the war in Manchuria.
struck by no less than forty bullets The
countess was by birth a Princess Schakow-
SKA member. therefore, of a family which
is, Ike the sovereign House of Romanoff
descended from Rurik, founder Of the lat
ter She is a fascinating woman and still
beautiful, in spite of the fact that she has
srown-up son. She is possessed Of very
large fortune in her own right
Her former husband, General Count Kef-
Ter, was brother Of that Countess Klein
michel who is the recognized leader of the
great world in the Russian capital, and
not to be on whose visiting list means that
one does not form part Of society IN the
Car capital He was greatly liked and
trusted, both by the late and by the present
emperor. Although thorough man of the
world, he had no liberation for those moral
shortcomings which society, especially at
St Petersburg, is disposed too often tc
regard with a lenient eye Thus while
colonel commanding the regiment of Cheva-
scandal connected with some of the
officers under his orders. in which one of
the dignitaries OF the court a man bear
ing name as famous In history as in
literature, was, by reason of his power
and wealth, the person chiefly at fault
Count Keller was so indignant that he in
sisted that a public example should be
made OF the parsonage In question and
ha eln L,,s
likewise punished Alexander III. IN spite
Of his rectitude and horror of everything
that was unprincipled. thought it best TO
hush up this scandal: whereupon Keller at
once rendered his resignation, which was
accepted, and he was placed on the retired
list. Alexander. instead of being angry
with Keller for his uncompromising atti-
tude. seemed TO admire him the more for it.
Shortly afterward he promoted him to the
rank of major general on the retired list
and repeatedly nominated him as a mem
Der of imperial commissions, where his SER
vices were recognized by public acknowl-
edgnlent of his sovereign's thanks and by
orders and decora tions.
Before Nicholas had been very long on
the throne Keller was restored TO active
service as general in command of the i'm
perial military academy at ST. Petersburg
and year later he was appointed Gov
ernor of Ekaterinoslav, where he remained
until the outbreak Of. the war. his province
being the only one in European Russia
where there were no peasant disturbances
or nihilistic activity revolutionary out
RACES AS soon as Kuropatkin was ap
pointed to the supreme command of the
forces Of the Far East he called on his
old comrade and fellow member of the
staff Of General Skobeleff to join him, Of
fering him the command of the cavalry,
which Keller Immediately accepted In the
battle in which he was killed his nineteen
year-old son, who had accompanied him tc
the front was wounded. dangerously
though not mortally.
Hans Won F1otow, who has won the hand
of the generals widow, is a man in the
of fifty, has been stationed
in turn at ST. Petersburg, at Rome and al
Paris, and was for some time the right
hand man and chef de cabinet OF Prince
Bulow in all matters relating to foreign
affairs. MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.